Cranberry Tea Cake

Cranberry Tea Cake 

Good Morning 

A super delicious Cranberry studded tea cake which is eggless and super easy to bake.

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 250 gms

Condensed milk - 380 gms

Odourless oil - 100ml

Curd - 50 gms

Powdered sugar - 50 gms

Milk - 100 ml

Baking powder - 1tsp

Cranberryies - 150 gms

Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp

Method:

# Seive flour and baking powder.

# Whisk Oil and condensed milk together until you get tiny bubbles. (It takes about 5 minutes)

# Add curd, milk, vanilla essence, powdered sugar and whisk well. All wet ingredients should be mixed well.

# Add Seived flour to the wet ingredients in 2 batches. Mix well.

Add the cranberries and mix well.

# Grease the baking tin (I used 7 inches square tin).

# preheat convection oven at 170'c for 10 minutes 

# Pour the batter to the greased tin. Tap the tin twice so that batter spreads evenly.

# Bake at same temperature for 25-30 minutes. Once baked check with a skewer, if it comes out clean (which means cake is baked well.

# Demold the cake after 10 minutes. Allow it to cool on a wire rack. 

Once it comes to room temperature slice the cake.

Pl. do try and provide your comments.

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Beetroot Thayir pachadi

Beetroot Thayir pachadi 

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A spicy with mild sweet Beetroot Raita which is a must in Onam Sadya. Traditionaly onions are added but I've not used it, if you wish you can use it.

Ingredients:

Beetroot - 1 medium size

Curd - 1 cup

Green chilli - 1 nos

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

Salt as per taste 

Tempering:

Oil- 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Coriander leaves 

Method:

# Boil beetroot. Remove the skin chopp and add to the mixer jar with grated coconut, green chilli, cumin seeds add little water and grind to a smooth paste.

# Mix the grinded beetroot paste with thick curd. Add salt and mix well.

# Heat a pan and add oil, add mustard let it crackle well add the tempering to the Beetroot Raita/ pachadi. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Pl. Do try and provide your comments.

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Onion Capsicum Paratha

Onion Capsicum Paratha 

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A healthy tasty Onion Capsicum Paratha to kick start your Day. It's a perfect for a lunch box when served with ketchup, curdor any Raita.

Ingredients:

Onion - 1 big

Capsicum - 2 small 

Carrots - 1 small

Oil - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder -1 pinch

Garam masala - 1/4 tsp

Red chilli powder - as per taste 

Dough

Wheat flour - 200 gms

Salt to taste 

Oil - 1 tsp

Method:

# To make dough mix whole wheat flour salt and sprinkle water and knead a soft dough add little oil knead well and close the dough with a lid.

# In a pan add oil add finely chopped onion, salt and saute well. Add finely chopped capsicum and grated carrots, red chilli powder, coriander powder,garam masala powder sprinkle water and mix well. Let it cook well. 

# once the mixture becomes dry switch off the stove and allow it to cool completely.

# Take small portions af dough and start rolling with the rolling pin. Spread the onion Capsicum mixture and cover with another chappati and again roll with the rolling pin gently so that the filling is spread evenly.

# Heat a pan cook the paratha by adding little oil on both sides flip the paratha and cook both sides. 

Onion Capsicum Paratha is ready to serve.

Pl.do try and provide your comments.

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Keerai Kootu

Keerai Kootu 

Good morning 

 A Lucious smooth tasty Keerai Kootu made with Arai / Amaranthus leaves. You can prepare with Serru keerai/ spinach (palak) etc. Kootu is a South Indian delicious side dish made with any vegetable / spinach with a coconut based recipe.

Ingredients:

Keerai/ Amaranthus leaves - 1 bunch

Moong dal - 1/2 cup

Grated coconut -1/4 cup

Jeera / cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1 pinch

Red chilli - 2 nos

Hing / asafoetida - as per taste 

Salt - to taste 

Tempering:

Oil - 1 tsp

Urud dal - 1/4 tsp

Red chilli -1

Method:

# Wash and chopp keerai (any spinach)

# In a pressure cooker add moong dal, keerai/ spinach, turmeric powder and 1/4 cup water and cook for 2-3 whistle.

# Grind grated coconut, red chilli, cumin seeds by adding little water.

# Add the grinded paste to the cooked spinach/ arai keerai. Add salt, asafoetida and boil for 2min.

# Switch off the stove. 

# Heat oil, add mustard seeds once it cracle add urud dall and red chilli pour the tempering in the kootu. Keerai Kootu is ready to serve. It's a fantastic pair with steamed rice and pappad.

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Dry Fruits Laddu

Dry Fruits Laddu 

Happy Akshaya Trithiya to everyone!

A delicious, healthy Dry Fruits Laddu made in just 10 minutes. 

Ingredients:

Dates - 500 gms

Poppy seeds- 50 gms

Cashews- 100 gms

Almonds - 100 gms

Mellon seeds - 50 gms

Ghee / classified butter - 1.5 tablespoons 

Method:

# Remove seeds from dates.

# Grind dates to coarsely.

# Dry roast all the other Ingredients and coarsely powder in mixer jar.

# Heat ghee, add grinded dates and mix well.

It takes 2-3 Minutes for dates to mix well. Switch off the flame, add other Dry Ingredients which are coarsely powdered.

Mix well allow it cool down and start making Laddu's.

Pl. Do try and provide your comments.

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Kodumillet Muskmelon Smoothie

Kodumillet Muskmelon Smoothie 

Good morning 

Muskmelon Kodumillet Smoothie is a delicious, thick, creamy millet recipe which can be had as breakfast.

Ingredients:

Muskmelon- 500 gms

Kodumillet/ Varagu- 100 gms

Milk - 1 cup

Sugar - 2 tablespoons 

Nuts for garnish 

Method:

# Wash and soak Varagu/ Kodumillet for 3-4 hrs.

# Cook the millet well. Let it cool down completely.

# In a mixer jar add cooked millet, sugar, chopped Muskmelon and blend to a smooth mixture.

# You can chill and Serve with nuts topped.

Pl. do try and provide your comments.

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Sapota/ Chikoo Banana Milkshake with ice apple

Chikoo  Banana Milkshake with ice apple 

Good Evening 

Sapota/ Chikoo Banana Milkshake with ice apple (nongu). Ice apple has a high water content which helps to keep you hydrated during summer season. A delicious, thick, creamy Milkshake with seasonal fruits with Sapota, Banana sweetened with some jaggery powder.

Ingredients:

Sapota- 2-3 nos

Banana- 1 medium size 

Ice apple- 3 -4 nos

Milk - 150ml

Jaggery powder- 1.5 tsp

Cocoa powder optional 

Medium:

# In a mixer jar add chopped Sapota, Banana, Jaggery powder, Cocoa powder, milk and blend to a smooth texture.

# Tranfer to service glass add chopped ice apples and enjoy.