Besan Ladoo

Besan ladoos are one of the easiest yummiest and healthiest sweet from India. Nutty and sweet aroma of Chickpea flour fill your home while making this sweet. This protein filled sweet is equally loved by children as well as grown ups.

There are various methods people make this sweet. Method I am sharing here is my mom's recepi and full proof. You can make this sweet entirely from chickpea flour but adding little bit of samolina add crunch to the ladoos. We love it in this way but only chickpea flour ladoos are equally tasty.

Ingredients:

1.5 cup chickpea flour or besan

1 tbs Samolina

1/2 cup ghee or clarified butter.

3/4 cup sugar, powder it or you can use boora or tagar.

1/2 tsp cardimom powder( optional)

almond flakes for garnishing.

Method.

1. sieve the chickpea flour in a heavy bottomed pan, Add samolina and dry roast on medium flame for about 5 minutes untill a sweet aroma starts coming. Color will change slightly at this stage.

2. Add ghee and cook on medium sim flame until you'll get beautiful gloden color and raw smell of chickpea flour is gone.

3. Switch off the gas and let the mixture cool. When it is just warm add powdered sugar and cardimom powder. Mix well and make small balls or ladoos.

4. Garnish with sliced almonds.

Your yummiest ladoos are ready. Enjoy and leave feed back please. :)  

Crunchy Green Salad

My easy peasy healthy yummy creamy crunchy Green Salad. Replace with lunch or dinner and make your weight loss much easier. Complete meal under 80 Calories and soo yummy that you can have it everyday. Best part can be made in just 5 minutes with few ingredients.

Celery is the main ingredient of this salad which is considered as negative calorie food as our body require to consume more energy to digest celery than it produce. It also contain a good amount of water to keep your body hydrated.

I am not a very healthy eater and do not like salad much but nuttiness, Calories  and crunchyness in this salad make me wants more with each bite.

so lovely people wait over and here comes the recepi or if I correct my words 'procedure'.

Dressing:

2 Tbs home made low fat yogurt

a pinch of salt

1/4 tsp crushed pepper

1 tsp Chia seeds 

Mix everything well and keep aside for 5 minutes so chia seeds absorb moisture.

Salad:

1 Celery stalk diced

1 medium size carrot peeled and diced

1/4 cup chopped cabbage 

1/4 cup diced cucumber

1/4 cup baby spinach

2 tsp sunflower seed ( you can use any seed mix)

Mix all the ingredients and toss with yogurt dressing. Taste salt and add more according to your taste.

Serve immediately or chill in fridge and serve.

Enjoy your low calorie but healthy and filling salad. Any questions feedback and suggestions welcome :)

Wholewheat brown bread

 

Ingredients: will yield 2 loaves

3 cups wholewheat flour

2 cups white flour use as required and some extra for kneading

2 tbs sugar

1 tbs salt

4 tsp active dry yeast

21/4 cups very warm water

2 tbs olive oil

melted butter for greasing

Method:

In a big bowl stir wholewheat flour, sugar, salt, olive oil and yeast until well mixed

Add warm water and beat with electric mixer or manually for 2 minutes untill you'll get a mixer with no lumps.

Stir remaining white flour adding 1 cup a time until dough become easy to knead or handle. Place dough on a lightly floured surface and knead well for 10 minutes. you will get a very smooth and springy dough.

Grease a large bowl with butter. Place dough in bowl, cover with cling wrap and leave in warm place for 1 hour. Dough will rise and get doubled in size.

Gently deflate and devide in 2 equal parts. Roll each part in a reactangle and roll toghtly. Fold both eands and pinch to seal the roll.

Place loaves seam side down in greased loaf pans. brush loaves slightly with melted butter, loosely cover and leave for 45 minutes. It'll rise and double in size.

Preheat oven on 210C and bake the loaves on lowest rack for about 25-30 minutes, until you hear a hollow sound on tap and loaves are golden brown.

Remove loaves on cooling rack and immediately brush with melted butter. Let  the loaves cool completely before slicing, so that you can get neat and perfect slices 

Your perfect bread is ready for toast and sandwiches. :) Happy Baking. Any questions and suggestions always welcome :)

classic white bread

Classic white bread beautifully baked, perfectely smooth texture. Ideal for yummiest toasts and sandwiches 

Ingredients: will yield 2 loaves

6.5 cups plain flour

3 tbs sugar

1 tbs salt

41/2 tsp active dry yeast

21/4 cups very warm water

2 tbs softened butter or olive oil

melted butter for greasing

Method:

In a big bowl stir half of the flour, sugar, salt, softened butter and yeast until well mixed

Add warm water and beat with electric mixer or manually for 2 minutes untill you'll get a mixer with no lumps.

Stir remaining flour adding 1 cup a time until dough become easy to knead or handle. Place dough on a lightly floured surface and knead well for 10 minutes. you will get a very smooth and springy dough.

Grease a large bowl with butter. Place dough in bowl, cover with cling wrap and leave in warm place for 1 hour. Dough will rise and get doubled in size.

Gently deflate and devide in 2 equal parts. Roll each part in a reactangle and roll toghtly. Fold both eands and pinch to seal the roll.

Place loaves seam side down in greased loaf pans. brush loaves slightly with melted butter, loosely cover and leave for 45 minutes. It'll rise and double in size.

Preheat oven on 210C and bake the loaves on lowest rack for about 25-30 minutes, until you hear a hollow sound on tap and loaves are golden brown.

Remove loaves on cooling rack and immediately brush with melted butter. Let  the loaves cool completely before slicing, so that you can get neat and perfect slices 

Your perfect bread is ready for toast and sandwiches. :) Happy Baking. Any questions and suggestions always welcome :)

Carrot Halwa in microwave

Ingredients:

11/2 cup grated and slightly squeezed carrots.

1 tbs Ghee

1/3 cup milk

2 tbs milk powder

5-6 tbs sugar

3 tbs cream

nuts to garnish(optional)

Method:

Mix Melted ghee and carrots in a microwave safe and heat proof bowl and microwave on high for 2-3 minutes.

Mix rest of the ingredients to the carrot and ghee mixture and stir well.

Microwave for 8 mins mixing after each 11/2 minute.

Your carrot halwa is ready. Garnish with nuts of your choice. Serve hot or cold. 

Choclate Ganache

This ganache is my favourite ganache with coffee flavour and bit on sweeter side.

Ingredients:

1 cup cream

1 cup dark choclate chips or grated choclate

1 tsp instant coffee powder

1 tbs sugar.

Method:

Take choclate chips, sugar and coffee powder in a heat proof bowl. Boil cream and pour on choclate chips. Leave undisturbed for 3-5 mins. Stir until you get a smooth mixture. Let it cool completely before use. Whip for a minute to make it airy.

Your yummiest mocha flavored ganache is ready.

Banana white chocolate muffin

Best way to use over ripe bananas, healthy, yummy, perfect option for tea time snacks or school lunchbox

Ingredients:

2 cups self raising flour 

1/2 cup caster sugar

1/8 tsp salt

60 gm butter melted 

1/2 cup milk at room temperature 

2 eggs/ replace eggs with 1/4 cup of thick yogurt nicely beaten 

2 bananas pureed

1 tsp vanilla essence(optional)

3/4 cup choclate chips or chopped choclate white or brown whatever you prefer. I used chopped white choclate.

Procedure:

Preheat oven at 180C and prepare your Muffin trays. you can make 48 mini muffins or 12 large muffins with this quantity.

Sift flour in a bowl, add salt, caster sugar and mix well

Melt butter, Add milk, eggs, banana puree and Vanilla essence. Whisk to mix well.

Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon gently.

Mix choclate chips or chopped Choclate and stir gently, do not over mix. leave some chocolate to sprinkle on top of muffins.

Fill muffin cases 2/3, sprinkle some choclate.

bake on 180C until light brown on top. 

Approximately 20 mins for large size or 15 mins for mini muffins.

cool on wire wrack and your muffins are ready to serve.