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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 triangl...

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 pu...

Chicken Mushroom Pasta

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Chicken Mushroom Pasta with white sauce, easy dinner time fix for any day. Here, I have used boneless chicken breast and penne pasta for the recipe. Nutrition Value Its a perfect mix of carbohydrates and protein and gives a very balance diet. Ingredients Chicken Breast- 250 gms Pasta (any)- 250 gms, cooked as per packet instruction. Mushroom- 250 gms Onion- one small Garlic- 2 cloves Salt and pepper as per taste Oil- 2 teaspoon White Sauce 1/2 cup milk 150 gms cheese (any) Salt, Pepper Butter- 1 tbsp Method Flatten the chicken breast and cook it in a pan with little butter. Chop Mushrooms, Onion, two cloves of garlic. Take a pan add 1 tbsp oil, and fry onion in it, then add mushroom and garlic and keep frying untill everything is cooked. Prepare the white sauce, first add little butter to the pan, then fry two teaspoon of flour in it, quickly add milk and keep stirring, we don't need lumps, add more mi...

Apple Crisp

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A crunchy layer of Oat and flour over a gooey cinnamon apple, a very easy and quick desert for anytime. Here, I have made apple crisp with oat and all-purpose flour topping, I personally like it as a baby Apple pie as it tastes and smells same to me. Nutritional Value Apple crisp has apple, old fashioned oats, butter, and all purpose flour in it, this recipe serves 4 and has Apple,Sugar, Oats, AFP and Butter which is almost 160 calories per serving. Ingredients  Apple- 5 firm apples Rolled Oats- 1/2 cup AFP- 1/2 cup Butter- 1/2 stick room temperature Cinnamon-  1 tbsp Salt- 1/2 tsp Brown Sugar- 1/2 cup Lemon juice- 1 tbsp White sugar- 2 tbsp Method Peel the apples and slice them in medium slices not too thin or thick, add lemon juice, white sugar and keep aside for 10 minutes. Take another bowl add the whole dry ingredient, brown sugar with butter and mix very well. Butter a 9*6 baking dish and spread the apples evenly on it, now c...

Namkeen Bites

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Savory bite size namkeen is a perfect snack while having family time or fun time. Easy to prepare these homemade crispy delights are easy to store and a have a shelf life of more than 40 days. Nutritional Value  These yummies are deep fried in oil, so a lot of munching could effect our crease lines. So munch is limited quantity. This recipe you can make almost 200 bites. Calories*- 10 each All-purpose flour- 365 kcal Whole wheat flour- 365 kcal Oil- 2000 (1 cup) *calories are an estimation of my cooking. Ingredients For dough All-purpose flour and Wheat Flour - 1 cup each(350 gms) Oil- 3 tablespoons cup 1/2 teaspoon salt Carrom seeds ( ajwain - 1/2 teaspoon) 1/2 cup water Method  To make a dough First mix the dry ingredients together then add oil to it, try to mix as much as you can so when you bind the flour just by hand it forms a loose shape. Now add water 1/4 cup at a time and try to knead as tight as possible, wa...

Chick Pea in Gravy (Chole)

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Another healthy and easy to fix breakfast or anytime snack Oat & Gram Flour Chilla.    

Pizza Anyone!

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Pizza is a global food star which has seized our capability to order especially if you have kids at home. Online delivery gods have definitely eased our life for odd time cravings. But, if you have a kid with a sensitive diet and you don't want a constant source of preservatives in your body, try this homemade pizza which is made on the stove top, so the oven is also not an issue here. Nutrition Value This recipe serves a 10 inch (small, 6 slice) pizza with a maximum 190 calories each. It is a combination of whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour. So the pizza has good fiber and toppings can be arranged as per choice. Whole Wheat- 202 k cal All-purpose (maida) - 182 k cal Oil- 240 k cal Cheese- 500 k cal Total Calories- 1124 k cal calories per pancake- 190 k cal each piece Servings- 3 Ingredients For the Dough 1 cup - Whole Wheat flour 1/2 cup -All-purpose (maida) 2 tablespoon oil (any kind) 1 teaspoon- oregano A pinch of salt Yeast preparation 1/4 cup...