Marble Cake

Marble Cake

Ingredients

1. All Purpose flour/Maida -1 1/2 cup
2. Baking powder -1 1/2 tsp
3. Salt -1/8 tsp
4. Egg- 2
5. Sugar -1 cup
6. Unsalted Butter -1/2 cup + 1tsp
7. Unsweetened Cocoa Powder -2 tsp
8. Milk -1/4 cup
9. Vanilla extract -1 1/2 tsp

Directions

• Preheat the oven for 350 degrees .Generously butter a cake pan and keep it aside
• Melt the butter in an oven for 30 seconds
• Mix the melted butter and sugar using a hand blender until it become light and fluffy
• Beat the eggs and combine with the butter and sugar mixture
• Add vanilla extract and mix well
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt and keep it aside.
• Add flour mixture in 4 batches, alternating with the milk and beginning and ending with the flour.
• In another bowl take the 1/2 portion of the batter and add cocoa powder and mix well
• Spoon batters into the prepared pan in 2 layers, alternating spoonfuls of vanilla and chocolate to simulate a checkerboard. To create marbling, run a table knife or fork through the batters in a swirling motion.
• Bake it for 40 to 50 minutes(until an inserted wooden pick/knife comes out clean). Transfer pan to a rack to cool 20 minutes. Turn out cake from pan and cool completely on the rack. 
• Cake can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature up to 3 day.

Blueberry Butter Cake

Blueberry Butter Cake

Ingredients

1. All Purpose flour/Maida -1 1/2 cup
2. Baking powder -1 1/2 tsp
3. Salt -1/8 tsp
4. Egg- 3
5. Sugar -1 cup
6. Unsalted Butter -1/2 cup + 1tsp
7. Blue berry 1 cup
8. Milk -1/4 cup
9. Vanilla extract -1 1/2 tsp

For Topping

• Sugar (Brown/White) -1 cup
• All purpose flour/Maida -1/4 cup
• Unsalted Butter(cold) -1/3  cup

Directions

• Preheat the oven for 350 degrees .Generously butter a cake pan and keep it aside
• Melt the butter in an oven for 30 seconds
• Mix the melted butter and sugar using a hand blender until it become light and fluffy
• Beat the eggs and combine with the butter and sugar mixture
• Add vanilla extract and mix well
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt and keep it aside.
• Add flour mixture in 4 batches (using spoon), alternating with the milk and beginning and ending with the flour.
• Mix together the topping ingredients using fingertips and keep it aside
• Pour the cake batter to the prepared pan
• Spread the Topping mixture and blueberries on top of the batter
• Bake it for 40 to 50 minutes(until an inserted wooden pick/knife comes out clean). Transfer pan to a rack to cool 20 minutes. Turn out cake from pan and cool completely on the rack. 

Mango Pickle/Manga Achar/Kaduku Manga Achar

Mango Pickle/Manga Achar/Kaduku Manga Achar

Ingredients

1. Raw Mango - 1 1/2 Mango (3 cup )
2. Chilly Powder -4 tbs
3. Green Chilly -6 (Cut into small pieces)
4. Fenugreek /Uluva - 1/4 tsp
5. Mastard/Kaduku -1 tsp
6. Ginger finely chopped - 1 tsp
7. Garlic - 6 cloves (finely chopped)
8. Curry Leaves -1 spring
9. Vinger -3 tbsp
10. Asafoetida-1/8 tsp (optional)
11. Oil - 1/2 cup
12. Salt to taste

Directions

• Wash and cut the mango into small cubed size pieces
• Fry the mustard seeds and fenugreek without oil and crush it and keep it aside
• In a pan heat the oil and put some mustad seeds and fenugreek seeds.
• When they pop up add garlic, green chilly ,Curry leaves and ginger and saute for 3-4 minutes
• Add the Chilly powder , salt and mix well
• Add 1/4 cup boiled water and stir until gravy become thick
• Add Mango and fenugreek and mustard powder and mix well
• Now remove it from fire and allow it to cool
• Then add Vinegar and mix it nicely
• Leave it in the pan until it become cool and then store it in the air tight container and start using it after couple of days..it will be soft and tastier...
• Serve with Rice or Kanji...

Note :

•  Don't use wet spoons for taking the pickle from the container.No need of keep it in refrigerator.
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Gothambu Ada/Wheat Pan Cake

Gothambu Ada/Wheat Pan Cake

Ingredients

1. Wheat flour -1 cup
2. Grated Coconut-1/2 cup 
3. Onion -1/2 cup (finely chopped)
4. Curry Leaves -1 spring
5. Chilly Flakes- 1/2 tsp 
• OR Green Chilly-2 (Finely chopped)
6. Salt to taste
7. Oil -2 tsp

Directions

• Mix together all the ingredients except oil,add sufficient water and make a soft dough/Batter (bit watery than chappathi dough)
• Heat a Pan/Tava in medium flame and spread the dough(take hand full of dough) on the pan
• To avoid the dough from sticking to your fingers dip you fingers in water and then slowly spread the dough to make a round cake
• Pour little oil on top of the dough and cook for 3 minutes and turn the other side and cook again
• Cook on both sides till a lightly browned.

Dal Curry/Dal Tadka

Dal Curry/Dal Tadka

Ingredients

1. Moong Dal/Cherupyar parippu - 2 cups
2. Onion - 1 (Finely chopped)
3. Tomato - 1 
4. Green Chilly - 2 
5. Garlic pods - 4 
6. Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp
7. Curry Leaves -1 spring
8. Oil - 1 tsp
9. Mustard - 1/2 tsp
10. Cumin Seeds/Jeera -1/2 tsp
11. Shallots/Cheriya ulli -2 (finely sliced)
12. Red Chilly -2
13. Salt for taste

Directions

• Wash dal and put it in a pressure cooker
• Add Chopped onion,green chilly,tomato ,salt,turmeric powder,garlic and enough water
•  Cook it nicely (3 whistles) 
• Once it cooked, mash nicely
• Heat the oil in a pan and mustard seeds,when it pop ups add shallots,Cumin seeds,Red chilly and curry leaves and saute till onion become brown
• Pour it to the cooked dal and mix well
• Serve with chapati,Roti etc

Note : You can use even Toor dal