Orange Cake (Microwave)

Wanted to try some different cake other than vanila or chocolate and ended up with orange cake. It was different and tasty.... Came out so soft and nice... Tea time cake is ready in few mins......

Ingredients:

All purpose flour (Maida) - 1 1/2 Cup
Orange juice(fresh juice) - 1/2 Cup
Orange rind / zest - 1 tbsp
Salt - 1 pinch
Sugar - 1 Cup
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
Baking Powder - 1/4 tsp
Egg - 1 no. (optional)

Milk - 1/4 cup

Butter / Ghee - 1/2 Cup

 

 

How to make:

 

1. Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl and orange zest, egg and milk.

 

2. Mix well and add the melted butter/ghee. Mix faster with spatula for 2-3 mins.

 

3. Greese the microwavable bowl and pour the cake batter in the bowl and microwave it at high for 3 mins.

 

4. Cool it and turn it over, cut into slices and serve.....

 

P.S. If you don't want to use egg, add 1/4 tsp of baking powder and soda more and 20 ml of milk more. And if you wannt you can add some orange colour too.......

 

Egg Curry

Its been quite a long since I made egg. Last week I had made egg curry which is very simple to cook. It goes very well with rice or roti.

Ingredients:

Boiled Eggs -  4 nos.
Onion (Sliced) - 1/2 Cup
Tomato (finely chopped) - 1/2 Cup
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Green Chilli - 2 nos. (slit)
Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Corriander leaves - for garnish
Water 1/2 Cup
Oil - 2 tbsp

 

How to make:

 

1. Heat oil, add onion and saute for 2 mins. Add ginger garlic paste & green chilli and saute for another 2 mins.

 

2. Now add tomato and saute for 2 mins. Add chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and garam masala. Mix well. Add water. Let till boil and cook the raw flavour of the masala disapper.

 

3. Slit over the boiled egg on top with knife, so that the masala gets inside the egg. Drop the egg into the boiling masala and cover it for 2-3 mins.

 

4. Granish with corriander leaves and serve it hot with rice / roti.

 

Egg Burji

 My husband loves chappathi and most of the days at night chappthi is the dinner. When i have no mood to cook non veg, i cook egg. Sometimes i make egg gravy (with boiled egg) and sometimes this burji... Non veg cooking takes at least 30 mins to 1 hr... But cooking egg is so easy that even including mise-en-place (keeping everything ready for the cooking)....

 

Ingredients:

Egg - 2 nos
Onion finely chopped - 2 tbsp
Tomato finely chopped - 1 tbsp
Green chilli - as per your taste
Ginger garlic paste - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric - 1 pinch
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil - 1 tbsp

How to make:

 

1. In a bowl beat the egg and add 1/4 tsp of salt and pepper powder.

 

2. In a pan heat oil, add onion, ginger garlic paste and saute for 2 mins. now add the green chilli, turmeric, tomato, balance 1/4 tsp salt. Saute this for 2 mins.

 

3. Now add the beaten egg and stir well for 2-3 mins.... Burji is ready....