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V-Day recipes: Cocoa pancakes, Choco blocs and more

Last updated on: February 6, 2012 14:57 IST

With Valentine's Day around the corner we bring you some easy-to-make lip-smacking recipes courtesy Food Food, the lifestyle and entertainment channel.

What's Valentine's Day without some yummy chocolate dishes, right? Here are a few delicious recipes that you can try out at home this Valentine's Day!

Cocoa pancake

Ingredients:
for Pancake batter
1 Cup refined flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1-2 table spoon cocoa powder
1 cup milk

1 teaspoon cooking oil

for Cinnamon Sauce

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
Water as required
1 teaspoon butter

Method

Add refined flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, egg, cocoa powder and milk together and make a fine batter.
Heat cooking oil in a small frying pan, and spreading the batter, make pancakes.
To make cinnamon sauce take a sauce pan and in it add 1/2 cup sugar, pinch of salt, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder and a little water and cook till a thick sauce is formed.
Add 1 teaspoon butter to finish it and remove from the flame.
Serve hot cocoa pancakes with warm cinnamon sauce.
Optionally it can be served with whipped cream too.

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V-Day recipes: Cocoa pancakes, Choco blocks and more

Last updated on: February 6, 2012 14:57 IST

Choco block

Ingredients

1/2 cup oats
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup refined flour
1/4 tsp baking soda,
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1/2 cup dark chocolate
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup Dry nuts and raisins
1/ 2 cup honey
1/2 cup cooking oil
1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Method

Preheat the Oven to 170 degrees Celsius.
Mix together brown sugar, refined flour, ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder, baking soda, chocolate and salt.
Add dry nuts and raisins, honey, cooking oil & vanilla essence and mix well.
Put this mixture in a baking dish or a greased cake tin, pressing the mixture well.
Now bake this mixture in a pre-heated oven at 170 degrees Celcius for 25-30 minutes till it turns brown.
Now remove this cereal bar from oven and set aside for 10-15 minute to cool.
Meanwhile, in two separate bowls, melt white chocolate & dark chocolate on a double boiler.
Remove the baked cereal bar from tin and keep it inverted with smooth surface facing up.
Pour melted white chocolate all over it covering the total surface and then put melted dark chocolate sparingly at few places and swirl it in a zig-zag motion with the help of a toothpick.
Now refrigerate it for an hour and when the cereal bar is set, cut into slices/bars and serve.

V-Day recipes: Cocoa pancakes, Choco blocks and more

Last updated on: February 6, 2012 14:57 IST

Berry punch

Ingredients:

Strawberry Jam
2 tbsp crushed strawberry
2 scoop strawberry and 6 strawberry slices
Ice cream
Lemon drink

Method

Line the insides of a tall glass with strawberry jam add strawberry crush to the glass.
Add a scoop of ice cream and chopped strawberries.
Now pour lemon drink, cut a strawberry into fangs and garnish with a fanged strawberry, lemon wedge and a mint sprig.