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Sunday, September 27, 2015

Banana Mulka


INGREDIENTS:
Yields:25

1/2 cup Small Rava (Chiroti Rava) 
1 cup or 2 big Ripe bananas (mashed)
1/2 cup Coconut (grated)
1/2 cup Wheat flour
1/2 cup Jaggery (powdered)
Oil for deep frying


PROCEDURE:
1. Wash the rava and drain water.
2. Add wheat flour, chopped bananas, jaggery and grated coconut.
3. Add a very small quantity of water only if needed and prepare thick batter.
4. Drop about 1 1/2 tsp of batter into oil at time and fry in a low flame till golden brown.

NOTES:
1. The original recipe is here - Havyaka Recipes
2. Batter must be quite thick.
3. Do not turn over these balls until they solidify. Or else they will break into pieces.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Moong daal Chakkuli


INGREDIENTS:
Yields:40

1 1/2 cups Rice flour
1/2 cup Yellow Moong dhal
2 cups Water
1 tablespoon White sesame seeds
1/2 teaspoon Asafoetida Powder
1 teaspoon or as per taste Salt
Oil for deep frying

PROCEDURE:
1. Keep Moong dhal in a pressure cooker and add water. Whistle 3-4 times. Cook till it is very soft. Allow to cool.
2. Add rice flour to the cooked dhal along with sesame seeds, asafoetida powder and salt. Knead it well. If necessary sprinkle little water and make a soft dough.
3. Heat oil in a frying pan. Take small quantity of dough and put it in the Murukku Press with “single star” plate and squeeze it in circular motion and slowly put one by one to the hot oil. Fry till it becomes crispy and nice golden yellow.


NOTES:
1. The original recipe is here - Kamalascorner

2. Replaced Yellow moong daal with green gram below.-






Nutella Cookies


INGREDIENTS:
Yields:20 cookies

1 & 1/4 cups All purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1/4 teaspoon Salt

1/2 cup Butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1/3 cup Nutella (roughly 5 tbsp)
1/4 cup milk (at room temperature)

PROCEDURE:
1. Preheat the oven to 350F for 10 mins.
2. Dry ingredients mixture:
Mix well flour, baking powder and salt.
3. Wet ingredients mixture:
Melt the butter, mix sugar. Beat together till soft and creamy. Add nutella, milk and vanilla.
4. Pour flour mixture to wet ingredients mixture. Mix well with hand to form dough. The consistency should be such that you should be able to make soft balls with this batter.
5. Make small balls, slightly flatten them & place them equidistantly on the baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
6. Bake for 10-12 mins or until the cookies start to crack on the top.
7. Remove from the oven and allow them to stand for about 5 minutes and then transfer the cookies to a cooling rack and allow them to cool completely.

NOTES:
1. The original recipe is here - Shwetainthe kitchen

Nutella Chocolate Cake



INGREDIENTS:
Makes about: 6 pieces

1 medium Apple peeled and chopped
1/2 cup Milk

1/4 cup Oil
12 tablespoons Sugar
6 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened Cocoa powder 
2 tablespoons Nutella 
1 teaspoon Vanilla

14 tablespoons All purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup boiling water

PROCEDURE:
1. Preheat the oven to 350F for 10 mins.
2. Dry ingredients mixture:
In a bowl sift or whisk all the dry ingredients.
3. Wet ingredients mixture: In a blender, add apple, milk, sugar, vanilla, oil, cocoa powder, and nutella. Blend until smooth.
4. 
Pour the wet ingredients on the dry and gently stir using a whisk or a spatula. Do not over mix.
5. Pour the boiling water in the batter and stir to combine.
6. Pour the batter in 8×8 greased and floured baking pan, or you can use parchment paper.
7. 
Bake for 30 minutes, then insert a toothpick in the middle, if it comes out clean, your cake is ready.

NOTES:
1. The original recipe is here - Munatycooking
2. Just replace 1 apple with 2 ripe bananas. It tastes awesome too.
3. Also add choco chips to get more chocolaty taste.