Category: snacks

Breakfast snacks

(42) Vegan Omlette

Eggless Omlette

Besan Chila

Besan Pudla

Serves 4 Omlette.

Ingredients

1 cup tightly filled chickpeas flour ( besan)
¼ cup All purpose flour (maida)
½ tsp. Salt.
½ tsp.turmeric pd.
½ tsp.red chilli powder.
Pinch of Asafoetida.
½ tsp. Baking soda
¾ cup water.
Oil for drizzling.

Method

In one big mixing bowl sieves all dry ingredients.
Slowly add water and make sauce like batter.
Heat a lightly greased griddle.
Pour the 1/4 cup batter onto the griddle and spread it evenly in circular manner.
Drizzle oil at the edges and allow to cook till golden.
Flip the Omlette and cook other side.
Enjoy your eggless Omlette with red chutney and green chutney.
You can also add finely chopped onion,tomatoes, green chillies, coriander leaves which will enhance the taste.
On nonstick tawa you can make this without oil so it will becomes best food in Jaundice and for weight loss .

Tags besan, chutney, Jaundice, tea

Breakfast snacks

(41) Malpuva (Pancake)

20-24 Malpuvas

Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour (maida).
2 tbsp. Sugar powder.
4 tsp. Baking powder.
½ tsp. Baking soda.
¼ tsp. Salt.
1 ¾ cups milk .
2 tbsp.melted butter or ghee

Method

In one big mixing bowl sieves all dry ingredients.
Add melted butter and mix thoroughly with dry ingredients.
Slowly add milk and make a sauce like batter.
Heat a lightly greased griddle(tawa) .
Pour the batter on to the griddle using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake.
Spread it evenly in circular manner.
Drizzle ghee or butter at the edges and allow to cook till golden .
Flip the malpuva and cook other side.
Serve the malpuva with Chocolate syrup,Honey or Rabadi or as you want.Serve with love and smile.

Malpuva with chocolate syrup

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Breakfast snacks

(36) Masala Namakpare

Masala Shakarpare

Ingredients

3 cups wheat flour
45 ml oil
1 tbsp.salt
1 tbsp.chilli pd.
1 tsp.white sesame(safed til) seeds
1 tsp.black sesame(kala til) seeds
1 tsp.Cumin(Jeera)
½ tsp. Carom(Ajwain) seeds
280 ml. water
oil for frying

Method:

In one big vessel mix thoroughly all ingredients and knead into semi stiff dough.Keep aside for 30 mins.
Divide the dough into 10 equal parts and roll each part into flat round 2mm thick chapattis.
Cut each chapati into several square or diamond shapes. Pierce each pieces with knife.
Heat oil in kadhai. Deep fry all namakpare under slowest flame till it becomes golden brown. It will takes 4-5 mins.
Filled all Namakpare in airtight container once it cool down completely. You can store Namakpare for 30 days.
Enjoy Namakpare with masala tea,herbal tea,in breakfast, snacks or as you want. You can carry Namakpare during traveling or in offices and schools.

Tags greentea, herbal tea, masalatea, tiffinbox, traveling

Breakfast Dinner lunch snacks

(32) Methi na thepla

20-25 thepla

Ingredients

300 gms.wheat (gheu)atta.
200 gms. Millet (bajari or Jowar)atta
1 bowl(150 ml.bowl size)finely chopped fresh Fenugreek (methi) leaves.
1 bowl finely chopped fresh coriander (dhaniya patti)leaves.
4 tbsp.sugar.
4 tsp.salt.
4 tbsp.oil
3 tsp.chilli pd.
1 tsp. turmeric pd.
2 pich of Asafoetida (hing).
5 tbsp.curd.
100-120 ml.water.

Method:

In one big mixing bowl marinate methi leaves and coriander leaves with salt and sugar for 30 mins.
Add oil ,curd and all dry spices in marinated mixture.
Mix thoroughly and add atta and again mix and knead . Take water for soft and smooth dough.
Keep aside for 30 min.
After 30 mins. divide dough into 20-25 equal parts .
With the help of rolling pin ,roll each dough ball like roti and shallow fry with oil .Apply ghee and serve hot or carry with you while traveling or in offices.
You can enjoy your thepla with Aam ras,Masala tea, herbal tea,tameta nu shak,kela nu shak or any pickle,jam,chhundo.

Methi na thepla

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Dinner snacks

(30) Handavo

Spicy cake

Ingredients:

Batter

500 gms handava batter{ 100 gms rice (chawal),50 gms. white urad(udad dal),50 gms. lentil( tur dal), 50 gms chickpeas (channa dal) soak and make coarse batter}.

Keep aside this batter upto 6-8 hrs. for fermentation

In market you will get ready made Idli-dosa batter .Same you can use to make handavo. Only after adding ½ cup suji.which will give crispiness to upper and lower layer of handava.

Masala:

4 tb sp. sugar,2 tsp chilli pd,3tsp.cumincoriander pd. 1/2 tsp haldi,4 tbsp.curd ½ inch grated ginger,2 green chilli paste.1 tsp soda ,3 tsp. salt.

Tempering ingredients for mixing with batter:

1/2 tsp rai ( mustard seeds),2 pinch of hing (Asafoetida),one tbsp.oil.

Tempering ingredients for pouring batter in pan.

2 tbsp.oil, ¼ tsp.mustard(rai) seeds, ½ tsp.sesame seeds and ½ tsp.sesame seeds for sprinkling over batter

Method

(1) In fermented handva batter add all masalas. Mix thoroughly. Sprinkle soda powder on batter

(2) Preheat tempering vessel ,add oil and rai and wait for crackling sound then add hing.

(3) Pour mixture over handwa batter and then mix thoroughly.

(4) Heat kadhai(pan) with oil and add mustard seeds . After crackling sound add sesame seeds and half of the batter.

(5) Cover the pan with lid .Cook the handavo until the upper surface look cooked or pierce knife which comes out clean and bottom surface turns light brown.

(6) Flip gently and again cook on slow flame upto 4-5 mins. or turns light brown.

Remaining half batter, repeat same process for making handvo.

7) Enjoy your handavo with sweet chutney,green chutney and vegetables soup.

8) You can also add boiled vegetables like green peas and sweet corns and / or grated vegetables like bottle guard zucchini , carrots .It will enhance the taste as well as nutrition.

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Breakfast Health Drinks Hot Drinks snacks

(26) Masala Tea

serves 2 person 150 ml each

Ingredients:

150 ml water.
200 ml milk.
5-6 Phudina leaves.
9-10 three inches long lemongrass leaves.
One pinch of cardamom powder.
One inch grated ginger.
2 tsp. tea powder.
4 tsp. sugar.

Method:

1) In sauce pan take water and all ingredients except tea pd. and milk and boil for 3-4 mins on slow flame

2) Boil on slow flame for 1 min. after adding tea powder

3) Add milk and again boil till colour changes from light brown to brown.

4) Strain tea in 2 cups and serve steaming hot refreshing tea in the morning, afternoon or evening with love and smile .

Masala tea

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Breakfast snacks

(24) Chakli

Indian snacks

Ingredients:

1kg Rice( chawal) flour

9 tbsp melted butter or ghee

5 tsp.red chilli pd.

4 tsp. salt

1 tbsp.white sesame seeds( til)

1 tbsp.cumin(jeera)

600 ml water

Oil for frying.

Method:

1) In one big mixing bowl add all ingredients and knead medium hard dough ,cover it with a damp cloth and rest the dough for 1 hr.

2)After 1 hr.again knead the dough .

3 ) Place a portion of the dough in the chakli maker

4) Tighten the lid and move in rounds to get a spiral shape.

5)Fry the chakli till it is golden.

6)Drain chakli on a paper towel to remove excess oil.

7)Once the chakli are cooled at the room temperature store in an air tight container for 1 month.

8) Enjoy chakli with tea,Herbal tea, milk ,coffee or as you want.It is the best option to carry ready to eat food while tracking,hiking or on a picnic.