Egg Less Pineapple Cupcake

Egg Less Pineapple Cupcake

Ingredients: 

1 cup all purpose flour (maida)

2 tbsp sugar

1/2 cup condensed milk

1/2 cup milk

1/2 tsp baking soda 

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup unsalted butter

1 1/2 pineapple essence

Method:

1. Preheat the oven at 180 degree C for 8-10 mins

2. Grease cupcake moulds or use paper liners.

3. Sift all purpose flour with baking soda and baking powder.

4. Cream together sugar, butter till light and fluffy, now add condensed
     milk and beat again.

5. Gradually add all purpose flour, beat well after each addition.

6. Now add milk, pineapple essence and beat for 2-3 mins till the
    mixture is smooth and light.

7. Pour the batter into cupcake moulds and bake for about 30-35 minutes.

8. Remove cupcakes from the oven and leave to cool compeletly.

9. Decorate the cake as per choice.


10. Cupcakes are ready for your Christmas party

Tips:

1. You can use vanilla or any other essence of your choice.

2. Pineapple pieces can be used for variation.

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Chocolate Peda

Chocolate peda is an easy, quick and yummy sweet prepared during festivals like Diwali. The main ingredients are khoya, coco powder, marie biscuits powder, sugar and dry fruits. It takes just 15-20 mins to make these delicious pedas. An absolute kids friendly, perfect for parties/any special occasion.

Ingredients:

15-20 marie biscuits

50 gms mawa

3 tbsp powdered sugar

3 tsp cocoa powder

1 tbsp cashew nut powder

1 tsp desiccated coconut

Method:

1. Grind the marie biscuits in a mixer to a fine powder.

2. In a big bowl add all the ingredients except desiccated
    coconut & mix well.

3. Take a portion of the mixture, place it in peda mould fill
     it tightly.

4. Demould the peda, garnish with desiccated coconut.

5. Repeat the same process with remaining mixture.

6. Chocolate pedas are ready for Diwali.

Tips:

1. If you like you can skip marie biscuits.

2. In place of cashew nut powder you can take almond powder.

3. If you don't have peda mould shape it with your hands.

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Sweet Potato Tikki

Sweet Potato Tikki
(Shakarkand ki Tikki)

Sweet Potato Tikki is a new dish you can try during fasting days like Navratri, Shrawan. Sweet potato tikki is a delicious, healthy, rich in carbohydrate.This dish is simple to make, does not require much effort and time.

Ingredients:

3-4 medium sized sweet potato

2 tbsp arrowroot flour

4-5 green chili paste

2 tbsp lemon juice

1/4 tsp cumin seeds

Oil as required 

Rock salt to taste

Method:

1. Wash presser cook sweet potatoes in enough water till done.

2. Let the pressure go down by itself, now drain all water and let
     them cool, Then remove the skin.

3. Now mash it with potato masher. add green chili paste,water,
    arrowroot flour, cumin seeds, lemon juice, salt, mix well.

4. Divide the dough into equal portions. With wet hands, shape
    into balls and flatten slightly.

5. Heat sufficient oil in a pan and shallow fry the tikkis until light
    golden brown on both sides.

6. Drain onto an absorbent paper. 

7. Serve hot with khajur ki chutney/ curd.

Tips:

1. You can use other fasting flour like singhare ka atta (water
    chestnut flour) rajgira atta (amaranth flour), kuttu ka atta
    (buckwheat flour).

2. Red chili can be used in place of green chili.

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Lauki Ka Halwa

Lauki Ka Halwa
(Doodhi/Bottle Gourd Halwa)

Lauki Ka Halwa is a popular, delicious dessert prepared during Navratri,
Shravan and other fasting days. It is healthy and filling. Lauki ka halwa
is simple and esay to cook. Lauki ka halwa is also known as Doodhi ka
halwa. The main ingredients are lauki, mawa, sugar and dry fruits.

Ingredients:

1 big lauki (bottle guard)

1 cup milk

100 gms mawa

1 tbsp almond, cashew nuts chopped

5-7 raisins

1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Sugar to taste

Method:

1. Peel, wash and grate lauki.

2. Pressure cook lauki with 1 cup of milk upto 2
    whistle. Let it cool.

3. Now transfer it in to a pan, add mawa, cook till all
    milk absorbed.

4. Add sugar, cashew nut, almond, raisin & cook till halwa
    turns thick.

5. Add cardamom powder, mix well, cook for another 2-3 mins.

6. Transfer it into a serving bowl.

7. Garnish with chopped almonds, cashew nuts and
    serve hot.

Tips:

1. You can cook lauki in milk. For this you have to increase quantity of
     milk and skip mawa.

2. Some ghee can also be added in halwa.

3. Honey can be used in place of sugar.

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Fried Modak

Fried Modak

Fried Modak is a traditional Maharashtrian and all time Ganesh Chaturthi 

special sweet dish offered to Lord Ganesha during Ganesh Puja. Fried modak is made with fine flour, coconut, sugar, almond, cashewnuts, pistachio, cardamom, raisins and deep fried in ghee. It is crispy, tasty and delicious sweet, a must during Ganesh Festival.

Ingredients:

For outer layer:

2 cup fine flour

2 tsp oil

Water as required

Ghee for fring modak

For stuffing:

1/2 cup desiccated coconut

2 tbsp almond,cashew nut, pistachio chopped

1/2 tsp cardamom powder

4-5 raisins

1/4 cup powdered sugar

Method:

1. Take a big bowl and add all ingredients for stuffing and mix well.

2. In another bowl take fine flour,add oil and mix well.

3. Now make a  smooth dough by using enough water. keep it aside
    for 15-20 mins.

4. Divide the dough into small equal portions and make balls out of it.

5. Take a dough ball and roll it into a circle.

6. Gently take this circle on your palm and keep 2 tsp of stuffing in
    the middle of the dough circle.

7. Dampen the edges a little. Form pleats with fingers, gather them 

    together to form a modak and seal edges at the top.

8.Repeat same with remaining dough and stuffing.

9. Heat ghee in a pan and deep fry the modaks on medium heat
    till golden brown.

10. Drain on kitchen tissues.

11. Fried modaks are ready.

Tips:

1. Seal the edges of the modak carefully, else it will open while frying.

2. You can replace dry or fresh grated coconut with desiccated coconut.

3. You can add peanuts, sesame seeds and even mawa with stuffing.

4. Powdered sugar can be replaced with jaggery.

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