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Chocolate Oatmeal Cake

Try out this chocolate favourite if you have kids who say, ” No oatmeal Mom”.

 

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Ingredients

2 cups All purpose flour
3/4 cup Unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Butter or margarine, softened
1 3/4 cups Sugar
2 teaspoons Vanilla
2 Large eggs
1 1/3 cup Milk
2 packets(28gm each)Quakers Instant oatmeal

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Beef Bread

Bread making is so easy and once you are hooked by the miracle of yeast, you would love making this stuffed bread with beef and carrot.

 

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Ingredients

For dough

Whole wheat flour 4 cups
Instant yeast 1 Tbsp
Warm water 1/4 cup
Sugar 1/2 Tbsp
Warm milk 1/2 cup
Salt 2 tsp
Canola oil 4 Tbsp
Egg 1 No
Water as needed to knead the dough

For decorating the bread

Beaten Egg white 1 No
Sesame seeds
Unsalted butter

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Mango- Pineapple Supreme Cake

A delicious way to use your favourite tropical fruits on a simple plain cake and make it supreme….

 

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Ingredients for the cake

Butter 3/4 cup
Sugar 1.5 cups
Eggs 2 No
Baking powder 2 tsp
All purpose flour  2 cups
Vanilla extract 1 tsp
Milk 1 cup

Ingredients for the cake topping

Fresh Mango pieces 1 cup
Fresh pineapple pieces 1 cup
Instant vanilla pudding mix 1 packet
Milk powder 4 Tbsp
Cream cheese fat free 1 cup
Sugar to adjust the sweetness

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Stuffed Date Fritters/ Eenthapazham Nirachu Porichathu

Stuffed Date Fritters remind me of Ramdhan spent in Abudhabi, UAE. When Ramdhan falls during July-August, you get different varieties of dates from the farm that are sweeter than honey and give you a jump start  while breaking a day long fast from dawn to dusk. Some Arab farm owners may gift you few kilograms of dates  just for visiting their farms.

 

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Ingredients

Dates/Eethapazham 10 N0
Raw Cashewnuts  10 No
All purpose Flour 1/2 cup
Rice flour 2 Tbsp
Sugar 2 tsp
Salt a pinch
Water as needed
Oil for frying

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Prawn/Shrimp/Chemeen/Konchu Roast

The flavour of this Konchu/Chemeen masala will make you crave for more and more , especially when you combine it with Tapioca/Kappa Tarts.

 

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Ingredients

Prawns/Shrimps  2lb

Turmeric powder   1/2  tsp

Onion sliced    2 No

Ginger crushed   1 tsp

Garlic crushed   1 tsp

Green chillies chopped   2 No

Coriander leaves/Cilantro chopped  1 Tbsp

Tomato paste   3 tsp

Coriander powder   1/2 tsp

Kashmiri chilly powder   2 tsp

Pepper powder   1/2 tsp

Garam masala    1/2 tsp

Canola oil  as needed

Lemon Juice   2 tsp

Curry leaves (optional)

Salt  to taste

Sugar   a pinch

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