Monday, December 26, 2011

Walnut & Dates Cake


Ingredients:
All purpose flour - 2 cups
Egg - 4
Butter – 1 ½ stick
Sugar - 2cups
Vanilla Essence - 2tsp
Baking powder - 3 tsp
Milk - 1/4 cup
Dates - 1 cup (I used baking dates)
Walnut - 1/2 cup
Salt - a pinch

Preparation:
Take a large bowl add butter and sugar into it and beat till smooth with cake mixer. Then add eggs and beat until fluffy. Sift flour, baking powder & salt and add to this along with milk, dates and walnut and vanilla essence. Blend all the ingredients to get a smooth batter. Preheat the oven to 350 degree c. Pour the batter into a greased baking pan and bake. When it is done, remove cake from oven, and allow it to cool, cut into slices and serve.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Bell Pepper Rice


Ingredients:
Rice - 1cup - Basmati rice
Bell Pepper - Chopped 1 cup
Onion - 1/2 sliced
Egg - 1 or 2 (your choice)
Oil - 2 tbs
Salt as required

Preparation:

Cook the rice and keep aside.
Wash the bell pepper, and chop into small pieces.

Cut onion into thin slices. Heat oil in a pan, and sauté onion for few minutes, then add the chopped bell pepper and sauté it. Add salt now and mix well. Then break the eggs into it and scramble nicely. Finally add the cooked rice to it and mix well and remove from fire. Transfer to a plate and serve