Shrikhand cheese cake (no bake version)

After 4 long years of long torpidity, I'm back in blogging! After 360 degree shift in my food habit and cooking methodology I pretty much restricted sugar, grain, pulsed (carbohydrates) and mostly eating meat and animal Fat.

Hence, I’m not troubling my Oven much, Seldomly bake very small quantities of Cakes and Cookies. After posting my day routine HFLC platters, in Instagram, many of my followers asking for high fat low carb (HFLC) recipes. So, thought of blogging again. those who wants to know more HFLC, please check the link below. 

 http://fatproteincarb.blogspot.com ; 

http://fatproteincarb.blogspot.com/2016/10/high-fat-low-carb-diet-hflc.html

 

As a come back, I start with traditional sweet dish 

 

 

After mawa cheese cake ( no bake cheese cake version ) wanted to try shrikhand cheese cake made with high fat with reasonable sugar content. 

shrikhand is a traditional Indian sweet made with hung curd and flavored with saffron and cardamom. I used milkymistdairy cream cheese.

Home made Shrikhand - 3 cups ; Fresh cream - 300ml ; milkymistdairy cream cheese – 400gms ; Powdered sugar 1 cup ; Cookie base : 5 to 6 packets of good day cookies or home made cookies melted butter 6 tbsp

 Grind the cookies in mixer then add melted butter, spread the mixture evenly on rectangular tray pressing firmly Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Cheese cake : In meanwhile prepare cheese cake mixture beat the cream cheese, fresh cream together with powdered sugar & a pinch of elachi Powder. Then add home-made shrikhand to the cheese cake mixture beat again till combine well then pour it into the prepared cookie base Sprinkle the chopped pistachios & saffron on the top refrigerate for about 4 hours.

Serve it chill 😋😋

 

Mawa (Koya) Cheese Cake

I’m posting after two months! Yes, it had been quite long and many thanks for those who sent mail, asking about my wellbeing.  The reason being not posting is a change in life style (diet). After switching into HFLC diet, I restrict myself to bake breads, cookies and cakes. 

Now days, I bake rarely with very little quantity. In order cut carbohydrates, which is the root cause for all the modern day diseases.

When my husband began to practice HFLC a year ago, I was bit scared and worried. But, to my surprise he lost about 20kg and manages to shrink his waist size from 38 inches to 31 inches! Unbelievable right !!.  HFLC is just not only for weight loss, also other numerous health benefit associated with it. He just started the blog to share his findings.

After seeing the incredible results, I also switched into HFLC diet and lost about 10 Kg weight and decided to continue for the rest of the life. I restrict my carbohydrate intake less then or around 50g per day. Before it was about 250-300 grams per day! Most important part is, I started to enjoy the meat, butter, cheese, ghee and eggs without any guilty. What a turn around!

 

On the account of Diwali, wanted to relax a bit on the diet (after all diwali is all about lights & sweets) so decided to make mawa cheese cake, it’s a no bake version made with high fat with reasonable sugar content. 

Ingredient(s)  :   1 ½ cup of full fat cream cheese   ;   1 cup of mawa or koya (homemade ) ;      1/2 cup of whipped cream   ;   1/4 tsp of cardamom powder   ;   10 no’s of  almond chopped    ;  10 no’s of pistachio soaked, skin removed and chopped   ;    ½ cup of sugar

For cake base :  8 cookies      ;     1 tbsp of melted butter  (either you buy cookie from shop or choose any one from here)

Cake base preparation procedure :  In a food processor crush the cookies  until it resembles like breadcrumbs. Add melted butter and process until it combined. 

Spread the mixture evenly into the 15cm cheese cake pan by pressing firmly. Refrigerate for 30 – 45 minutes.

Meanwhile, let’s do the Mawa or koya, Boil the whole milk (750 ml) and heavy or whipped cream (250 ml) cream in a wide, thick bottom pan. Reduce flame to medium to low and allow the mixture to reduce, 1/3 of its original quantity.  {Thick milk layer (Milk skin or lactoderm) forms over the top, using the spatula give a gentle whisk and continue to simmer}. Allow to cool to room temperature.

Cheese cake preparation : Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar until it becomes smooth mixture. Run the mixer at med-speed, add cardamom powder. Gradually add mawa or koya and continue to beat until combined. Finally add whipped cream, chopped almonds and half portion of pistachio, combine well.

Pour the prepared Chease-mawa-cream  mixture on the cookies base, prepared earlier. Smooth the top and sides with a spatula. Sprinkle the remaining pistachios on top and refrigerate for about 4 hours. 

Sever chill and celebrate the diwali with Mawa (Koya) Cheese Cake.

Red velvet cupcake / Clock cup cake

I have been thinking for quite long to make a pull apart version of cake, apart from the fact that my son has been asking me a red velvet cake for a long so, I decided to give it a shot. Finally here it is, with a red velvet cake in pull apart style. I used cheese frosting to form the clock face and the dial was with chocolate glazing.  The original recipe source is from here. 

Red velvet cup cake ingredients:  6 tbsp of butter (soft)   ;    2/3  cup of sugar     ;    1 egg    ;     1 ¼ tbsp. of coco powder      ;      1 ½  tbsp of red liquid food color      ;      ½ tsp of vanilla essence      ;       ½ tsp of salt      ;       ¾ cup of milk       ;         1  5/8 cup of all-purpose flour     ;     ¾ tsp of baking soda     ;    ¾ tsp of apple cider vinegar

Ingredients for  Cheese frosting :     85 gms of cream cheese     ;      2 tbsp of butter ;     1/2 tsp of vanilla essence     ;      2 cup confectioner sugar 

 For Dial (chocolate glazing)  :   150 gms of melted dark chocolate 

Procedure :  In bowl add coco powder and all purpose flour, mix well  and keep aside.

In mixing bowl beat butter with sugar till it becomes smooth and creamy. Add egg and beat further. Add the food colour and continue to beat until the colour evenly mixed.

Continue to run the blender at med-speed and slowly add the flour mix and milk little by little, until all the ingredients are combined well and you got right cake batter consistency. 

Finally add baking soda into apple cider vinegar, quickly mix and add into flour mix.

Divide the batter evenly among the 19 mini cupcake tins about 2/3 filled and transfer to the 180°C pre heated oven and bake for about 20 min or until its done. (Toothpick technique will help) Remove from oven and cool completely before frosting. 

For the Cream Cheese Frosting:  In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla together until it become smooth. Add the sugar and continue to beat on low speed until incorporated. Increase the speed to high and blend until it become very light and fluffy.

Baked Cheesezee Broccoli

This bake goes to my Hubby who is on High Fat Low Calorie (HFLC) / Paleo diet where,  sugar (in any form), grains, cereals, legumes, refined / hydrogenated  oil, and all high calorie / high in glycemic index foods are not allowed.  Time to time, I try to post few HFLC / Paleo recipes.

I tried this as a trial, but it turns out to be a really good bake. Chewy halloumi cheese with broccoli in a spicy, tangy sauce kind of mix is a divine dinner. Usually Halloumi is used to be grilled or fried but, I used it here to bake as I do not have enough stock of mozzarella, which is the ideal cheese for bake. 

Ingredients :     One  med-size broccoli (cut into florets, stems peeled and sliced or diced)       ;        1/4 cup of Schezwan paste      ;       1 tbsp of chopped garlic (fried in 2 tbsp of butter)          ;          1 tsp of soya sauce       ;      salt to taste      ;        250 grams of full fat halloumi cheese.

Ingredients for Schezwan paste :    15 no’s of Kashmir red chilies      ;      ½  Capsicum        ;           7 – 10 gloves Garlic (finely chopped)          ;      small piece of ginger  stem (finely chopped)          ;         ¼ tsp of  soy sauce           ;          ¼ tsp of vinegar        ;       1 tsp of tomato sauce      ;     1 ½ tbsp. of  coconut oil  ;      salt to taste

Procedure for Schezwan paste :  Remove the stems from red chilies, and soak them in hot water for about 30 mins and transfer it to a mixer grinder along with  chopped capsicum and grind into a fine paste and set aside.  (If require add some water)

In oil, stir fry the finely chopped garlic and ginger for about 2 -3 mins Add into the mixer along with chili paste and grind further to a fine paste and set aside. In a pan add oil, red chili paste allow to boil in low flame till the oil starts separating. Add soya sauce, vinegar, tomato sauce, and salt and cook further about 5min in low flame.   (note : Schezwan paste can be used in pasta and noodles preparation and can be stored in a air tight container in the fridge for month)  

Procedure for Cheesezee Broccoli :  After washing the broccoli allow it to dry and toss the broccoli florets with the schezwan paste, salt, soya sauce and butter fried garlic and spread them on a baking pan.

Sprinkle the halloumi cheese chunks all over the broccoli and transfer into  180°C Preheat oven and bake (without stirring) about 30 – 35 mins or until the edges are crispy.  (As halloumi has got very high melting point, it may not melt thoroughly) Serve it hot.