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Tres Leches Cake

Tres Leches cake is a sponge cake soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream. Ingredients For Cake Maida / All Purpose Flour - 200 gms. (2cups) Corn Flour - 2 tbsp Oil -  100ml  Condensed Milk -  200 ml Milk - 200 ml Sugar - 100 gms. (powdered 1/2 cup) Baking Powder - 1 tsp Baking Soda - 3/4 tsp Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp For Soaking and Decorating the Cake Condensed Milk - 100 ml Evaporated Milk - 100 ml Double Cream - 100ml Whipping Cream - 300 ml Icing Sugar - 3 tbsp Vanilla Essence - 1/2 tsp Preparation Method Grease and dust a 9 inch square baking pan and keep aside. Preheat the oven to 180degree C. Sieve all-purpose flour, corn flour, baking powder, soda all together two times and keep aside.  Take sugar and oil on a large glass bowl and beat them well for 2-3 mins:. Add condensed milk and milk to the mixture and combine well.  Gradually add sieved dry ingredients into the batter and mix together (lumps should not be formed while mixing it).  Add

Pazham Pulissery / Banana cooked in Yogurt and Coconut gravy

Pazham Pulissery is a Kerala style side dish, which is being prepared by cooking banana in yogurt and coconut paste. Ingredients Banana Nendram (ripe) - 1 no: Thick Curd - 1/2 cup Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup Garlic - 3-4 petals Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp Green Chilli - 2-3 nos: Salt - as required Coconut Oil - 3 tbsp Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp Shallots - 3-4 (finely chopped) Curry Leaves - as required (finely chopped) Red Chilli - 1-2 nos: Asafoetida Powder - a pinch Red Chilli Powder - 1/4 tsp Preparation Method Peel off the skin and the thread of the banana, cut into thin slices; keep aside. Grind coconut, cumin seeds, garlic to a smooth paste by adding 1/4 cup water and keep aside. Whisk the curd properly so that no lump should be there; keep aside. In a wok cook sliced banana by adding 1/2 cup water, slit green chilies, and turmeric powder. When the banana cook properly, mash it slightly with a wooden spatula. Add the coconut paste and salt and c