Monday 23 July 2012

Rice Laddoo

Ingredients:
Parboiled rice – 1 cup
Jaggery – ¾ cup
Grated coconut – ½ cup
Elaichi/cardamom – 2-3 pods

Procedure: 
1) Take the rice in a bowl, pour boiled water to cover the rice and let it stay with closed lid for 20 mins. Remove the water after 20 mins.
2) In a kadai roast rice till it turns brown. Remove from heat and let it cool.
3) Grind the rice till course not fine powder or too course.
4) In a kadai, heat water and jaggery till all the it forms a syrup. Use as less water as possible.
5) Add powder cardamom and grated coconut and mix well.
6) Add the rice powder into the mixture and mix till everything mixes properly.
7) Remove from flame and make ladoos before its completely cool.

Friday 13 July 2012

Eggless Banana Cranberry Cake

Ingredients
Unsalted butter - 1/2 cube
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Ripe banana - 2 (mash into a smooth paste)
Self Raising flour - 1.5 cup
Baking powder- 1/4 tspn
Baking soda- 1/2 tspn
Salt to taste
dried cranberry, sunflower seeds - 1/2 cup (chop into small pieces)
Preparation
1.Bring butter to room temperature and beat it in a bowl.
2.Add sugar to the butter mixter and beat it again.
3.Mash banana and keep it aside.
4.In a medium size bowl mix the flour ,baking powder,baking soda and salt.
5.Add mashed banana to the butter + sugar mixture.Beat it into a smooth consistency.
6.Add dry mixer to this and beat it again.
7.Add dried cranberry, sunflower seeds to the dough.
8.Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius.
9.Grease the baking pan with butter and dust it with flour.
10.Fill the pan halfway with the dough.
11.Bake it for 45 mins,until a tooth pick inserted into the center comes out clean.