Eggless choclate cake - using Microwave

This is simple yet a tasty fluffy choco- cake recipe for those busy mom's out there. Simple less ingredients are used and it just takes around 5 mins to prepare. So without any delay here are the ingredients used.

Ingredients:-
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Maida - 1.5 cups
Sugar  - 1 cup

 Milk   - 1 cup+ 1tbsp

Cocoa powder - 3tbsp
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking soda     - 1/4 tsp
Salt                   - 1 pinch
Oil                    - 3 tsp ( optional)
Lemon juice     - 1 tsp
Instant coffee powder- 1 tsp
Water               - 2 tbsp

Method:-
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1. Sieve all the dry ingredients and keep aside.
2. Squeeze fresh lemon juice and keep ready.Prepare a microwave dish by placing a wax paper at the bottom and grease the dish with butter or oil and keep ready.
3.Now in a large bowl add sugar and milk and beat until all of the sugar is dissolved completely.
4. Now add the dry ingredients little by little and blend it to gather by using a beater.
5.Now add the oil and mix properly . The mixture will be silky and smooth. Now add water and lemon juice and mix it quickly and immediately transfer the mixture to the baking dish and place in the microwave.
6. Cook for about 3-5 min depending on the power of your microwave.
7. Check by poking the bamboo tooth prick at the center .If it comes out clear .its ready.
8. Remove and allow it to cool for 5-10 mins .
9.Its ready to be relished.

Stuffed bread rolls

Ingredients:-
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7-8 bread slices[remove the edges]
2-3 large- boiled mashed  potatoes
1 tbsp   -  chopped fresh mint leaves
1/2 cup - frozen thawed peas
1 large  - onion chopped
1/2 tsp -  ginger garlic paste
1 tsp    -  garam masala
1/4 tsp - turmeric powder
1/4 tsp - chilly powder
salt       -  as per taste
1/2 tsp  - cumin seeds[jeera]
1/4 tsp  - chat powder
1-2 tsp  - oil/butter/ghee for toasting

Method:-
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1.In a deep nonstick pan
 take 1tsp oil ,add cumin and afetr a min add chopped onions,ginger garlic paste and saute for 1-2 mins . Then add peas and add turmeric powder,chilly powder, garam masala powder and mix properly.
2. In a bowl take the boiled mashed potato and then add the above mixture add  chat powder and salt and mix properly. Now add chopped mint leaves and keep aside.
3.. Wet both hands and then tap the bread so as to make it slightly moist. Put the potato mixture about a spoon full in the centre and then slowly roll with wet hands and seal the edges properly.
4. Take a non stick pan. To it add a little bit of oil or ghee and slowly roast the bread roll on all sides so that it crunches out. Do remember to keep the flame in medium.
5. Enjoy hot with desired chutney or simple ketchup.

palak aloo ke laccha paranta

This is a kid friendly meal and a healthy delicious complete meal in itself. I often try to  make something which looks good full of nutrients in it. My lil one has become a picky eater.These lil ones have no time to sit in a place and have food too. This will be a good idea for the lunch box too. Spinach is rich source of vitamin and iron. Its full of fibers . Potato is believed to be rich in iron and other minerals too.Its best among the root vegetables.

Ingredients:-

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Whole wheat flour  - 2.5 cups

Spinach                  - 1/2 bunch

Potato                     - 2 large

Salt                         -   as per taste

Jeera                      -  2 tsp

Water [warm]

Ghee  / butter

Optional:-[adults version]

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Green chilles          -  2

Coriander powder  - 1/2 tsp

Jeera powder           - 1/2 tsp

Dill seeds                 -  1/4 tsp

Method:-

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1. Wash the potatoes and then peal them . Chop them into small cubes add a little water and cook in the microwave until tender.

2. Mash then properly and keep aside.

3. Wash the spinach leaves properly and with the stems chop them small and grind them to a fine paste.

4. Now add the mashed potatoes, spinach paste ,salt and jeera with salt as per taste to a large bowl.

5. Add atta [ wheat flour] and mix properly adding water little by little.

6. Kneed the dough to form a soft unsticky mass . Then keep aside covered with lid for about 10 mins.

7. Now make small round lemon size balls out of the dough .

8. Roll it a thin chapathi and then fold it like pleating a sari.

9. Roll inwards to form a coir as shown below. IT looks like a flower. Now press it down to form a flat layered patty

10. Now roll it just like a simple chapathi.

11. Heat the pan in medium heat. grease the pan ,then place the paranta. cook on both sides by greasing it with ghee ,butter or olive oil.

12. Enjoy with dal , chole or with thick yogurt and pickles on the side when its warm. enjoy......

Kesar badammilk drink/safron almound drink mix

Almond is a nut which is very beneficial for growing kids.It helps in brain development in both young kids and adults.It is a nut which is a rich source of fibers . We people in India try to use this nuts in many sweet dishes ,drink powder or even add it to the cereal powder used in small infants.Its believed that if a pregnant womem consumes these almonds through out her pregnancy right from 4th month to 9th month then her child will be born very healthy and will be very intelligent. Her baby will also have thick hair all over the scalp and the baby will be of fair complextion.This has proven to be a healthy drink for nursing moms and even tired adults.



Ingredients:-
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Raw Almonds - 2 cups
sugar - 1 cup[as desired]
kesar - 1/2 tsp
cardamom - 1/4 tsp

Method :-
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1.Take almonds, sugar, saffron ,cardamom in a blender and make a dry fine powder .
2.Store it in an air tight box.This will last for months together.



To prepare badam milk:-
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Add about a spoon full of the above powder,add very hot milk and pour it to another cup and keep mixing by pouring it to the same cup back and forth. Enjoy......

Gulli Appam[urad daal savory appam]

Ingredients:-
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ural daal - 1 cup
idli rava - 2 cups
yeast - 1 tsp
onion - 1 medium size
grated carrots - 1 large
coriander leaves- 2 tbsp
green chillies - 2-3 [optional]
salt - as per taste
bell peppers - 3 tbsp

Method:-
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1.Soak up the urad daal over night or in hot water for 2-3 hrs.

2. Grind the urad daal to form a fine smooth batter.Add idli rava to the batter and keep adding water little by little so as to form a batterlike idle batter.

3. Then add the yeast[mix yeast with luke warm water and keep aside for 2-3 mins once it becomes pasty its ready to be added to the batter].

NOTE:-
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YOU CAN ENTIRELY SKIP THIS STEP BY USING A STORE BOUGHT IDLI OR DOSA BATTER.

4.Chop up the vegetables very fine,grate the carrots and keep ready.

5.Salt the batter as per taste . Add all the veggies to the batter.

6.Now take the appam tava and grease it with a tiny drop of oil in all the chambers.



7.Fill all the chambers up to 3/4 full with the batter. Cover and cook for 1 min in medium flame.

8.Now slowly release the edges and flip it up side down. Do not cover ,cook for another min or until done.

9 Serve warm or room temperature with desired chutney or can be had as it is.

Creamy tomato carrot soup

Ingredients:-
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Carrot - 2 cups diced
Tomato - 3 large
onion - 1 medium size
garlic - 2 large cloves
ginger - 1tsp grated
cumin seeds- 1 tsp
chilly powder - 1 tsp
sugar - 1 tsp
Garam masala- 1tsp
pepper powder -1 tsp
butter - 1tsp
olive oil - 1 tsp



Method:-
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1. Pressure cook carrots until they are very tender. Puree it until it forms a fine puree.
2. Puree the tomatoes and keep aside.
3. In a pan add little bit of oil and butter . Then add cumin seeds and wait till they splutter. add onions and stir till it turns transparent. Now add ginger and garlic and stir for another 2-3 mins.
4. Now blend all the contents of the pan to a fine paste.
5. Add the remaining butter and oil and the cumin seeds[jeera] and just when it sizzels add all the puree into the pan and add all the masalas .
6. Add salt ,sugar and enough water as per your preference and simmer and cook for another 10 mins.
7. Garnish with pepper powder and butter. Enjoy....