Simple Banana Bread

Banana Bread is a simple dish made from mashed bananas. It is a very moist, bread and is quite like a cake.
Here is a simple recipe for basic banana bread

Ingredients

1. Bananas 3
2. Egg 1
3. Sugar 1 cup
4. Maida / All Purpose Flour
5. Oil / Melted Butter 1/4 cup
6. Baking Soda 1 tsp
6. Maida 1.5 cup

7. Salt as needed 8. Chopped nuts or dates optional

Method

Mash the bananas using a fork or give pulse in a blender.

Add egg, oil and mix well.

Sieve in flour and baking soda together into the banana mix.

Add salt and mix well.

Add in choped nuts, choc chips or dates.

Bake in preheated oven at 180C for 25 to 30 min or until ready

Check out the youtube video for banana bread below :-

Easy & Healthy Carrot Cake Recipe - How to make carrot cake

Carrot cake is a delicious cake full of grated carrots, walnuts, cinnamon and choco chips.

Here, I have cooked a healthier version with no maida /all purpose flour. I have used vegetable oil instead of butter.

Ingredients

• wheat flour 2  cups
• brown Sugar(or white sugar) 1/2 tsp 
• baking powder 1.5 tsp
• salt 1/2 tsp
• cinnamon powder

• eggs 4 or 3
• vegetable Oil (or any flavourless oil)1 cup
• walnuts chopped 100g
• carrot grated 1/2 cup
• chocolate chips

Method

Mix all the dry ingredients - Flour,  baking powder, salt and cinnamon together.

Beat eggs well until frothy.

Add sugar little by little and beat till sugar dissolves.

Then slowly add 1 cup of oil and beat it well.

Fold in flour gently.

Then mix in grated carrot, chocolate chips and chopped walnuts.

Bake for 25-30 minutes at 180 degree C or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

Eggless Banana Bread - Easter Special

Soft, moist, yummy, simple..cant stop praising this wonderful recipe.
It is the first bread recipe I ever tried. I am not a cake/bread fan because I always have a feeling they are unhealthy. But now that I tried this one, I simply cant stop making  it whenever I can.
It came out very well and I don't even want to try any other bread.

  

Ingredients:

1.All purpose flour/Maida 1 cup
2.Wheat Flour 1/2 cup
3.Bananas 3 Ripe
4.Baking Soda 1 tsp
5.Butter 1/3 cup
6.Cardamom 1/2 tsp
7.Vanilla Essence 1tsp
8.Salt a pinch
9.Milk 2 tsp


Method

Pre heat oven to 175 c. Mash bananas.
Melt butter and mix with the bananas.
Add sugar, vanilla essence, milk, baking soda and mix.
Add flour and mix.
Bake for 40-45 mins or until a tooth pick comes out clean.
Serve hot  with tea and love.

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL ..

Eggless Dates Cake

This is my first successful cake. I am so happy it turned out so well and tasted simply superb.
Do try this out. I am sure you wont be disappointed. The recipe is from Aayis recipes. It is an excellent recipe for beginner bakers.

Ingredients:

18 Dates
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup all purpose flour 
1/2 cup oil
1 tea spn baking soda
Cashews


Method:
Remove the seeds from dates.
Heat it  along with milk so that dates become soft.
Add sugar and grind them to a smooth paste.
 Add oil and mix.
Mix together flour and baking soda.
Add the flour one table spoon at a time and mix slowly. 
Add the nuts and mix.
Preheat the oven at 350F.
 Bake the cake in a greased oven proof dish for 35-40min (or till a knife inserted in the cake comes out clean).

MultiPudding -Pudding with biscuit & bread

Ingredients:


Arrow Root Biscuit - 5
Bread 3 slices (cut off the sides)
Instant Coffee Powder 1 dsp
Peanut Toffee (kapalandi mittayi - keralites know it better). If not available you can add crushed peanut/cashew etc - be sure it is coarsly ground.
Butter/ Ghee 1 tbsp
Sugar 1 tbsp
Milk 1/4 cup
Egg - 1
Sugar 2 tbsp
Milkmaid 1/4 tin
Method:
Soak coffee powder in some water and soak biscuits in it. Spread some butter in the pudding dish (steel,which can be steamed). Spread the soaked biscuits in the dish. Now add the ground peanuts and 2 tbsp sugar over this. Soak bread in milk and spread it evenly above this.  Mix the rest of the milk, sugar and beaten egg and pour it over the bread mixture. Spread it evenly with the bottom of a spoon. Steam the dish , well  covered for 15 -20 minutes. Refrigerate after cooling.

Source:
Vanitha magazine

Notes:
It would be better if you double the ingredients. You get a thicker pudding.
This is an easy and yummy recipe you can make quickly with simple ingredients.
Again you can satisfy you sweet tooths @ home.