Creamy & fluffy instant coffee

Weather in Mumbai these days is just awesome. Though I don't like rain but I like to cook & eat spicy food in this beautiful weather. And a nice hot cup of tea or coffee. I am not a coffee person but as always the kitchen cabinet has coffee available most of the time. So I thought to make one for me this morning. See this coffee and decide yourself if you want to make this easy to make gorgeous looking coffee.

Ingredients:

This measurement is for one cup only

Instant coffee: 2 tsp (I used Nescafe)
Sugar: 1 tsp
Cream: 1 tsp
Milk: 1 cup

Directions:

In a big mug take the coffee and sugar. Mix them very well with a spoon.

You need very hot milk for this because this needs lot of whisking which would make your coffee cold by the time you finish making it.

In the same mug add the cream and mix with the spoon till everything combines and dissolves. Do it for few more seconds, be patient enough. Now add the milk in small small portions and with the help of a balloon whisk , whisk the coffee as much as you can till you see the froth forming. Keep adding the hot milk from height and whisk. Repeat the process until the foam looks nice and creamy.

Now pour the coffee into the coffee mug. Allow the foam to come out by shaking your wrist side to side while pouring it. Or you can use a spoon to take out the foam and place it on the top of the coffee. Dust some cocoa powder on it and enjoy your creamy fluffy hot coffee.

 

Home -made Cappuccino with instant coffee

Cappuccino as we all know is consists of an espresso, on which the the hot foamed milk is being poured, resulting in a thick milk foam on top. Well like many of you I too am a big fan of cappuccino, but the only thing is I make very bad coffee. So I never tried to experiment this at home. Moreover I have been thinking that as it is I don't have a coffee brewing machine so this is like a big no-no for me. During the day after I send my husband & daughter to office & school, I start my routine work at home and once I finish doing all I make a nice cup of tea. Today when I was entering the kitchen for making my tea , I saw the coffee packet lying in the cupboard. And I suddenly thought of cappuccino somehow. I started searching in net if I can make it without any machine and espresso. And yes it is possible and that too super easy to make with instant coffee. So I checked the process and without wasting much time I started making this. Trust me a real fun it was. And the result .. that you can see in the pictures. Do try this at your home. Now I am waiting for PB to come home so that I can make one for him :)

I referred this :
http://allafiorentina.com/food/recipes/cappuccino-without-espresso-machine/

Ingredients:

These measurements are for 1 cup only.

Instant coffee: 1/2 tsp
Sugar:1 heaped tsp (I like my coffee sweet, you can minimise the quantity)
Cocoa powder: less than 1/2 tsp (optional/ I just added it to see how the taste comes out)
Milk: 1 cup (use full fat milk to get a better result)
Some more Cocoa powder : for dusting on the cappuccino

Process:

Warm the milk in a saucepan.
In your coffee mug , take the coffee powder, cocoa powder, sugar. Add approx. a tablespoon of warm water and mix them well

Now take the hot milk in a mug and whip the milk with the help of a whisk keeping it in between the palms of your hand and whip it continuously till you get the desired thick froth.

Swirl the mug in a circle to condense the foam together. Repeat the process until the foam looks nice and creamy.
Finally pour the milk into the coffee in the other mug. Allow the foam to come out by shaking your wrist side to side while pouring the milk. Or you can use a spoon to take out the foam and place it on the top of the coffee. Dust some cocoa powder on it. You can actually sprinkle some choco chip as well if you want. I just forgot to try it this time whereas I had a full packet of choco chip at home :( .
Gonna do it for his cuppa.

And your instant cappuccino with instant coffee is ready to be served. Enjoy !!