Madhubani Painting & loads of sweets :-)

Hi !!!


My madhubani painting is finally finished .

Recently I joined a Baking Group in FB and I came across many healthy recipes of  cakes & muffins. So inspired by the same I tried few of them & luckily they came out well.

These are banana oats muffins with choco chips....😀

These are wheat chocolate brownies with walnuts 😀

These are Bajra Laddoos made with jaggery & lots of dry fruits . Truly a winter special treat. My kids are having a great time relishing these dessert..... What is your winter special desert ????

Have also started another needlework project. I will be posting the pics for the same in my next blog post.

Till then have a great week ahead.....

Moushumi

My Sketch book - Another madhubani painting

Hi !!!

This is another Madhubani painting  of Lord Buddha, which I am going to share from my sketch book. 

Do let me know how it looks :)

I also tried out a new healthy recipe of Bran Muffins.

Sorry, I didn't get a chance to click more fancy pics, as my kids got busy eating them.These are very delicious and yummy. Elements like wheat bran, oats, dry fruits make it a very healthy option for breakfast / snacks / dessert.

For detailed recipe please visit here . Do try out these muffins this weekend & let me know how it turned out:) I am sure your family is going to love them.

Take care & have a nice weekend :)

Cornmeal Muffins (eggless)

Hi !!!

Hope all of you are enjoying your weekend.

Here in Delhi its very hot. I  don't feel like going out until & unless its very important & urgent. I have been planning to watch a movie for sometime now, but due to this scorching heat I dropped the idea and decided to laze around at home, watching Tv and doing the regular household chores.

I was just rummaging  through my grocery stock for some kitchen items, and surprisingly I found this packet of cornmeal which I had bought during winters and which I had totally forgotten about. Impromptu,  I decided to make something sweet out of it. Little bit of net surfing &I came across this super easy muffin recipe shared by nisha madhulika in youtube.

Her recipes are quite simple and very easy to follow. So I tried out this muffin recipe & as you can see,  it came out quite soft and delicious.

These eggless recipes come in quite handy .... when you ran out of eggs or especially on  days like mon, tues & thurs when I don't eat eggs/non veg & on my kids insistence I need to prepare baked items. 

Now coming to the muffins you will need the following elements:

Ingredients

Cornmeal - 1/2 cup

All purpose flour - 1/2 cup

Powdered sugar - 1/2 cup

Baking powder - 3/4 tsp

Baking soda - 1/4 tsp

Curd - 1/2 cup in room temp.

Butter - 1/4 cup

Vanilla essence - 1/2 - 1 tsp

Method

Pre-heat your oven at 180 deg C

First of all we need to mix  the wet ingredients ie butter & curd together and whisk it properly. In a separate bowl we will mix the dry stuff ie the cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking soda & baking powder. After this we will bring both these mixtures together and mix them properly. In the end add vanilla essence accordingly. You can also add nuts to give it more crunch.

Now grease your muffin moulds with butter / oil and transfer the batter. According to the recipe we need to bake them for 10-15 min. , but mine took a bit longer...... around 20-25 min. Just check it with a toothpick, if it comes out clean then its ready otherwise you need to give it some more time.

Take them out of the oven and bring it to room temp. before de-moulding it.

TA.. DA your muffins are ready ......

Don't they look scrumptious ?????

Do drop in with your comments / feedback ....

Till next time bye & take care !!! :)

Potato & Oats Cutlet

Hi Friends !!!

Hope you all are doing good.

Today I am going to share with you this wonderful and healthy cutlet recipe. Its  very easy to make and you can have it as a evening snack or your can give it  to your children in their lunchbox.

For this you need :

Potatoes (Bolied) - 4 nos
Oats - 1 cup
(Here I have used Masala Oats)
Finely Chopped Large Onion - 1 no\
Few julians of Ginger
Green Chillies finely chopped - according to taste
Red Chilli Powder - 2tsp
Roasted Zeera Powder - 1tsp
Garam Masala - 11/2 tsp
Aamchoor Powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Flax Seeds - 1 tsp
Salt - according to taste


Method

First of all peel the potatoes and keep aside. Now slightly roast the oats. Mix only half cup of oats and keep the rest aside. Now add chopped onions, green chillies, julians of ginger and all the masalas. Mix it properly. It the mixture is too soft then you can add little bit of cornflour.

Now make small round balls from this mixture and flatten them with your palms. Spread the leftover oats in a plate. If you want you can also add some bread crumbs to this to give it more crunch. Roll these tikkis on to the oats & bread crumb mixture and shallow fry it  in a non-stick pan from both sides.

Your potato & oats cutlet are ready. You can serve it with tomato ketchup or green chutney. 

This recipe is a nice way of feeding your children oats which they normally do not like. Flax seeds is yet another healthy ingredient which makes it more health friendly.

Do try this at your home and let me know how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a nice day !!!

Moushumi

Til ( sesame seed) Laddoo

Hello !!!

Today I am going to share with you the recipe of Til (sesame seed) laddoos. Sesame seeds, as you know is full of natural oils which is very good for health and my kids love this sweet very much. During winter I make these laddoo for them, but because of some reason or other, I have been postponing it for some time now. Finally, I managed to get all the ingredients together and made them yesterday.

Ingredients

Khoya/ Mawa (grated) - 400 gms

Sesame seeds / til  - 1 1/2 cups

Powdered Sugar - according to taste 

Semolina / suji - 1/4 cup

Raisins / Kishmish - for decoration

Pure ghee - 1-1/2 tbsp

Method

Firstly, lightly toast the sesame seeds in a pan. Keep aside. Now dry roast semolina on low heat till it becomes light brown. Keep aside. Now in a pan heat 1-1/2 tbsp ghee in a kadai and then add grated khoya to it. Stir it for a while on medium heat till it melts. Now add bhura (powdered sugar) and mix well. Stir it for few min. and add seasame seeds and semolina to the mixture. Mix it well for few more minutes and switch off the gas. 

Stir the  mixture till it cools down a bit and shape them into firm laddoos while it is still warm. 

Roll them on toasted til (sesame seeds ) and decorate with raisins.

Delicious laddoos are ready to eat. 

Thanks for visiting !!!!!

Moushumi

Coconut Ladoos

Hi !!!

Today's  recipe in my festive food series is Coconut ladoos or Narkel Naadu as we call it in Bangla. This is a very simple dish, with very few ingredients.My mother used to make them regularly and stored them in airtight containers. I don't make them quite often, as my kids prefer baked items, like cake, muffins etc. But this time I hv decided to try out all the bengali sweets at home.

Ingredients 

Milk : 1/2 cup

coconut : 2 1/2 cup

Sugar : 1 1/2 cup approx. (can add more if u like it too sweet)

Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp (optional)

Method :

Pour the milk in a pan. Add cardamom powder to it  and let it boil. Keep aside 5-6 tbsp of grated coconut for rolling purpose. Once the milk starts to boil add the coconut (shredded) into it. Mix it properly. Now  add sugar and cook it on medium heat till the mixture starts leaving the sides.Remove from the heat and let it cool down a bit. Now make small size balls from this mixture and roll it on the shredded coconut. Delicious ladoos are ready to eat!

For variation you can also insert kishmish/finely chopped almonds in the ladoos.

Do try it and let me know how it turned out.

Happy cooking !!!

luv

Moushumi

Egg less Suji Cupcakes

Hi everyone !!!

Well, Durga Puja is just at the doorsteps and I can't tell you  how much excited I am. This is something that we Bengalis wait for all thru the year since this is the longest (4 days) puja we have. Maa Durga not only brings happiness & joy but also brings colorful pandals, new clothes,mouthwatering dishes,feasts, dance,  music everything that depicts our culture.

To enhance the festivity mood I will be sharing with you some sweet dishes inculding few bengali traditional dishes like payesh,sandesh etc. So the first dish on the line is Egg less Suji cupcakes which I made for my kids. I had picked up the notes from a cookery show on TV.

Ingredients ( makes 12 nos, but may vary according to the sz of the moulds)

1 1/2 cup refined flour
2 tbsp suji
150 gms butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar ( I used 1 cup as my kids luv more sweet)
5 tbsp milk powder
2 tbsp cornflour
1tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda bicarb
1 tbsp milk
1/4 cup buttermilk

Method

Pre-heat the oven at 180C

Mix the butter and powdered sugar till fluffy and light. Now gradually add the milk powder and mix it properly. Now add suji and again mix. In a separate bowl sift the flour,cornflour,baking powder and soda bicarb together and add to the mixture. Bring in the buttermilk and then again mix.Lastly add milk and the check the consistency. In case the mixture is too thick, then you can add more milk.

Pour the mixture into greased moulds/muffin tins/paper cups. Tap them lightly and level the batter. Bake  them for 30 min . De-mould  after cooling. Delicious cupcakes are ready to eat.



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Moushumi