Vanilla Cupcakes

Since long back I am in search of cupcake recipes. Yesterday I got this recipe from Joy of Baking. As soon as i get it, I collected the ingredients and baked it today. Woow.. The cake was tasty and yummy. My kid loved it a lot.

Recipe Source: Joy of Baking

Ingredients:

Maida - 1 1/2 cup ( The Original Recipe has All purpose Flour. As I didn't have with me, I substituted Maida ).

Butter -1/2 cup

Eggs - 3

Sugar - 2/3 cup

Milk - 1/4 cup

Baking Powder - 1 1/2 tsp

Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp

Lemon Zest - 1/2 tsp ( I used Orange Zest)

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Method:

1. Sieve in the dry ingredients.

2. Beat butter and sugar until creamy and smooth.

3. Add eggs one by one and beat well.

4. Add Vanilla essence, Lemon zest and beat for 1 min.

5. Now add dry ingredients with wet mixture alternating with milk. Mix well for 2 min.

6. Bake at 180 deg C for 18 - 20 min or until the cake tip is browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes clean.

7. Cool and Serve.

Makes about 12 cupcakes.

Sorakkai Gotsu/ Bottle Guard Gotsu

This gotsu is very famous in kongu nadu. people will prepare this gotsu as sidedish for idlis, dosas..

Ingredients:

Sorakkai - 1/2 kg

Tomatoes - 3 - cut into pieces.

Tamarind - small lemon size - wash and soak

Turemric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt

Gingelly oil - 1 tbsp

To temper:

Onion - 1 - chop fine

Red chilli - 2 - cut into 2

Curry leaves

Method:

1. Peel outer skin from Sorakkai and cut into small pieces.

2. Heat oil in kadai and temper with the given ingredients.

3. Add sorakkai, tomatoes, turmeric powder and salt.

4. Add 1/4 tumbler water and close the kadai with a lid.

5. Cover and cook until it is cooked.

6. Once cooked, remove from the fire and add tamarind.

7. Cool and grind to coarsely.

8. Serve with dosas, Idlis...