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Chipotle Chicken Bowl

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Easy way to assemble your favorite topping of Chipotle Chicken Bowl and enjoy at the comfort of your home, in this lock down times. Nutritional Value Almost 600 to 800 calories per bowl. Ingredients Chicken- 500gms Shredded Lettuce- 500 gms Tomato- 2 diced Sour-cream- 1/2 cup Capsicum- 1 sliced Babycorn- 5 sliced Cooked White/Brown Rice- 2 cups Cooked Beans- 1 cup Cheddar Cheese- Shredded Guacamole- 1 cup Method Marinate your chicken in few spices of your choice and add ginger and garlic to it. Then Fry it in a pan until they are cooked completely. Then chop your capsicum and baby corn in slices and fry them until cooked Now take the cooked rice and assemble all the ingredients in separate bowls, and let everybody assemble in the way they like. Enjoy!

Carrot Pudding (Gajar Halwa)

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A warm bowl of delicious Indian carrot pudding lifts my inner wintry spirit. I prepared it using only condensed milk without adding extra sugar. This yummy reddish bowl is all we need to warm up in cozy nights. Nutrition Value This recipe serves an approx 6 bowls of pudding with a maximum of 140 calories each. The pudding has carrot, condensed milk, and whole milk it. It is a rich dessert and considering the fat amount it should be in our occasional cheat list. Carrot- 615 kcal Amul Mithai Mate - 670 kcal Milk-  296 kcal Clarified Butter-  200 kcal Total Calories- 1781 kcal Calories per bowl- 300 k cal each piece Ingredients 1 and a half kg- Red Carrot 200 gms - Condensed milk 2 cups- Whole Milk 1/4 cup mixed crushed dry fruits 2 tablespoons- Clarified butter Method Clean and shred the carrots in a food processor. Take a big pressure cooker and add clarified butter and carrot into it. In a low medium flame keep sauteing the carrots for nearly ...

Coconut Ladoos

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A very simple three ingredients dessert Coconut Ladoos taste amazingly good and fresher than the regular sweet shops. It takes around 40 minutes to prepare the whole dish. Try this homemade fresh ladoos as a regular day dessert or for any festival, you will feel happy to serve the fresh handmade dish on the table. Nutritional Value Desserts are always high on calories, in this recipe, the coconut has iron, vitamin, b-6, Dietary fiber whereas the condensed milk has some protein. Here, I have used 300 gms of coconut and 300 ml of condensed milk. Calories*-  60 each Shredded coconut-1000 k cal Condensed Milk- 1000 k cal *calories are an estimation of my cooking. Servings- 30 to 35 small pieces Ingredients Shredded coconut dry or fresh - 3 cups (350 gms) Condensed milk- 300 ml Milk powder- 10 gms Clarified butter/ ghee- 1 Tablespoon   *Half cup desiccated coconut to roll the ladoos Method Take a heavy bottom pan and add ghee to it, saute shredded...

Oat & Whole-Wheat Pancakes

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Oat & Whole-Wheat Pancakes Stacked up pancakes are one of my favorite breakfast, the drizzling syrup, the dollop up butter with your favorite fruits it's both soothing to eyes and cheering for the tummy. Here, I have prepared an oat and whole wheat flour pancakes which makes its way to my son's lunch box too. Nutritional value This recipe serves six small pancakes with max 88 calories each. It has oat, whole wheat flour, egg and milk in it. So the pancakes are packed with protein, magnesium, good fiber and vitamins. Whole Wheat- 202 kcal Oat Flour-196 kcal Egg-70 cal Sugar= 60 kcal Total Calories- 528 kcal calories per pancake- 88 kcal Servings- 3 Ingredients Dry 1/2 cup - Whole Wheat flour 1/2 cup -Oat Flour 3 tablespoon sugar (any kind) 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder A pinch of salt and baking soda Wet 1/2 cup warm milk 1/4 teaspoon- Vanilla Essence 1 Egg Other 1 tablespoon oil/butter for preparing Preparation time-20 mins Cooking...

Mushroom Mattar Curry

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Mushroom Mattar curry is a perfect vegetarian main course dish for the non-meaty days and its vegan too! It has a creamy cashew, almond and onion base. The main recipe is called Mushroom Malai Matar but I opted-out cream to make it more health-friendly and regular on my dining table. Nutritional Value Calories*- 150 each Mushroom-  22 kcal Peas-  80 kcal ( 1/2 Cup) Cashew- 80 Almond- 70 Protein- 8gm *calories are an estimation of my cooking. *The oil or butter we use to prepare makes a real difference in calories. Servings- 3 Ingredients Main: 1 -cups peas 1 cup sliced button mushroom For Gravy/Base 1- Large red onion (chopped roughly) 8- Cashew (chopped roughly) 8- Almond (chopped roughly) 4- pods of garlic 1-inch ginger 2 bay leaves 2 tomato 1 small cinnamon stick 2 green cardamom 1 clove 2 green chilies (optional) 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder 1 tablespoon salt (adjust to taste) 1 teaspoon Red ch...

Vegetable Manchurian

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My sister and I always look for Manchurian and chili potatoes whenever we eat out, any hotel or restaurant if it's on their menu it will be on our table. So after eating it in zillion of places here is my version of Indo-Chinese fusion food 'Vegetable Manchurian Dry', have it dry or with gravy, with noodles or fried rice, it will never disappoint you. Nutritional Value These Veg Manchurian balls are shallow fried which cut lot of calories, and basically, this dish is made of only vegetables which fill our daily dose of nutrition. It has Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, iron, because of vegetables and its good for kids too. The oil or butter we use to prepare makes a real difference in calories. Calories*- 1500 (whole dish) *calories are an estimation of my cooking. Servings- 3 Ingredients For Vegetable Balls 2 cups of squeezed shredded vegetables (cabbage, bell pepper, carrot, green onions) 1- Red onion 2 heaped tablespoons of cornstarch and all-...

Oldest city in America 'St. Augustine'

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The essence of Spanish colonial architecture is encapsulated in historical buildings, beautiful brick roads and narrow alleys of St. Augustine city. Time has been standstill here, holding the substance of the 15th-century culture in the nation's oldest city. Located on the east coast of Florida adjacent to the beach St. Augustine is popular among tourists interested in history or  amenable  to know the culture of people who lived here centuries ago. Most of the buildings are renovated to keep the antiquity intact but the structures are still the same. The city gracefully welcome tourists from the Bridge of Lions, a double-leaf drawbridge guarded with two marble lions. The bridge connects downtown St. Augustine to Anastasia Island across Matanzas Bay. Bridge of Lions There are many museums and galleries in the city like Oldest House Museum Complex, St Augustine History Museum, World Golf Hall of Fame and Museum, Metalartz Gallery, The Old Jail of St. Augustine. ...