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.

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.