Carrot Cake

Ingredients:
shifted flour 1 1/2 cup
ground cinnamon 2 tsp
baking soda 1 1/2 tsp
nutmeg 1 tsp
salt 1/2 tsp
grated carrot 3 cups
sugar 1 1/2 cup
oil 1 cup
chopped walnuts 1 cup
eggs beaten. 3

Directions:
Mix together flour, cinnomon, soda, nutmeg, salt.
Combine carrots, sugar, oil, nuts & eggs and blend.
Add dry ingredients to the egg mixture & pour into a pan.
Cook on high power in microwave for 10-11 min.
When done, the cake will pull away from the edges of the pan.
Add food color to the cake, if desired.

KADABU

Ingredients :

Channa Dal- 2 Cups
Jaggery- 2 Cups
fresh coconut- 1 Cup
Elaichi Powder - 2 tsps
Wheat flour -3 cups
salt a pinch
oil for deep frying

Method :

make smooth dough using the wheat flour and salt with few drops of oil.make small puris taking lemon size ball of the dough and rolling it out. Pressure cook dal till soft and make paste out of it by grinding.Heat a heavy bottom pan add in the dal, jaggery and cook until the jaggery melts ,continue cooking until soft ball stage(it leaves sides of the pan)Add cardamom powder after you turn the flame off. now stuff this paste into the rolled out puris,seal it from sides cut the edges neatly and deep fry in oil. Serve with ghee making hole inbetween the kadabu.

Stuffed Capsicum

For 4
Ingredients :
Capsicums 450 gm
Potatoes 450 gm
Green Chillies 4 -5
Cheese 30 gm
Coriander leaves ½ bunch
Turmeric a pinch
Fat 30 gm
Mustard seeds a few
Lime ½
Salt to taste

Method :
1) Slice the top of capsicums.
2) Remove seeds, wash, apply salt on the inside and keep upside down on a rack.
3) Bil and chop potatoes; temper with mustard seeds. Add chopped green chillies, coriander leaves, turmeric and salt to taste.
4) Mix well, add lime juice.
5) Stuff capsicums with prepared stuffing. Top with cheese.
6) Heat fat in a frying pan and cook capsicums on a very slow fire till soft.
7) service hot.