LAVI'S DELICACIES

HEALTHY DRY FRUIT CAKE Try something healthy for Christmas!!! No butter, no eggs, no maida, no white sugar! This fruit cake is prepared using palm sugar, cold pressed virgin coconut oil & wheat flour.  You can use extra virgin olive oil too instead of coconut oil.  Palm sugar is a healthy alternative to regular white cane sugar as it does not go through any chemical process and also retains most of its nutritional benefits. It is a better source of vitamins & minerals and contains less glucose compared to regular white sugar.  Cold pressed coconut oil has healthy fatty acids to boost heart health.  Recipe: Ingredients needed: I have taken 200 ml cup for measurements.  A 1 cup palm sugar or jaggery 1 cup cold pressed virgin coconut oil 1 cup hung curds or thick curds 6 drops of vanilla essence 2 tbsp sugar caramel Pinch of salt B 1 cup wheat flour 2 tsp coco powder 1 tsp mixed spice powder 1/2 tsp baking powder Pinch of baking sod...

CHILLI CHICKEN This dish is one of the most loved dishes in my family.   It is an Indo - Chinese dish which is loaded with flavours. This spicy, tangy, slightly sweet dish is usually prepared using boneless chicken but we love bone-in chicken.  This could be the best choice for an appetizer or a side dish with any meal.  Step by step recipe is mentioned below. I never add any food colour in my recipes.  You can add if you wish.  Please note: Kindly use ingredients as per your requirements.  Recipe: For 1/2 kg  chicken.  A. Ingredients for marination: 1tbsp ginger garlic paste 1tbsp soya sauce 1tbsp red chilly sauce 1 egg 2 tbsp cornflour 1 tbsp all purpose flour Salt to taste ( Oil is required for frying) B. Ingredients for frying: 1 cup chopped onion 3 chopped green chillies 6 flakes of chopped garlic 1/2" chopped ginger 2 tsp soya sauce 1 tbsp red chilly sauce 3 tbsp tomato sauce 2 tbsp vinegar C. Ingredients for garnishing: 1 Diced onion 1...

CUPCAKE This super moist & delicious cake is prepared in air fryer.  Turned out very tasty & baked just in 12 minutes at 140°C. The basket of air fryer is small. So I have done in small quantity using only 4 idli moulds to prepare this cake.  This also can be done using any ovenproof dish , moulds or cups.  I have also used disposable aluminium container to bake excess batter.  Please note: Make sure , there is enough space for air circulation in the air fryer. Do not cover the entire basket.  I have taken 100 ml measuring cup for this recipe.  Recipe: Ingredients: A 2 eggs 3 tbsp ghee/butter/oil 2 tbsp set curds or hung curds 5 drops of vanilla essence 3/4th cup powdered sugar B 1 cup All purpose flour Pinch of baking soda 1/4 tsp baking powder.  Pinch of salt.  C 3 tbsp Tutti fruity 1 tbsp all purpose flour Step 1: Mix all the ingredients under A . I have used ghee.  Step 2 Sieve all the ingredien...

Crispy vada with chutney & sambar Vada is a South Indian  delicacy made with ground urad dal in a doughnut shape & deep fried.  It is crispy from outside & soft inside.  Here is a perfect restaurant style vada recipe, which serves you super crispy vadas.  Recipe: Ingredients needed: 1 cup urad dal ( 200 gms) 2 tbsp raw rice Pinch of baking soda Salt to taste.  Few curry leaves.  Oil for frying Method: Step 1 Soak 1 cup washed urad dal for minimum 2 hours.  Step 2: Dry roast 2 tbsp raw rice for 2 minutes on a medium fame.  Step 3 Grind soaked dal with roasted rice to fine thick paste. You can add 2-3 tbsp water for grinding.  Step 4: Add few chopped curry leaves & pinch of baking soda & salt & mix well and keep aside for 10 minutes. Step 5: Heat oil. Dip your palm in water, take required size batter. Make a round ball & press in the centre with ...

HOMEMADE GHEE There are many, many benefits of consuming pure home-made ghee. If you consume pure home-made ghee on a regular basis, it will boost your mental as well as physical strength. This will help in keeping your body fit and fighting off illnesses. Besides this, ghee is also known as a body cleanser as it removes impurities from your body. It strengthens your eyesight, your muscles and tendons. Ghee is expensive but can be prepared easily at home  free of cost with cream collected from milk on daily basis.   Here is a very easy method of preparing ghee at home.  All you need is: 1. Cream collected from milk on daily basis & 2. Electronic Hand blender. Method: Step 1 Collect cream from boiled & cooled milk on daily basis & store in a container. Store container in the freezer.  Collect cream for about a month.  Previous day of preparing ghee, store the container in the cooler.  Put this chilled cream in a large...

  RICH DRY FRUIT RUM CAKE This is a very easy rich dry fruits rum cake, which turns out perfect everytime & is my family's favourite Christmas cake. This  super rich , tasty cake  needs no soaking of dry fruits and any pre-planning. I prepare this almost every month.  You can add any of your favourite dry fruits. I have used dates, tutti frutti, raisins, almonds and cashew nuts . Recipe: Ingredients: A 100 gms unsalted butter 100 gms organic brown sugar/ white sugar 4 eggs Pinch of salt 1 tsp vanilla essence 1tsp mixed fruit essence B 100 gms all purpose flour 1 tbsp coco powder 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp mixed spice powder* Pinch of baking soda C 250 gms of chopped mixed dry fruits 1tsp lemon zest 1tsp orange peel 2tbsp Rum 2tbsp all purpose flour D 3 tbsp sugar caramel METHOD: STEP 1 Prepare sugar Caramel. Heat 2 tbsp sugar with 1 tbsp water . Boil till you get dark brown smokey liquid.  Slightly cool & add 2-4 tbsp water & boil agai...