Tutti Frutti cake

Ingredients
All purpose flour - 2 cups
Egg - 5 nos
Butter - 1 and half stick
Sugar - 1 cup or 3/4th cup
Pineapple juice - 1/2 cup (You can also use orange use)
Vanilla essence - 1 and 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Baking powder -1/2 tsp

Tutti Frutti - 1/2 cup

Preparation:

Take a large mixing bowl, add the butter and sugar. Using a hand mixer beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and beat well again until fluffy.

Gradually add the flour, baking powder, salt and mix well.  Now add the pineapple juice, vanilla essence and beat well to combine. Finally add the tutti frutti and fold it in.

Grease a baking pan with oil/buter and flour and keep aside. Preheat the oven. Pour the batter into the greased pan bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until its done. ie test it with a fork to see if its done, if the tester comes out clean then the cake is done.

Allow it to cool, slice it and serve. This is a excellent snack for tea.

Diwali 2016

Pepper Rice

Source: Betty Crocker's  Book

Ingredients:
Bell pepper - 3
Rice - 1/2 cup
Onion -  Chopped onion 1/2 cup
Tomato - 1/2 cup chopped
Raisin - 1/4 cup
Nuts - 2tbs
Curry Powder - 1/4 tsp
Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil or Butter or Margarine - 2 tbs
Water as required

Preparation:

Cut the stem from each pepper, remove seeds and membranes and wash it.  Arrange peppers in microwavable tray. Mix all other ingredients. Fill each pepper with 2/3 cup mixture. Add 2 tbs water into each pepper. Cover the pepper loosely and microwave on high approximately  for 6 minutes. Then give a stir and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, until pepper are crisp and tender.

               

           Onam 2016

Poori Payasam

Ingredients:

To make poori
Wheat flour - 1/2 cup ( I used measuring cup)
Salt a pinch
Water as required to make soft dough
Oil for frying poori

To make Payasam
Poori -  3 or 4
Milk - 2 cups (I used measuring cup)
Sugar - as required
Ghee -1tbs
Cardamom - 3 nos
Saffron - a pinch (optional)
Nuts  - few

Preparation:

Mix wheat flour, salt and water and knead nicely to make soft dough. Cover the dough for 15 to 20 minutes. Divide the dough into small portions, flatten it with  rolling pin and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan on medium flame, when its hot enough start making poori. Allow it cool and cut them into small pieces and keep aside.

Take a heavy bottomed vessel add milk, cardamom and sugar and boil on medium  heat  until the milk reduces to half the quantity. If you want you can add saffron at this stage.  Meanwhile, fry the nuts in ghee and keep it ready.   Now, add the cut poori into the milk and mix well. Finally add the fried nuts  and remove from heat.

Allow it to cool and serve. If you want you can refrigerate and serve chilled, it tastes better.

Enjoy.........