Chocolate Dates Cake

Ingredients:

Dates- 1 cup chopped

Water - 1cup

All- purpose flour(maida)- 1 3/4 cup

Baking soda - 1 tsp

Salt -1/4 tsp

Cocoa powder - 3 tsp

Sugar - 1 cup

Unsalted butter - 1/2 cup

Egg - 2

Walnuts - 1/2 cup chopped

Semi-sweet chocolate chips-1/3 cup

Method:

1. Boil water in a pan,when its boiling add chopped dates, then switch off the heat and leave it for 5 to 10 minutes and let it cool.

2.Preheat oven to 350 degree F.

3. Butter and flour the cake pan, and keep it aside.

4. In a small bowl,mix together flour,soda,salt and cocoa powder.Set it aside.

5. In a medium size bowl add butter and sugar,beat it nicely untill it is fluffly using hand mixer,then add egg and beat it nicely.

6. Then add flour mixture and cooled dates mixture alternatively and beat it well.

7. Finally add the chopped walnuts and chocolate chips and fold it nicely in the batter.

8. Now pour the batter into the cake pan.

9. Sprinkle some chocolate chips and walnuts over the top of the batter.

10. When oven is preheated,then keep the cake pan into the oven and bake for 45 to 50 mintues (or) until toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake and comes out clean.

11. Switch of the oven,Remove cake pan from the oven,let it cool for 5 to 10 minutes.

12. Chocolate Dates cakes is done.

Orange Chicken

Ingredients:

Boneless chicken-1/2 lb cubed

Egg- 1

Corn flour- 2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying

Butter - 1/2 tbsp

Garlic- 1 tsp chopped

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Tomato sauce - 1 tbsp

Lemon juice 1/2 tsp

Sugar - 1/2 tsp

Bell Pepper (or) Capsicum(yellow and green) - 1/2 cup for decoration

Method:

Marination: Marinate chicken with beaten egg, salt and corn flour,mix it well.Leave for 1/2 hour in the fridge.

1. Heat oil in a pan for deep frying,when oil is heated add the marinated chicken little,and fry for few minutes.Remove and keep it in the paper towel,so that excess oil is removed.Repeat this step for the remaining chicken.

2. Take another pan add butter in medium heat,when its heated.

3. Add the chopped garlic fry for few minutes,then add red chilli powder,tomato sauce,sugar and lemon juice.

4. Mix it nicely, then add the fried chicken pieces and mix well, so that everything is well coated.

5. Add little bellpepper and stir it well.

6. Remove from heat and put it in the serving platter and finally decorate with remaining bellpepper.

Note:

* Instead of using both the bell pepper,you can only use one bellpepper also.

* You can also use fried cashew for decorarion.