Brazilian Chocolate Chiffon Cake

BRAZILIAN CHOCOLATE CHIFFRON CAKE
Ingredients:
Flour - 2 +1/2 cup2.5 cup
sifted cake flour
sugar - 2 cups
baking powder - 2 tsp
instant coffee powder - 2 tsp
salt - 1 tsp
cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp
refined oil - 1/2 cup
eggs separated - 5
water - ¾ cup
vanilla essence - 2 tsp
unsweetened baking chocolate melted - 1 cup
corn flour - ½ tsp


Method:
- Preheat oven to 180 degreees C.
- Sift cake flour,sugar,baking powder,instant coffee powder, salt and cinnamon powder together into large bowl.
- Make well in centre of the flour mixture; add oil, egg yolks, water and vanilla essence and beat until the mixture is smooth.
- Add melted chocolate to flour mixture ad blend well.
- In another small bowl combine the cream of tartar and egg whites.
- Beat until egg whites fluffy.
- Gently fold egg whites into chocolate mixture until well blended not stir.
- Pour the batter into greased 10-inch tube pan and bake for 50 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly with finger and decorate as u wish with chocolates or creams.

Source:
Balakrishna Saraswathy

Chicken Roast

CHICKEN ROAST

This dish goes too well when served as a side dish. This dish is very simple and easy to make. It just takes less than 15 mins time to get cooked... dont ask me about the taste... It tastes Heavenly

Ingredients:
Chicken (chopped) - 1/2 kg
ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
salt to taste
black pepper powder - 1 tsp
red chilli powder - 1 tsp
tumeric powder - 1/4 tsp
garam masala - 1/4 tsp
oil - 2 - 3 tsp
water - less than 1/2 cup

Method:
- in a pan add oil
- add the chicken, ginger garlic paste, salt to taste, red chilli powder, pepper powder, turmeric powder and garam masala.
- mix well and fry for 4 - 5 mins
- keep mixing until the masala is fully coated on the chicken slices
- now add water and close the pan with a lid
- leave it medium fire and allow that get cooked for 10 mins
- chicken will cook very fast and its own oil and juices will vanish as vapours
- now remove the lid and mix well and fry till the chicken is dry
- serve with rice or as a side dish.

Source:
Nirmala Aunty, My neighbour aunty.. O no one can cook simple and tasty dishes like her. She is one of my inspiration.

Aatukaal Soup

AATUKAL SOUP

This is a soup. Tastes too good. This is very good when consumed for those who have cold and this is healthy too.

Ingredients:
aatu kal - (front leg) - 6
cumin seeds - 1 tsp
black pepper - 1 tsp
garlic (crushed) - 10 - 12
corriander leaves - 5 - 6 tsp (finely chopped)
turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
water - 8 - 10 glasses

Method:
- wash and clean the aatu kal
- in a pressure cooker add water, aatu kal, chopped corriander leaves, salt, turmeric, crushed garlic, crushed black pepper
- leave that to cook for 6 whistles
- cook this in the night
- now leave that untouched till the next morning
- now again cook the same in the pressure cooker for another 6 whistles
- now all the juices will be strained and the soup will be tasty to drin.

Source:
- Granny. She is a wonderful cook. She makes this every time I have severe cold and fever.