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Jowar Bread

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No knead bread.. Gluten free bread.. Healthier bread... Topped with seeds.... Eggless and no yeast... Quick bread with very few ingredients available in your pantry. Add 200 gms milk + 200 gms curd  Whisk well Add 200 gms jowar flour + 1 tsp baking powder + ½ tsp baking soda + ½tsp salt. Optional I added some onion powder, garlic powder, pepper powder Mix and pour the dough in lined bread loaf pan.. Cook on 180 C for 25 mins.. Let it cool.. Cut slices and toast on pan before serving. It's nice earthy bread which goes well with rustic soups and gravies

Chocolate Marble Cake

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Chocolate Marble Cake  This is one cake recipe which turns out rich and butter , yet firm, good in taste as well as good for carving cakes to form different shapes.  Here in this case I made lightening mcqueen for my little son on his birthday Ingredients: 4 1/2 cup of cake flour 1 1/2 tbsp baking powder 1 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 cup butter 1 1/2 cup white granulated sugar 1 1/2 cup golden brown sugar 3 eggs 2 tsp vanilla extract 500 ml milk 1/3 cup cocoa powder Method Preheat the oven to 350F/ 160C.  Remove the eggs, milk and butter out of the fridge before 30 min , so that all the ingredients are at room temperature when you start. I used one 10 inch round silicon cake pan which I sprayed with cooking spray. I also used 8 inch metal cake pan which I greased with butter and covered with parchment paper. I have mentioned in the ingredients list to use cake flour, which is not very commonly available in India. But its very easy to make cake flour at home. For every cu

Microwave Sabudana Khichadi

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 Its simple to make sabudana khichadi in microwave. No tension of sticking on the sides of vessel and uses less ghee. so presenting you healthier less fat sabudana khichadi     Soak sabudana (sago pearls) for 3-6 hours. The soaking is a crucial step: I do this by placing 1 cup sabudana in a bowl and just barely covering it with water, then covering it and setting it aside. After soaking, the grains should still feel dry and separate, although they should feel soft and hydrated.Fluff with fork If using raw peanuts, roast at 425F for about 10 minutes and remove the skin. If using already roasted peanuts, skip this step. Once the roasted peanuts have cooled, grind coarsely. 2. To the soaked sabudana, add 2/3 C crushed toasted peanuts, 1 T sugar and 1 t salt (or to taste). 3. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine  1 t cumin seeds, 1-2 slited green chillies, 1 T ghee .Microwave for 1.5 mins, or until the cumin seeds sizzle and you can smell a fragrant "tadka"

Paneer raviolis in spinach sauce

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Palak Paneer A dish close to my heart... Even our marriage was fixed, I gotta know my hubby likes palak paneer very much.. My lil Bros Garg Mhatre & Rushank Patil teased me a lot calling Abhijeet Tendulkar as palak paneer.. they weren't very happy as "that man" was taking their sister away... Usually make palak paneer with garama garam parathas.. Today tweaked it a little...and it's new addition to my cookbook Paneer raviolis in spinach sauce ( Fancy name 😅😅) Mixed plain flour (1&1/2cup) with 2 eggs and salt and make a stiff dough and keep it in sealed bag for an hour.NO WATER ADDED.. to make it veg.. u can add water but make stiff dough In pan add oil+ onion+ mixed bell peppers+ dried basil+ herbs+ black pepper powder+ salt.. cook.  Off the stove Grate some paneer and cheese..  That's the filling. Blanch spinach leaves and puree. In fry pan add butter + garlic (lots)+ onion pureed.. cook.. add spinach puree.. cook.. add lil cream

Spicy french toast

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Ingredients 1egg, 1 tsp finely chopped coriander leaves, 1/2  tsp ginger garlic paste   salt & pepper   Method Whisk 1 egg,1 tsp finely chopped coriander leaves, 1/2  tsp ginger garlic paste with salt and pepper. Dip cut slices of 6 brown/white  bread into mixture and shallow fry on griddle.Add little ghee while cooking.

Pineapple Pastry

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                                        When I was a kid, every Saturday, my mom used to take me to Hanuman Temple. And on the way back, we used to stop many times in Monginis, a popular chain of bakeries which was very famous some 20 years back. This cake shop had many pastries and cakes. The pastries which were most popular back then were Black forest pastry and Pineapple pastry. They were delicious.          Nowadays, many bakeries have sprung,, many more international and national brands are available. But this pineapple pastry takes me back to my childhood....   Ingredients: A) Basic sponge cake       Please find the recipe here B) For the frosting 2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream ½ cup Confectioner’s sugar 1 Cup Pineapple chunks few cherries colorful sprinkles  C) For the syrup: 1 tsp lemon juice 1 tbsp Powdered sugar ½ to ¾ cup Ice-cold water/ drained syrup from canned pineapple Method: A) For the Basic Fat Free Sponge cake           Cool completely befor

Braised Chinese Cabbage

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                          Chinese white cabbage is a Chinese leaf vegetable often used in Chinese cuisine, it is particularly popular in northern China around Beijing (Peking). This recipe is quick, simple yet delicious n healthy way to enjoy chinese cabbage. Serve it with hot steamed rice or noodles. Ingredients: 500g Chinese white cabbage 1 thinly sliced green pepper 200 gm mushrooms, sliced 1 tbsp dark soy sauce 1 tsp brown sugar 1 tbsp hoisin sauce 2 tablespoons groundnut oil salt ground black pepper Method:  Wash the napa cabbage and separate the leaves and wash all the leaves. Chop 1 inch pieces.  Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a wok/ large frying pan and heat up the oil till its sizzling hot on high flame. Then add the Chinese white cabbage into the wok, stir fry it for 2 - 3 minutes, stirring constantly.   Add the green pepper strips and the mushrooms into wok along with the dark soy sauce, sugar, salt and black pepper  Pour over about