Peanut butter Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies 

Peanut butter Cookies are super delicious and easy to make.

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 250 gms 

Peanut butter - 80 gms

Jaggery powder - 125 gms

Baking powder - 1 tsp

Vannilla essence - few drops 

Method:

# Seive flour with baking powder.

# Mix peanut butter & jaggery well. (It should become like a smooth cream)

# Add vanilla essence to the butter jaggery mixture.

# Mix the seived flour with wet ingredients. Do not over mix.

# Preheat your oven @170'c.

# Grease the baking tray with oil / butter.

# Take small portions of cookie dough place it in baking tray.

# Bake at same temperature for 12-13 minutes. Once done cool on a wire rack and enjoy with tea / coffee.

Pl. Do try and provide your comments.

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Strawberry Cake (eggfree)

Strawberry Cake (Eggfree)

Good Afternoon 

An eggfree Strawberry Cake which is super soft and perfect for a tea time.

Ingredients:

Fresh Strawberry Compote - 4 tablespoons 

Refined flour - 1 cup (250 gms)

Sugar - 100 gms

Curd - 200 gms

Whipping cream - 100 ml

Baking soda - 1/4  tsp

Baking powder - 1 tsp

Vanilla essence - few drops 

Homemade Strawberry Compote:

Strawberries - 200gms

Sugar - 100 gms

Wash strawberries, chop them add sugar.

On a low flame cook the strawberries, once it becomes thick switch off the flame and allow it to cool down completely.

Method:

Seive refined flour for 2 times.

# Mix curd and sugar well.

# Add baking soda and baking powder Wait for 30 seconds (small froth will appear).

# Add Whipping cream and mix well.

Add vanilla essence, refined flour in two batches.

The cake batter consistency should be not too thick or thin.

Preheat the oven with 170'c for 10 minutes 

# Grease the baking tin with oil / butter.

# Pour the cake batter in the greased tin just add strawberry compote and use a spoon to mix gently.

Cake tin size (7×3) 

Bake the cake for 30 minutes at same temperature.

Check by inserting a knife...it it comes out clean (cake is baked well).

After 5 minutes unmold the cake and let the cake cool down on the wire rack.

Slice the cake and enjoy.

Chickpeas Beetroot Salad

Chickpeas Beetroot Salad 

Good Afternoon 

A delicious vegan salad made with few ingredients.

Ingredients:

Boiled chickpeas - 1 cup

Beetroot - 2 medium size

Green chilli - 1 no

Ginger - 1/2 inch

Coriander leaves - for garnish 

Lemon juice - few drops

Salt as per taste 

Method:

# Mix all ingredients add lemon juice mix well and enjoy.

Cranberry Tea Cake

Cranberry Tea Cake 

Good Morning 

A super delicious Cranberry studded tea cake which is eggless and super easy to bake.

Ingredients:

All purpose flour - 250 gms

Condensed milk - 380 gms

Odourless oil - 100ml

Curd - 50 gms

Powdered sugar - 50 gms

Milk - 100 ml

Baking powder - 1tsp

Cranberryies - 150 gms

Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp

Method:

# Seive flour and baking powder.

# Whisk Oil and condensed milk together until you get tiny bubbles. (It takes about 5 minutes)

# Add curd, milk, vanilla essence, powdered sugar and whisk well. All wet ingredients should be mixed well.

# Add Seived flour to the wet ingredients in 2 batches. Mix well.

Add the cranberries and mix well.

# Grease the baking tin (I used 7 inches square tin).

# preheat convection oven at 170'c for 10 minutes 

# Pour the batter to the greased tin. Tap the tin twice so that batter spreads evenly.

# Bake at same temperature for 25-30 minutes. Once baked check with a skewer, if it comes out clean (which means cake is baked well.

# Demold the cake after 10 minutes. Allow it to cool on a wire rack. 

Once it comes to room temperature slice the cake.

Pl. do try and provide your comments.

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Beetroot Thayir pachadi

Beetroot Thayir pachadi 

Good Morning 

A spicy with mild sweet Beetroot Raita which is a must in Onam Sadya. Traditionaly onions are added but I've not used it, if you wish you can use it.

Ingredients:

Beetroot - 1 medium size

Curd - 1 cup

Green chilli - 1 nos

Grated coconut - 1/4 cup

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

Salt as per taste 

Tempering:

Oil- 1 tsp

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Coriander leaves 

Method:

# Boil beetroot. Remove the skin chopp and add to the mixer jar with grated coconut, green chilli, cumin seeds add little water and grind to a smooth paste.

# Mix the grinded beetroot paste with thick curd. Add salt and mix well.

# Heat a pan and add oil, add mustard let it crackle well add the tempering to the Beetroot Raita/ pachadi. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Pl. Do try and provide your comments.

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Onion Capsicum Paratha

Onion Capsicum Paratha 

Good morning 

A healthy tasty Onion Capsicum Paratha to kick start your Day. It's a perfect for a lunch box when served with ketchup, curdor any Raita.

Ingredients:

Onion - 1 big

Capsicum - 2 small 

Carrots - 1 small

Oil - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder -1 pinch

Garam masala - 1/4 tsp

Red chilli powder - as per taste 

Dough

Wheat flour - 200 gms

Salt to taste 

Oil - 1 tsp

Method:

# To make dough mix whole wheat flour salt and sprinkle water and knead a soft dough add little oil knead well and close the dough with a lid.

# In a pan add oil add finely chopped onion, salt and saute well. Add finely chopped capsicum and grated carrots, red chilli powder, coriander powder,garam masala powder sprinkle water and mix well. Let it cook well. 

# once the mixture becomes dry switch off the stove and allow it to cool completely.

# Take small portions af dough and start rolling with the rolling pin. Spread the onion Capsicum mixture and cover with another chappati and again roll with the rolling pin gently so that the filling is spread evenly.

# Heat a pan cook the paratha by adding little oil on both sides flip the paratha and cook both sides. 

Onion Capsicum Paratha is ready to serve.

Pl.do try and provide your comments.

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Keerai Kootu

Keerai Kootu 

Good morning 

 A Lucious smooth tasty Keerai Kootu made with Arai / Amaranthus leaves. You can prepare with Serru keerai/ spinach (palak) etc. Kootu is a South Indian delicious side dish made with any vegetable / spinach with a coconut based recipe.

Ingredients:

Keerai/ Amaranthus leaves - 1 bunch

Moong dal - 1/2 cup

Grated coconut -1/4 cup

Jeera / cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1 pinch

Red chilli - 2 nos

Hing / asafoetida - as per taste 

Salt - to taste 

Tempering:

Oil - 1 tsp

Urud dal - 1/4 tsp

Red chilli -1

Method:

# Wash and chopp keerai (any spinach)

# In a pressure cooker add moong dal, keerai/ spinach, turmeric powder and 1/4 cup water and cook for 2-3 whistle.

# Grind grated coconut, red chilli, cumin seeds by adding little water.

# Add the grinded paste to the cooked spinach/ arai keerai. Add salt, asafoetida and boil for 2min.

# Switch off the stove. 

# Heat oil, add mustard seeds once it cracle add urud dall and red chilli pour the tempering in the kootu. Keerai Kootu is ready to serve. It's a fantastic pair with steamed rice and pappad.

Thank you!