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Cheese Garlic Bread | Homemade

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Delicious cheese garlic bread, to calm your quarantine lock down cravings, easy to make and you will be favorite in your family for serving them this home made bread. Nutrition The bread combination is half whole wheat and All purpose (AP) Flour, with lots of cheese and garlic. It is a cheat snack and therefore I will overlook the health benefits. Ingredients For Dough 1 cup whole wheat Flour 1 cup AP Flour (Maida) 1 and 1/2 tsp yeast 5  pods Garlic 1/2 cup warm water 1 tbsp oregano 1 tbsp Chili Flakes Salt to taste For Filling 15 pods Garlic 150 gms Mozzarella cheese 1 tbsp oregano 1 tbsp Chilli Flakes 1/2 cup chopped coriander 1/2 cup butter melted Method Mix the dough ingredients in the Bowl or kneading machine and mix everything well, set aside for 1 to 2 hour til the dough rise to double. The recipe will make two 6 pieces of garlic bread. Now take a grease cooking sheet and spread your dough on it evenly. I don't use roller pin as I direct...

Sweet Potatao Pancakes

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A very healthy twist to regular pancakes, just add some boiled sweet potatoes to it. I have made some delicious pancakes here and served it with some fried eggs and a cup of coffee. Best way to welcome 2020, Happy New Year to all.   Nutritional Value In this recipe 6 pancakes can be made of almost 4" dial. Which have almost 60 calories in each considering the usage of butter or the syrup at the end. Sweet Potatoes- 120 kcal Wheat flour- 114 kcal APF-  91 kcal Ingredients Sweet Potatoes- 100 gms Wheat flour- 1/4 cup APF-  1/4 cup Egg-1 Sugar- 1 tbsp Milk- 1/4 cup Baking powder- 1/4 tsp Cinnamon- 1/4 tsp Method Boil the sweet potatoes and mash them, add milk sugar and vanilla essence to it. Mix all the dry ingredients together and then mix it with the wet ingrdient. Mix the batter well so that no lump is there and keep it on counter atleast for 10 minutes before making.  Heat the pan/ griddle put some butter/ ghee ...

Fish Curry

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A very simple fish curry made by mom. Light ingredients for a light summer lunch in a quiet Garhwali home. Nutritional Value Fish has an expected 240 calories in 1 cup  This dish serves 5 people. Almost 50 percent in one cup of fish is protein combined with fat and carbs. Ingredients 700 gms of fish 1 teaspoon Coriander powder 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon Garam M 2 teaspoon Salt 6 cloves of garlic 2 cloves 3 tablespoon of oil Method  Marinate the fish pieces with salt and two teaspoon turmeric powder. Let it rest for half an hour . Add 2 tablespoon of oil in a wok and fry the fish  Three medium size onions, two tomatoes chop and keep them. Sic minced garlic clove with two cloves.  Fry the fish both side till they turn little Golden brown  Remove the fish pieces and now add one tablespoon of oil and fry the chopped onions till they are golden brown. ...

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 ...

Mushroom Curry

Mushroom Mattar Curry Mushroom Mattar curry is a perfect vegetarian main course dish for the non-meaty days and its vegan too! It has a creamy cashew, almond and onion base. The main recipe is called Mushroom Malai Matar but I opted-out cream to make it more health-friendly and regular on my dining table. Nutritional Value The oil or butter we use to prepare makes a real difference in calories. Calories*- 150 each Mushroom-  22 kcal Peas-  80 kcal ( 1/2 Cup) Cashew- 80 Almond- 70 Protein- 8gm *calories are an estimation of my cooking. Servings- 3 Ingredients Main: 1 -cups peas 1 cup sliced button mushroom For gravy/base 1- Large red onion (chopped roughly) 8- Cashew (chopped roughly) 8- Almond (chopped roughly) 4- pods of garlic 1-inch ginger 2 bay leaves 2 tomato 1 small cinnamon stick 2 green cardamom 1 clove 2 green chilies (optional) 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder 1 tablespoon salt (adjust to taste) 1 teaspoon Red chili powder 1/2 teaspoon gara...

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 ...