Lemon Vanilla Pound cake recipe

This Lemon Vanilla Pound cake is my first cake recipe I am posting in this blog. This I believe is the simplest of cake recipes with few ingredients.If you just use the vanilla essence and leave out the lemon juice it will be a plain vanilla pound cake. As a variation you can also use the pineapple essence to make it a pineapple pound cake. Ingredients: All-purpose flour (Maida) – 2 cups Powdered Sugar – 2 cups Unsalted butter – 2 cups (4 sticks) Pure vanilla extract or essence – 2 tsp Lemon juice – 1/4 cup Baking powder – 2 tsp Plain milk – 1/2 cup Eggs – 3 nos...

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Coconut Burfi (Nariyal Barfi) Recipe

The Coconut Burfi recipe is one of the simplest Indian sweet recipes to prepare and a favorite among the kids.It is made with very few ingredients that includes coconut mixed with sugar syrup flavored with cardamom (elaichi). Ingredients: Fresh grated coconut – 1 cup Green cardamoms – 3 nos (powdered) Sugar – 1 cup All purpose flour (Maida) – 1 tbsp Ghee – 2 tsp Method: In a deep vessel or a pan on a low heat, take freshly grated coconut. Cook it for one minute stirring it continuously. Then add sugar and keep stirring frequently for 5 minutes. When the sugar melts...

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Vegetable Pulao Recipe

Vegetable Pulao is a flavored rice recipe which includes cooking rice with vegetables and spices. Long-grained rice varieties like Basmati are the best for preparing Pulao. You can also use Sona Masoori or Jeera Samba rice. In this recipe I have also used coconut milk, mint and coriander for added aroma and flavor.   Ingredients for Vegetable Pulao Recipe 2 1/2 cup Basmati 2 Onions (long slices) 2 Big Tomatoes 15-20 Beans (cut into 1 inch pieces) 2-3 Carrots (cut into pieces) 1 1/2 cup Cauliflower 1 cup Peas 1 tbsp Mint leaves (chopped) 1 tbsp Coriander...

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Peas Rice Recipe with spices

The Peas Rice recipe has long been prepared in our household for generations. I learnt this from my mother. Traditionally it used to be prepared with broken rice. But I have used basmati rice. Peas Rice Recipe Ingredients Rice – 2 1/2 cups Green chilly – 15 nos (split lengthwise) Tomatoes – 2 (medium sized) Onion – 2 nos (Big sized chopped length wise) Garlic – 8 nos (crushed) Ginger – 1 inch (crushed) Coriander leaves – 1/2 cup (chopped) Mint leaves – 1/2 cup (chopped) Peas – 1 cup Clove and Cinnamon powder - 1 tsp Bay leaf – 1 nos Star...

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