Ingredients

200g (7 oz) flour

5 ml (1 tsp) baking soda

5ml (1 tsp) baking powder

30 ml (two tablespoons) of cocoa powder

150 g (5 oz) brown sugar

30 ml (two tablespoons) golden syrup

2 eggs

150 ml (¼ liter) oil

150 ml (¼ liter) of milk

Recipe

Grease and flour 23 cm (9 inch) cake tin.

Sift together all dry ingredients in a bowl.

Put sugar, syrup, eggs, oil and milk in a manhole in the middle of the dry ingredients.

Beat vigorously until mixture is smooth.

Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into center of cake comes out clean.

Leave in the pan in the oven for a few minutes and turn on the rack to cool.

For the glaze: Place chocolate and cream in small saucepan and heat gently until melted.

Cool slightly and pour evenly over cake.

Garnish with nuts.

Tal Sankali : A Gujarati Recipe

First take some sesame seed and Roast them lightly for a few of minutes on a medium or slow fire.  Grease a flat tray or use your kitchen platform with some ghee or butter. Heat Â3/4 cup jaggery in a pan until it melts and changes colour.  Now add the sesame seeds to it and mix till the two form a homogenous mixture. Place this mixture of sesame seeds and jaggery on the greased plate. Flatten it on the tray and roll it with a rolling pin. Cut it into diamond shaped or square pieces quickly before it cools down.

INGREDIENTS(for 10 persons)

200 gms black gram dal
200 gms desi ghee
250 gms sugar- powdered
150 gms khoya
1 tsp dry ginger powder
Milk according to need
100 gms almonds blanched
1 tsp cardamom powder
METHOD

1. Clean and make a powder of black gram dal.

2. Add 1 tbsp ghee in luke warm milk and knead into a very soft dough.

3. Keep it aside for 10-15 minutes.

4. Heat the remaining ghee and fry soft dough on a low flame till it is light brown.

5. Add the powdered sugar and khoya.

6. Stir constantly till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.

7. Mix the cardamom powder and ginger powder.

8. Spread on a greased tray.

9. Sprinkle some sliced almonds.

10. When it is cool cut into a desired shape.

Ingredients

• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 1/4 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 – 9 inch round cake pans. In medium bowl, pour boiling water over cocoa, and whisk until smooth. Let mixture cool. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at time, then stir in vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with the cocoa mixture. Spread batter evenly between the 3 prepared pans.
Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool.

Check the next page for descriptive video fro making Dark Chocolate Cake

Avial is a scrumptious dish of Kerala. It is a kind of mix vegetable recipe. Easy to make and delicious to taste, this dish is also very nutritious and fulfilling. It is basically a side dish served hot along with varieties of rice.  The use of turmeric in Avial is generally avoided by people living in Malabar region while it is quite popular at other places of Kerala. Avial is considered to an important recipe for the festivals and celebrations in Kerala.

Avial

Ingredients

1 finely-grated Coconut,
1 tsp roasted Channa Dal
1 tsp roasted Urad Dal
1/4 tsp Asafetida (heeng)
2 Green Chilies
1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
Assortment of Vegetables, cut and diced (excluding salad and leafy vegetables and beetroot)

Method

Blanch the diced vegetables and set it aside for later use.
Grind channa dal, urad dal, asafoetida and green chillies to a paste.
Heat ghee in a separate shallow pan and add the grounded paste.
Fry lightly till it emits fragrance.
Add the grated coconut and sauté it over a low flame.
Add the blanched vegetables and cook till done.
Add salt to taste.
Serve hot.

Banana Halwa

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