Upside Down Pineapple And Coconut Cake And An Award

This cake is soooooo soft and moist………..and the flavor of pineapple and coconut was a real combination…….my hubby and my friends really loved this cake………..

This may be my last post of this year ,because will be busy with packing and all.Shifting to new house......So advanced Wishes to all.......Merry Christmas And A Happy New year to all.Have a great year ahead and god bless everybody........See u all next year........



















Ingredients:

2c All purpose flour
¾ c Powdered sugar
3 Eggs room temp
1c Butter room temp
1tsp Pineapple essence
1½ tsp Baking powder
½ c Chopped pineapple
½ c Dessicated coconut
½ c Syrup of tin pineapple

For Layering:

1 tin Pineapple rings
1tbsp Brown sugar
1tbsp Dessicated coconut
10 pieces Cherries



















Method:

1.Sieve flour and baking powder.
2.In a bowl beat butter and sugar till creamy.
3.Now add each eggs one by one beating well after each addition.
4.Now add the essence and mix well.5.Now add the flour and tin syrup and fold in slowly till it is fully mixed well.


















6.Now add the chopped pineaaple pieces and desicatted coconut.
7.Now grease a cake tin sprinkle brown sugar and dessicated coconut.
8.Now place pineapple rings to cover the bottom and place one cherries in the holes.
9.Preheat the oven at 200 deree C for 20 mins.
10.Bake the cake at 175 degree C for 45 mins or till the tester comes out clean.
11.Serve warm or cooled.



















This goes to Champa's Bake-Off event


This award is by akila of akilas kitchen.......thanks a lot for the award akila.Sorry for posting it late......

Chilly Gobi

Cauliflower is not that much fav veg of mine……….but sometimes its really good to have some curries or dry fries of cauliflower.In this I just added some cashews also which gave the curry a good taste.
Now we shall go to the recipe…..

Ingredients:
1 big piece Cauliflower
1 Onion
1 Tomato
4 Cloves Garlic
1 Small piece Ginger

½ tsp Cummin seeds

1tsp Kashmiri chilly powder or more
½ tsp Turmeric powder
5 Cashew nuts
Coriander leaves
Salt
Oil

Method:
1.Break the cauliflower into small florets.
2.Put this in hot water with turmeric powder.
3.Drain the water after 10 mins.
4.In a kadai heat oil and shallow fry the cauliflower til slightly crisp.
5.Drain out excess oil.
6.Now in the same oil splutter cummin seeds and sauté chopped onions.
7.When the onion turn to transparent and the chopped garlic and ginger.
8.Saute well and add the broken cashewnuts.
9.When this is fried andd the chilly powder and turmeric powder and sauté well.
10.Add the chopped tomatoes and mix well till the tomatoes are soft.
11.Now add the cauliflower and salt and mix well.
12.Close the lid and cook in sim till the mixture is dry.
13.Garnish with coriander leaves.
14.Serve hot with chapathis.

This goes to akila's event DNSW:C

Moru Curry

This is a simple and tasty curry for rice…….healthy also.In moru kachiyathu we don’t use any vegetables.In this curry we use vegetables like chena,chembu and kumbalanga etc….
Now we’ll go to the recipe…..

Ingredients:
½ kg Chena,chembu or kumbalanga or mix of these vegetables
3 Green chillies
½ tsp Turmeric powder
½ tsp Red chilly powder
1 c Curd
½ c Grated coconut
¼ tsp Cummin seeds
¼ c Water
SaltFor Tempering:
Oil
Mustard seeds

Fenugreek seeds
2 Whole red chillies
Curry leaves

Method:
1.In a vessel put the cleaned and cut vegetables.
2.Add the turmeric and red chilly powder and salt.
3.Pour some water and cook till the pieces are soft.
4.In the blender put curd,grated coconut,cumin seeds and water and blend till the mixture is very smooth.
5.Pour this to the vegetables and mix well.
6.Now heat oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds.
7.When it starts spluttering put the whole red chillies and curry leaves.
8.Pour this over the curry.
9.Serve hot with plain rice and pappadam.

Swiss Roll

Swiss rolls are something we think very difficult to make…..but its really easy.I didn’t have a bigger tray to make the sponge cake.So I made two small sized ones.Will try in a bigger tray next time.We can use any type of filling in this with jams,whipped cream etc.

Ingredients:

3 Eggs
½ c All purpose flour
¼ c Sugar
¼ c Water
¼ tsp Baking powder
¼ tsp Vanilla essence

For filling:

1pkt Whipped cream powder
1pkt Caramel powder
¼ c Cold milk
1tbsp Grated chocolate
¼ tsp vanilla essence

Method:

1.In a bowl beat eggs and sugar till creamy and fluffy.
2.Mix flour amd baking powder to this mixture and mix with a metal spoon slowly.
3.Add the water slowly and mix.
4.Grease a flat baking tray or line with parchment paper.
5.Pour the batter to the tray.
6.Preheat the oven at 180 degree C for 15 mins.
7.Bake this at 165 degree C for 8 to 10 mins or till light brown shade appears.
8.Allow it to cool.
9.In a bowl beat the caramel powder,whipcream powder and cold milk with vanilla essence till fluffy.

10.Turn over the sponge cake and apply the cream and slowly fold the cake to form a log.
11.Grate some chocolate over it.

12.Cut into pieces and serve

This goes to champa's Bake-off event

Vellappam

Famous breakfast item for keralites……tasty and easy appam…..This goes very well with vegetable stew,egg roast,chicken curries and even fish moli…….here we all like vellappam, we love to have appam with fresh coconut milk and sugar…….


















Ingredients:
2c Raw white rice(Pachari)
1c Grated coconut
¾ c Cooked rice
Coconut water of one coconut
1tsp Yeast
2tsp Sugar
Water
Salt

















Method:
1.Soak raw rice for 4 hrs or overnight.
2.Grind soaked rice,grated coconut, cooked rice and sufficient water in a grinder.
3.Warm the coconut water and add sugar and yeast and keep aside.
4.When the batter should be pourable consistency.
5.Now add the yeast mixture to the batter and mix well and close with a lid and keep for fermemtation.
6.It will take 6 to 8 hrs to ferment and will less or more time due to weather.
7.Now after fermentation add salt and mix with a spoon.
8. Heat a appa chatti and pour a spoonful of batter and rotate the chatti.


















9.Close the lid of the chatti and cook the appams.
10.When it is fully cooked take it out from the chatti and serve in a plate.
11.Serve along with any curry.

Mixed Salad

Again had to take a small break…….the climate change made my health so bad………what to do so that I had to stay away from blogging for few days…………hope you all do well……….
I’m back with a healthy and easy salad for anytime of the day………

Ingredients:
5 Leaves of lettuce
2 Cucumber
1 Big Carrot
1 Mediem piece of purple cabbage
1 Big Pomegranate
For Seasoning:
2tbsp Lime juice
1tbsp Oats
1tbsp Olive oil
Salt
Pepper powder
Fried kubus

Method:
1.Chop the vegetables into small pieces and put in a bowl.
2.Put the seeds of pomegranate with vegetables.
3.While serving add the oats,lime juice,salt,olive oil and pepper powder and mix well or can use your on dressing also.
4.Put some fried kubus on top.
5.Serve with a bowl of soup or any other meal.

Egg Curry

Very simple curry for chapathis, kubus and even for rice…………..easy and fast dish and tasty too.Eggs are my kids fav so they like eggs curries very much……….

Ingredients:

4 Eggs
2 Onions
1 Tomato
4 Green chillies
½ tsp Turmeric powder
¾ tsp Red chilly powder or more as per taste
½ tsp Fennel seeds powder
1½ c Thick coconut milk
Salt
Oil
Curry leaves

Method:
1.In a pan heat oil and sauté sliced onions till it slightly changes color.
2.Now add slited green chillies and curry leaves.
3.Add the turmeric and red chilly powders and sauté well.4.Now add the sliced tomatoes and salt and mix well till tomatoes becomes soft.
5.Now break each eggs to this mixture slowly without breaking the yolk.
6.Now put the flame into medium and close the lid.
7.After 5 mins open the lid and the yolk will be cooked and just turn over the yolks one by one and cook the other side also.
8.Now add the coconut milk and fennel seeds powder and mix well.
9.Garnish with some more curry leaves .
10.Serve hot with kubus,bread,chappathi or rice.

Participation Card from akila for participating in her event DNSW:B

This goes to ayeesha's event any one can cook.And to akila's event DNSW:E