Feb 2, 2010

Chocolate 'Cheesecake'


Here's the recipe for the pictures I put up on the 30th. It might look complicated but it's not and totally worth the effort!

1 cup ground almonds
1 cup whole wheat flour
2/3 cup margarine

1 package of tofu (200 gms)
1 cup any kind of sugar
5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (the darker the better, I use Hershey's Cocoa Powder)
1/3 cup rice bran oil (or any non smelly oil)
1/2 cup soy milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 165 degrees C. In a bowl mix the ground almonds, whole wheat and margarine with your hands till it resembles tiny bread crumbs. Put it in a springform pie dish which looks like the picture below. If you don't have this you could try putting it in any round baking tin. The only problem will be removing the cake after it's done.

Put this pie crust in the freezer for 10 minutes.

Crumble the tofu into a blender and add in the sugar, cocoa, soy milk, oil and vanilla. Blend it into a smooth creamy paste. Pour this on to the pie crust and bake for about 50 mins or until the filling seems set.

Allow it to cool before you try doing anything to it. Remove it from the pan (I would only try this if I was using the springform) and add whatever nuts you like on top and eat !

Don't worry if you have an excess of the filling. I had too much of it left because my recipe had much more tofu so I've tweaked it here. I took a about 5 one inch pieces of agar agar (china grass),chopped them fine, boiled it in 3 tablespoons of water and added it to the excess filling. I let it set in the fridge till the cheesecake was baked and it was done.

Here's what it looked like (in case you haven't seen it in the older post)







Feb 1, 2010

What's going to be left to eat?

As usual we are left with no choice. The 'Government' as decided to go ahead with BT Brinjal. Monsanto, the American company has laid it's foundation on Indian soil. They are infamous for the forceful genetic modification of the Soybean in America (watch Food Inc. for more details). Their tagline: "The only place where biotech comes alive". Yes! That's because they are inserting scorpion, pig, human, fish genes in to our food. They are known for their arm twisting tactics and pushing American farmers to bankruptcy.

What can we do?
Boycott the brinjal ! The democratic system is of no use in India.

Jan 30, 2010

Today's Experiments

Today for my parents 30th Wedding anniversary I decided to do something I've been pushing for too long. I made a vegan chocolate cheesecake and also an unplanned mousse happened. Recipes will be up soon, but here's a preview...

Chocolate 'Cheesecake'

'What An Awesome Chocolate Mousse'

Jan 26, 2010

Crunchy Passion Fruit Ice Cream

I love ice cream and I tried to mix that with my new found intrigue for Passion Fruit.

You need:
2 cans coconut Milk or Milk squeezed out of 4 coconuts
6 passion fruits
3 spoons Jaggery or any sweetener
Some cardamom
A handful of Roasted Almonds

Take out the pulp of the passion fruits and put it through a sieve. Squeeze out the pulp and save the seeds Mix this pulp with the coconut milk and jaggery in a blender. Add the cardamom and almonds. Put it in your ice cream maker or just freeze it in a box. Roast the seeds till the remaining pulu had dried off of them and they become a bit crunchy. Once the ice cream is ready put the seeds on top and serve.

You could also add some roasted almonds into the ice cream before freezing.




Jan 6, 2010

Coconut Milk Payasam or Kheer

An amazing milk-free dessert that is oil free, cruelty free and so easy to make !

Payasam / Kheer is a milky-special occasion dessert that generally puts you to sleep after an Indian meal! Try it with plant based milks (after a vegetarian/vegan meal of course) and compare !

You need:
1 coconut - milk removed
1/2 cup jaggery or less depending on your sweet threshold
1 cup cooked rice or semiya(vermicelli) or raagi noodles
Dry Roasted Cashew/ Almonds
Raisins
Cardamom Powder

Boil the coconut milk and jaggery together. Add it to the cooked rice or noodles and add in the nuts and cardamom.




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