ankita, Author at One Girl and her Thermie

Bread rolls

Leave a Comment / Baking (Savoury), Breads

This was the original bread recipe, we used to do in the Thermomix TM31 days. It’s one of my favourite quick bread roll recipes as I think the addition of the olive oil, just makes the bread taste, oh so good.

Making bread in the Thermomix is so easy to do with the knead function of the Thermomix and it opens the possibility of so much more. All speciality bread doughs, pasta dough, pastry, shortbread, scones, dumplings, gnocchi can be done using this amazing knead function. Nothing tastes better than homemade bread, with its full flavours, freshness and the satisfaction you get in the making. You’ll never find a loaf that compares to the one you take from the oven. Master the art of baking fresh bread with your Thermomix.

This can make 1 x 700g loaf or 12 bread rolls.

Bath Melts

Leave a Comment / Non-food

My daughter is obsessed with LUSH cosmetics. Enter a mall with LUSH and she makes a beeline to LUSH, Smiggle and Claire’s Accessories and all her hard earned pocket-money is spent in minutes on bath bombs and bath melts. So, I’ve been exploring ways that she can still soothe her senses while being easier on her pocket. Making homemade bath bombs and bath melts is a perfect activity for us to do together on a weekend.

These bath melts are fragrant but all have conditioning ingredients especially good in winter time as my kids both tend to get dry skin. Relax in a bath as they slowly dissolve and fizz while infusing the water with oils and butters to soften your skin.

Variations for this recipe are endless; we always add some rose petals for the luxury effect and food colouring to make them interesting. They make wonderful gifts and we have been know to make bath melts for Christmas gifts and end of year presents.

Disclaimer – Thermomix® is a cooking appliance intended to be only used for food preparation.

However, the recipes here are using food ingredients – sugar, spices, coconut oil, food colouring etc. which I do cook with so I am happy to make ‘beauty’ products using my Thermomix. I also have multiple TM bowls, so I can safely use separate bowls for making these without any cross contamination. If in any doubt, don’t make them.

LUSH inspired fizzy bath bombs

5 Comments / Non-food

Over the past few years, it seems bath bombs have been popping up at every skincare, spa retailer and beauty shop out there. With their soothing scents and fun fizzy effect, it’s no wonder bath bombs are such a huge hit. But why waste time or money at the store like LUSH when you can make your own bath bombs at home? All you need to do is gather a few common household ingredients, along with your favourite essential oils, and settle in for the best soak of your life with this simple bath bomb recipe.

Lemon essential oil makes these bath bombs smell absolutely refreshing! These big bath bombs will add a burst of freshness and glee to your next bath.

Disclaimer – Thermomix® is a cooking appliance intended to be only used for food preparation.

Jalebi

2 Comments / Baking (Sweet), Dessert

Jalebi an Indian sweet made of a coil of batter fried and steeped in syrup.

We never made this at home, probably because my mother is a doctor and this really dessert/ snack is fried in oil and sweet covered with more sweetness. But on trips back to Chandigarh, I can always remember heading to the street vendors in Sector 23 to eat this hot, delicious snack or dessert with my father. It brings back memories of my childhood going home and visiting my family in Punjab.

It’s best eaten just freshly made when the jalebi is cooked but soft and still warm with the syrup oozing when you bite it.

Mango Kulfi

4 Comments / Dairy, Dessert

Mango kulfi embodies India using one of my favourite fruits and desserts (ice cream) into one.

Kulfi a popular frozen dairy dessert from the Indian subcontinent. It is often described as “traditional Indian ice cream.” Whilst kulfi is usually frozen in moulds, so it does not require churning as conventional ice cream does but when making it at home you could use small paper takeaway cups or glasses. You could also freeze the kulfi in an ice tray or in paper cones as I have done.

Thandai

2 Comments / Drinks

Indian thandai, literally translated as ‘something that cools’, is a sweet, creamy milk drink flavoured with nuts and mixed with spices such as cardamom, fennel, rose petals, and poppy seeds.

On Holi, the Indian festival of colours, the refreshment is traditionally served with the addition of bhaang (a derivative of marijuana). Here I’ve substituted gin instead, which accentuates the nutty, warmly-spiced, floral flavours in thandai perfectly. Welcome your guests to aroma of this traditional blend. You can make it before, store and serve whenever.

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Strawberry Lassi

Leave a Comment / Dairy, Drinks, Snacks, Vegan & Vegetarian

Lassi is a popular traditional yogurt-based drink from the Indian Subcontinent. Lassi is a blend of yogurt, water, spices and sometimes fruit. My kids love lassi and its the perfect drink to get some dairy protein and fruit into them. This Thermomix recipe is super easy, and tastes delicious.