Coconut Cake

The cake is tender, creamy and moist. Perfect for tea time.

It's a spongy cake and delicious one. Has a good taste of milk,cream and coconut..Yummy... :-)

Really a quick dessert and can serve with fruits and whipped cream.

So just try it..

Ingredients:

1 Cup Cream

1 Cup superfine sugar

1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

2 Cup all purpose flour

1/4 tea spoon baking powder

1 cup dessicated Coconut

1 cup milk powder or 1/2 cup milk powder

Milk – as required, to adjust batter to dropping consistency max 75 ml

1/2 cup Custard Powder

Vanilla essence

 Method:

 Preheat oven to 180 degree Celsius.

1. Mix all purpose flour,Custard powder, milk powder, baking powder and baking soda together.
2. Add cream,sugar,vanilla essence and milk.
3. Beat cream mixture well till  blended smoothly.
4. Then add flour and coconut into the cream mixture.
5. Again beat well till blended smoothly.
6. Add adequate milk to achieve a batter of dropping consistency.
7. Pour the batter into a greased baking pan.
8. Add some Choco Chips into it.
9. Bake it for about 45-50 minutes or till done.  

Your delicious Coconut Cake is ready to serve.

Chirote Recipe

Surprise everyone with a special sweet after food. Its crispy dipped in a sugary syrup dripping giving a wonderful experience to your taste buds to savor. It's  a Maharashtrian specialty and its called "CHIROTE". 

So, learn how to prepare Chirote.

Ingredients:

1 cup Maida (Refined flour)

1 tablespoon Rava (Semolina)

1 tablespoon hot oil

Clarified butter

1 tablespoon rice flour

pinch of salt

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup water

Saffron strands

1 teaspoon lemon juice

oil for frying

Method for Sugar Syrup:

Mix water, sugar and saffron in sauce pan and boil over medium heat for 6 to 7 mts.

Add some lemon juice once syrup is ready.

 Method for Chirote:

1. Combine maida (Refined flour), rava (Semolina), hot oil and pinch of salt and mix well.
2. Add water, milk and start to knead to make smooth and soft dough, like chapati dough.
3. Cover and keep it to rest for 2 hours.
4. Divide the dough into 3 equal portions.
5. Take ball and roll in very smooth roti (chapati), make 3 thin rotis (chapati)
6. In a separate bowl mix rice flour and butter together and keep it aside.
7. Take one roti, spread butter and rice flour mixture and place another layer of roti on the top of it.
8. Again spread some butter and rice flour mixture and place third layer of roti and repeat the same process.
9. Now roll three rotis.
10. Divide roti roll in equal size ball am-king slight cross cut.
11. Now Roll each piece of dough to make rectangular shape.
12. Deep fry until golden brown.
13. Deep this fried chirote into Sugar Syrup for 2-3 minutes.
14. After 2-3 minutes keep it on a plate to drip some extra sugar syrup.
15. Your Chirote is now ready to serve.
Enjoy.. :-)

Sweet Raw Mango Chutney (Methamba) (Jam)

This is the season of Mangoes.. The King of fruits.

Mangoes are widely used in Indian Cuisine.

In Maharashtra, a spicy, sweet and sour semi-solid side-dish called meth-amba is made from unripe mango slices, jaggery and fenugreek seeds. They can be served with poories and polies, like jam.

This is one of my favorite recipe using 'Raw Mango'.  This recipe has tangy and sweet taste. That's the reason this dish is kids favorite. 

So learn how to prepare Raw Mango Chutney (Jam).. 

Ingredients:

2 raw mangoes peeled and sliced

1-1/2 cup jaggery

1 tea spoon fenugreek seeds

1 tea spoon mustard seeds 

pinch of salt

pinch of asafoetida (Hing)

1 tea spoon turmeric powder

1 tea spoon chili powder

1 tablespoon oil

Method

1. In a pan, heat oil,add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds.
2. When  mustard  seeds and fenugreek seed splutter add asafoetida and  raw mango.
3. Cook for a while till the mangoes become soft and tender.
4. Add turmeric,chili powder and pinch of salt.
5. Mix well and cook it for a minute.
6. Add jaggery and mix well.
7. Cook it for a 1/2 minute
8. Allow to cool, then chill and serve.

Serve this with poories,chapati or with bread like jam. Enjoy.. :-)

Tamarind Chutney (Tamarind Ketchup)

Tamarind(Imli) Chutney (Tamarind Ketchup)

This tangy chutney can be used as a dip or stir-in sauce for numerous Indian snacks.

This exotic sweet and sour chutney is a delicious condiment. This chutney can be called as ketchup also.
A very popular chutney served with many chat dishes.
Those who love the taste of tamarind would love this chutney.
So let's start.. :-)

Ingredients:
200 gm Tamarind (Imli)
100 gm Jaggery
1 tea spoon Cumin seeds powder
1/2 tea spoon black salt
Salt to taste
1 tea spoon Chat Masala
1 tea spoon red chili powder

Method:

1. Soak the tamarind in hot water for 15-20 minutes.
2. Remove the seeds of tamarind and make extract.
3. In the pan,heat 1 tea spoon of oil and add cumin seeds into it. Cook till they splutter.
4. Add 2 cups of water, tamarind water, red chili powder, cumin seeds powder, chat masala, jaggery and black salt and salt to taste. Bring to boil.
5. The jaggery melts completely.
6.  Simmer over low heat until the mixture turns a deep chocolaty brown and is thick enough.This should take 20 to 30 minutes. The sauce will be thin, but it will thicken upon cooling. 
   
7. Bring the sauce to a boil and turn off.
8. Allow to cool, then chill and serve.

Your tamarind chutney is ready to serve.

You can serve this chutney with various chat items like Batata Wada,Samosa, Kachori.

So enjoy this sweet and tangy Tamarind Chutney. 

Eggless Walnut Brownie

 It's rich, it's chocolaty and it's egg less! Has loads of walnut,has delicious coffee and chocolate flavor. Buttery soft and moist,with lots of crunch from walnuts. This brownie recipe has been given not only an egg less makeover  but has also been low calorie from original.
Do I need to say any more? So let's enjoy this low calorie and egg less brownie.. :-)



Ingredients:

1-1/2 cup all purpose (plain)flour

1 cup superfine sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1 teaspoon coffee powder

1 cup milk

2 tablespoon white vinegar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup chopped Walnut

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method :

1. First preheat oven to 180 deg C.
2. Mix milk and Vinegar together in a separate bowl and keep it aside.
3. Sift together the flour, sugar,Cocoa Powder,Baking soda ,coffee powder and mix well.
4. Sift vegetable oil and milk-vinegar mixture over the flour and stir until smooth.
5. Add vanilla extract and Walnut pieces and stir well.
6. Spoon the mixture into a 20cm square -cake mold lined with non stick baking  paper or   lightly greased mold . Bake it for 35- 40 minutes or until center is just set.
7. Cool in mold, then turn out and cut into square pieces to serve.