This has to be the best , most healthy ,yummy and the burger which got the biggest smile award.And it is so satisfying to cook a healthy and tasty meal for the Family.I know you’ll agree with me .So, my kids are anti -oats, anti -beetroot and i just love both. My imagination again went…
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Samak Ke Kabab- Fasting Recipe
Samak Rice Kebab are kebabs made from samak rice/sama rice as they are called. Samak rice are soaked in water for a few hours and then mashed with potatoes and stuffed with paneer..It can be totally customized. You may even mash the paneer together with potatoes and rice. I made these with a stuffing of paneer and dry fruits and they came our super delicious.You can deep fry them.But i prefer shallow frying/ pan frying them with little oil,as i like to eat less oily food during Navratri. But its completely your choice.If you are deep frying them i suggest…
Pumpkin and kuttu singhare ke Appe
Gluten Free and Vegan Fating meal option. Appe made from pumpkin along with buckwheat flour and water-chestnut flour. A healthy substitute to the fried fasting recipes.They are light on the tummy and do not make you feel bloated at all.I tried them for the first time this year and instantly fell in love with them.Can be eaten in supper or a morning snack if you do.Super healthy as they have pumpkin.A perfect Fall recipe and can be eaten at as a halloween party appetisers .You may just substitute the flours with our regular all purpose flour or rice flours and…
Pumpkin Tortilla Chips: with waterchestnut flour and buckwheat flour
Baked Tortillas made from pumpkin pulp and buckwheat and water-chestnut flour. An apt recipe for fasting and a very healthy tortillas chips recipe which can be eaten with another flour substitute for other occassions as well. Notes:
Kids Tiffin Ideas- Ready in 20 Minutes
This has to be my favorite post. After all, the only reason i ventured into serious cooking is for my kids .Am a very protective Mom as far as the Food and its health quotient is concerned.And that drives me to find new options for them to enjoy their tiffin and provide them full nutrition at the same time. Its not that we do not eat things like pasta, pizza,noodles etc. But we have segregated our days .We do Healthy weekdays and Fun Weekends.And since my son has two breaks i also have to make it a filling one. Presenting…
Kuttu Ki Kachori /Buckwheat Pastry
Vrat Ki kachori or Kuttu ki kachori/Buckwheat Pastry is a cottage cheese stuffed pastry which is shallow fried on medium heat .These are not made from wheat flour,but from Buckwheat flour.In India during the fasting periods especially Navratri which falls around march and October only fruits or ingredients made our of fruit are used to prepare food.We normally avoid eating any grains at all. Food is eaten only once in a day and only rock salt is consumed during fasting.So all the recipes are prepared using rock salt or sendha namak as called in India. This year am trying this…
Chole Bhature Baked Mini Bites |How to make Baked Chole Bhature
CHOLE BHATURE Baked Bites How many of you love chole bhature? Presenting our very own chole bhature in a healthier Avatar!BAKED!!!With no compromise with the taste,these are just delicious.A crunchy bhatura base with masaledar/spicy chana .Served with aam ka achchar as topping. You’ll fall in love with it and might even replace the original with these.There are certain dishes ,which can bring your spirit and moods up anytime they are served. One such dish for me is Chole Bhature. A childhood favorite. I could hog on to these endlessly as a kid. But now you have to keep a close…
Doli Ki roti- Traditional Indian Bread- Fermented, stuffed and fried.
A whole wheat fermented bread /Roti, activated with an age old and traditional recipe of homemade yeast. The ingredients which make the yeast, give the entire flavor to the bread and take the taste of the bread to just another level. In my family these breads are just to die for. A heirloom recipe from my maternal grandmother and it still connects all of us together. It’s like a strong bond. Wherever, in whichever house they are prepared, they just travel automatically, with no prior invitation or demand, as the aroma and the whisper of their mere preparation brings the…
Moong Dal/Green Gram Pakoras (Fritters)
This is my mothers recipe.A superhit for all Tea parties,even as dinner parties snack.My family loved it and she was mostly instructed to make it for almost all family dinners.Its not funny,but these fritters do deserve all that love.We have grown up having these pakoras/fritters and relished each time she made them. Now, as a mother I can even relate to her,why she was so glad when we hogged on to these dal/lentil fries.She fed us Dal/Lentil,which was otherwise a Big fight and she won the war by simply disguising the proteins ,which we despised eating.Really,today I feel the same…
Cauliflower Nuggets
For me,the most special time of the day is my evening Tea Time! Specially this time of the year, when the weather takes a turn by each passing hour of the day and evenings are normally called in with a cloudy sky. A nice evening chai time snack is more than welcome.Normally,In this weather you would always find me frying something in my kitchen.But this time I tried a snack which is low calorie.I can bake as well as pan fry.These lovely Cauliflower Nuggets gave me company with my Tea. Cauliflower may sound very unconventional, but these come out just…