Malpua cake

The other day, my aunt was talking to me about a new recipe for malpuas that she had seen on TV. That triggered off a craving for malpuas that just had to be satisfied then. Unwilling to undertake the long and laborious process of making them, I thought of baking a cake that would be evocative of the same flavors.

Here is the recipe...
Cake:

• 3/4 cup semolina
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 cup sugar (scant)
• 2/5 to 1/2 cup oil (very scant)
• 3 eggs
• 2 large spoons yogurt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• large pinch of salt
• 1 tsp toasted (3/4 tsp) fennel and (1/4 tsp) pepper powder

Syrup and topping:

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 tsp toasted (3/4 tsp) fennel and (1/4 tsp) pepper powder

Procedure:

• Mix your dry ingredients for the cake together
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the oil, eggs, and yogurt
• Add the dry ingredients and mix well
• Bake for approximately 30-40 minutes in a 180 degree oven
• While your cake is baking make the sugar syrup with the water and the sugar
• Pour gently over the cake when the cake is done and sprinkle with the fennel and pepper powder
• The cake tastes best when allowed to stand and soak up the syrup for at least 3-4 hours

BLUEBERRY MANGO CHEESECAKE

Ingredients:

1kg curd (2 500gm packets)
1/2 cup sugar (adjust according to taste)
3 eggs
dried blueberries and chopped mangoes
1tsp vanilla essence
lemon juice (to taste)
50 gm butter or margarine
10 plain/orange flavored arrowroot biscuits
10 glucose biscuits

Preparation:

• Prepare Pie dish/ microwave or oven proof bowl/springform pie pan: Line bottom with buttered grease proof paper. Grease the sides of the dish you are using
• Prepare crust: Crush the glucose and arrowroot biscuits together to the consistency of coarse bread crumbs. Mix with melted butter or margarine, adding enough so that the crumbs hold their shape when pressed. Press in this mixture into the bottom of the baking dish and chill
• Prepare cheesecake mixture: Drain out excess liquid from the curd. You can hang it in a muslin cloth and drain till the consistency is that of cream cheese or that of soft homemade paneer. Mix sugar to taste, and beat the hung curd well. Beat in the eggs and add lemon juice to taste. Fold in the blueberries and mangoes. You can substitute these with any other fruit of your choice (adding some flour if the fruit is very juicy). Pour over the chilled crust
• Bake in a convection/regular over at 180`C for approximately 30 minutes till the cake leaves the sides and is set
• Wait for it to cool, garnish with more fruit and enjoy!

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