Very Berry Starwberry Muffins

Its a tale of Valentines Day this year. My husband isn’t a big fan of celebrating such ‘western’ events and hence the day passed pretty much like any other day, except that I was really bored that day since I didn’t have any cooking or any other chore to do. So I thought of going through some recipes online. Suddenly it hit me that my husband had vaguely hinted a few times that I don’t make any dessert with strawberries, strawberry being his most favorite fruit.

So, well, I started searching and I came across this recipe video of strawberry muffins by Chef Rahat. The recipe seemed quite interesting as it used fresh strawberry chunks and the final look of the muffins was so tempting that I decided to try it the next day. And so I did, and the result was amazing. It looked truly like muffins (unlike some recipes where the muffins end up looking more like cupcakes!) and tasted really delicious specially because of the soft strawberry chunks.

And since, I had made this dessert specially for my husband, I decided to make it special for him. So I made a special dinner including chicken tempura with dip, chicken boneless handi, and parathas for dinner. Keeping in mind the Valentines Day that had just passed, I decided to do a red theme. I decorated the lounge with tiny candles surrounding the muffins, dressed up in my best red attire (including red clip in my hair and red sandals!!), and totally took my husband by surprise when he got back from office. Needless to say, he loved the muffins and absolutely enjoyed having it.

All in all, it was a very special evening and since then, this recipe holds a special place in my heart. I have tried it many times after that, and the result is always perfect. Now enjoy the recipe and do leave your comments if you try it out.

Ingredients:

Strawberries 1 ½ cups (cut in chunks)
Flour 3 cups
Butter 125 gm (melted)
Baking Powder 1 tbsp
Castor Sugar ½ cup
Brown Sugar ½ cup
Eggs 3
Milk 1 cup (approx.)

 


Method:

• Preheat oven to 200 C.
• Grease muffin tray/ muffin cups.
• In flour, add baking powder and both sugars and mix with spoon.
• Beat eggs and add to the batter.
• Melt butter and add to the batter.
• Add milk (3/4 cups initially) and mix well with spoon. If the batter seems too hard, add more milk as required.
• Also add the chunks of strawberries and mix well with spoon.
• Fill 3/4 of muffin tray/ cups with batter leaving space at top for rising.
• Bake at 200 C (425 F) or gas mark 6 for 15-20 minutes.
• Decorate with whipped cream or icing sugar.
• Makes approximately 20-22 muffins.