Easy potato salad(chat joldi aalu)

What you need:

• 1/2 kg potato washed, boiled and skinned 
• 1 carrot, grated 
• 1 big onion, thinly chopped
• 1 big tomato.  

How to do it:

Heat a frying pan at medium temperature and add 1 tbsp of cooking oil (you can use butter as well). When the oil is hot, reduce the temperature and add the onions. Fry it until it is a nice golden colour and it smells ice. Add the tomato and carrot after the colour of the onions change (the colour is like saffron). Thoroughly mix now. Then add the boiled, but slightly mashed potatoes. Add salt and freshly ground black pepper. Garnish with a handful of fresh corriander leaves. If you like, you can also add 1/2 cup of green peas.

This works nicely with roast chicken

Enjoy and God bless
 

Easy Peasy Carrot Cake

What you need:

• 1 grated carrot
• 1 grated apple
• 175g sugar
• 175ml cooking oil
• 425g cake flour
• 15ml baking powder
• Pinch of salt

What to do:

Mix all the above ingredients together and bake it in a greased tin for 20 minutes (or until it is done)

Enjoy with your afternoon (lightly flavoured) Darjeeling tea, like I did!

Don't wait for tomorrow if you can do it now!

Carrot-Apple-Banana Cake

Ingredients:

•          2 cups of sifted cake flour
•          160ml brown sugar
•          3 eggs
•          ½ cup cooking oil.
•          1 apple
•          1 banana
•          1 cup grated carrot
•          ½ cup chopped nuts
•          20ml mixed spice
•          10 ml cinnamon powder
•          Pinch of salt
•          20ml baking powder

Method:

•          Beat eggs and oil until its light
•          Mix all the dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
•          Peel and grate the apple and finely slice the banana.
•          Mix the apple, banana and carrot with the dry ingredients one at a time.
•          Add the beaten eggs and oil into the mixture.
•          Mix well
•          Grease a round oven-proof tray with oil or greasing-spray.
•          Pour the mixture into the tray evenly using a wooden spoon.
•          Bake at 180°C for 25-30 minutes
•          You can store this in the fridge as long as you first wrap it with aluminum foil before placing in an airtight container.