Rashmi's Rasoi

  Ingredients Wheat flour.                       1 1/4 cup Eggs.                                   2 large Organic brown sugar.      1 cup Ground spices                   1 tspn (Cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, nutmeg etc ) Baking powder.               1/2 tspn Pumpkin paste.               4 tablespoon Vanilla essence.              Few drops Unflavored oil.                 3 tablespoon Chopped nuts.                 1/4 cup Salt a pinch Method Steam 150 gm pumpkin, make a smooth paste out of it. Preheat oven at 200 degree for ten minutes. Mix chopped nuts with little dry flour n keep aside. Sieve wheat flour, baking powder, ground spice powder 3-4 times. Take a deep and large bowl. Beat eggs till frothy with vanilla essence, brown sugar & salt. It should be double the volume. Add oil, pumpkin paste n beat again Slowly add dry mixture and fold into egg mixture. Lastly add the dry nuts n mix well into batter. Adjust consistency with water/milk if needed.

Ingredients Rice flour     - 1/2 cup Jowar flour - 1/2 cup Dates & chikoo paste - 3/4 - 1cup Baking soda - 1/2 tspn Baking powder - 3/4 tspn Chopped nuts - 1/2 cup Unflavored oil - 5 tablespoon Unsweetened cocoa powder - 3-4 tablespoon Vanilla extract - few drops Salt a pinch Method Preheat oven at 180 degree for 10 minutes. Grease a 5 inch cake tin n lay parchment paper and keep it ready. Soak around 15-18 deseeded soft dates in 3/4 cup hot water for half an hour. Take 3-5 medium size ripe chikoo fruit and remove the skin and seeds. Chop them into small pieces. Put the chopped chikoo and soaked dates along with soaked water in a blender jar n make a smooth paste. Sieve flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cocoa powder 3-4 times n keep aside. Take dates & chikoo paste, oil, vanilla extract in a deep bowl and beat well. Add the dry ingredients gradually n fold well. Add chopped nuts n mix well. Pour the batter into tin and bake at 180 degree for 50-60 minutes it till an