Health Fruit Cake recipe

Is there someone who don't like fruit cakes??? It is so colorful and delicious I beat everybody in your family will just love it. I replaced "Sugar" with "brown Sugar", and "Butter" with "Refined Oil", to make the cake little bit healthier. I hope you will like it.

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N.B: While making fruit cakes, the batter needs to be heavy enough for the dried fruit and nuts to be suspended in it; if it's too thin the fruit will sink to the bottom.

Ingredients:

1. All-purpose flour - 2 Cups,

2. Refined oil- 1 cup,

3. Dry fruits of your choice - 1 cup (I used-A mixer of chopped dates, raisins, walnuts, cashews, chopped fresh cherries)

4. Brown Sugar- 1 cup,

5. Baking powder- 1 teaspoon,

6. Eggs- 2,

7. Milk - 1/2 cup

Procedure:

1. Pre heat the oven at 325 degrees F (160 degrees C). Grease a oven proof pan with the refined oil.

2. Beat the eggs until it is light and fluffy. Gradually add the sugar and the oil, Mix well.

3. Add the flour and slowly fold it together with the egg, sugar and oil mixer. Add the milk and combine together.

4. Add the dry fruit mixer to the cake batter. Combine fruit/nut mixture with creamed ingredients and mix well to distribute the fruit and nuts evenly.

5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 45~60 minutes until a toothpick or wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.

6. Remove the cake from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy

Deshi Croûtons with Indian spices and herb

Croûtons are pieces of bread that have been toasted with various herbs. They are a easy to make and goes very well with green salad, soup or you can eat it as a tea time snack. You can make them in a frying pan or in a oven, until they are crisp and golden brown. I used dried Fenugreek leaves(kasouri methi), Carom Seeds(Ajwain) which gave it a different but very nice flavor. It takes only 10 mins to make this yummy snacks , so go ahead and give it a try.

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Ingredients:

1. Bread Slices - 6

2. Garlic salt - a pinch, if not available use plain or black salt

3. Garlic powder - 1 teaspoon

4. Ground pepper - 1/2 teaspoon

5. Red chilli flakes - 1/2 teaspoon

6. Crushed dried fenugreek leaves - 2 teaspoons

7. Carom seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

8. Melted butter/ Olive oil - 2 teaspoons

Procedure:

Step1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step2. Brush bread on both sides with melted butter or olive oil. Cut bread slices up into small cubes.

Step3. Drizzle the bread cubes with all the remaining spices. Toss once more until seasonings are evenly distributed.

Step4. Arrange cubes on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Step5. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 10 minutes or until they are golden browned. Let them cool. Store croutons in a airtight container . Serve in soups or salads or with a cup of hot tea. Enjoy.

Noodles Pakora

Noodles Pakora: My mom used to make this pakora for us when we were kids. Noodles pakoras are crispy outside and soft inside. It's a very delicious tea time snacks. Hope you will enjoy it.

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Ingredients:
1. Noodles(any kind of)- boiled, water drained 1 cup
2. Egg- 2
3. Corn flour- 3~4 tbs
4. Onion- 1 big chopped,
5. Green chili- 3~4 chopped,
6. Green coriander - 2 tbs chopped,
7. Ginger - 1/2 tsp finely chopped,
8. Salt - To taste,
9. Cumin powder- 1/2 tsb
10.Oil- To fry

Procedure:
1. In a large bowl take the eggs, corn flour, salt, cumin powder and mix all together. Stir till there is no lumps.
2. Add noodles, chopped onion, chopped green chilies, chopped ginger, chopped coriander to the egg mixer and mix well.
3. Heat some oil in a pan. Take a drop from the mixture and put it in oil to check if the oil is ready for frying.
4. Fry pakoras till they are golden brown in color.
5. Serve the Pakora's hot with the sauce of your choice .