This was originally posted on my other blog : Brouhaha Et Al . :
Heloooooo :) !
How
was the weekend ? Am already feeling sad that its Sunday and tomorrow I
have to go back to work , braving the horrible Banaglore traffic ! :(
:( :( !!
So
, yesterday was my mom ' s birthday ! :) And I made mango cheesecake
for her . :) Yes , it was a shock to many people at home , to find me
in the kitchen - cooking and not eating :P . My nani actually had to do a
double check to make sure it was really me and not my mom tinkering
around the kitchen ! Needless to say everyone was very skeptical to try
it ( my cousin brother said : " Is this juice , it looks yellow , do I
need a straw ? ! " :P ) .
But , it was actually yummy and so totally delicious ! :) . Yaay for me ! :)
So , what do we need :
- Biscuits- for the base - I used Hide and Seek and Marie Gold
- Crushed Almonds - for the base ( used after crushing whole almonds in the blender to a fine powder)
- Dark Chocolate Chips - for the base . You just needs a handful ( Iused Nature's Leonz
- Unsalted butter - 75 gm ( I used Nandini )
- Cream Cheese - 1 block ; about 300 gms ( I used Britannia Cream Cheese)
- Cream -175 gms ( I used Impero Sour Cream , you can even use whipped cream )
- Mangoes - 2 ( I used fresh sweet raspuri )
- Vanila essence - a few drops
- Edible Gelatine - 1 tbsp
- Hot water - to dissolve the gelatine
- Sugar - as per taste .
Here you can see most of the ingredients that I used :
To begin with... |
I bought the cream cheese , butter and cream at Spar Hypermarket , Oasis Mall .
Cream Cheese and Cream |
So , to start with
what you need to do , is blend the products that will form your base to a
fine powder . So , I put the Marie Gold Biscuits , the Hide and Seek
and the almonds and gave it a good whiz to bring down to a fine powder .
Powdered base + dark chocolate chips |
In the above
picture , you can see the biscuits and almonds finely powdered . I have
also added a handful of dark choco chips for that extra zing . Next ,
you have to melt your unsalted butter and add to this mixture .
Add molten butter ... |
Mera bas chale toh I
ll just make this base and have . It smelled and tasted heavenly ! :) .
So , now you need to take a pan in which you want to make your
cheesecake . I used a normal oval pan , because I couldnt find anything
else . You can even use individual glasses . Whatever you use , grease
it first with some butter . And then layer this oh-so-yummy butter
infused crumble to about 2 inches .
The base is ready ... |
Now
once you have layered your base , leave this pan in the fridge . Ab
vapas aa jao to your kitchen . :P Next we add sugar to the cream and
cream cheese . And mix all three together . Make sure to not over
process this as then your cheese cake will be too thin and not hold up
.
Blend.Mix.Blend |
You
can even add a lil bit of vanilla essence to this mixture after its
blended well.It will really give out a yummy taste and smell.
Show some vanilla love .. |
Now
, you can just proceed with this mixture and layer it on top of your
base . But since I made mango wala cheesecake , I used mangoes to flavor
it . In a bowl, melt the gelatin in hot water . To this add the puree
of two sweet mangoes . To make the puree , just dice the mangoes and
blend (without extra water ) in a blender . Add the pureed mangies to
the dissolved galatin .
Mango Puree + Gelatin .. |
Mango Puree + Cream mixture . |
Add half of this
mixture to the blended cream cheese . And blend this further . Then you
need to get your dish out of the fridge and then layer this on top of
the base .
Finally !! :) |
You can leave it in
the fridge for 1 hour . After this add the rest of the mango puree
mixture as the third and final layer . Leave it overnight or at least
for a couple of hours in the fridge . I did not take pictures of it when
we were finally eating it . Too busy hogging :P :P :P .
Don't
you think , this is an easy recipe ? I mean it has no eggs and no
baking , but still its cheese cake !! Yaay . I found this recipe on edible garden
. I just added a few more things like almonds , choco chips and vanilla
essence . :) Nags has some very nice recipes. Do check out her site .
:) :) :)
So
, what did you do on the weekend ? Do you like cheesecake ? I love
cheesecake !! Please try this recipe and let me know how it turned out
for you :)
Lots of love and cheer ,
XOXO
Khaddu..........
does it mean no baking and still a cake ready for any occasion?? wow...
ReplyDeleteyes Supi .. thats exactly what i mean .. go ahead and try it :) !
ReplyDeletethis is so simple! i love cheesecake but never tried making it:) ill pakka try now:D
ReplyDelete-Poorva