Cook with Rekha, Recipes by rekha: February 2019

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Rava Cake in Cooker -Eggless Tuti Frutti cake

Ingredients :-

1/2 cup curd
1 cup powdered sugar
1 /2 cup oil
1 & 1/2 cup semolina (suji)
1/2 cup all purpose flour (maida)
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 tsp tuti frutti
1 tsp baking powder
1/4th tsp baking soda

For baking in pressure cooker :-
1 cup salt
1 iron stand
Baking dish

Method:-

In a mixing bowl, take 1/2 cup curd and 1 cup powdered sugar now mix it well untill the mixture becomes creamy.
Then add 1/2 cup oil (any vegetable oil)
Again whisk it well then add 1 & 1/2 cup semolina and 1/2 cup all purpose flour.
Mix well to maintain the batter consisitency add 1/2 cup milk. Milk should be at room temperature.
Add tuti frutti to add flavor and every kids likes to eats tuti frutti cake.
Now add 1 tsp vanilla essence, mix well.
Add 1 tsp baking powder and 1/4th tsp baking soda.
Mix well,do not overmix.
Then transfer the batter into greases baking dish and place it into preheated cooker, cover the lid,remove whistle and rubber of pressure cooker.
Cook for half an hour on low flame.
After half an hour check the cake with knife if it comes out clean cake is perfectly baked.
Now cake is ready to serve.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

How to make Kaju Katli Recipe step by step,cashewnut fudge,kaju burfi.

Ingredients:-

2 cup cashewnut

200 gm sugar

2 tsp clarified butter (Ghee)

1/2 tsp Cardamom powder

Method :-

Take 2 cup of cashewnut in mixer jar and grind it, now strain this cashewnut powder through seive so that big chunks are separated. Now this big chunks grind it later.

Add 1/2 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar into the pan and let it dissolve

Now add cashew powder and cardamom powder into it and keep the flame low and stir continously untill it gets dense consistency.

Now add 2 tsp of ghee ,mix throughly and continue cooking untill it gets thick consistency.
Now turn off the flame and transfer the cashew dough in a greased plate let it cool for 2 min. Do not cool it completely.
Now grease hand with ghee and roll the paste.
Place rolled ball into the grease aluminium paper or butter paper and flattened it with rolling pin.
Now place this sheet inside the refrigerator to set and then cut into diamond shape.
Let it dry a bit then separate it with knife.
Tempting kaju katli is ready to serve.
It can be prepred for any festival,party,puja bhog or anytime we crave for something sweet.
You can store it in refrigerator for a month.

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Oats Chilla - Healthy and Easy Breakfast for Kids - Oats Besan Sattu Chi...

Healthy breakfast for 1.5 yrs plus babies

Oats Sattu Besan Chilla

Ingredients :-
2 tsp Gram flour (Besan)
1 tsp Oats
1 tsp Sattu
1 tsp Rice Flour
Pinch of Salt
Pinch of Asafoetida (Hing)
Water as required to make smooth and lump free batter.

Saturday, February 9, 2019

How to check purity of jaggery (Gur)

Jaggery is a sweetner that is made from sugarcane and it is obtained by boiling raw and concentrated sugarcane juice.
It is known to be healthier alternative to white sugar because of its superior nutritional profile.
U will find shops,vendors and even thella wallahs selling this traditional indian favorite.
But how can be sure that what are you buying is pure or not?
We tell you how to identify good quality jaggery and the parameters to check its purity.

1. Do taste a piece of jaggery it should not taste even slightly salty.
If it does,this may indicate a high concentration of mineral salts.
2. Check for any crystal on the jaggery,presense of crystal may indicate that it has gone through some process to make it more sweeter.
3. Color of jaggery also play important role.
Color of jaggery should be dark.
Yellowish color of gur indicate chemical treatment.
Chemicals like - Nirma washing powder,Hydro chloric acid.