Thursday, November 27, 2008

POMEGRANATE MUFFINS--RM#2

DAY27 OF RM#2
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INGREDIENTS:

All Purpose Flour-------------1-3/4 cup

Pomegranate seeds-----------1/2 cup(reserve 5 tsp for garnishing)

Orange Zest------------------1 tsp

Baking Powder---------------1-1/2 tsp

Baking soda------------------1/4 tsp

Sugar------------------------ 3/4 cup or more

Chopped nuts----------------4 tbp(optional)

Cinnamon--------------------1 tsp

Milk--------------------------1/4 cup

Egg---------------------------1

Melted Butter/Olive Oil------6 tbp

DIRECTIONS:

1.Preheat the oven to 190°C.Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda,orange zest,cinnamon and pinch of salt into a bowl.

2.With an electric mixer on medium speed whisk egg for 2-3 mins.Then add in sugar ,oil and whisk for another minute.

3. Mix in the milk and whisk again for a minute and add into the flour mixture and just mix in well with just enough water to make the batter thick enough.When u remove the whisker from the batter it should fall down in slow ribbons.

4.Stir in the nuts,1/2 cup of pomegranate seeds and divide the batter between the muffin cups .Just fill 3/4 of the cup and top with few pomegranate seeds.

5.Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of a muffin comes out clean.

6.Place the muffin pan onto a wire rack and allow to cool for 20 minutes. Then remove the muffins from the pan and serve with whipped cream.

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18 comments:

Unknown said...

This looks great.Nice recipes Raaji.

Pavani said...

ooh..it is tempting me here very much..its not fair raaji... i liked it very much

Jaishree Iyer said...

Woo!Looks Gr8.Tempting pic Raaji:) Thanks for sharing.

Deepthi Shankar said...

those muffins look real tempting Raaji

Divya Kudua said...

Pomo muffins look delicious Raaji..am so tempted to take a biiiiig bite..;-)

Finla said...

The looks like precious stones poppin up.
Delicious.

Adlak's tiny world said...

ooooff... who had taken that big bite before me. che i m late. send me fresh one or else i ll cry hummm humm.....

Adlak's tiny world said...

my daughter on c ing this, wants to have a bite yar. she started nagging me to get this cake. sorry i cant bake, i said ask that aunty to pack it and send it for u...He He He....

Mahimaa's kitchen said...

that is so pretty... like the pink color that pom gives! nice pic.

CurryLeaf said...

Wow,I too made muffins today.The pic is very very tempting

Priya Suresh said...

Wow wat a great muffins...lovely picture...

Medhaa said...

Hi Raaji, Bhaaji in Sindhi means any curry dry or with gravy...maybe I will change the title everyone seems to look for the pakodas

Vibaas said...

Looks soooo soft and yummy. Very tempting.

Unknown said...

that looks so pretty...nice picture..

Unknown said...

This is new pomegranate in a muffin.Gorgeous pic!

Cham said...

Good recipe and attractive too

Raks said...

Cool one raaji!

Unknown said...

nice one.. looks really mouthwatering & tempting..