Oats are 100% whole grain, and a natural source of carbohydrates and dietary fibre.They also contain beta glucan soluble fibre that helps reduce cholesterol.This is a very easy way of including these healthy oats in your daily diet...
Ingredients-
Quaker oats - 4cups
jaggery - 1cup
ghee - 1/2cup
cardamom/elaichi powder
cashew nuts,raisins (optional)
Method-
Grind the oats and jaggery to a fine powder.
Add cardamom powder to it.
Now add ghee and start preparing laddus.
Cashew nuts or raisins can be added to the ground mixture.I did not add as I like them plain.
Healthy and delicious laddus are ready in no time :-)
This is a delicious cake recipe with the orange flavour making it unique..
Ingredients -
all purpose flour/maida-4cups
caster/powdered sugar-3cups
baking powder-2tspns
eggs-4
butter/oil-1cup
vanilla essence-1tspn
orange juice-2/3rd cup
orange peel/zest-1tspn
almonds,cashew nuts
Method -
Mix the maida and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
Beat the eggs and mix in the sugar till fluffy.
Add butter and mix well.
Now add the flour to the above egg mixture slowly little by little.
Scrap out the white portion of the orange peel and then use.
Add in the essence,orange juice,peel and dry fruits.
Mix well so that no lumps are formed in the batter.
Preheat the oven to 220degC.
Grease the cake pan with butter or oil.
Pour in the batter and bake for around 30-35min till a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Let the cake cool and then de-mould it.
Orange cake is ready to serve :-)
This recipe is a nice variation to have pumpkin in the form of a sweet..So next time you have guests coming up,you can surprise them with these lovely home-made pumpkin barfis :)
Ingredients -
pumpkin/kaddu grated
sugar
freshly grated coconut(optional)
cardamom/elaichi powder
ghee for greasing
Method -
Wash the pumpkin and grate it.
Heat a non-stick pan.
Cook the grated pumpkin on the pan till all the moisture evaporates.
Once done remove the pumpkin in a bowl.
Take equal quantity of sugar as the pumpkin.
Now mix the sugar,pumpkin and coconut and cook it on the pan.
After 5min add cardamom powder.
Keep stirring constantly till the mix hardens.
For 1 big bowl/katori of pumpkin,sugar I added 2tbspn of coconut.This quantity will take around 15-20min to harden.
Grease a plate with ghee and take out the mixture onto it.
Spread it and let it cool to room temperature.
Cut the barfis into desired shapes.
Tasty pumpkin barfis are ready :)
Hummus is a middle eastern dish which is served as dip or spread with pita bread.It is an arabic word meaning chickpeas.It is very nutritious since chickpeas are a good source of protein and fiber.
Ingredients -
chickpeas/kabuli chana -1cup
lemon juice -2tbspn
salt
garlic -6cloves
olive oil/sunflower oil
tahini(sesame seeds/til paste) -1tspn(optional)
Method -
Soak the kabuli chana overnight or for 6-7hours.
Pressure cook till soft.
Blend together - mashed chana,oil,lemon juice,salt,garlic and tahini.
Tahini is a paste made out of sesame seeds or til.
Serve as a dip with any kind of bread.
Oatmeal also known as white oats is ground oat grains.It is very healthy because of its high fibre content and hence it is said a daily bowl of oatmeal can lower blood cholesterol.So needless to say these cookies are very healthy :)
Ingredients -
oatmeal - 2cups
all purpose flour/maida - 2cups
baking powder - 1tspn
salt - 1/2 tspn
cinnamon/dalchini powder - 1tspn
butter - 1cup
powdered sugar - 1.5cups
honey - 1tbspn
vanilla essence - 1tspn
eggs - 2
Method -
Take a bowl and mix the maida,baking powder,salt and cinnamon powder.
In another bowl mix the butter and sugar for a couple of minutes.
Add honey,essence and eggs and beat.
Add the flour mixture and oats and mix well.
Pre-heat the oven to 180degreeC.Grease the baking tray with oil.
Prepare small balls out of the cookie mixture and place on the tray with sufficient space in-between.
Keep the tray in the preheated oven and bake for around 20min.
Let the cookies cool completely and store in an airtight container.
This quantity makes around 18-20 cookies.
Enjoy healthy oatmeal cookies during tea-time :-)
