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Showing posts with label Recipe. Show all posts

Sunday 20 January 2019

Easy Eggless Mawa Suji Cake

I discovered Mawa Cake after moving to Mumbai. Once you eat Mawa Cake, you will realize you never had anything like this before. Soft, crumbly and aromatic, a Mawa cake is the perfect accompaniment for teatime. While initially I pampered myself to the Mawa Cake from the local Bangalore Iyenger Bakery nearby, once I discovered this recipe on Gayathri's blog, I decided to give it a try albeit tweaking the measurements a bit. The cake came out great and was happily finished the same day by my family.

This is how I made Eggless Mawa Suji Cake



Ingredients
Fine Rawa - 2 Cups
Mawa - 3/4 Cup
Curd - 1/4 Cup
Milk - 1/3 Cup or to taste
Baking Powder - 1 tsp
Cardamom Powder - 1.5 tsp
Butter - 1/2 Cup
Powdered Sugar - 1 Cup, or to taste
Chopped Nuts - 1/3 Cup

Method 

1. Cream melted butter and sugar until light and frothy.



2. Add the mawa and mix well. 


3. Add curd and cardamom powder and mix well.



3. Add the Rawa and baking powder and mix well. The mixture should neither be too tight nor runny. Slightly dense is how I would describe it.





5. Transfer to a baked cake tin and bake in a preheated oven at 160 degrees for about 45-50 minutes.

I cannot describe the heavenly aroma in my kitchen when the Cake came out of the oven. The cake was yummy and soft.




Sunday 28 October 2018

Easy Eggless Bournvita Cake

Mr. Hubby has a habit of picking up stuff on impulse which, if he doesn't like is left to my mercy to be either thrown out or remixed. Few months ago, while shopping at D Mart, he picked up two packets of Amul Pro (Amul's counterpart of Bournvita. I will refer to it as Bournvita still as people are more familiar with that brand). As expected, the Bournvita fever lasted for few days and one day he said "I realise this has too much sugar and calories. I would rather have plain milk." While a part of me was happy for his health consciousness, the other part went in the thinking mode. Now what to do with a packet and half of Bournvita left with me? I am not fond of it in my milk either. 

The baker in me then put on her thinking cap and came to the leftover Bournvita's rescue and prepared a cake!

Ironically, Mr. Hubby called the next afternoon from office, telling me that the cake was a hit with his friends and you had to see his face in the evening when I told him about the Bournvita secret! 

So, presenting my version of easy, eggless and healthy Bournvita cake!


Ingredients
Whole Wheat flour/atta - 1 1/2 Cup
Bournvita/Amul Pro - 7 heaped tablespoons
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
Baking Powder - 1/4 tsp
Melted Butter (i used salted) - 1/2 Cup
Condensed Milk - 1/2 Cup
Jaggery Powder - 3/4 Cup or to taste
Bananas - 3 no. overripe, mashed
Cinnamon Powder - 1/4 tsp
Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
Lukewarm milk - 1/4 cup or as required
Chopped Walnuts - 1/2 Cup

Method

1. Blend together the bananas, Bournvita and Jaggery Powder into a smooth puree.


2. In a mixing bowl, take the melted butter. Add the condensed milk, vanilla essence and mix well.






3. Add the banana-Bournvita-Jaggery Powder mix and mix well to form a uniform mixture. Wet mixture is ready.

4. Grease and dust the cake tin. Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees Celcius.

5. Sieve together the wheat flour, baking soda and baking powder.

6. Add in the cinnamon powder and mix well. Dry mixture are ready.

7. Add the dry mixture (step 6) to the wet mixture (step 3) and gently fold in using cut and fold method till the mixture achieves a batter consistency. You may add in lukewarm milk only if the batter feels very stiff. I didn't require.

8. Add the chopped walnuts and fold into the batter.

9. Transfer the batter to the greased cake tin. Level the batter and tap the tin slightly to evenly spread the batter across and remove any air. Bake at 180 degree Celcius for about 45 minutes.


10. Cool on a wire rack.


11. Once cool, cut and enjoy!


The cake lasts for 5-6 days if stored in refrigerator. But it turns out so yummy that I assure you it won't last beyond two days!

Tuesday 2 October 2018

Instant Vegetable Rawa Idli



There are days when you want to eat something good and healthy, sitting in the comfort of your house, but feeling too lazy too prepare something elaborate. Then, what to do? Of course, you may say order food or prepare something ready to eat. But, as my awareness about food quality is increasing, I am increasingly getting skeptical about eating outside, unless it is a trusted outlet. So, I still prefer to cook rather than eating out.

Come change in season and viral fever comes knocking on the door, especially if you have children in the family. Few days back MIL & I wanted to eat something light and different, but as the children were not well, we couldn't go for anything elaborate. 

So, prepared this yummy, instant veggie rawa idli n enjoyed with freshly prepared coconut chutney. Surprisingly my elder one too relished this as he too wanted some change in taste.
Ingredients (Makes approx 15 Idlis)
Thick Rawa/Sooji/Semolina - 1 Cup
Curd - 3/4 cup
Oil - 1 tbsp + for greasing the Idli mould
Onion - 1 small, chopped
Garlic - 3-4 pods, chopped
Carrot - 1 small, chopped
Chana Dal - 2 tsp
Asafoetida - 1/4 tsp
Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
Green chillies - 3 small chopped + 3-4 whole for garnishing
Curry Leaves - 5-6 no.
Ginger - 1 small piece, chopped
Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Green Coriander - 1/2 Cup, chopped
Water - 1 Cup, or as required
Eno - 1 sachet
Brown Raisins - 2-3 per idli


Method

1. Heat oil in a pan and add the asafoetida and mustard seeds.

2. When the mustard seeds begin to splutter, add the chana dal.

3. Add the curry leaves and let them splutter.

4. Add turmeric powder and mix well.

5. Add the chopped onion, garlic, ginger, carrot and green chillies. Mix well. Cover and cook for 3-4 minutes.

6. Next add the rawa and mix well. Reduce the flame to low and bhuno/saute well till nice aroma starts coming as the rawa gets cooked.

7. Turn off the flame and cool the mixture.

8. Add the curd, salt and chopped coriander and mix well. You may adjust the consistency with water in case the mixture appears thick. It should be like a batter consistency.



9. Cover and keep aside for 15-20 minutes.
10. Grease the idli moulds and add 2-3 raisins to each cavity. I also added whole green chillies to few cavities but it is completely optional.

11. Add the Eno sachet to the mix and fold gently. Immediately Transfer to the greased idli moulds and steam on high flame for about 15-20 minutes.



12. To check if the idlis are done, poke a knife in the idli. If the knife comes out clean, the idli is done.

13. Remove and serve hot with coconut chutney.



P.S. Since we had some extra batter which we couldn't keep for long as Eno was already added, my MIL used it to prepare yummy Dhokla by adding sweet water and tempering. You may refer to my Dhokla recipe for tempering details.