Banana Cake

Ingredients:

 

2 eggs
1 1/4 cups white sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 Bananas
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)

 

Method:

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 13 x 9 inch pan.
2. Sift together flour, salt and baking powder.
3. In a large bowl, beat eggs until lemon colored; beat in sugar and oil. Mix dry ingredients into mixture mix well. Add bananas, vanilla extract and beat the bater until mixed well. Pour batter into prepared pan.
4. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 to 20 minutes, then flip onto rack to finish cooling.

Adai (Dosa from Tamilnadu)

Healthy and yuuuumy breakfast item made with 3 different kinds of lentils.

Ingredients:

2 cups Toor Daal
1 cup chana daal
1 cup moong daal
1 cup rice flour
green chillies to taste - try 2 for medium spicy
1/2 inch piece of ginger
2 tsp cumin
Pinch of Asafoetida (hing)

Method:

1. Soak all 3 kinds of daals together overnight.
2. Grind them together with rice flour in a grinder to the cosistency needed (to pour over the pan)
3. Add rest of the ingredients and grind again
4. Pour big spoon full on a heated pan, spread evenly as much as you can until thin
5. When it is golden brown on the bottom and starts to come out of pan easily, flip it and fry on other side

Serve hot dosas with coconut chutney

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

This is a favorite cookie recipe in  my household. I think they are yummy despite misconception by some folks that anything made with oatmeal is dry and bland.

Ingredients:

2 sticks (1/2 pound) butter, soft
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt (optional)
3 cups oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
1 cup raisins, rolled in flour

Method:

1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. In large bowl, beat butter and sugars on medium speed of electric mixer until creamy.
3. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well.
4. Add combined flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; mix well.
5. Add oats and raisins; mix well.
6. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
7. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown.
8. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to wire rack. Cool completely. Store tightly covered.

Variations

Bar Cookies: Press dough onto bottom of ungreased 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars. Store tightly covered. 24 BARS. VARIATIONS: Stir in 1 cup chopped nuts. Substitute 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips or candy-coated chocolate pieces for raisins; omit cinnamon. Substitute 1 cup diced dried mixed fruit.