Gujarati Dal

Ingredients:

• 1 cup tuvar dal
• ¼ cup chopped tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon chopped ginger
• 1 sliced green chilli/1 red dry chilli
• 5-6 curry leaves
• ¼ teaspoon asafoetida
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 teaspoon dhana powder
• 1 teaspoon jeera powder
• ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
• ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon ajawain
• 1 tablespoon jaggery
• 2 kokums or 2 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
• Salt to tast

Method

• Cook the tuvar dal with 2 cups of water either in a pot or in a pressure cooker, until fully mashed and cooked.
• When the dal is hot, whisk the cooked dal well until well blended.
• Heat oil in a pan; add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, ajawain, curry leaves, green chilli, ginger and allow it to crackle.
• Add tomatoes, turmeric powder, asafoetida, dhana-jeera powder and sauté until the tomatoes are soft and tender.
• Now add the cooked dal, salt, jaggery and approximately 1.5 cups of water. Allow it to boil for 5 minutes.
• Turn off heat and add coriander leaves and serve hot with a sabzi, phulka’s and rice.

Rice Flakes Kheer

Ingredients

• 1 cup rice flakes (poha)
• 1 litre milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 10 raisins
• 10-12 strands saffron
• 5 pistachios crushed coarsely
• 1/2 tsp. cardamom powder

Method

• Wash the rice flakes with water.
• Drain the water
• Boil the milk
• Add rice flakes
• Cook till the kheer is semi-solid (or preferred consistency is reached)
• Add sugar and stir till sugar dissolves
• Add remaining ingredients
• Serve hot or cold

Pineapple Fluff

This is a Valentine Day special recipe :)

Ingredients:

• Whipped cream: 8oz
• Sour cream: 16-20 oz
• Crushed pineapple in its own juice - 20 oz
• Condensed milk - 14 oz

Method:

• Mix sour cream and condensed milk then add crushed pineapple & Whipped cream.
• Mix well.
• Set in refrigerator for 2 hours before serving.
• Garnish with strawberries or red grapes, red cherries etc.
• Store in freeze and consume within 2 days

Plain Egg less Cake

Ingredients:

• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup orange juice
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup melted butter

Method:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder and baking soda into a large bowl.
• Make a well in the center and pour in the sweetened condensed milk, orange juice, vanilla and melted butter.
• Mix well and pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Allow to cool