Oats & Honey Porridge#Improv

Another quick and healthy breakfast. I make this for breakfast so often and sometime add fresh fruits too. 

Serves 2
Ingredients
1 Cup Oats
1½ Cup Water
1½ Cup Milk
2 Tablespoons Honey
Handful chopped nuts and fruits (Dates, Almonds,Cashew nuts, Walnuts and Raisins)
1 Teaspoon Chia Seeds

Method

In a saucepan , combine water and  milk,  bring to boil on  medium low flame

then add the oats and give it a quick stir,

Now add the honey and  chia seeds mix in well, keep stirring for 3 - 4 minutes  or till the porridge thickens a little.
Keep stirring in so that it is not burnt at the bottom.

When the oats is  cooked, turn off flame and transfer the contents to a serving bowl,

 Drizzle a little honey
The porridge will further thicken as it starts to cool , so adjust your water and milk quantities accordingly.

Here is the goodness of fruits

Sprinkle all the chopped nuts and fruits on top.  

Enjoy  this healthy breakfast!!
My Notes

Can use any type of oats.
Feel free to add or skip the nuts.
Vegans or lactose intolerant people can use  almond milk,  soy milk or coconut milk instead.

Sending this Improv Cooking Challenge, hosted by Nichole Little, theme for month is " Oats & Honey".
Labels : Oats, Honey, Breakfast, Healthy, Improv Cooking Challenge, Sugar Free, Diabetic Friendly, Vegan, Gluten Free

Cloverleaf Rolls#BreadBakers

So quickly the months have gone by, 2018 is over and we ushered into a new year 2019. Our Bread Bakers theme for the new year begins with Good Luck Breads, our host is Felice Geoghegan. 

I, made these  Eggless Cloverleaf Rolls for this event. Cloverleaf rolls are small balls made of three sections and more like a pull-apart bun. These are a real treat and very versatile, can be eaten for dinner or for breakfast with butter and jam.

Makes 12 Rolls
Ingredients 
300 Grams Bread Flour
200 Ml Warm Milk
11 Grams Hefe / Fresh Yeast
2 Teaspoons Sugar
3/4 Teaspoon Salt
2 Tablespoons Oil
50 Ml Water

Method

In a mixing bowl or food processor add the sugar, yeast, milk, when the yeast starts to bubble, add the flour, salt and oil, and run the processor on low speed adding the water a little at a time till it forms into a dough. Now run the food processor on high speed to make a nice soft and smooth dough for about 8 to 10 minutes. 

Shape the dough into a ball and lightly coat with oil place it into a bowl. Cover the bowl with damp cloth and set it at room temperature to double in volume.
Brush a 12 cup muffin tin with oil and keep aside.

When the dough has doubled, punch it down and divide it into 12 parts. Divide each part into three equal-sized pieces and roll each piece into tiny balls. I used the kitchen scale to make equal size balls around 15 to 16 grams each.

Place 3 balls, seam side down, in each muffin cup. Brush them with milk, cover the muffin tin with damp cloth , put it in a warm spot and let the rolls rise till they double in size.

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.Once they double in size and bake the cloverleaf rolls until golden brown, about 22 to 25 minutes.

Remove the rolls from the oven, and brush immediately with the melted butter. After 5 minutes, carefully transfer them to a rack. 

Serve warm, or at room temperature. 

Enjoy them for breakfast or dinner.

Labels : Breads, Bread Bakers, Cloverleaf Rolls, Eggless, Breakfast, Dinner, Good Luck Breads

#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. This month, the Bread Bakers are making Good Luck Breads, a theme chosen by Felice from All That's Left Are The Crumbs.
Don’t forget to check out all the amazing breads baked by our talented bakers ~

• Buttermilk Cornbread from Cindy's Recipes and Writings
• Cloverleaf Rolls from Sneha's Recipe
• Coriander Garlic Four Leaf Clover Bread from Sara's Tasty Buds
• Four Leaf Clover Good Luck Rolls from Cook With Renu
• Golden Pineapple Buns from Food Lust People Love
• Grosse Neujahrs-Breze from All that's Left Are The Crumbs
• Honey Butter Cloverleaf Rolls from Ambrosia
• Irish Barmbrack from Gayathri's Cook Spot
• Jewish Challah from Veena's Veg Nation
• Three King's Cake from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Lucky Horseshoe Shaped Stuffed Bread from The Mad Scientist's Kitchen
• Steamed Piglet Buns from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Vasilopita from Anybodycanbake

Oats & Split Green Moong Chillas/Pancakes#Foodieextravaganza

A Happy and Prosperous New Year to all my friends.
The month of December was only parties, weddings etc..
enjoyed food and drinks to the hilt. Now it's  time to start a healthy life style, hope I can maintain this. 

Starting 2019 with a healthy breakfast dish for Foodie Extravaganza. Since the theme for this month is Oatmeal, our host is Wendy Klik . Made these fabulous, healthy pancakes that are high in protein, low in calories and filling.
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Ingredients
1 Cup Split Green Moong Dal
1 Cup Oats
3 Big Cloves Garlic
2 Green Chillies
½ Teaspoon Grated Ginger
1/3 Cup Rice Flour - * see notes
Salt to taste
Water as required

For garnishing
Grated Cheese or Cottage Cheese - optional
Chutney or Sauce for Serving
Method 

Wash and soak the split moong dal overnight or for at least 4 hours. 
Drain the water and then grind it with rest of the ingredients using water just necessary to make a coarse paste. 

This batter should be thicker than a pancake batter.

 Heat a pancake pan and brush it with oil, take a ladle full of batter spread it into a thin chilla / pancake. Drizzle little oil on it. 

When it cooks it one side then flip it and cook for a minute ( this is optional). 

Fold it into a triangle and serve with chutney or sauce . Garnish with grated cheese.

These were fabulous, healthy and are high in protein.

My Notes
If you do not have rice flour at hand then soak 2 tablespoons heaped of rice grains along with the dal.
Do not brush too much of oil on to pan or else you will not be able to spread the batter.

Labels : Pancakes, Chillas,Crepes, Oats, Vegan, Gluten free, Breakfast, Brunch, Healthy, Foodie Extravaganza Party, Split Green Moong
Foodie Extravaganza is a monthly food fest, where a group of bloggers all create and share a recipe around one of the monthly food 'holidays' as detailed in The Nibble. Posting day is always the first Wednesday of each month. If you are a blogger and would like to join our group and blog along with us, come join our Facebook page Foodie Extravaganza. We would love to have you! If you're a spectator looking for delicious tid-bits check out our Foodie Extravaganza Pinterest Board! Looking for our previous parties? Check them out HERE.
See all the other recipes for today's Foodie Extravaganza

Apple Banana Smoothie from Caroline's Cooking
Coconut & Banana Oat Pancakes from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite aWhiskered Accomplice
Irish Oatmeal Brulee from Jolene's Recipe Journal
Oatmeal Crusted Chicken Strips from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Oats & Split Green Moong Chillas/Pancakes from Sneha's Recipe
Old Fashioned Oatmeal Bread from Karen's Kitchen Stories
Pumpkin Oatmeal from Making Miracles
Quick Cook Cheesy Bacon Oatmeal from Food Lust People Love

Cheesy Mutton Curry

This Cheesy Mutton Curry is so delicious, finger licking, quick and easy to make. I have grated 1/2 a cube of cheese to the gravy, but, you can add more too. If you do not have home malai, then add cooking / single cream. 

Ingredients

To Boil the mutton with
½ kg Mutton
1 Tablespoon Ginger Garlic paste
1 Tablespoon Green Chili Garlic sauce
½ Teaspoon Salt
1 Cup Water 
Other Ingredients  

½ Cup Oil
10 Whole Cashew nuts
½ Cup Yogurt
3 Kashmiri Red Chillies
¼ Teaspoon Nutmeg
2 Tablespoons Cheddar cheese grated
3 Tablespoons Home Malai or  Single Cream 
4 Tablespoons Brown onions - see notes
½ Teaspoon Garam Masala powder
For Garnishing 
2 Tablespoons Coriander leaves chopped
2 Green chilies - slit
Method

Boil / cook the mutton with ginger garlic paste, salt, green chili garlic sauce and water till mutton tender.
In a mixer jar add the cashew nuts and red chillies, pulse it two to three times till the powdered. To this add the yogurt, and brown onions, grind to a fine paste.  

Heat a pan / kadai with oil, add ground paste, , nutmeg, fry till oil surfaces, add the nutmeg powder mutton and stock, bring it to a boil, cover, cook till  it thickens and oil surfaces. Now  add the garam masala powder cream or malai , coriander, green chilies and cheese, cook for 2 to 3 minutes. 

Serve with hot garnished with coriander leaves and enjoy with rotis or paratha.  

My Notes :  

Do not have brown onions, then in oil  fry 2 medium the onions till golden and crisp. Rest of the procedure is same. 

Labels : Cheese, Malai, Mutton, Indian

Cracker Fried Prawns#FishFriday

Crispy fried Prawns/Shrimps toss in spicy sauce and served as a appetizer. A spectacular display of shrimp wrapped in wonton skins fried to a perfect golden served for a elegant party appetizer .. your guest will praise you. 

Sending this to Fish Friday Even wherein we were asked to share  recipes entertaining using fish and seafood for our December.  Any type of recipe: appetizers, mains, salads, etc. that would be great for parties or as a special holiday meal by our Host Sue.

Ingredients
250 Grams Cleaned Prawns - keep the tail
2 Tablespoons Lemon juice
1 Teaspoon Garlic paste
1 Tablespoon Red Chilly paste
1 Tablespoon Red Chilly Garlic sauce or Hot Sriracha Sauce
1 Teaspoon Chopped coriander
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Soy sauce
Triangular roll wrappers 15
1 Tablespoons Corn flour - mix with quarter cup water 
Oil as required for deep frying
Method

De-vain prawns and keep the tail.

To get a straightened shrimp / prawns  just score or nick the shrimp two or three time along the inside of the “curve.” This lets you straighten out the shrimp / prawns so you don’t get a short, curly roll.

Marinate with all the given ingredients, let the shrimp / prawns marinate for about half an hour before wrapping them in egg roll wrappers. 

Place one shrimp / prawn in each triangular roll wrapper. Stick all the corners with corn flour paste

Roll tight, so that the  shrimp / prawns do fall out when you put it in the fryer.

Deep fry on medium high flame and when just light golden remove them . 

Serve with sweet chili sauce.
Labels : Seafood/Fish, Appetizer, Party pleasers, Prawns, Shrimps, Fish Friday, Deep Fried, Wontons

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