Homemade Roasted Tomato Sauce - Keto#AlphabetChallenge

A delicious and fingerlicking sauce, easy homemade sauce, that is keto, no added sugar, preservatives or peeling of tomatoes. no thickening agents, so flavorful with herbs and spices, then blended into a sauce, freezes beautifully. When tomatoes are cheap then it's perfect time to make a batch of roasted tomato sauce. Use this to make pasta, pizza for even to make a gravy.

Makes 5 Cups

Ingredients

1½ Kgs Fresh Tomatoes
1 Whole Head Garlic - peeled
2 Medium Onions roughly chopped
1 Small Carrot - chopped - optional
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
2 Tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar
2 Tablespoons Wine - optional
2 Teaspoons Dried Oregano Leaves
2 Teaspoons Dried Basil Leaves
2 Teaspoons Dried Parsley
2 Teaspoons Dried Thyme
2 Teaspoons Dried Rosemary
½ Teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
½ Teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes optional
1 Teaspoon Pink Himalayan Salt
½ Teaspoon Keto Sweetener - I used Stevia powder
Method
Preheat oven to 200°C With both the elements on.

Cut tomatoes in pieces. Place in a large roasting pan. Scatter garlic , onion, carrot over-top. Drizzle with olive oil, wine & balsamic vinegar. Sprinkle with all the herbs, salt, peppers. Toss with a large spoon to coat.

Place in preheated oven for 60-70 minutes, stirring well half way through cooking. The mixture shouldn’t dry out completely and some of the tomato skins will char slightly. Stirring well half way through ensures that nothing gets too dark. Allow to cool.

Blend in a food processor or use immersion blender to create a sauce with your desired chunkiness level. I made a smooth sauce, strained it into a strainer. If you find the sauces tangy then add ½ teaspoon sweetener of your choice, I added stevia powder. 

Here is a delicious, fingerlicking and silky smooth sauce. You will love this sauce. It has a natural roasted color, do try it, worth the effort and time taken to make this!!
Freeze this in a zip lock bag on a baking tray. When required just break pieces you require and your ready to go!! 

Labels: Alphabet Challenge, Roasted Tomato, Keto, Low Carb, Sauce, Garlic, Dried Herbs, Balsamic Vinegar, Wine, Carrot, International Cuisine, Marinara Sauce, Preservatives free 

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• Blogghetti: Shrimp Fried Rice 
• Magical Ingredients: Ricotta Red Pepper Dip 
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Roasted Pumpkin Hummus Veggie Wrap#SundayFunday

I loved this Roasted Pumpkin Hummus, so made this again and used to make wraps. For this I used lettuce, green pepper (capsicum), tomato, carrot, cucumber and cheese for stuffing, and homemade tortilla for the wrap.

It's easy-to-make and super yummy as we get in restaurants! 

Ingredients 
Roasted Pumpkin Hummus - see recipe here
1 Tablespoon Garlic Infused Olive Oil
¼ Teaspoon Cumin powder
½ Teaspoon  Ranch Spice Mix
Salt to taste
1 Small Clove Garlic - minced
1/3 Cup Black Beans or Red Beans - soaked & boiled
½ Cup Chopped Red & Green Capsicum
1 Medium Tomato - deseeded & finely julienne
4 Whole Wheat Tortillas
¼ Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese

1 Cube Cream Cheese
1 Tablespoons Chopped Coriander leaves
1 Tablespoon Oil
2 Small Green chillis - finely chopped
2-3 leaves Lettuce Leaves
1 Small Carrot  - shreded
1 Small Cucumber - peeled, de seeded & shreded 
Roasted Tomato Salsa Sauce   as required
1 Tablespoon Lemon juice or to taste

Method

Soak the black bean for 3 hours and then boil them in a pressure cooker in 2 cups water till done.

Heat a skillet with garlic infused oil over medium flame. Add the onions, cumin, and salt and cook stirring occasionally for 3 to 4 minutes until they just start to turn golden.
Add the garlic and cook for a minute. Add the capsicum and toss them, now add the  ranch seasoning spice mix, cook for a minute, stirring. Add the beans and cook for a minute more, taste for salt , add accordingly. Remove from heat. Add the coriander leaves, green chillies  and cream cheese mix well,  set aside.

Place whole wheat tortilla on a work surface, spread 1 or 2 tsp of Roasted Pumpkin Hummus over it, leaving an inch at the border.

Add a large spoonful of the beans in the center of the tortilla

lettuce, tomato, shreded carrot, cucumber.

 Top it with Roasted Tomato Salsa Sauce and grated cheese as per you taste.

Then finally roll it. like wise make the rest

Enjoy with an extra spoon of hummus or your favorite sauce! 

Or you can grill these in a sandwich toaster and then enjoy!!

Enjoy a satisfying, healthy, veggie packed breakfast or lunch.  

My Notes

I used a little butter while grilling the tortilla to make it crispy.You can use a pan too to toast these. 
Salsa sauce is optional.
You can add other veggies as well like spinach, radish, etc. I used whatever available at home.
Make this a head and cling wrap them, when needed just toast/grill and enjoy.

Here are some of the other wraps 

Mutton Kebabs Wraps
SFC Twister Wrap 
Fruity Rice Paper Rolls 
Kolkata Style Egg Roll/Wrap 
Chicken Fajita 

Huevos Rancheros Breakfast Burritos  

Lables : Breakfast, Make Ahead, Black Beans, Capsicum, Carrot, Cucumber, Lettuce, Mexican, Wraps, Mexican, Whole Wheat, Tortilla, Vegetarian, Brunch, Sunday Funday

• Brownie Pizza by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Copycat Hobi's Bites Original Hot Crackers by Food Lust People Love
• Crunch Bars (copycat) by Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Donuts & Chicken Strips by Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Roasted Pumpkin Hummus Veggie Wrap by Sneha's Recipe
• Walking Taco by Mayuri's Jikoni

Sourdough Carrot Bread#BreadBakers

A delicious sourdough fresh carrot juice crusty, moist with a tender crumb bread perfect for sandwiches. This is super easy to make and has whole wheat flour, no oil or eggs. Just basic ingredients of water flour & carrot juice, naturally colored bread.
Ingredients
340 Grams All Purpose Flour
100 Grams Whole Wheat Flour
300- 305 Grams Carrot Juice
10 Grams Salt
100 Grams Active Sourdough Starter
Method 
For The Active Sourdough Starter Feeding method see here.
To Make the Carrot Juice

Take 500 grams carrots, peel and chop them into small pieces. Place this in a blender jar with 300Ml water. Blend at low speed for 30 seconds.
Slowly increase to high speed until the mixture is completely pulverized into a liquid. Pour the liquid into a nut milk bag or just using the thinnest cloth you have or a sieve. Strain into a glass. Measure and use the amount required for the dough.
To Make The Main Dough

After the starter has reached it's peak, begin mixing all of the wet ingredients into a mixing bowl, adding the flour last. Mix water, milk, honey, olive oil, starter, and salt together until well combined. Then, add the flour and whole wheat flour. 

Mix until a shaggy dough is formed. Cover up the bowl of dough with a kitchen towel and let it rest for an hour.
Stretch & Folds

- Perform the first set of stretch and folds. Stretch an edge of the dough up into the air and fold it over the top of the dough. Turn the bowl and grab another edge of the dough and do the same. Repeat this process, stretching and folding until you feel the dough tighten and resist stretching( about 8 turns). Then cover the dough and let it rest for 30 more minutes.
- Perform two more sets of stretch and folds with 30 minutes of rest in between the sets.
Shaping The Bread

After the last set of stretch and folds, flip the dough over in the mixing bowl so that the smooth side is facing up. Cover the dough with a kitchen towel and let it rise at room temperature for 4-8 hours (if you are in a warm country like India it make take between 2 -3 hours depending on temperature of the kitchen). This step is commonly called the first rise, or bulk fermentation.

Once the dough has doubled in size, place the dough, sticky-side-up, on a lightly floured counter. Stretch the dough out into a rectangle, Fold the third of the dough closest to you inward, and then stretch the dough out to the sides. Fold the right, and then left sides in toward the center. Fold the top of the dough inward, and then wrap the bottom part of the dough over it all.  If you want, you can make pre-shape and set aside for 15 minutes and then make a final shape.

Work this into a round shape, and place seam side up in a proofing basket lined well with flour.
Cold Proof

After transferring to Banneton, or well lined bowl or basket. Let rise the dough overnight in the refrigerator. You can keep this cold retard up to 18 to 24 hours. 
Score and Bake

When you are ready to bake preheat oven to 220°C and place a metal cake pan or any metal pan onto the bottom rack of your oven. You will put boiling water into this hot pan later to add steam to the oven.

Transfer the bread to a lined pan of Sourdough French Bread into the middle rack of the oven and pour a cup of boiling water into the metal pan on the bottom rack. Steam will fill the oven and allow the bread to expand as it bakes, giving it a better crust.

Let the bread bake for 20 minutes, then remove the pan of water. Rotate the bread pan and turn the heat down to 200°C and bake for an additional 25- 30 minutes, or until the bread has a brown color on the crust that you like. Let the bread cool on a wire rack for 20-30 minutes before slicing into the bread. 

A perfectly baked Sourdough Carrot Bread.

Serve slices with olive oil or butter, enjoy!
Labels: Sourdough, Carrot, Bread Bakers, Breads, International Cuisine, Eggless

#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all our of lovely bread by following our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated after each event on the #BreadBakers home page. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.
We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. 

This month’s theme is Carrot / Easter Breads.

• Carrot and Thyme Sourdough Boule by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Cozonac - Romanian Easter Bread by A Messy Kitchen
• Crushed Pineapple Carrot Quick Bread by Food Lust People Love
• Sourdough Carrot Bread by Sneha’s Recipe
• Sourdough Carrot Raisin Loaf by Zesty South Indian Kitchen
• Whole Wheat Carrot Bread by Karen’s Kitchen stories

Carrot Whole Wheat & Bajra Flour Flatbread#BreadBakers

This unique recipe combines the goodness of home stone ground bajra (pearl millet) and whole wheat flour with bran, carrots resulting in a flavorful and healthy high in fiber, antioxidants and B vitamins. This is a filling and and will keep full of energy to carry out your chores.

Ingredients 
1 Teaspoon Coriander Powder
1 Teaspoon Cumin Powder
1 Tablespoon Kasuri Methi
½ Teaspoon Teaspoon Salt or to taste
¼ Teaspoon Ajwain Carom Seeds
¼ Teaspoon Amchur Powder
1 Tablespoon Grated Fresh Turmeric
1 Teaspoon Grated Ginger
2 Green Green Chillies - finely chopped
¼ Cup Chopped Coriander Leaves
½ Cup Heaped Grated Carrot
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
¾ Cup Whole Wheat Flour
¾ Cup Bajra Flour
Water as required

Method 

In large bowl mix all the given ingredients well. Then add water a little at a time to to make a soft dough. Cover the dough and let it rest for 20 minutes. 

After that divide the dough into equal size balls.

Dust the work surface with whole wheat flour and roll each ball into a round circle.

Heat a tawa or girdle on medium low flame 

and bake each flatbread turning the sides till brown spots appear on both sides.

Brush them with oil or desi ghee and likewise bake the rest of the flatbreads.

Enjoy with a yogurt & pickle!!

Labels: Carrot, Bajra, Whole Wheat Flour, Millets, Flatbreads, Healthy, Vegan, Bread Bakers 

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A Day in the Life on the Farm: Hot Cross Buns Muffins
Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Casatiello Napolitano
What Smells Do Good?: Bunny Bread
A Messy Kitchen: Carrot Milk Bread
Ambrosia: Rosemary Dinner Rolls
Palatable Pastime: Carrot Bread
Zesty South Indian Kitchen: Sourdough Osterbrot
Magical Ingredients: Carrot Stuffed Carrot Buns
Sneha’s Recipe : Carrot Whole Wheat & Bajra Flour Flatbread 

Healthy & Oil Free Veg Rutabaga And Carrot Soup#SundayFunday

Rutabaga is called Shalgam in India. Shalgam is a member of the radish family that tastes much milder and sweet, is a winter root vegetable. This is the first time I have cooked shalgam. For me shalgam and turnip / kohlrabi / navalkol in Marathi are two different vegetables. Turnip is light green and shalgam is white with a pink band. I found shalgam/ rutabaga to be sweet.   

I,  may be wrong, correct me if someone has the exact information on these two vegetables. I, was grown up eating homegrown turnips / navalkol.  Hence, I could see the difference in taste and color. 

This is a very healthy, oil free, vegan and gluten free soup.  Its so delicious , since rutabaga has a sweet taste.  

Serves 3
Ingredients
2 Medium Rutabaga  - diced
1 Large Carrot - diced
1 Large Onion - finely diced

6 Cups Vegetable stock
Salt and Black pepper to taste

Method 

In a large pot / pan add all the above ingredients except salt and pepper. Bring it to a rolling boil, then reduce the flame and cover the pot, let the veggies soften. Let it simmer for an hour or till the soup should also reduces to 4 cups.

When the soup reduces to 4 cups turn the heat off and let the soup cool a little before blending it. I used the immersion / stick blender. Place it back on low flame add salt and pepper to taste. Let it come to boil.  

Serve it warm with a dash of pepper and few basil leaves.
Labels: Rutabaga, Shalgam, Soup, Carrot, Oil Free, Healthy, Soup Swappers, Vegan, Gluten free, Sunday Funday

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• Palatable Pastime: Caldo Gallego Cubano 
• Sneha’s Recipe: Carnivore Meatzza 
• Food Lust People Love: Cecilie’s Favorite Coleslaw 
• Culinary Cam: Crab-Stuffed Ravioli 
• Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Cheesy Burger Buns 
• Sizzling Tastebuds: Classic Chickpea Hummus 
• Jolene’s Recipe Journal: Cherry Chocolate Chip Waffles with Cherry Syrup 
• Mayuri’s Jikoni: Cranberry Achar | Cranberry Pickle 
• Blogghetti: Cherry Cream Cheese Cookies 
• Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice: Dove Dark Chocolate Chunk Cakey Muffins 
• Magical Ingredients: Chocolate Cashew Coconut Caramel Stuffed Paratha

Eggnog Carrot Kheer/Pudding#SundayFunday

Winter carrots have started to flood the market. When we were doing our weekly grocery my hubby seen the carrots and said make carrot kheer. It just then clicked why don't I make this with a twist. So used my Eggnog to make this creamy delicious Kheer.

Ingredients 
2 Cups Grated Winter(Red) Carrots
1 Cup + 1½ Cup Whole Milk
1 Cup Homemade Eggnog 
¼ Cup Granulated Sugar
1 Teaspoons Cardamom powder

½ Cup Fresh Cream
For Garnish
A few silvered Almonds
A few Raisins
A Dash Cinnamon & Cardamom powder
Method

In a heavy bottom pan add the grated carrot and a cup of milk
Bring this to a boil and then reduce the flame and let it simmer till the carrots are nearly cooked. 

Then add the sugar and  1½ cups milk let this cook till the carrots are softened and are fully cooked.

Now add in the Homemade Eggnog and on low flame keep stirring continuously till the pudding / kheer thickens. 
Please note if you do not stir continuously it will curdle. So take care at this stage. When it thickens switch off the flame add the cardamom powder and fresh cream give it a good mix. Add in the chopped nuts. Reserve some for garnish.

Serves chilled with a dash of cardamom and cinnamon powder. Enjoy this delicious Creamy Eggnog Carrot Kheer.

Labels: Kheer, Pudding, Eggnog, Homemade, Carrot, Sweets & Desserts, Sunday Funday

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Eggnog Carrot Kheer from Sneha's Recipe

Eggnog Cookie Bars from Karen's Kitchen Stories

Eggnog Mini Flans from Mayuri's Jikoni

Eggnog White Russian from A Day in the Life on the Farm

Family Style Eggnog from Palatable Pastime

Homemade Eggnog from Amy's Cooking Adventures

Snowy Eggnog Melt-Away Cookies from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice