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Monday, 16 December 2019

Strawberry Choco Chip Cake || Eggless, no oven, no sugar , no maida strawberry choco chip and nuts cake

Today's recipe is for coming Christmas it's a cake - Strawberry choco chip cake / Strawberry choco chip and nuts cake. It is eggless, no oven, no butter, no sugar, no maida cake prepared using whole wheat flour , brown sugar, strawberries, choco chips, dates and lots of nuts. It is very aromatic, healthy, soft, fluffy with crunchy nutty taste. I prepared this cake in wide kadai, do not feel that you do not have oven to prepare cakes. It is easy to prepare cakes in kadai and pressure cooker. Follow all step clearly, surely you will get fluffy, spongy and super delicious cake. Surely your family love this cake, as it is prepared without maida, sugar and butter you can have it without guilt feeling :) .
check out other eggless and no oven cake

➤ multigrain banana bread

➤ Rava chocolate cake

➤ Wheat flour carrot cake

If you are okay with using APF and sugar you can replace it with whole wheat flour and brown sugar. If you do not have choco chips no need to worry just replace it with nuts. I added strawberry paste in batter which gives nice flavor to cake. I spread dates, nuts and choco chips as one layer instead of mixing them in batter this gave good even crunchy taste while eating every piece of cake 😋.

This is perfect cake for christmas, birthdays, new year and for any special occasions at home. So surely try this healthy, delectable and tasty cake at home easily and enjoy your special days with your family members.

Taking this Christmas special cake to Foodie Monday Blog Hop fb group's #225ChristmasTreats theme. This week Mayuri di suggested theme - to prepare any any christmas gift recipes from our kitchen. Mayuri di blogs at Mayuris jikoni, she is very talented chef , do visit her place for different varieties of food from different regions. I surely tell you that you will love her space. I mainly love her write up, she not only explain the recipe but also give full information about recipe and its origins, which i am trying to adopt in my blog :) . i loved many recipes and bookmarked leopard patch spot bread, chocolate-phirni to prepare soon.

  Strawberry choco chip and nuts cake

Preparation time - 15 minutes
Bake Time : 40 - 50 minutes
Serves : 1 cake
Category : Cake
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Main ingredients : Strawberry, whole wheat flour
Author : Aruna SarasChandra



Ingredients

whole wheat flour - 1 1/2 cup

strawberries - 12

oil - 1/2 cup

brown sugar - 3/4 th cup

thick curd - 1/2 cup

milk - 1 small cup(adjust)

cashew nuts - 10

almonds - 10

raisins - 10

dates - 3

choco chip - 2 tsp

baking powder - 1 tsp

baking soda - 1/2 tsp

cinnamon powder - a pinch

sugar powder - 1 tsp

vanilla extract - 1/4 tsp

others

salt - 1 cup

toothpick - 1

stand or small plate -1

Instructions

1) Heat kadai by adding salt and by placing stand on medium flames till we prepare batter.

2) sieve whole wheat flour, baking soda and baking powder, cinnamon powder and keep it aside.

3) chop cashew nuts, almonds, raisins and dates and keep it aside.

4) In a large bowl add brown sugar, curd,vanilla extract and mix everything well. Grind 4 strawberries to fine paste and add it to the above with oil. Mix everything well using whisk or ladle till.

5) Add sieved flours to the above mix well by adding little by little milk till you get thick flowing batter consistency.

6) dust half tsp of wheat flour on chopped nuts and some choco chips mix it well and chop strawberries.(check tips) Grease cake mould with oil / butter and place butter paper on it and spread half part of cake batter in mould.

7) now spread dusted nuts on the above, later add remaining batter on the nuts and tap it well then arrange chopped strawberries and choco chips on it as shown below or use your own creativity in decorating cake :). But do remember that only 3/4th of mould you have to add.(** check tips)

8) check the heat, place the above cake mould in kadai, close the lid and bake on medium to high flames or 5 minutes , then bake it on low flames for 40 minutes by closing lid.(**check tips for baking in pressure cooker).

9)After 35 to 40 minutes open lid and insert toothpick inside cake, if it came out clearly then switch off flames and let the cake cool otherwise again bake it for some more time.

10) once cake cooled completely to room temperature, scratch the sides of mold and place plate on it and reverse the plate. Tap on cake mould it will come out easily then remove butter paper.(i did not used butter paper as not available at present)

That's it our strawberry choco chips and nuts cake is ready.

At last dust some sugar powder on cake using tea strainer and decorate it with nuts and raisins.

Our super delicious, spongy, fluffy and healthy strawberry cake is ready, enjoy this christmas with your family and friends.... 😍🍓🎄🎅🤶.

Tips

** Remember to preheat kadai for 15 min on medium flames, so that cake will cook on time.

** instead of wheat flour, brown sugar you can use maida and sugar.

** Add nuts of your choice make sure to dust it some flour so that it wont sink in batter.

** Do not fill the mould completely only 3/t4h of mould is used to add batter, as it will become fluffy while baking.

** If you are using pressure cooker then make sure to remove cookers whistle and gasket.(below pic is my Rava chocolate cake small portion of batter i baked in pressure cooker).

** Do not heat kadai/ cooker too long time or on high flames as cake will become hard.

** Do not be panic if you are cake is ready after 40 minute, just bake it for some more time by increasing its flame very bit.

** Adding cinnamon powder is optional but it gives very nice aroma to cake. You can also skip adding cinnamon powder.

** Do not open lid in middle while baking as you do not get fluffy cake.

** You fresh and thick curd.

These are some tips as beginner which i learned while baking, hope these tips are useful to you too 😍

Also check other related recipes by clicking the link below the pic..

multigrain banana bread

Rava chocolate cake

Wheat flour carrot cake

Rava / Semolina Pizza

Paneer pinwheels

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Wednesday, 1 May 2019

Dates and banana smoothies with dry fruits, How to prepare dates & Banana smoothie

Today's recipe is Dates and Banana smoothie with lots of almonds, nuts and raisins. It is very very easy to prepare in jiffy. It is power packed with proteins, minerals and gives you instant energy. It is one of my top favorite morning and evening drink after coming from walk. It gives instant energy to continue my work 😍. There are number of variations to prepare this healthy drink. But the one I prepare is instant, you can do variations. I use chilled milk and skip ice cubes.

Dates & Banana Smoothie

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cook Time : 0 min
Serves : 2
Category : Beverages
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Main ingredients : Dates, Banana
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

Dates - 10

Ripe Banana - 3

Milk - 2 glasses

Almonds - 15

Cashew nuts - 6

Raisins - 6

Honey - 2 tsp

Ice cubes - 3 ( I Dint used)

Instructions

1) Finely chop almonds, cashew nuts, raisins. Deseed dates and cut it into pieces.

2) Take a mixer jar add almond( keep some for garnishing), dates. (** check tips)

3) Add half glass of milk to the above.

4) Grind the above to fine paste. (** check tips)

5) Cut banana into pieces and add it to the above paste along with honey and milk. (ice cubes if you use)

6) Grind the above smoothly.

Take the above into serving glasses and garnish it with remaining chopped almonds, nuts and raisins.

That's it instant healthy and energetic dates and banana smoothie is ready to serve 😍😋.

Tips

** Use ripe bananas to get good taste and to make it use 😉.

** You can use seedless dates too.

** You can also use Almond milk if available.

** Instead of honey you can also sugar.

** You can also soak dates and nuts in hot water for 15 minutes. So that you can prepare paste easily.

** Add little amount of milk while grinding dates and almonds. So that dates and almonds grind easily.

** If you are serving it in any kitty parties you can also add ice cream while garnishing or while grinding.

** If you use hard dates then soak it in hot water or prepare dates and almonds paste in small jar grind to smooth paste and then transfer to juicer jar.

Also check other beverages and sweet recipes by clicking the link below pic..