Strawberry and Chocolate Muffins

Ingredients 

• 1 cup strawberries, chopped
• 2½ cups refined flour (maida)
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips
• ¾ cup butter
• ⅓ cup castor sugar 
• ¾ cup brown sugar/jaggery
• 3 eggs
• 1½ teaspoons vanilla essence
• 1 cup sour cream
• ½ cup milk
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180° C. Line a baking tray with sixteen individual silicone muffin moulds.
2. Cream together the butter, castor sugar and brown sugar in a bowl till light and fluffy using an electric beater.
3. Add eggs gradually and whisk well. Add the vanilla essence, sour cream and milk and whisk well.
4. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into the mixture and fold. Add strawberries and fold well.
5. Put batter in each mould, filling three-fourths of it. Sprinkle some chocolate chips on top.
6. Put the baking tray in a preheated oven and bake for twenty to thirty minutes. Remove from oven, cool and demould.
7. Serve.