Eggless Lemon Cake

Ingredients:

Maida - 1 and 1/2 cups
Thick Curd - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Baking powder - 1 1/4 tsp
Cooking oil - 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Lemon Juice of 1 medium sized lemon or lime.

Preparation Method:

• Sieve maida keep aside.
• Put sugar and curd in a mixing bowl and mix until sugar dissolves completely. Add baking powder, baking soda to the creamed mixture and mix well.
• Leave aside for 15 mins and you can see the bubbles appearing. Now add vanilla essence,cooking oil,lemon juice and mix well.
• Next slowly add maida in portions at a time and blend with wet ingredients. Beat well with a whipper until creamy and thick.
• Preheat oven to 200 deg C for 10mins.Meanwhile greese the baking tray and pour the mixture into it.
• Bake in preheated oven at 200 degree C for 10 mins, then reduce temperature to 180 deg C and bake it for 25-30 mins.
• Then enjoy the perfect eggless cake.

Icing and decoration:
Icing can be done in two ways
1. Icing sugar + water
2. Icing sugar + butter.

1. Icing sugar + water:
Take 4 tbspn of Icing sugar and add some water(about 3 tspn). Mix well till you get the right consistency. then spread on the cake. Mix 1-2 drops of food colour in the remaining icing and make decorations.

2. Icing sugar + Butter:

Take 4 tbspn of Icing sugar and add some butter(about 3 tspn at room temp. you can add some water as well). Mix well till you get the right consistency. then spread on the cake. Mix 1-2 drops of food colour in the remaining icing and make decorations.

Non-Onion-Garlic Mixed Vegetable Curry

Ingredients:

Vegetables of your choice(Fresh Peas, Beans, Potato, Panner, Capsicum, Cauliflower )– all together 2 cup Cleaned and boiled 

Tomatoes- 4
Garam masala- 1 tspn
Red chilli powder- ½ to 1 tspn
Turmeric- ¼ tspn
Salt to taste
Oil – 3 tbspn
Cumin seeds- 1 tspn
Freash Cream or Milk -1/4 cup

Cooking Method:

• Grind tomatoes in a blender to make paste. Keep it aside now.
• Heat oil in a pan. Add Cumin seeds, let them splutter.
• Add tomato paste. Mix it well and cover the pan and cook for about 10 min or till all the tomato smell is gone.
• Then add all the powders. That is Garam masala, Red chilli powder, Turmeric and mix well. 
• Add all boiled vegetables and cream/milk, mix well and cook till for about 10 min or oil comes out of the gravy.If the gravy is sour just add 1/2 tspn sugar.
• Garnish with coriender and serve hot.

Serving Suggestion:

Serve hot with chapatti or puri.

Non-Onion-Garlic Peas Panner / Matar Panner

Ingredients:

Fresh Peas – 1 cup

Paneer- 200 grms(cut into small cubes)

Tomatoes- 4
Garam masala- 1 tspn
Red chilli powder- ½ to 1 tspn
Turmeric- ¼ tspn
Salt to taste
Oil – 3 tbspn
Cumin seeds- 1 tspn
Freash Cream Or Milk -1/4 cup(I usually use milk but occasionally cream )

Cooking Method:

• Grind tomatoes in a blender to make paste. Keep it aside now.
• Heat oil in a pan. Add Cumin seeds, let them splutter.
• Add tomato paste. Mix it well and cover the pan and cook for 10 min or till all the tomato smell is gone.
• Then add all the powders. That is Garam masala, Red chilli powder, Turmeric and mix well. 
• Add fresh peas and cream or milk, cook for 5 mins.
• Add paneer cubes, mix well and cook till they are soft and oil comes out of the gravy.
• Garnish with coriender and serve hot.

Serving Suggestion:

Serve hot with chapatti or puri.