Ingredients:

• 1 cup – Maida
• 1/2 cup – White Rava (fine variety)
• 1 – Mango, big sized
• 2 tbsp – Walnuts, chopped
• 3/4 cup – Granulated Sugar
• 1/4 cup – Curd
• 2 tbsp – Olive oil
• 1/2 tsp – Baking soda
• 1 tsp – Baking powder
• Salt – A pinch
• 1/2 tsp – Cardamom powder

Method:

1. Chop the mangoes and puree it without water to get a thick pulp. Keep aside.
2. Sift maida, baking soda, baking powder and salt at least twice for even spread of baking powder and soda.
3. Now add rava to the maida mixture, keep aside.
4. In a separate bowl, add oil, yogurt, mango pulp, cardamom powder, sugar and mix well till sugar is completely dissolved.
5. Now add the curd-mango mixture to the rava-maida mixture slowly and mix until a thick batter is formed.
6. Add chopped walnuts and mix once.
7. Reserve 1 tbsp of walnuts for topping.
8. Pre-heat the oven at 190 degrees C for 10 minutes.
9. Meanwhile grease a baking pan with a little oil and sprinkle maida.
10. Arrange butter paper if you use it.
11. Transfer the batter to the cake pan. Top the cake batter with remaining chopped walnuts and bake it for 35-40 minutes at 190 degrees C.
12. Check with a toothpick in the centre of the cake and if it comes out clean then your cake is done.
13. Cool it for at least 15 minutes before you un-mould and slice them.
14. Recipe courtesy: Sharmi’s Passions

Recipe courtesy of Sharmilee