Dil cake

Ingredients :-  Dil leaves - 1 cup ( cleaned & chopped) Jagery - 1 cup (grated) Rava -1 cup Coconut - 1 cup ( grated) Milk -1 cup Baking powder -3/4 tsp Clarified butter - 3 tsp Method :- In a mixing jar , add chopped dil leaves, jagery, coconut and grind into a smooth paste by adding milk . In a pan dry roast rava until golden brown. Take a mixing bowl add all da above ingredients mix well.. Tarnsform da mixed batter into a cooking vessel and by using double boiler method cook da steam cakes for 7 mins. Once its cooked  , let it cool.cut into peices & se...

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Bread Besan Bajji, Bread pakoda

Ingredients 4 Slices of bread 1 cup of Channa dal 1 spoon chili powder 1/4 spoon coriander powder Salt to taste. Oil for frying. Method 1. If you prefer onions you can put 1/2 onion cut into small pieces. 2. Make the paste of channa dal by adding some water and mix salt, Chili, coriander powder and some coriander leaves for taste. 3. Cut the bread into four pieces and dip them in Channa dal paste and Deep fry them in the oil till golden brown. 4.Serve them with some hot sauce or ketche...

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Masala vada

 Masala Vada Ingredients 1 cup yellow gram (Chana dal) 1/2 cup onion finely chopped 1/2 cup coriander finely chopped 1/2 cup dill leaves finely Chopped 3-4 green chilies finely chopped 1/2 tsp. Cumin seeds Oil for  deep fry Method Wash and soak dal for 3-4 hours. Keep 2 tbsp. dal aside, grind the rest,coarsely. Mix all other ingredients, Including whole dal. Add 2-3 tbsp. Hot oil to the mixture. Heat oil, make pattie shaped rounds with moist palm. Let carefully into the hot oil. Fry first one side then the other till golden brown. Serve hot with green chutney, Tamarind chutney, or ketchup Making time: 20 minutes (Excluding soaking time) Makes: 15 vadas (approx.) Shelf life:...

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chocolate candy

Chocolate candy Ingredients:- 1 cupful of molasses, 2 cupful of sugar, 1 cupful of milk, 1/2 pound of chocolate, Butter half the size of an egg. Method:- Boil the milk and molasses together, scrape the chocolate fine, and mix with just enough of the boiling milk and molasses to moisten. Rub it perfectly smooth, then, with the sugar, stir into the boiling liquid; Add the butter, and boil twenty minutes. Try as molasses candy, and if it hardens, pour into a buttered dish. Cut the same as nut cand...

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Lentil salad

Lentil Salad Ingredients:- 1 cup dried lentils 1 cup diced carrots 1 cup diced red onions 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 bay leaf 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1/2 cup diced celery 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley 1 teaspoon salt                                                 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 cup olive oil Method:- In a saucepan combine lentils, carrots, onion, garlic, bay leaf add enough water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered for...

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