Chowlet

Here is another quick snack which goes very well with children!

Ingredients-
1 small packet chow,
1 egg,
1 small onion diced to small pieces,
1 green chilli chopped,
oil for frying,
salt and pepper to taste.

Process-
Boil water and add the chow. After boiling, put some cold water to the chow and then drain the water. This prevents the chow from sticking to each other. To the chow add one egg, chopped onions, green chillis and salt. Beat it well.
In a frying pan heat some oil. Pour the mixture and spread it out evenly. Toss it to cook on the other side also, until it is golden brown. Serve hot with sauce and salad.

Chatpata Corn

Hungry? Thinking about a snack which is not oily, healthy, tasty and at the same time easy to prepare - then try this recipe.

Ingredients-
1 cup Sweet corn,
a dash of butter,
1 small half inch cube of ginger,
2 chillis,
1 tsp chat masala,
1/4th lemon,
salt and pepper to taste.

Process-
You can use the frozen sweet corn easily available in the big retail stores like More, Spencer's etc or fresh corn. To use frozen corn, boil water in a vessel, add the corn and bring it to a boil. Drain out the water. Cut the ginger into small pieces yet not small enough to be eaten - it will only be to get the flavour. In a pan melt a little butter, add the ginger pieces and saute a little. Add the sweet corn, chillis, salt, pepper, chat masala and toss for a while. Sprinkle lemon juice and serve hot.

Banana Cake

Ingredients-

2 cups flour

1 big tbsp baking powder,

3-4 bananas,

4 eggs,

1 tbsp vanilla essence,

1/2 cup nuts like cashews and almonds,

3/4 cup butter,

1/4 cup white oil,

1 cup sugar.

Process-

Sieve the flour together with the baking powder. Mash the bananas. In a mixer or with a blender mix the eggs, butter, oil, sugar and the mashed bananas to a fine paste. To this mixture add the vanilla essence and mix in the flour-baking powder mixture slowly. Use your hands - rotate in clockwise and and anti-clockwise directions to make a lump-free mixture. The consistency should be such that if you drop the mixture from a height it would form ribbons. Remember that the more smooth you make the mixture the more softer the cake will be, so mix well.

Preheat the oven at 180 deg Celcius. Grease the baking dish with butter and dust it with a little flour to avoid sticking of the cake to the baking dish. Pour in the mixture, you should have the same height of free space as the mixture takes, to allow the cake to rise well in the dish. Dust the nuts in flour to avoid them from falling at the bottom during the baking process or you can add the nuts after a little while to make sure they stay at the top. Bake for 50 minutes. After that you can check by using a hair pin, put it in the cake and take it out- if it comes out clean without any mixture sticking to it, then it is done else you need to bake it for a few more minutes.

Try out this soft and delicious cake!