Eggless Neapolitan Cake

Neapolitan is a tri color. Have seen the very famous Neapolitan ice creams and this cake also follows the same rule of tri color. We have 3 colors in this cake - green, pink and yellow. When Swathi chose this cake for the baking partners, I was very excited as I would get to do a very colorful cake. Made some changes from the original recipe. The original recipe was done in a loaf pan, I have made this in a 9 inch cake pan, made it Gelatin free and Eggless.

 

Paneer Pinwheels

Pinwheel is a leavened bread with stuffing which is rolled and then cut before baked. It is a great snack. It tastes best when served hot and can be accompanied with tomato Ketchup or a tangy and spicy chutney. The stuffing is really a personal choice and can be adjusted according to taste, preference and availability. It is pretty easy to do if the pastry sheets are available. I used ready made puff pastry sheets. This makes a great evening snack or perfect for parties.

A simple dish got me an award!!!

I am very happy to get the “Best Presentation Award” for my Pooshanikkai Mor Kootu in the EP Series, hosted by Divya… Check out the delicious roundup here. Thanks Divya for this great award and congrats to all the winners and the participants!!!

Carrot Halwa / Gajar Ka Halwa

Carrot Halwa is a very famous Indian desert made from carrots. It tastes best when served either warm or on room temperature. Generally Halwa has a lot of sugar and lot of ghee.. On the contrary, this one is quite less in sugar (you can reduce it even further) and very less in ghee.

Carrot Onion Veg

Carrot veg is a simple and tasty dish.. This recipe can be found in many sites, but frankly this is my version and is a super hit in my house now.. Previously we used to not prefer traditional carrot veg much as it will be too sweet. This Carrot veg is spicy and is very tasty to eat. This tastes best when served hot with any sambar or rasam rice. Adjust salt and chili to taste. I am including this for this BM under cooking carrots in many ways

Ingredients
Carrot – 500 grams
Green chili – 4
Salt – 1 tea spoon
Turmeric Powder – ½ tea spoon
Onion – 1 cup (finely chopped)
Curry Leaves – 6
Mustard Seeds – ½ tea spoon
Ulutham Parupu / Urad Dal – 1 tea spoon
Sambar Powder / Rasam Powder – 1 ½ tea spoon
Chili Powder – ¼ tea spoon (optional)
Oil – 2 tea spoons
Water – to boil the carrots

Method
Chop the carrots to small cubes and boil it with salt, turmeric powder and sambar or rasam powder
Keep the boiled carrots aside
Heat a pan and add oil
Once oil is hot, add mustard seeds
After the mustard seeds crackle, add the ulutham parupu
When the ulutham parupu turns golden color, add the green chili and curry leaves and sauté for 30 seconds
Add onions and sauté well
Onions should be well done (add a pinch of salt to cook onions faster)
Once the onions are well done, add the boiled carrots and mix well
Switch off the flame and the carrot onion veg is ready to be served!!!
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Carrot Thuvayal / Carrot Chutney

Some dishes are so quick and so tasty that you want to include them in the meals every week. This quick and yummy chutney belongs to the above category!! This is ready in less than 15 minutes and tastes so good with idli, dosa, roti, plain rice or curd rice. Adjust the amount of salt and chili as per preference. I am including this for this BM under cooking carrots in many ways.. I got this recipe from here and it is surely a keeper