Orange Cookies

    These are the nice feel good cookies that are best had at tea time... Quick to make and tastes great...

Ingredients:

All purpose flour (maida) - 2 cups

Butter - 100 gms ( 1/2 cup)

Sugar powder - 1 cup

Orange - 1 med size

Baking soda - 1/4 tsp

Orange colour - 2 drops (optional)

Vanilla essence - a pinch

Method:

Take butter and sugar in a bowl and whisk them till it turns white and creamy..

Now add the all purpose flour, baking soda, orange colour and vanilla essence and fold everything together.

Now take the juice of one orange and go on adding little by little to the mix and fold everything well..  The mix should not turn paste.

Now mix everything well and refrigerate for 30 mins..

Now take small amount of dough give them a shape of cookie and bake them in preheated oven at 180°c for 15 to 20 mins.

Remove inbetween and turn them over.

Once done allow them to cool and serve with evening tea..

Enjoy Cooking!!

Beetroot and Paneer Cutlet

               Cutlets are always on my favourite list. Simply because they are healthy and can be made with a little or no oil. So its always best to have it as an evening snack.

Ingredients:

Beetroot - 1 medium size

Potato - 1 medium size

Paneer - 200 gms

Coriander (chopped) - 1/4 cup

Onion - 1 medium size

Salt to taste

Chilli powder - 2 tsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Dry mango powder - 1 /2 tsp

Chiroti Rava -  2 tsp

Corn flour - 2 tsp

Oil - 1 tbsp

Method:

Pressure cook the potato and beetroot for 4 to 5 whistles till they are cooked well. Allow them to cool down and then mash them. 

Crush paneer and add it to the potato mix. Also chop onion finely and add it. Add coriander.

Add salt, chilli powder, garam masala, dry mango powder and corn flour and mix every thing well.

Now take little bit of mix and flatten it out in the shape of cutlets. Dip them in chiroti rava and roast them on medium flame till they are golden on both sides.

Enjoy with green chutney or tomato ketchup.

Enjoy Cooking !!!

Pumpkin Payasa

                       Healthy and nutritious sweet recipe that can be had without any occasion...

Ingredients:

Pumpkin (cubes) - 1 cup

Jaggery - 1/2 cup

Dry coconut - 2 tbsp

Cardamom - 1/4 tsp

Milk - 1/4 cup

Cashewnuts - 5 to 6

Almonds - 5 to 6

Ghee - 2 tbsp

Method: 

Pressure cook the pumpkin for two whistles... Once cool grind it to a paste.

Now heat one tbsp ghee and fry the chopped nuts. Remove them and keep aside.

Now add the pumpkin puree to the pan and mix well... Add milk and cardamom powder to it and cook on a low flame... You can adjust the quantity of milk according to pouring consistency. You can even add one or two tbsp water. 

Once it starts to boil, add jaggery and mix well. Also add dry coconut powder. Add the rest of the ghee and mix everything well.

Garnish it with the nuts and serve.

Enjoy Cooking!!

Poppy Seeds Coconut Laddoo

 This is a simple three ingredient recipe very healthy and quick to make. You can use it as a treatment for mouth ulcer... Just chew the laddoo and place it on the ulcer inside the mouth. The ulcer gets healed very quickly. Kids enjoy this as its easy for them to eat it... 

Ingredients:

Poppy seeds - 1/4 cup

Dry coconut - 1/2 cup

Jaggery - 1/4 cup

Groundnut powder - 2 tsp (optional.. only for taste)

Method:

Dry roast poppy seeds on low flame till they splutter and turn golden.

Dry roast coconut slightly till it is warm.

Heat a pan and add jaggery. Add a tsp of water to it.

Keep mixing till it forms a thin string consistency.

Now mix poppy seeds, coconut and groundnut powder.  Pour the jaggery syrup over it. Mix well.

Allow it to slightly cool down. Make laddoos with it.

Enjoy Cooking!!!