SPONGE CAKE

Ingredients :
All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cup
Baking powder - 1/4 tsp
Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Unsalted butter - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1cup
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Buttermilk - 1/4 cup
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
Eggs - 2
Preparation :

* Preheat oven to 350F . Grease a  pan with butter.
*First cream the butter and sugar in the bowl using an electric mixer for 4 to 6 minutes at medium speed until light and fluffy.
*Add one egg, beat for few minutes then followed by the next.
*You may add the lemon juice,  vanilla and buttermilk to this and mix for few seconds.
*Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and keep aside.
*Now add flour and beat again.
*Pour the batter in the  pan, smooth the top .
*Bake for 55 to 60 minutes.

Gobi manchurian

Ingredients :
Cauliflower - 1/2 kg
Big Onion - 1 ( Chopped lenth wise)
Green Chilly -2 ( chopped lengthwise)
Garlic - 2 ( Chopped into small pieces)
Ginger - small piece chopped finely
Chilly powder - 1 tsp 
Salt - To taste
Oil - To fry
Corn flour water - ( 1 tsp of cornflour mixed with 1/2 cup water )
Lime Juice - 1 tsp
Soya Sauce - 1/2 tsp
Ajinomoto - a pinch
Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Plain flour - 5 tsp
Cornflour - 6 -7 tsp
Red food Colouring - 2 pinch

Preparation :
* First cut the cauliflower into small pieces.
* Then put it in a vessel, add water and pinch of salt and cook it for 5 - 7 mins.
* Drain the water, allow it to cool.
* Then take a vessel add the plain flour, cornflour, pepper and salt, mix everything together and make it into a paste adding some water. Then add the cauliflowers in it and mix well, making sure you geenrously coat cauliflower with the mixture.
* keep it aside.
Now take a heavy bottomed pan/kadai, then add oil, add the chopped garlic and ginger pieces and fry it.
* Then add the onion and fry till golden brown.
* Now add the green chillies and fry for few mins.
* Then add the chilly powder ( optional)
* Add soya sauce, ajinomoto and cook for few more mins.
* Then add the cornflour water, and salt and cook until the mixture is thick. If you want more gravy, then add more water to it.
* Now add the food coloruing. Mix well keep it aside.
* Finally deep fry the cauliflower, and add it to the prepared mixture .

* Then finally squeece some lime juice , and serve hot.....

OMAPODI

Ingredients:

Gram four/kadalai mavu	1 cup
Rice flour	1/2 cup
Butter(at room temperature)	1 tblsp
Hot oil	2-3 tblsp
Ajwain/Omam	1/8 cup
Salt	As needed
Oil	for deep frying

Method:

1. Dry roast omam,just till warm and powder it in the mixer.Then add 1/4 cup water and grind again. Filter this and keep aside.
2. Sieve gram flour and rice flour together and add salt,butter,hot oil and the omam extract and mix well.
3. Then add water as needed(careful,needs very less) and mix well,form a sticky dough.
4. Press through the ompodi/idiyappam press in heated oil(oil should be heated just right,i.e; if you add a pinch of dough it should raise up immediately,dont heat till oil fuming)
5. Form a circle in the oil and make sure you don’t overlap.
6. Turn carefully immediately and cook till the bubbles ceases(takes very less time,less than a minute)
7. Drain in paper towel and repeat the process for rest of the dough.

   8. Keep in an air tight container after cooling down.