Ingredients: 8 Burrito style tortilla 8 oz of cream cheese 1 packet of Ranch powder dressing 1 small can of pimentos 8-10 Olives 2-3 green chilies Small bunch of Cilantro
Method: 1. Take out cream cheese in a bowl and let it Soften at room temperature. 2. Finely chopped pimentos, olives, green chili and cilantro. 3. Mix ranch dressing and other ingredients in cream cheese blend it very well. 4. Apply cream cheese mixture on one tortilla and start rolling from one side. Make sure to roll tightly. 5. Finish applying on all the tortilla. Wrap all the rolls in plastic wrap and keep it in refrigerator for an hour. 6. Take out from the refrigerator and cut in slight angle and decorate in plate. 7. Keep it in the refrigerator and take out when its time to serve. 8. Enjoy with salsa or other dips.
Eat traditional gujarati thepla healthier way. This is thepla is full of iron, calcium, protein and lots of good nutrients. It can be eaten in breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Ingredients:
1 cup wheat flour 1/2 cup Bajari flour 1/2 Jowar flour 1 table spoon oil 1 Cup Greek Yogurt ( can be replaced with plain yogurt) 1 tsp flax seed powder ( optional) 1 tsp chilli paste 1 tsp garlic paste 1 tsp ginger paste 1 tsp sesame seeds 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp chilli powder pinch of asofetoeda
salt to taste
Method:
1. Shift three flour together and add flex seeds(optional) in it.
2. Add ginger, garlic, chilli paste. sesame seeds, tuermeric powder, red chillli powder,sugar, asofetoeda and salt.
3. Now add yogurt and start kneading the dough. If you find it hard then add little bit of water in it otherwise just kneed it with yogurt.
4. Roll thepla from the dough with the help of wheat flour for dusting.
5. Heat tava and place thepla on it. Let it cook on one side until you can see little bit of bubble or spot on it.
6. now turn the thepla and apply small amount of oil on cooked side and let it cook for half and minute.
7. Now turn one more time and cook the other side for about half a minute.
8. Serve hot with yogurt or pickle.
This is my way of making healthy thepla.
1. If you don't want to mix the flour then you can just use wheat flour. replace 1/2 -1/2 cups both the flour with wheat flour.
2. If you want to make it gluten free and don't want to use wheat flour at all then replace 1 cup of wheat flour with 1/2 cup bajari and 1/2 cup juwar flour.
1. First warm a glass bowl by filling up with hot water to it and then dump it out or just put an empty bowl into the microwave for 20 seconds
Now, add a cup of warm water into the bowl with 1 packet of yeast and cover it for 10 minutes
You will get a dark tan color mixture as shown in the picture above.
3. Its time to add the dry ingredients. Add 2 cups of maida, sugar and salt in the tan colored mixture and mix it very well. Now, slowly add milk it to the flour mixture.
4. It is ok if you feel very sticky dough. Add 1-2 tb Sp of flour and start kneading. Gradually add the flour.
5. Now knead your dough with you palm atleast for 10-15 minutes so the you will get the gluten effect and you bread will get nice soft.
6. Clean the bowl and place the nicely kneaded dough into the bowl.
7. Cover it with damp cloth and keep it aside for 45 minutes.
8. Dough will rise almost double in quantity. Again take it out and knead for 10 minutes.
9. Flat it out with your hand in rectangle shape and height should be the same as your bread pan height.
10. Now make a roll as shown above and grease the bread pan with butter and dust it with flour.
11. Place the roll in the pan. and tuck the open sides down where the seam is. Now take brush the surface with milk and cover it. Let it rest for at least 45 minutes to an hour.
It will get double in quantity after an hour. Now bake in a pre heated oven on 400 degree F for 25 to 30 minutes.
let it cool down in pan for 10 mintues after taking out from the oven.
12. Take out from the pan and let it completely cool down on a wire rack.
This health flour is a good source of protein, fiber, iron, omega-3 fatty acid and good for digestion too.
Ingredients:
1 Cup Wheat
1 Cup Rice
½ Cup Chana Daal
½ Cup Moong Daal ( yello and green)
1 Cup Whole Moong
1 Cup Toor Daal
1 Cup Dry Peas
1 Cup Whole Mooth Daal
1 Cup Bajara Flour
1 Cup Jovar Flour
1 Cup Soya Bean
1 Cup Flax Seed
¼ Cup Urad Daal
1/4 Cup Black Urad Daal
1 tb sp Ajawain ( carom seeds)
1 tb sp Sessame seed
Method:
Mix all the ingredients mention above and grind them coarsely in flour mill or dry coffee bean grinder . And store it in a tight container. ). I will post more recipes using this healthy flour.
( In this recipe you can add or remove the ingredients per your choice. Add more daals or grains if you like or remove some of them if you don’t like it or you don’t have it available at your home).
Note: You can use this flour to make different recipes. Stay tuned for recipes from this health flour.
My son is very picky eater. He just wants only pasta for the the lunch every single day. As he is crazy about trains I made train sandwich for him today.
I use two whole grain bread and made sandwich with peanut butter and grape jelly. Cut it in half lengthwise and arrange it side by side. Cut small cheese square for window and add carrot circles as wheels and "glue" them on the bread with peanut butter and for steam I just cut cucumber in crescent shape.
