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 :) . 
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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 breadchocolate-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..

                       



                     Rava chocolate cake 


                 Wheat flour carrot cake



                    Rava / Semolina Pizza


              
  
                                             Paneer pinwheels

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Monday, 2 December 2019

DalMoth Namkeen || how to prepare whole masoor dal - dalmoth namkeen at home

Dal Moth Namkeen ||  Whole Masoor Dal - Dal Moth Namkeen with step by step pics and tips. We all love that crunchy and super tasty bakery style dalmoth snack a lot isn't it ??. We can prepare dalmoth using moth beans or chana dal. Today i am sharing dalmoth recipe using whole masoor dal. Many of us don't know that we can prepare this yummy and crunchy snack easily at home with few tips. We can add spices like chaat masala, amchur powder, pepper powder, black salt etc., or we can make it simple by adding salt and red chilli powder. We can serve plain fried dalmoth or we can add melon seeds, cashew nuts and plain sev or Omapodi || karapusa || sev. Trust me it is very easy to prepare at home, everyone loves to have this crunchy snack. It is travel friendly snack will keep it fresh and crunchy more time by storing it in airtight container. Only thing to notice carefully is when to take out dal while frying, if you don't take dal out at correct time it will burn quickly. Use skimmer spoons and spider strainer to drain out excess oil. Also check other snack recipe like 
Taking this crunchy and tasty Dalmoth namkeen to Foodie Monday Blog Hop fb groups #223CrunchyMunchyDal theme. I suggested this week theme,  theme is to prepare any snack item using dal. Eagerly waiting for all yummy recipes from my blogger friends.  As always hubby draw this pic for me 😍.




              















Soak time: 6 hours
Dry Time : 30 minutes
Cook Time : 20 minutes
Serves : 250gms
Category : Snacks
Recipe Cuisine: Indian 
Main ingredients : Whole masoor dal
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   



Ingredients

Whole masoor dal - 200 gms

Omapodi || karapusa || sev - 1 cup
red chilli powder - 1 tsp
curry leaves - 1 sprig
chaat masala - 1/4 tsp
cashew nuts - 5 to 10
oil - to deep fry
salt as per taste


Instructions

1) Wash and soak masoor dal for 5 to 6 hours or overnight. drain water and spread it on dry cloth evenly under fan for 20 to 30 minutes.




 2) Heat oil in a wide pan and drop soaked and dried masoor dal and fry till they become crispy remove it using spider strainer or any skimmed spoon and keep it on paper napkin, repeat the same for remaining dal( **check tips). 





3) At last fry curry leaves, cashew nuts in the same oil and keep it aside.



4) Take the fried dal in a bowl add red chilli powder,salt, chaat masala and above fried cashew nuts, curry leaves and Omapodi || karapusa || sev.





mix the above well that's it our whole masoor dal dalmoth namkeen is ready to serve. Store the above in air tight container and enjoy its crunchy taste for long time.



Tips

** Do not soak whole masoor dal for long time. 

** Make sure that excess water is removed from dal by drying. 

** Main point to remember is remove dal when starts changing color and you can hear the crisp sounds while frying check pics. color starts changing, getting crisp sound and dal breaks easily means dal fried perfectly.

** Drop fried masoor dal on paper napkin so that excess will be removed easily.

** Add spices according to your taste.

Also check other snack recipes by just clicking the link below pic..

                   
                                 Omapodi || karapusa || sev

                                                  spicy masala peanuts
   
                                   
                                  JackFruit seeds Vada





                       Baby Corn Fritters


                                   Rava / Semolina Pizza


     Roasted Masala Chickpeas / Masala coated Kabuli Chana fry
          
                               Veg chow mein noodles




                    Dry cabbage manchurian

                                          Paneer Tikka


 

                                      Paneer pinwheels

                                        Pepper sev


               Vaamu Aaku bajji

                                         Corn flakes chivda

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