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
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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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Chocolate Malai Bundt Eggless Cake#BundtBakers

It's Christmas season and the time for posting for Bundt Bakers our Host of the month is Felice Geoghegan - the theme is International Holiday Bundts and asked us to make a bundt that celebrates a holiday in December from around the world.

Made this bundt for my  vegetarian friends who came to visit me during this season.   This cake turned out so soft and moist. Added chocolate chips inside and also sprinkled a tablespoon on top before placing it in the oven. 

Ingredients
1/2 Cup Fresh Malai -  see notes
1/2 Cup Sugar powdered
1/2 Teaspoon Level Baking powder
1/4 Teaspoon Level Baking soda
1 Teaspoon Vanilla essence
1 Cup Level All Purpose Flour
1 Cup Milk
2 + 1 Tablespoons Chocolate Chips or more according to your taste

Method

Cream the malai lightly,  add the baking powder, baking soda,  sugar and cream it for 2 minutes. Then add the flour and mix it then beat on low speed till incorporated by adding little milk at the time. When all the flour and milk is incorporated add the vanilla essence and mix. Fold in 2 tablespoons chocolate chips. 

Pour it into a greased and lined 6 inch tin, sprinkle the remaining 1 tablespoon chocolate chips on top tap the tin lightly and bake in a preheated oven for 25 minutes at 180 degree C.

Soft and moist bundt.

My Notes

The cream that comes from the top of whole full cream milk when refrigerated

Labels : Bundt, Bundt Bakers, Malai Bundt, Eggless, Vegetarian, Chocolate Chip, Baked
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Don’t forget to take a peek at what other talented bakers have baked this month ~

Bundt Cake of Squashed Pumpkin from Merce`s Cake
Chocolate Malai Bundt Eggless Cake from Sneha's Recipe
Dutch Speculaas Bundt Cake from Tartacadabra
Potica from All That's Left Are The Crumbs
Vegan Panettone Bundt Cake from Katin špajz
Weicher Lebkuchen – Soft German Gingerbread from Food Lust People Love
White Chocolate Cream Bundt Cake from Making Miracles 

Shengdana Chikki / Peanut Brittle#FantasticalFoodFight

Peanuts in Maharashtra is also know as Shengdana.  This  chikki  / candy / brittle is a quick and easy snack from Maharashtra a winter special sweet, crisp made with just two main ingredients - peanuts and jaggery. 

This an easy candy is very popular in India during winter months.  It is a perfect snack to gorge on in winters to keep your body warm.  It's made specially during the festival season of Lohri, Pongal and Makar Sankranti.

Ingredients 
200 Grams Peanuts
200 Grams Jaggery
1 Teaspoon Desi Ghee(optional) - this is used to give a shine

2 Teaspoons Water

Method

First keep all the essentials ready. 

Grease the tray or board the rolling pin with oil or ghee and keep aside.

Grate the jaggery and keep aside.

Roast and skin  the peanuts, separate them into two.

Keep a small bowl of water.

Heat jaggery  with  water   in a pan until it melts on medium low flame. 

Boil the jaggery  and keep stirring it continuously until

 it starts to bubble,  changes color and turns into hard crack consistency. (test its consistency by putting a drop in cold water- it should form a ball crack after you take it out).  Add the ghee and peanuts and mix thoroughly.  

Spread the mixture immediately and use the rolling pin, roll  to a centimeter thickness 

give cuts. Let it cool completely 

Take a knife and lift them up then break  into squares.  

Store them in an airtight container.

Labels: Chikki, Brittle, Candy, Peanuts, Jaggery, Desi Ghee, Fantastical Food Fight, Healthy, Homemade

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