Vegan Vanilla Cake

What you will need

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
5 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp white vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup water

What you need to do

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-inch round pan. 
• To a large mixing bowl, add the flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda. 
• Mix up those ingredients.
• Add the oil, vinegar, vanilla extract, and water. 
• Mix using a whisk until it forms a batter and most of the lumps are smooth.
• Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan. 
• Bake on the middle oven rack for 30-35 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
• Transfer the cake to a cooling rack and let cool.
• Slice and enjoy.

Palak chi patal bhaji

What you will need

3 cups spinach,finely chopped
3 green chilies,slit
4 large garlic cloves,minced
1/4 tsp methi seeds
1/4 cup raw peanuts
2 tbsp channa dal
1/ 2 tsp tamarind paste
1 tbsp jaggery
2 tbsp besan
4 tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
6-7 curry leaves
pinch of hing
1/2 tsp red chili powder
1/2 tsp goda masala
salt to taste

What you need to do

• Soak the channa dal and peanuts together for 3 hours.
• In a small pressure cooker,add a tbsp of oil.When hot add the methi seeds and chilies.Saute on low heat till the chilies change color.
• Add the spinach and saute for couple of minutes.Add the channa dal and peanuts and 1 3/4 cups of water and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
• When the cooker cools down open the lid.Add salt as per taste.
• In a bowl,mix besan and 1/4 cup of water into a smooth lump free paste.
• Add this paste to the spinach along with the tamarind paste and jaggery and cook uncovered for 5 mins on low flame.
• In a tadka pan,add the remaining oil.When hot add the mustard seeds,hing and when the mustard seeds crackle,add the curry leaves and garlic.
• When the garlic changes color to  light golden,add the chili powder and goda masala and switch off the heat.
• Add this tadka to the spinach gravy.Mix well.Bring it to a boil on low heat.
• Serve hot with roti.