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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