Friday, March 9, 2012

Eggless Chocolate cake with Choco chips




Maida - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
butter - 1/4 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup
cocoa powder - 1-2 tbsp
Baking Powder - 1 tsp
Cooking soda - 1/2 tsp
Choco chips - 1/4 cup

1. Cream butter and sugar together, gradually add milk and mix again.

2. Sieve flour, baking powder and cooking soda and add it to the the above mixture.

3. Make a smooth batter, Greese a cake tin with butter and pour this mixture.

4. I did this Cake in Electric tandoor in Baking Mode. You may try the same in your convection oven as per your Oven instructions. If Microwave then keep it for 3 mins on High.

5. Then remove it from oven, slice it and serve.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Carrot Halwa




Grated Carrot - 2 cups
sugar 1/2 cup
milk maid - 1/4 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Elachi powder - 1 tsp
Cashews - 10-15 nums
ghee or vanaspathi - 3-4 tbsp

Method :

1. Grate the carrot finely. In a Vok add a tbsp of ghee and keep stirring it until raw smell goes out and color changes.
2. Add milk and leave it for a boil..wait for the milk to thicken, carrot should absorb the milk fully.
3. At this stage add sugar and milk maid, add extra ghee and stir continuously.
4. Fry cashews in ghee and add it, add elachi powder and check sugar if you want more sweet add extra sugar.
5. Keep stirring until it blends well and is smooth. Garnish with cashews and serve.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Potato Masala



Potatos - 2 Big
1 Onions finely chopped
1/2 inch ginger finely chopped
3 green chillies slit
curry leaves few
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Gram dhall - few
mustard and urud dhall few for seasoning
salt, oil and water as required.

Method :

1. Boil potatoes and smash them and keep aside.
2. In a vok add oil and season it with mustard, urud dhal and gram dhal and wait for it to spultter.
3. Add onions, ginger and green chillis with curry leaves and wait for it to cook transparent.
4. Add turmeric powder, salt and 2 cups water and leave it for a boil, when boils add potatoes and cook well.
5. When cooked stop the flame and serve with poori or dosai.