Whole wheat Eggless Banana-Dates cake

Ingredients
1.5 cups whole wheat flour/atta
1 tabsp All purpose flour
4 ripe or over ripe bananas
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ cup sugar
½ cup milk
⅔ cup any neutral flavored oil/ Margarine/unsaltedbutter
1/4 cup of chopped pitted dates
1/4 cup of raisins
1/2 Tsp of Orange zest or 1 tsp vanilla extract
a pinch of salt
1/4 cup of walnuts, chopped

Procedure:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
• Peel and mash the bananas in a blender
• Add sugar and oil/butter
• Beat this mixture very well so that oil mixes with banana and sugar is dissolved
• Add whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt directly in the bowl and stir it well.
• Add chopped dates, raisins and walnuts and finally add orange zest into the batter
• Pour the batter into a greased pan and spread it evenly in the pan
• Bake it in the preheated oven for about 45-50 minutes.
• Keep checking the cake and test it with the tooth pick. Take out the cake from oven when the toothpick inserted comes out clean. 
• Allow the cake to cool before serving

Mung Sprout Salad

Ingredients:

- Whole Mung(Green gram) soaked for 24-48hrs

-Romano Tomatoes diced

-Cucumber diced

-Onion chopped

-Croutons

-Cilantro 4-5 strands chopped

-Orange pieces

-Chopped green chilies (Optional)

Dressing:

-Olive oil 2 Tsp

-Salt

-Pepper 1/2 tsp

-Vinegar 3 Tbsp

-Lemon juice 2tbsp

-Chat masala powder

-Lemon zest 1/4 tsp

Directions:

- Add all the dressing ingredients and whisk together.

-Wash the soaked sprouts well with water before adding it to the salad.

-Add sprouts and all other vegetables to the dressing and toss it well.

-Add the croutons just before serving.

- Can add ranch also if you wish to. (Optional)

Bitter gourd chutney powder

Ingredients:

-Bitter gourd 1

-coconut powder 1/4 cup

-black pepper

-tamarind(small pieces)

-jeera/cumin 1tsp

-mustard 1/2tsp

-Hing powder 1/4tsp

-oil

-salt

Directions:

-Heat oil in a non-stick pan

-add mustard,cumin seeds,and hing,black pepper

-when mustard splutter add tamarind pieces ,chopped bitter gourd and salt

-fry this this well till all the water from bitter gourd is gone and it become crispy

-now add dry coconut grates into it.

-Allow it to cool and then grind the mixture to make in to coarse powder.

-Can add 1/2 tsp of sugar if u desire

It is healthy and tasty with rice,dosa.