Eggless Chocolate Cake Recipe

Ingredients: 

For Cake 

125 gm Refined Flour (Maida) 

25 gm Coco Powder 

300 gm Condensed Milk 

2 tbsp Baking Powder 

1 tsp Baking Soda 

4 tbsp Unsalted Butter/Ghee 

For Soaking Syrup 

3 tbsp sugar 

Water  

For Ganache 

150 gms Raw Chocolate 

2 tbsp Fresh Cream 

Preparation:

• Preheat oven at 1800C. Grease a cake pan and dust some flour to it. 
• Take 3 tbsp sugar in a small bowl  and cover it with water (aprox half cup) and leave it aside to dissolve, just stir occasionally. No heating required.  
• Scrape raw chocolate and melt it in a microwave or using a double boiler. Add cream to the melted chocolate and mix well till is blended well and refrigerate for 5-10 mins 
• Sieve Maida, Cocoa Powder, Baking powder and Baking soda in a bowl 
• Prepare the batter, by adding ghee and Condensed milk, whisk till the batter is smooth and no lumps are formed. Add milk in case batter is very thick and difficult to whisk 
• Pour the batter in the greased & dusted pan. Pat the pan so that the batter settles evenly.  
• Bake in the preheated oven for over 30 mins. You can ensure if baked, by pricking a tooth pick and it comes out dry.  
• Let it cool for 15 mins before inverting the cake base on a flat board or plate 
• Cut the cake into halves from middle, brush the sugar syrup on the top of cake layer. This is the base layer, moisten the layer well with the syrup. spread one thin layer of the ganache, place the other layer on top of it. Moisten this layer too with the syrup. Pour the remaining ganache over, spreading it evenly on top and sides of the cake. 
• Place the cake in the refrigerator for few hours before serving 

Recipe and Image contributed by Nidhi Jain

Peru (Guava) Ka Bharta - Fruit Based Indian Main Course Recipe

Here's a delicious Recipe for a main course using Guava (Peru/ Amarood/ Jaam). The dish is traditionally made in some parts of Madhya Pradesh and is known as "Jaam Ka Bharit". The recipe is so named as Guava is called by the name "Jaam" in these regions.

Ingredients:

4 large size Guava Appx. 500-600 grams
1 large size chopped Tomato Appx. 100 grams
100 grams Boiled Peas
4 Table spoon Oil
8-10 Methi(Fenugreek) seeds
2 Tea spoon Mustard seeds (Rai dana)
2 Tea spoon cumin seeds (Zeera)
1 Tea spoon Turmeric Powder (Haldi)
1 Table spoon Coriander powder (Dhaniya Powder)
2 Green chilli(chopped)
Red chilli powder as per taste
Salt as per taste
Pinch of Hing Powder(Asafoetida)
Coriander Leaves

Preparation:

1. Roast Guava on the flame from all sides till its outer skin become black (outer skin burnt properly).
2. Peel off the burnt skin and cut the Guava in two pieces. 
3. Remove all seeds and cut the Guava pieces to small pieces.
4. Heat oil in the pan and add Methi seeds, Mustard seeds, Cumin seeds and chopped Green Chillis in it. Wait till it starts tempering. 
5. Add Turmeric powder, chopped Tomato, Hing, Coriander powder and Red Chilli powder in it. Stir the mix and wait till tomato is cooked properly.
6. Add the chopped Guava, Peas and Salt. Mix them well. Leave it on flame for 1 minute. The dish is ready.
7. Add some chopped Coriander leaves and serve.

Recipe and Images contributed by Nidhi Jain.