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 WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄🎊🎁⚡🌹🎉🥳💐🍰⛄🎂 May this Christmas season bring you closer to all those that you treasure in your heart. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year! 🎄⛄🎊🎉🎉🎊🎊🥳🌹💫🎅⭐🌟🎈🎈🎁🎁🎁🎁💐💐🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊⛄⛄⛄⛄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 PUMPKIN CHRISTMAS CAKE 🎂 This is an eggless,  oil less,  butter less and dairy free  cake  INGREDIENTS  NEEDED TO MAKE THE CAKE 👇👇 Apple                   1 medium size ( pureed) Pumpkin              1cup (grated ) Jaggery                  1cup( chopped) Dates                      1 cup( chopped)  Flour (I have used whole wheat flour)  1.5 cups  Semolina                   1/2 cup  Baking powder          1 tsp Baking soda  ...

 SOHAN HALWA AND LADDOO CUPCAKES              ( made in the  airfryer) Diwali and  Bhai Dooj are the time for  sweets and dry fruits.  But what do you do when these pile up with no one wanting to eat them anymore .Even my help has refused to take them home ( Didi ab aur meetha nahi khaya jata ) .          I googled  for recipes with  leftover sweets  and thankfully found a few recipes of  eggless cakes / cupcakes with  leftover laddoos n burfis.  I had a box of besan laddoos and last few pieces of sohan halwa  which I used in the batter  ( instead of custard powder) and for the topping               Made a batter with flour ( I have used whole wheat flour/ atta) , baking powder ,  baking soda , yogurt,  sugar  and few  crushed laddoos and sohan halwa  .  I made cupcakes in the airfryer and toppe...

 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 ...