Dry fruit rolls

Welcome back to my healthy cooking series😊
Today I was in hurry and has no much time for snack to pack for lunch and was thinking for quick and easy recipie that should be done in minutes and the result is awesome!!!

Ingredients I used

Cashew nuts - 10
Badam - 10
Elachi pods - 3
Sugar - 2tbs
Ghee - 2tbs
Chapathi dough - big lemon sized

Method

Firstly in a blender add cashew , badam , elachi and sugar

Now blend everything to coarse powder

Now roll out chapati dough to thin chapati 

Place the rolled chapati on a hot tawa and fry both the sides adding ghee

Transfer fried chapati in to a plate

Now spread the prepared dry fruit powder all over the chapati 

Now add ghee on the top of dry fruit spread

Now roll the chapati inwards

After rolling cut into small pieces with the knife 

Now done with your healthy school snack

Pack with lunch and it's highly nutritious 

Protein packed egg muffins

Eggs are incredibly nutritious and economical ,This comes with 77 calories, 6 grams of protein and 5 grams of healthy fats . The protein and fats in eggs helps to keep you satisfied for longer and reduces cravings from eating other snacks.  People who eat eggs for breakfast  lose weight faster . It is true that eggs do contain cholesterol,  this cholesterol do not show any effect on your cholesterol levels and it's proven.  Include eggs in breakfast for your teenage girls and growing boys .

Ingredients I used

Chicken - 4 to 5 pieces
Eggs - 4
Capsicum chopped - 3 to 4 tbsp
Sweet corn kennels - 4 tbsp
Pepper powder - 1tbs
Garlic chopped - 1tbs
Salt - according to taste
Oil - 2tbs

Method

Keeping flame on medium ,place a tawa on the flame when tawa gets heated add oil to fry chicken pieces , after a minute aprinkle salt and pepper .fry chicken pieces turning both sides till they slightly brown , this may take 5 mins. After frying transfer in to a plate and let the pieces cool for a while ,when cooled chop in to small pieces

Now break eggs in a wide bowl add chicken pieces chopped capsicum , corn ,salt , pepper and chopped garlic now mix enery thing nicely.

  Grease muffin moulds with oil and  with the help of a ladle pour a ladle full of egg mixture in to muffin moulds.

Preheat oven at 180 degrees centigrade for 5mins after 5mins place the muffin moulds into the oven and bake for 15min at 180degrees centigrade

 Done , rest for 2mins in the oven , take out and transfer into a serving plate

 Serve hot with a glass of juice or smoothie😊

Whole wheat carrot cake

Carrot cake ahaaa😋so yummy I think u all know health benefits of carrots so now speaking about my cake it has all the flavours of carrot , whole wheat flour, nuts and cinnamon . This cake is so moist and melts in mouth . It is a healthy cake😋😘

Ingredients I used
Whole wheat flour - 1  and 1/2 cup
Grated carrot - 1 and1/2cup
Sugar - 3/4cup
Eggs - 2
Cinnamon powder - 3tbs
Oil(flavour less) - 3/4 cup
Baking powder  - 1tbs
Baking soda - a pinch
Chopped nuts and raisins - 4tbs
Vanilla flavour- 1tbs

Method
Wash peal and grate carrots, to grated carrots add chopped nuts and raisins

 To this add 4 tbs of wheat flour , gently mix every thing so that flour coats nuts and carrots well

 Keep a side

Now in a mixing bowl take whole wheat flour, to this add cinnamon powder ,baking powder and baking soda , whisk every thing well , Now keep a side

 Take another mixing bowl ,break eggs and add sugar

 Whisk well till frothy this may take 5 mins

 After 5 mins add oil ( u can add butter also, same measurement)

 Now goes in vanilla , now whisk till oil mixes with egg and sugar mixture

 Time to add whole wheat flour(which we kept a side)

 With whisk or spatula mix gently inwards do not
Over mix

Batter looks like this

Now add grated carrots and nuts mixture and mix gently ,do not over mix

Batter is done , keep a side

Take baking tray,  rub tray with butter on sides and dust with flour and place a aluminium foil or butter paper in the bottom

Now transfer cake batter in to the baking tin , tap twice and now goes in to the onen ( pre heat oven at 180degrees for 5 mins , after 5 mins keep cake tin in to oven and bake at 180 degrees for 40 mins

 After 40 mins check with your knife , poke the cake if knife is clean it is baked completely,  if batter attaches to knife bake for another 5 more mins .

Yes done 😋😘

HAPPY WOMENS DAY

Veg cutlet

This recipie(Veg cutlet) high in nutrition with high fiber and loaded with vegetables and super easy to cook also . this is the best idea to give more vegetables to your kids.

Ingredients I used
Boiled potatoes - 2
Carrots - 2(grated)
Capsicum - 1
Cabbage chopped - 1cup
Bread powder from 4 to 5 bread slices
Corn flour - 2tbs
Garlic chopped - 1tbs
Crushed pepper- 1tbs
Oregano - 1tbs
Salt - 1tbs

Method

Mix together boiled potatoes , chopped carrots and chopped cabbage and chopped garlic.

To mixed vegetable mixture add chopped Capsicum salt and crushed pepper

To this add bread powder , corn flour and oregano.

Mix every thing well to form a dough

Now take a portion of dough and roll in ball and press between your palms to make a nicely flattened Cutlets and place them on a plate . Like wise make with rest of the dough

Heat thick bottomed tawa on simmer and place cutlets on heated tawa and drizzle oil over cutlets. Let them heat on one side with out turning

Keeping flame on simmer , when u notice that sides of the Cutler turns brown then flip them to other side and let other side also turns crisp and golden brown . Flip both sides couple of times till they are nice crisp and golden brown 

Done

You can make this as after school snack , school snack , tea time snack or as patties for your burger or as patties for your sandwiches it's your convenience. 

Note : you can also add sweet corn to this

If u like u can even deep fry

                 No need of adding water while mixing dough

Chat pata Diamond cuts

Chat pata Diamond cuts are easy to make and super tasty and tangy too . Give them a try and keep them in your kids snacks box , look at their faces after coming from school . My son's face is filled with joy and his friends too likes them.
This is one of the easy snack Recipie that you can make before packing lunch and one more thing if they taste this they don't ask u to buy lays and kurkure

Ingredients I used
Wheat flour - 2cups
Bombay rava - 2tbs
Oil for deep frying
Salt - 1tbs
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Red chilli powder - 1 to 2 tbs (according to spice)
Kasoori methi - 1 and 1/2 tbs
Chat Masala - 1tbs


Method

In to a mixing bowl add wheat flour, Bombay rava and oil now rub every thing with both of your hand

 Now add water to the flour and make like chapati dough

Make it into a soft dough , not too loose or not too tight and rest for 10mins

After 10mins knead the dough nicely and flattern it to add salt , turmeric , red chilli and kasoorimethi 

Close dough from all sides to cover masala and again knead the dough  to a soft ball

Now greese the counter top with oil 

Take a portion of dough and roll out in to a thin chapati

With the help of knife cut chapathi in to diamond shapes

Remove diamonds from counter top and place on a plate or laddle

Now drop the diamond cuts in to a  heated oil(keeping flame on medium)

Fry till golden brown stirring on both sides

After turning golden brown remove from oil and transfer to a clean bowl

Like wise do with rest of the dough

Done . Now transfer fried diamond cuts in to a mixing bowl and add chat Masala

Gently mix with your hand so that chat Masala coats to each and every diamond cut

Done. Your diamond cuts are ready to serve . Enjoy these at any time . Keep as snacks in to your kids snacks box to school ,believe me they don't again ask you for lays or kurkure 

Give these a try and let me know how you and your family liked

Note :  you can replace wheat flour with Maida also

              You can add Masala while making dough also

          DO not dust counter top while making chapathi       when you fry cuts flour sinks down and burn

          You can add more chat Masala if you want more tangy ness