Banana ChocoChip Cake

Ingredients:

All purpose flour                     1 & 1/2 cup

Sugar                                      2/3 cup

Baking Powder                        1&1/2 tsp

Salt                                          1/4 tsp

Mashed Banana                       1 cup

Egg                                          1 

Unsalted Butter                        1/2 cup

Chocochips                             3/4

Milk                                         1/4 cup

Procedure:

1. Mix all the dry ingredients first( Flour, sugar, Baking Powder and salt) in a large bowl.

2.In a separate bowl combine banana melted butter, egg and milk.Whisk it for few minutes) 

3. Stir banana mixture into the flour mixture until well blended. Be careful not to over-mix it.

4. Stir in chocochips.

5. Bake at 175 degree C for 30-35 min approximately.

6. Insert a toothpick. If it comes out clean, the cake is ready.

7. Let it cool down completely on wire rack before cutting into pieces

Alsi laddoo (Flax Seed laddoo)

Alsi K Laddoo (Flaxseeds laddoo)

Ingredients:

Alsi(Flax seeds)                            1 cup
Atta(Whole wheat flour)                1cup
Sugar(Powdered)                          1cup
Gond(edible gum)                         1/2 cup
Dry Dates(powdered)                   1/4cup
Almonds & Cashewnuts                1/4 cup
Magaz(watermelon seeds)             2tbsp
Ghee                                             1/2 cup

Procedure:
1. Dry roast flaxseeds in a heavy bottom pan.
2. Grinde Almonds and cashews.
3. Grinde gond(edible gum) to fine powder.
4. Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan. Add Flour to it. cook it on medium flame till the flour colour changes to nice brown. Add gond and mix well. Add dry dates,magaz, almonds and cashewnuts and mix well. cook it for another 5 minutes stirring continously.
5. Remove from flame and let it cool down.
6. Add sugar and and make lemon size balls of the mixture. Store in an airtight container.

Besan ke Ladoo

Ingredients:

Besan                             1 cup
Powdered Sugar             1/2 cup
Ghee                               1/4th cup
crushed nuts                     1/2 cup
Almonds(Thinly Sliced for Garnishing)


Procedure:

1. Heat ghee in a Thick bottom pan.
2. Add besan and Roast it on low flame till nice aroma comes out and besan changes its colour and ghee starts separating.
3. Add crushed nuts and let the mixture cool slightly.
4. Add Sugar and make ladoos.
5. Garnish with sliced almonds.

Note: Use coarsely ground besan for ladoos.You you want more rich ladoos u can add 1/2 cup ghee instead of 1/4th cup.
I used 1/4th cup. Ladoos were perfect.

Arsa

Ingredients:

1             Cup Rice

1/2          Cup Sugar(powdered)

1/2 tbs     Curd                                                    

1tbs         Poppy seeds(khuskhus)

Oil           For Deep frying

Method:

1. Soak rice for at least 4-5 hours.

2. Drain all the water and pat dry on a kitchen towel and cover it. Don't leave it in open.

3. Grind it to a fine powder.

4. Heat oil in a wok.

4. Now take a mixing bowl and mix sugar powder and rice powder and curd.

5. Spread poppy seeds in a plate.

6. Make small balls of this and flatten them. roll one side on poppy seeds.

7. Deepfry arsa in the wok keeping poppyseed side upside until golden brown.

Note:

1. Rice should be dry before grinding 

2. If the mixture is sticky after mixing rice and sugar then don't add curd.