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Ingredients: 250gms dhal 200-250gms sugar (can lightly vary according to your liking) 150gms ghee 1 big onion 3 tbs finely chopped ginger 1 tsp ground cinnamon and cardamom  Pinch of salt 1tsp rose water Instructions: 1. Wash the dhal clean. 2. Add salt and bring to boil with 3cups of water. 3. Slice the onion, chop ginger finely. 4. Grind cinnamon and cardamom to a fine powder. 5. In a separate pan, heat ghee on medium low flame. Once heated, sauté the onion, ginger.  6. Once onions are a little transparent and changed in colour, add sugar and stir well till sugar melts.  7. Add the boiled dhal and keep stirring till it becomes slightly thick. There will be a resistance while stirring.  6. Turn off the heat, add rose water and cinnamon and cardamom powder and let cool.

Ingredients:  2 cups rice flour 1 cup cooked rice 1 teaspoon active dry yeast 2 tablespoon sugar 2 cups water / coconut milk (your preference, but coconut milk tastes better!) Pinch of salt Instructions: 1. Mix all the ingredients (except salt) into a smooth batter. 2. Cover and let it rest for half an hour.  3. Add in a pinch of salt. 4. Heat an appam pan on medium heat. 5. Once the pan is heated up, add a ladle full to the pan and swirl it around in shape of an appam. 6. Keep till brown on sides, you could cover it to maintain the heat of the pan.

INGREDIENTS: 1kg grated tapioca 2 eggs (beaten) 250g sugar 3 pandan leaves Thick coconut milk from 01 coconut. (add grated coconut to blended, and add water just before the top of the coconut in the blender) INSTRUCTIONS: - Peel and grate tapioca. Once grated, the weight should be 1kg.  - Add sugar and beaten eggs mix well until the sugar dissolved. - Squeeze pandan leaves into mixture till completely crushed. - Add coconut milk (strained) and mix. - Remove pandan leaves - Pour into a cake tray and smoothen the top, else uneven areas will burn faster.  - Bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees Celcius for 75 mins until top is golden brown. ** Do NOT over bake or else it will be dry.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes Baking Time: 13-15 minutes Chilling Time: 30 minutes Servings: 10 large cookies Ingredients: For the wet ingredients you'll need: 60g unsalted butter (melted)  75g coconut sugar (or brown sugar) 25g white sugar 1/2 egg (well beaten; at room temperature) 1/2 tsp vanilla essence  1 tbsp maple syrup (15ml) For the dry ingredients you'll need: 100g flour 1/2 tsp cornstarch 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp teaspoon salt 1/2 cup chocolate chips *1/4 tsp is equivalent to a "pinch" with measuring spoon standards. How to Prepare: 1) You'll need two bowls to mix the wet ingredients and dry ingredients separately.  2) In one bowl, mix the melted butter and sugar. Ensure that the butter has cooled before you mix it, else it'll melt the sugar and won't have the crunchiness to the cookie! :) 3) Mix in half the egg and stir until well combined. Ensure the egg is beaten well before adding half of it to the recipe, to ensure yo...

Chocolate Cake: 3 cups flour 1/2 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened) 2 cups brown sugar 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp natural coconut vinegar 2 tsp baking soda 2 cups warm coffee 2/3 cup extra virgin coconut oil OR light olive oil 1 tbsp vanilla essence Instructions to make the Chocolate Cake: - In a bowl, whisk together all the your dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, salt) - In another bowl, mix the wet ingredients (coffee, vinegar, vanilla essence, olive oil) - Then whisk all together into a batter. (It's fine for the batter to be slightly lumpy). - Preheat oven to 175˚C. Butter and spread flour or use oil paper on two 9" pans and divide the batter equally into both pans. - Bake for roughly 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. - Ensure the cakes have completely cooled on a cooling rack before adding the frosting. Chocolate Frosting: 150g cream cheese (softened & roof temp) 1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened & roof temp)...

Ingredients: 300g plain flour ½ tsp salt 1 tbsp butter / margarine 1 ½ tsp yeast ½ cup warm water + 3 tbsp 1 ½ tsp sugar For the sugar syrup: ½ cup water 2 tbsp sugar 1. Add the yeast to half cup luke warm water, and add 1 ½ tsp to a bowl and let yeast rise. 2. Once the yeast has risen, add it to the flour and add salt and butter. 3. Mix with a wooden spoon, then add 3tbsp water and mix with hand. 4. While kneading, add a little water and make sure it doesn’t stick to the bowl. Add some water to your hand and mix the dough well. 5. Take dough onto table top and knead it well for about 8 minutes. 6. Grease a bowl with some oil / butter and add the dough, cover with kitchen towel and leave until it’s double size. (Can vary from 20 mins to an hour, depending on the temperature and humidity of the room) Meanwhile, make the sugar syrup: 1. Add water and sugar to a bowl and on medium heat warm it up until sugar melts. If it sticks to your fingers, the consistency is r...