This is one of the yummiest eggless fruit cake that I ever made.Since most of the ingredients are usually available in the kitchen counter except for condensed milk which is easily available in any supermarket in the neighbourhood.Moreover it calls for only 1/4 cup which means a can of condensed milk results in couple of batches of this recipe(i'm sure one would try out again) .I have tried this couple of times and each time it turned out perfect.I got to know this from a food group that I follow and the credit goes to Ms.Asha R Shenoy whose posts are always awesome!!!.
So here you go with the instructions.
Ingredients:
All purpose flour/Maida 1 1/3 cups+1tbsp(for dusting)
Baking powder 1tsp
Baking soda 1/2tsp
Sugar 1/2 cup
Oil 1/2cup
Condensed Milk 1/4cup
Milk 1/2cup
Vanilla essence 1tsp
Tutti frutti 1cup
Method:
- Preheat oven @180 degreesC.
- Sieve flour,baking soda and baking powder 2-3 times.
- Prepare a 8 " cake tin by greasing it generously using butter or oil and dust a little flour too.
- In a small bowl mix tutti frutti with flour mentioned for dusting.
- In a mixing bowl using a electric blender beat sugar and oil for 2-3 minutes on high.
- Add condensed milk and beat well.
- Add vanilla then followed by sifted flour in batches.
- Gently fold the batter using a spatula and add milk to get the consistency.
- Finally add tutti frutti and mix well.
- Pour into the prepared tin and tap the tin a couple of times.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven for 35-40 minutes or until the tester comes out clean.
Who does not like to munch cookies and there are a hundred varieties to try out.We had come across Hyderabadi karachi biscuits in stores here that are simply out of the world.It tempted me to try out baking it at home and this is a fantastic recipe of karachi fruit biscuits that i came accross while surfing the net.This was tried out long time back and was lying in my draft folder.I have tried both fruit and nut variety.Will post the nut variety soon!!.The credit goes to cafeGarima and really appreciate for the wonderful recipe with ingredients that are usually available in kitchen pantry.
Ingredients:
All purpose flour/Maida 1 cup+1tbsp
Butter 1/2 cup
Powdered sugar 1/2 cup
Tutti Frutti 1/3cup
Cardamom(elaichi) powder 1/2 tsp
Vanilla essence 1/2tsp
Method:
- Sift the flour.
- Let the butter come to room temperature(if refrigerated)
- In a mixing bowl beat butter and sugar until well combined using a wire whisk or electric beater which is actually faster and less laborious.
- Add tutti frutti,vanilla and mix using a spatula.
- Now add sifted flour in batches gently mixing the dough till all flour gets consumed.
- Gently combine everything but dont knead the dough.
- Now your cookie dough is ready to shape.
- Make small balls of even size and slightly flatten else to get the above shape follow the notes below.
- Place them on a baking tray giving atleast an inch of space between cookies as they tend to expand while baking.
- Bake in a preheated oven @180 degrees centigrade for 13-15 minutes
- The cookies will be brown at the bottom but the center will be a little soft which is fine.
- They get crunchier as they cool down.
- Store in a jar and consume.
Note:
- As per the original recipe rose extract is used which i have replaced with vanilla as i like the flavour.You can try any flavour of your choice.
- The shape of the cookies here is square.
- To get it i have just taken an empty carton of aluminium foil and lined it with a plastic sheet or cling film.
- Then spread the dough evenly to fit in it.
- Use hands to evenly spread the dough in the entire carton .
- Gently fold the plastic sheet and close the carton.
- Tie the box and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Open the plastic wrap and slice the dough into 1 inch thickness.
- Bake in a preheated oven.
Godu Appo is a sweet dish which can be served as breakfast or an evening snack.Godu means sweet in konkani.This is prepared using a special pan having 7 tiny concave moulds ,either cast iron or teflon coated non-stick pans which are available in markets.
It is also offered to Lord ganesha on several occasions such as ganesh chathurthi,Sankashti as naivedya. This is an instant version using familiar ingredients found in kitchen and using blender just to incorporate the contents resulting in a mouthwatering dish which can be prepared in no time.
Ingredients:
Medium rava/semolina 1cup
Thin poha/beaten rice 1/2 cup
Fresh grated coconut 1/2cup
Jaggery/brown sugar 1//3 cup(or according to taste)
Salt 1/2tsp(to taste)
Ripe banana(yelakki variety) 2 ,optional
Cardamom/Elaichi powder 1/4 tsp
Method:
- Peel the bananas and roughly chop.
- Put this into a blending jar.
- Add coconut,salt,jaggery and beaten rice and just pulse it several times till it becomes coarse.
- Add the rava/semolina in batches with little water and again pulse it first then blend to get a smooth thick batter consistency.
- Transfer into a vessel and it should be like idli batter,add water only if required.
- Heat the appe kaaili/appe pan adding little ghee.
- When it is smoking hot add ladleful of batter into the moulds till three fourth full.
- Cover with a lid and reduce the flame to medium low.
- With a spoon gently tilt the appos and adding little ghee flip to roast on the other side.
- It should be golden brown on both sides.
- Repeat the procedure for the remaining batter.
- Serve with butter and honey for an extra sweet taste.
