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Recipe from Banu’s Cook Book 

***Ingredients***
1 ½ cups of basmati rice cooked
Salt to taste
2 tblspns of oil/ghee
A pinch of asafoetida
2 dried red chillies
1 tblspn of split black gram (urad dal)
1 tblspn of split gram (chana dal)
½ tspn of fenugreek seeds (methi seeds)
½ cup of peanuts
½ tspn of mustard seeds (optional)
10-12 of curry leaves
3 tblspns of lemon juice
½ tspn of turmeric powder
1 tblspn of grated fresh coconut (optional)

***Method***
1) Cook the rice as per directions.
2) Heat oil/ghee in a shallow pan or a kadai.
3) Add a pinch of asafoetida. Add dried red chillies broken into two, urad dal, chana dal and methi seeds. Cook until dals change colour to light brown.
4) Add peanuts and mustard seeds. Let mustard seeds crackle, then add curry leaves.
5) Mix turmeric powder in this. Stir fry for half a minute.
6) Add cooked rice, salt and lemon juice.

Garnish with grated coconut.

Notes:
1) You can use roasted or fried peanuts for this recipe
2) YOu also add Onions, Peas, Finely Chopped Bellpepper to this recipe as well.

Recipe from Amy’s Cookbook 

**** Ingredients *****

1 box chocolate cake - prepare as directed
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup condensed milk
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 bottle/jar Coronado Cajeta (try to find a squeeze bottle easier to handle than the jar - find this at any Mexican grocery store like Fiesta, and Albertson’s may carry it - not for sure.) 

*** Directions***** 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and grease and flour a bunt cake pan.
2. Mix the chocolate cake as directed and keep to the side.
3. In a blender mix the evaporated milk, condensed milk, eggs, and vanilla.
4. Squeeze or pour into the cake pan a thin layer of the cajeta. (If you use the squeeze bottle go around the pan twice with the cajeta)
5. Pour the milk mixture from the blender into the pan.
6. Pour the chocolate cake mixture next. Don’t worry if the milk mixture comes over on top of the cake. Just make sure that the cake is evenly distributed in the pan.
7. Bake in the oven for 40-50 minutes or until you poke the cake with a stick and it comes out clean.
8. Allow the cake to cool for 15minutes and flip onto a plate. You can also top the cake with chopped nuts 
9. To store the cake cover and place in the refrigerator.