Oreo eggless cake

Just follow the eggless chocolate cake recipe link below

http://goeasyrecipes.blogspot.com/2012/07/eggless-chocolate-cake.html

Before pouring into the cake tin, crush Oreo biscuits say 10 biscuits and mix it with the cake batter.

Pour it to a cake tin and keep  4 to 5 Oreo biscuits at the top and bake it.

This cake is a small twist to the eggless choc cake and it's a hit.

Quick cooker veg briyani

Ingredients :-

For seasoning

Cloves, star cloves, cinnamon stick, peppercorns, bay leaves, Jeera - each 2

For grinding (paste)

Mint leaves half cup

Galic 4 cloves

Ginger 1/2 inch

Green chili 2

Chopped Vegetables as per your choice

Carrot, green peas, cauliflower , potatoes along with chopped onion and tomatoes each 2 , big size.

Oil - 4. Tablespoon

Salt as per taste

Yogurt - 1 tblsp 

Turmeric powder 1 tsp

Red chili powder 2 tsp

Rice - 2 cups

Method :-

Add oil to the cooker and once it is hot enough add the seasoning items.

Add chopped onions, little salt and sauté till transparent.

Now add the grounded paste and keep stirring until the raw smell goes of.

Time to add the chopped vegetables along with yogurt , turmeric powder and red chili.

Stir well so that the masalas are incorporated well.

Add the chopped tomatoes and mix well.

Add rice ,water salt. For 1 cup of rice , 2 cups water.

Give a quick stir and close the cooker.

Keep it in high flame until 1 whistle and 7 to 8 min in slow to medium flame or until second whistle. Whichever is earlier.

Once cool down serve with raita / curry.

Sabudana upma

Ingredients :-                                              

Soaked and drained Sabudana - 2 cups

Mustard seeds 1 tsp

Urad dal. 1 tsp

Green chilies 2 slit

Frozen Green peas 1 cup

Cashews - 10

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil - 5 tblsp

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Lemon juice - 2 tsp

Method :-

1. Soak the Sabudana for 3 hrs and drain them and keep it aside for 3 to 4 hrs.

2. In a kadai add oil, when is it hot add the seasoning mustard seeds and urad dal followed by green chilies.

3. Add the cashews and toast them till they turn light brown.Add green peas and stir for a minute.

4. Add turmeric powder followed by Sabudana and keep stirring gently.

5. Add salt to taste and keep stirring slowly until the Sabudana turns transparent.

6. Add lemon juice and coriander leaves and give a quick stir.

7. Turn of the flame.Ready to serve. 

Tip:-

Cashews could be replaced with peanuts. Also you could add coconut gratings finally.

Rolled eggless no bake dates cake

Ingredients:-

Dates 400gms (seeds removed )

Butter 1/2 stick

Cardomom powder - 1 tsp

All purpose or maida flour - 1/2 cup

Assorted nuts crushed or just pulse it in mixer

Sugar optional ( adjust according to the sweetness of dates )

Method

1. Grind the dates after removing the seeds and keep aside.

2. Crush the assorted nuts and keep aside.

3. In a heavy bottom vessel put the butter and let it melt.

4. Add maida/all purpose flour to it and stir well  for 5 min. Add cardomom powder and turn of the stove.

5.Take a plastic sheet and grease it with oil/ butter, apply some oil to your hands too so that it makes your job easy.

6.First take the grinded dates and flatten it on the plastic sheet so that it forms a layer.

7. Above this add the maida/ butter and do the second layer above dates.

8. Add the nuts at the top and this forms the top layer.

9. With the help of the plastic sheet try to roll the three layers as shown in picture and remove the plastic sheet.

10. Refrigerate for 2 to 3 hrs until set and then slice them.