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Lemon And Apricot Cake

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मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा I was on lookout for something more like pound cake yet not something plain for Ajoy's birthday celebration. He enjoys plain cake more than anything so something based of that yet something more richer would make perfect for the occasion. I wanted to either use lemon or orange especially after seeing all these food networks making use of their zest. So when i found a recipe for this cake in one of the books i have, i modified it bit to his taste and came up with this. Ingredients 3 Cup Maida 175g Apricot 1 Cup Almonds 1.25 Cup Pistachios 2/3 Cup Sliced Almonds 2 Cup Sugar 1 + 1/3 Cup Butter 1.25 Spoon Baking Powder 3 Eggs 1/3 Spoon Salt 1 big Lemon Method Preheat oven to 180C/350F In a bowl, blend butter and 1.5 Cup sugar together till smooth Sieve together maida and baking powder 3-4 times. Add it to the butter-sugar mixture. Add in eggs, salt, zest of the lemon and 1/2 cup of warm water and blend till smooth. Fold in chopped apricot, 1 cup al

Strawberry Icecream

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मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा Last week I had got strawberries to make jam :) But the week was hectic and i couldn't get myself slogging for an hour or two in kitchen so instead yesterday i decided to make icecream instead. I was little skeptical for this was first time i was trying it out and serving without knowing how it is going to turn out added to the nervousness. Glad everyone enjoyed it and that surely calls for this post. Ingredients 5 Cup Milk 3.5 Cup Cream 1.5 Kg Strawberries 4 Cup Sugar 1/2 Lemon Method In a mixer, blend 1Kg of strawberries and sugar together till smooth. Transfer it to bowl. Add in milk and whisk till smooth. Add in cream and lemon juice and again whisk till consistent. In ice-cream maker pour this mixture in batches according to your ice-cream maker's capacity. Chop remaining strawberries, and when ice-cream is almost set ad them to the ice-cream and let the ice-cream maker set the ice-cream. Freez for another hour or two to get the best

Sabudana Poha Chiwada

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मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा This chiwada is so easy to make and a sure shot success recipe :) Even when I was small i loved this chiwada the most, for it was light and tasty. Now i love it even more for it is so easy to make too :) I am going to be making this regularly :) Ingredients 100g Sabudana Poha 1 Cup Peanuts 2.5 Spoon Red Chilli Powder 1 Spoon Jeera Powder 1 Spoon Sugar 1 Spoon Salt Oil Method In a mixie add in red chilli powder, sugar, salt, jeera powder and grind till fine powder. Add this to a big bowl Heat oil in a pan and fry the peanuts till light brown. Add them to the spice mixture in bowl and stir In the same oil fry sabudana poha, few at a time. After each batch is fried add it immediately to the spice mixture an give it a stir. Notes Add in pohe immediately to the spice mixture after you take out of oil, otherwise the spice wont stick to the poha and it wouldn't get the taste.