Soujanya's Kitchen

Ingredients 1 cup urad dal 1 cup cabbage 1 piece ginger 5 green chillies 1 cup chopped onions Curry leaves Coriander leaves Oil for frying Salt to taste Method Soak urad dal overnight or at least for 6 hours. Grind it to soft batter, just like idli batter. Chop cabbage into small pieces. Grind ginger and green chilles to paste. Now mix cabbage, chopped onions, curry leaves, chopped coriander, salt and ginger chilli paste to batter. Heat oil in a pan. Shape into Vadas and deep fry on both sides till brown. Have these Cabbage vada's on a rainy day.Serve hot with coconut chutney or tomato sauce.

Most of children like Cakes and pastries.These cake pieces can be stored for a week. Ingredients 1 cup (120 g) butter 1¼ cup (250g) sugar powder 4 eggs 1¼ cup (150 g) all purpose flour 1tsp honey 1tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 cup dry fruits (optional) Method Preheat oven to 350 deg F. Take greaseproof cake pan. With an electric mixer, beat the eggs, softened butter with sugar until white and fluffy. Add sifted flour, honey, baking powder, baking soda, and vanilla essence, and mix until the batter is smooth. Transfer to a cake pan by adding dry fruits and bake at 350 degrees just until set in the middle, approximately 45-60 minutes. You can test with wooden pick, by inserting it in center. It should come out with few moist crumbs on it. Do not over bake. When cake is cool, use a long knife to cut the cake into equal pieces. It is easier to cut if kept in a refrigerator for a few hours before cutting.