DAL PAKWAN

DAL PAKWAN

This is normally a Sunday breakfast for sindhi's :)
Yes it sure is hi on fat :) but it tastes yum :)

Pakwan

2 cups flour
1/2 cup oil
Salt to taste
1 tsp jeera
Oil to deep-fry
Knead stiff dough with the above ingredients
Roll into flat large rounds as thin as possible. Prick all over with a fork.
Heat the oil and put the pakwan in and fry to a light golden.
Once cool store in an air tight box.

Dal
2 cups Chana dal
Salt
1tbs jeera
1tsp turmeric
1tbs red chili
1tbs coriander pwd
1tbs amchur pwd
Green chilies

Boil channa dal with salt and turmeric till cooked but not over cooked, it should stay whole.
There should be very little water remaining after it’s cooked.
Transfer the dal to your serving dish. And prepare the tadka.
Heat some ghee and add cumin and slit green chilies
Pour this over the daal and sprinkle all the dry masalas
Serve with the pakwan and chutney.

BESAN CHILA

BESAN CHILA

1 cup besan (gram-flour)
1 cup water
salt to taste
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp ajwain

green chillies-finely chopped
1/2 cup methi leaves-finely chopped (optional)
Half a onion finely chopped
1 tomato (optional)
Oil

Mix all the ingredients, except oil, to make thick batter.
In a non stick add a little oil and add a big spoonful of batter and spread like a dosa.
Cook on low heat and Flip it over to on the other side.:).

METHI THEPLA

My love for Gujarati food will never diminish. I love sweet and spicy food. My mom would make these in bulk and keep them in a casserole on the table. And any time of the day we kids were hungry we would just grab one and dab some pickle on it and :) yeaaa yummy treat!
The bitter taste of methi and a light tinge of sugar give it that perfect gujju taste:)

METHI THEPLA
cups atta
2 tbsp oil
½ cup dried methi or 2 cups fresh methi
salt
2 tsp ginger
green chillies
1 tsp garlic
2 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp sugar
yogurt to knead

Knead with yogurt and make small thin paratha’s .

RAVA IDLI

My cousin asked me for some quick recipes :) well here are some instant posts just for u :) Mrs. U :)

Rava idli, one of my most favourite diet foods:) Its quick and easy to prepare. Tastes yum!,

Goes well with absolutely anything at home. Just a sprinkle of podi powder, any kind of chutney, rasam ,sambar, dal.. jus dip it with anything or not its simple flavours would make you want it more.

RAVA IDLI
2 cups sooji/rava (semolina)
1 cup dahi (yogurt)
1 tbs oil
1 tbs mustard seeds
1/2 tsp hing (asafoedita)

1/2 tsp baking soda (soda-bi-carb)
1 tbs chana dal (split chickpea)
1 tbs urad dal
3 dry red chilies cut into half
Curry leaves,
Coriander
Chopped green chilies
Salt
Heat oil in a heavy pan. Splutter the mustard and hing.
Now add the red chilies and the curry leaves.
Stir for a few seconds and add the dals.
Make a paste like batter of sooji adding curd and a little water if required.
Add the tadka that uve made to the batter and at the end add the baking soda and stir well.
Pour the batter in a idli case or a cake pan n steam for about 10 min :)

KARELA VADA

Bitter gourd :) KARELA people can run miles in a minute if u make them eat this. This bitter but yum vegetable has won my heart:)
The max I would have eaten this veggie was soon after I delivered... karela;s made by my mom soaked in ghee. Well that was a different recipe which ill share soon.
This recipe is my mom's actually, my mom’s mom's :) means my nani;s :)I would love to try karela in every possible way, salads, veggies, starters, munch snack :)
The best part is my husband who could never in his wildest dreams think of eating karela absolutely LOVES it now:)
If u are another fan of karela do give KARELA VADA a try:)

KARELA VADA

2-3 Bitter gourds’ (karela, Goya in Japanese)
3 boiled potatoes
1 tbs chopped garlic
1 tbs chopped ginger
1tbs chopped g.chili
1tsp cumin
1tsp mustard seeds.
1tsp hing
All dry masala's
Oil
Ghee

First Peel the bitter gourd and remove all the flesh. Cut them into long pieces and slit them. Fry them until golden brown and keep aside.

Next boil the potatoes, peel and mash them. In a pan add oil hing, mustard, cumin, garlic, ginger, g.chili and saute well. Then add boiled potatoes and all the dry masala's like red chili, turmeric, coriander pwd, garam masala. And then saute well untill masala is coated well. last add fresh corriander and some lemon juice.

Next fill this mixture into the fried bitter gourd. In a non-stick pan add little ghee and slowly put the stuffed bitter gourd in it and let it cook on low heat for 10-15 min. If you feel that the veggie is sticking to the pan add little water to it and let it cook.
Keep turning sides to cook evenly :)

SPINACH SOUP

This is my dad;s recipe. He drinks this soup everyday. This trip 2 india my hubby tried this soup n he loved it.Healthy, low-cal, a negative calorie burning vegie:), quick and easy WHAT MORE do u want ?? lol Ofcourse what i make is not even close to what my dad;s recipe is, but m trying:)

SPINACH SOUP

1 tbsp Butter
2 cups Spinach chopped
2 cups Milk
1 tbs garlic paste
1 tbs ginger paste
Oil
Salt & pepper

Heat oil in a pan,
Add crushed garlic and ginger.
Add chopped Spinach and saute well.
Slowly add the milk and water.
Drizzle salt and pepper and let it boil for 15 to 20 min.

**For people who dont care of calories can add cream n hi-fat milk.

CHOCO ORANGE CAKE

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24th was my honey's birthday and as a birthday tradition a egg less cake was imp.
But this time a egg less LOW FAT cake was more important:)
So got back to my moms recipes and altered it a bit and made this cake :)
He loved it... that's all mattered then n now:)
U can eat this cake without any guilt ;)

CHOCO ORANGE CAKE.

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup cocoa

1 1/2teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup yogurt

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1/2 cup fresh orange juice

1/2 cups water or low fat milk

1tablespoons grated orange peel

Greese a cake pan oil or butter and dust it lightly with flour. Preheat oven to 170 deg C

Mix the flours, sugar, soda, salt and cocoa.

Add yogurt, vanilla, water, and orange juice.

Beat well to combine.

Add in the grated orange peel, and pour into the cake pan.

Bake for about 30-40 minutes, until cooked.

As there is no icing,i decorated it with dusted powdered sugar fresh fruits and droplets of choco orange glaze.

CHOCO ORANGE GLAZE.

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 tablespoon cocoa

2 teaspoons orange juice

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Combine all the above ingredients in a nonstick n cook on low flame until a mild paste forms.

drizzle it over the cake.