Ohhh...Bombay to Aamchi Mumbai.. :)

I am a small town girl from Uttarakhand, as kids whenever we used to hear something about Mumbai on TV or from friends, it seemed to belong to another world.

My first visit happened to Mumbai on an school excursion, I was a student of 9th standard, In that 2 day visit, the first thing I was trying to do was to count the number of storeys of my hotel, I had never seen more then a 4 storey house in my town and I remember counting 27, thanked God that I did not get room on 27th floor :).

For sightseeing, we went to the most desired place for every kid, "Essel World" even as I write this word the line comes to my mind is "Essel world mein rahunga mein,ghar nahin jaaunga mein" and believe me I did not feel the same until I reached the place as the ferry route to the park is so dirty that we had to keep our nose covered all the time to avoid the stink.But, once you reach there, its worth every pain.

The other palces which our teachers could manage to take us were Gateway of India, Juhu Iscon Temple,Hanging Garden, Taraporewala Aquarium (Marine Drive) and the famous Juhu Beach (we all kids kept on singing the song "Chowpatty jayenge Bhel-Puri khayenge"), once we were there, Juhu beach is another sad storey, as it is all dirty because of ignorance of the visitors and local stalls vendors who litter at any and every place, even though we took a good bath in the sea water(No body can stop kids).

After,7 years I again got a chance to be the part of this mysterious city, now for job, so it was going to be a longer one along with my husband, I was very skeptical that how will I adjust? and match the speed of a city which never sleeps!!!..

Now, after 8 months, I have fallen in love with this place, with all its negatives but more positives the city embraces everyone with open heart.

In my next post I will share with you the symbolic recipe of city...Vada Pav but with a twist!! ;)

Super Easy Quick Bake Biscuit-Cocoa-Cake

The idea behind this recipe was to utilize the broken biscuits as tea-biscuits are very brittle, thus I tried out this new recipe and it turned out to be a perfect sponge Chocolate Cake, moreover I have not used any butter or eggs and it takes only 5 mins to prepare and serve.
Thus, that makes it perfect choice for kitty parties, picnics or even after dinner desert (As, I ate it like that :))
So friends, rush to your kitchen and try out this super easy, delicious and quick cake recipe.

Quick Bake Biscuit-Cocoa-Cake

Preparation: 5 mins

Cooking: 5 mins
Serves: 6

Ingredients

Marie Biscuits – 12
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder – 1 ½ tbsp
Chocolate Powder/ Chocolate Bournvita – 1 ½  tbsp
Powdered Sugar - 4 tbsp
Vanilla Essence - 1/2 tsp
Warm Milk – 3/4 cup

Almonds (Coarsely Grinded)
Fruit Salt (Unflavored Eno)

Method

1.    Grind the biscuits finely in the mixer. 

2.    Sift all the dry ingredients except fruit salt i.e. (Biscuit powder, cocoa powder, chocolate powder, powdered sugar) together.

3.    Add almonds, milk and vanilla essence to the mixture and blend it properly, do not over mix.If you feel that the mixture is too dry then just add little more milk.

4.    Add fruit salt and mix it evenly.

5.    Now, put the mixture in a greased baking bowl (or you can use butter paper) and put it in pre-heated oven at microwave mode (which we generally use for re-heating our food) for 5 minutes.

6.    After 5 minutes, just insert a knife into the cake carefully (as the cake bowl is very hot), if it comes out clean then it means that the cake is baked properly, otherwise you can put it again for 1-2 minutes.

Let the cake cool for 5 minutes before removing from bowl.

Decorate it with some white chocolate and gems. You can also serve it hot with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.

Enjoy your eggless and no butter perfectly sponge chocolate cake. 

Simply Delicious Banana & Jam Cake

My recipe to make a very easy and delicious Banana Jam cake in microwave (use Convection Mode), you can enjoy it with a cup of tea or coffee or add a scoop of your favorite ice cream and  it is just Yummy!

I personally like it with coffee.

 Simply Delicious Banana & Jam Cake



Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 30 minutes
Serves: 6

Ingredients

1/3 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

1 cup plain flour (Maida) also called all purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/3 cup milk

1 banana- pureed

1 egg

1/2 cup mixed fruit jam or any jam of your choice

3/4 tsp baking powder

Method

 1. Sift both flours with baking powder and keep aside.

2. Beat egg till fluffy.

3. Beat butter, milk, sugar and vanilla essence in a separate bowl till light & fuffy.

4. Add beaten egg and mix properly.

5. Fold in flour a little at a time, don’t worry about the lumps, and mix gently in one direction only. Do this till all the flour is used up, you should get a lumpy batter of a soft dropping consistency. Do not over mix.

6. Pour half of the mixture into a greased baking tin; I have used butter paper to avoid oil and spread the jam evenly on the batter and then pour rest of the batter to cover it.

7. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 30 minutes.

8. After 30 minutes, just insert a knife into the cake carefully (as the cake tin is very hot) , if it comes out clean then it means that the cake is baked properly, otherwise you can put it again for 6-7 more minutes.

Let the cake cool for 5-10 minutes before removing from tin. Remove from tin on wire rack.

Tips

I have decorated the cake with halved cashew nuts and topped it with a strawberry, to add some texture I have grated the chocolate any (milk chocolate) over it.

Just use your creativity, to make it look lovely and taste yummier!!

Hey friends

My blog title seems to be amusing.. right??.. Guess ..its my name SWATI  :)