Showing posts with label jaggery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jaggery. Show all posts

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Roti Laddu

What do you do with your leftover chapatis?  I often throw them as they get so hard.  Sometimes I make roti halwa with leftover soft rotis.  This time I tried a different way to use them up which came out so delicious.  
There is no cooking required to make these laddus.  Mix up a few ingredients with powdered chapati and these delicious laddus are ready in a jiffy.
The taste was simply awesome.  Nobody can guess that these laddus are made of leftover chapatis. Try once and you will find excuses to make them again and again.  So here is the recipe.  Happy Cooking :)



Ingredients:
Leftover Roti/Chapati       -    2 & 1/2 (medium size)
Jaggery grated                   -    1/4 cup or 4 tbsp
Desiccated coconut           -    2 tbsp
Raisins (finely chopped)   -    1 tbsp
Cardamom (crushed)        -    2
Ghee/Clarified butter        -    1 1/2 tbsp

Method:
  • Preheat the oven at 160 degree and arrange the chapatis in a baking tray.  Bake for 3-4 minutes or till they become crunchy and a little brown on the top.  Keep an eye to avoid burning. Remove from the oven and let them cool down.  Crush them coarsely and throw in a mixer jar.  Grind till they get a coarse powder consistency.  Add in grated jaggery and desiccated coconut and raisins.  Pulse for 7-8 seconds just to mix up everything together.
  • Shift the mixture to a mixing bowl and add in crushed cardamom.  Mix well and add in melted ghee.  Again mix with your hand.  Take a little mixture in your hand and shape it to a round ball.  Likewise make laddus with the remaining mixture.
  • Serve.
  • Store the remaining laddus in an airtight jar for upto 1 day.
Notes:
  1. You can increase the quantity of jaggery as per your taste.  
  2. You can add other dried fruits also to make them more filling and nutritious.  Add your desired dry fruits at the time of adding jaggery and coconut and pulse for 10 seconds.  
  3. If you find it difficult to bind the laddus then add a little more ghee.


Saturday, December 6, 2014

UNNIAPPAM


I had come to know about Paniyaram Pan only a few months back and got so excited to know that it cooks with (almost) no oil.  How cool is that :D  So when my in laws came to visit us they brought one Paniyaram Pan for me :) 
I was so eager to make something in it and the first thing that I made was Unniappam.  The reason was so obvious that I wanted to make something that 'my little bunch of joy' can also have with us. So this dish fit the bill.  Its so soft n fluffy that you would love to have it at any time of the day.  The cherry on the cake is that it does'nt have all purpose flour aka maida, and sugar is substituted with jaggery that gives a nice flavour.  It also has banana that contributes to the softness and flavour.  All in all, a goodness packed snack that kids are surely gonna love.
My LO loved it to the core as its so soft that she could take the bites with her tiny teeth (as she has got only three front ones hehehe).
Me and V also love these Unniappams and have it as evening snacks with tea.  All thanks to Paniyaram Pan. 
With this magic pan I had also made spinach koftas with just one spoon of oil... isnt it great? :)  No compromise in taste.  I will post that recipe soon.
Now coming back to the recipe.. Following is the detailed recipe of these super yummy Unniappams. Do try and enjoy. Happy Cooking :)




Saturday, November 29, 2014

WHOLE WHEAT BANANA BREAD

I love bananas.  They are yummy in taste and give nice flavour and texture to the dishes specially the baked goods.  I love using bananas in shakes, appams, muffins and cakes.  I will soon post all these recipes.  
Now come to the recipe i.e. whole wheat banana bread.  This bread is a very healthy one.  I often make it for my one year old baby and she loves it.  Your kids will surely gonna love it.  I too love the flavour of this bread and its guilt free also as I have used whole wheat flour, oil and low fat milk.  I have also substituted sugar with jaggery.  Its so easy to make also.  Just mix up the things, bake it and its done.  So all in all its a guilt free no fuss anytime snack for the weight watchers.
Lets start making this delicious bread.  Happy cooking.



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