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MOLASSES COOKIES




MOLASSES COOKIES

I learnt this recipe from my friend Sarah. She had baked 2 boxes of cookies on my husband’s big day party (his favorite) and when I first ate these, I was like wow!!!!! Awesome!!!!
Then we got together for dinner and baked cookies. We ate almost 10 cookies after having our dinner. So you can imagine how delicious the cookies must have been.
These cookies are not as sweet as regular cookies and are softer. I highly recommend this to all cookie lover’s like me and my husband.


Ingredients:

For full batch (makes 50 cookies)
1 ½ cup brown sugar
1 cup shortening (Crisco, margarine, butter)
2 eggs
1 cup molasses
5 cup flour

1tsp baking powder/soda
1tsp ginger powder
1tsp salt
1 cup boiling water

METHOD:



1) Preheat oven to 350 c
2) Cream brown sugar and shortening
3) Add eggs and molasses’s and beat well
4) Add flour, baking soda, and ginger powder, salt to wet mixture.
5) Mix well
6) Add I cup boiling water very slowly and beat well.
7) Drop by teaspoon onto a greased cookie sheet.
8) Bake at 350 c for 10 -15 minutes.
9) Enjoy soft yummy molasses cookies.

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MURMURA CORNFLAKES NAMKEEN (PUFFED RICE CORNFLAKES SNACK)




MURMURA CORNFLAKES NAMKEEN (PUFFED RICE CORNFLAKES SNACK)

Indian snacks are rich in calories (no one resists those!!!!) so I thought of trying something healthy, which we can easily eat everyday without thinking about its calorie count. The crispiness of poha and murmura and crunchiness of nuts makes it a well satisfying everyday snack.

Ingredients:

Murmura (puffed rice)- 2 cups
Roasted Cornflakes- 2 cups
Roasted Peanuts- 1 cup
Chana dal – ½ cup

Spices –salt , red chilli powder (1tsp), turmeric(1/2 tsp), amchur powder.

Method:

1) In a kadhai/ large frying pan, heat oil (1 ½ tbsp) and add channa dal.
2) Roast channa dal. Add spices. Mix well
3) Turn off the heat.
4) In a large bowl add murmura , cornflakes ,peanuts together.
5) Add the bowl ingredients in kadai/pot and mix well until all the ingredients are well combined.
6) Let it cool completely before storing in an airtight container.

Note-: you can also add roasted nuts to it.

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PAALAK TOFU (SPINACH TOFU)



PAALAK TOFU


Before going down I would like you to read something about tofu.
*Tofu is a soy bean product made by curdling fresh soymilk. Tofu is also known as bean curd or soy cheese, perhaps because it looks like cheese.
*Tofu is low in calories
*It is rich in iron, calcium ,magnesium,protein.
*It has no saturated fat or cholesterol.

This recipe is very healthy as it has green and white’s in it.
Green spinach is rich in vitamin A, C, iron and calcium. And also a good source of fiber.
White tofu is rich in iron,calcium,protein.
Ingredients:

Spinach(washed n chopped / canned)- put it in a mixie add green chopped chilli and run for a minute.Make it like a smooth paste.and keep aside.

Tofu(extra firm)-cut into pieces.

Indian masala
Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
Red chilli powder-1/2tsp
Coriander powder-1tbsp
Garam masla powder-1/2tsp
Salt-to taste

Ginger garlic paste-1/2tsp
Onion chopped-1
Tomato paste-2 big spoons

METHOD:

1) Heat oil in a frying pan and add cumin seeds.
2) Add ginger garlic paste, onions. Fry till it becomes light brown.
3) Add masala and mix it well. Add tomato paste.
4) Add spinach paste and mix it well.
5) Cook for 2 or 3 minutes.
6) Add tofu . Mix well.
7) Seve hot with naan,roti,parantha.

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ALOO BEANS (POTATO FRENCH GREEN BEANS)



ALOO BEANS SABZI (POTATO GREEN BEANS)

Ingredients:

Boiled potatoes (cut into cubes) -1 medium/1cup
Green beans (fresh/ frozen / canned) -1 cup
Onion (chopped)-1 cup
Tomatoes (chopped)-1/2 cup (optional)
Ginger garlic paste-1/2tsp
Cumin seeds-1/2tsp
Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
Red chili powder-1/2tsp or according to your taste buds.
Coriander powder -1tbsp
Garam masala powder -1/2tsp
Salt- according to taste
Oil-2tbsp

METHOD:

1).Heat oil in a frying pan /pot on medium flame .
2) Add cumin seeds and let it splutter.
3) Add ginger garlic paste and chopped onions, sauté till brown.
3) Add all the masala and mix it well .let masala cook for 2minutes.
4) Add boiled potatoes and beans to it. Mix well.Add tomatoes (optional)
5) Cover the pot and let the veggies cook till the gravy thickens.
6) Serve hot with naan,roti,parantha.

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EGG LESS BANANA CAKE








On my birthday, I and my husband decided to bake an egg less cake as my birthday was on Tuesday. So we planned that I would bake the cake and he will decorate it. I was amazed by his creativity when he showed me the decorated cake. It was very special to me and I loved the way he decorated it for me.


EGG LESS BANANA CAKE

Ingredients:

2 ½ Cup flour/Maida
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Evaporated milk
1 Cup mashed banana
2 tbsp Strawberry preserve/jam (just to give it a banana and strawberry taste. If you want to make a strawberry cake, then add 1 cup of strawberry preserves)
½ tsp Vanilla essence
100 ml Coke/ Coca cola
1tbsp Baking powder
½ cup butter/1 stick of butter.

METHOD:

1). Sieve flour and baking powder together and keep it aside.
2). Take a bowl, add butter, sugar, milk, vanilla essence and beat well till smooth.
3). Add mashed banana and strawberry jam/preserve and beat it well.
4). Add the flour spoon by spoon and milk if the batter becomes too hard.
5). Add coke/soda and mix it gently till smooth.
6). Pre heat oven to 300 C.
7). Pour the batter into a greased tin and bake at 300 C for 30 minutes till done.
8). Poke with a skewer to check.
9). When done cool it completely and then you can do icing if you like.

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MIX VEG JODHPURI (In thick yogurt gravy)


MIX VEG.( In thick yogurt gravy)

Ingredients:
2 Cup mix veg (carrots,beans,peas,corn,potaoes) sliced and boiled,you can also use frozen or canned mix veg.
Masala(turmeric,red chilli powder, garam masala, amchur powder, salt, coriander/dhania powder: according to your taste)
Cumin seeds/jeera
Ginger Garlic paste
1 Onion,chopped
1 Tomatoe,chopped/Tomato puree ( I used tomato puree)
1 Green chilli,chopped
1 Cup yogurt/dahi

METHOD:

1). Take a bowl add yogurt and all masala’s together and mix it well. Keep it for 10or15 minutes.
2). Take a kadahi, Heat oil and add jeera / cumin seeds, allow it to splutter.
3). Add ginger garlic paste.and onions,and green chilli’s.
4). Stir fry it for few minutes.
5). Add yogurt masala and stir it for few minutes till oil starts to seprate.
6). Add tomato puree n keep on stiring it.for few minutes.
7). Add all the vegetables and ½ cup water.
8). Cover and simmer for 5 minutes and cook till gravy thickens.
9). Serve with parantha,naan,bajre ki roti,bread.

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BESAN LADOO




Yummmm….Besan ladooo is one of my favourite sweet. My mother-in-law is expert in making great ladoos. I love eating her hand made ladoo’s. Well…. I have tried to make it like her bt still she is the best. Missing you and your hand made ladoo’s mumma.

BESAN LADOO

Ingredients:

2 Cups Besan ( Gram flour)
1 Cup or 1 ½ Cup sugar depending on your sweet tooth
1 Cup Ghee/ clarified Butter unsalted
1/2 Cup Cashews and Badam(almonds) chopped

METHOD:

1). Add ghee in a kadahi and heat over a low flame.
2). Add besan and keep on stirring it to avoid lumps.
3). When it becomes brown and starts giving an appetizing smell ,remove it from gas and let it cool.
4).Add sugar and mix well.
5).Add cashewnuts and almonds.
6). Shape into ladoos and serve

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