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Chick Pea in Gravy (Chole)

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

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 ...

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...