My Fruity Nutty Delicious Cake

The name "Cake" itself seems delicious. And so it is .....

I love to bake but most of the time my Baked stuffs are not so good. Ask my mom about it. She always used to scold me whenever i try some thing BAKED. She refer my baking as wastage of kitchen items..... Most of the times, no actually all the time it is truth of my baking skills...

Still I never try to give up, oh I did some time back But the fever started again... And Now here I am writing and posting my superb cake with all of you out there.. Amazing !!!!

So lets bake the cake!!!

Ingredients :-
1 cup Self rising flour
1/2 cup Superfine sugar( Normal will also do good)
2 tbsp Cocoa powder (Optional)
Pinch Salt
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil

1/2 cup Milk (Use at least 3% fat milk or u can thicken up some milk and then use)

1 Egg

Little Vanilla essence

Nuts and fruity as per your wish .... I added little caramel also.

Place all ingredients into a mixing bowl in the above order. Beat well for 2 minutes. Pour into a prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven( Oven Temp 350 F) for 35 - 40 minutes or till the tooth pick comes out clean.

While pouring the mixture I poured some caramel in between, It looks good when u cut the cake. Can't show u the pics when the cake was cut, coz it was finished when it cut...

Its easy and no need to whip the egg white separately and more than that separating yellow part from white...

I like easy going food but still it shud be delicious. Me and my believes.. stupid though it seems but it works for me....

Oat Crisp with Apple n Pear filling

Oatmeal is a healthy food with its nutritious content. As it has cholesterol lowering properties , it best for all kind of people. Its good meal for young ones also. And making a sweet out of it is great. So here I am sharing a nice sweet oat crisp with fruit filling in it.

Using brown sugar is must for this dish. It gives the nice texture and flavor to the Crisp.
I enjoy eating it, Hope You all will like it.

Filling:

• 2 cups apples, peeled and diced (about 2 large)
• 2 cups Pears, peeled and diced(about 3 large)
• 2 tablespoons Brown Sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3/4 cup water

Crisp:

• 1 cup oats
• 1/3 cup all purpose flour(maida)
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted

Place the diced apples and pears in the Baking dish. Now sprinkle 2 tbsp Brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and water on these fruits.
Combine all the dry ingredients of the crisp(oats,flour, salt, sugar) and now add the melted butter to this. This mixture will become crumbly. Now sprinkle this mixture on top of the fruit mixture.
Bake this at 180 C for 30-40 min.
Serve this crisp HOT with Vanilla ice-cream.
It taste better when its hot...

Yummy Chola Bhatura !!!

I used to think that Chola bhatura is a difficult dish to make but I was disproved.

This dish is very tempting and delicious. Yeah true, it is not for figure conscious people :). Still, it can be made once in a month or two to have a nice Indian feast for you and your family.

Hope you will enjoy this dish…


Ingredients for chola:
* 1 cup Chickpeas (soaked overnight in warm water)
* 1 Tea Bag or 1 tsp. of Loose Tea (tied in a muslin cloth) (optional)
* 1 Onion (finely chopped)
* ½" piece Ginger (grated)
* 2 cloves of Garlic (grated)
* Bay leaf (optional)
* 2 tsp. Chana Masala
* ½ tsp. Cumin Seeds
* 2 tsp. Red Chilli Powder
* ¼ tsp. Turmeric Powder
* 1 tbsp. Coriander Powder
* 1 tsp. Cumin Powder
* 2 tsp. Dry Mango Powder (Aamchoor powder)
* 2 tbsp. Cooking Oil
* Salt as per your taste


Ingredients for bhatura:-
* ½ cup All-Purpose Flour (Maida)
* 3 tbsp semolina
* Yoghurt as much to knead the dough
* Salt (to taste)
* ½ tsp Sugar
* 1 ½ tsp. Cooking Oil
* More Cooking Oil (for deep frying)


Direction for chola:

1) Pressure cooks the chickpeas with the tea bag for 3 whistles until they are soft. Drain and set aside. Discard the tea bag. This brings a nice flavor and color to the chickpeas. If you donot wish to use the tea bag, then simply pressure cook the chickpeas and drain water.
2) Heat the oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds. If u have a bay leaf add tat also. When the seeds crackle, add the onion, ginger and garlic and sauté until the onion is golden brown.
3) Add the chana masala, red chilli powder, mango powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and salt and sauté for another minute.
4) Add the chick peas and 1 cup of water and mix well. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. And set aside


Direction for bhatura:

1) Combine the flour, semolina(rawa), 1 ½ tsp of oil , salt and sugar and knead into a firm dough with water. Knead the dough very well until it is smooth. Cover with a wet muslin cloth and rest the dough for 10 minutes.
2) Divide the dough into 4 equal parts and roll out into circles of 125 mm. (5") diameter.
3) Deep fry in hot oil until the bhaturas puff up and both sides are golden brown.


Your yummy chola bhatura is ready. Put some butter on the top of chola and serve with lemon wedges and nicely chopped onions ... Lots of onions