Orange Cranberry Cake

I wanted to bake a basic maida cake. I came across a variation of it here. Had plenty of Oranges in home so decided to give a shot and it came out very well.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter(I used Ghee), softened, plus more for buttering pan
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup sour cream(I haven't used sour cream but it turned out tasty. Adding it here as per the original recipe.)
• 1 tablespoons freshly grated orange zest
• 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cups dried cranberries

Orange Cranberry Cake

Method

1. Preheat oven to 330°. Butter a 6-cup-capacity loaf pan.
2. With an electric or standing mixer on medium speed, cream butter and sugar together in a large bowl until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Add orange juice, sour cream, orange zest, and vanilla; mix until blended.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture and cranberries to wet ingredients and mix just until dry ingredients are absorbed; do not over-mix.
4. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of bread comes out clean.
5. Let the loaf cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove and transfer to a cooling rack set over a large baking sheet.
6. Let the loaf cool completely before slicing.

Oven roasted chicken drumsticks

Ingredients:

• 6 chicken drumsticks (leg pieces)
• 1 eggs 
• 1 cup bread crumbs 
• salt and chilly powder to taste.
• Butter 
• 3 Garlic cloves

Over roasted chicken drumsticks

Preparation:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In bread crumbs add salt & chilly powder , you can add whatever spiced you want.
• Beat the egg & add salt & chilly powder to it.
• In a pan melt the butter, add chopped garlic
• Pour melted butter garlic mixture over the chicken. Dredge the chicken piece by piece in the egg, then the bread crumbs, until all pieces are coated.Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, then turn pieces over and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove from oven and drain on paper towels. Enjoy!

Mouth watering Tandoori Chicken

Ingredients:

1. Yogurt : 1 tsp per piece
2. Salt to taste
3. Ginger garlic paste
4. Lime juice
5. Pepper powder
6. Red chili powder
7. Fenugreek leaves powder
8. Garam masala powder
9. Cumin powder
10. Coriander powder
11. Turmeric
12. Red color
13. Chicken
14. Chat masala

Initial Marination : 

1. Make slits in the flesh of the chicken pieces and rub lime juice + salt + chili powder over them. Keep aside for half an hour.

Actual marination and Baking:

1. Mix yogurt + ginger garlic paste + chili powder + salt + pepper powder(half tsp) + fenugreek leave powder(half tsp) + turmeric  + garam masala (half tsp) + 1 tsp cumin powder + 1 tsp coriander powder + lime juice + red color

2. Mix the chicken well into this mixture.

3. Preheat oven for 400-450F.

4. Put chicken in the oven. It takes around 30-35 mins to cook the chicken.