Simple Vanilla cake

This is an easy to prepare simple vanilla cake without any topping.
Baking a cake at home can be as easy as follows.

INGREDIENTS:

• All purpose flour -1 ¼ cup
• Butter - 1 stick
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Salt -¼ tsp
• Milk -½ cup
• Egg -2 nos
• Vanilla essence- ½ tsp
• Baking powder - 1 tsp

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix sugar and butter in a bowl. 
• Add egg one at a time and beat well.
• Put the baking powder and Salt to the flour and mix well.
• Add the flour and milk in an alternate way.
• Then add vanilla essence to the mixture and beat well. 
• Preheat oven to 350 deg F. 
• Grease the pan with butter.
• Pour the batter into the pan.
• Bake for 35 to 45 minutes in the oven.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Let it cool for 15 minutes and remove from pan.

Recommended Combination: with Tea or Coffee

Chakka Upperi

The Chakka Upperi is deep fried chakka chula in Coconut oil.These chips are crispy and tasty.

INGREDIENTS:

• Jackfruit(cut into long pieces)
• Oil for frying
• Salt water

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Heat oil in a pan.
• When it boils, Put the sliced Jackfruit slowly into the oil.
• Stir until fully cooked and crisp.
• Sprinkle salt water on the Chips .
• Cool and store in an airtight container.

Vegetable Cutlet

Vegetable Cutlet is made using mashed potatoes, and mixed vegetables fried in oil with a layering of bread crumps. This is easy to cook and very tasty tea time snack.

INGREDIENTS:

• Potato (large) - 2 nos
• Chopped Vegetables (Carrot, Beans, Green Peas) - ½ Cup
• Chopped Onion - 1 cup
• Bread Crumps - 2 cup
• Ginger Paste - 1 tsp
• Garlic paste - 1tsp
• Garam Masala Powder - ¼ tsp
• Chilly Powder - ¼ tsp
• Corriander Powder - ¼ tsp
• Turmeric Powder - ¼ tsp
• Maida - 2 tbsp
• Salt - To Taste
• Oil - For Frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook Potato, peel the skin and mash it well.
• Steam Chopped vegetables for 2-3 minutes.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan.
• Put Chopped Onion, Ginger paste and saute well.
• Put Chilly Powder, Corriander Powder, Turmeric Powder, Garam Masala Powder and saute for a mintute.
• Add Steamed vegetables, Salt and mix well.
• Remove from fire after a minute.
• Mix Mashed Potato with the sauted mix well.
• Make small balls from this mix and flatten them.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Mix little water with Maida in a bowl.
• Dip the flattened patties in it and roll them in bread crumps.
• Slide each of the pattiesin to hot Oil and fry them till it turns golden brown on both sides.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Tomato Sauce

Ethakka Upperi

Banana chips is a popular Snack in Kerala and known as 'upperi' .
For Upperi Banana roundly sliced and fried in coconut oil.These chips are crispy and tasty.

INGREDIENTS:

• Raw Bananas - 6 nos
• Turmeric Powder -¼ tsp
• Salt water- to taste
• Oil for frying 

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Peel bananas and put them in turmeric water.
• Slice the Banana in thin Round shape.
• Heat Oil in a pan.
• When it boils, Put the slices slowly into the oil.
• Stir until fully cooked and crisp.
• Sprinkle salt water on the Chips.
• Cool and store them in an airtight container.

Uzhunnu Vada

Vada is a popular tea time snack in souther part of India. It is made using ginded Uraad Daal with chopped Ginger, Green Chilly and Curry leaves fried in oil and served hot with Chuttney.

INGREDIENTS:

• Urad dal - 2 cups
• Finely chopped shallots - 10 nos
• (or Finely chopped Onion - 1 nos)
• Finely chopped Green chilies - 4 nos
• Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Soak urad dal for 5 hours.
• Grind Urad dal with little water.
• Add chopped green chilies, Shallot, ginger, curry leaves and salt and mix well.
• Heat Oil in a pan.
• Dip the hands in the water and take some paste and place it on the palm of the left hand and flatten it.
• Make a hole in the centre and Slide the Vada into hot oil.
• Fry till both the sides are crisp and golden brown.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Chutney.

Ulli Bajji

Ulli Bajji is a popular tea time snack.It can be easily prepared.
Ulli Bajji is a simple dish prepared by dipping the sliced Onion in the batter and deep frying it

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely Chopped Onions - 1 cup
• Finely Chopped Corriander Leaves - 3 tbsp 
• Gram flour(kadala mavu) - ½ cup
• Chilly powder -1 tsp
• Asafoetida - ¼ tsp
• Water -required to make batter
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix Water,Salt,Chillipowder,Asefodia, Onion, Corriander leaves and Flour to make a thick batter.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Pour a spoon of the batter into the hot oil.
• Fry the bajjis until it turns golden colour. 

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Tea

Parippu Vada

Red gram is a protein rich staple food. It is easy to digest.
Parippu Vada is a deep fried snack.

INGREDIENTS:

• Red Gram or Toor daal - 1 cup
• Finely chopped Shallot - 7 -8 nos
• Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tbsp
• Red Chilly - 3 nos
• Curry Leaves - 1 stem
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Soak daal for 3 hours.
• Wash and Grind the Daal.
• Mix Chopped shallot,Chopped Ginger,Red chilly,Curry leaves and salt with Grinded daal.
• Heat oil in a pan .
• Take small amount of the mixture and make a ball. 
• Flatten the ball in to a round shape using hand.
• When the oil is hot put each one slowly and fry both sides to a golden brown colour.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Black Coffee or Tea

Pakkavada

Pakkavada is a spicy tea time snack prepared by making the batter ribbony using Seva press and deep fried in Oil.

INGREDIENTS:

• Gram flour - 2 cups
• Rice Powder - ¼ cup
• Red chilli powder - ¼ tsp
• Pepper Powder - ½ tsp
• Garlic Paste - 1 Tbsp
• Asafoetida powder- ¼ tsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix the flour with Rice Powder, Chilli powder, Asafoetida powder, Garlic paste, Pepper powder and Salt.
• Knead the dough using hot water.
• Press it through the mould of a seva press into hot oil and fry it till golden brown.
• Remove from Oil.

Recommended Combination: Serve with Tea or Coffee.

Mysore Pak

Mysore Pak is a very delicious sweet which can be added to your desert menu. The preparation method is simple enough for a starter.

INGREDIENTS:

• Besan - 1 cup
• Ghee - 1 cup
• Sugar - 2 cup

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Grease a pan well with Ghee to pour the prepared batter.
• Mix Besan and ghee together in a dosa batter consistency.
• Heat a pan, add sugar and water(till the sugar is immersed in water)
• Boil this syrup by stirring constantly till one-thread consistency is reached. 
• Add Besan Ghee mix to the sugar syrup and stir continuously and quickly in medium flame 
• Once the batter thickens, you will see big bubbles appearing.
• Turn the flame off, keep stirring for couple of minutes and keep it apart.
• Pour the batter into thegreased pan and let it cool for about 2 hours.
• Cut it in any desired shape.

Recommended Combination: Serve with spicy kerala mixture.

Mulaku Bajji

Mulaku Bajji is a common Snack in South India.It is easy to make and very tasty.
For Mulaku Bajji dip Chilly in batter and is deep fried in Oil.

INGREDIENTS:

• Chilli - 6 nos
• Gram Flour- ½ Cup
• Rice Flour -¼ Cup
• Maida - 1 tbsp
• Chilly Powder - ½ tsp
• Asafoetida Powder - pinch
• Salt to taste
• Oil - for frying
• Water- required to make batter

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Slit the chilly and remove seeds.
• Mix the Rice Flour, Gram Flour, Maida, Red Chilli Powder, Asafoetida powder and salt with water to make a thick batter.
• Heat oil in a pan. .
• Dip each Chilly into batter and put it into the hot oil.
• Fry until it turns golden brown. 

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Tea or coffee.