Mango and Yogurt Treat

In case you have lot of visitors frequently, you need to be little creativity with  your servings. Otherwise they might think that you are serving the same thing everyday. Well today's special at my place is the mango and yogurt treat, which happens to be a dessert.

Ingredients: 

1. Mango & Pineapples (If not you can also take canned fruits.)
2. Yogurt
3. Plums
4. Golden syrup or honey (Not necessary)

Method:

1. Take few bowls or desserts cups
2. Place a layer of yogurt and on top of that a layer pineapple.
3. Again place a layer of  yogurt and on top of that a layer mango. Continue layering until all the ingredients are used up
4. Sprinkles a layer of plums.
5. If you guests like to have it sweet add honey on top of everything.

Enjoy the day. 

Biscuit Pudding

These we can easily buy biscuit pudding at supermarket, but I always believe that home made food are the best.

Ingredients:

1. Marie biscuit - 2 small packets (400g)
2. Cashew nuts - 100g
3. Plums - 100g
4. Pumpkin Preserve - 100g
5. Coffee powder - 2tsp
6.  Chocolate powder - 3tbsp
7. Corn flour - 2 tbsp
8. gelatin - 1 small packet
9. Milkmaid - 1tin
10. Egg yolk - 2

Method:

1. Cut cashew nuts and pumpkin preserve into a small pieces. Mix cashew nuts, pumpkin preserve and plums and keep it a side.
2. Mix milkmaid tin with 4 cups of hot water and keep it a side.
3. Mix the gelatin packet with 1 cup of hot water and keep it a side.
4. Mix coffee with 1 cup of water and close it with a lid and keep it a side.
5. Mix chocolate powder and cornflour powder with previously made 2 cup of milk.
6. Crush biscuits into to a small pieces and put it into a ball and then pour rest of the milk over it.
7.  Mix together the chocolate mixture, coffee, & egg yolk. Put it in the heat stir the chocolate custard till it become a thick mixture.
8. Take the chocolate mixture off from the heat add the gelatin mixture and stir well.
9. Take flat glass dish.
10. Pour layer of chocolate custard at the bottom of the dish.
11. Arrange biscuit layer on top of it.
12. Sprinkle a fruit layer on top of it.
13. Layer it twice, as its done before and finally sprinkle fruits mixture over the top.
14. Put in the refrigerator till you serve.  

Mushroom Soup

Today I made my family a nice dinner with mushroom soup. But I add something extra than traditional recipe. Let me share it with you all.

Serves 5 people
Ingredients:

1. Sliced large onions - 2
2. Sliced button mushroom - 200g (1 packet)
3. Grated Carrots - 2
4. Green chilies (If you prefer it's to be a hot dish)
5. Fresh milk - 1 1/2 cups
6. Water - 
7. Corn flour - 2 tbs
8. Oil (What ever you used to cook) or butter
9. Soup cubes (Not necessary) - 2
10. Salt & Pepper to taste

Method

1. Add oil or butter into in the pan and let it heat.
2. Add sliced onion.
3. Saute for about 5 min in low flame.
4. Add grated carrot & saute for another 5 min.
5. Add chopped mushrooms & saute for another 5 min.
6. Mix corn flour with 1 cup of water and add it to the mixture.
7. If you prefer you can mix the soup cube with another cup of water and add it to the mixture.
8. Add 1 1/2 cup of water.
9. When water starts boiling, add fresh milk.
10. Stir well & add salt, pepper, & green chilies.
11. If the soup is too thick, add some water.
12. Heat the mixture for another 10 min.
13. Finally serve hot. 

Fruit Cake

Is there any cake fans who loved to eat or love to start baking cakes?
Well advice is start baking your first cake with a butter cake or a fruit cake. Once you mastered that, then you can bake any cake without any problem.

Ingredients for 1kg cake

• 250g Flour
• 250g Sugar
• 250g butter or margarine 
• 5 eggs (250 g)
• 1/4 cup of milk
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon Vanila essence
• Fruits (raisons, cashew nuts, cherries, pumpkin preserve... etc. )

Method 

1. Mix flour and baking powder and keep it a side.
2. Beat sugar and butter together, then add eggs one by one and beat well until sugar dissolves.  (For this use a hand beater or a electric beater, but never use a food processor kind of equipment)
3. Add vanila essence and mix well.
4. Add milk and mix well.
5. Preheat oven 180°C
6. Add flour mixer gradually in small quantity and mix well.
7. Bake at 180 °C in a per-heated oven for 25 – 35 minutes.

Bandarawela Hotel

On our trip to Bandarawela, we stayed at Banadarawela hotel which you can see in this image.

It situated in the middle bandarawela town and you can't miss it by any chance.


Bandarawela Hotel built in 1873, has been well maintained (rooms are clean and I give 5 star for that but I think they didn't maintain the garden well) yet not modernized, retaining the original architecture and interior decoration.(Actually when we arrive there we were extremely surprised with the interior. They gt huge tall bed which we hardly climb up. They gt there wash basin in the room. Entree to the balcony in the bathroom. Huge bath tub, but we didn't use it because we thought it's a waste of water.)

Bandarwela Hotel is belongs to the Aitken Spence Group of Companies in Sri Lanka.

You can definitely have some kind of a unique experience there.

Tips: 

• Room are cold when the whether outside is cold (They may be give heaters but we didn't ask, so we can't confirm that.)

• Sound from the mosque could be a disturbance, better ask for an upstairs room. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Adisham Bungalow - Haputale

Due to my recent trip to Bandarawela, I thought to publish some posts regarding my trip. My first post is about Adisham Bungalow also called as St. Benedicts monastery. We visited there on our way home.

To go to the bungalow is very easy, you just have to pass huputale town and railway station and then you can see the directions clearly on the boards. Road to Adisham bungalow is good but big buses can go only half way of the road also other vehicles have to drive safely  because two vehicle and barely pass.disham

NOTES WE GOT FROM THE GATE:

Adisham is a stately stone mansion build in 1931 by Sir Thomas Lister Villiers, an English planter. Beautifully situated, in tranquil surrounding, Adisham is certainly a "must see" for those holiday makers and chance visitors, who haunt the hills from time to time in search of a peaceful resort, from the madding crowds and the heat of the city.
The Sturdy rock like fortress, fortress, surrounding by undulating hills, far as the eye can see, contains many items that normal visitors are unfamiliar with, which accounts for the large number of guests who seek admissions whenever the gates are open.
Carefully cultivated flower garden, Burma teak shingles that cover the roof, antique furniture and a well planted - out construction are few of the attractions that Adisham offers to sight seers.
The mansion was purchased by the Sylvestro Benedictine monks in 1961 to serve their novitiate, where those who seek to enter the monastic life are trained.
Maintenance of the monastery and those who reside here has to be met funds that are earned by the monks themselves. Hence the jam products and the produce from the farm.


Tips:

• We can access only a limited area (exactly 3 rooms), so you can get the idea about interior of the building.
• You have to remove your shoes before you enter the monastry.
• You are not allowed to take photos or video inside the monastry.
• Don't forget to visit Thangamale sanctuary near by.

Origami

Because of my little niece , today I thought to post easy origami videos. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!

 

Origami flying Crane

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Origami-Jumping-Frog

 

Origami Dragon

 Origami Box

Origami Heart

Origami Heart Box

Origami Box

Origami Plane

Origami Horse