Kugan's Kitchen Part 6

[meerra]

Sorry Selviem, as you know, working people.
I am posting it now for you.
Thanks. meerra

[meerra]

KERALA PLUM CAKE

Ingredients:

120 grms mixed fruits ( sultanas, raisins, cherries,mixed peels etc ) roughly chopped
120 grms mixed nuts ( cashews, almonds, walnuts etc ) roughly chopped
1/3 cup fruit juice or rum, or brandy

½ tsp baking soda
1 tbs vinegar

½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp mixed spice powder
¼ tsp salt
125 grms all purpose flour ( sift all these together )

120 grms butter
120 grms brown sugar


Method:

Put the mixed fruits in a bowl, add in the fruit juice or brandy.
Soak it over night.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Grease a 9 inch pan and keep aside.

In a small bowl, mix the baking soda and vinegar, keep aside.
In a mixing bowl, beat the butter until light and fluffly.
Add in the brown sugar and beat well.
Add in the shifted flour and mix well.

Add in the soaked fruits, nuts, and the vinegar + baking soda mixture.
Mix every thing well. Transfer the contents to the greased pan.
Bake for about 40 minutes at 180 degrees.
Test to see if the cake is cooked.

Remove and let it cool


The Cake :



The Sliced Pices:

[meerra]

P.S brother, if I am not mistaken, Kugan has already posted the gobi manchurian.
Any way let me check and post it for you.
Thankls Meerra

[PARAMASHIVAN]

ok, thanks meera akka

I do have short memory

[meerra]

o.k P.S brother, here is the recipe for you. Enjoy.


GOBI MANCHURIAN


Ingredients:
1 Medium Gobi/Cauliflower - cut into florets
1/2 cup Cornflour
1/2 cup All Purpose Flour/Maida
2 Tbsp Soy Chili Sauce
1 tsp hot Red Chili Powder
3 Tbsp Tomato sauce
1 capsicum cut into chunks
1 Big Onion cut into chunks
1 tsp Butter -melted
4 Garlic Cloves- Chopped finely
1 Tbsp Ginger-Garlic-Green chili paste
2 Green chilies - Chopped finely
1/2 inch Ginger- Sliced into thin strips
Oil for deep frying

METHOD:


Mix cornflour+ maida + Garlic-Green chili paste + melted hot butter+
salt( as per taste) along with little warm water to make a thick
paste.
Dip Cauliflower florets into this paste and deep fry them until golden
brown and set them aside.
Now in a wok heat little oil and fry onions till transparent.
To this add chopped garlic cloves and fry them until transparent.
Now add green chilies and ginger and then add in capsicum and fry them
for a min.Note that capsicum should still remain crispy.
Now add soy sauce+ chili sauce+ tomato sauce+ red chili powder and
saute it for a few secs.
To this add about 3 tbsp of water and the above fried and cooled gobi.
Stir fry nicely and dish out.

Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and serve hot.

[meerra]

KUGAN'S KITCHEN WISHES EVERY ONE A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.
MAY THERE BE ONLY JOY AND LAUGHTER IN EACH AND EVERY HOME.
GOD BLESS

[suvai]

Hello meera...& Kugan ngo!!!
I take this to Wish both yourselves as well as your families a Wonderful 2012!!!
Let there be more blessings from above for good health & happiness!!..

Thank you meera for your kind wishes!!

I also wish all our kugan friends a Happy New Year!!!
More fun in the kitchen, more happiness in your homes.

[rose75]

Hello friends, wishing you all a very happy new year.
Hope Kugan comes back, healthy and with lots of recipes for us.
Rose75

[gulabjamun]

Happy New Year Friends.
Enjoy the new year and come back happy and similing to the forum.
Hope to see more new recipes this year.
Gulabjamun.

[dev]

Hi friends, wishing you all a very happy 2012!!!...

Am back from my yr end vacation...
Meera, will try thr plum cake sometime... It's one of my fav cakes... If u do have a recipe for blackforest cake, do post it when u find time...