Healthy Cake..

When you say “Cake”, all one can see before their eyes is lots of maida, cream, beating of eggs till fluffy or separating of eggs, etc…But I am sure all mothers whose kids are cake lovers will definitely love this recipe…

      And yes cakes can be made from atta also…

     I got this recipe on a Marathi cookery show. What I loved in this recipe is that no maida, no beating of eggs till fluffy & with carrots & apple. I loved this recipe at once. So now its once-in-a-month, this cake is baked at our house… everyone loves it……

    When I 1^st made it everyone was shocked to learn that it was made with minimal amount of maida… you surely will love this cake…

Ingredients

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

½ cup butter

¼ cup maida

¾ cup atta

1 tsp baking powder

¼ tsp baking soda

2 tbsp cocoa powder

1 cup grated carrot

½ cup grated apple

Dry fruits  

1 tsp Elachi powder or vanilla essence

·         Beat the eggs a little.

·         Powder the sugar & then add it to the eggs along with butter.

·         Mix till sugar melts.

·         Add elachi powder or essence.

·         Sieve thrice, together maida, atta baking powder, soda & cocoa powder.

·         Add this to the egg mixture bit by bit.

·         Now add grated carrot & apple.

·         Also add dry fruits coated in maida/ atta.

·         Pre heat oven at 180`C for 5 min.

·         Pour the cake mixture in  a greased tin & bake at 180’C for 30 - 40 mins or till knife comes out clean.

Note:

•   Instead of maida, add equal amount of atta.
•   You can add choco chips on top to look like a chocolate cake.

Happy baking 

Coleslaw..

     2 days back had gone to market for usual vegetable shopping & I was fascinated by small red/purple cabbages sold by the vendor…thought should give a try for its colour …

          So tried making a coleslaw… though not a perfect recipe, but somewhat similar

Ingredients

1 small red/purple cabbage

2 white/green cabbage leaves

1 medium sized carrot

1 tbsp lemon juice

2 tbsp garlic flavor mayo

2 tbsp dahi

Salt, sugar & black pepper to taste

1.    Wash & finely shred both the cabbages.

2.    Finely slice or grate carrot.

3.    Mix all the ingredients & keep in fridge to chill.

4.   Serve cold with chapatti or as a sandwich filling or with khakara…

Enjoy Cooking J

Oondi...

This is traditional Manglorean breakfast recipe taught to me by my mother-in-law. Easy to cook & healthy & filling too…

Ingredients

1 cup idli rawa

2 cups water

1 tbsp + 1 tbsp oil

Salt to taste

Grated coconut

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 tsp urad dal

·           In a kadai take 1 tbsp oil & add urad dal & mustard seeds.

·           When it starts to splutter, add water, salt & bring it to boil.

·           When it starts to boil add rawa & coconut.

·           Keep stirring it till it forms a lump.

·           Turn off the gas & Cover it for few seconds.

·           Allow the mixture to cool.

·           Pre heat idli steamer.

·           Make small small oval balls of the cooled mixture & place it in the steamer for 10 min.

·           Serve hot with coconut chutney

 

Another version of this is a sweet one for people with sweet tooth J 

·         Avoid the 1^st step. Instead directly keep water to boil. When it starts to boil, repeat the whole process as above but add ghee instead of oil.

·         After the rawa mixture is made, keep aside for cooling.

·         Meanwhile prepare jaggery & coconut mixture usually made for stuffing in modaks.

·         In a non stick kadai, take grated coconut; add jaggery (gul) according to your taste. Mix well. Add elachi powder. Stir till mixture is dry.

·         Now after both mixtures have cooled, take little of rawa mixture, flatten it on your palms & fill with sweet coconut mixture. Shape it in round or oval balls.

·         Now steam it for 10 min as above.

·         Serve hot with desi ghee.

Stuffed Mushrooms

Mushroom is one of my favorite vegetable…Many think of it as meat… but it’s a vegetable… I had got this idea while watching cookery show…though not the same recipe…made some changes …

          So here’s recipe for stuffed mushroom ……

Ingredients

1 pack button mushroom

1 medium tomato

1 medium onion

Few cloves of garlic

1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

1 tsp red chilli flakes/powder

1 tsp mixed herbs/fresh herbs

Salt to taste

Black pepper powder

Cheese to taste

Olive oil 1 + 1 tsp

1.    Wash nicely all the mushrooms under running water. Pat dry using kitchen towel.

2.    Remove the stalks of mushroom & finely chop them.

3.    Keep the round part of mushroom intact.

4.   Finely chop onion, tomato & garlic.

5.    In a kadai, take 1 tsp oils saute garlic till it smells, then add onion & ginger garlic paste.

6.   After onion turns translucent, add tomatoes & mushroom stalks.

7.    Add chilli flakes, herbs, salt & black pepper.

8.   Cook till all water is dried up.

9.   Remove it in a plate & allow to cool.

10. Stuff this mixture in the empty portion of the round mushroom.

11.  Cover it with cheese & sprinkle little herbs (optional).

12. In non stick pan, add remaining oil (if you want you can add butter), arrange the stuffed mushrooms & cover it & cook till cheese melts.

13. Serve hot as a starter with ketchup.