Renus Kitchen

This is one interesting cake to bake.....love the stripes and believe me its not difficult as it may look. You actually don't have to make two separate batters! just make one with vanilla and equally divide it in separate bowls. Add dark cocoa powder to the second bowl and alternatively spoon the batter in the baking dish......and here you go, you have nice Zebra pattern. This my entry to the Click event Ingredients: All purpose flour [Maida]- 2 cups Dark Cocoa powder - 2 Tbsp [I used dutch processed Hershey's cocoa powder] Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp [or more, depends on your vanilla. Mine isn't strong, I end up adding more] White sugar - 1 cup Canola oil - 1 cup Eggs - 3 [room temperature] Whole Milk - 1 cup [room temperature] [low fat should work too] Baking powder - 1 tbsp Salt - 1/4 tsp Method: Sift All purpose flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and keep it aside Grease bottom and sides of 8x8 inch pan [you may want to line the pan with greas...

I have been trying to make Dahi Bhindi for so long and when I found this recipe here , I was so thrilled to try it out ASAP. This recipe is a keeper....everyone at home enjoyed it a lot..lets see if you like it too...give it a try ! Ingredients: Bhindi/Okra - 2.5 cups Onion[large] finely chopped - 1 Tomatoes [large], finely chopped- 1 Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1/2 tsp Sugar - pinch Yougurt - 3/4 cup Grated coconut - 1tbsp Cashew nuts - 5-6 Kasuri methi/ dried Feenugreek leaves - 1/2 tbsp Kitchen King Masala - 1 tbsp Red Chilli Powder - to taste Turmeric Powder-½ tsp Amchur/Dry Mango Powder-½ -1 tsp Coriander Powder - ½ tsp Oil - 2-3 tbsp Salt to taste For Tempering: Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp Jeera/Cumin Seeds-½ tsp Hing/Asafoetida - A Pinch Curry Leaves - 8-10 leaves Oil - 1 tbsp Method: Cut okra [bhindi/ ladies finger] in to 1 cm thick pieces and sprinkle salt and mix well. Keep it aside for half an hour. This step will reduce the slimness and makes it easy to ...

Moong beans are also known as mung beans, green beans, moong daal, green soy , golden gram etc. Mung beans are very rich sources of proteins, therefore makes it ideal for kids, pregnant and lactating mothers. They are easy to digest and do not create abdominal bloating . Ingredients for dosa: Split green moong beans - 1 cup Green chillies - 1 big Ginger - 1 inch Cumin seeds [zeera] - 1/4 tsp Asfoetedia [heeng] - few dashes Salt to taste Ingredients for stuffing: Potato (boiled) - 2 big Onions - 1.5 medium size Curry leaves - 7-8 in number Green chillies - 1.5 tbsp chopped Turmeric (haldi) - 1 tsp Coriander powder - 1tsp Salt - according to taste Canola Oil - 2 tbsp Rai [black mustard seeds] 1.5 tsp Method for Potato filling 1. Cut the potatoes into small cubes and keep it aside 2. Coarsely chop onions [red onions taste better over yellow and white] 3. Heat oil add rai seeds followed by 7-8 curry leaves [be careful, the mustard seeds splutter and may p...