Mango Cake - Eggless

Ingredients- 

1 cup Mango pulp (fresh or canned)

1 cup Semolina flour

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup cooking oil

a few tablespoons of water as needed

1 teaspoon cardamom powder 

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup pistachio or any other dry fruits to decorate 

Method-

Mix all the above ingredients together and whisk. 

Sprinkle chopped dry fruits on top before putting in the oven. 

Bake in a greased pan at 340 degrees F for 35-40 mins or until a toothpick come back clean. 

Sore Throat home remedy

                                                          Harira / Besan ka seera

Here is an old family recipe of a cold and cough soother. It is in no way a medicine or substitute to medicine but it does assist in recovery and sooting the irritated throat.

Ingredients-

4 teaspoon ghee (clarified butter)
1 teaspoon besan (gram flour)
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/2 teaspoon crushed black pepper (fresh)
1/2 teaspoon cardamom seeds
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 cup roughly crushed almonds
1 cup milk

Method- 

In a deep pan or skillet heat the ghee

Add the besan and continue to stir on a low flame till it turns light brown and gives out a fragrance

Add the turmeric and continue to stir

Add the black pepper and cardamom

Continue to stir on low heat

Add sugar and almonds

Add milk in the end and immediately start stirring and get rid of any lumps.

Continue to stir until the liquid thickens and little bubbles appear

Do not let it settle at the bottom or burn

Turn the heat off and serve hot

Tip-

It work especially well if had on an empty stomach in the morning or last thing before bed.

Cold home remedy

Whenever mine or anyone in my family has a cold I give this remedy to them every 5-6 hours and it really has helped in calming the sinus.

Ingredients-

2 cups water
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1-2 pieces of cloves
1/2 teaspoon cardamom seeds out of the pods
1/2 teaspoon tulsi leaves
1 inch or peeled ginger roughly chopped
1 teaspoon honey
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice (optional)


Method-

Add the following ingredients to boiling water-
pepper, cloves, cardamom seeds, tulsi leaves, ginger.

Wait for the water to reduce to one cup

Turn off the heat and strain the water

Add honey and lemon juice

Serve- 

Sip on this drink slowly but drink it as warm as you can.

Tip- You can make a huge batch and refrigerate the rest and heat and use as per need.