Savory bread pudding

Ok it's been a long time that I posted something here. Just that life has been REALLY busy with hubby dear joining part time MBA program :( That also attributes to the fact that I have less of him at home to try out my creations.
Anyways, this weekend I was clearing out my fridge and found some bread that needed to be taken care of. Did not want to make the regular French-Toast or the bread pudding, so tried my hands at experimenting something. And to my happiness, husband dear liked it A LOT. I share the recipe below for you to try and possible make your loved one happy too. :)

Ingredients:
Left over bread
Oil
Onion
Garlic paste/crushed garlic
Sausage
Any kind of greens (I used the frozen turnip green package)
Coriander powder
Garam Masala powder
Red chili powder
Serrano pepper/Green chillies
grated cheese (as per taste)
Chicken bullion
Eggs
Milk

Steps:
1) Chop onions into medium sized pieces. remove the sausage from the casing and dice that as well
2) In a pan put some oil and saute the onion a lil while. Add garlic and saute some more time
3) when onions turn a lil golden, add the greens. Saute till the greens become a lil tender.
4) Add the sausage pieces, chicken bullion, and all the other spices.
5) Add chopped chillies and saute till mixture looks done
6) Grease a baking pan and make a layer with cubed bread pieces.
7) Add cheese and then add the sausage-greens mixture.
8) Beat eggs with milk (it should be enough to soak the bread pieces completely - for a proportion use 1 cup of milk for 6 eggs) and pour it over the sausage mixture.
9) Refrigerate this between 30 mins - 1 hr for bread to get completely soaked in the egg-mil mixture.
10) Remove from fridge and bake in a pre-heated (350 F) oven for about an hour or till the top become golden in color.

ENJOY your savory bread pudding :)

Moni Didi's Yummy DUM Biryani

Ingredients:
1 kg mutton
2-3 spoons garlic paste
2-3 spoons ginger paste
1/2 kg onion finely chopped
1/2 kg onion chopped long
2 tomatoes finely chopped
appox. 400grms of curd
1 full packet of SHAN BIRYANI MASALA
5-6 full green chili with slits
3-4 spoons of oil
4-5 cup rice
Whole Garam Masala
2 spoons of ghee
Freshly chopped Coriander and Mint leaves

Method:
1) wash 1 kg mutton and put it in a big bowl. Add garlic paste, ginger paste, finely chopped onion, tomatoes, curd (you could put more curd and less tomatoes),SHAN BIRYANI MASALA, slitted green chillies and oil.
2) mix everything nicely and put at least for 6-8 hours in the fridge.
3) Fry long cut onion and till brown and keep aside.
4) soak the rice in water for about 30 mins.
5) After u take out the marinated mutton from the fridge, put it in a kadhai. No need to put oil. Cook it without adding anything for about 30 mints. Mutton should be tender but not overcooked.
6) cook the rice with gram masala..remember that it should be just half cooked.
7) first put 2 spoons of ghee in a nonstick pan, then put a layer of cooked mutton, put coriander and mint leaves, put fried onions above that, put a layer of cooked rice. Repeat this one more time.
8) while making the layers u can put sliced tomatoes and fresh slitted green chilies.
On top of the layers put coriander and mint leaves and fried onion.
9) Cover the pan nicely and DUM the biryani for at least 20 mins.
10) Serve hot with Raita

Andar-Bahar Seekh Kabab

Ingredients:
400 gm: minced meat
1/2 cup: Corn kernels (crushed)
2 nos. Spring Onions (finely chopped)
8-10 cloves: Garlic (4 cloves crushed)
4 tbsp: Coriander Leaves (finely chopped)
1 tsp: Red Chili Flakes
To taste: Salt
2 tsp: Coriander Powder
To taste: Black Pepper powder
1 tsp: Garam Masala powder
2 nos. Eggs (boiled, shelled and grated)
200 gm: Paneer (mashed)
1/2 tsp: Sugar
Oil for grilling the kabab

Method:

1. For the kebab, mix minced chicken, corn, spring onions, crushed garlic, green coriander, red chili flakes, salt, coriander powder, black pepper powder and garam masala. Also mix in grated boiled eggs.
2. For the paneer, mix the paneer with crushed sugar, coriander powder and black pepper powder.
3. Put paneer mixture on a seekh kebab and cover with chicken mince mixture. heat a tawa and grill seekhs turning regularly and basting with oil. When done, cool and cut into 3 long pieces of different sizes.

Black Forest Cake

Ingredients

* 1 2/3 cups cake flour
* 2 eggs
* 4 ounces kirsch (brandy)
* 12 ounces buttermilk
* 16 ounces heavy whipping cream
* 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 3 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
* 1 ounce semisweet baking chocolate
* 4 ounces shortening
* 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
* salt - 1 pinch
* 8 ounces butter
* 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
* 3 teaspoons kirsch
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon coffee (very strong)
* 14 ounces sweet cherries in heavy syrup, drained
* 12 ounces sugar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Direction

1. In a mixing bowl, combine cake flour, baking soda, cocoa and one teaspoon salt through a sieve, mix well and keep it aside.
2. Take cream shortening in a medium sized mixing bowl and add sugar to it. Stir continuously till the mixture becomes light and fluffy. Add eggs along with the vanilla essence into it and mix thoroughly.
3. Add the above mixture into the flour mixture, along with 8 ounces of buttermilk (alternatively). Mix well till all the ingredients are blended completely.
4. Take two 8 inch round pans and place parchment circles at the surfaces and pour the prepared cake mixture into it. Bake both the pans in a 350 degrees preheated oven for at least 35-40 minutes or till it is completely done. Do the toothpick test to check whether the cake is baked fully before taking it out.
5. Let the baked cakes cool completely on a wire rack. Once this is done, slice the cakes from the center horizontally. Pour 2 ounces kirsch each on the cut side of both the cakes and set aside.
6. Beat the butter in another bowl till it becomes light and fluffy. Add a pinch of salt, coffee, remaining buttermilk, confectioners sugar and mix well.
7. Take one layer of the cake on a plate and spread 1/3 of the filling on it evenly. Place 1/3 of the cherries on top of it and place another layer of cake above it and repeat the same procedure.
8. Once all layers are been filled, make a mixture with 3 teaspoons kirsch and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and pour over the cake. Prepare icing by whisking cream in a bowl and adding it to the uppermost layer. To decorate the cake, sprinkle chocolate shavings on top of the cake.