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Cakey Brownie

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To fill that sudden chocolate craving, a simple chocolate chunks filled cakey brownie, hope I get all brownie points for this. Nutritional Value They are whole wheat and AP flour mixed brownies, though it is more fibrous so one piece here and there won't harm. Whole Wheat Flour AP Flour Cocoa Powder Butter Around 12 pieces and each piece is around 120 calorie. Ingredients Whole Wheat Flour- 1/2 cup AP Flour- 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder- 1/2 cup Butter- 1/2 cup melted Brown Sugar- 1/2 cup White Sugar- 1/2 cup Chocolate- 100 gms Eggs- 2 Baking Soda- 1/2 tsp Baking powder- 1/2 tsp Method Chop the chocolate bar in small pieces and melt it in a bowl Mix the sugar, eggs, butter with the melted chocloate one at a time. It should be all mixed and look like this. Now add the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly with the wet ingredients. Place the batter in a greased and parchment paper set 9 by 7 inch pan and put few chocolate...

Bagels | Homemade

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I say them distant cousin of doughnuts usually, as they lookalike to me. Here, I have made homemade bagels both plain and with sesame seeds around.   Nutrition Value I always use half All Purpose Flour and half Whole Wheat Flour, they are all carbs and fibre , perfect for breakfast. This recipe makes 12 bagels and almost 200 kcal per bagel. Ingredients AFP- 1/2 cup Whole Wheat- 1/2 cup Yeast- 1 and 1/4 tsp Warm water- 1/2 cup Sugar Sesame seeds- 100 gm to roll over the bagel A big pot of boiled water Method Mix flour, yeast and sugar in a dough mixture and add water slowly to form a dough and in a slow speed knead it for 3 minutes. Take it out and let the yeast rise the dough. After an hour the dough will double its size, punch it down to roll it more. Roll the dough in small pieces and then roll again in pipe like formation to make round shape. Take a big pot and boil water in it, add little sugar in the water. Now drop the bagel...

Pineapple Chicken Gravy

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A little sweet twist to our traditional Chinese chicken with gravy, here I have added pineapple chunks, juice and little bit of brown sugar to get that tropical sweetness to the plate.    Nutritional Value A well combined dish with vegetables and chicken and fruit, which serves 3 with inputs of Vitamin C, A, Calcium and Iron Chicken- 440 kcal Veggies-200 k cal Total calories will be around 300 k cal per person adding the process of cooking. Ingredients For chicken marination Chicken Breast- 400 gms (chopped in small cubes) one egg 2 tbsp of corn flour 2 tbsp of APF  Salt to taste 4 cloves of crushed garlic For Gravy 2 tbsp of Brown Sugar 1 cup of Pineapple Juice 4 cloves of crushed garlic 1 tbsp of soya sauce 2 tbsp corn flour mixed in 1 cup cold water 1 tsp of vinegar 1 tbsp chili sauce Salt to taste Vegetables chopped in chunks 1 cup Capsicum 1 cup Pineapple 1 cup  Onion  1 cup  Brocc...

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...