Aloo Baingan Masala

Ingredients
1) Brinjol(Baingan) - 5
2) Potato(Aloo) - 1 big or 2 small ones
3) Onion - 1 medium size
4) Green Chillies - 2
5) Garlic - 2 cloves
6) Curry Leaves - 3
7) Coriander Powder - 2 spoons
8) Red Chillies - 2
9) Chana Dal - 3gms
10) Urad Dal - 3gms
11) Mustard Seeds - 3gms
12) Cumin Seeds(Jeera) - 3gms
13) Oil - 2 spoons
14) Salt - as per taste

Procedure
1. Cut Brinjol into medium sized pieces and soak it in salt water.
2. Cut potato, oninons, green chillies, garlic and keep them ready.
3. Take oil in pan and heat it. Add mustard seeds to the pan.
4. Once the seeds start spluttering add jeera, chana dal, urad dal, red chillies and saute until jeera splutters and the urad dal turns light brown.
5. Add garlic, green chillies and onion to the pan and saue until onions turn light pink.
6. Add curry leaves and mix the ingredients well.
7. Add Coriander powder to it and stir well. after few mins add salt and mix it well.
8. Add Aloo and then fry them in the mixture for 2 mins.
9. Drain water from baingan and add them to the pan and fry all the ingredients for 3 minutes keeping at medium flame.
10. Add water to the mixture(quantity : until all the ingredients are submerged) and mix thouroughly.
11. Keep the flame at low and close the pan with lid and simmer it for 10 mins. In between keep mixing the ingredients.
12. Once the aloo is properly cooked(should be soft) turn off the stove.
13. Aloo Baingan Masala is ready and serve hot.

Note: It is known as Vankaya Bangaldumpa koora in Telugu.

                           

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Banana Raspberry Cake

Ingredients
1) All Purpose Flour - 1 1/2 cups
2) Corn Starch - 1/2 cup
3) Condensed Milk - 1 can
4) Baking Powder - 1 tea spoon
5) Baking Soda - 1 tea spoon
6) UnSalted butter - 8 tea spoons or 1 slice
7) Whipped Cream - 1 cup
8) Confectioner(Sweetened) Sugar - 1/2 cup
9) Soda(coke, pepsi) - 150 ml
10) Vanilla Extract - 2 tea spoons
11) Red Icing
12) Banana - 1 big(or 2 small)
13) Raspberry - 8 table spoons

Procedure
1. Take butter in small pan and heat it until it becomes liquid.
2. Take condensed milk in a bowl, add liquid butter, stir thoroughly.
3. Smash the banana and mix it with condensed milk properly and keep it aside.
4. Take All purpose Flour in another bowl, add corn starch, baking soda, baking powder and 1/4 cup Sweetened Sugar to it and mix the ingredients well and ensure there are no lumps.
5. Take the liquid mix and add vanilla extract to it and stir thoroughly.
6. Take the powdered mix(Step 4) and mix with liquid mix(Step 5) along with Soda slowly and steadily. Stir the mixture until a thick viscous liquid with uniform texture is prepared.
7. Preheat the Oven for 350 degrees.
8. Take a cake pan and grease it with butter or cooking oil spray. Fill half the cake pan with above liquid and bake it for 20 mins.
9. Take out the cake once baked(insert a toothpick or small sharp thing to check. If the toothpick is clean without any liquid sticking to it, cake is baked).
10. Take whipped cream and remaining sweetened sugar in a bowl and mix well.
11. Cut the cake into two halves and apply the raspberry(4-5 spoons) uniformly on one half portion of the cake.
12. Combine both the pieces of the cake.
13. Apply the remaining raspberry  and the cream on the outer part of cake and spread uniformly. Cover the entire cake with the cream.
14. Can decorate the cake with red Icing as you like.
15. Banana Raspberry Cake is Ready.

                        

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