Category :Vegan, low fat , gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 2 min.
Cooking Time: 10 min.
Skill level : easy
Ingredients:
2 c coconut Milk
zest of 1 lime
1 tbs agar agar soaked for 10 min. in 1/4 c warm water
1/4 ts cardamom powder or 2 ts vanilla essence
1/2 ts salt
1 1/2 c sugar or as needed
1. Heat water till agar agar dissolves completely.
2. Add other ingredients.
3. Bring mixture to gentle boil.
4. cool down. Chill in refrigerator for 2 hours.
5. Add mixture in ice cream making bowl and proceed as per direction given with ice cream machine.
*For making sorbet in freezer:
1.Churn ingredient in to smooth consistancy.
2. freeze again for 2 hours
3. Churn again and freeze again till properly set.
4. Serve.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Coconut milk
Lactose free option of milk and as well good for gravies, soups and curries.
Category :Vegan, low fat , gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: nil
Skill level : easy
Ingredients :
1 brown coconut
2 c water
1. Break coconut and save water.
2. take the coconut meat out.
3. Blend coconut vigorously with 1 c water
4. Filter it, save milk aside and put the fibrous part again in blender.
5. again add saved coconut water(add water if its less than 1 c) and blend again.
6. Filter and pour the milk with saved one.
*Left over you can use in baking products like biscuit and cake to add more fiber or fragrance.(In that case you might want to blend just once to save more flavor in left over.
Category :Vegan, low fat , gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: nil
Skill level : easy
Ingredients :
1 brown coconut
2 c water
1. Break coconut and save water.
2. take the coconut meat out.
3. Blend coconut vigorously with 1 c water
4. Filter it, save milk aside and put the fibrous part again in blender.
5. again add saved coconut water(add water if its less than 1 c) and blend again.
6. Filter and pour the milk with saved one.
*Left over you can use in baking products like biscuit and cake to add more fiber or fragrance.(In that case you might want to blend just once to save more flavor in left over.
Mango Dahivada
Mango lover's hot summer day's cool food that too also low in fat.
Category :Vegetarian, low fat , gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: 15-20 min.
Skill level : easy
Ingredients :
12 appam
2 + 1/4 glass water
1 c Yogurt
2 c Mango Ras
1 c Mango finely diced
1 tbs sugar
salt as needed
Temper:
1 ts oil
1" cinnamon
5 cloves
1 star anise
1/4 ts cumin seeds
2 ts urad dal
8-10 curry leaves
2 spicy green chili, cut
1. Soak appam in 2 c water for 5 min.
2. squeeze appam between palms.
3. Mix yogurt, mango ras, mango pieces, sugar and 1 ts cumin powder.
4. add water if mix is too thick to make it pouring thick consistency.(It will be thicker after a while.)
5. Arrange appam at the bottom of serving plate.
6. Pour yogurt mix.
7. heat oil in a small pan and add tempering ingredients.
8. Pour the temper on yogurt mix.
9. refrigerate for at least 1/2 an hour or use chilled mango juice and let it stay for 5 min.
10. Enjoy.
*you can use mango juice too. For that take 2 c yogurt+ 2 c Mango juice and no sugar, no water.
Category :Vegetarian, low fat , gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: 15-20 min.
Skill level : easy
Ingredients :
12 appam
2 + 1/4 glass water
1 c Yogurt
2 c Mango Ras
1 c Mango finely diced
1 tbs sugar
salt as needed
Temper:
1 ts oil
1" cinnamon
5 cloves
1 star anise
1/4 ts cumin seeds
2 ts urad dal
8-10 curry leaves
2 spicy green chili, cut
1. Soak appam in 2 c water for 5 min.
2. squeeze appam between palms.
3. Mix yogurt, mango ras, mango pieces, sugar and 1 ts cumin powder.
4. add water if mix is too thick to make it pouring thick consistency.(It will be thicker after a while.)
5. Arrange appam at the bottom of serving plate.
6. Pour yogurt mix.
7. heat oil in a small pan and add tempering ingredients.
8. Pour the temper on yogurt mix.
9. refrigerate for at least 1/2 an hour or use chilled mango juice and let it stay for 5 min.
10. Enjoy.
*you can use mango juice too. For that take 2 c yogurt+ 2 c Mango juice and no sugar, no water.
Grilled Mix Fruit Sunday
Category :Vegan, healthy fat , gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: 15-20 min.
Skill level : easy
1 ripe fragrant mango, sliced
2 slice pineapple, sliced
1 peach, sliced
3-4 strawberries, halved
1 apple, sliced
Coconut sorbet or lemon sorbet
Glaze:
1 tbs honey
1 ts chili flakes
1/4 ts cumin powder
1 ts finely chopped mint
salt as needed
2 ts water
Garnish:
grilled lime slice
mint leaf
1. Mix glaze ingredients.
2. Mix all the ingredient in bowl to glaze fruits.
3. Grill the fruits
4. Serve it with coconut sorbet.
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: 15-20 min.
Skill level : easy
1 ripe fragrant mango, sliced
2 slice pineapple, sliced
1 peach, sliced
3-4 strawberries, halved
1 apple, sliced
Coconut sorbet or lemon sorbet
Glaze:
1 tbs honey
1 ts chili flakes
1/4 ts cumin powder
1 ts finely chopped mint
salt as needed
2 ts water
Garnish:
grilled lime slice
mint leaf
1. Mix glaze ingredients.
2. Mix all the ingredient in bowl to glaze fruits.
3. Grill the fruits
4. Serve it with coconut sorbet.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Almost fat free mix fruit Dahi vada
Mix fruit Dahi vada is almost fat free and very tasty. It is excellent for to go or made day ahead.
Very good low fat party starter.
Category :Vegetarian, low fat , gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: 15-20 min.
Skill level : easy
Ingredients :
12 appam
2 + 1/4 glass water
3 c Yogurt
2 c mixed fruit
1 ts gulkand(I use SANDU)(optional)
1 tbs cashew pieces
salt as needed
1/2 + 1/2 ts roasted cumin powder
pinch black salt
2 ts sugar
1/2 ts red chili powder
Temper:
1 ts oil
1/2 ts cumin seeds
2 ts urad dal
8-10 curry leaves
2 spicy green chili, cut
1. Soak appam in 2 c water for 10 min.
2. squeeze appam between palms.
3. Mix yogurt, fruit, gulkand, salts, cashews, sugar and 1 ts cumin powder.
4. add water if mix is too thick to make it pouring thick consistency.(It will be thicker after a while.)
5. Arrange appam at the bottom of serving plate.
6. Pour yogurt mix.
7. sprinkle cumin powder and chili powder.
8. heat oil in a small pan and add tempering ingredients.
9. Pour the temper on yogurt mix.
10. refrigerate for at least 1/2 an hour.
11. Enjoy.
* you can use ready made Idli batter to make this quick.
*Vada batter or green moong batter is also perfect for this recipe.
* I Made this today and add 2 tbs of sugar by mistake, but it was amazingly satisfactory as dessert if you have sweet tooth and my husband loved it but now a days I like salty more than sweet stuff. So I made a change according to that but feel creative with toppings and change salt, sugar and spiciness according to your taste. Basic good thing is Its Dahi vada and that too almost fat free and has perfect texture like traditional dahi vada.
* For fruit you can use mango, strawberry, apple, cherry, nectarine, grapes, peach, figs etc.
* Go easy to add any dried fruit you like, but just don't go overboard, take mix of 4-5 fruits or dried fruits.
Very good low fat party starter.
Category :Vegetarian, low fat , gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: 15-20 min.
Skill level : easy
Ingredients :
12 appam
2 + 1/4 glass water
3 c Yogurt
2 c mixed fruit
1 ts gulkand(I use SANDU)(optional)
1 tbs cashew pieces
salt as needed
1/2 + 1/2 ts roasted cumin powder
pinch black salt
2 ts sugar
1/2 ts red chili powder
Temper:
1 ts oil
1/2 ts cumin seeds
2 ts urad dal
8-10 curry leaves
2 spicy green chili, cut
1. Soak appam in 2 c water for 10 min.
2. squeeze appam between palms.
3. Mix yogurt, fruit, gulkand, salts, cashews, sugar and 1 ts cumin powder.
4. add water if mix is too thick to make it pouring thick consistency.(It will be thicker after a while.)
5. Arrange appam at the bottom of serving plate.
6. Pour yogurt mix.
7. sprinkle cumin powder and chili powder.
8. heat oil in a small pan and add tempering ingredients.
9. Pour the temper on yogurt mix.
10. refrigerate for at least 1/2 an hour.
11. Enjoy.
* you can use ready made Idli batter to make this quick.
*Vada batter or green moong batter is also perfect for this recipe.
* I Made this today and add 2 tbs of sugar by mistake, but it was amazingly satisfactory as dessert if you have sweet tooth and my husband loved it but now a days I like salty more than sweet stuff. So I made a change according to that but feel creative with toppings and change salt, sugar and spiciness according to your taste. Basic good thing is Its Dahi vada and that too almost fat free and has perfect texture like traditional dahi vada.
* For fruit you can use mango, strawberry, apple, cherry, nectarine, grapes, peach, figs etc.
* Go easy to add any dried fruit you like, but just don't go overboard, take mix of 4-5 fruits or dried fruits.
Appam
Category :Vegetarian, low fat , gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: 15-20 min.
Skill level : easy
Ingredients :
2 c Idli batter or Green batter
salt as needed
water if needed
1. Make sure batter is right consistency.
( it should be thick but not doughy)
2. Heat Appam pan.
3. When it starts heating add 2 drops oil in each section.
4. Add spoonful of batter in each section, cover and cook at medium heat.
5. Let it cook til golden.
6. Turn around cook for 5 min.
7. Its ready.
If you wish you can add any of this:
1/2 ts ginger paste
1/2 ts green chili paste
1 tbs cilantro finely cut
1 tbs cashews
1/2 c finely cut onions
1/2 c finely cut mix veggies
temper of chana dal, urad dal and mustard seeds.
* If you don't have appam pan you can use mini cake pan, if you have that,
or you can bake if
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: 15-20 min.
Skill level : easy
Ingredients :
2 c Idli batter or Green batter
salt as needed
water if needed
1. Make sure batter is right consistency.
( it should be thick but not doughy)
2. Heat Appam pan.
3. When it starts heating add 2 drops oil in each section.
4. Add spoonful of batter in each section, cover and cook at medium heat.
5. Let it cook til golden.
6. Turn around cook for 5 min.
7. Its ready.
If you wish you can add any of this:
1/2 ts ginger paste
1/2 ts green chili paste
1 tbs cilantro finely cut
1 tbs cashews
1/2 c finely cut onions
1/2 c finely cut mix veggies
temper of chana dal, urad dal and mustard seeds.
* If you don't have appam pan you can use mini cake pan, if you have that,
or you can bake if
Idli batter
This yields smoother result than using urad dal and its better nutrition wise as well.
Category :Vegetarian, fat free, gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: nil
Skill level : easy
Ingredients :
Batter:
1 c whole urad
3 c idli rava
1 tbs yogurt
1. Soak urad and idli rava separately, over night.
2. Grind urad into fine paste.
3. Grind idli rava little bit
4. Mix everything, let it stay for 8 hours or so.
Category :Vegetarian, fat free, gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: nil
Skill level : easy
Ingredients :
Batter:
1 c whole urad
3 c idli rava
1 tbs yogurt
1. Soak urad and idli rava separately, over night.
2. Grind urad into fine paste.
3. Grind idli rava little bit
4. Mix everything, let it stay for 8 hours or so.
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