Itallian biscotti

 I was  against  buying this product  from costco.. ITALIAN BISCOTTI..  it  was  not becoz i didnot  like  it its  bcoz  it costed  much ... hhahah   me and  my  mind  then  i  got  it bcoz  Rhea  wanted  it . The  moment i tasted  it  i  knew  i am  gonna bake this . i did not search  for the  recipes  immediately , but  first  thing i  did  was  i  finished  the  box and then when i was  out  of  it i  searched  for the  recipes . Last  15 days i was  down  with  severe  back  pain  so  was not allowed  into the  kitchen .So the  delay...

 Its  very  delicious  and  believe  me   you will  like  it for  sure . Here  is the  step wise recipe  ...

Ingredients :

•  1 cup of almonds 
• 2/3 cup of Sugar 
• 2 large  eggs 
• 1tsp of  baking powder
• pinch of  salt 
• Vanilla  extract 
• almond  extract
• 1 3/4 cup of  All purpose flour 

How  i did it :

Step 1 : Toasting  almonds

•  Line the baking  tray  with the parchment  paper or  foil , Put ur  almond   in the   tray  either blanched or  with the skin . keep it in the  oven at  350 degree F  for  10 mins  or  till is  slightly  brown 

Step  2 : Biscotti 

• In a  big  bowl  take the all purpose flour, salt and the  baking  powder mix well and  keep it aside ,
• In another  bowl  break in  your  eggs  and  add the  sugar , and  beat  it  till it gets blended and  becomes  fluffy. Add in  your  vanilla and  almond  extract

•  Now add in the the flour and  baking  powder and  mix  in well. add your almonds from the step 1.
• Use hand  to mix  it  its   quite  sticky  but  if u cant  manage  it  add some  dry all purpose flour.
• Line  the  baking  tray  with a  parchment paper  or  foil, spread the wet  mix in form a  long bread or  log 

• Bake it  a preheated  oven  for 25 mins  at 350 degree F
•  Take  it  out  cool  for  10 mins  and  with  the  knife  cut  ito 1/2 inch pieces 

•  Places  these  cut  biscotti  on the  baking  tray  and   bake  it for the  second  time  at  300 degree  for  15 mins ,  nce  done   col them  off on cooling  rack .

Soya beans (Meal maker) gravy

This  one is  a protein rich  food  and is  very  delicious  if u  love the  taste of the meal maker , i have  been using   soya chunks  for  quite  some  time in my kitchen knwing all the nutrius  value its  had   got , though me  and  my  family were not a great fan of  it intially now we  have  started  liking  it, specially  my daughter  who  thinks  its chicken. She is  happy with it and so am  I.
This   one is  a  avery simple  recipe   which  is  easy    to make and  no prior preperations are required.

Soya Chunks Gravy.

•  1 1/2  cup of  soya  chunks
• 1 Onion 
• 1  tomato
• 3-4 Green chillies
• 1 big  table  spoon  ginger  garlic  paste
• 1 spoon  chilli powder
• 1 small spoon turmeric 
• springs  of  curry  leaves
• springs  of  cilantro/kotmir
• Pinch of  garam masala powder 
• Salt  to  taste 
• Oil 

 Step 1:  soak the  soya  chunks  in water   and  microwave it  for  couple of  minutes , cool it  squeeze  it   and keep the  chunks  dry.

 Step 2 :
In a   kadai   take  oil   and  once  heated  add  diced onions  and  slit  green chillies and  curry leaves , fry them till they are lightly brown in colour . Add in  ginger garlic  paste  fry till the  raw smell is  gone , add  diced tomatoes  and the squeezed out  soya  chunks  from step 1 and  a little  water , Add in  all  your spices,  cook   in  low  flame  till  the raw smell of  the  spices  is  gone and  the  tomatoes  is   completely  cooked .   Garnish  it  with  fresh cilantro and is  ready to serve .