Dates Delight - Eggless Butterless Whole Wheat Dates Cake

Ingredients:

• Whole wheat flour: 1 cup
• Granulated sugar : ¾ cup
• Black dates : 18
• Milk : ¾ cup
• Veg oil : ½ cup
• Baking soda : 1 Tsp
• Chopped nuts : 1 Tbsp

Soak the de-seeded dates in little milk for 15 mins. Add vegetable oil, sugar and rest of the milk into a mixing bowl and stir till the sugar melts. Keep it aside. Then sieve together the whole wheat flour and baking soda twice. Grind the soaked dates into a fine paste and pour it into the wet ingredients. Then slowly add the flour into dates and combine well. Finally add the chopped nuts and stir. Transfer the batter into a greased pan and bake it for 35 to 40 mins at 176° C. 

Note: The recipe given above is for a full recipe. While baking, I halved the recipe and baked in a 6 inch round cake pan. You can reduce the quantity of the sugar depending upon the sweetness of the dates.

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Fish Amritsari

Ingredients:

• Fish : 600 gm
• Vinegar : ¼ cup
• Salt : as rqd
• Ginger paste : 1½ Tbsp
• Garlic paste : 1½ Tbsp
• Ajwain (omam): 1 Tbsp
• Chilly pdr : 1½ Tsp
• Turmeric  pdr : ¼ Tsp
• Pepper pdr : ½ Tsp
• Besan flour : ¾ cup
• Oil 

Clean and slice the fish into big pieces. Add besan flour, ginger paste, garlic paste, omam, chilly pdr, turmeric pdr, vinegar and required amount of salt into a bowl. Then make a thick paste using vinegar and little water. Keep it aside for 20 mins. Heat oil in a frying pan. Dip each piece in batter and fry well. 

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Banana Choco Chip Cake

Ingredients:

• Flour : ¾ cup
• Baking pdr : 1½ Tsp
• Baking soda : ¼ Tsp
• Salt : ½ Tsp
• Ripe banana : 1 large
• Granulated sugar : ¾ cup
• Chocolate chips : 1 cup
• Egg : 1
• Butter : ¼ cup
• Sour cream : 50 ml
• Vanilla : 1 Tsp

Pre-heat the oven to 180° C. Grease a 9 inch pan and keep it aside. Put flour, baking pdr, salt and soda into a bowl or into a processor and combine it well. Then mash the banana and keep it aside. Put sugar and egg into the mashed banana and mix it using a beater. Pour sour cream and vanilla essence and blend it. Finally mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients. Don't over beat or mix the batter. Transfer it into the greased pan and bake it for 40 mins. Remove and cool it completely.

[Recipe Courtesy: Cookingandme.com]

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Brown Chicken

Ingredients:

• Chicken : ½ kg
• Chopped Onion : 2 Med
• Chopped capsicum : 1
• Chopped ginger : 1 Tbsp
• Chopped garlic : 1 Tbsp
• Cashew nuts : 10
• Dry chilly : 2 to 4
• Pepper pdr : 1½ Tbsp
• Coriander pdr : 2 Tsp
• Garam masala : 1 Tsp
• Soy sauce : 1 Tbsp
• Olive oil : 2 Tbsp
• Salt

Clean and cut the chicken into small pieces. Transfer the chicken into a big bowl, put all the ingredients into the chicken and mix it well. Keep it aside for half an hr. Then heat a non-stick pan and put the marinated chicken into it. Cover and cook it well. Then, stir it and make it dry. Serve it hot with roti, naan, rice, etc.

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Easy Pressure Cooker Pulav

Ingredients:

• Soaked rice : 1 cup
• Fresh peas : ¼ cup
• Sliced carrot : ½ cup
• Sliced potato : ½ cup
• Sliced cauliflower : ¼ cup
• Onion : 1 big
• Garlic : 2 Tsp
• Chilly pdr : 2 Tsp
• Turmeric pdr : ½ Tsp
• Garam masala : ½ Tsp
• Cinnamon : 1 piece
• Cardamom : 1
• Cloves : 2
• boiled water : 1¾ cup
• Salt
• Oil

Clean the vegetables and cut it into small pieces. Heat oil in a pressure cooker and add the crushed whole spices. Stir it for a few mins and put the chopped onion and garlic into it and saute till it turns light brown in colour. Then reduce the flame and add the chilly pdr and turmeric pdr. Roast it well and add the cut vegetables into it. Saute it for 10 mins and add the soaked rice into it. Slowly mix it with the sauted vegetables. Then pour the boiling water into the rice and cover it. Cook it for 2 whistles of the cooker. Remove it from fire and keep it aside. Mix it slowly and serve it hot with raita, papad and pickle.

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