Whole Wheat Choco Beet Cakes

This recipe is healthy,healthy and healthy completely. No refined flour, No artificial colour or Butter. I got this recipe from here. 

I just applied some whipping cream (just a beginner there , so it is messy, hope to master it with time and practice) and placed some choco rolls on it. This cake is so soft,moist and no one will ever guess the ingredients. :-)

Ingredients

Dark Chocolate - 100 Grams (Broken into small pieces)
Eggs - 3
Brown Sugar - 300 Grams
Cooking Oil - 240 Ml
BeetRoot Puree – 300 Grams (Click here to find out how to make Beet Puree)
Vanilla Extract - 1 Teaspoon
Cocoa powder – 30 gms
Whole Wheat Flour - 100 Grams
All-purpose flour – 75 gms
Cornflour – 25 gms
Baking powder – 1 1/2 teaspoon
Salt – 1/4 teaspoon

Method

• Melt chocolate using the Double Boiler method or in Microwave.
• Sift all flours (Maida,Corn Flour, Wheat Flour) along with Baking powder and coco powder. 
• Mix sugar,oil,eggs,vanilla extract,salt and mix it well.
• To this add melted chocolate, beet puree and mix well.
• To this add the sifted flour and mix well.
• Pre Heat the oven for 20 minutes at 160 C Degrees.
• Pour the prepared Batter into the cake mould (Buttered and dusted) 
• Bake this for 30 minutes at 150 C Degrees or till the cake is done. 

Mint Chutney

This is one chutney that's so refreshing. It can be used as a spread on Bread or had with Dhokla or Upma.

It just tastes great with all cuisines.

Ingredients

Mint Leaves - 1 Cup (Washed)
Coriander Leaves - 1/2 Cup (Washed)
Ginger - 1/2 Inch (Skin peeled and chopped)
Green Chillies - 3
Tamarind - 1/2 inch Piece
Salt

Method

• Place all the ingredients in a blender and Blend it into a smooth Paste.
• If required add a tablespoon or so of water.

Bisibelabath - Karnataka Recipe

Bisibelabath is a famous recipe from Karnataka. It tastes yum with Papad and Potato Fry.

Ingredients

Bisibelabath masala - 1 Cup (Refer to the recipe here)
Rice - 2 Cups
Toor Dal - 1 Cup
Water - 8 Cups
Ghee - 3-4 Tablespoons
Peas - 1/2 Cup
Onion shllots - 1 Cup
Cashewnuts - 0 Pieces
Mustard - 1/2 Teaspoon
Tamarind - Lime Size soaked in 1 Cup of Warm water.
Oil and Salt.

Method

• Cook 2 cups of Rice and 1 cup of Thoor Dal in 8 cups of water for 3-4 Whistles.
• The rice must not be separate as Pulav nor overlooked like Pongal.
• Boil the Tamarind juice till the raw flavour goes off
• Then add the rice-Dal mixture to it.
• Add the Bisibelabath powder,salt and mix
• Keep some powder, rice mixture and tamarind juice as back up so that if anything needs to be added it would help.
• In a pan, fry onions and add it to the mixture.
• Then fry peas ad add it to the mixture.
• Then splutter mustard seeds, cashew-nuts and add it to the Mixture.
• Add some Ghee and serve with Potato Fry. 

Bisibelabath Masala

Sorry for not posting for some time. My Laptop conked off and I am no expert to blog from my Smart Phone. My Laptop is yet to be fixed, however somehow managed this post from another old laptop.

Bisibelabath is one of my  favorite rice recipes. The recipe is the combination Rice, Dal, Tamarind juice and the Bisibelbath masala with shallots and green peas.

The core ingredient of this is the Bisibelabath masala. The taste and flavour of this recipe comes from the Masala. So lets look at how to make Bisibelabth Masala.

Do come back and check my blog on how to make Bisibelabath using this masala.

Method

Gram Dhall - 1/4 Cup
Coriander seeds - 1/4 Cup
Dry Red Chillies-10 Pieces
Dry coconut - 1/4 Cup (Koppara)
Poppy seeds - 1 Teaspoon (Optional)
Cinnamon/Cloves/Black Cardamom - 1 Each

Method

• In a kadai, roast all the above ingredients in a teaspoon of oil.
• As each ingredients has its own cooking time, roast them separately.
• Grind them separately and mix them together.
• If you want to make this ahead of time and store it, then add all the ingredients except Dry Coconut, add coconut on the day of using it.
• You can roast and grind them together if you know the time each ingredient would take to cook. 

Lunch Menu - White Rice, Kollu Rasam, Moong Dal fry, Poondu Kuzhambhu,Channa Brinjal Kootu, Cauliflower Fry and Curd

Click on the below links for the Recipe

• Moong Dal Fry
  
• Kollu Rasam (Recipe Coming Soon)
• Poondu Kuzhambhu
• Capsicum Masala
• Katthirikkai Kondakadalai (Brinjal White Channa)
• Gobi Fry
• Curd