Super simple, delicious and flavorful cake. You can add any flavored coffee if you want, I prefer original taste.

Ingredients: 
Flour - 2 cups
Granulates Sugar - 1 cup
Baking Soda - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 pinch
Large Eggs - 2
Banana Mashed - 1/2 cup
Brewed Coffee (cold) - 3tbsp
Melted Butter- 1/2 stick
Milk- 1/4 cup
Chopped pecans- 1/4cup

Preparation:
Pre-heat the oven to 345F.
Mix the Banana, melted butter, milk, eggs, and coffee.
Slowly shift the flour, salt and baking soda altogether in to the wet mixture.
Gently fold the chopped Pecans in the mixture.
Pour the mixture in a greased cake pan and bake for 45 mins or the toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Let it cool for 10 mins before slicing.


Paniyaram is made of rice-lentil batter or idli batter using the mold. One of the famous traditional South-Indian breakfast item, with sweet and spicy version.
I made the Spicy one by adding onion, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, ginger, chilies and curry leaves. Below pic is the traditional utensil, which is used to prepare Paniyaram.

Ingredients:
Idli batter -  2 cups
Mustard seeds - 1tsp
Cumin Seeds- 1tsp
Onions chopped - 3 tbsp
Red or green chilies- 2 count
Ginger grated - 1 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp

Preparation:
Heat a tsp of oil in a pan; add mustard seeds, cumin seeds.
Add the chilies, onion and curry leaves. Fry till the onion turns golden brown. Let it cool.
Mix the fried onion mixture in to the Batter, add salt and mix well without adding water. Batter has to be in pancake mixture consistency.
Heat the Paniyaram utensil at low-medium heat, add a drop of butter or oil in each holes. Pour a spoon full of batter in to it, let it cook for 2 minutes.
Use chopstick or metal skewer to push one side of the Paniyaram, this will make the Paniyaram to turn upside down. Cook 1-2 mins or till its cooked.
Serve Warm with any type of Chutney.
                                        
         Not a huge fan of Asparagus, but couldn't resist buying them when its was super fresh in farmers market...Baked it with Rosemary and garnished with Mozzarella cheese.

Ingredients:
Asparagus - 1 Bunch
Rosemary - 1 tsp
Olive Oil- 1 tbsp
Salt - 1tsp
Pepper- 1 tsp
Mozzarella Cheese Grated- 1 tbsp

Preparation:
wash and cut the lower end of the asparagus, about 1 inch. Spread them in a baking sheet/tray.
Drizzle oilive oil, herb, salt and pepper. Give it a toss to make the herb mix well.
Bake at 350 for 10 to 15 mins or till its cooked.
Add the grated cheese on top of it.
Serve Warm and Enjoy!

 
Finally!!!! Made a veggie pizza from scratch, which was due in my must-try items for almost a year now! It really turned out good(meaning of my good is not the same as you know). I loved the thin crust, no intention of making  it thin, but it just happened to be a thin crust!  and the flavors of  the herbs like basil, oregano, garlic was giving me a satisfaction it smells like pizza. In addition to prove I'm an amateur pizza baker, I have added a tsp of chat masala on top of crust before adding the mozzarella cheese.  

Added decent amount of veggies like color peppers, onion and spinach. After all this! I was generous to leave some pizza on my plate, My intuition was telling me not to take risk alone...you know?!

If at all anyone courageous enough to try my version of pizza, I'm so honored! and please follow the recipe  very strictly :)

Ingredients:
            All purpose flour 51/2 oz
            Warm Water 1/2 cup
            Dry yeast- 1tsp
            Salt 1tsp, Olive oil tbsp

For toppings:
           Tomato paste 2 tbsp
           Chat masala 1tsp
           Chopped veggies 1/2 cup
           Mozzarella cheese 4 oz

Preparation:
Mix the dry yeast in the warm water.
Mix the salt and flour together, add the warm water in to the dough and knead well using mixer or hand. add a tbsp of olive oil and mix well. 
Allow to rise for 3 hours in a clean bowl covered with a kitchen towel. It rises about double the size.
Put the dough on the working surface, use little flour to avoid sticking, roll it and place it over the baking sheet.
Shape the outer layer of the pizza dough.

                                  Now, The Battle Begins !!  
Heat your oven to 475F and bake your pizza dough for exactly 11 mins, baking more, will burn the crust. Take it out and don't remove the crust from the baking sheet. Spread the tomato paste, add the chat masala, mozzarella cheese and layer your veggies on top of it. Bake  it again for not more than 9 mins in 475F. Remove the pizza from oven and .... Please let me know how it turned out for you.

Hint: Adding the topping and baking the crust at one shot will make the crust little soggy.