Mango Cheesecake

I always strongly believe that one should not be afraid of cooking. ......But you know there are few dishes that I am afraid to try out. In the movie Julie Julia., Julie always keep pushing one thing that she was scared of till the end..........'Debone a chicken'.............well I am scared of trying out two things........'Rasmalai' ....and.......'Cheesecake'

Well I made a cheesecake which was amazing.....but I was not scared coz I knew this cheesecake will set and hold shape no matter what (thanks to the gelatin).Its not the one which I had tried and failed miserably , where I used cream cheese(or mascarpone) and whipped cream and hoped like crazy that after 6 hours it will set. I ended up having disintegrated cheesecake (pic at the end)

So I am back to square one ....still afraid to make the original  'CHEESECAKE' 

Recipe source : Mallika's Veg Bowl

Ingredients
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For Base

• 100 grams Digestive biscuits
• 50 gram melted butter

For Cheesecake filling

• 100 ml cream
• 50 grams cottage cheese (paneer)
• 150 ml mango flavored yogurt - Amul Aam Srikhand
• 4 tbsp castor sugar
• 1 tbsp gelatin
• 1 tsp Vanilla essence

Method

For base:

Grind digestive biscuits to fine powder in a blender/mixie, add butter and mix well. Transfer to a spring form pan (I used 7 inch, but I would suggest you use a 6 inch pan). Press the mixture evenly on the base of the pan. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Meanwhile prepare the filling.

For filling

1. Put cottage cheese (paneer),vanilla and 75 ml cream into a small blender (or use a hand electric mixer) and whip to give volume. Add thick mango yogurt (aam srikhand) and sugar and beat till well combined.
2. Dissolve gelatin with remaining 25ml cream and bring to boil till all the gelatin dissolves, add this to the cheesecake mix and beat on high speed to combined all the ingredients.
3. Transfer this onto the biscuit base .Tap the tin gently to remove air bubbles.
4. Refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours. Remove from tin and serve with fresh mango or any other fruit.

Note : If you don't have spring form pan then use any round pan and line with cling film.

My failed...disintegrated .........strawberry cheesecake (for some reason topped with a cherry:)

Mango and cream

Mango mania week

This Mango and cream recipe is similar to pineapple and cream recipe.

 Ingredients
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• 3 large mangoes(2 mangoes for puree and 1 for decoration)
• 400 ml whipping cream
• 7 to 8 tbsp powdered sugar(adjust sweetness to your taste)
• 2 tsp gelatin
• 1/4 cup water

Method

1. Chop 2 mangoes roughly and puree,pass through seive to remove the strings.Keep aside.
2. Sprinkle gelatine to 1/4 cup water and keep aside for few  minutes.Place the gelatin over double boling and mix till all the gelatine dissolves.
3. Pour cream into a bowl and sugar.Keep this in the fridge till further use.
4. Beat the gelatine with electric whisk till it looks frothy.
5. Wash the beater and now beat the cream till soft peaks form.
6. Blend in the mango pulp and gelatine mixture(if you want the mango and cream to be creamy add half the gelatine mixture).Mix well.
7. Prepare a serving dish,place one layer of chopped mangoes and pour the cream and mango mixture on to the mango,garnish with remaining mangoes.

kuku sasive- spicy mango

What do you do when all you see around are mangoes, crazy mangoes , first eat mangoes ,then make milkshake,then mango kulfi ,now kuku sasive and next mango and cream.Iam going mad with all the mangoes around.

here is a simple spicy mango recipe. 

Ingredients
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• 3 large mangoes,skin removed and chopped
• 2 cups coconut
• 2 red chiiles roasted
• 1/2 onion
• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
• salt to taste

for seasoning

• 2 tsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 6 to7 curry leaves
• 1 red chilly

method

1. Grind coconut,mustard,onion and red chillies to thick and coarse paste.Add  salt.
2. Mixed the above ground mixture into the chopped mango and combine well.
3. In a pan heat oil,when oil is hot add mustard seeds and when they splatter add curry leaves and red chilly.fry for few seconds
4. pour the above seasoning on to the spicy mango and serve with rice and rasam.