Oat Bran resembles rava/semolina. So I substituted rava with oat bran and prepared this delicious kesari. The texture remained the same. I had to use less water for this kesari. I prepared this as neivedhyam yesterday. Ingredients:Oat Bran-1cupSugar-1cupWater-2cupsCardamom Powder-1/2tspLemon Yellow Food Colour-3-4dropsBroken Cashew-5tbsGhee/ Clarified Butter-1/4cupProcedure:1. Dry roast oat bran until…
Oat Bran and Flax Seeds Whole Wheat Broom Bread
While I was searching for a recipe using oat bran, I found this recipe at applepiepatispate.com. The ingredients interested me. It has only wheat flour and oat bran. This sounded very healthy and nutritious. So at once I started the preparation. We need three days to prepare this bread. First…
Savory Shortbread Cookies / Iyengar Bakery Khara Biscuits
For this month’s ICC Challenge Srivalli chose these savory biscuits from Champa’s Versatile Vegetarian Kitchen . These cookies were so nice. We had some and I packed the remaining to my hubby’s office. They were all gone in no time. Thank you Champa for the wonderful recipe. Ingredients:Maida/ Flour-2cupsButter-1/3cupSugar-4tspSalt-1tspRed Chilly Flakes-1tbsDill-1tbsYogurt…
Eggless Donuts ( Baked Version)
This is the baked version of the donuts. I used flax meal instead of egg and so it had a nutty texture. It tasted great when warm. We enjoyed it with our evening tea. The procedure is quite simple. My hubby hates cinnamon in baked items. So I used cardamom…
Potato Salad
This month’s challenge at The Daring Cook’s is Potato Salad from around the world. Jami Sorrento a non blogging member of Daring Kitchen challenged us this month. She gave recipes of four salads and asked us to prepare a version of our own. I have never prepared potato salad before.…
Greek Gyro (Vegetarian Version) With Homemade Pita Bread and Tzatziki Sauce
I am late in posting May month’s 4 Velveteers challenge. Asha of Fork Spoon Knife asked the members to prepare Greek Gyro.This is a famous Greek street food . The pronunciation varies from place to place. Syrians call pronounce it as Gear-O, some ethnic groups pronounce it as Yee-Row and Americans…
Sweet Mango Pickle / Maangai Pachadi
My mom used to prepare this pickle. I used to eat it as it is as if it is Mango Halwa. It is very delicious. It has a combination of tastes. You can relish the sweetness of brown sugar, tanginess of the mango and hotness of red chilly powder. The…
Eggless Banana Drop Cookies
These cookies were extremely soft and sweet. The flavour of banana was amazing. I used flax meal as the substitute for the egg. The cookie has a lot of cashew nut and so it tasted nutty. I packed all the cookies to my hubby’s office. My hubby’s colleagues like my preparations.…
7 Cup Burfi
I didn’t know about this sweet till marriage. My hubby’s sister taught me this. The sweet uses 7 cups of ingredients(The totla number of ingredients sum up to 7. You can see it in the ingredient list). It slightly resembles the mysorepak. Yesterday I prepared this for neivedhyam. These are…
Pumpkin Seeds Mixture
Mixture is a snack which consists of a mixture of two or more crispy ingredients. Usually mixture has deep fried ingredients. I tried to cut down oil and make it nutritious. I prepared this delicious mixture today. All the ingredients are roasted with a little oil(except the corn flakes). As…