Apple-Walnut Cake

This is a recipe discovered by my lil sister which is just perfect.

Its an abolute treat as a desert for a grand party or a simple evening coffee on a high balcony. Its best quality? It makes you feel extra special and pampered!

Ingredients:

2 Large Apples

2 Eggs

1 cup oil

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup walnuts

1 cup flour

2 tsp baking powder

2 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

Method:

Now that we have our ingredients ready, set your oven to pre-heat for 10 minutes

Peel and chop the apples into small pieces

In a deep bowl, beat the eggs with sugar until light and fluffy

In a separate bowl mix the baking powder, flour, 2 tsp cinnamon powder.

next mix the egg syrup into the powdered mixure.

the oil goes in next. beat well.

The grand finale is folding in the chopped walnuts and apples into the batter

Pour the mixture into a greased baking dish. Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon on top.

Bake for 30-35 mins until tooth-pick comes clean.

Serve with coffee.

Feel Special! ;)

Ketchup Chicken

Another one of my moms creative and delicious creations!

Ingredients:

1/2 kg chicken, washed and pat dried

2 tsp ginger garlic paste

1/2 cup Ketchup (preferably chilli flavoured)

1/2 cup Tomato puree

1-2 tsp red chilli powder

2-3 tsp salt

1-2 tsp cumin powder

4-5 curry leaves

4-5 green chillies, halved and slit from center

1-2 tbsp Cooking oil

2 tsp olive oil (or any which u may prefer)

Directions:

1. Pat dry the chicken and add ketchup,tomato puree,cumin powder, ginger garlic paste and salt.

2. Marinate well and keep in fridge for 15-20 mins.

3. Heat up cooking oil and add the chicken along with the paste on low flame for 15 mins.

4. When the chicken is done, switch off the stove.

5. Heat up the olive oil in a separate pan, add curry leaves and green chillies until they give a flavouring smell and chillies are done popping.

6. Add this to your chicken and mix well.

Garnish with fresh coriander and enjoy the glory of nature's wonders with hot steaming rice !

Until next time,

xoxo

Veggie Soya Noodle

Enjoy simple and healthy soya noodles, lighter on your stomach and lighter on your guilt ;)

Ingredients:

1 serving soya noodle (or any other noodle u prefer)

2 tsp salt

2 tsp oyster sauce

1 tsp black papper

2-3 chopped green chillies

1 small onion chopped

1/2 cup grated cabbage

1/4 cup grated carrots

1 baby potato chopped

1 clove garlic, thinly sliced

1 egg

2 tsp olive oil

Directions:

1. Boil the noodles until almost done, strain and keep aside.

2. Heat up the oil and add garlic.

3. Saute the garlic and add onions rest of the vegetables.

4. Add the egg (without beating) and slowly mix with other veggies.

5. Sprinkle salt, black pepper and oyster sauce.

6. Finally add the noodles to the mixture and stir fry for 1-2mins.

Your noodles are done.

Enjoy with chilli or tabasco sauce!

White Sauce Chicken

Dear All

Fuzzy darling has inspired me to start posting on this website again with her delicious new curry. so here goes something which is simple and saucy perfect with roti/rice

Ingredients:

Cashew Nuts 4-5 (add more for more curry)

Almonds 4-5 (add more for more curry)

Coconut (chopped, half cup)

White pepper (1 tsp)

Green Chillis (2-3 chopped)

Boiling Water (1 cup)

Onions (1 big or 2 medium sized)

Chicken (500 g)

Yoghurt (2-3 tbsp)

Ginger- garlic (1 tbsp)

Salt (to taste)

Oil (2-3 tbsp)

p.s: You would need a grinding machine for the onions and another grinding machine for powdering your nuts

Method:

1) Finely grind the almonds, cashew and coconut until powdered. Next seperately grind the onion and green chilis. Keep it all aside

2)Now in a deep sauce pan heat the oil and add ginger-garlic paste. stir fry well to let the raw smell go away

3) Next add the grinded onion-chili paste and stir fry. add white pepper. stir fry further

4) add the chicken, salt and mix it gently with the paste. by this time the paste would have started sticking to the bottom so add half a glass of boiling water to keep from burning

5) put the nuts powder on the chicken and cover the lid. let it cook for 10-15 mins until almost tender

6) open the lid and gently mix to check the chicken situation. its time to add the yoghurt now.

Mix well

7) cook the chicken open until you have the "ready look" or the oil starts separating.

Thats it!

Scrumptious chicken at your service

You can garnish it with anything green, chopped coriander/parsley/mint even chillis if you like

Yogurt Curry

For a Vegeterian's Delight and for those days when you re sick of eating meat,I present you with the simplest and best of my recipes!

Although initiated by my beloved mother, this has been tried and tested by me (without assistance!)and it works!! BIG TIME!

Believe me I was one of those who thought of Yogurt curry (or Kadi as we call it) to be one of the complex dishes in our cuisine!But to my surprise this was not only simple, but very very quick, hassle free and extremely delicious!Hope you will enjoy it as much as I did :-)

For Curry

300ml Yogurt

1 cup Water

3Tbsp Gram Daal Flour

Red Chilli Powder To Taste

1tsp Turmeric Powder

1tsp Ginger Garlic PasteSalt to Taste

For Pakoras

4-5Tbsp Gram Daal Flour

1/4 tsp Salt

1 tsp Red Chilli Powder

1/4 tsp Baking Powder

Water to mix

3/4 cup Oil for frying

For Garnishing

1tsp Mustard Seeds

7-8 Curry Leaves

3-4 Green Chillies (Halved from center)

1-2Tbsp Oil for Stir Frying

Freshly Chopped Coriander

Directions:

1. Mix yogurt,water,gram daal flour,red chilli powder,salt and ginger garlic paste thoroghly.

2. Pour this liquid into a saucepan and keep it on low flame.

3. Meanwhile, mix the rest of gram daal flour,salt,red chilli powder,baking powder and water.This will turn up into a paste which should not be very thick.If paste is too thick you can add little bit of water but not too much otherwise the paste will be too watery.

4. Heat up the oil to medium to high heat and start making small dumplings from the paste and put into the oil.Flatten them a bit so that they are not very thick.Make sure to fry both sides till golden brown.

5. The yogurt curry in 1 should now be done and would be yellowish in colour and thick in consistency.

6. Carefully drain out the oil from the dumplings and immerse the dumplings one by one into the curry.

7. Heat up 2 tbsp oil in a frying pan and add mustard seeds,curry leaves,green chillies and stir fry till leaves have wilted out.

8. Pour thix heated mixture into the curry and mix well.

Your Yogurt Curry is now done.

Garnish generously with freshly chopped coriander and enjoy with white rice!