Eggless Date Cake..

I am no baker - cook I can, bake I can't! Still I decided to make a date cake.Came across this Incredible Date cake from egg less baking book. It was very simple and since I had the right ingredients tried the recipe the same day the taste turned out excellent.

Ingredinets:

100 gms-Dates

15o gms- Maida

1cup-Milk

1cup-sugar

½ cup- Butter

1 tea spn baking soda

Chopped cashew or walnuts-1/2 cup

Method:

If using the regular dates with seeds, you will need to soak them overnight in milk and de-seed them in the morning. But, with the chopped ones that I used, there is no need to soak. Just grind the dates with the milk and sugar till it forms a smooth mixture.

Sift the baking soda and flour together. In a mixing bowl combine butter, sugar, the date milk mixture well.

Slowly add flour and baking powder mix into the wet ingredients ensuring no lumps and an even batter.

Add it to the above mixture little by little and beat till mixed well. Add the nuts and mix.

Once done fold in the nuts and pour into a greased baking pan and bake at 350 for 40 -45 minutes or till a knife inserted comes out clean.

Remove from over and cool before cutting into slices. Serve warm with tea or coffee.

Pappad Ki Sabzi or Curryy & Awards Again...

If you are fond of Papad you will love this dish! The mildly tangy flavor of the curry goes really well with plain boiled riceand It tastes superb with jeera(cumin) rice.. Papad Ki Sabzi from Rajasthan in western India, is a great dish for when you're in a hurry but want a hot, cooked meal!. Papads ki sabji are prepared with besan(chickpea flour) and spices. Here we are soaking the papads in gravy and making an excellent curry. Get the extraordinary taste of Rajasthan cuisine with papad.

Ingredients:

4 medium sized papad

5 tbsp oil

6 tbsp ghee

1 tsp cumin

2 tsp ginger-garlic paste

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp red chilli powder

1 green chilli - chopped

1 tsp ginger - chopped

2 cups of curd - whipped

1 cup of water

salt to taste

fresh coriander for garnishing

Method:

Heat the oil, fry the papad and keep aside.

In a wok, heat the ghee and sauté the cumin seeds. Add ginger-garlic paste and stir till light brown.

To this masala, add chopped green chilli and ginger, cook for 2 mins. Pour the curd in the masala and stir.

Add water and bring the gravy to a boil, letting it thicken.

Break the fried papad into small pieces and put them in the gravy. Add salt and let it cook for 3-4 mins.

Garnish and serve hot. this recipe is very good, simple and fast to cook.

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