Custard Powder Cake

Happy New Year 2017 to Each and Every One.

Custard Powder Cake is one of the yummy cake that can be eaten at any time of the day. This is an eggless cake and it easy to prepare. The cake can be cooked in Pressure cooker also.
Inspired by Madhura Pradeep  a friend, one of the foodie group member and a regular baker who does wonder in baking.
I have used all purpose flour, Vanila flavoured custard powder, small cinnamon stick sugar, oil, curd and little milk.
Lets see the recipe Now:

Ingredients :

Maida/All purpose flour : 2 Cups
Custard powder : 100

Grams pack (small pack)
Sugar : 1 Cup (Little less)
Cinnamon stick : a small stick
Oil : 1 Cup
Curd : 1/2 Cup
Milk : 1/2 Cup
Baking Powder : 1 Full teaspoon
Salt : A pinch of salt.
Chocolate  : One or two Pieces

Method :

1. Sieve maida, custard powder, salt and baking powder together. Let it mix well. Sieve it once again.

 2. Powder sugar and mix it well with oil. I did grind powder sugar and oil with curd.
3. Grind it till you see bubbles the mixture.

4. Add cinnamon stick and milk. Grind it for another 2 minutes.
5. Remove it from the mixi jar and put it in a big bowl.

6. Add sieved flour and mix it slowly. Put this mixture in a greased baking tray. Just scrape out the chocolate on the top of the ready to bake the cake.

7. Preheat the oven for 5 minutes. Bake cake for 25 to 30 minutes in 180 degree celcius.
8. Check the cake by pricking a knife/fork edge to know it is done.

9. If the cake is baked well it does not stick to the knife edge.

10. Take out the done cake tray and let it cool. Cut and serve according to your wish.

Note :

Use of mixi jar helps the mixture to mix it well. Add little milk if the dough is very thick. Add little less sugar. Adding cinnamon adds to the taste and aroma. Adding butter instead of oil is optional. 

Use of eggbeater is optional. You can also bake this cake in a pressure cooker. 

Time : 30 Minutes
Serves : 20 to 25 pieces (According to your wish).

Nippattu (Rice Crispy)

Nippatu is one of the rice crisp/fritter. We can have them with Coffee/Tea. It is one of the favourite snack of me. I love fried dish very much and love to prepare fried snack at least once a week.

Nippattu is one of the famous dish of Karnataka/India and now a days it is world famous I can say.Crispy, yummy and crunchy Nippatu goes well with lunch. It takes the place of Papad or as evening snack. Remember that you eat very less not tummy full. You don't have to be very cautious if you do exercise/walking/cycling or any other exercise. Drinking a glass of hot water/coffee/tea helps the digestion easy when eat fried snack. Make sure you use good cooking oil and do not use the oil again for frying.

Let us see Nippattu  Recipe Now:

Things needed :

Rice powder : 2 Cups
Rava/Semolina : 1/4 Cup
Maida/All purpose flour : 1/2 Cup
Groundnuts : 1 Tablespoon
Roasted Chenna : 2 Tablespoons
Chilly Powder : 2 Teaspoons
Sesame Seeds : 2 Tablespoons
Salt : Required salt
Oil : To Fry

Method :

1. Put rice powder, maida, rava in a big bowl.
2. Add chilly powder, jeera and sesame seeds. Add salt. Mix it well. (Dry).

3. Dry roast ground nuts and remove its outer skin and dry grind it into rava consistency.
4. Dry grind roasted chenna/putani/hurikadale/pottu kadale into powder.
5. Add powdered chenna and ground nuts to flour mixture.

6. Keep a pan on the fire and heat. Add 2 tablespoons of oil and let it get hot.
7. Add this hot oil to flour mixture and mix it nicely. Leave it for 2 minutes.
8. Add required water and prepare dough. (Consistency should be thicker than chapati dough).

9. Divide the dough into small portion. Roll them as flat. Or pat them in your palm make small poori.

10. Keep a pan on the fire, put oil and heat. Fry rolled/patted nippattu in the hot oil .(Both sides)
11. Remove from the oil and put on a kitchen towel/tissue. Shift them to a tray/plate.

12. Repeat the same and prepare the remaining nippattu.

Note :
Take care while adding water to prepare the dough. (Add rice flour if it turns bit loose).
Fry them on medium and low flame,. It turns crispy.
Adding any other spice to nippatu is optional. Do not add much oil while preparing the dough.
Do not powder the ground nuts. Do not add much groundnuts. It absorbs more oil.
Time : 30 to 40 minutes
Serves : 15 to 20 Small  nippattu can be prepared. (According to the size).