Whole Wheat Beetroot Bread

Whole Wheat Beetroot Bread 

Whole Wheat Beetroot Bread is a super delicious, soft, healthy bread recipe made with minimum spices such as chilli powder, salt, dry fenugreek leaves/ kasuri Methi.

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat flour- 250 gms

Beetroot puree - 1 cup

Active dry yeast- 1.5 tsp

Milk -1/4 cup / 30 ml

Jaggery powder- 1 tsp

Salt - 1 tsp

Chilli powder- 1/2 tsp

Coriander leaves- 1/4 cup

Dry fenugreek leaves/ Kasturi Methi- 1tsp

Water - 3/4 cup / as per  required 

Oil - 2 tablespoons 

Method:

# Mix all the Ingredients.

# Mix everything except water. Sprinkle water and knead the dough. Add 1 tsp of oil and knead. Stretch and fold the dough...which is very important. It takes 20-25 Minutes to knead the Bread dough. Apply oil and cover the dough for 1/2 hr / until it doubles in size.

# After the dough proofs well punch down to remove the excess air and knead for 2-3 Minutes. Add 1tsp of oil and knead well.

# Grease the baking tin with oil / butter.

(Baking tin size 7×4)

# Give a log shape to the dough and place it in the tin.

#Cover well. Let it proof for 20-25 Minutes/ until the dough reaches the top.

# Preheat oven at 190'c for 10 Minutes.

# Milk wash the Bread and bake at same temperature for 30 Minutes.

# Once baked apply butter and cover with a cloth. After 10 Minutes loosen the sides of the baking tin and unmold. Let it cool down completely.

slice your bread and enjoy.

Please do try and provide your comments.

Thank you!

Banana Muffins (Vegan)

Banana Muffins (Vegan)

A vegan, delicious, super healthy muffin recipe made with whole wheat flour sweetened with Jaggery. 

 Made 6 medium size Muffins with the the below measurement.

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat flour- 3 tablespoons 

Jaggery powder- 1 tablespoon 

Ripe bananas- 3 medium size 

Baking powder- 1/4 tsp

Odourless oil- 2 tablespoons 

Vannila essence- few drops

Method:

# Sieve whole wheat flour and baking powder.

#Mash bananas mix  jaggery powder, oil, vannila essence.

# Mix sieved flour to the banana mixture.

# Preheat microwave oven at 170'c.

# Fill 3/4 of the batter in moulds. Slice bananas and garnish the Muffins.

# Bake at same temperature 170'c for 15-17 minutes.

Serve with tea / coffee.

Savoury Cheese Rolls

Savoury Cheese Rolls 

Savoury Cheese Rolls are super soft, delicious, tasty Rolls filled with  tomato ketchup, freshly chopped coriander leaves, processed cheese and some basic Indian spices.

A healthy whole wheat buttery Rolls filled with Savoury filling. You may try filling of your choice.

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat flour- 2 cups / 240 gms

Jaggery powder- 1.5 tsp

Dry active yeast - 1 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Butter - 3 tablespoons 

Milk - 1/4 cup

Luke warm water- 1/2 cup / as per the dough required 

Filling 

Tomato ketchup/ sauce - 4 tablespoons 

Chopped coriander leaves- 1/4 cup

Chilli powder- 1/4 tsp

Salt - a pinch

Cumin powder- 1/4 tsp

Processed cheese- 3 tablespoons 

Method:

# Mix wheat flour, active dry yeast, jaggery powder, salt, milk and 1/4 cup water. Make a soft dough. Stretch and fold. Add butter and knead a dough. It takes 15-20 minutes to make this dough. 

# Apply oil and cover it for1 hr / until it doubles in size.

# Once dough rises well punch down. Remove excess air and knead for 2-3 Minutes. If the dough is very sticky add so.e wheat flour/ 2 tsp of oil and knead.

# For filling mix, tomato ketchup, coriander leaves, spices, cheese.

# Roll the dough in rectangle shape with 1/2 inch width. Apply the filling and stard folding like we do for pin wheel shape. 

# Grease the baking tin with oil/ butter.

# With a help of a tread / knife cut the rolls.

# Arrange them in baking tray.

# Cover with  a cloth and let it rise again. It takes 15-20 minutes.

# Preheat oven @ 190'c.

# Bake at same temperature for 25-30 minutes.

# Once Baked cover with a wet cloth for 10 minutes.

# Demold on a wire rack.

Serve warm with Soup.

Double Chocolate Ragi whole Wheat Cake

Double Chocolate Ragi Whole Wheat Cake 

Good morning 

An eggfree Double Chocolate Ragi Whole Wheat Cake. This is a delicious, moist. chocolatee cake perfect for a tea break.

A healthy cake which is sweetened with Jaggery powder.

1cup=120gms

Ingredients:

Ragi flour- 1/2 cup

Whole Wheat flour- 1 cup

Jaggery powder- 1/2 cup 

Water - 1/4 cup

Ghee residue- 2 tablespoons 

Fresh cream - 1 tablespoon

Dark chocolate - 70 gms

Baking powder- 1 tsp

Method:

# Sieve whole wheat flour, ragi, baking powder for 3-4 times.

Preheat microwave oven at convection mode @ 170'c.

Grease the baking tin with oil. Baking tin size 7×4.

#Melt chocolate in microwave/ double boiling Method.

# Add ghee residue to melted chocolate, jaggery powder, warm water, Fresh cream and whisk well.

# Mix the sieved flour in 2batches with the wet ingredients.

# If the batter is too thick you can add 2 tablespoons of warm water and mix well.

# Pour the batter in the greased tin.

# Bake at 170'c for 30-35 minutes.

# Check by inserting a skewer.

Once Baked demold after 10 minutes on a wire rack.

Slice the cake after it completely cools down.

Please do try and provide your comments.

Thank you!

Airfried Nachos

Airfried Nachos 

Airfried Nachos made with leftover rotis / flat bread. A non-fried/ healthy and tasty snacks for tea break.

Ingredients:

Leftover flat bread/ rotis- 3-4  numbers 

Method:

# Cut the rotis.

# Arrange them in Airfrier. 

#Airfry @200'c for 10-15 minutes.

# In-between check and shake well.

Nachos are ready to serve.

Serve with cheese sauce or Salsa and enjoy.

Pl.do try and provide your comments.

Corn Pulao

Corn Pulao 

Corn Pulao is a delicious, mild flavoured, less spicy Pulao which is very easy to make at home. You can use sweet corn / Desi corn to prepare this dish. Today I used normal raw rice, you may try with basmati rice which gives nice taste and aroma to this Pulao.

Ingredients:

Sweet Corn - 1/2 cup

Capsicum- 1/4 cup

Raw rice- 1 cup

Clove - 2 nos

Cinamon- 1 inch

Star Anise- 1 no

Cardamon- 2 nos

Raisins- 4-5nos

Oil / ghee - 1.5 tablespoons 

Jeera / cumin - 1 tsp

Onion - 1 finely chopped 

Green chilli  - 2 nos

Salt to taste 

Method:

# Wash  rice and soak for 10 minutes.

# In a pressure cooker  add oil / ghee, add all the whole spices, cumin/ jeera and saute well.

# Add the chopped onions, green chilli's, corn, capsicum and saute well.

# Add salt, washed rice, 2 cups of water and cook the Pulao for 2 whisles.

# Allow the pressure to release.

Corn Pulao is ready to serve.

Strawberry Oats Smoothie

Strawberry Oats Smoothie 

Good morning 

Healthy, delicious, creamy, smooth Strawberry Oats Smoothie to kick start your day. You just need few ingredients to make this yummy creamy Smoothie.

Ingredients:

Roasted Oats- 2 tablespoons 

Fresh Strawberries- 10-12 nos

Milk - 1cup

Sugar - 1.5 tablespoons 

Method:

# In a mixer jar add Roasted Oats, Strawberries, sugar and blend well. 

# Add milk and blend once again.

Smoothie is ready to serve. Garnish with chopped Strawberries and Roasted Oats.

Pl. do try and provide your comments.

Thank you!