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ATTA BISCUITS
Buttery short-crust whole-wheat cookies
 
 
 
 
Ingredients
   
Whole wheat flour (atta) 1 1/4 cups
Bran 2 tablespoon
Refined flour (maida) 1/3 cup
Butter chilled 110 grams
Sugar, powdered 1/2 cup
Milk As required
 
Method
 
Preheat the oven to 160°C. Take whole wheat flour in a bowl. Add bran, refined flour and mix. Add chilled butter cut into small pieces and mix with fingertips till the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add powdered sugar and mix. Add cold milk (or water or a mixture of the two) and knead lightly taking care not to overwork the dough. Sprinkle some flour on the worktop and roll out the dough to one-fourth inch thickness. With different shaped cookie cutters cut out biscuits. Place the biscuits on a baking tray keeping a little space between each. Bake in preheated oven at 160°C till done. Cool and store in airtight tins.
 


MICROWAVE CHOCOLATE CAKE
This delectable cake gets done in a jiffy
 
Preparation Time : 15 - 20 minutes
 
Cooking Time : 25 - 30 minutes
 
 
Ingredients
   
Refined flour (maida) 165 grams
Baking powder 2 teaspoons
Chocolate, grated 110 grams
Butter 130 grams
Castor sugar 150 grams
Milk 3/4 cup
Walnuts, chopped 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence 1/2 teaspoon
 
Method
 
Sieve together refined flour and baking powder. Take grated chocolate and butter in a microwave bowl and melt in a microwave oven on MEDIUM (70%) for one minute. Stir the mixture and add castor sugar and stir again to mix well. Add the sieved flour and mix well. Add milk and mix to get a pouring consistency. Add chopped walnuts and vanilla essence. Pour the batter into a greased microwave dish and level the surface.Bake in the microwave oven at HIGH (100%) for five minutes. Check for doneness. If not done bake for one more minute at MEDIUM (70%). If baking in a convection oven preheat the oven at 180C and then bake the cake for twenty five to thirty minutes.

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