Chocolate banana cake

Ingredients:

1 banana

25g cocoa powder

1 tbsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

60ml ghee

130 gm maida (refined flour)

1/2 tbsp vinegar

90g sugar powder

Around 200ml milk

1/2 tbsp vanilla essence

Method:

In a mixer, puree the banana. Add sugar powder to it and mix well. Pour it in a bowl. Sieve the maida, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder and add it to the banana puree. Add to it ghee, vanilla essence, vinegar and mix well. Keep adding milk in batches to make a smooth and thick flowing batter.Grease the mould. Preheat the over/microwave at 180°c. Pour the mixture in the greased mould and bake it at 180° for 25 minutes.

Rabdi - Dessert

Rabdi is a thick dessert relished in Indian households.

Ingredients:

1l full cream milk (I prefer Amul gold)

Chopped nuts

Cardamom powder

Few strands of kesar

4 tbsp sugar

Method:

In a pan/kadhai, put the full cream milk to boil. Powder the cardamom and add it to the milk. Put the strands of kesar and chopped nuts. Keep stirring the milk once in a while till it reduces to almost 1/3rd of its quantity. Turn off the gas and add 4 tbsp of sugar and mix it properly so that the sugar completely gets dissolved. Let it cool down, then refrigerate.