Sunday, August 29, 2010

Eggless Apple Raisin Muffins



Apples are an inexpensive and healthy fruit, providing us with fiber, calcium, phosphorous, vitamin C, vitamin A,and potassium, . Since markets carry apples all year round now, it's easy to enjoy apples whenever we want. I'd purchased some apples from the market the day before .I decided to make something light and healthy Breakfast/snack I made this egg less Apple muffins as a dessert. I made two batches, one with chocolate chips and nuts the other without them. It is Very tasty and east recipe. Trust me they are great for a breakfast treat! These are the best muffins that I have every made! They're sweet, nutty and full of apple flavor.
http://funwithspices.blogspot.com/2008/04/basket-full-of-eggless-apple-raisin.html.I prepared this recipe without any change it comes out soft , moist& delicious.Here is adelicious Eggless Apple Raisin Muffins recipe. Enjoy! 


Ingredients:
    * Water 1/2 cup
    * Sugar 1/2 cup
    * Grated apples 1 cup
    * Raisins 1/4 cup ( can be increased if wanted )
    * Butter 1/2 cup
    * Baking soda 1 tsp
    * Vanilla Essence 1/2 tsp
    * All Purpose flour 1 cups 
  * Nuts & Chocochips

Method :
   1.Grate applesand keep aside.Preheat the oven to 250 degrees c .
   2. Add the sugar in a saucepan along with water apple raisins and butter Bring to boil
   3. Remove the pan from heat and cool completely.
   4. In a large bowl, stir the baking soda and vanilla essence into the   flour.
   5. Add the cooled mixture to the bowl and stir until blended.
   6. Fill the greased muffin pan with the batter to the top.
   7. Bake for 20 minutes.
   8. Delicious moist muffins are ready to eat.
Iam sending this Eggless Apple Raisin Muffins & Pistachio Cookies to PariVarshits Kids Delight Event.



Monday, August 9, 2010

Pistachio Cookies


Pistachio Cookies
These pistachio nut biscuits are easy to make, This cookie tasted great; very nice indeed.. They melt in your mouth like mmm.. What to say? The cookies were divine.

Ingredients:
Unsalted butter-125g
Sugar-115g
Plain flour-185g
Baking powder -1 tsp
Handful Unsalted Pistachio Nuts
Unsalted pistachios, finely ground in a food processor/mixer-1/2cups
Vanilla extract-1 teaspoon

Method:

1.Grind the 1/2 cup nuts using a blender into a course powder.Now take your handful of pistachio nuts and coarsely grind them, put these to the side in a separate dish.
2.In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and ground pistachios until thoroughly incorporated.
3.In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla beating until completely combined.
4.Add the dry ingredients and mix just until combined.Fold through until it forms a stiff dough.
5. Preheat oven to 180 deg C. Bake until lightly golden and just lightly browned around the edges, about 12-15 minutes.
6.Remove and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

I am sending this recipe tp Pari's Kids Delight Event.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Choco Puri


 
Poori  is usually unhealthy and high fat bread so most health conscious people avoid it. While seeing spinach puris & beetroot puris a quick thought that came up in my mind of adding coco in puris . Who doesn’t love coco flavor? So I decided to try out this type. It is unusual and wonders whether it will work out? But it really did. It tasted so good and the light layer of choco looks so cute and attractive ;)



Ingredients:
Maida- 1 cup
Sugar-3 tbsp
Milk- 2tsp
Coco powder-2 tbsp
Ghee- 2tbsp
Salt-smallpinch
Oil/ghee –for deep fry.
For creamed Layer:
Cornflour-3 tbsp
Ghee- 2 tbsp
Method:
Sieve the Flour.Rub in ghee
Add sugar , salt and needful water to bind to a fairly stiff tough.
Then in coco powder add milk and make fine paste.and make a dough .
Roll out both parts separately into chappatis.

On the white chapatti, spread a thin layer of the ghee and cornflour mixture. 

Overthis place the second chapathi spread the cornflour mixture over this as well.
Roll both together into a long cylendricalshape and cut into slices.

Again roll out into thin puris and deep fry in ghee or oil till it done.Enjoy!
Sending this recipe to '' Announcing Kid's Delight ~ Colouring your Kid's Delight!Hosted by Srivalli

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Pumpkin Kootu & Jeera Rasam

Pumpkin Kootu & Jeera Rasam for His Cooking Event:
My husband is a wonderful cook. He loves cooking! He usually cooks south indian style food,. Sometimes he puts together the craziest combos and finds them amazing!! I don’t have the heart to tell him. Usually I dont allow him to cook.when I feel sick or busy with my work he use to cook. .when he cooks Just I love his kathrikai pitlai and this kootu. He has made this several times, but somehow I never managed to take a photo.I told him about This  event. Exclusively he cooked his fav jeera rasam & pumpkin kootu for Priti's His Cooking Event.

Yellow Pumpkin Kootu:
Ingredients
Yellow pumpkin.......1/2 kg
Grated coconut..............1 ½ cup
Chana dhal..................1/2 cup
Cumin seed..................1tsp
Red Chilli..................2
Mustard seed................1tsp
Urad Dhal...................2tsp
Curry leaves................few
Turmeric powder.............1/2tsp
Salt to taste
Method
Wash, peel the skin and cut the Pumpkin into small pieces.
Boil water, add the pieces, chana dhal and turmeric powder.
Grind the coconut, cumin seeds and red chilli into a paste.
When the vegetable is cooked add the coconut paste and salt. Mix them well.
.Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, urad dhal, 3tsp of coconut and curry leaves.
When the coconut turns into red , add this to the kootu.
 It is very tasty and eat with sambar sadam, &with rasam sadam.

Jeera Rasam
This rasam is my husband’s  favourite . Can be cooked very fast.

Ingredients
Jeera -1 tsp
Red chilli -1
Toor dal -1 Tbsp
Tamarind small size ( soaked in hot water and squeezed to pulp).
Salt to taste.
For seasoning Curry leaves 1 twig, 1 teaspoon ghee.
Method:
Soak the jeera, red chillies and toor dal in warm water for 20 minutes.
Grind to fine paste, add other ingredients and 2 cups water.
Boil this on a medium flame till froth appears
 Heat ghee in a small kadai add the curry leaves and fry for a moment, Add to the rasam.
Serve hot with rice& Chutta Applam

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

5 Minute Chocolate Cake in a Cup


While surfing the internet I found this cool recipe from this site with some pictureshttp://www.dizzy-dee.com/recipe/chocolate-cake-in-5-minutes. For those chocolate-craving days, this super-easy chocolate cake recipe is all you need. And yes, seriously This cake in a coffee mug that cooks in the micro in just 5 minutes. This recipe looked pretty interesting. I made some changes in this recipe I didn’t use egg then instead of oil I used unsalted butter. It turns out good. My kids loved it! 

Ingredients

1 Coffee Mug
4 Tbsp. flour(that's plain flour, not self-rising)
4 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. cocoa
3 Tbsp. milk
3 Tbsp. unsalted butter
3 Tsp. chocolate chips
1tsp.vanilla
Method: 

Mix flour, sugar and cocoa to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and butter and mix well.
Add the chocolate chips and vanilla, and mix again
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes 
The cake will rise over the top of the mug,.
Wait until it stops rising and sets in the mug
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate  and enjoy!
 (This can serve 2 if you want to share!)

Sending this recipe to '' Announcing Kid's Delight ~ Colouring your Kid's Delight! hosted by Srivalli ''