Banana and Coffee Pudding

Coffee and Banana Pudding

Hi everyone!
This is one of the recipes I've modified and made quite a few variants off. I first saw it on a site redirected from Google, but then edited it a few times to get it correct for my tastebuds. So let me know how you think it is. I'm not entirely sure if it counts as a pudding, but I can't think off a better name for it so I'll stick with pudding for now. Do suggest a name.

Approx prep time: 5 mins
Approx cook time: 5-10 mins
Setting time - half an hour 
Serves: 2 people 

Cuisine: European 
Part of menu: Dessert 

Ingredients:

• 2 ripe bananas 
• 3-4 tablespoonsbrown castor sugar + 2 teaspoons for garnish (if possible, else use powdered sugar)
• 1/4th cup milk
• 2 small scoops of vanilla ice cream ( or coffee or banana) 
• Coffee powder, depending on the strength of the type of coffee and you taste. ( I usually put one sachet of Nescafé coffee) 
• Few grated almonds for garnish.
• Few Pomegranate centres for garnish
• 1  strawberry chopped, for garnish

Major Equipment: 

• 2 small glasses 
• A mixer

Preparation:

1. Peel and chop the bananas.

Cooking:

1. Purée the banana and coffee mixture in a mixer. Add the milk and sugar aswell before mixing again. 
2. Make sure that the mixture is thick. Do not add too much milk (or add little extra banana and coffee if you added excess milk)
3. Fill the glasses to half with the coffee banana mix.
4. Add a scoop of ice cream in each glass. 
5. Garnish with sugar, almonds and pomegranate/strawberries 
6. Refrigerate till it sets
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Plating Suggestion: Serve cold, in the glass. Alternative to this recipe, you could glaze the pudding and ice cream with a caramel sauce instead of the almond and fruit garnish. Also, you could use honey while mixing instead of sugar and milk. As I said there are multiple variants, the only restraint is your creativity 

If you have and questions or suggestions (or want me to put up the recipe of something), comment or dm me on my Instagram page, forks_spoons_and_knives

Tomato and Basil Soup -1 hour

Tomato and Basil Soup

Hi everyone, Im back, and I'm posting my first soup recipe. Soups are something I have been cooking for a while, so I actually wonder sometimes why I haven't posted anything in that section yet. But it's time to change that... To start, I thought I'll post the recipe for the most common(and simplest) soup across the Globe. Tomato and Basil Soup



Approx prep time: 15mins
Approx cook time: 30 mins + cooling time
Serves: 4 people

Cuisine: Indian
Part of menu: Soup
Hot/Cold: Hot

Ingredients:

• 10 tomatoes
• Basil leaves - around 20
• 2 onions
• 10 cloves garlic
• Carrots - 2 medium 
• Roasted gram Flour (Besan) - 2 tablespoons
• Black Pepper - to taste ( around 2-3 tablespoons)
• Salt - to taste (about 2 heaped teaspoon)
• Bay Leaf - 2
• Sugar - 3 teaspoons
• Oil 

Preparation :

Quarter the Tomatoes.
Roughly chop the onions, carrots, and garlic

Cooking :

1. Heat oil in a Skillet/ frying pan
2. Add the onions and bayleaf and sauté till transparent
3. Add the garlic and sauté for a few more minutes before adding 2-3 tablespoons of water
4. Add tomatoes, carrots and the basil, and stir slowly 
5. Once tomatoes are semi cooked add 4 cups water and bring to a boil 
6. Cover and cook for 15 minutes
7. Strain and let the residue cool. Reserve the liquid.
8. Remove Bay leaf and blend the residue to a smooth purée 
9. Roast besan in the frying pan for a minute or two, and the add the purée and mix
10. Add the liquid and mix. Add little water to obtain desired consistency
11. Add sugar,black pepper and adjust the salt before bringing to a boil
12. Garnish with basil leaves, and black pepper powder before serving

Plating Suggestion: Serve hot, garnished with basil or Bread Croutons

And that is how you make a Tomato and basil soup... Thank you everyone for reading this, and please do comment your views.