Eggless Choco chips Banana Bread

Banana bread that’s made with whole wheat flour with mildly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, filled with milk chocolate chips. This banana bread is moist, soft and full of flavour. The brown sugar in the bread only intensifies the banana flavour. The tiny bits of chocolate when you bite into it only makes it better with every bite. The texture is beautiful and the aroma makes it irresistible. As it bakes, the fruity aroma which fills the air. Enjoy a slice of this flavorful bread for breakfast or as a snack with your evening freshly made cup of coffee or Tea!

Ingredients:

Whole wheat flour- 1 cup

Baking powder-1 tsp

Baking soda-1 tsp

Cinnamon powder-    ¼ tsp

Nutmeg powder-¼ tsp

Ripe bananas, -2 medium to large

Butter, melted-100 gm (1/2 cup)

Granulated brown sugar-1/2 cup

Granulated white sugar-  1/2 cup

Vanilla essence-1 tsp

Milk- ¼ cup

Dark chocolate chips-1/2 cup

 

Method:

1. Lightly grease a medium sized loaf pan with oil or butter. Dust it with flour, turn it over and tap on the base to remove excess flour.

2. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix in the spices. Set aside and preheat the oven to 180 C.

3. In a large mixing bowl, Beat the butter and add sugar powder and blend well.

4. Grind the bananas into a fine puree. Add the pureed bananas to the sugar and butter mixture.

 5. Add the pureed bananas to the sugar and butter mixture.

6. Mix in the wet mixture into the flour mixture and beat with a whisk until well blended.

7. Then Add the milk and vanilla and mix till combined.

 

8. Add the chocolate chips, mix lightly and pour the batter into the loaf pan

9. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes at 180 C or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

10. Allow the cake to cool before slicing and serving.Enjoy!

Almond/Badam Burfi

 

Badam burfi is delicious and healthy sweet recipe which is really easy to prepare. It's a very rich and delicious dessert with the goodness of almonds and milk and sugar. This tantalizing barfi can be prepared by pure and wholesome almond paste is cooked in sugar syrup and flavoured with saffron.   This tastes super delicious and relished everyone. The  soft texture and rich flavours of barfi makes it really irresistible. Today I made this Burfi for Diwali Festival.
 

Ingredients:

Almond- 1 cup

Sugar- 2 cups

Ghee-3/4 cup

Milk - 1/2 cup

Saffron- pinch

Method:

1.Take Almonds in a vessel. Add hot water to soak the almonds and cover and set it aside for 20 minutes. 2.After 20 minutes, drain the water. De-skin the almonds and take it aside.

3.Add all the de-skinned almonds to the mixer jar. Add milk and grind it to a fine paste

4.Combine the saffron and warm milk in a small bowl, mix well and keep aside.Grease the Plate and Keep aside.

5.Heat a heavy bottomed pan and Prepare the sugar syrup by adding ½ cup water. Boil the sugar syrup till it forms one string consistency.

6.Now Add almond paste and saffron milk and stir constantly. Then add ghee and keep stirring.

7.Cook until it gets thick and dense in consistency. Keep stirring till the mixture becomes thick and starts to roll like a ball without sticking to sides and bottom of the pan.

8.When you get this correct firm consistency, then switch off the flame.

9.Pour the burfi mixture to the greased pan. Level the edges and When they are warm, cut them into desired pieces.

10.Store the Almond Burfi in an air-tight container and enjoy the burfi!