Vanilla maida cake recipe, ukkarai & kaja for diwali

Ingredients

• Maida/All purpose flour - 2 cups
• Sugar - 4 cups
• Ghee - 1 1/2 cup
• Vanilla essence - 1 tspn
• Food color - a pinch
• Water - 1 cup
• 1/2 cup tuvar dal
• 1/2 cup chana dal or use 1 cup of chana dal alone
• 1 cup jaggery
• 3 tablespoons ghee
• Elaichi powder
• Roasted cashew - few
• Grated coconut - 3 tablespoons
• Salt - a pinch
• Baking soda - 1 big pinch
• Ghee - 2 tablespoons+ 2 tablespoons
• Rice flour - 3 tablespoons
• Water - 3/4 cup
• Oil to deep fry
• Syrup
• Sugar -1 cup heaped