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With Christmas around, everybody is busy preparing delicious treats mainly fruit cakes for the festive occasion. But if you are in mood in a mood to try something different sweet treats other than the fruit cake for this Christmas, then here are three easy recipes that you can whip up in a jiffy
Carrot Dates Cake:
Ingredients
1. All-purpose flour or Maida: 2 Cups
2. Sugar: 1 and 1/2 Cup
3. Cooking Oil : 1 Cup
4. Milk: 1 Cup
5. Beaten Curd: 4 Table Spoon
6. Condense Milk: 1/2 Cup (optional)
7. Baking Powder: 1Teaspoon
8. Baking Soda: 1/2 Teaspoon
9. Carrot: 1 and 1/2 cup grated
10. Dates: 1/2 Cup diced
11. Vanilla Essence: 1 Teaspoon
Procedure:
• In a saucepan add ½ cup of sugar and 2 table spoon water and let it simmer on low heat till the sugar changes it colour to dark golden. Turn off the heat and add ½ cup of water to the sugar syrup and mix it so the water and sugar syrup are dissolved together. Let the caramel syrup cool down.
• In a mixing bowl, add the oil, sugar, milk and curd, and mix until it is fluffy and the sugar is dissolved.
• In an another bowls sieve the flour, baking powder and baking soda.
• Then add these dry ingredients and fold into batter for a smooth consistency.
• Now add the grated carrot, diced dates, caramel syrup and vanilla essence to the batter and mix it.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Grease and flour a baking tray you can also place butter paper. Now pour the cake batter in the tin mould and bake your cake for 40 to 50 minutes.
Tips:
• You can add more grated carrots and dates as per your liking.
• Be careful when you add water to the caramel syrup as it might slapsh.
• You can replace maida with wheat flour/atta if you want to make it a healthier version.
• You can also replace sugar with jaggery if you want to make it more healthy.
Rose Cake Recipe
Ingredients
1. Rice flour: 1 cup
2. Maida: 1/4 cup
3. Powdered sugar: 1/2 cup
4. Cardamom powder: a pinch
5. Milk: 1 cup
6. Oil: for frying
Procedure:
• In a mixing bowl add rice flour, maida, powdered sugar and cardamom powder, mix everything well.
• Add a cup of coconut milk and make a not to thick or thin batter.
• Heat some oil for frying in a pan. Place the mould in the hot oil and allow it to heat.
• Now dip the edge of the mould in the batter and immediately into the oil.
• Shake the mould till the cookie slide in the oil .
• Fry both sides till golden brown.
Tips
• You can also add coconut milk in place of milk.
• The batter won’t coat the mould if the mould is not hot. So don’t forget to heat the mould every time before dipping it in batter mix.
Nankhatai
Ingredients
1. Maida: 1 cup
2. Besan/ Gram Flour: ½ cup
3. Suji / Semolina: 2 ½ tbsp
4. Powdered sugar: ½ cup
5. Salt: a pinch
6. Cardamom powder: a pinch
7. Ghee/ Butter: ½ cup
8. Pistachios & Almond: for garnishing
Procedure :
• In a bowl, add in the maida, besan, suji, powder sugar, salt & cardamom powder and mix well.
• Pour in the ghee and form into a dough. Divide into 18 portions.
• Shape into round peda like shape & place in a baking tray, top with nuts.
• Bake in a preheated oven for 15 mins at 150 Degree C in convection mode / 18 mins at 150 Degree C in OTG with both rods on / low flame in idli cooker for 17-18 mins.
Tips
• Milk powder can be used to enhance the richness.
• 2 tbsp of ghee can be replaced with dahi if desired
• Can be baked without oven in an idli cooker, in idli plates. Preheat the cooker with 1 1/2 cups of salt, once hot, place the idli plates and bake for 18 mins.
