Recipe- Eggless Choco Vanilla Marble Cake

Eggless Choco Vanilla Marble Cake

 

Ingredients
All Purpose Flour (Maida) 1.25 cup 
Milk Powder 1 cup 
Salt 1 pinch 
Edible Soda powder 1 pinch
Baking Powder 1.25 tsp 
Milk 1 cup 
Malai 1 cup 
Sugar 0.75 cup 
Riped Banana 1 small (grated)
Vanilla Essence 1 tsp
Choco Powder 3 tbsp
 
 
Method
  • Preheat the oven at 190°C.
  • Grease the baking dish with oil or butter.
  • Take a deep big bowl add malai, sugar and grated banana.
  • Beat well only in one direction for atleast 5 minutes (or until the texture is very smooth). 
  • Sieve Maida + Milk Powder + Salt + Edible Soda + Baking Powder for 3 times. 
  • Add the dry mixture in small batches to Malai and sugar mix. 
  • Now keep adding milk in small quantities and beat well in one direction until it achieves ribbon like consistency.
  • Add vanila essence and mix.
  • Now pour half of the batter to the greased baking dish and tap 1-2 times so that batter sets in a level.
  • Add 2-3 tbsp dark choco powder to the other half of the batter and mix well (do not beat too much).
  • Pour this choco batter over the vanilla batter.
  • Keep the dish in preheated oven and bake it for 30 minutes at 180°C.
  • Check with the help of knife or tooth pick, if not baked keep it for another 5-10 minutes.
  • When done let it cool for 5 minutes then remove from the tin and let it cool on wired rack.
  • Cut when cool enough.
Be gentle when you swirl both flavors with fork.
Cut in to slices and serve with a scoop of vanilla or chocolate ice cream.
You can top the cake with chocolate sauce as well.
You can substitute malai with 1 stick (100gm) butter or vegetable shortening.
Make sure your baking powder is not too old otherwise cake will not rise well. 
Keep the preheated oven and greased baking dish ready before proceeding for cake.
Pour cake better immediately in dish and dish in the preheated oven.
Do not let cake batter stand outside of oven for long, it may result hard cake.   
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Recipe- Gobhi/ Cauliflower Manchurian

Gobhi/ Cauliflower Manchurian


Ingredients
Gobhi 1 medium (Separated in florets)
Green Chilli 2-3 nos (Finely chopped)
Spring Onion 4-5 nos (Roughly chopped)
Onion 1 large (Roughly chopped)
Carrot 1 small (Finely chopped)
Capsicum 1 small (Finely chopped)
French beans 7-8 nos (Finely chopped)
Ginger Garlic paste 2 tsp
Soy Sauce 4 tbsp
Vinegar 2 tbsp
Tomato Ketchup 1 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp or as per taste
Crushed Black Pepper 1 tsp
Corn Flour 5-6 tbsp
Oil 2-3 tbsp + to fry

Method

  • Wash and blanch gobhi and keep aside.
  • Take corn flour in a deep bowl and mix with sufficient water to make a thick paste.
  • Add salt and pepper mix well. Cover and keep aside for 5 minutes.
  • Now take sufficient oil in a pan to fry on medium heat.
  • When oil is hot enough dip gobhi florets in corn flour paste and deep fry till golden brown.
  • When done, remove on absorbent paper and keep aside.
  • Now heat 2-3 tbsp oil in a pan, add chopped onions and fry until pink in color.
  • Now add ginger garlic paste and fry.
  • Add chopped spring onion bulb and chopped green chillis and fry
  • Now add spring onion green, capsicum, carrot, french beans and stir fry on high flame.
  • Now add Tomato ketchup, soy sauce and vinegar mix well and reduce the flame to low.
  • When boil comes add 1 tbsp of corn flour left over paste and stir continuously so that no lumps form.
  • Add sufficient water to adjust the thickness of sauce. 
  • Add some salt and crushed black pepper, mix well.
  • Now add the fried gobhi and mix well.
  • Check the consistency of sauce if it seems too dry sprinkle some water.
  • Cover and keep for 4-5 minutes on low flame.
  • Top with 1 tbsp soy sauce and 1 tsp vinegar.
  • Mix gently and serve hot.

Tips
Be gentle when you mix fried gobhi with sauce.
You can adjust the chilli and soy sauce as per your taste.
If you want gravy thickness add some more water and boil.
You can serve either as a starter or with plain rice or noodles.



  

 



Recipe- Phirni

Phirni



Ingredients
Uncooked Rice 0.75 cup
Cooked Rice 2-3 tbsp
Milk 1 litre
Sugar 4-5 tbsp 
Green Cardamom 2 nos
Saffron 1 pinch

Method

  • Wash and soak uncooked rice for 2-3 hours.
  • Drain and wipe rice with a clean cloth.
  • Grind in to a coarse powder and keep aside.
  • nd mix sufficient cold milk to make the consistency thin. Keep aside.
  • Heat a heavy bottom pan on high flame and bring milk to boil.
  • When milk starts boiling add the rice powder and reduce the flame to low.
  • Partially cover the pan and keep stirring at regular intervals.
  • Crush the green cardamom and add to the milk.
  • Soak saffron in a tbsp of cold milk and add to the boiling milk mix well.
  • Add sugar and mix well.
  • Keep stirring and add cooked rice paste.
  • Check if rice is cooked and when phirni appears sufficient thick (keeping in mind that it will thickens more when you cool it) switch off the flame. 
  • Pour in serving bowls, garnish with saffron and cardamom.
  • Cover and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
  • Serve Chill.


Tips
You can use ready made rice rava instead of soaking and grinding rice.
You can mix chopped or powdered dry fruits as well.
You can adjust sugar according to your taste.



Recipe- Idly Fry

Idly Fry



Ingredients
Mini Idlis 1 medium bowl
Tomato 1 small (Roughly chopped)
Carrot 1 small (Sliced in thin strips)
Capsicum 1 small (Sliced in thin strips)
Salt 1 tsp (or according to taste)
Turmeric Powder 1 tsp
Red chili Powder 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds 1 tsp
Sambhar Masala 1 tsp
Ghee 

Method
Take 1 tbsp ghee in a non stick pan and heat on medium flame.
When ghee is hot enough add 1 tsp Mustard seeds and let it cracker.
Add tomato and fry until soft.
Add turmeric powder and red chili powder mix well.
Add all other vegetables with 0.5 tsp salt, fry for few seconds.
Cover the pan and reduced the flame to low, check after 4-5 minutes. 
When vegetables are soft, raise the flame to high and add Mini idlis.
Toss well on high flame when idlis starts change in color, switch off the flame and sprinkle sambhar masala powder.
Serve hot with chutney.

Tips

Jains or others who don’t eat root vegetables, can cook this recipe without carrot. 
You can use yellow or red capsicum as well to make the dish more colorful.
Best for tiffin as well.
Make sure to adjust chilli if you are serving to kids.

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Recipe- Jalebi

Jalebi
 
Ingredients
Maida 1 Cup
Besan 1 tbsp
Curd 2 tbsp
Baking Soda 1 pinch
Ghee to fry
Method

  • Mix maida and besan in a deep bowl.
  • Add curd and mix well with spoon.
  • Now add sufficient water to make a thick paste of a pouring consistency.
  • Cover bowl and keep in a warm place for about an hour.
  • Add soda powder and beat well.
  • Pour the mixture in a piping cone or in the plastic empty ketchup bottle.
  • Now take sufficient ghee in a pan to fry.
  • Heat ghee on medium flame.
  • Pour the batter through bottle or cone in a medium heated ghee making your favorite shape.
  • Fry them till golden brown.
  • Remove and soak in a warm single string sugar syrup for 1-2 minutes.
  • Serve Hot.
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Tips
You can also serve jalebies topped with Rabri or Vanilla Ice cream.
Before frying check if ghee is heated sufficient.
Prefer flat pan to fry jalebies.
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