Golden Pineapple Cupcake

Ingredients:

• Butter : 125 gm
• Powdered sugar : 125 gm
• Egg : 2 at room temp
• All purpose flour : 125 gm
• Baking powder : 1¼ Tsp
• Pineapple essence : ½ Tsp

Pre-heat the oven to 160° C. Sieve the flour and baking powder twice and keep it aside. Cream the powdered sugar and butter till it turns soft and creamy. Add eggs one by one into the butter and beat well after each addition. Slowly add flour and combine well. Finally, add the pineapple essence into it. Pour the batter into the cupcake liners and bake it for 20 to 25 minutes. 

Muthira (Horsegram) Thoran

Ingredients:

• Horsegram : 200 gm
• Coconut : ½  coconut grated
• Green chilly : 3
• Shallots : 3
• Garlic : 3 pods
• Pepper pdr : ½ Tsp
• Turmeric pdr : ½ Tsp
• Mustard seeds : 1 Tsp
• Curry leaves : few
• Oil : 1 Tbsp
• Salt : as rqd

Soak the horsegram for 1 to 2 hrs. Clean and add the required amount of salt and water into the horsegram and pressure cook it till 3 whistles. Remove the lid and make it dry. Crush together grated coconut, shallots, garlic, green chilly and turmeric powder. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. Allow it to splutter and add crushed coconut mixture and curry leaves. Saute it for a couple of minutes and put the cooked horsegram and pepper powder into it and mix it with the coconut mixture.