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Healthy version of Good Day biscuits

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 My husband is a Good Day biscuit fan, so thought of baking them my way so that it will serve as a better option to munch on. To my surprise it came out well. Ingredients Wheat flour.                   1 cup Sorghum flour.              1/2 cup Brown sugar powder    3/4 cup Cardamom powder.      1 tspn Chopped cashews.       2 tablespoon Cashew nut powder.     3 tablespoon Ghee.                                 4 tablespoon Baking soda.                    1/2 teaspoon Baking powder.                 1/4 teaspoon Milk as required Salt a pinch Method Preheat oven at 170 degree for 10 mins. Take a large bowl, add flour, salt , soda, baking powder, cashew powder and sugar powder. Add ghee and rub with Hands to get a sand like texture. Add cardamon powder, chopped nuts and make a rough dough by adding milk little by little. Take a big size of dough and roll into a large chapati using a butter paper. It should not be thin but thick instead. Cut into round shape using a lid/ co

Healthy Banana cake..

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 Banana is the one fruit which is found throughout the year in the market as well as in most of our houses too. But the fact is that we are forced to throw away atleast few due to over ripening .  No more now, try this recipe with those over ripe bananas and see the magic. Bananas don't go wasted nor the money. Bonus is this healthy and nutritious cake. Ingredients Wheat flour.           1 cup Ragi flour.               3 tablespoon Brown sugar.          3/4 cup Flax seed powder.   2 tablespoon Cacao nibs.            1 tablespoon Unsweetened cocoa powder.  3 tablespo Bananas.                 3 small ones Baking powder.       1/2 tspn Baking soda.            1/4 tspn Unflavored oil.           3 tablespoon Chopped nuts.          2 tablespoon Salt a pinch Water as required Method Preheat oven @180 degree for 10 mins. Take a large bowl and mix flaxseed powder with 4 tablespoon water well and keep aside for 5 minutes. Sieve flours, soda, salt, cocoa powder, baking powder

Healthy Chocos

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  Ingredients Roasted oats powder           1/2 cup Fine semolina.                        2 tablespoon Roasted ragi flour.                 3 tablespoon Ghee.                                        1.5 tablespoon Melted jaggery.                        5 tablespoon Water.                                       1/2 cup Baking soda.                           1/4 tspn Dark chocolate                1/2 cup Salt a pinch Method Boil water add ghee and melted jaggery and mix well. Melt  dark chocolate using double boiling method . Sieve flours, salt, baking soda into a bowl. Add water , jaggery & ghee mixture and melted chocolate. Fold into a dough. Take very small balls press in between palms and give shape or any desired shape of your choice. Lay parchment paper on a baking tray and place all the Chocos on to it and bake in a preheated oven @ 180 degree for 25-30 mins. Let it cool down and transfer to an air tight container.

Spiced pumpkin tea cake

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  Ingredients Wheat flour.                       1 1/4 cup Eggs.                                   2 large Organic brown sugar.      1 cup Ground spices                   1 tspn (Cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper, nutmeg etc ) Baking powder.               1/2 tspn Pumpkin paste.               4 tablespoon Vanilla essence.              Few drops Unflavored oil.                 3 tablespoon Chopped nuts.                 1/4 cup Salt a pinch Method Steam 150 gm pumpkin, make a smooth paste out of it. Preheat oven at 200 degree for ten minutes. Mix chopped nuts with little dry flour n keep aside. Sieve wheat flour, baking powder, ground spice powder 3-4 times. Take a deep and large bowl. Beat eggs till frothy with vanilla essence, brown sugar & salt. It should be double the volume. Add oil, pumpkin paste n beat again Slowly add dry mixture and fold into egg mixture. Lastly add the dry nuts n mix well into batter. Adjust consistency with water/milk if needed.

Gluten free and vegan choco brownie sweetened with fruits.

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Ingredients Rice flour     - 1/2 cup Jowar flour - 1/2 cup Dates & chikoo paste - 3/4 - 1cup Baking soda - 1/2 tspn Baking powder - 3/4 tspn Chopped nuts - 1/2 cup Unflavored oil - 5 tablespoon Unsweetened cocoa powder - 3-4 tablespoon Vanilla extract - few drops Salt a pinch Method Preheat oven at 180 degree for 10 minutes. Grease a 5 inch cake tin n lay parchment paper and keep it ready. Soak around 15-18 deseeded soft dates in 3/4 cup hot water for half an hour. Take 3-5 medium size ripe chikoo fruit and remove the skin and seeds. Chop them into small pieces. Put the chopped chikoo and soaked dates along with soaked water in a blender jar n make a smooth paste. Sieve flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cocoa powder 3-4 times n keep aside. Take dates & chikoo paste, oil, vanilla extract in a deep bowl and beat well. Add the dry ingredients gradually n fold well. Add chopped nuts n mix well. Pour the batter into tin and bake at 180 degree for 50-60 minutes it till an

Gluten free carrot cake

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 Some experiments come out beautifully. A gluten-free cake baked with healthy flours & sweetners. Ingredients   Arrowroot powder   - 3/4 cup Jowar flour - 1/2 cup Dates syrup - 1 cup Unflavored oil - 5 tablespoon Curd - 1/2 cup Baking soda - 1/2 teaspoon Baking powder - 1/2 teaspoon Grated carrot - 1 cup Cinnamon powder - 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla essence few drops Salt a pinch Milk if needed Method   Preheat oven at 190 degree for 10 mins. Grease the cake tin and line with parchment paper. Sieve the flours with salt, cinnamon powder and baking powder 3 to 4 times. Take curd in a deep bowl, mix baking soda and keep aside. It will froth up a little. Mix vanilla essence, dates syrup and oil in curd mixture thoroughly. Gradually add dry mixture and grated carrots and fold well. Add few tablespoon of milk if needed to adjust consistency. Pour the batter into tin and bake at 180 degree for 45-50 mins or till the inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let it cook down a bit in pan and then remov

Gluten-free mawa-carrot cake

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 This cake is baked with all the little little stuffs remaining here and there in kitchen 😀 Few red carrots, little Mawa, little bit of coconut sugar, bajra & jowar flours.... Tadaaa.....a healthy and equally delicious & soft cake was ready in no time. Moreover, hapiness is kids too relished it🤗..... Ingredients 100 gms jowar flour 60 gms bajra flour 1 cup curd 1/4 cup water 1 cup coconut sugar 3 tablespoon unflavored oil 1/4 tspn baking soda 3/4 tspn baking powder 1/2 cup grated Mawa 1/2 cup grated carrots 1/2 tspn cardamom powder 1/2 tspn cinnamon powder Milk 2-3 tablespoon if required Salt a pinch  Method Blend curd, water and coconut sugar in a mixer jar and pour in a deep bowl.  Add baking soda and keep aside for couple of minutes.. Sieve flours, baking powder and salt 4-5 times. Add oil, cardamom powder, cinnamon powder to curd mixture and mix well. Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in batches n mix well. Add grated Mawa and carrots to it and mix. Add mil

Green gram laddoos

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 Yes my family is a 'sweet' family 😛..I mean they have a sweet tooth😀..so I have to figure out ways to prepare sweet dishes for them but in somewhat healthy way (so that I am at peace) Ingredients   1 cup green gram       2 tablespoon flaxseeds 1 tablespoon white sesame seeds 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds 1/2 cup dry fruits of your choice 3 tablespoon ghee 3-4 tablespoon dates syrup Method Dry roast green gram(moong),  flaxseeds, sesame seeds and dry fruits  for few minutes till u smell the Aroma and it turns to a light brown colour. Cool down. Grind in a mixer jar (not too smooth powder, little coarse). Heat 3 tablespoon ghee in a pan and roast this powder till everything combines. Take out of stove and cool a bit. Add 3-4 tablespoon dates syrup (u can use jaggery syrup too) n mix well. Roll out laddoos and gobble down😂.

Gluten free - Ragi Brownie

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  Ingredients 1 cup ragi flour 3/4 cup coconut sugar 3 tablespoon unflavored oil 2 tablespoon flax seeds 1 cup hot water 1/2 tspn baking powder 3 tablespoon melted dark chocolate 2 tablespoon light cocoa powder 1 tablespoon dark cocoa powder 1/2 cup chopped mixed nuts Vanilla/chocolate essence few drops(optional) Salt a pinch Method Roast 2 tablespoon flax seeds for few minutes , cool and powder it. Add one cup hot water to flax seeds powder and keep aside for 10 minutes. This is called flax egg. Seive ragi flour, salt, cocoa powder and baking powder 4-6 times. Take a deep bowl add flax egg, coconut sugar, oil, melted chocolate, essence and mix well with a hand whisk. Add dry ingredients gradually and mix well. Add chopped nuts and mix into the batter. Adjust consistency with hot water if required. Pour into a square tin which is greased and laid with parchment paper and sprinkle some chopped nuts on top. Tap the tin a bit. Bake in a preheated oven at 170 degree

Orange cake

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Ingredients 1 cup wheat flour 3/4 cup powdered organic unrefined sugar 2 eggs 3 tablespoon unflavored oil 2 tspn orange peel powder/ orange zest 1/2 cup fresh orange juice Few drops natural orange extract/essence 1/2 tspn baking powder Salt a pinch Method Sieve flour, salt and baking powder 4-6 times and keep aside. In a deep bowl whisk nicely eggs with powdered unrefined sugar and orange extract/essence. Add oil and dry Ingredients gradually and mix well. Finally add the orange juice and zest/ orange peel powder and fold well to form a batter. Pour in a greased/parchment lined cake tin and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 40-45 mins or till a toothpick comes out clean. Let it cool and slice & enjoy. Notes 1/2 cup curd with 1/4 tspn baking soda can be used instead of eggs. In that case if needed add little hot water to adjust consistency if required. Bake as per your ovens' temperature as each oven behaves different. I baked in an 8 inch Bundt tin, u can bake in any

Pizookie / skillet cookie

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  How about a pizza size cookie?? Yeah, it's called a Pizookie, I try always a healthy version...let's see how?? Ingredients 1/2 cup wheat flour 1/2 cup jowar flour 3.5 tblspn soft butter 1/2 tspn baking powder 1/2 cup choco chips 3/4 cup coconut sugar Milk as required (1-2 tblspn) Salt a pinch Method In a large bowl take flours, salt, baking powder and butter. Mix well with hand to get a grainy texture. Add coconut sugar & choco chips and mix well. Get together everything, add little milk so it forms a rough dough. Take an iron skillet, grease and place a parchment paper on it. Transfer the dough on to the skillet and spread nicely, sprinkle some choco chips on top. Bake the Pizookie on the gas stove with closed lid initial 3 minutes on high heat, then on low heat for another 30-35 minutes or till done.(take care it should not burn from below so use the small gas burner on lowest heat.) Finally if u want a good brown colour on top, u can preheat an oven , keep the skillet