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Special tomato curry (Thakkalipeera)

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Ingredients: Tomato chopped- 3 nos Onions/shallots( sliced and then cut half)- 1 cup Grated coconut- 1/2 cup Green chillies-3 slit Ginger chopped- 2 tsp Garlic chopped- 1 tsp Kudampuli- 2-3 soaked in water Coconut oil-2 tsp Curry leaves-Little Turmeric powder-1 tsp Salt- As required Method: 1) Mix all the ingredients exccept coconut oil and cook the same in a pan. When cooked properly add coconut oil and little curry leaves on top and cover it for sometime and turn off the flame. This would be good with rice. Own recipe

Beef fry

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Ingredients: Beef- 1 Kg Shallots- 1/2 cup chopped Ginger- 1" piece crushed Garlic- 1 tbsp crushed Green chillies- 4 slit Coriander powder- 3 tsp Chilly Powder- 2 tsp Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala powder- 1 tsp Curry leaves- Little Coconut oil- 2tbsp Salt- As required For frying: Coconut Oil-1 tsp Shallots for frying- 6-7nos crushed Chilly powder 1 tsp Curry leaves Method: 1) Cut beef into small cubed pieces and clean in water properly. And allow the water to drain of completely from the beef 2) In a cooker, add beef,crushed ginger, garlic, shallots, greenchillies, curry leaves, chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt and 2 tbsp of coconut oil and mix well with hand until all the ingredients are mixed properly. 3) Place cooker in stove and cook until 4-5 whistles come. 4) In a pan add coconut oil, shallots, garlic and saute well. 5) Add chilly powder and curry leaves to this and saute. Add cooked beef and fry in low flame till the

Chocolate Cake

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 Ingredients: Maida- 3 cup Egg- 3 Cocoa- 1 cup Butter- 1 cup Baking Powder- 1 tsp Sugar- 2 1/2 cup Curd- 1 cup Baking soda- 1/2 tsp Vanilla essence Boiled water-- 1/2 cup Method: 1) Mix cocoa and 1/4 light hot water and make a smooth silky paste. 2) Seive together Maida, Baking powder and Baking soda 3-4 times. 3) Beat egg well and add sugar to this and beat till there is no sugar granules. The more you beat, the fluffy the cake will be. 4) Add Butter and Cocoa paste to this and mix well. 5) Now add Maida mix and curd alternatively and mix slowly in one direction so that there is not lumps formed. 6) The batter will be very thick now, so add the rest of the boiling water and mix well. 7) Add Vanilla essence and pour the cake batter to a greased tin. 8) Bake in a pre-heated oven @ 170 degree for 45 min. This will make 2 big cakes. Note: If you dont have a mixer and its difficult to beat the sugar for longer time, you can powder the sugar and then beat till poss

Vanilla Yellow Cake

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Ingredients: 1)  Custard Powder(Vanilla)- 50gms (1/2 cup)       Maida- 200gm (1 cup heaped)       Baking Powder- 1 tsp       Vanilla Powder- 1 tsp 2)   Powdered Sugar- 250 gm (1 1/4 level cup)       Butter- 250 gm( 3/4 level cup) 3)  Egg- 4( Yolk and white seperated)      Vanilla Essence- 1 tsp 4)  Kismiss, Cashew- 50 gms each( 2 tbsp each) Note: If you dont have Vanilla powder, you can opt for vanilla essence also which can be added along with the egg. Nuts are optional, without nuts also tastes yummy. Method: 1) Seive together the dry ingredients. 2) Beat Butter till smooth and add powdered sugar and beat untill smooth and silky. 3) To this add egg yolk and essence and mix well. 4) Add the dry ingredients little by little and mix well. 5) Beat egg white well and add to the cake mix and mix well with a wooden spoon. 6) Add the nuts finally and mix well. 7) Pour this cake mix to a greased tray/tin and bake the cake in a pre heated oven first @ 450F for 10 min an