Keto Paneer Steaks In Cafreal Masala#Foodieextravaganza

Many of the traditional Goan spices and masalas can be easily used to make delicious vegetarian meal, just use your imagination and create a new recipe to the taste of your palate. You can use the same masala and make it a perfect base to marinade vegetables like mushrooms, brinjal/eggplant etc.

For this recipe I used paneer to replace steak, since I felt like serving something different. This vegetarian steaks can be served as a burger with any keto toasted bread for a complete comfort meal. Adding a fresh salad or cooked vegetables will make a filling and complete meal.

Serves 2 Per serving carbohydrates 1.8 g
Ingredients
200 Grams Firm Cottage Cheese / Paneer
1 Teaspoon Chickpea Flour or Arrowroot Powder
Grind To Fine Paste
4 green Chillies
1 Bunch Coriander leaves
2" Piece Ginger
6 Cloves Garlic
½ Teaspoon Poppy Seeds
6 Whole Black Peppercorns
1 Small Piece Cinnamon
½ Teaspoon Heaped Cumin Seeds
¼ Teaspoon Turmeric powder
5 Cloves
2 Cardamoms
1 Tablespoon Tamarind juice or Vinegar
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
1 Tablespoon Coconut or Olive Oil
½ Teaspoon Sea Salt or to taste

Method

Slice the paneer half then into four slice. Keep aside.
Grind all the ingredients given under paste without adding any water. When ground finely add in flour or arrowroot powder. Pulse the mixer once or twice so that all ingredients are well mixed.
Remove this paste on to bowl and apply it to the paneer steaks and cover it with a lid and marinate it at least for 2 hours or overnight.

Heat a grill pan that has been lightly greased or sprayed with a coconut oil on high flame. Once hot arrange the slices and grill till brown marks are seen. Flip and again cook on the other side till brown marks appear. 

Do not over cook or else it will harden. These are soft and succulent. Serve these with salad at the side and enjoy a healthy keto meal with just carbohydrates 1.8 g
NUTRITIONAL DISCLAIMER
Please note that I am not a medical or nutritional professional. I am simply recounting and sharing my own experiences on this blog.  I provide nutritional information for my recipes simply as a courtesy to my readers.

Labels: Foodie Extravaganza Party, Keto, Low Carb, Goan, Indian, Starters, Appetizer, Paneer, Cottage Cheese 

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Keto Cabbage Egg Toast#SundayFunday

This Korean Keto Cabbage Egg Toast recipe is not just affordable but very tasty for breakfast or as a main course meal. This is a satisfying, healthy and deliciously filling meal. An absolute Keto /low carb meal.

Serves One
Ingredients
150 Grams Finely Shredded Cabbage
2 Large Eggs
1½ Tablespoons Oats Fiber
½ Teaspoon Mixed seasoning - See My Notes
Salt to taste
Ham slices
Cheese slices
Butter and olive oil required
For The Sauce
1 Tablespoons Mayonnaise
1 Teaspoon Sriracha Sauce

Method

Combine all sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.

Wash the shredded cabbage twice in sufficient water drain well squeezing to remove as much moisture as you can, keep aside.

Heat a square or tamayoki pan/ skillet with oil or butter over low to medium-low heat.

While pan is heating, in a bowl mix the cabbage, seasoning, salt, egg and oat fiber well. Then add the mixture to the heated pan in an even layer.  

Divide it into two equal toast with a spatula. Cover and cook until lightly golden on the bottom. Use lower heat for a smaller pan since the toast will be thicker. Carefully slide the omelet (uncooked side up) onto a large plate, cover with the skillet, and flip. This ensures the toast will not break apart while flipping. Spread a tad bit of butter on top and all sides. 

Top with cheese and ham slice

Cover it with the cooked/brown side of the other toast. Return the pan on the burner.

Press the top with a spatula so that it is firm throughout and cheese is melts and lightly flip it to brown evenly on both sides. 

Transfer it to a plate and serve immediately, with sauce on the side or drizzled on top. 

My Notes

I used the seasoning that has red chili flakes, pepper powder and mixed herbs. 
Labels: Korea, Cabbage, Egg, Keto, Low Carb, Breakfast, Main course, Sunday Funday, Asian Cuisine, Gluten free, Oat Fiber, Dipping Sauce, Sugar Free, Omelette, Korean, Serves One

For Sunday Funday our theme is Savory Recipes With Oats

Air Fryer Sweet Potato and Oats Smiley from Cook with Renu

Beef and Oat Sliders from A Day in the Life on the Farm

Egg Muffins with Savory Oatmeal Crust from Amy’s Cooking Adventures

Instant Oats Rava Idli from Sizzling Tastebuds

Keto Cabbage Egg Toast from Sneha’s Recipe 

Keto Strawberry Microwave Muffin#Improv

This Keto Strawberry Muffin fits perfectly into that sweet spot for a sweet craving. It makes a perfect muffin for quick breakfast or dessert.
This muffin is moist, top it with whipped cream and you have a delicious dessert.
It’s no dissimilar to a mug cake (it is, in fact, a mug cake) and you can make this in your oven or microwave.

Serves 1
Ingredients
30 grams Almond Flour
½ Teaspoon Baking Powder
1 Egg
15 Grams Butter - melted
2 Teaspoons Keto Sweetener
½ Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
¼ Teaspoon Cinnamon powder
20 Grams Strawberries -1 Big chopped

Method

In a bowl, add in the melted butter (or microwave for 15 seconds to melt it), add the Keto sweetener, vanilla extract, and the egg and give it all a good mix till well combined.

Now add your dry ingredients to the bowl - the almond flour, baking powder and cinnamon powder and mix well.

Add in the chopped strawberries and gently fold through the mixture.  

Grease an microwave proof ramekin with butter and pour in the batter. Top with a couple of strawberries.  Microwave on high for 90 seconds. If a toothpick poked through the center comes out clean, your muffin is done.

Serve warm or chilled, depending on your preference. 

Nutrition Info (Per serving)
Net Carbs: 3g
Carbs: 6g
Fat: 32g
Protein: 13g
Fiber: 3g
Labels: Single Serving, Keto, Low Carb, Microwave, Muffins, Strawberry, Healthy, Sugar Free, Diabetic Friendly, Almond Flour, Improv Cooking Challenge

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Homemade Ricotta Cheese

Italian Ricotta Cheese, is easy and a flexible recipe which anyone can make at home. Ricotta is a fabulous component of many Italian dessert's, such as cheese cake, cannoli etc.. It is also used in pasta's, pizza's, lasagna, ravioli and so on. Well In India this is very expensive to buy and making it at home is so easy and delicious. I love to have this as a filling for pancakes.

Makes around 350 Grams
Ingredients
2 Liters Full Fat Milk
1 Cup Heavy Cream
1 Cup Full Fat Yogurt
1 Teaspoon Salt
2 Teaspoons White Vinegar - mixed in ¼ cup water

Method 

In a large pan, heat the milk, heavy cream, till it comes the temperature comes to 90°C. Then add in the full fat yogurt, salt, vinegar mixed in water,  gently stir on a low flame and let is heat for 3 -4 minutes, stirring lightly until milk curdles up. Meanwhile take a strainer and cover it with a muslin cloth and place it on top of a deep bowl. 

Once milk curdles up and comes to boil, stir and put off the flame. Strain curdled milk with a strainer having muslin cloth. Do not throw away its water also known as whey (You can use this in soups or to knead dough for making bread), let it drain for 15-20 minutes. Gather muslin cloth and squeeze properly to remove excess water or whey out of it.

Once done keep cheese covered with the cloth and keep a heavy object on top to give it shape of your choice.
Refrigerate and use this within 3-4 days. 

Homemade Ricotta Cheese is ready for which we would pay a hefty sum to buy it.
Labels: Cheese, Homemade, Ricotta, Italian, International Cuisine, Keto, Low Carb

Gluten Free Gnudi (Naked Ravioli) In Butter Garlic Sauce#Foodieextravaganza

Gnudi are little balls which are more or less like a kind of gnocchi; balls are made of spinach and ricotta without any pasta covering them. So, hence the name Naked Ravioli.
These rustic, naked ravioli have a long history, going back to Roman times, and perhaps even much earlier.

For this gnudi, I did not add the whole egg, more the dough is loose the more flour will be required. So use only the yolk, so that the gnudi is soft and succulent (and not hard) after it's cooked. These are very delicate so while adding them to the boiling water, use a slotted spoon to drop each into the pan of boiling water.

Ingredients
For The Gnudi

200 Grams Homemade Ricotta Cheese
1 Large Egg Yolk - only
100 Grams Chopped Spinach
1 Tablespoon Finely Chopped Roasted Garlic
½ Teaspoon Dried Parsley
½ Teaspoon Dried Basil
¼ Teaspoon Salt
¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper powder
2 Tablespoons Heaped Tapioca Flour/ Starch
¼ Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
1 Tablespoon Heaped Tapioca Flour/ Starch - for coating
For The Butter Garlic Sauce
2 Tablespoons Salted Butter
1 Tablespoons Olive Oil
4 Cloves Garlic - finely chopped
1 Wild Garlic - finely chopped
1 Tablespoon Chopped Scallion Greens - for garnishing
½ Teaspoon Salt

Method

Blanch the spinach for a minute in the microwave. Immediately dump it in cold water. Take a muslin cloth and squeeze the spinach of all moisture. In same cloth squeeze the ricotta cheese. 

In a large bowl combine ricotta cheese, spinach, egg yolk, dried parsley, dried basil, black pepper powder, salt, parmesan cheese, garlic mash them all well till well combined. Add the tapioca flour a tablespoon at a time and mash till well combined. Make a nice ball. Leave it aside covered for 5 to 10  minutes.
Take a small pinch and form into a ball.

To Test whether the ball will not disintegrated in water while boiling. 

Heat water in a pan when it comes to a boil add this tiny ball let it cook it it floats to the surface. If it does not break or disintegrated in water then the dough is perfect.

Now that the dough is perfect cover and keep aside for 5 to 10 minutes. Make 9 - 10 equal size balls. Roll them in tapioca flour, shake of any excess flour by rolling it in your hand. Keep all aside.

In the meantime heat a tall pan will water add a ¼ teaspoon salt. When the water comes to a rolling boil, place each gnudi with a slotted spoon gently into the water. Cover the pan with a lid and on medium high flame let them cook till they start to float on top. Once they float to the surface they are done. Remove each gently with slotted spoon and keep them in large plate to come to room temperature.

For The Butter Garlic Sauce

In a pan heat oil and butter, add the chopped garlic and wild garlic, when the garlic starts to brown add in the gnudi and sauté gently turning the sides.

Remove and serve hot garnish with chopped scallion greens.
These were so...ooo delicious. A must try recipe.

Labels: Keto, Low Carb, Gnudi, Ravoili, Pasta & Noodles, Ricotta, Tapioca Flour, Garlic, Spinach, Butter, Gluten free, International Cuisine, Italia, Foodie Extravaganza Party

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• Homemade Spinach and Cheese Ravioli with Tomato Sauce from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Seafood Ravioli from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Toasted Ravioli from Palatable Pastime

Grapefruit Chaat Salad Bowl#Foodieextravaganza

This is a simply lip smacking tangy salad bowl. It's so delicious that you will love it, its also low carb, just 2 grams Carb per serving.

This pink-orange citrus fruit is not only beautiful but has a long list of health benefits like rich Vitamin C plus plenty of minerals like calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium. 

Serves Two
Ingredients
2 Large Grapefruit
1 Teaspoon Chaat Masala
½ Teaspoon Red Chilli powder
¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper powder
¼ Teaspoon Black Salt/Kala Namak
6 - 8 Mint Leaves

Method 

Peel the grapefruit and remove the white pith. Separate into segments, remove the seeds and place in a bowl.

Add red chilly powder, black pepper powder, black salt, chaat masala and mix well. Add mint leaves and mix.

Transfer onto individual serving bowls, garnish with a mint sprig and serve immediately.

Nutrition Info - Per Serving
Calories : 90 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 2 gm
Protein : 20 gm
Fat : 0.2 gm
Other : Vitamin C- 62mg

Labels: Foodie Extravaganza Party, Grapefruit, Salad, Chaat Masala, Healthy, Low Carb, Serves Two

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Doi Gobhi/Yogurt Cauliflower#SoupSwappers

This is a Bengali cuisine dish which is a mildly spiced. In Bengal cauliflower is also called fulkopi. This is a very different way of preparing the regular cauliflower for a main course meal and the fried cauliflower with curd/yogurt combination tastes great. In this dish there is no onion or garlic and still taste delicious. Do try this you will definitely love this dish.

Ingredients

To Boil The Cauliflower
1 Medium Head Cauliflower
¼ Teaspoon Salt
¼ Teaspoon turmeric powder
Other Ingredients
3 Tablespoons Oil
3 Green cardamom
1 Bay leaf
3 Cloves
1 Small Stick Cinnamon
2 -3 Green Chillies
½ Teaspoon Garam Masala powder
1 Tablespoon Desi Ghee
To Make A Paste
1 Cup Yogurt/Curd - whisk it well
1 Cup Water
1 Teaspoon Red Chilly powder
½ Teaspoon Cumin powder
¼ Teaspoon Cumin seeds
1 Teaspoon Coriander powder
1 Teaspoon Sugar
Salt to taste

Method

In a pan of water add the turmeric powder and salt bring this to a boil, when the water boils add the cauliflower florets and boil it for 3- 4 minutes. Strain the cauliflower in a colander and keep aside.

Heat oil and add all the whole spices, when they start to sizzle add the boiled cauliflower and fry for 2- 3 minutes in medium high flame till the cauliflower get slightly charred. Take out the cauliflower on to a plate and keep it aside. 

Whisk the ingredients of the paste well in a bowl.

In the same pan add the paste to the pan on low flame. Stir it with a whisk continuously for 3 - 4 minutes or until this mixture comes to a rolling boil. 

Now add the fried cauliflower and mix it well.
Add the slit green chillies. Cover with a lid and let it boil for 5 minutes on low flame. 

Then add in garam masala powder and the desi ghee, give it good mix, let it simmer for a minute or two. Switch off the flame. 

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Enjoy hot with steam rice or crusty bread or roti. 

Labels: Cauliflower, Keto, Low Carb, Healthy, Stew, Main course, Soup Swappers, Indian, No Onion No Garlic, Vrat

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