Chocloate cake with rich chocolate frosting

Ingredients

For cake
All purpose flour/ self raising flour -1 1/4 cup
sugar - 1 cup
Butter -1/2 cup
Eggs -2
cocoa powder - 1/4 cup
Baking powder- 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp (optional, if you are using self raising flour no need to to add baking soda)
vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Milk - 1/2 cup
Salt -a pinch

For frosting

Double cream - 100 ml
Butter - 25 g
Dark chocolate - 100 gm
Honey - 1 1/2 tbs

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 180 degree c

Sift all purpose flour /selfraising flour and keep it aside.
In a mixing bowl beat butter,followed by sugar . Add cocoa powder and beat again until it is well incorporated. Add sifted flour,baking powder,baking soda,salt and beat again. Finally add vanilla essence , milk and beat. Pour the batter into a greased cake tin.Bake for about 40 - 45 minutes( if a knife inserted come out clean cake is ready).Remove from the oven and allow the cake to cool for some time.

For Frosting

Heat double cream in pan and when it is about to boil switch off the stove and add rest of the ingredients and wait for five minutes until the chocolate melts . Mix well.

Spread the frosting on the cake and finally decorate the cake with grated or shaved chocolate.Wait for the frosting to set before you cut the cake.

Butter Naan

I am a big fan of all Indian breads, but never thought about making one at home until I came across the recipe of naan here. The clicks was so temting and I made up my mind to try it soon.I wasn't sure that how it is going to turn out. Whenever I try new recipes its like a lucky lottery draw, sometimes it comes out incredibly well , but sometimes it will be a total failure :)

Sangeetha's instructions was so clear , So I didnt have any second thought. My naan came out very well . Me and my hubby loved it. Even my 15 month old baby ate half of a naan.Thank you sangeetha for sharing the recipe.She has got a wonderful blog out there. You can find her recipes here

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Ingredients

Egg plant -1 large

Onions -2

Tomatoes -2

Ginger-garlic minced - 1 tbs

Green chillies -2

cumin seed- 1 tsp

Corainder powder - 2 tbs

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

cumin powder - 1/4 tsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Redchilly powder -1 tsp

Green peas -1/2 cup

Preparation

Rub oil over the eggplant and bake it in an oven at 200 degree c for about 1 hour .You can also burn the eggplant directly over flame turning the sides over or grill over charcoal until the skin is charred.Let it cool for some time .Peel the skin and chop the flesh.

In sucepan take oil and sputter cumin seeds. Add chopped onion and saute well until it becomes soft.Add chopped tomatoes,green chillies ,minced ginger and garlic and saute for few minutes until it becomes a paste .Add all the masala powders and saute until the raw smell of the masala goes. Add chopped flesh of egg plant and stir for few minutes.Finally add the green peas and cook it covered until green peas get cooked.Garnish with coriander leaves.

Gobi manchurian

Ingredients

For Frying

Cauliflower -1 (small)

All pupose flour/Maida -5 tbs

Cornflour-3 tbs

Ginger- garlic paste - 1tbs

Pepper powder- 1/2 tbs

salt

Oil

For Sauce

Onion -1 large

Green pepper Capsicum)chopped - 1/2 cup

Spring onion

Minced Ginger and Garlic -1 tbsp

Green chillies -3
Tomato Sauce -4 tbs

Soya sauce -2 tbs

Redchilly Sauce - 2 tbs

Salt

Cornflour

Water

Preparation

Saute chopped onions in a pan until it becomes soft. Add minced ginger and garlic, chopped green chillies,capsicum and stir for few minutes. Add all the sauces and cook for 1-2 minutes.Dissolve 3-4 tbs of cornflour in 3/4 cup of water and add slowly to the pan.when it starts to thicken turn off the flame.

Make a batter of cornflour and all purpose with water adding pepper,salt and ginger - garlic paste.Dip the cauliflower florets in it and deep fry the florets in oil until cripy and light brown in colour.

Add Fried cauliflower to the sauce and mix well. Cook it covered for 2 minutes.Garnish with spring onions.

Fried Rice

Ingredients

Basmathi rice - 2 cup

Scrambled egg (2 eggs)

Carrot - 2

Green pepper(capsicum) - 1

Chopped beans -little

Green peas -little

Pepper powder 1/2 tsp

oil

Salt

Spring onion

Preparation

Cook rice and strain the water.Wash the rice with cold water to remove the starch. Keep it aside.

In a pan add some oil and fry finely chopped vegetables and green peas until it is cooked. Add little salt and pepper powder to it. Add scarmbled eggs and cooked rice and stir for few minutes. Garnish with spring onions

Palak Paneer

Ingredients

Palak - 2 bunch

paneer -250 gm( cubed)

Onions -2

Tomato -1

Green chilllies -3

Chilly powder -1/2 stp

Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp

Corainder powder - 1tsp

cumin seeds -1tsp

cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 tsp

Garam masala - 1 tsp

Salt

Preparation

In a saucepan cook palak with little water for 2 minutes with lis open , if you overcook you wont get the green colour for the dish.

Allow it to cool down for a bit and then blend  with some water into fine paste .

Shallow fry paneer for few minutes,flipping the sides over .

In a sucepan take some oil sputter cumin seeds.

.Add chopped onion and saute well till the onions becomes soft. Add chopped green chillies, ginger garlic paste and cook for a minute.

Add all masala powders and cook until raw smell goes.

Add chopped tomatoes and saute again for few minutes until it becomes a fine paste.

 Add palak to the gravy and  add water if required. 

When it starts to boil, add paneer .Cook covered for 2-3 minutes.

Rava upmav (cooked in milk)

Ingredients

Rava - 1 cup

Urad dal - 1 tbs

Milk - 2 cup

Greenchillies - 2

Ginger chopped- 1 tsp

Carrot- 1(finely chopped)

Curry leaves

Mustard - 1 tsp

Oil/Dalda/ ghee

Preparation

Roast rava for few minutes and keep it aside

In a pan take oil/dalda/ghee and sputter seeds. Add urad dal and when it becomes brown in colour add onions and saute until it becomes soft. Add curry leaves,chopped green chillies,ginger,and carrot. saute for few minutes. Add milk ,when the milk starts to boil ,simmer it and add the roasted rava and stir well. Cook for 2-3 minutes.

Using dalda will make upmav even more tastier .For those who are worried about cholesterol can reduce the amont of milk. sometimes I cook with 1 cup water and 1 cup milk .

Chilli chicken

Ingredients

For marination

Boneless chicken 3/4 kg

Kasmiri red chilli powder - 2 tsp

soya sauce - 2tsp

Egg - 1

Ginger - Garlic paste - 2 tsp

Cornflour- 3 -4 tsp

Salt

Marinate the chicken with all the above ingredients and keep it aside for 1/2 an hour.

For Gravy

Onions - 2 large

Green pepper (Capsicum) - 1

Ginger - Garlic minced - 2 tablespoon

Tomato Sauce - 5 tbs

Soya Sauce - 4 tbs

Sweet chilli Sauce or chilli sauce (add little sugar to chilly sauce)- 4 tbs

Spring Onions - a small bunch

Salt

Preparation

Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the chicken and keep it aside .

In a pan saute chopped onions till it become soft. Add minced ginger and garlic, chopped green pepper and white portion of spring onions and saute for few minutes. Add all the sauces and mix well. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the fried chicken. Mix it and  cook it for a minute or so. Garnish with spring onions.

INSTANT DOSHA

To prepare this dosha we dont have to grind the rice and keep the batter for fermentation.I soak the rice overnight and grind in morning and make dosha with the batter.

Ingredients
Rice - 1 1/2cup
Grated coconut -1/4 cup(optional)
Shallots or Onions chopped (handfull)
cooked rice(1/4 cup)
Fennel - 1 tsp
salt

Preparation
Soak rice for 5-6 hour.Grind the Rice with all the ingredients above by adding water.The batter should be loose,otherwise dosha will be hard. More water you add dosha will become softer .
Take a nonstick pan pour one laddle of the batter and swirl it .Close with a lid and cook for 1-2 minutes.
Take dosha from pan and serve it with vegetable stew , kadala curry etc

Back home we make this dosha in "dosha kallu" made of iron, its very heavy otherwise I would have managed to bring one here.The dosha we make in dosha kallu is very tasty.