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Basic Eggless Chocolate Cake



Ingredients 

Maida / All purpose flour    :  1 1/2 cups
Milk                                   : 1 cup 
Powdered sugar                 : 1 cup  
Refined oil                          : 3 tbsps
Cocoa powder                   : 3tbsps
Baking powder                   : 1/2 tsp 
Baking soda                        : 1/4 tsp 
Lime juice                         : 1 tsp
Vanilla essense                    : few drops
Salt                                      : a pinch
  


Method 

Preheat oven to 180 C 
Sieve maida,baking powder, baking soda,salt,cocoa powder together for 2 times.
Mix milk,sugar ,oil in a wide bowl.
Add vanilla essense to it .
Add the sieved flour little by little to the milk mixture and keep mixing. 
Add the lime juice now and mix.
Pour the batter into greased baking pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
Once done cool it on a wire rack.
Cut the cooled cake into pieces and Enjoy. 



Paruppu Urundai Mor kuzhambu with step-by-step pictures



Ingredients 

Toor dal : 1 cup 
Curd      : 2 cups 
Grated coconut   : 1/2 cup
Green chillies       : 4 nos
Red chillies         : 5 nos 
Cumin seeds       : 1/2 tsp 
Rice flour            : 1/2 tsp 
Asafoetida  
Salt
Coconut oil 
Curry leaves 
 Mustard seeds 

Method 



Wash & soak the dal for 1 hour & grind along with red chillies and 1/4 tsp salt.




Stir fry the grounded paste for few minutes. 



Make it into balls and steam it in the idly cooker or in microwave.



Grind coconut,green chillies,cumin seeds,rice flour and curd into very smooth paste.




Boil the coconut paste with salt and some more curd. When the mixture starts to boil, add the dal balls and let it cook for 2 minutes.



Heat coconut oil in a frying pan,add mustard seeds, curry leaves, red chilly, when the mustard starts to splutter,pour it on the kuzhambu and mix. Garnish with coriander leaves..



The Mor Kuzhambu Is ready...





Quick Chana Masala /Chole/Chickpeas Curry



Ingredients 

Chana/Chickpeas     : 2 cups ( soaked overnight & cooked ) 
Chopped onion        : 1/2 cup
Chopped Tomatoes  : 1/4 cup
Ginger - Garlic paste   : 1 tbsp 
Garam masala powder  : 1 tsp
Red chilly powder         : 1 tsp
Cumin powder              : 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder        : 1 tsp 
Amchur powder           : 1/2 tsp 
Salt
Oil 
Coriander leaves 


Method

Heat oil in a pan, add onion and fry till tender.
Add ginger- garlic paste and stir.
Add tomatoes and stir,cover & cook until the tomato is well cooked.
Now add the spice powders,salt and mix well .
Add the cooked chickpeas ,reduce the flame and allow it to boil.
Garnish with coriander leaves & serve .. 
Enjoy






Pori Urundai



Ingredients 

Aval Pori          : 4 cups 
Jaggery             : 11/4 cup 
Chopped coconut pieces   : 1/4 cup 
Roasted Peanuts                : 1/4 cup 
Dry ginger powder             : 1/4 tsp 
Cardamom powder            : 1/4 tsp 


Method 

Powder the jaggery and heat it with 1/2 cup of water .
After it dissolves completely, strain it.
Again boil the syrup ,till it reaches the consistency of rolling a ball.
To check the correct consistency, take a drop of jaggery syrup ,add it in a cup of water,if the syrup able to form a ball,then that is the correct consistency. 
Immediately add the pori,peanuts,coconut pieces, dry ginger powder,cardamom powder and mix everything well. 
Grease both the hands with ghee or with rice flour and roll tightly into balls.
Store in an air tight container & Enjoy..