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 SWEET POTATO  CAKE (EGGLESS ) The season of sweet potatoes is back again  .  So decided to make something sweet instead of the usual  sweet potato chaat or tikkis. So made this  eggless , oil less/ butter less and  sugar free healthy  cake .  WET INGREDIENTS _ Blend together in blender into a puree Boiled , peeled and roughly chopped sweet potato      _       1 cup  Apple       _        1 medium Dates ( roughly chopped and soaked in warm water)      1 cup  Honey       _       according to requirement to adjust the sweetness     Vanilla essence  DRY INGREDIENTS  _ Sieve together  Whole wheat flour    _ 1.5 cups  Baking  powder        _   1 tsp Baking soda              _    1/2 tsp...

 SWEET RICE CAKE ( Made with ready-made Dosa Batter) It's called Pithaguri cake in Assamese  ( Pithaguri means rice flour) & poda pitha in odisha  Ingredients readymade dosa batter -     2    Cups   Grated jaggery                _ 1&1/4cups semolina (suji)                _   1Tbsp             Green cardamom powder _1/4tsp   coconut powder                 _ 3/4 cups   Dry fruits and raisins  Honey for drizzling  Method  1)Melt 1 cup of the grated jaggery lightly in a non-stick pan. 2)Add coconut to the melted jaggery  3)Mix well and keep aside to cool  4)Add semolina,  and cardamom powder to the dosa  batter and mix well. Keep aside  4. Add the cooled melted jaggery and coconut mixture to the  dosa...

 SEMOLINA HONEY AND JAM CAKE  WET INGREDIENTS  Sugar _                  3/4 cup Oil      _                  1/3 cup Milk   _                   1/2 cup     Lemon juice      Vanilla essence  DRY INGREDIENTS  Semolina ( fine) _      1 cup  Flour        _                   1/4 cup  Baking powder _        1 tsp Baking soda     _         1/2tsp  OTHER INGREDIENTS  Dry fruits _ chopped almonds,  pistachios,cashew nuts and raisins  Milk to adjust the consistency of the batter if needed  Dry fruits  for garnishing ( 1 _ 2 tbsp coarsely ground) FOR HONEY AND JAM TOPPING  Honey,  jam, ...

 PITHAGURI CHOCOLATE CAKE 🎂(Assamese)       This is a cake  made with rice flour (called Pithaguri in Assamese)  Pitha means rice Guri means  ground to powder or flour  So in a way Pithaguri means rice flour  I have made the eggless version  with  some Semolina and milk cream  ( can use oil also as the  original recipe) Here goes the recipe  DRY INGREDIENTS _ Sieve and keep aside  Rice flour          _             1 cup  Semolina            _            5 _ 6 tbsp Cocoa powder   _            2tbsp  Baking powder  _            1 tsp Baking soda      _             1/2tsp  WET INGREDIENTS _ Mix together till creamy and light  Oil/ malai    ...

 MOTHER🌹🌹🙏🙏♥️♥️🌹🌹🙏🙏 Mother's smile , so sweet and radiant, The sun , you could touch and kiss,   but never  get  burnt.  Her healing touch,  sheer  magical, A bitter pill at times ,  but  always  rational. Her sacrifices ,  sometimes taken  for granted ,  but valuable  and appreciable , A warrior , invincible and indefatigable. Her caring heart ,   ailing  and  old , A vintage , made of pure gold . Her love , selfless  and  benevolent ,  A bouquet of roses , beautiful and fragrant . Mother 's  strength , ever  so unbeatable ,   A wall, always omnipresent and dependable  .  M- My mother was God's  gift , now a  beautiful angel O - Only her lap  could soothe my aching limbs T- The tender heart  was  full of love and care H -Her soft shivering fingers caressed my tired brows E -  Even  though I might not have ...

 Good evening BANANA MANGO CAKE 🎂 DRY INGREDIENTS Flour                       2 cups Baking powder.     1tsp  Baking soda.         1/2 tsp WET INGREDIENTS Banana.                    1  Sugar                        1/2 cup Honey.                        2tbsp Oil.                              2tbsp Mango essence OTHER INGREDIENTS Mango.                       1  Dry fruits, coconut flakes , raisins  Milk as needed to make the batter METHOD Preheat the oven to 180degree celcius chop dry fruits coarsely Grease and line the bottom of the cake dish with paper Chop mango ...

 MAWA CAKE It's my husband's birthday today (As we prefer no cream cakes , I made this delicious cake ) DRY INGREDIENTS Flour.    _.            2 cups Baking powder.  1tsp Baking soda.       1/2 tsp  Sieve and keep aside WET INGREDIENTS Sugar powdered.   1cup Malai.                    3/4 cup Mawa (khoya).     3/4 _ 1 cup Cardamom powder Dry fruits Milk to make the batter METHOD Preheat oven to 180 degree Celsius for 10 minutes Grease and line the bottom of the cake dish Cream together malai and sugar till light and fluffy Add Mawa and mix well Add in the flour in batches Mix using cut and fold method Add cardamom powder and mix Use milk to make the batter Add 3/4 th of the dry fruits and mix Pour batter into prepared cake dish Sprinkle rest of the reserved dry fruits Bake for 40 _45 minutes or until done Cool the cake and demould Batter i...