Mawa kolačići

Mawa , mava, khoa ili khoya je indijski sir od mleka  koji se tradicionalno dobija višesatnim kuvanjem mleka dok iz njega ne ispari skoro sva voda. Jedan je od najpoznatijih sastojaka u indijskoj kuhinji i koristi se i u slanim i u slatkim jelima zbog svog izuzetnog slatkastog i pomalo orašastog ukusa. 
Ovoga puta pravimo mava kolačiće sa  kardamom. Orašasti ukus mave i limunkasti ukus kardamoma se baš lepo slažu u ovom kolačiću. 
Da bi smo kod kuće pripremili mavu a uzbegli tradicionalan način pripreme  potrebno nam je evaporisano mleko i slatka pavlaka. 
Za one koji u svojim prodavnicama ne mogu pronaći evaporisano mleko, napravićemo i njega. :) Pa da počnemo. 



Za evaporisano mleko nam je potrebno:
60 gr putera 
185 gr mleka u prahu 
120 ml vode
Vodu sipati u šerpicu i na jakoj vatri pustiti da uzavri. Dodajte puter i kratko mešajte dok se ne otopi. Sklonite sa vatre i umešajte mleko u prahu. Trudite se da ga dobro promešate da ima što manje gromuljica. Vratite na vatru, smanjite je na srednje jaku i kuvaje minut, dva. Sklonite sa šporeta, pustite da se malo ohladi (oko minut) i štapnim blenderom  ili u multipraktiku izmiksujte smešu da postane homogena. Dobićete oko 400 ml mleka 


Za mavu: 

my homemade mawa/mava/khoya

U većem lončetu ili dubokoj šerpi  sa debljim čeličnim dnom sipaje slatku pavlaku i evaporisano mleko. Na jakoj vatri pustite da provri.Kod mene je to br 9. Smanjite na jaču srednju temperaturu ( ja sam smanjila na 7) i kuvajte 10 minuta  , mešaje i pazite da ne prekipi. Smanjte na srednju temperaturu ( ja sam smanjila na 5) i kuvajte desetak minuta , neprekidno mešajući. Sada smanjite na srednju nisku vatru  ( ja sam na 4) i kuvaje opet 10-tak minuta mešajući. Smanjite na slabu vatru ( ja sam na 3) i kuvajte još 10 tak minuta i mešajte žustro da vam se ne zalepi za dno. Ceo proces neće trajati duže od 50 minuta. Dobijena smesa treba da po izgledu podseća na puding i da kada povučete liniju po dnu  šerpe varjačom ostane trag. Dobićete oko 150 gr mave.


Mava kolačići 
(orginalan recept ) 

100 gr mave
85 gr putera
6 kašoka mleka 
155 gr brašna
1/2  kašičice praška za pecivo 
2 jaja
1/4 kašičice kardamoma
prstohvat soli
100 gr šećera
polovine oraha (nisu obavezne)

Brašno sa praškom za pecivom ,prstohvatom soli i kardamomom  prosejte. U dubljoj vangli umutite šećer i puter pa dodajte mavu. Mešajte da se sve dobro sjedini pa dodajte prosejano brašno i opet sjedinite. U zasebnoj vamglici umutite jaja pa dodajte predhodnoj smesi. Na kraju dodajte mleko i dobro promešajte da je sve sjedinjeno. Sada masu p+ravnomerno podelite na modlice koje ste predhodno premazali puterom ili ste u njih stavili papirne korpice. Možete koristiti kalupe za mini ili obične mafine ili nekih drugih oblika već po želji, Ja sam koristila silikonse modlice sa različitim oblicima cveća. U koliko želite na svaki kolaćić možete staviti po jednu polovinu jezgra oraha. Kolačiće pecite u predhodno zagrejanoj  rerni na 180°C na srednjem nivou 20-25 minuta dok kolačići ne dobiju lepu zlatnu boju. 

Izvadite ih iz rerne ,pustite da se ohlade i poslužite. Meni su oni idealni čajni kolačići. 
Prijatno :)








Mawa, mava, khoa or khoya is a milk cheese, made either from milk powder or traditionally by reducing whole milk in an open skillet for long hours. It is one of the most famous and a classic ingredient in Indian cooking where it is used both for savory as well as sweet dishes. This time we make mawa cakes with cardamom. But first  we need to made mawa . And  if you  can't find  evaporated milk in you store , make it.

Evaporated Milk

60 gr butter

1/2 cup water

1 1/2 cup powder milk  

Stir the butter into the water when it begins to boil. Turn down the heat source to medium or lower and continue to stir until the butter is fully incorporated into the water. 




Mawa / Khoya

 400 ml  Evaporated Milk
125 ml  double crem  


Mix  the evaporated milk and heavy cream in a large stainless steel pot. Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium high and let it cook, stirring  for about 10 minutes. Turn the heat to medium and let the mixture cook for another 10  minutes, stirring , until the mixture starts to thicken. Turn the heat to medium low and cook another 10 minutes. Turn the heat down to low and continue cooking another 10  minutes and  stirring all time.
The whole process shouldn't take more than  50 minutes. The final consistency is that of a very thick pudding.
Let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate if not using right away. The mawa can also be frozen for up to 3 months. With this recipe, you have 150 gr mawa.

Mawa Cake 
(original recipe) 

155gr all purpose flour
2gr baking powder
1/4 teaspoon cardamom
pinch of salt
100gr mava, at room temperature
85gr unsalted butter, at room temperature
100gr sugar
2 eggs
6 tablespoons whole milk
walnuts  halves



Preheat the oven to 180°C and position a rack in the middle .Brush with melted butter small cupcake, muffin tins or other mini cake moulds or  line the cake moulds with paper cups. Take butter in a bowl, add sugar and whisk together till light and creamy. Break the eggs into another bowl and whisk . Add mawa to the butter mixture and continue to whisk. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, cardamom and salt and add the mixture into the butter mixture. Add the eggs and mix. Add a  milk .  Turn the speed back up to medium and beat until the mixture is smooth. Divide bater evenly among the prepared cake tins, top each with a walnut  half if using and bake for 20-25minutes.  Let the cakes cool before serving them.
 

Fabi  from Fabsfood was our May Daring Cooks’ hostess and she challenged us to make boeuf bourguignon. I was so happy. Wine, beef, bacon, mushrooms....  It has ALL of my favorite ingredients in one dish. Fabi provided us with  Julia Child’s recipe, from her book “Mastering the art of french cooking”. Here are Fabi's  instruction.

Boeuf bourguignon


Ingredients for 6 people:
Ingredients
1 x 6 oz (200 gr) chunk of streaky bacon
Olive oil
3 pounds (1⅓ kg) stewing beef cut into 2 inches (5 cm) cubes
1 teaspoon (5 ml) (6 gm) salt
½ teaspoon (5 ml) (2 gm) pepper
3 tablespoons (45 ml) (1 oz/30 gm) flour
3 cups (1½ pint/720 ml) of young red wine. Suggestions: Bourgogne, of course, but also Bordeaux, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chianti, Rioja etc., depending on your country and your taste. Being Spanish, my choice this time was a good Rioja. It really has to be a good one but it hasn’t necessarily to be a very expensive one, you know, il ne faut pas exagérer
1 carrot, sliced (I prefer to cut it into chunks, but that's just my taste)
1 onion, sliced in julienne
1 ½ to 2 cups (¾ to 1 pint/355 to 475 ml) of beef stock or beef bouillon
1 tablespoon (15 ml) (½ oz/15 gm) tomato paste or tomato puree
2 cloves mashed garlic
½ teaspoon (2½ ml) (1 gm) thyme leaves
1 bay leave (Julia says it has to be crushed, I prefer not to crush it so that I can remove it at the end of the process)
The blanched bacon rind
18-24 small onions, brown-braised in stock
1 pound (½ kg) mushrooms sautéed in butter (Champignons are perfect for this purpose)
Fresh parsley sprigs to serve
Directions:
1.Prepare the bacon: Remove the rind. Cut the bacon into lardons (Sticks, ¼ inch thick and ½ inch (5 mm x 15 mm) long) and simmer everything in 4 cups (1 litre) of water for 10 minutes. Drain and dry carefully with paper towels.
2.Dry the meat cubes carefully with paper towels.
3.Preheat oven to hot 450ºF/230ºC/gas mark 8
4.In a fireproof casserole or a frying pan, sauté the lardons in a tablespoon of olive oil for 2-3 minutes until they’re lightly brown. Remove them to a side dish with a slotted spoon.
5.In the same casserole/pan, sauté the beef until it’s golden brown. Remove it to the side dish where you keep the bacon and set aside.
6.Still in the same casserole/pan, sauté the carrot and the onion.
7.Return the bacon and the beef to the casserole. Sprinkle it with salt and pepper, then add the flour and toss.
 8.Place the casserole/dish uncovered in the middle position of the oven for 4 minutes. This gives the meat a lovely crust.
9.Remove the casserole/dish from the oven. Stir in the wine, stock, tomato paste, mashed garlic cloves, thyme, bay and the blanched bacon rind.
10.Bring it to simmering point on the stove. Now, if you were using a frying pan, discard it and put the stew in an oven proof dish.
11.Cover the casserole/dish (If your dish doesn't have a lid, use aluminum foil and stretch it to the edges of the dish in order to minimize the loss of juices) and place it low in the oven. Adjust the heat so that the liquid simmers very slowly, it has to go on for 3-4 hours.
12.While the stew is cooking, prepare onions and mushrooms. For the onions: Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a frying pan and sauté the peeled onions until golden brown. Add beef stock until they’re almost covered and simmer for 20-25 minutes, or until almost all the liquid disappears and they’re tender but keep their shape. Set aside.
 13.Prepare the mushrooms as well: Wash quarter and sauté them in 2 tablespoons butter. Keep on stirring until they’re nicely brown. Set aside.
 14.When meat is tender, put the stew into a sieve over a saucepan, wash out the casserole and return the stew to it. Put onions and mushrooms over the meat.
15.Skim the fat off the sauce. Put the saucepan on the stove and simmer it for 2-3 minutes. Skim additional fat if it rises. The sauce should be thick enough to coat a spoon. If not, boil it until it thickens. If it’s too thick, stir in some stock or bouillon to make it lighter.
16.Pour the sauce over the stew. Put the casserole on the stove or in the oven and reheat for 2-3 minutes. Serve it in the casserole with some sprigs of fresh parsley. Some goods sides are potatoes, noodles or rice.
Freezing/Storage Instructions/Tips: You can keep leftovers in the fridge for 2-3 days. If you want to freeze it, it lasts up to 3 months.

The only changes I made were adding a few extra carrots.   I cooked boeuf bourguignon two days in a row. First time I made only 1/4 of the recipe and didn't get any photos . I ate it almost immediately because it was so delicious.

 Dear Fabi, thanks so much for a very YUMMY challenge!


Boeuf bourguignon
Domaćica ovomesečne igre Daring Bakers Fabi sa bloga Fabsfood nas je izazvala da napravimo beef bourguignon i na tome joj mnogo hvala. Ovo je bio jedan jako ukusan izazov.  Ako do sada niste probali ovaj klasik francuske kuhinje sada je pravo vreme da to učinite.

Potrebno Vam je :
200 gr mesnate slanine
maslinovo ulje
1,3 kg junećeg buta isečenog na kockice 3x3 cm
1 kašičica soli
1 kašičica mlevenog bibera
3 supene kašike brašna
720 ml mladog crvenog vina
1 šargarepa ( ja sam stavila ipak više, 4 ili pet manjih)
1 crveni luk, sitno seckan
450 ml juneće bistre  supe + 100 ml supe ( za dinstanje malih lukčića)
1 supena kašika paradajz pirea
2 čena belog luka (propasirana kroz presu  ili sitno naseckana)
1/2 kafene kašičice timijana
1 list lovora
18-24 malih lukčića 
1/2 kg manjih šampinjonja
2 kašike putera 


Iseckajte slaninicu na šnjite a zatim svaku šnjiticu na manje komadiće. Kocke mesa posušite ubrusima. zagrejte rernu na 230°C. U tiganju propržite slaninicu na kašici maslinovog ulja. Ocedite supljom kašikom i izvadite na tanjir. Na toj masnoći propržite kockice mesa, ravnomerno sa svake strane. . Izvadite ih i stavite na tanjir sa slaninom.Zatim u istom tiganju ubacite šargarepu i luk i kratko ih proprzite dok luk ne postane staklast. Tiganj sklonite sa vatre i vratite  meso i slaninu. Posolite i pobiberite i dodajte brašno. Sve dobro promešate i stavite u rernu tako što ćete rešetku postavite na sredinu rerne.  pecite 4 minuta, otvorite rernu, promešajte i pecite još 4 minuta.





Dodajte vino, supu, paradajz pire, lovorov list, timijan i beli luk.
Pustite da proključa. Ako ste do sada koristili tiganj, pravo je vreme da sve preručite u keramičku posudu za pečenje.Posudu poklopite odgovarajućim poklopcem ili aluminiskom folijom ako poklopac nemate. Rešetku u rerni pomerite na najniži podeljak i stavite posudu sa jelom na nju. Temperaturu u rerni podesite na 180°C i kuvajte 3-4 sata dok meso ne postane lepo mekano. Pri kraju kuvanja, 1 kašiku putera otopite u tiganji i  propržite pečurke pa ih izvadite ih iz tiganja. U istom tiganju istopite još jednu  kašiku putera i propržite  male lukčiće dok ne dobiju zlatnu boju. Nalijte ih sa 1 dl  govedje supe (da ogreznu) i kuvajte na tihoj vatri jedno 20-25 minuta,dok ne postanu meki ali treba da zadrže oblik.
Kada je meso mekano, procedite ga kroz finu rešetku iznad tiganja,  meso vratite u posudu u koju se peklo preko njega rasporedite lukčiće i pečurke a sos u tiganju zgusnite  i prelijte preko svega. Pospite sa sveže seckanim peršunom i poslužite odmah uz krompir, pastu ili pirinač.
Prijatno :)
Ovo je zvanično postalo moje omiljeno jelo. Pravila sam ga dva puta za redom.Prvi put sam napravila samo četvrtinu recepta za nas dvoje ali kada sam krenula da se pripremam za slikanje a bb je tako dobro mirisao, smazali smo ga a da nisam ni jednu fotku okinula. Ovo su slike drugog po redu bb-a. Kao što vidite i tu mi se žurilo da krenem sa jelom pa su slike malo krive, čaša nije u kadru.... Meni je prosto nemoguće stajati iznad ovog jela ,upijati mirise a imati mirnu ruku za slikanje. : ))

Često na pomen kineske kuhinje prva asocijacija nam bude wok i stir fry hrana. Medjutim kineska kuhinja obiluje i lepim gustim supicama kao što je ova. :)
Za četiri osobe potrebno je :
Za domaću kokošiju supu:
1 pileće  grudi sa kostima ( oko 600 gr )
1 crveni luk
2 čena belog luka
komad djumbira (jedno 2 cm)


Priprema supe :
Lonac sa dovoljnom količinom vode (kada stavite pileće grudi da voda bude preko njih)  stavite  da proključa. Za to vreme pileće grudi operite , odstranite im kožicu. Kada voda proključa  stavite ih  u lonac . Kratko prokuvajte jedno 10-tak minuta  , dok krv iz mesa ne prekine da izlazi i dok se ne prekine stvarati skrama pa ih izvadite i ponovo dobro operite i meso i lonac. Crveni luk izrezite na krugove  i blago ga karamelizujte na zagrejanom teflonskom tiganju. U lonac ubacite karamelizovani luk, pileće grudi, djumbir, par grančica peršuna,beli luk , nalijte sa  2 l hladne vode  i na
 jakoj vatri kuvajte dok ne provri. Kada provri, vatru smanjite na srednju temperaturu tako da se supa kuva ali da ne ključa. Ako se skrama i dalje bude stvarala odstranite je kašikom.  Tako ćete dobiti bistru slatkastu  supicu koja će vam poslužiti kao osnova za kinesku supu sa nudlama.
Kada dodje vreme jela nastavljamo sa kuvanjem.

 
 Za  kinesku pileću supu sa nudlama   :

za 4 osobe


iseckano kuvano pileće meso (iz supe)
4 "zamotuljaka"  kineskih nudli sa jajima
200 gr brokolija
200 gr šargarepe
2 mlada luka
pola ljute crvene paprike 
3 stabljike celara ( one debele stabljike  sa reklame za philadelphia sir :) )
svetli soja sos
ulje od susama
1,5 l domaće pileće supe 

Priprema kineske pileće supe sa nudlama :

Šargarepicu naseckajte na kolutiće, cvetiće brokolija razdvojte na sitne cvetiće, celer naseckajte na 1 cm široke kriškice. Tri zdelice napunite hladnom vodomi u svaku dodajte po par kockica leda.  U šerpici zagrejte 2 kutlače supe i kada provri dodajte šargarepu. Kuvajte je jedno 5 minuta izvadite i stavite u zdelicu sa hladnom vodom (na taj način prekidamo kuvanje a šargarepica ostaje al dente. Kineska kuhinja retko toleriše  prekuvano povrće)
U istoj supici u kojoj smo kuvali šargarepu i koja vri ubacite brokoli i kuvajte jedan minut. Nakon toga brokoli prenesite u njegovu zdelicu sa hladnom vodom . Isto ponovite i sa celerom.
Osim ovog povrća možete koristiti i kineski kupus, spanać , šitaki pečurke, papriku.
Postupak kuvanja povrća je isti, samo vreme kuvanja prilagodite vrsti povrća. Lisnato povrće kuvajte po minut, a paprike i pečurke  po 2  minuta.
U supici u kojoj smo kuvali povrće dodajte  ostatak  supe ,  pustite da uzavri i dodajte nudle. Skuvajte ih po upustvu sa pakovanja.  Ja nudle kuvam oko 5-7 minuta , zavisno od vrste koju koristim.
U četiri duboka tanjira ili zdele  ravnomerno rasporedite nudle , povrće i naseckane pileće grudi.  Supu kojoj ste kuvali povrće i nudle začinite sa svetlim soja sosom i par kapi ulja od susama, po potrebi dodajte još soli po ukusu  i ravnomerno je podelite  po  tanjirima preko nudli, mesa i povrća. Preko dodajte mladi naseckani luk i crvenu ljutu paričicu  i pustite pre jela da odstoji jedno pet minuta da se ukusi prožmu.





 For Homemade Chicken Broth
1 biger chicken breast (600-700 gr)
 2 cm piece of ginger, peeled and sliced
1 big red onion
parsly
2 garlic cloves
salt to taste

 Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup
 (serve 4)
meat from cooked chicken breast ,shredded
4 serving of noodles
200 gr carrots
200 gr brocoli
3  celery stick
light soy sauce
sesame oil 
2 green onions
1,5 l homemade chicken broth
1/2 red chili 

 Put your chicken breast  in a pot with boiling water. Chicken breast should be barely cover with water. Keep it at high heat for 10 minutes to boil out the impurities and scum. Rinse off the breast  and wash the pot. Cut the red  onion into slices and cook in a large skillet, over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes or until golden brown.  Fill the pot with 2 liter of cold water, add the breast, ginger, red onion,garlic and parsly. Bring to a boil and reduce to a bubbly simmer. Let the stock simmer for up to 2 hours.Strain out breast, ginger, and  onion. Salt to taste. The resulting broth should taste clean, bright, and almost sweet.
 When it’s time to eat, cook the noodles according to the package. Briefly blanch the carrots, celery and broccoli  in boiling soup. Put your noodles in a deep bowl and top with shredded chicken,  veggies , green onions and red chili. Season the broth to taste with soy sauce, salt and few drops of sesame oil. Ladle broth on top.
Enjoy!