Tag: banana

  • Dawat but no gas? Here are some low heat dessert recipes

    Dawat but no gas? Here are some low heat dessert recipes

    Easy and quick recipes that require no or less heat are the best solution during these cold no gas wintery days.  These easy recipes will also make lives easy of people at ‘shaadi wala ghar’.

    Banana Pudding

    Things you will need

    1 cup granulated sugar

    1/4 cup all-purpose flour

    1/4 teaspoon salt

    2 3/4 cups whole milk

    4 large egg yolks

    2 teaspoons vanilla extract

    3 tablespoons unsalted butter

    one packet marie biscuits

    4 sliced large bananas

    Procedure

    Combine the sugar, flour, and salt and whisk them together. Gradually whisk in the milk until combined, then place the pan over very low heat.

    Heat the milk mixture, stirring
    regularly, until thickened to a creamy salad dressing consistency and gently
    bubbling for  8 to 12 minutes.

    Whisk the milk mixture into the
    yolks. While whisking the yolks vigorously, slowly drizzle in the milk mixture.

    Return everything back to the low
    heat for 2 minutes. Once combined, pour the mixture back into the saucepan and
    place back over medium heat. It will be pale yellow. Stir constantly for 2
    minutes . Remove from the heat. Stir in the vanilla and butter until melted and
    combined. At this point, the mixture will be back to that creamy salad dressing
    consistency.

    Make the first cookie layer with
    marie biscuits, sliced bananas and the pudding. Repeat the layering process
    once more with the remaining biscuits, bananas, and pudding.

    Chill at least 2 hours. Cover the
    baking dish with a sheet of plastic wrap (press it directly onto the pudding if
    you don’t want a skin to form). Top with cream.

    No Bake Hot Cocoa Cake

    You’ll need:

    2
    cups of heavy cream

    1/2
    cup sour cream

    1/2
    cup confectioners’ sugar

    1/2
    cup hot cocoa mix (use one without milk powder)

    1
    tsp pure vanilla extract

    1/4
    ts. kosher salt

    70 chocolate
    wafer cookies (we used Famous Chocolate Wafers, about 1½ 9-ounce package)

    Procedure:

    Using an electric mixer on high, beat the heavy cream, sour cream,
    confectioners’ sugar, hot cocoa mix, vanilla, and salt in a large bowl until
    stiff peaks form.

    Dab some of the cream mixture on one cookie and place it in the center
    of a serving platter.Repeat with 6 cookies, arranging them around and touching
    the center cookie.

    Spread half cup of the cream mixture on top, spreading over the
    cookies, leaving a half inch border around the edge. Place a cookie in the
    center of the cream and arrange 6 cookies around it. Repeat with half cup of
    the cocoa cream and 7 cookies to make 10 layers of cookies total. Top with the
    remaining cream.

    Refrigerate at least 2 hours and up to overnight. Sprinkle with
    crushed chocolate cookies before serving.

    Oreo Cookie Balls

    You’ll need:

    Packets
    of Oreo cookies

    1(8 oz) package cream cheese, softened

    Pinch of salt

    1(12 oz) packet chocolate chips, melted

    Procedure:

    Use a food processor to crush cookies into fine crumbs.

    Add crushed cookies to a medium bowl. Add cream cheese and and salt and stir until evenly combined.

    Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Using a small cookie
    scoop, form mixture into small balls and transfer to prepared baking
    sheet.

    Freeze until slightly hardened, about 30 minutes.

    Dip frozen balls in melted chocolate until coated and return to
    baking sheet. Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs. Freeze until chocolate
    hardens, about 15 minutes.

  • Mehwish Hayat is thinking of becoming an artist by ‘taping karela’ to wall

    Mehwish Hayat is thinking of becoming an artist by ‘taping karela’ to wall

    The banana duct-taped to a wall has been an internet sensation from the last few days and honestly, we all have wondered how this piece of artwork can be worth $120,000 equivelant to approximately Rs18618312.

    Mehwish Hayat voiced our collective concern on social media.

    Mehwish wrote that she was thinking of becoming an artist and taping a karela to the wall.

    “If the Banana was sold for $120K wonder how much that would make…,” she wrote.

    The work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was sold for $120,000 last week at Miami’s Art Basel.

    What’s interesting is that the banana was, in fact, a work of
    art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan titled “Comedian” and sold to
    a French collector for $120,000.

    In a video posted on his Instagram account, David Datuna, who
    describes himself as a Georgian-born American artist living in New York, walks
    up to the banana and pulls it off the wall with the duct tape attached.

    “Art performance … hungry artist,” he said, as he
    peeled the fruit and took a bite. “Thank you, very good.”

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  • Man eats $120,000 piece of art

    Man eats $120,000 piece of art

    The world truly has gone bananas.

    A performance artist shook up the crowd at the Art Basel show in Miami Beach on Saturday when he grabbed a banana that had been duct-taped to a gallery wall and ate it.

    What’s interesting is that the banana was, in fact, a work of art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan titled “Comedian” and sold to a French collector for $120,000.

    In a video posted on his Instagram account, David Datuna, who describes himself as a Georgian-born American artist living in New York, walks up to the banana and pulls it off the wall with the duct tape attached.

    “Art performance … hungry artist,” he said, as he peeled the fruit and took a bite. “Thank you, very good.”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B5yIFp2hyE-/

    Datuna’s action left some bystanders in fits. Soon after, a flustered gallery official took him in for custody. Luckily the matter was resolved amicably and no legal action was planned against him.

    As it turns out, the value of the work is in the certificate of authenticity – the banana is meant to be replaced.

    A replacement banana was taped to the wall about 15 minutes after Datuna’s stunt.

    Meanwhile, here’s what Mehwish Hayat has to say on the matter.