Eggless Chocolate cake with condensed milk

This is a very simple eggless cake.Ive tried making eggless chocolate cake before,but have used only oil.This recipe calls for butter and condensed milk.It was so soft,moist and rich that I coudnt believe it was eggless.
Both my kid and mom njoyed eating it and ofcourse me too(who's a chocoholic!!)

This recipe is Anushruthi's recipe from Divine taste.Thanx a lot Anu!!
I skipped the icing part as it was already oozing out with rich ingredients:)

Ingredients:

Allpurpose flour - 1 cup

Cocoa powder - 1/4 cup

Sweetened condensed milk - 1 tin(I used Nestle's)

Butter - 2/3 cup(melted)

Water - 150 ml

Vanilla essence - 2 tsp

Baking soda - 1 tsp

Baking powder - 2tsp


Method:

Grease a 9 inch round cake tin.

In a mixing bowl,sift together the flour,cocoa powder,baking soda,baking powder.Preheat the oven to 300 def F.

In another bowl,mix together the melted butter,condensed milk,vanilla essence and water.

Mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients just enough without any lumps.Resist your urge to overmix.

Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin .The batter would seem watery.Dont fret.Bake for about an hour.

Test for doneness by inserting a skewer.If it comes out clean,the cake is ready to be taken out of the oven.

Allow it to cool for 10 minutes.Slice it and serve with vanilla icecream.

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Awards Shower!!!!!!!

Iam so sorry I  was MIA in the blogosphere for a couple of days cuz MY MOM IS HERE!!Yes!!I was busy gupshupping with her and relishing all the yummy goodies she prepares daily.Iam seeing her after 2 long years..

Now coming to the awards..It has been raining awards in my blog.Thanx to all my wonderful blog buddies!!Your awards really drive me to work harder and post often and interact with you all guys..i really miss visiting your blogs,drooling all over u'r yummy dishes :)

I apologize for not posting the awards earlier..Better late than never..

Hema of Salt to taste  has passed on these awards.Thanks a lot for thinking about me and honoring me with these awards!!

Scrumptious Blog Award

Yum Yum Blog Award

One lovely blog Award

Beautiful site award

Inspiration Award

Brilliant Weblog award

A giant bear hug award

Best Blog Darts Award

Rekha shoban of Rekha's Recipes has also passed on YumYum blog award,A giant bear hug award and

360 deg foodie award

Thanx a ton Rekha!!

Padma of Padma's Recipes has given me the honest scrap award.Thanx a lot Padma!!

The award has the following  components

I must thank the person who gave me the award and list their blog and link it

I must list 10 honest things about myself

I must put a copy of The Honest Scrap Logo on my blog.

I must select at least 7 other worthy bloggers & list their links

I must notify the bloggers of the award and hopefully they will follow the above three requirements also.


1)I love cooking but hate to cut veggies and clean up after all the cooking is done.

2)I dont know driving and keep postponing to learn driving

3)I I’m fascinated by nutrition and health topics

4)I am a great lover of horror movies though Iam not allowed to do so these days.

5)I dont like travelling.

6)I like electronic gadgets

7)I love shopping especially clothes and perfumes.

8)I love singing.

9)Iam a morning person.

10)I love collecting recipes.

I would like to nominate the following 7 bloggers for the honest scrap award..I guess most of you would have already got the award.
1)Vrindha of Sankeerthanam

2)Nithya of 4th sense samayal

3)Ashwini of Ashwini's spicy cuisine

4)Bergamot at Cooking escapades

5)Pavithra at Dishes from my kitchen

6)Divya at Easycooking

7)Viki at Viki's kitchen

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Kadai Vegetables

This recipe is adapted from Mallika badrinath's recipe..Iam  a great fan of her recipes.I have a lmost all of her cookbooks.Actually this recipe calls for paneer and babycorn..Since i didnt have babycorn,I omitted it and I substituted shallow fried extra-firm tofu instead of fried paneer.Good news is that it contains no garlic.So my dh liked it a lot!!

Ingredients:

A cup of diced and boiled mixed vegetables (carrot,beans,cauliflower,peas and potato)

Capsicum - 1

Tomatoes - 1

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Green chillies - 4

Shallow fried Tofu - 1/2 block

Garam Masala - 1 tsp

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Oil - 4tbsp

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Fry the following in 2tsp of oil and grind it into a smooth paste:

Onion - 1

Tomatoes - 1

Cashew nuts - 5

Method:

Heat oil in  a pan.Add the cumin seeds.when they splutter add, the tomatoes, capsicum,green chillies  and saute for 2 minutes.

Add the boiled vegetables,turmeric powder and coriander powder.

Then add the paste,garam masala,tofu and required amount of salt.

Add 1/2 cup of water and simmer for about 2 minutes.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with roti,naan  or pulao.

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Rava/Sooji Khichadi/Semolina Khichadi

Rava/Sooji Kichadi is my favorite for dinner or even breakfast..I remember the first time I tried making this when I was about 14 or 15..It came out as a lumpy mass :) though it tasted good.

I definitely do believe that getting the right texture of Rava Upma/Khichadi is indeed an art!!Perfection comes only out of Practice.

Printable Recipe

Ingredients:

Sooji/Rava - 1 cup

Ghee - 1 Tbsp

Oil - 4tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Split Urad dal  - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

A cup of mixed vegetables like carrot,beans,peas,potato finely chopped

Onion - 1 big

Tomato - 1

A sprig of curry leaves

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Water - 2  1/2 cups

To be ground into  a paste:

Garlic cloves - 2

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cloves - 2

Cinnamon - 2 inch piece

Green chillies - 3

Method:

Heat the ghee in a kadai.Roast the sooji until it becomes slightly brown in color.Keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan.Add the mustard seeds.When they splutter add the urad dal.when the dal becomes brown add the finely chopped onion and the curry leaves.When they become translucent,add the ground paste and fry till the raw smell goes off.Add all the veggies one by one and then the tomato.When the vegetables are almost cooked,add the roasted sooji,turmeric powder and required amount of salt.

Meanwhile in another pan heat 2 1/2 cups of water and switch it off when it starts boiling.Keep the boiling water ready.

Pour the boiling water into the sooji and vegetable mixture and stir briskly so that no lumps are formed.Simmer and cover with  a lid.Switch off the stove when the sooji is cooked and garnish with coriander leaves.

Drizzle a little bit of ghee on the top.

Serve hot.

This is my entry to shama's FIRST COOKED FOOD EVENT --AUG'09

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Scrumptious Blog Award

Iam so happy to receive the Scrumptious Blog Award from Shri of Tasty touch ..Thanks a lot Shri!!

The award is given to blogs which :

Inspire you

Encourage you
May give Fabulous information
A great read
Has Scrumptious recipes
Any other reasons you can think of that make them Scrumptious!

The rules are:
Put the logo on your blog or post.

Nominate at least 7 blogs

Let them know that they have received this Scrumptious award by commenting on their blog. Share the love and link to this post and to the person you received your award from.

I would like to nominate this award to my following blogger friends:

Pavithra of Dishes from my kitchen

Viki of Viki's Kitchen

Preethi of Preethi's online cookbook

Varunavi of My kitchen's aroma

Pooja of Pooja's kitchen

Sara of Sara's corner

Chithra of Ratatouille

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