Deepavali eve 2011

Tomorrow is Deepavali.

This afternoon, I found that I still have more than half a packet of atta flour , and that gave me an idea of try making chapati for dinner !

I have not checked recipes, but just mix the atta flour with water to get a dough. Then I left it in container covered with wet cloth, for a few hours.

I soaked some dhall / lentils too.

After few hours, I knead & roll out the dough , before frying it on a flat ironcast pan.

The chapati did came out like chapati ....... not sure about the taste , though.
Then boiedl some dhall with carrot and potatoes, with pinch of curry powder.

I like colourful meal, and we surely need some green vegetables, so add in a plate of stir-fried sawi.

Meals seems  not complete without hot spicy curry ! Lucky that I managed to buy some chicken curry .

So, we had chapati for dinner , on a Deepavali eve !

Cake -in-a-mug

Watched a video posted by my daughter about  microwaved  ' cake -in-a-mug ' . I was amazed but was wondering if I can try out the recipe without a microwave. 

Hence , I get ready a mug .

Sieved 2 tablespoons self -raising flour , pinch of baking powder , 1 tablespoonful of caster sugar into the mug. Mixed well. Then break in an egg .

Beat to mix the batter .

Now add in 1 tablespoonful of milk .

Stir , and pour in melted butter.

Stir well , and add in raisins and sliced banana .

Place the mug in the pre-heated steamer , and steam for 10 mins .

And the result is.........

Maybe I should cover the mug with grease-proof paper to prvent water vapour from dropping back into the mug. The recipe allow us to eat direct from the mug , but I scoop it out to see clearer the texture inside .

This is it. Taste alright , but texture not fluffy .

So, this is a trial Steamed banana-raisin -cake-in-a -mug !