Cake House

I n India, by evening the bakeries are filled with a different variety of hot puffs. Though I am not a big fan of these puffs, my family loves them a lot. Here in the US as we get them very rarely, I bake them once in a while for my puffs loving daughter and husband. Now as my in-laws are here, I make sure they eat fresh homemade snack along with their evening tea and puffs have become a common one. I usually bake egg puffs and paneer puffs . These chicken puffs, I made for the first time and is a huge hit. This is a perfect snack for guests. Make the chicken filling and fold it in the pastry sheet. Arrange them on a baking tray and when needed just bake and serve hot puffs. Enjoy them as it is, or douse them generously with ketchup and bite into this splendid treat. Ingredients: Puff pastry Sheets- 10 square sheets Boneless Chicken Pieces- 1 Cup Green Chillies (chopped)- 2 tbsp Pepper Powder- 1 Tsp Red Chilli Powder- 1 Tsp Turmeric Powder- 1/2 Tsp Salt- as required Tomato Sauce- ...

P uffs are the most popular snacks in India. We can see these crispy, flaky savory pastries in almost all the bakeries in India and which is liked by many along with their evening tea. When we were in India, we used to buy a lot of different varieties of filling in puff pastries. Today I have made puffs with paneer filling. These are super simple to made and they are amazingly delicious. All you need to have is puff pastry sheets and paneer. You can also make the filling and shape them in triangles and store in the freezer. Whenever required remove the puffs from the freezer, thaw them till soft and bake till it gets cooked well. An appetizing snack which will be loved by all. You can make puff pastry filling using chicken, mutton, vegetables of your choice or eggs. Egg Puffs are the most popular ones in India. I have posted about egg puffs long bake in my blog. In the US, we will get the veg puffs only in Indian store but not very frequently and to fulfill our desire of eating hot pu...

E legant palmier cookies  are one of my all time favorites treats. These are melt in mouth, buttery, flaky, layered cookies. This is a super easy dish which is prepared using puff pastry sheets and sugar. The cookies are also called as elephant ears, french hearts, french palmier cookies. I first had this amazing cookies, when I went for a potluck. Among the desserts, I saw these delicious cookies and tasted one. I fell in love with the light, flaky, buttery layers. I googled and was shocked to see that with just two ingredients a luscious, delectable, appetising dessert is made. Ufff!!!! I don’t have words to describe these cookies. During this Ramadhan fasting time, I thought of baking and this was the result. Everybody will love it. Not only sugar, you can also experiment by adding cinnamon, dried fruits, candied ginger as a filling for the cookies. Try this out and let me know... Ingredients: Puff Pastry Sheets- 1 sheet Granulated Sugar- ¼ Cup Method: Thaw the puff pastry sheet...

T his umm ali is an Egyptian sweet, that has a layer of puff pastry sheets, nuts and milk. This dessert is totally delicious, easy, simple and made with very less ingredients. This looks similar to bread pudding. You can even add raisins, desiccated coconut, chocolate chips of your choice. I first heard about this dessert long back, but couldn't try because of the non availability of puff pastry sheets. I completely forgot about this dish and one day my brother, when he visited Kuwait, he ate this at a friend’s place and told me about this awesome dessert. Then itself I have decided that this one I am going to try and within minutes a wonderful dessert is made.I was really surprised that this lovely dessert can be made easily. Just a mouthful and you will be mesmerized with the flavors and I am sure that you won't stop with a little. This is a warm, comforting, gooey and very delicious dessert. Now I am thinking, I should have tried this dessert long back... Adapted from All R...

E gg puffs are my favorite tea time snacks. Not only mine but my family’s favorite snack too. These egg puffs are available in almost all the bakeries in India. I love to prepare them at home, but as you all might know by now that I am a very lazy person and making puff pastry sheets at home was a dream for me and also the ready made pastry sheets were not easily available in the shops. But here in US almost all the shops have these sheets in there frozen section and so I grabbed one and tried these egg puffs, which came out perfectly baked. Ready to go in the oven... In these puffs I have added a spread of homemade schezwan sauce for a twist and it tasted amazing. You can also try it if you have schezwan sauce at home or omit that step. Any ways, this will taste yummy. Ingredients: Puff Pastry Sheets- 10 nos Eggs- 5 nos Onions( sliced)- 2 nos Tomato (sliced)- 1 no Kashmiri Chilli Powder- 1 tbsp Turmeric Powder- 1 tsp Pepper Powder- 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder- 1 tsp Salt- as required ...