Orange and Pistachio Semolina Cake

Orange Pistachio Semolina Cake ( eggless, butterless) ( derived from Ambrosia)
2 cups Semolina
1 cup sugar
1 cup curd
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup fresh Orange juice
2-3 spoons of orange marmalade
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
Orange zest
Method-
Roast semolina on low flame till a pleasant aroma emanates and it begins to change colour. Keep it to get cold. Beat curd till smooth. Add sugar, orange juice and zest.
Add semolina to wet ingredients and mix well. Keep it for half an hour. The semolina grains will become soft and the mixture will thicken a bit.
Grease, line and dust a 9 inch round cake tin. Pre heat the oven at 180 degrees C for 15 minutes. Add baking soda, baking powder and salt to the mixture and mix well. Add the marmalade and stir it well into the batter.
Pour the batter in the cake tin, top it with some dry roasted pistachio( chopped) and bake for 35-40 minutes till the cake shrinks from the sides, the top becomes golden and skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven after ten minutes. Invert on the rack and remove the lining carefully.
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Chewy peanut butter granola bars from Brown Eyed Baker

2 cups oats
1/2 cup pori
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1 cup chopped peanuts
140g dates - soaked and pureed
1/2 cup peanut butter - grind 1 cup skinned peanuts with a little oil and sugar to make your own peanut butter at home
1/2 cup jaggery syrup - dissolve 1/2 jaggery in just enough water so the jaggery is covered.
Boil until jaggery is dissolved and a little thick and sticky
Filter and use
2 tablespoon dates syrup
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
one pinch of salt
Roast and mix all dry ingredients
Mix all wet ingredients together
Pour the wet into the dry and mix with a spatula
Transfer to a 9" square baking pan and press into an even layer
Bake in a 180 degrees pre heated oven for about 20-25 minutes until bars seem to set and turn brown around the edges
Cool pan over wire rack and bring to room temperature before slicing
Store individually wrapped in cling wrap in the refrigerator
Can be dissolved in milk and eaten for a quick breakfast or can be carried along as a dry snack