Healthy Whole wheat and nuts cookies

Most of us think that cookies made of any flour other than maida/all purpose flour does not taste good. But this recipe can prove them wrong.
I made these cookies only with Whole wheat flour, nuts, desi ghee and milk powder. They came up so tasty that i wanted to share them with everyone.
Here is the video recipe:

Ingredients:
1cup/130 gm Whole wheat Flour
1/2 cup/55gm milk powder
1 tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 pinch salt
2 tbsp milk
1/4 cup ghee/butter
1 tbsp each of Pista and Badam shavings(finely sliced)

Procedure:
Take all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix them thoroughly. It is better if you sieve them once or twice so that they mix uniformly. 
Then add the butter/ghee and gently rub against the flour with the finger tips to form a bread crumb texture.
Now add nuts to it and mix once.
Now add enough milk around 2 tbsp depending on the moisture content to make a dough. Do not knead the dough. Just gently mix to form a dough.
Now if the dough is moist and sticky then place it in the freezer for 5 min. Or if the dough is not sticky, then directly start making into cookies.
Roll the dough to 4 mm thickness and cut it in to circles.
Now make the good day cookies like arc design on them using a tumbler or glass.
Place them on a greased baking tray and place it in the freezer for 5 to 10 min.
In the meanwhile preheat the oven at 180C. After the oven is preheated place the tray in the oven and bake for 10 to 12 min till they turn golden brown in colour. Remove from oven and let them cool and store them in an air tight container and enjoy.


Note: 
1. Temperature and time differs from oven to oven, so adjust them according to your oven.
2. If you want to make for your kids and want to make them very rich you can increase the quantity of butter to 50 gm and sugar to 3 tbsp. This recipe also gives very tasty cookies eventhough the butter and sugar added are less.
3. Also you can add some cardamom powder or vanilla essence for flavoured cookies.
4. Also You can replace 50% of the flour with oats flour.




 

Good day like Oats and Nuts Cookies (100% Oats cookies with pista and badam)

Most of us think that cookies made of any flour other than maida/all purpose flour does not taste good. But this recipe can prove them wrong.
I made these cookies only with oats flour, nuts, desi ghee and milk powder. They came up so tasty that i wanted to share them with everyone.

Ingredients:
60 gm Oats Flour(Finely Ground Oats)
25 gm milk powder
2 tbsp Sugar
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 pinch salt
1 tbsp milk
25 gm ghee/butter
1 tbsp each of Pista and Badam shavings(finely sliced)

Procedure:
Take all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Mix them thoroughly. It is better if you sieve them once or twice so that they mix uniformly. 
Then add the butter/ghee and gently rub against the flour with the finger tips to form a bread crumb texture.
Now add nuts to it and mix once.
Now add enough milk around 1 tbsp depending on the moisture content to make a dough. Do not knead the dough. Just gently mix to form a dough.
Now if the dough is moist and sticky then place it in the freezer for 5 min. Or if the dough is not sticky, then directly start making into cookies.
Make equal portions of the dough and make balls. You can use a weighing scale to divide equally. My dough is divided into 16 gm balls. But it can be done approximately too.
Now press the balls and make disc like shape without any cracks. Now make the good day cookies like arc design on them using a tumbler or glass.
Place them on a greased baking tray and place it in the freezer for 5 to 10 min.
In the meanwhile preheat the oven at 180C. After the oven is preheated place the tray in the oven and bake for 10 to 12 min till they turn golden brown in colour. Remove from oven and let them cool and store them in an air tight container and enjoy.


Note: 
1. Temperature and time differs from oven to oven, so adjust them according to your oven.
2. If you want to make for your kids and want to make them very rich you can increase the quantity of butter to 50 gm and sugar to 3 tbsp. This recipe also gives very tasty cookies eventhough the butter and sugar added are less.
3. Also you can add some cardamom powder or vanilla essence for flavoured cookies.
4. Also You can replace 50% of the flour with whole wheat flour.




 

Indian way of making mexican tacos

Tacos are actually mexican snack in which taco shells are filled with baked beans and some vegetables ike lettuce, onion etc and topped with some sauces and salsa etc.
Here is a recipe to make tacos in Indian and simple way. Here I am using taco shells made of corn and wheat flour, Green chutney as a sauce, dal makhani instead of baked beans, sliced marinated onion.

Ingredients:
Tacos:
1 cup of corn flour
1/2 cup of whole wheat flour
warm water to make dough
salt to taste
oil for deep frying/baking.
Filling and Toppings:
Sliced Onion
Dal Makhani / Rajma masala/ Chole masala/chana masala curry
Green Chutney: 1 cup mint leaves, 1/4 cup coriander leaves, salt to tase, 3 green chillies, 1 tbsp curd/thick yogurt, 1/2 tsp lemon juice
For Marination: 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1/1 tsp pepper powder, pinc of salt.
 
Procedure:
Taco Shells:

Mix corn and whole wheat flour along with salt. Now add 2 tsp of oil and rub the flour. Now make a dough using warm water which is neither too hard nor too soft. Rest the dough for 30 min.
Now roll the dough in to thin sheets and cut the circles of 10 cm dia out of it. While rolling the dough has to be handled carefully. You can also roll it between 2 sheets of greased cling film. Also you may press it using puri press/roti maker.

  

Deep fry them in oil handling carefully same like we deep fry the puri. Now immediately after it is fried take it in to a tissue paper and press it with a rolling pin/belan to form the taco shell.

 

Green Chutney: Grind all the ingredients mentioned for green chutney in to smooth saucy consistency.
Curry/Filling: I used dal makhani curry here. You can use chole masala or rajma masala curry also.
Marinated Onion: Marinate the sliced onion rings in lemon juice, salt and pepper powder for 10 min.
Now fill the taco shell with the curry.

 Top it with the marinated onions.

Now top it with green chutney.

Yummy and crispy tacos are ready with desi twist.

Healthy Paneer Tikka Masala Whole Wheat Pizza

Paneer Tikka Masala is an authentic and great tasting Indian curry. Here I have come with Paneer Tikka Masala pizza where I used tikka masala as pizza sauce instead of commonly used pizza sauce.
This is a pizza for those who want to taste the complete Indian taste of pizza.
Watch this video for detailed recipe or follow the text below.

Ingredients:

Pizza dough and base(either whole wheat flour or all purpose flour(maida)): 
For whole wheat pizza base refer to the post whole wheat pizza and for maida(all purpose flour/plain flour) base refer to pizza pockets. You can also use store bought pizza base.
 200 gm mozarella cheese

Tikka:
200 gm Paneer(Cottage Cheese)
1 Green Capsicum(Green Bell pepper)
1 Red Capsicum(Red bell pepper)
1 big Onion
1 cup Hung curd(thick yogurt)
1.5 tsp Ginger garlic paste
1 tsp chilli powder
salt to taste
1/2 tsp amchur(dry mango) powder
2 tbsp mustard oil
1 tsp dried oregano and thyme(optional)
1 tsp lemon juice

Tikka Masala:
2 medium sized Onion
6 tomatoes
mustard oil
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp pepper powder
salt to taste
kasuri methi
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp lemon juice

Procedure :
Mix all the tikka ingredients except the vegetables and paneer and make a thick paste.
ow gently mix the vegetables and panner and coat the marination. Keep it in refrigerator for 20-30 min and after that place them on a mesh or rack and grill them in a tandoor or oven.

For Tikka masala heat some mustard oil in a pan and add grated onion and fry till light brown in colour. Add ginger garlic paste and fry. After that add pureed tomatoes and fry properly. Add chilli powder, coriander powder, salt and pepper powder and mix. Now add kasuri methi leaves, oregano and garlic powder and mix well. Switch off the flame and add lemon juice.

Pizza:
Take the pizza base add and spread the tikka masala on the base. Sprinkle some grated mozarella cheese. Now arrange the grilled paneer and vegetables(paneer tikka) on it and sprinkle some more cheese and bake in the preheated oven at 220C to 240C until it is done. Healthy paneer tikka masala pizza is ready to serve.