Healthy Snacks

Panjeeri || Home made || Benefits

Eat healthy, live long, live strong!

Ingredients:
Coconut 1/2 cup
Kamarkas/ edible gum 1/4 cup
Grinded Cardamon 5/6
Walnuts 1/2 cup- chopped
Almonds 1/2 cup- soaked, peeled and chopped
Gond 1/2 cup
Whole wheat flour/Atta 1/2 cup
Sesame seeds 1/2 cup
Four seeds/ 4 maghz 1/2 cup
Suji 1 cup
Makhanay 1 cup
Ghee as needed
Jaggery/Gur 1 & 1/2 cup chopped

METHOD:

Sauté each ingredient in ghee, on low fire, to avoid over cooking.
Grind makhanay, gond, kamarkas & four seeds- 4 maghz.
Mix everything together and add jaggery/ gur and mix well.

After it is mixed well. Dish it out.
1. If you want to make balls, then do it as soon as it gets a bit cool to touch.
2. If you prefer barfi style cubes, then fill up a dish and press to make it even, then keep it in the fridge. Once cooled down slice it in squares to make barfi style cubes.
3. Or just fill up a jar and enjoy.

Benefits of panjeer:

1. Reduces hair loss
2. Helps in Weight loss
3. Good for Memory
4. Helps in Depression
5. Helps in Alzheimer
6. Strengthen the bones.
7. Good for men, women and children.
8. Gives strength to all body, brain, eyesight, hair.
9. Great for nursing mothers.
10. Great immunity booster.
11. Should be taken in small quantity throughout the year.

No bake energy balls

No Bake Magic Energy Balls

Ingredients

• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1/2 cup almond flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
• 1/2 cup peanut butter or sun butter
• 1/2 cup ground flax seed
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips (semi sweet or vegan)
• 1/3 cup honey or agave nectar
• 4 dates chopped
• 1 tablespoon chia or hemp seeds
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• sprinkles to decorate the balls

Preparation

1. Place all of the ingredients except the sprinkles in a food processor and pulse until thoroughly combined, or just mix in a bowl.
2. Use your hands to roll the mixture into 1-inch balls, then roll in the sprinkles.
3. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Peanut butter banana muffins with oat flour

Peanut butter Banana Muffins

Ingredients

Bananas 1 cup- mashed
Peanut butter- crunchy or creamy 3/4 cup
Eggs 2 large
Maple syrup 1/4 cup
Vanilla extract 1& 1/2 tsp
Almond milk 1/2 tbsp

Oats flour 1cup
Baking powder 1tsp
Cinnamon 1 tsp
Salt 1/4 tsp
Chocolate chips 1/3 cup
Chocolate chip 3tbdp for topping

Method

Preheat the oven. You’ll need muffin liners or muffin tray.
Mix all the wet ingredients well.
Mix all the dry ingredients and add to the wet ingredients. Add in the chocolate chips.
Fill in the muffin liners.
Bake for 20-25 minutes. Check with a tooth pick. It should come out dry. Makes 12 muffins.

Dehydrated and Activated Nuts and seeds

Tea Time Snacks

Recipe for weight loss, Egg Halwa No Sugar Easy and Quick, Ande ka halwa recipe, Egg Dessert.

This one’s for my dadi.

Had this craving for the egg halwa, that our dadi (grandma) May her soul Rest In Peace, used to make for me and my sisters, along with the French toasts, when ever we visited her. So I decided to try my own version for it. Surprisingly it turned out so yummy. So sharing it with all of you.

Ande ka halwa or egg halwa is loved by all in our country. I tried it with no sugar, no processed sugar, diet friendly, no dairy, easy and healthy recipe. Its a no carb, high protein. Recipe for weight loss. So if you are on a diet, this recipe is for you. Or even if you are trying to maintain your weight then do try it. You can have it as a dessert or a breakfast or a snack. It can be made in no time. And above all you will love it.

I try my best to develop, create and share healthy recipes for a healthy lifestyle. I believe health depends on healthy eating, exercise and a positive approach to life.

Toppings:

Garam masala
Tomatoes
Onions
Coriander leaves

Note:
Serve with tamarind chutney and chat masala.

I try my best to develop, create and share healthy recipes for a healthy lifestyle. I believe health depends on healthy eating, exercise and a positive approach to life.

Dahi Phulkian Easy recipe for Ramazan/ Iftar

I have grown up enjoying this recipe, taught to me by my Khala Nadira, who is a superb artist and an expert chef & above all more like a friend.

Dahi phulkian

Ingredients:

For the Phulki Batter:
Besan/gram Flour 1 cup
Garlic 2 cloves crushed
Salt-according to your taste
Red chili powder 1 tsp

Yogurt Mixture:

Yogurt
Salt
Chat masala
Optional
Dhania/coriander powder
Zeera/cumin powder

Make the streusel topping.First whisk together the all-purpose flour, Muscovado raw sugar, and cinnamon. Add in the melted butter, then mix together until you have small streusel crumbles. Having a few big crumbles is totally fine too.

Whisk the dry ingredients together. Use a mixing bowl to whisk together the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Mix the wet ingredients together.Beat the eggs, Muscovado raw sugar, melted butter, lemon zest, lemon juice, buttermilk, and vanilla extract.

Scoop then bake. With a cookie scoop evenly distribute the batter into each muffin pan. If you use a standard size muffin you will make 12-14 roughly. Depending on the size of your muffin tin.

Top with extra blueberries (optional), then sprinkle the tops with the streusel topping.

Bake for 20 minutes at 200C or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. When done, remove them from the oven and let them cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes before remove them.

Carrot, Date & Pecan with caramel sauce

Cooking with @Zbee’s World !

STREUSEL TOPPING

½ cup All-Purpose Flour
¼ cup Muscovado raw sugar
½ tsp Cinnamon
2 tbsp Unsalted Butter, melted
LEMON BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

2 ½ cups All Purpose Flour
1 tbsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
¼ tsp Salt
2 Large Eggs, room temperature
1 cup Muscovado raw sugar
½ cup Unsalted Butter, melted
½ tsp Grated Lemon Zest
3 tbsp Lemon Juice
1 cup Buttermilk or Whole Milk
1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
2 cups Fresh Blueberries, rinsed and dried

METHOD

Preheat oven to 180 Degree C.
In the bowl of a stand mixture fitted with a whisk attachment, whisk the eggs and pitted dates together until light and creamy. Slowly stream in the oil in increments while still whisking. Once all the oil is added, change the whisk to a paddle attachment then add in the sieved dry ingredients. Once combined, remove from the mixer and fold in the grated & slightly cooked (to dry the excess moisture in the carrots) and pecans by hand with a spatula.

TIN SIZE
3 x 18 cm

SALTED CARAMEL INGREDIENTS

1 can (13.5oz) full fat coconut milk
½ cup coconut sugar or Muscovado sugar
2 pinch salt
1 tsp Vanilla

METHOD

For the caramel sauce, place the coconut milk, coconut sugar and salt in a small pot and bring to boil, while stirring. Turn the heat down to low and simmer on low for about 40-50 minutes while stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Keep in mind that it will thicken a more once it cools down. Remove from heat, stir in the vanilla extract and set aside to cool. Makes about 8oz of caramel sauce.
NOTE: If you wish to increase the quantity of the sauce, do check the sugar quantity by tasting it, as you might not need to double the sugar quantity.

CARAMEL CREAM CHEESE FROSTING INGREDIENTS

340g (11.990z) cream cheese, softened
170g (6oz) unsalted butter, softened
1.5tsp Vanilla extract
150g (5.2oz) brown sugar

METHOD

Place the cream cheese and butter in the bowl and mix with a hand beater or a paddle attachment in a stand mixer, until completely smooth. Once smooth add in the brown sugar and vanilla and combine. Once smooth, add in half of the cooled salted caramel continue mixing until combined.

LEMON BLUEBERRY MUFFINS || DESSERT

RECIPE

CARROT, DATE & PECAN CAKE WITH CARAMEL FROSTING CARROT CAKE

INGREDIENTS

350g (12.35 oz) Grated Carrots
360 (12.7 oz) Dates- pitted & chopped
190g (6.7 oz) Whole Eggs
325g (11.46 oz) Vegetable oil
250g (8.82 oz) plain all purpose Flour
65g (2.29 oz) corn flour/ corn starch
14g (0.49 0z) Bicarbonate (baking) soda
3g (0.11 oz) baking powder
5g (0.18 oz) ground Cinnamon
1g (0.04 oz) ground nutmeg
5g (0.18 oz) sea salt
50g (1.76 oz) Pecans, roughly chopped