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Chilli Mushroom | Dry

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Mushrooms can be used in any forms, gravy, dry, or stir fried and due to its texture it holds every flavor very well. In my home, mushrooms are my son's favorite and here I have prepared a tasty dry chilli mushrooms, a perfect side dish for your meal or just enjoy it with drinks.   Nutrition Value Mushrooms are very less in calories, here I have used 200 gms of mushroom which have 60 calories max. I have added veggies to it and same sauces. This dish serve two and around 100 Kcal each servings. Ingredients Mushroom- 200 gms Capsicum- 2 medium Onion- 2 medium Baby corn - 2 medium Soya Sauce- 2 tbsp Green chilli sauce- 2 tbsp Red chilli sauce- 2 tbsp Garlic- chopped 6 pods Salt- 1/2 tsp Oil- 2 tbsp Chilli flakes if you need Green Onion- one bunch to mix or garnish Method Chop all the veggies in thin strips and keep aside. Take a heavy bottom pan and add 1 tbsp oil and stir fry mushrooms in it. Add garlic and fry until cooked. Keep the mushroom aside, now add the oil and stir fry the ...

Chole Tikki Chaat | Corn

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Here, I have made my favorite chaat which is very famous in Madhya Pradesh, India. The yellow peas chole served with corn and potato tikkis dipped in sweet and sour chutney is a perfect evening snack for rainy days.   Nutritional Value Its main ingredient is Yellow peas and potato which is mix of protein and carb, not a daily diet food, but once in a while use it as a cheat meal. Calorie per tikki around  250 kcal Ingredients For Tikki Boiled Potatoes- 2 medium size Boiled corn- 1/4 cup Onion- 1 small Corn Starch- 2 tbsp Coriander- chopped 1/4 cup Salt- 1tsp Chaat masala- 1/2 tsp Turmeric- 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder- 1/2 tsp Oil to shallow fry-  2 tbsp Green chili- 1 chopped Garnish Green Chutney Sweet Tamarind chutney  Few golgappa pieces to crush over it  For chole- Follow the below link recipe: https://myvista-world.blogspot.com/2020/08/tikki-chaat-homemade.html Method To make tikki we will first boil and peel the potatoes and mix all ingredient together.  T...

Brownie | Eggless

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Egg less cakey brownie to fix some sweet tooth cravings in this rainy season. Nutritional Value They are AP flour and cocoa powder brownies, and contains fat like butter and oil. Not very advisable if you are on a diet. Here the recipe makes almost 16 small pieces and my cooking gives around 120 kcal for each piece. AP Flour Cocoa Powder Butter Around 16 pieces and each piece is of 120 calorie. Ingredients   AP Flour- 3/4 cup Cocoa Powder- 3/4 cup Butter- 1/2 cup melted Sugar- 1/2 cup Neutral oil- 1/4 cup Dark Chocolate- 100 gms Curd- 1/2 cup Baking Soda- 1/8 tsp Baking powder- 1/2 tsp Milk- 1/2 cup Some chocolate pieces for end   Method Melt the butter in a bowl and add chopped chocolate bar in small pieces and mix it un-till everything is melted.  Add sugar, curd, oil, milk and mix it thoroughly. Now sieve all the dry ingredients in the wet ingredients and mix it properly and add extra chocolate chunks at the end. Prepare the baking ...

Falafel

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Origin of falafel is very contested from Middle east to Saudi Arabia, but these fried balls of chickpeas are loved all over the world and here in my home we have it as snack and sometimes the original pita bread way. Nutritional Value Every 100gms of falafel, fried and home made is around 300 kcal, which measures six to eight balls, depends on the size. The dish is all legumes, so it has protein and fiber in it, as it is fried food but also can be baked. Ingredients Chick peas- 1 cup Parsley and Coriander- Chopped bunch each Onion- 1 Chopped Cumin powder- 1/2 tsp Pepper- 1/2 tsp Salt- 2 tsp Coriander powder- 1/2 tsp Oil- 1 cup to fry Method   Soak the chickpeas over night in warm water and drain and wash it in the morning. Now Crush it in a blender.  Add the rest of the ingredients and mix it thoroughly. Make small ping pong size balls and keep them aside. Now take a heavy bottom dish and add oil to it. Fry 5 to 8 balls at a time in medium low heat, the oil should not be too h...

Banana Bread | Eggless

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Here, I have prepared a very delicious egg less banana bread with dark chocolate chunks in it. Easy to make and stays fresh up to 5 days in fridge. Same recipe can also make around 20 muffins for your next picnic or just snack. Nutritional Value Its a calorie packed snack and the calories also depend on the level of sweetness and butter in recipe. here I have limited the sugar content and the clarified butter is low in quantity so my whole bread give around 12 pieces and 230 kcal for one serving. Total time - 1 hour  to cook and 20 minutes to prepare Ingredients Dry Ingredients All purpose flour/Maida- 1&1/2 cup Whole Wheat- 1 cup Baking Powder- 1 tsp  Baking soda- 1/4 tsp Salt- 1/4 tsp Cinnamon Powder- 1/2 tsp Nutmeg- - 1/2 tsp Chopped dark Chocolate- 1/2 cup Chopped Nuts- 1/2 cup Sugar/Jaggery- 3/4 cup   Wet Ingredient  Mashed ripped banana - 1&1/2 cup Curd-  1/2 cup Ghee/ Clarified Butter- 3 tbsp Vanilla essence- 1/4 tsp Buttermilk- 1/2 cup M...