Super Simple cake

OK this was usch a easy one to do....I wonder why I didn't do it before.

The ingredients

• Flour...about a cup
• 1 tin condensed milk
• About 50 grams butter....unsalted of course
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 tbsp baking powder

Preheat oven at 350 degrees Fareinheit.Melt butter.Let it cool but dont let it solidify (makes mixing the ingredients easier.Whip the eggs together...I just used the food processor.Then put all of this and the rest of the ingredients in a bowl.Mix them well so that no lumps are formed.Grease a baking pan well.Pour the batter in.Bake for about 30-35 minutes...you know what to do with a toothpick.

Enjoy!

Favorite-st salad

I made this salad one evening at around 11 o clock when I was SO hungry I could have eaten a horse.And I am so glad I did because this has become my favorite salad till date.Super easy to make....super tasty and super healthy.

This is what you need

• zest of 2 lemon (which is nothing but grated outer covering of the lemon)
• cucumber
• red pepper
• red grapes (no problem if you don't have red grapes....green grapes are just fine...its just that adding the red grapes gives the salad a delicious colour)
• green grapes
• avocados
• lemon juice
• extra virgin olive oil
• salt to taste.
• any lentil...I used masur....red lentil.

Take some water and bring it to a boil.Add some salt to this water and boil the lentil in it till they are just done and not mushy.Boil them and drain them just like you would do a pasta.Set them aside to cool.

For the dressing...take the Olive oil, juice of the lemon and salt to taste and whip them together well.

For the rest of the veggies chop them to bite sizes...or whatever size you want and mix them well...add the cooled lentil and the dressing.Mix and enjoy.

YUMMMMM....like I said.The bestest Salad ever!!

Parsi dish with lentils and potato

One of those days when I had a carbs craving....

OK the stuff I used were the day to day stuff that is found in any Indian kitchen, viz,

• mung dal...about 1 cup.I didn't know what mung dal in English was so I have attached a picture of it here.Tell me what these are called in English OK?
• Some water to boil the mung dal in.

OK take the 2 together.And boil it for about 30 minutes so that the dal is cooked but not soft.After they are done drain and set aside.

Next we need,

• Around 5 medium sized potatoes peeled and diced to about 2 inch cubes.
• Some oil
• Cumin seed
• About 4 large green chilies finely chopped (yes the dish is REALLY hot)
• about 4 garlic cloves...chopped
• Some amount of ginger....grated
• Some turmeric...powder one.For yellow colour in the food.
• Some chili powder (as much as you can take)
• Salt to taste
• Some sugar (Bengali's use a lot of sugar in their food.Even in their meats....I used to laugh at them...and would even go as much as to say 'ewwww' you people don't know how to cook.But I added sugar to this this...and now I swear by sugar in all my dishes.Of course for health reasons I wont put sugar in ALL the food I cook.But there will be sugar in my special meals...the flavour changes when you put sugar in the meal..try and then see)
• Some curry leaves
• About 1 and half cup tomato puree
• Cumin seed powder
• Cilantro/Dhania to garnish

OK so now heat the pan and pour some oil in it.When the oil is very hot....fuming...add the cumin see till it starts popping.I love the smell of cumin in HOT oil...reminds me of my grandmother :) Anyways once the cumin is done add the chillies ginger and garlic....stir continuously else the 3 will burn.To this add turmeric....just a little.Once this mixture had been cooked in high flame add the tomato puree.Add salt to taste and about 1/2 tbsp of sugar.Add the chili powder as well.OK now once the tomato is done add the potatoes in...and cook it thoroughly.You can also parboil the potatoes and put them in ....but I like to cook the potatoes in the sauce so that the flavour goes in well..Anyways if you decide to cook the potato in the sauce then you should add a little water at a time so that you don't burn anything.When the potatoes are almost done add the mung dal in it.Add a little water and cook till the potatoes are completely done.

The consistency of the food should be gravy like.

To be served with chappatis/rotis.

OK like I have mentioned before I don't like saying add 1/2 tsp this and 3/4 tbsp that...the flavours and the taste is entirely up to you.Even once a week in the kitchen is enough to teach you how much to add what??