SHANKARPALI SWEET RECIPE

Shankarpali or shakkarpara is an Indian snack popular in Western India, especially in Gujarat and Maharashtra. It is traditionally enjoyed as a treat on Diwali. It is rich in carbohydrates, making it an instant source of energy. It can be sweet, sour or spicy depending on how it is made. This sweet recipe is easy to prepare less than 20 minutes. 

Ingredients : 

• All-purpose flour - 1 cup 
• Sugar - 1/4 cup 
• Sooji or semolina - 1/4 cup 
• Pinch of salt 
• Milk - 4 Tsp 
• Ghee or oil - 2 Tsp 

Method : 

1. Mix all the ingredients into a tight dough. 
2. Knead the dough and let it rest for sometime.
3. Roll the dough into a roti and cut the dough into diamond-shaped shankarpali. 
4. Fry in oil until brown.

THREE LAYERED COLORFUL MILK PUDDING

This milk pudding recipe is one of the most genuine recipes for a healthy dessert. This time I made this an eggless recipe. The three layers are Milk base layer, rose middle layer and dark cocoa top layer. 

Ingredients  : 

Serves  1 Cup 

• Milk - 1 cup 
• Unflavoured gelatine - 1 and 1/2 Tsp 
• Dark cocoa powder - 1 Tsp 
• Rose syrup - 1 Tsp 
• Sugar - 2 Tsp 

Method : 

Dissolve Gelatine in 1 tsp of hot milk (This will be added to each layer so prepare gelatine mix instantly or else it will get thick) 

• Boil milk and keep it aside to get back to room temperature 
• Add Sugar to the boiled milk
• Divide the milk into three parts 

Milk layer : 

• To the 1st part of the boiled milk add 1/2 tsp of gelatine dissolved in hot milk, and mixed well 
• Pour into a glass and refrigerator for 1 hour ( or as long the layer sets ) 

Rose layer : 

• To the 2nd part of milk, add rose syrup and gelatine mix (Similar to the previous step) 
• Slowly pour the rose syrup milk into the glass without disturbing the milk layer. 
• Again refrigerate 

Coco layer : 

• To the 3rd part of the milk, add cocoa powder, and gelatine mix. 
• Repeat same procedure. 
• Refrigerated this overnight

Serve Chill 

UNNI APPAM / KAROLLAPPAM

Unni appam, also called Karollappam is a small round snack made from rice, jaggery, banana, roasted coconut pieces, ghee and cardamom powder fried in oil. 

Variations of this organic and spongy fried batter using jackfruit preserves instead of banana. It is a popular snack in Kerala. In Malayalam, unni means small and appam means rice cake.

Ingredients : 

• 1 Cup Rice Flour 
• 1/2 Cup Wheat Flour 
• 1 Banana 
• 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda 
• 1/2 Cup Jaggery 
• 3 Green Cardamom 
• 2 Tablespoon Coconut Pieces 
• Coconut Oil / Ghee for frying 

Method : 

1. Boil water and add jaggery. 
2. Boil on medium flame and make jaggery syrup with crushed green cardamom 
3. Drain the jaggery syrup and keep aside 
4. In a bowl, add rice flour and wheat flour, and mix well 
5. Mash the banana or in a mixer add the banana and make a smooth paste 
6. Mix the banana with the flour mixture
7. Add baking soda and jaggery syrup to the flour mixture 
8. Add coconut pieces 
9. Keep this batter for 30-45 mins
10. After 30 minutes, heat coconut oil/ghee in paniyaram chatti (pan)
11. When the oil is really hot, reduce the flame to low-medium
12. Drop tablespoons of the batter into the chatti 
13. Fry on both sides till golden-dark brown colour 

Eggless Orange Cake

Eggless orange cake, easy and delicious recipe with fresh orange juice and no food colours. I always bake my cakes in a pressure cooker, this is the first time trying in Microwave oven. Most of the ingredients you can find in your kitchen.

Ingredients : 

• All purpose flour/Maida - 1.5 cups 
• Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
• Baking soda – 1 tsp
• Sugar - 3/4 cup
• Orange juice - 1 cup
• Cooking oil - 1/3 cup 
• Salt - a pinch
• Vanilla essence - 1 tsp 
• Orange zest - 1/2 tsp (Use grated skin)

Method : 

1. In a wide bowl, sieve the flour. 
2. Add baking powder, baking soda and salt, and mix well. 
   
3. Add the orange zest to the flour mixture, and set aside. 
4. Meanwhile, grease a baking pan with oil or butter and sprinkle the flour all over the pan. 
   
5. In another bowl, mix sugar, oil and orange juice. 
6. Use a whisk and stir the mixture until the sugar dissolves well.
   
7. Add the flour to the oil mixture and mix it with a spatula or whisk in one direction. (Do not over beat the mixture) 
   
8. Add in Vanilla essence.  
   
9. If you are baking in an oven, preheat the oven in convection mode at 180c for 10  minutes. 
10. If you try pressure cooker cooking, put salt in the cooker and cover keep it in medium flame for 10 minutes. 
11. Pour the batter into the baking pan and pat its bottom once for even distribution of batter. 
    
12. Now bake the cake in convection mode at 180c for 20-30 minutes.
13. Check the cake by inserting a toothpick in the centre of the cake after 20 minutes. If it comes out clean or with little crumbs, the cake is done.
    
14. If you find the wet batter in the toothpick, bake the cake for 2-3 minutes more.
15. Invert the pan on a plate after the cake is cooled down.