Sunday, October 07, 2012

Eggless dates cake (Khajoor ka cake)


Ingredients:

  1. All Purpose flour (Maida) - 1cup
  2. Dates (khajoor)  - 22Pcs (Seedless)
  3. Milk - 1cup (You can use 2% or Whole milk)
  4. Sugar Powder - 1/2cup (or you can grind it)
  5. Canola oil - 1/2cup (cooking oil)
  6. Baking Soda - 1tsp (Plz don't use Baking Powder)
  7. Walnut - 5-6tbl spn or 1/8th cup crushed pieces or chopped(Optional)

 















Method:
  1. Soak the dates in warm milk for 3-4 hours or you can even microwave them for 2 mins so that dates become soft which helps in grinding.
  2. Grind the soaked dates along with milk.
  3. Pour into a wide mixing bowl.
  4. Add sugar, all purpose flour, canola oil, baking soda, walnuts and mix slowly.
  5. Mix well for 4-5mins.
  6. Preheat the oven at 350F.
  7. Grease the baking cake pan and pour the batter into it.
  8. Bake in a pre-heated oven (350 degrees F) for 35 minutes in the center/lower shelf or rack of the oven.
  9. Once done, take the cake out from oven and allow it to stand for 5 minutes.

Note: If you use ‘baking powder’ instead of ‘baking soda’, cake becomes a bit harder.



Saturday, October 29, 2011

DABELI (Kacchi Dabeli)

DABELI  (Kacchi Dabeli)
For The Stuffing:
Ingredients:
  1. Potato – 4 medium size boiled and mashed
  2. Sugar – 3 tsp
  3. Salt - To taste
  4. Lemon juice – 4 tsp
  5. Dabeli Masala – 4 tsp
  6. Oil - 2 tsp
 Method:
  1. Heat oil in a kadahi, wok or frying pan.
  2. Add Dabeli masala, add sugar, salt, mashed potato and lemon juice.
  3. Sauté for a minute (2-3mins) and mix well.
  4. Transfer to any plate or bowl. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Coriander Chutney:
Ingredients: 
  1. Coriander Leaves – 1 bunch (aprox. 1 cup)
  2. Garlic Cloves – 3
  3. Green chili – 2-3 pcs
  4. Salt – To taste
 Method:
  1. Add above items with little water in a mixer grinder jar and make a thick paste.

 Imli Paste: (Sweet Chutney)
Ingredients:
  1. Imli – 1 /4th cup Paste
  2. Salt – 1 ½ tsp
  3. Sugar – 6-8 tsp
  4. Roasted Cumin powder – 1/4th tsp
  5. Black Pepper Powder – 1 /4th tsp

 Method:
  1. Mix all things and make a liquid thick paste. Use seedless IMLI or remove the seeds while making the paste.

 OR 
  1. Heat 1/2tsp oil in kadahi.
  2. Add Imli (Tamarind) paste, salt, and sugar.
  3. Cook for 10-15 mins on medium flame, keep stirring occasionally.
  4. Add Pepper powder and roasted cumin powder and mix well.
  5. Remove from flame.

 Garlic Chutney (Lehsun Ka Chutney):
Ingredients:
  1. Garlic - 1/2 cup peeled and roughly chopped
  2. Chilli Powder - 3-4 tsp
  3. Salt to Taste.

 Method:
  1. Add all the things with little bit water in Mixer grinder jar and make a thick paste.

 Masala Peanut:
Ingredients:
  1. Peanut - 1/2 cup
  2. Chilli - 1/4th tsp
  3. Salt - 1tsp
  4. Oil – 1 tsp

 Method:
  1. Heat oil in kadahi.
  2. Add peanuts and fry them on medium flame for 5-6 minutes or until little golden.
  3. Add chili powder and salt.
  4. Mix well and let it cool for few minutes.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Making Dabelis:
Ingredients:
  1. PAV (Dinner Rolls) - 2 pav per person (As you want)
  2. Pomegranate - 7 tsp
  3. Chopped coriander leaves (cilantro) - 5 tsp
  4. Thin Sev - 1/2 cup
  5. Chopped Onion - 1/4 cup
  6. Butter - 1 tsp per PAV

 Steps:
  1. Take a PAV and slit horizontally without cutting through.
  2. Spread garlic chutney, sweet chutney & coriander chutney.
  3. Now put 2 tsp of stuffed potatoes, add onion, pomegranate, peanut and sev in between the two halves.
  4. Place the stuffed PAVs on a hot TAVA/ griddle.
  5. Press lightly and toast on both sides with little bit butter (1 tsp per PAV).
Serve hot.
Repeat steps 1 to 5 to make more dabelis.