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Whole Wheat Pancakes

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Easy and tasteful delights to make your mornings, whole wheat pancakes with banana and chocolate chips and homemade banana induced syrup.   Nutritional value This recipe serves ten pancakes with max 80 calories each. It has banana, brown sugar, whole wheat and, milk in it. Whole Wheat- 400 kcal Banana- 360 kcal Brown Sugar- 60 kcal Ingredients For Pancake 2 cup Whole Wheat 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate (any kind) 1/3 cup milk 4 banana 1 egg For syrup 4 tablespoon brown sugar half tablespoon butter 1/2 tea spoon vanilla essence 1/2 cup water Method Mash the banana with one egg and few drops of vanilla essence.  Mix the whole wheat flour with baking-soda, baking powder and salt. In a pan melt half tablespoon butter and add brown sugar to it, as soon as sugar starts melting add half cup water to it and let it boil. Add banana slices and vanilla essence to it. Cook till the bananas looks little wilted. ...

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 ...

Open Face Sandwich

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Open Face Sandwich The best way to include semolina in your diet is this open face sandwich. Perfect for breakfast, kids lunch or snack, it's tasty and healthy with no guilt even if you are on a diet. Nutrition Value This recipe serves an approx 12 bread slices with a maximum of 140 calories each. The sandwich is a combination of semolina, oat flour, and curd. Semolina- 560 kcal Oat flour - 80 kcal Curd-  143 kcal Bread- 80 kcal Total Calories- 783 kcal Calories per piece- 140 k cal each piece Ingredients 1 cup - Semolina 1/2 cup -Oat flour (maida) 1 cup- Curd 2 teaspoon salt 1cup- mixed shredded vegetables (capsicum, carrot, onion, tomato) 1/2 teaspoon Garam masala Method Mix the semolina, oat flour and curd in a bowl with salt. Let it sit for ten minutes. Add all vegetables and garam masala to it. Check the consistency if its should in spreadable form and if it does not add one tablespoon of milk or water at a time to make get the consis...

Cade cove

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To refresh our-self with some cold breeze far away from the sunshine state, we (family of three) decided to take a small tour of the Great Smoky Mountains. We shopped for some winter clothes, as this was my sons first time in the snow and being in Florida means you have to prepare mentally for some cold because here we don't have winter months we have only winter weeks. We started our journey from Tampa by Friday afternoon and drove a little over 3 hours to take a break. Tip- If you are traveling with small children I will advise to search and be prepared in advance for your stops and if you have time search for some outlet near highways or shops like IKEA, Walmart because here kids can easily stretch their legs and you can grab some snack and can freshen up too, so its a kind of win-win. After driving for 6 hours, we checked in at Marietta, GA. Next morning we had our go-to breakfast and drove straight for 4 hours to reach our first destination, Cade Cove loop at Tennessee...

Mathri

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Mathri Crispy and crunchy bites of Mathri, a very popular Indian snacks paired with pickles over a cup of tea and off course family and friends. Nutrition Value This recipe serves a 35 to 40 pieces with a maximum 30 calories each. It is a combination of whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour. Whole Wheat- 202 k cal All-purpose (maida) - 220 k cal Oil- 480 k cal Total Calories- 1000 k cal Calories per piece- 30 k cal each piece Ingredients 1 cup - Whole Wheat flour 1 cup -All-purpose (maida) 4 tablespoon oil (any kind) 2 teaspoon salt Carom seeds (ajwain)- 1tbs Dried Fengureek leaves - 3 tbs 1 cup oil to deep fry Method First mix the dry ingredients together with oil and blend it properly, the dough should form a loosen shape when pressed hard between palms. Now add 2 tablespoons of water at a time the dough should be hard at the end not soft and mushy. The soft dough will make the mathri not so crispy. Divide the dough in small parts and roll it ...

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...

Eggless Chocolate cake

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Simple homemade egg-less chocolate cake in pressure cooker. Here, I have prepared a very basic cake which takes only one and half hour from start to finish and the results are cheek to cheek smile on the loved one faces. Nutritional Value The cake has all purpose flour and oil in it so it's out of the health checklist but in for the cheat meals. since it's a small and light cake it gives six normal pieces of cake, around 200 calories each. Calories*-  175 k cal each All-purpose flour-455 k cal Milk- 80 k cal Sugar- 387 Oil- 120 *calories are an estimation of my cooking. Servings- 6 pieces(pastry size) Ingredients Dry All-purpose flour (Maida) - 1 cups Cocoa Powder-  1/4 cup Baking Powder- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda- 1/4 teaspoon Salt- 1/4 teaspoon Wet Whole milk- 3/4 cup Sugar- 1/2 cup lemon juice- 2 tablespoons Clarified butter/ Butter/ Vegetable oil- 1/2 cup Vanilla- 1/4 teaspoon Method To heat the pressure cooker Take around...