Eggless Pineapple upside down cake

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Perfect cake for kids party :)
Ingredients :

1. All purpose flour - 2 cups
2. Butter - 100 gms
3. Pineapple slices - canned
4. Baking powder - 1 tsp
5. Baking soda - 1 tsp
6. Sweetened condensed milk - 1 tin (400 gms)
7. Sugar for caramalizing - 5 to 6 tbsp
8. Cherries for garnishing

Method :

1.   Preheat the oven to 180 C.  Grease the baking pan and keep aside.

2.   Heat sugar in the pan till it melts and becomes brown.  Pour hot caramel in the prepared baking pan.  Now arrange the pineapple slices & cherries over the caramel.   Keep aside.

3.   Sieve the flour, baking powder and baking soda. 

4.   Cream the butter and add the milkmaid.  Mix well.

5.   Slowly incorporate the dry ingredients to the butter mixture.  Pour the batter over the arranged pineapples and bake it for 35 / 40 mins or until done.

Serve with tea.

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Corriander leaf Podi - Perfect with rice

Every weekend lunch always starts with this delicious podi mixed in rice with a tsp of ghee.  Sometimes, I use this for dosa & idlies too. Very easy to make & comfort dish too :)

Ingredients :

1. Urad dal - 1 cup
2. Channa dal - 1/2 cup
3. Red chillies - 11 nos
4. Poppy seed - 1 tbsp
5. Dessicated coconut - 2 tbsp
6. Corriander leaves - 1 large bunch
7. Tamarind - 1 inch round shape
8. Salt to taste

Method :

1.  Dry roast all the ingredients seperately (Do not use oil). 

2.  Mix all the roasted ingredients together & cool. 

3.  Grind them along with the salt to the fine powder.

Serve with rice & ghee.

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Tomato Curry - Perfect side dish for rotis

 Simple, easy, delicious & my comfort side dish which taste absolutely perfect with rotis.

Ingredients :

1. Tomatoes - 5 nos
2. Salt to taste
3. Oil - 1 tbsp
4. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
5. Urad dal - 1 tsp
6. Green chillies - 3 to 4 nos (to spice)
7. A pinch of hing
8. Salt to taste
9. Corriander leaves for garnishing

Direction to Cook :

1.   Cube the tomatoes & keep aside.

2.   Heat oil in the pan, add mustard seeds, urad dal, hing & green chillies.

3.   Add the chopped tomatoes & salt to taste.  Cook until done.

4.   Garnish it with corriander leaves.

Serve it with rotis.

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