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This was created on Nov 7Th 2007 on the eve of Diwali. It was a challenge from my husband to create a sugarless cake/halwa, with no ghee o...

10 Minutes Dry Fruit Cake (No sugar Added)

This was created on Nov 7Th 2007 on the eve of Diwali. It was a challenge from my husband to create a sugarless cake/halwa, with no ghee or butter added, but still be tasty and healthy for him for diwali. What I created was very tasty but I realized that it tasted better as the days went by .The preparation takes less than 10 min but needs some time in the fridge for it to be set to be cut and served. I think this is a good entry for me to sent to Eat Healthy: Fiber rich event hosted by Sangeeth's Art of cooking Indian Food for the month of June.


Gadgets:

Food Processor
Tray lined with wax paper
Cling wrap
A flat bottom small bowl or another tray
Plate
Microwave
Mixing spatula and spoon



Ingredients:

Dates - 1 cup
Fig - 1 cup
Raisins - 1/2 cup
Black currants - 1/2 cup
Mixed nuts (cashew/almond/pista)-1 cup
Can add Elachi, camphor,safforn to bring an Indian touch to it (optional)


Preparation:



1. Place the nuts in a plate and microwave it for 3 minute. Please do it in 30 second increments.

2. Place all the chopped dates, figs, currants and raisins in the food processor and keep buzzing until they all come together and look like one mass.It need not be grind to a paste. A few pieces here and there is fine.

3. Remove the nuts from the microwave and roughly chop them and add it to this dry fruit and mix them well so as to distribute the nuts evenly.

4. Transfer this mix on to a tray lined with wax paper. Place a cling wrap or wax paper and use the flat bottom bowl or another tray to spread the mix even around the tray.

5. Place this in the fridge for some time and then cut and serve.


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P oli is a yummy thing but very tedious to prepare. I just enjoy them hot off the stove with a dab of ghee any time. It was one of those day...

Roti Kesari Poli



Poli is a yummy thing but very tedious to prepare. I just enjoy them hot off the stove with a dab of ghee any time. It was one of those days when I was talking to my sister about poli and mentioned that I have lots of kesari leftover and chapathi dough too from dinner in the fridge and I could make bholi out of it. Wonder what makes it so tasty. I think its because the chapathi atta has some salt in it and the smell of whole wheat is very aromatic to me and all this combined with sweet kesari the whole combo worked well. This Poli could be healthy because of the whole wheat in it. Thank god for that else you may have to run out of the kitchen to stop yourself from over indulging. Something I could not do for sure. This is my entry to the Roti mela hosted by Srivalli of Cooking 4 all Seasons and to Sweet Series:Puran Poli & sweet chapathis/rotis at Mythreyee's Paajaka for the month of June.


Gadgets:






Rolling pin
Cutting board
Spatulla
Griddle /Tava


Ingredients:







Kesari - 1/2 cup ( without nuts or raisins)

Chapathi Atta - 4 balls

Ghee - 3 tsps

Wheat Flour for making poli


Preparation:





1. Roll out the chapathi dough as usual into a round. Make 2 of them and keep one aside.


2. Take some kesari and spread it out in the middle leaving the edges clean.


3. Cover this with another chapathi and fold over the edges to seal well.


4. Roll it out once more to expand it and then heat the tava and cook the poli on both sides adding little ghee in the end.


5. Serve it hot with a dab of ghee. Yumm...


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This morning I was kind of lazy and had no clue as to what I wanted to prepare for lunch. Then , I remembered that it was the last day for J...

15 Minutes Veggie Noodles

This morning I was kind of lazy and had no clue as to what I wanted to prepare for lunch. Then , I remembered that it was the last day for JFI: Bell pepper hosted by Pooja of My Creative Ideas for the month of June. Chinese food in India is something I love. The fried rice or the noodles just tasted so good and very different form the Chinese food you could find in the restaurants here. For my love for this fusion cuisine I prepared veggie noodles and my entry to this event.


Gadgets:

Wok
Mixing Spoon
Cutting Board
Knife



Ingredients:

Noodles : 1 packet
Water for preparing noodles as per the packet instructions.
Bell Pepper - red, yellow and orange - 1 each sliced
Spring onions - 2 bunch chopped
Carrots - 2 thinly julienned
Beans - 1 cup sliced in the diagonal
Cabbage - shredded 1 cup
Ginger - 3 table spoons thinly julienned
Garlic - 6 cloves minced
Onion - 1/2 thinly julienned
Soy sauce - as much as you want ( 1/3 cups )
Green chilli sauce - 3 tsps ( for spic)
Salt to taste
Pepper 1/4 th tsp
Oil - Sesame - 3 tbsp


Preparation:


1. Heat the wok on high heat. Then add garlic and onions and cook for 2 minutes and then add ginger, carrot, beans and cook for 1 more minute and then add the bell pepper followed by spring onions and in the end cabbage.




2. While the wok is heating up boil water in a pan and season with some salt. When it starts to boil add the noodles and cook for 2 minutes as per the Hakka noodles instructions.

3. Add some soy sauce and green chilli sauce to the veggies and cook them for 30 secs and then season with salt and pepper.




4. Transfer the drained noodles and toss them well and serve them hot.

5. The whole preparation takes place for 5 minutes its the cutting of veggies that takes 10 minutes.







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