Custard powder cake (with wheat flour)

Recipe source : Harini of Tamalapaku

Ingredients

1 cup wheat flour
1/2 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar (powdered)
4 tbsp oil
4 tbsp butter
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup custard powder (vanilla flavour)

Warm the milk and add the sugar. Mix well till it melts. Add the custard powder slowly and mix well without any lumps. Add the butter and beat well. Add the vanilla essence to the mixture.

Sieve the flours together along with the baking powder and baking soda. Now add the liquid mixture to the dry mixture and mix until there are no lumps.

Preheat oven at 170 degrees and bake the mixture for 40 -45 minutes. Insert a toothpick to see if it comes out well and is cooked.

Cool and serve.

Kutchi Dabeli

Ingredients

Pav / burger buns

2 tsp oil

2 big boiled and mashed potatoes

2 tsp dabeli masala powder

Bit of asafoetida

Sweet chutney

Salt to taste

Finely chopped onions

Finely chopped coriander leaves

Plain sev

Pomegranate seeds

Few roasted and crushed peanuts

Heat oil and add mashed potatoes. Add dabeli masala powder, asafoetida, salt, roasted peanuts and mix well. Add a bit of water to let it mix well. Finally add about 2 tsp sweet chutney and mix well.

To serve, toast the buns on both sides with little butter. Spread some potato mixture on one side of the bun and garnish with sweet chutney, onions, coriander leaves, sev and pomegranate seeds. Serve immediately.

Ragi rava pongal

Ingredients

2/3 cup ragi rava

1/3 cup green gram dal (moong dal)

2 1/2 cups water

Salt to taste

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp pepper crushed coarsely

2 tsp ghee

1/4 tsp ginger paste

Few curry leaves

Few cashews

Dry roast the ragi rava slightly. Pressure cook with moong dal, salt and water. Heat ghee and add cumin seeds, crushed pepper and curry leaves. When the cumin seeds splutter, add cashews and roast till golden brown. Add ginger paste and mix well with the cooked pongal.

Serve hot with spicy chutney and sambar.

No Knead cheese focaccia

Recipe inspiration: Suma of Cakes and More

Ingredients

1.5 cups +2 tbsp all purpose flour

3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1.5 tsp active dried yeast
1/2 cup warm water
2 tbsp pizza sauce mixed with 2 tbsp water
1 -2 tbsp pizza herbs mix
3 tbsp oil
100 grams mozzarella cheese cut into small cubes

Add the yeast and sugar to luke warm water and keep covered for 5 minutes till it froths. Sieve the all purpose flour with salt and add the pizza herbs to it. Add 1.5 tbsp oil and the pizza sauce mix to the yeast mix and stir gently. Add in the flour and mix well to get a sticky batter. Add in the cheese pieces to it and mix. Transfer to a baking tray and let the mixture cover the entire tray. Spread the rest of the oil over it and cover it with a greased aluminium foil and let it rest for atleast an hour.

Spread some more oil and herbs. Bake in a preheated oven at 190 degrees for 35- 40 minutes until light golden brown.