Eggless Orange Muffin

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Eggless Orange Muffin

This is very simple and easy orange muffin using flax seeds, tried flax seeds for the first time and came out good. I love baking but was always so sad because, as i cant afford to make different variety of cakes and muffin without egg. And was also bored of eating cake with banana. So made lot of research regarding eggless cakes, came back with flax seed, it works. Now i guess i can make some more cakes :)!!

This Eggless Orange Muffin goes to..
1. JZ's - Santa’s Holiday Challenge.
2. Vandana Rajesh's - Baking For Beginners.
3. Purva's - Christmas Feast Event.
4. Mythreyee's - Sweet Series - Baked Sweets.


Ingredients

1 cup All purpose flour
1/2 cup sweet Condensed milk
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup Sugar
2-3 tblsp Milk
1/4 tsp Baking powder
1/4 tsp Baking soda
1 tblsp Orange squash
1 tsp Orange rind grated (optional)
1 tblsp Flax seeds
3 tblsp Water (to mix flax seeds)


Method

1. Sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda, keep aside.
2. Need to make the flax seeds thick and creamy, so can blend it or mix it in a bowl and keep aside. I mixed them in a bowl.
3. In a large bowl add butter and sugar, beat them until creamy, in a same direction using a whisk.
4. Next add the creamy thick flax seeds, orange squash, rind, condensed milk and again beat in the same direction.
5. Add flour spoon by spoon and mix well. If the batter is too tight can add more milk.
6. Place the muffin cups in the muffin cake pan, pour the mixture 3/4 of each cup.
7. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C (360°F) for 20 minutes or till a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean. Unmould and cool on a wire rack.

Orange Muffin

Simple Fried Rice

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Simple Fried rice

Simple and easy fried rice with any type of vegetables, or the left over vegetables or Rice. When bored of cooking rice-lentils-vegetables, I prefer to make and have this fried rice with raita. Spices can be changed on our preference. While cutting the vegetables just cut all the vegetables in the same shape, lenght wise or square. Can also try this in Indian style by adding red chilly powder/garam masala instead of pepper powder and seaanoning of our choice.


Ingredients

1 cup Cooked Basmati Rice
1/2 cup Mixed vegetables ( Poatato, carrot, beans, brocoli)
2 tblsp Onions thinly sliced
1 pinch turmeric
1-2 tblsp Olive oil
1 cinnanmon Stick
1/4 tsp mixed herbs (of your choice, - I used Italian seasoning)
1 tsp Pepper powder
salt as per taste


Garnish

Lenght wise sliced Tomatoes
Lemon slice
Cilantro


Method

1. Heat oil in a pan, cinnanmon and onions. Saute till they are transparent.
2. Now add the mixed vegetable and pinch of salt fry them on medium flame 5-6 minutes.
3. When the vegetables are three fourth cooked add termeric, Italian seasoning, pepper powder, salt and stir.
4. Now add the cooked rice, mix it well. Garnish with sliced tomatoes,cilantro and squeeze some lemon juice on top of the fired rice while serving.
5. Fried rice ready to go with any raita.

Fried rice with carrot raita/salad

Sweet Sooji Matri/Cookies

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Sweet Sooji Matri/Cookies

This is one of my favorite snack, nice crispy sweet matri are great and healthy for kids. Not only kids every body can enjoy it at any time as a snack. This is healthy as it has sooji and whole wheat flour specially for kids.

Learnt it form one of my freind, as she bought it when we were on a trip for 5 days. She bought for her kid, and i was like, can i get some more, you can't just stop eating one :). Actually i dint come to know of what was it made, i was just wow... such a nice cookies and enjoyed eating and roaming with them. It was fun.....

Here is the sweet sooji matri.. And sending it to sending this to Madhavi’s Celebrating Children's Day Event.

Updated :I'm also sending these cookies to Sharmi's - Neivedyam for her Cookie Baking Event. Thank you Sharmi for letting me know about the event.

Sending these matri to Srilekha's - EFM theme Sweet. Thank you for informing about your event Srilekha.. One recipe an three event :)!!


Ingredients

1 cup Cream of wheat/Sooji/Rawa
1 cup Whole wheat flour/Atta
1 to 1 1/2 cup Sugar
salt to taste
Oil for deep frying


Method

1. Mix all ingredients. Add water little by little kneading into a chapathi/roti dough.
2. Break into small portions, make small balls and just press a little so that it remains thick,so this is what i made, simplest one. Can shape the matri of your desire.
3. Heat oil in a frying pan, add some matri at a time. Fry till lightly golden, flip side and repeat.
4. Drain and cool to allow matris to become crispy.
5. Can store these sooji matri for 5-6 days in a air tight container.



Sweet Sooji Matri/Cookies












Goes to Madhavi's..






Goes to Sharmi's..




Goes to Srilekha's

Musoppu - Leafy veggy green dal

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Musoppu - Leafy Veggy Green Dal

This is what i learnt from my MIL. First time even i never knew what this name suggest. But 'Musoppu' means 5 type of leafy vegeatble dal, in 'Kannada'. Hope its correct, if any correction let me know :)!!. Even my MIL dont know the exact meaning of its name, Why its called so. But it famous in Bangalore as my owner house anuty used to make it atleast once in a week. Actually i dont know five leafy veggy name, as u get lots of variety of leafy vegetables.
So here i have this dal with 3 type of Indian leafy vegetable i get here - Palak/Spinach, Methi/fenugreek, Dill leaves. Its easy, tasty and a healhty dal.. all in one. I usually make it with Spinach and methi, rarely i get dill leaves, but when u add dill leaves its wonderful because of the nice smell dill leaves have !!


Ingredients

1/2 cup Spianch/Palak leaves
1/2 cup methi(Fenugreek) leaves
1/4 cup Dill leaves
1/2 cup Cooked toor dal
1 medium sized Tomato
1 tbsp Ginger and Garlic
3-4 Green chillies
Salt as per taste


Tempering

1 tbsp Oil
1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
1/4 tsp urad dal(optional)
curry leaves few



Method

1. In a vessel add ginger, garlic, tomato, green chillies, Spinach-methi-dill leaves, 1/4 cup of water, salt and cook it for about 5-10 minutes. When u feel all the vegetables are cooked.
2. Now cool it for a while and grind it to puree.
3. Now again in the same vessel heat up again the grinded puree, now add cooked dal.Add water depending on how much thick or thin want the dal to be. Can add 1 to 1/2 cup of water and adjust the salt. Take one boil.
4. Meanwhile in a small tempering pan add oil, musatrd- when it pops up add urad dal, curry leafs. Add this to the cooked dal. Serve it with hot rice, and some potato fry.. its yummy !!










Rice , Musoppu and Potato fry for lunch..