Rashmi's Rasoi

A healthy version of plum cake, let's see how... Ingredients 1 cup wheat flour 3 tblspn bajra flour 3 tblspn jowar flour 1 - 1.25 cup melted jaggery 1 cup curd 1/4 tspn baking soda 3/4 tspn baking powder 1 cup soaked dry fruits 1 tablespoon spice mix 1.25 tspn orange zest/peel powder 3 tablespoon oil 2 tablespoon cocoa powder 1/4 tspn dry ginger powder. Few drops of orange/lemon essence Salt a pinch Melted jaggery Melt jaggery in little water to get flowing consistency melted jaggery. Dark jaggery better. Strain n use. Spice mix Dry roast  3 cardamom pods, an inch cinnamon stick, 6-8 black pepper corns, a piece of star anise, mace & nutmeg, 6-8 cloves and powder them. Soaked dry fruits Soak dry fruits of your choice or whatever available in alcohol or juice. Orange juice or wine can b used. If soaking in alcohol (rum / brandy) soak for more days and use and can b stored outside. If using in juice then 1 day is fine , store in fridge . Or 2-3 hours outsid...

  Am a fan of Indian chai and a baking enthusiast....thought of combining both of them my style.....let's see how Ingredients 1 cup oats powder 1/4 cup jowar flour 2 tablespoon flax seed powder 3/4 - 1 cup melted jaggery 3.5 tablespoon oil 3/4 tspn baking soda 1 1/4 tspn baking powder 1/3 cup curd 1/2 cup masala tea concoction Salt a pinch Method Dry roast oats and flax seeds, powder it when it's warm and keep aside. Boil 3/4 cup milk, add coarsely grinded masala(clove, cardamom, cinnamon, fennel seeds, black pepper) , grated fresh ginger and tea leaves and let it boil n reduce till 1/2 cup. Let it cool down. Take a bowl mix curd and soda & leave for 3 minutes till it froths a bit. Mix oats powder, flaxseeds powder, jowar flour, baking powder and salt well. Add oil , melted jaggery to the curd-soda mixture and whisk well. ( I used hand whisk). Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and gradually mix , add tea concoction along and make a batter. Lastly spri...

 Coconut cookies with a difference which makes it gluten-free too.....let's see how... Ingredients 1 cup amaranth flour 1/2 cup desicated Coconut 5-6 tabelspoon dates syrup 3 tablespoon peanut Butter 1 teaspoon cardamom powder Water if required Salt a pinch Method Take amaranth flour, desicated Coconut, salt,  peanut butter and cardamom powder in a bowl and rub with hand so that it becomes sand like texture. Add dates syrup spoon by spoon and gather everything to form a rough dough. Take spoonful into hands, roll n give any shape to the cookies, sprinkle some desicated Coconut on top. Bake in a parchment lined tray @ 170 degree for 15-18 minutes  in a preheated oven. Remove, let it cool and store in an airtight container. Notes I used 250 ml measurement cup To knead and mix use water if required only that too add spoon by spoon. Roast desicated coconut a little to enhance its flavours and smell.

 Amlas are powerhouse of vitamin c and much available in winter season. Bake these healthy amla cookies and take your dose of Vitamin c. Ingredients Oats flour/powder       - 150 gms Rice flour.                       - 50 gms Grated amla.                  - 1/2 cup Chaat masala.                - 2 tspn Black salt.                        - 1/2 tspn Baking powder.               - 1/2 tspn Roasted white sesame seeds - 1 tablespoon Butter at room temp.      - 70 gms Jaggery powder.             -. 3 tablespoon Water as required Salt to taste  Method Roast oats for few minutes, cool n grind into powder. Remove seeds from amla n grate them. Take a deep bowl, add oats, rice f...

Ingredients Wheat flour.                             2 cups Melted jaggery.                     1.5 cup Curd.                                       3/4 cup Baking soda.                         3/4 tspn Baking powder.                    1.5 tspn Cocoa powder.                    3 tablespoon Unflavored oil.                      3 tablespoon Vanilla/chocolate essence      Few drops Milk.                                         1/2...

 Baking a cake with rice flour was in my mind since quite a few days, also have never tried a lemon cake too. So thought why not do both of them together and see what comes out of the oven?? To my surprise a soft , moist and delicious cake I got.....let's see how... Ingredients Rice flour.                1/2 cup Curd.                         1/3 cup Oil.                             1/4 cup Natural brown sugar. 1/2 cup Baking soda.              1/4 tspn Baking powder.          1/2 tspn Lemon zest.                 1.5 tspn Lemon juice                  2-3 tblspn Turmeric powder (optional).  1/2 tspn Salt a pinch           Met...

Another gluten free cake from my kitchen, let's see how this healthy version is being baked... Ingredients Jowar flour.          70 gms/1/2 cup Rice flour.              70 gms/1/2 cup Ragi flour.              60 gms/1/2 cup-2tblspn Dates syrup.         100ml Jaggery syrup.      120ml Curd.                        125 ml Unflavored oil.        85 ml Cocoa powder.        3 tablespoon Baking powder.       1.25 teaspoon Baking soda.            1/2 teaspoon Vanilla essence.       Few drops Salt a pinch Method Preheat oven @200 degrees for 10 minutes. Take 200 gm jaggery in a pan, add 3/4 cup water and boil till jaggery melts and the consistency is semi thick( not too watery neither too thick)....

 Baking a Parsi mawa cake was in my pending list since long, finally baked it recently that too with my own twists and turns to make it healthy. Ingredients Whole wheat flour.            1.5 cups/200 gms Ragi flour                             2 tblspn/20 gms Oats flour                             2 tblspn/20 gms Jaggery syrup.                    1 cup Honey.                                 ...

Beautiful patterns always attracts me in the bread. I always try to do some sort of design, and love the excitement to see how it has turned out that too using all-natural colours.....let's see how this beautiful pattern has been derived using spinach and cocoa powder. Ingredients Whole wheat flour.                  2 cups Chiroti rava.                              2 cups Jowar flour.                               3/4 cup Spinach puree.                           1/2 cup Cocoa powd...

When Mango meets coconut it becomes a yummy halwa, let's see how... Ingredients 1 cup decicated coconut 1/2 cup ghee 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup mango puree 1/4 tspn cardamom powder Few strands of saffron soaked in 2 tblspoon milk 1 tablspoon chopped nuts Method Heat ghee in a kadhai. Saute coconut in ghee till u get the aroma. Add mango puree, sugar, cardamom powder & saffron milk and mix well. Cook till everything mixes well, properly cooked. Once it thickens and becomes halwa consistency, switch off the gas. Add chopped nuts and mix well. Serve hot or cold as per your choice.  Notes Check for the sweetness of mango puree and add sugar accordingly.

It's a pleasure to see such a beauty on the breakfast table. My multicolour bread loaf with all natural colours baked with whole wheat flour and semolina. Ingredients Whole wheat flour.       2 cups Chiroti rava (fine semolina) 2 cups Beetroot puree.          1/4 cup Spinach puree.           1/4 cup Carrot puree.               1/4 cup Charcoal powder.        1 tablspoon Active yeast.                 1.5 tspn Unflavored oil.               1/2 cup aprox Honey.                             3 tspn Salt to taste Lukewarm water vas required Method Steam 1 medium sized carrot and Beetroot and make puree of it with very little water. Blanch a bunch of spinach and blend to a puree....

One more swirl bread with my favourite veggie Beetroot , this time I added coriander leaves for the green touch. Let's see how... Ingredients Whole wheat flour.                 2 cups Unflavored oil.                         2 tblspn Yeast.                                        1/2 tspn Honey.                                       2 tspn Beetroot puree.                        3/4 cup Finely chopped coriander leaves.    3 tblspn Milk powder (optional).            1 tblspn Salt to taste Method Steam a medium size beetroot, cool and blend in a mixer with too lit...

Strawberries in season, bright red and beautiful...make maximum use of it.... Home made strawberry jam without any kind of stabalizers, thickners or preservatives  Ingredients Strawberries.                                300 gms Organic sugar.                             1 cup Powdered cloves and cardamom.  1/2 tspn Method Clean n wash strawberries and dry them. Puree it in blender. Transfer it to a non stick/heavy bottom kadhai. Let it cook for 3 minutes. Add sugar and mix well. Cook untill sugar dissolves completely. Mix the powdered spices and stir well. The mixture will thicken, switch it off. Let it cool and transfer to a sterilized glass jar and store. Notes Quantity of sugar depends on sweetness of strawberries. Can add little water to adjust consistency. Do not wait till the m...

 I love winter season for one more reason - red carrots. Try adding it in almost all recipes. Being a baker , carrots go into my baking too. What's better than a cake dedicated to carrots itself - haha...let's see how we can bake a healthy version of carrot cake. Ingredients Whole wheat flour.                     2 cups  Curd.                                               1 Cup Organic brown sugar.                 2/3 cup Vanilla essence.                          Few drops Cinnamon powder.                    A teaspoon Grated carrots.                            1...

When son likes strawberries daughter likes chocolate and mom loves baking breads at home this is the outcome ☺️....... strawberry choco bread loaf 🤗 Ingredients Whole wheat flour.                  2 cups Chiroti rava.                             1 cup Strawberry puree.                    1/2 cup Cocoa powder.                         2 tblspn Instant yeast.                            1 tspn Honey.                                        1 tspn Milk powder (optional).             2 tblspn Oil.              ...