Orange and Vanilla cake

April 3rd was hubby's birthday and i baked this cake before the day as i had to work on April 3rd and i come home quite late. So we celebrated his birthday a day before.

Ingredients:-

Maida/all purpose flour 3 cup
Butter 1 1/2 cup
Sugar 2 cup
Eggs 4
Baking powder  1tsp
Milk 1/4 cup
Vanilla essence 1 tsp
Orange juice fresh 1/4 cup
Mixed fruit jam 5 tbsp
Desiccated coconut

Method:-

Mix the dry ingredients. Divide the dry ingredients into two parts.

Take half of the butter and two eggs and beat until fluffy. Add vanilla essence.

Now slowly add the mixture into the one part of the flour. Add milk and mix well.

Grease a baking pan and pour the batter and keep aside for a while. In the mean while preheat the oven at 190 C.

Then take the second part of the dry ingredients. Take the remaining butter and add the two eggs and beat until fluffy. Add orange juice.

Now add the above mixture into the remaining flour and mix thoroughly.

Grease a banking pan and pour the batter.

Now bake both the cake for 35-40 minutes until tooth pick comes out clean.

Let the cake cool down.

Spread jam on the cake which has vanilla. Sprinkle coconut on top.

Place the cake which is in orange colour on top of the above cake. Spread jam and sprinkle desiccated coconut.

My kids wanted to decorate the cake more and they sprinkled those fancy things which we brought from a cake store here. I am not sure what they are called, excuse me for that.

Boiled Anda Burji/ Boiled Egg Scramble

 It's been two months i started working here, life has been hectic and i am loving this.... I have don't have time for shopping groceries and veggies eggs come to my rescue. One such recipe is the one below which is easy to make and filling too.

Ingredients:-

Boiled eggs 6
Onions 2
Green chillies 2
Curry leaves few
Saunf 1/2 tsp
Rai/ mustard seeds few
Udad dal few
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Red chilly powder 1/2 tsp
Oil 2 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method:

Cut each egg into 8 pieces.

Take oil in a pan. When hot add rai and udad dal. Add curry leaves. When rai  splutter add saunf,onions and green chillies.

Fry till onion change colour. Don't fry onion much. Add turmeric powder and salt.

Then lastly add boiled eggs. Mix very carefully so that eggs don't break. Sprinkle red chilly powder and mix carefully. Serve hot.

Serve as a side dish with hot rotis. But sometimes we eat it as snacks. By the time i serve lunch or dinner this curry is half eaten.

Banjara Mutton

Husband is totally a foodie....He loves to see food pictures and he follows many food sites, food channels and hotels on Facebook. He chanced upon a page of Chowder Singh. Excellent website on Hyderabad street foods and other regional foods. I love to see his videos of street food of hyderabad, they take me back to my memories in hyderabad during my college and working days....The chat at Gokul chat bandar....Burger at Universal....Mutton/Chicken puffs at gulf bakery.....Karachi biscuits.....chai at Irani cafe.....Lukmi at a cafe in Sainikpuri....Biryani at Paradise.....Gol gappas at a stall near my house....Pava bhaji at the same stall.....not to forget Goli Soda in summer.....sugar cane juice with lots of ice.....Mirchi baji....Alo toast opposite Anjali theatre....

When i was browsing Chowder Singh website i chanced upon a video of Banjara Mutton. Two lambada couple show how to make banjara mutton. We all loved the taste of banjara mutton. The was totally different to what we eat every day. Here is the link for Chowder Singh website and here is the link for Banjara Mutton.

Ingredients

Mutton 1/4 kg
Oil 4 tbsp
Onions sliced 2
Tomato paste 1 cup
Bay leaf 1 powdered
Cinnamon 1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder  1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp

Paste 1

Coriander leaves few, garlic 3 and Coconut 1/4 (fresh). Make smooth paste.

Paste 2

Poppy seeds 1 tsp, bay leaf, cinnamon, ginger  1/2'' pc and roasted channa dal (putnalu pappu). Make smooth paste.


Method:

Take a deep bottom pan. Fry onions without any oil until they are charred a bit.

Now add oil. Add coconut paste (paste 1). Saute until oil comes out.

Than add paste 2. Saute for a 3-4 minutes.

Add raw tomato paste. Add red chilly powder and salt.

Let the masala cook for 3-4 minutes.

Add mutton. Mix well and add enough water. Now add turmeric powder.

Let it cook for 40-50 minutes or until the mutton is soft and tender.

Serve hot with rice.