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Scones

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A very light snack for you evening tea, or an easy go to breakfast, scones plays all roles of the food horizons.     Nutritional Value Scones are basically flour and butter combination so, it has carbohydrates, fat and fiber in it. A homemade scones is roughly 280 K cal per piece and it can fluctuate according to the ingredients we add. Ingredients ( Wet) Butter- 1/2 cup cold Milk- 1/2 cup cold (Dry) Flour (half whole wheat and half all purpose)- 1 cup each Chocolate chips - 1/2 cup Sugar- 1/2 cup Salt- 1/4 tsp Cinnamon Powder- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder -1 tsp Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp Instant Coffee - 1/2 tsp Method First mix the dry ingredients together and then mix butter cubes in it. Mix it thoroughly either in a mixer or with pastry cutter until butter is seen as equally distributed chunks in it. Now knead it by combining all flour together and adding milk slowly, the texture should be like a rough dough. Try to give it a disc shape of  one cm in thickness. Cut it in triangle shape or any

Pomfret Fish | Coconut Curry

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Promfret Fish are small in size and serves one per person, it can be deep fried, baked or cooked in curry. Here I have cooked Promfret and dipped it in coconut milk curry.   Nutritional Value Pomfret fishes are good source of calcium, vitamins A and D, and vitamins like  B12. It contains fat too. A whole Fish contains around 270 Kcal and with the curry the calories goes around 350 Kcal per serving. Ingredients To marinate Turmeric and Salt 1 tsp for each fish. For gravy 2 - medium size onion 1- tsp mustard seeds 5 - garlic cloves 1/2 inch - ginger  2- medium size tomato Spices- coriander,  turmeric, chilli (1.2 tsp each) Salt- 2 tsp 1/2 cup- coconut milk 1/2 cup oil to fry and gravy. (mustard oil is preference) Chopped corainder leaves a bunc Method  First, we will marinate our clean fish in salt and turmeric and let them sit for half hour. In a heavy pan we will heat the oil and shallow fry them or 5 minutes from both the sides. In the same oil we will first put some mustard seeds and