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Easy Christmas Cake

This cake is so simple, it can be in the oven in under 30 minutes. But we haven’t sacrificed taste for speed: our secret is quality ingredients, such as succulent vine fruits and unrefined muscovado sugar, rounded off with a hint of sherry and saffron.

Preparation time : 30 minutes
Cooking time : 3 hours to 4 hours
*Total time :* *3 hours 30 minutes to 4 hours 30 minutes*
Makes: 1 x 20cm cake Serves: 25 to 30 Ingredients

 following tips  help you to make quick and tasty drinks for tipplers

• To save time and effort, prepare common ingredients like sugar
  syrup in bulk just before summer begins. Take Vi cup of water for Va
  cup of sugar and boil for about fifteen minutes.

• If sugar is required in a drink, make sure it is of fine texture that will dissolve easily, else use powdered sugar.

• •   If lemons are required, make sure they are ripe; unripe lemons impart a bitter flavour to the drink.

• Instead of ice cubes use crushed ice, which will chill the drink much faster.

• Make ice cubes using water in which some fresh lemon juice has been
  added; this will add flavour to the drink instead of diluting it as it
  melts.

Use olive oil for cooking, to make your food tasty and healthy

• It is good for the stomach and its protective function has a beneficial effect on ulcers and gastritis. It activates the secretion of bile and pancreatic hormones much more naturally than drugs.

• Olive oil offers protection against heart disease by controlling LDL (”bad”) cholesterol levels while raising HDL (”good”) cholesterol levels.

• • It is a natural antioxidant that slows down the natural ageing process. The powerful antioxidants protect us from damage caused by free radical oxidation, which may accelerate the ageing process. 

• Olive oil is also recommended as a source of vitamin E for older people. It slows down the over-production of acid in the digestive system, thus diminishing the potential for ulcers and other gastro-intestinal problems.

All these benefits notwithstanding, a normal healthy diet should consist of not more than 6 tsp of olive oil, and a weight loss diet not more than 3 tsp per day. Use olive oil to create these light and tasty stir-fries…

 When you soak ‘urad dal’ and ‘idli rava’ to grind for idlis, add a few puffed rice grains and grind it along with the rest of the batter. You will have super soft ‘idlis’.