December 19, 2007

Chocolate Maida cake - A Sweet








My sister and her 4 yr old daughter Gauri came from Gurgaon to spend a week with us. Her Kerala visit is after 5 years. I was busy for the one week she stayed with us. My brother-in-law likes this sweet very much and wanted me to send them through her. So on the day of her return, I prepared this.



Maida - 1 cup
Coco powder - 1 tablespoon
Sugar - 2 cups
Oil / Ghee - 3/4 cup ( I used 1/2cup of oil and rest ghee)
Water - almost a cup


Preparation
Seive maida and coco powder together so that they get mixed well.

Take a kadai. Add sugar and water and make sugar syrup of one string consistency.

Add the maida,coco mixture with out forming lumps.

When maida gets mixed with the syrup, add ghee little by little. This step willl take about 10 minutes.

When the mixture starts to leave the sides, transfer to a greased plate.

Allow it to cool for 10 minutes. Then cut into desired shape
I used twice the quantities mentioned here