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Apple Cinnamon Granola MuffinsIngredients: * 2 cups rolled oats or granola * 1/2 cup Almond flour* 1/2 cup crushed pecan...
10/23/2021

Apple Cinnamon Granola Muffins

Ingredients:
* 2 cups rolled oats or granola
* 1/2 cup Almond flour
* 1/2 cup crushed pecans or walnuts
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1/2 cup olive oil
* 2-3 tbsp honey or maple syrup
* 4 apples, cored + grated
* 2 tsp cinnamon powder
* 1 tsp baking soda
* A pinch of salt
* 3 eggs

Instructions:
* Preheat your oven to 350° F. Spray your muffin tray with oil or use muffin liners.

* Using a food processor grind the granola or oats, not into a powder.

* Grate the apples fine. I used my food processor. �
* Combine all the ingredients in a big mixing bowl and mix with a spatula, by hand, until combined. �
* Transfer batter to your muffin tray (add toppings now if using). Bake for 25-30 mins, reducing the temperature to 300 for the last 10 minutes. Check with a toothpick if the centers are set. �
* Allow to cool 15 minutes in pan before removing. �
Notes:

Optional Toppings: Coconut Shreds, butterscotch chips, seeds , nuts etc.

You can use honey or maple syrup.

Crush up oats or granola a little in the processor.

Broccoli 🥦 frittersIngredients: 1 head broccoli 🥦 1/2 cup boiled quinoa 1/4 cup almond flour or fresh bread crumbs 2 tbs...
05/22/2021

Broccoli 🥦 fritters

Ingredients:
1 head broccoli 🥦
1/2 cup boiled quinoa
1/4 cup almond flour or fresh bread crumbs
2 tbsp flaxseed powder
2 tbsp h**p seeds
2 eggs
Optional: 1 medium mashed boiled potato
S&P
Garlic & onion powder
1 green onion, finely chopped

Method:
Rice the broccoli in a food processor or grate it up. Mix all the ingredients well with a spatula. Quantities of the almond flour or bread crumbs should be tweaked as per the amount required to bind the patties well.
Fresh bread crumbs can be made by using the leftover top and bottom slice of a loaf packet of bread. Just put them in a food processor and crumble them up!
Form the cakes and shallow fat fry on a skillet in olive oil. Cook until crisp and browned on both sides!
Enjoy!

My almond saffron cake with kesar whipped cream frosting!Almond Saffron Sponge Cake: Ingredients: 1 cup Almond Flour 1/2...
05/22/2021

My almond saffron cake with kesar whipped cream frosting!

Almond Saffron Sponge Cake:

Ingredients:
1 cup Almond Flour
1/2 cup Wheat Flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup Sugar
2 tsp baking powder
A pinch of salt
2-3 pinches of Saffron soaked in 1/4 cup warm milk
1/2 tsp pinches of Ilaichi powder
4 tbsp unsalted butter or ghee at room temperature
2 tbsp cream cheese

Preheat the oven at 350 °F.

Mix or blend butter, sugar, eggs, saffron milk. Add the dry ingredients. Mix well and pour in a greased cake tin.

I use cooking oil spray for greasing the pan.

Bake for 30 minutes, until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Frosting:
1 cup Heavy whipping cream
2 tbsp sugar or sugar substitute
2-3 pinches Saffron or Kesar
2-3 pinches cardamom or ilaichi powder
2 tbsp cream cheese

Mix all ingredients in a wide bowl and Whip it till it forms stiff peaks.

Cilantro or coriander is an essential ingredient in my Indian kitchen. It is rich in antioxidants. And gives a delicious...
05/18/2021

Cilantro or coriander is an essential ingredient in my Indian kitchen. It is rich in antioxidants. And gives a delicious fresh flavour to most dishes.
Most of the times we simply discard cilantro stalks. But I always use them in my cooking, as they contain most of the flavour and nutrients.
Wash, dry and chop them up finely. Add them to daals, curries and veggies, to add some crunch and a fresh burst of flavour. 😊

Easy everyday Halwa Recipe: Roast wheat flour or almond flour in a good amount of ghee. The flour should be soaked in gh...
02/05/2021

Easy everyday Halwa

Recipe:
Roast wheat flour or almond flour in a good amount of ghee. The flour should be soaked in ghee. Roast on medium flame until it becomes medium brown in color. Simultaneously boil water in a separate pan.
The ratio of water and flour is about 2:1. 1 cup flour would need about 2 cups water. But you can adjust it as you cook.
Now add the water to the roasted flour and mix thoroughly until it absorbs the water and becomes shiny with ghee. Add sugar or Jaggery and cardamom powder now. Mix until Jaggery dissolves.
Halwa is done!
This is a very simple version I make often for the kids.
You can add rava or sooji, crushed or powdered nuts, or besan to this too while roasting.
I sometimes add a pinch or 2 of saffron for extra flavor!
Garnish with chopped almonds, pistachio or cashews!

Butternut squash and yellow bell pepper soup.⭐️ Ingredients: Butternut squash (peeled, cored, chopped into 1 inch chunks...
01/11/2021

Butternut squash and yellow bell pepper soup.

⭐️ Ingredients:

Butternut squash (peeled, cored, chopped into 1 inch chunks)
Yellow bell pepper
Onion
Carrots
Ginger

⭐️ Method:

Sauté the onion and ginger in some olive oil in a pressure cooker or Instant Pot. Add in the rest of the veggies chopped into chunks. Add 2 cups water or stock. Salt and pepper to taste. Pressure cook for 5 mins. Turn off the heat. Let it sit for 10 mins then release the steam. Let it cool a little and blend it up with some milk or cream or cheese of your choice like cream cheese or ricotta.
Heat it up and enjoy!
Optional ingredients can be some sage or thyme, a cube of bouillon, nutritional yeast. They all add extra flavor! 😊👍🏼

Homemade Wheat Bread Ingredients: 1 packet or 1/4 ounce Active dry or Instant YeastWarm water 1.5 cups of wheat flour 1/...
01/11/2021

Homemade Wheat Bread

Ingredients:

1 packet or 1/4 ounce Active dry or Instant Yeast
Warm water
1.5 cups of wheat flour
1/2 cup maida or all purpose flour or oats flour
1 cup warm milk
1 room temperature egg
Butter
Oil
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt

Method:

In a large mixing bowl put 4 tbsp warm water and 2 tbsp sugar. Mix it in. Add the yeast to this and let it soften for a few mins.
Now add it both flours, salt, milk, egg and 2 tbsp butter or oil. Mix it up well with a spatula. Once every thing comes together, oil your hand and sprinkle dry flour generously into the bowl and start kneading. Fold and knead your dough adding dry flour and oil or butter till you get a smooth soft dough.
Oil up your bread loaf tin. Shape the dough into a cycling smoothening the top by tucking in the dough under. Place this in your tin. Cover it up with a kitchen towel and keep in a warm place to proof for 30 mins.
In the meantime preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
After 30 mins the dough should have doubled in size. Brush the top with some milk. Bake this at 375 degrees for 30 mins.
Let the loaf cool down completely before taking out after this. Slice it up and enjoy soft and spongy Atta bread!

Roasted cheese stuffed sweet-red peppers 🌶 Cheese stuffing: Mix grated pepper jack cheese, chopped green onion and garli...
01/11/2021

Roasted cheese stuffed sweet-red peppers 🌶

Cheese stuffing: Mix grated pepper jack cheese, chopped green onion and garlic, salt and pepper into room temperature cream cheese.
Stuff the filling in the peppers and bake at 425 degrees for 15 to 20 mins!!

Edible Gum & Jaggery LaddooIngredients: 2 cups wheat flour1 cup edible gum 1 cup almonds 1 cup cashews 1 cup dedicated d...
01/11/2021

Edible Gum & Jaggery Laddoo

Ingredients:
2 cups wheat flour
1 cup edible gum
1 cup almonds
1 cup cashews
1 cup dedicated dry coconut
2 cups jaggery
Desi ghee.
Cardamom powder

Method:

- [ ] In a heavy bottomed kadhai or pan roast the almonds and cashews in a spoon of ghee and set aside. Using a few tablespoons of ghee pop the edible gum on medium heat, in 2-3 rounds. Set aside. Dry roast the coconut lightly and set aside.

- [ ] Now roast the flour in ghee until it changes color to milk chocolate brown. This needs to be done on medium low heat to avoid burning. Keep stirring continuously. And keep adding spoonfuls of ghee to ensure the the flour is not dry. Don’t add too much ghee either or it would be difficult to bind the Laddoo.

- [ ] Grind the almonds and cashews to a fine powder. Also grind the coconut if you used flakes.

- [ ] Add all these ingredients to a large mixing bowl. Add a teaspoon of cardamom powder.

- [ ] In the same kadhai or pan we used to roast all the above ingredients, add a spoon of ghee and melt jaggery on low heat. Do not cook it!! Just melt it a little so it’s easy to mix in. Now add this to your mixing bowl.

- [ ] Mix everything up thoroughly with a spatula, crushing the edible gum as you do so.

- [ ] By now your ingredients would have cooled down a little and would be easy to handle. Bind them into round balls using your hands. Press tightly to ensure they don’t crumble.

- [ ] Store them at room temperature. Enjoy!

Tomato and roasted veggies Bisque In an oven safe skillet sauté chunky pieces of garlic , ginger and red onion in some o...
12/15/2020

Tomato and roasted veggies Bisque

In an oven safe skillet sauté chunky pieces of garlic , ginger and red onion in some olive oil and butter. Add in carrot and red bell pepper. Keep the veggies chunky coz we’ll be roasting them in the oven. Now add in 1 large tomato.
Place it in the oven pre heated at 400 degrees. Roast the veggies for 20 mins. Now add a can of diced tomatoes. Cook for 15 mins more. Add Salt&Peppee to season. You can add your voice of herb like oregano 🌿 and some nutritional yeast.
Let everything cool down completely. Blend it with 1/4 cup heavy cream.
Since we’ve not added any water at any point, the blended mix will be thick and creamy. If you want it more liquid, add in water or stock and give it a boil before serving with some crunchy garlic bread to dip in alongside!!!

आटे और गौंद के लड्डू
11/01/2020

आटे और गौंद के लड्डू

Soothing Fall Soup 🍅 🥕 🧄 🧅 ⭐️Ingredients: 2 medium Carrots 3 medium Tomatoes 1 thumb size piece of Ginger 1/2 Red onion ...
10/31/2020

Soothing Fall Soup 🍅 🥕 🧄 🧅

⭐️Ingredients:
2 medium Carrots
3 medium Tomatoes
1 thumb size piece of Ginger
1/2 Red onion
4 cloves of Garlic
Salt to taste
1/4 cup Heavy cream

⭐️Method:
✨In a pressure cooker, melt some butter. Just chop all the veggies into big chunks. Sauté the onion until it starts to caramalize a little. Add the G&G and fry for a minute. Add the carrots and tomatoes and 3 cups of water. Add the salt and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
✨Let the steam release naturally. Strain the veggies and save the liquid. Let the veggies cool down completely. Blend them in a mixie with the cream. If you wish you may stain this blended mixture or mix it directly with the saved liquid.
✨Bring to a boil and enjoy steaming hot with some garlic toast or roasted Makhane. You can even add some tempering of ghee/butter, zeera and heeng. And add black or white pepper to your taste.

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