Banana - 1

I had a large stock of bananas and carrots with me and that was the time I was learning to bake the cakes. Before that I never knew about carrot cakes. Thanks to google, I found a recipe for banana-carrot cake. It looked very easy. So I baked it.

Grated carrots make this cake very very soft and tasty. One piece of this cake leaves you with full stomach. These days I bake a lot of carrot cakes since I keep a big stock of carrots always :). I will share some of them in coming days.

In the above picture, I have applied a bit of pink cream on the cake, it was just for fun :D.

Madhura baked this cake recently and sent me the gorgeous looking cake picture which I have pasted below. I didn’t know this cake can look so good :D. Thanks Madhura.

Banana - 2

Ingredints: All purpose flour or maida 1 and 1/2 cup Sugar 1 cup Mashed ripe banana (about 2 bananas) 1 cup Oil 1/2 cup Eggs 3 Baking powder 2 tea spns Salt 1/2 tea spn Cinnamon 1 tea spn Grated carrot (about 3 med. carrots) 1 cup Chopped nuts(optional) 1/3 cup

Method: Beat together sugar, banana and oil. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon mix well. Stir in carrots. Pour into greased baking dish. Sprinkle nuts. Bake 40 to 45 minutes at 350ºF (or until a knife or skewer inserted in the center comes out clean).

Makes 10 to 12 pieces Preparation time : 1 hr

Here are a few remedies for Constipation, I have collected them from different sources. Any of my readers can add to this by leaving a comment and I will update this post.

  • Eat lots of peanuts.
  • Eat prunes (dried plums)
  • Eat lots of greens especially spinach.
  • The best herbal medincine for constipation is, drinking Isabgol mixed with hot milk (Isbgol is taken with curd to cure loose motions!!! ). Read more about Isbgol here .
  • For adults, eat a lot of raisins. Especially for even small kids, soak raisins in little water,and give that water to breast feeding babies.
  • Drink one teaspoon of castor oil in the morning to cleanse your interstines completel. (No you cannot go to office that day. So, should do it in on a holiday.Esp good for kids with eating problems etc).
  • Drink plenty of Water with dry ginger powder and a few mint leaves.
  • Eat one banana before going to bed.
  • Bittergourd slices boiled in water and taken early in the morning cures constipation