The ENT vist that turned to a major shopping trip!!

Was out to meet my new ENT specialist in the hope that my one and half month old disgusting cough which has surpassed the might of 5 bottles of yucky tasting coughsyrup!!
well the bugger just added in two more medicines and warned me that i may have to learn to live it coz its an allergic one not to forget the massive amount of dust raked up by the umpteem trucks carrying muck and sand from a newly dug up huge pit which will soon be a huge building!!!
whew!!its bad u cant even breathe while walking on the road thats if you have the courage to walk it thru!!
what was i saying ?? yes the cookie!!the doc asked me to also try the home remedy of boilng milk and jeshtimadh ,kadisakar and haldi!!my search for the jeshtimadh led me to the bylanes of the
ever crowded Santa cruz west.It was overflowing with people and ricks and cars and a jcb digging and a truck here and there.
i found a lane that sells baking stuff and couldnt resist looking around and i did pick up some aluminiuim baking container and a muffin tray that i want for a very long time!!

a little of this and that and my bag was overflowing and time was running out i had to rush to reach home which was an hour of travelling to relive the maid who had a thousand chores in her own home.. i am tired the rest follows......................
I went to the train station and jur ambled along truscarm

Raagi Biscuits

Raagi(Finger millet) flour - 1 cup

All purpose flour - 1 cup

Powdered sugar - 1 cup

Butter - 1 cup

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tspn

Baking powder - 1 tspn

Milk - 1 tblspn
Chopped nuts to garnish

Method

Roast raagi flour for about 5 minutes till you can smell the aroma of raosted raagi. Whisk butter and sugar till creamy.Mix roasted raagi,all purpose flour, baking powder and cardamom powder well.Stir in the dry ingredients to the butter-sugar mixture. Mix to make a soft dough. If you find the dough dry, add about a teaspoon of milk. Pinch off a lemon sized dough. Shape into a ball and flatten a bit. garnish with chopped nuts. Press it down using a fork.
Bake in a preheated oven
Temp -180 C

Time - 30 min

A good DATE CAKE recipe I found and tried out!!

Ingredients
Dates - 100 gms /18 nos
Milk - 3/4 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Maida - 1 cup
Oil - 1/2 cup
Baking soda - 1 tspn
Chopped cashew - 1 tblspn (optional)
Method
De seed the dates. Soak the dates in warm milk for an hour. This will make the dates soft and easier to grind. Depending on the type of dates you use, the soaking time can vary. Add sugar to the soaked dates mix and grind them to a fine paste. Add oil to the ground mixture and keep it aside.
Sift maida and baking soda. Slowly stir in the flour to liquid mixture. Add nuts and mix. Transfer to a greased tin and bake in a preheated oven at 190 C for 40 minutes or till a skewer inserted comes out clean.