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Plum Cake || Eggless

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 A very rich, nutty, egg less plum cake for the holiday season.   Nutritional value This cake has different kind of dry fruits and 300gms flour. The cake gives almost 15 small pieces and each contains around 150 k cal each. Ingredients For filling (soaking of dry nuts in juice) 1 cup- Orange Juice 1 tsp- lemon jucie 100 gms- Tutti fruity 100 gms- Raisins 100 gms - Mix dried nuts For cake Dry Ingredients 1 and 1/2 cup (300gms) - All purpose flour/Maida 1/2 tsp- salt 1 tsp- Baking Powder 1/4 tsp- Baking Soda 1/4 tsp - Cinnamon Powder 1/4 tsp- Nutmeg Powder Wet Ingredients 1/2 cup- Hung curd 1/2 cup- Refine Sugar 1/2 cup- Jaggery Powder 1/2 cup- Butter/Ghee For Folding Keep half cup chopped Almonds and Cashews.  Method First soak all the dry nuts in orange juice and lemon mix and let it sit in fridge for overnight. In morning let the mixture come to room temperature and now add the wet ingredients in it along with jaggery, butter and sugar and mix it thoroughly. Now add the ...

Tandoori Chicken

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A very simple OTG cooked tandoori chicken. Marinated in Indian spices and its our kind of special dish for the thanksgiving always.   Nutrition Value Around 200 calories is in per 100gms of tandoori chicken, it basically the size of chicken which varies calories each time. Ingredients Whole Chicken For marination Garlic- 2 whole (chopped) Ginger- 1 inch (chopped) Curd- 1/4 cup hung curd for per 1 kg of chicken Spices 1 tbsp each- turmeric, garam masala, coriander masala, tandoori masala, salt Oil Mustard- 1tbsp Method Mix the marination ingredient and massage on inside and outside of chicken thoroughly and let it marinate for minimum 2 hours and maximum overnight. Pull out of the fridge half hour before cooking. Fix the chicken by tying it with thread so that it doesn't fall over.   Set the OTG or oven for 200 C (380 F) and fix it in the rotisserie section and let it cook for 60 to 80 minutes. In between brush the chicken with butter or ghee in every 15 minutes.  If you a...

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...

Paneer Kathi Roll

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Paneer kathi rolls are usually served as snack in India. I have mixed paneer with fried capsicum and rolled it in flat chapatis. Paneer can be replaced with tofu and the same recipe can be made with chicken strips too. Nutritional Value I have used 100 gms of paneer and two bell pepper and some spices for stuffing. The parotha is made of mix dough (whole wheat and all purpose flour) with oil in it and also used for cooking. Paneer- 265 kcal Whole wheat- 200 kcal All purpose flour- 225 kcal Ingredient For Dough 1/2 cup Whole wheat 1/2 cup All purpose flour 2 tbsp refine oil 1 tsp salt For filling Paneer-100gm Bell peper red and green- 1 each Onion- 1 medium size  Oil- 2 tbsp  1 tsp- coriander powder 1 tsp- turmeric 2 tsp- salt (according to taste) Method Mix all the dry ingredient of dough together add 2 tbsp of water one at a time to make the dough, keep kneading with more water unless it can ...

Memory sketch

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Childhood is always memorable for all of us, our family, friends, daily fun routine, school everything we want to live over and over. I grew up in a far away town, filled with people from across country, a government colony to be very precise. My roots are from the cold hills of Garhwal, but my dad's job kept us warm for good long years in the heart of Madhya Pradesh. Dad used to call it a cosmopolitan city as people from all over India were employed here. We had friends from all over the states. Dad was not much friendly but he had a very Friendly friend whom we called Mishra Uncle (in India Aunty and uncles are not subjected for relatives but mainly for neighbors and family friends). He was a very joyous person full of life and energy. In my childhood, he was the best uncle to be around but this story is about his beautiful wife, Mishra Aunty. I don't have words to subject her affection and kindness for other people and especially for me. She was a tall lady ...

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...