Fluffy muffins with chocolate chips topping

Anytime I bake muffins, it will turn out to be the best.  When I was searching for the vegetables for preparing my breakfast, I saw the tiny little chocolate chips hidding behind the shelf.  Muffins with a cup of tea is my favourite breakfast & evening snack.  I dont want to mix the chocolate chips in the muffin batter rather I used it as my topping for this fluffy & spongy muffins yesterday.  It's lovely  :)

Ingredients :

1. All purpose flour -2 cups
2. Baking powder - 1 tsp
3. Salt -1/2 tsp
4. Butter (unsalted) - 1/2 cup Melted & cooled
5. Eggs - 2 large
6. Milk - 1 cup
7. Vanilla extract - 2 tsp
8. Sugar - 2/3 cup
9. Chocolate chips (milk or semi-sweet) - 1 cup

Direction to bake :

#   Preheat the oven to 400 F & grease your muffin pan.

#   Sieve together the flour, baking powder & salt. 

#   In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, milk & vanilla extract.

#   Using the rubber spatula, fold the wet ingredients along with the melted butter into the dry ingredients.

#   Pour the batter into the muffin pan, filling each cup 2/3 rd full. 

#   Bake for 25 mins or until muffins turns golden brown.  Sprinkle the semi melted chocolate chips on the top & allow it to cool.

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Enjoy with tea. 

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Kheema potato fry

Mutton kheema can be cooked with all the vegetables.  Especially with potatoes are the best.  This can be served either dry or semi dry.  Perfect for rice and rotis. 

Ingredients :

1. Mutton kheema - 500 gms
2. Minced onion - 1 cup
3. Potato - 1 no
4. Cinnamon stick - 1 no
5. Cloves - 3 nos
6. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
7. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
8. Chilly powder - 1 tsp
9. Oil - 1 tsp
10. Salt to taste
11. Corriander leaves for garnishing

Direction to cook :

£   Heat oil in the pan, add cinnamon stick, cloves & finely chopped onions.  Saute till golden brown.

£   Add ginger garlic paste & turmeric powder.  Add potatoes, chilly powder & salt to taste.

£   Add the kheema.  Cover & cook till done (or pressure cook them).

Garnish with corriander leaves & serve hot.

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Aloo tikki

Perfect starter & this can be used as a patty for burger. 

Ingredients :

1. Boiled potatoes - 2 nos
2. Green chillies - 2 nos
3. Corriander leaves - 2 tbsp
4. Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
5. Kastoori methi leaves - 1 tbsp
6. Chaat masala - 1 tsp
7. Dry mango powder - 1/4 tsp
8. Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
9. Onions - 1 no
10. Minced ginger - 1/8 tsp
11. Salt to taste
12. Bread crumbs - 1/2 cup
13. Oil for shallow frying

Direction to cook :

#   Grate the boiled potatoes & mix the other ingredients except the bread crumbs.

#   Divide the potato mixture into equal portions & make balls.  Flatten each balls between the palms into disc.

#   Roll the patties in the bread crumbs & shallow fry them in the oil on medium heat till golden brown & crispy on either sides.

Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

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