Lauki launj( bottle guard sweet) - Fasting special Dessert

Here is a dessert specially for fasts with lesser calories in comaprison to most of the desserts. Make them for fasts or otherwise and u will be lost in its soft and yummy taste.

• Ingredients:

1. Bottle guard: about 6-7 inches long (grated).
2. Milk: 1/2litre.
3. Sugar : 1/2 cup.
4. Green cardamom: (powdered 1 t spoon).
5. Almonds : 10-12.
6. Kissmiss: 10-12.
7. Desi Ghee : 2table spoon.

• Recipe:

Grate bottle guard finely . Now take a pan and put on flame. Add Ghee to it now add the bottle guard to it.Fry it well for 2 minutes and now start adding little milk from time to time. now add sugar and green cardamom to it and fry it till the milk dries and form just small small white particles (khoya type) in the dessert. Switch off the flame .

now add some chopped almonds and kissmiss and enjoy the smooth and creamy delicacy.

Happy fasting ,

Noopur. 

eggless walnut brownie

Mmmm close to every girls favorite and boys will also like this may be not as passinately as girls but this eggless brownie get all the brownie points for its yummilicious taste. Try this easy recipe.

• Ingredients:

1. Dark choclate grated: 100 grms.
2. Butter :120 grms.
3. .Refined flour:1cup.
4. castor / grounded sugar:3/4 cup.
5. Milk:1/2 Cup.
6. vanilla essence:1/2tspoon.
7. walnuts: 1/2cup chopped.
8. Baking Soda : 2 t spoon.

• Recipe:

Take the dark choclate slab grate it mix butter and put in microwave for 1/2 min to melt . take it out and mix well with the help of a spatula . Now add sugar to it. Mix refined flour and baking soda in a separate bowl first and then mix to it Now  add vanilla essence and milk to it . While mixing milk don't pour all the milk in one go , add little milk mix and then little and so. Finally add the chopped walnut to it.

Now take a Microwave save dish and first put few drops of oil and brush the whole inside of the dish then dust it with some refined flour. and pour the mixture to it.

Finally baking , if using microwave , microwave on high for 5-6 minutes .
If using Oven preheat the oven for 5 min and then put the batter at 180degree celcius or at 320 farenheight for 30 minutes.
And your crispy out side and fluffy inside brownie is ready.

For dressing :Mix whippped cream with choclate sauce and spread on it.
Now enjoy it like this. 
My favourite way is to enjoy my brownies is with chilled icecream and choclate sauce. Sounds yummy , right. Then what are you waiting for.

                       
Happy Baking,
Noopur

chiwda dahi ( yoghurt with flattened rice)- low calorie breakfast

A two minutes dish that's so healthy and yet so fulfilling . Try this nutritious and yummylicious dish now.

• Ingredients:

1. Chiwda.
2. Yoghurt.
3. Honey.

• Recipe:

Soak Chiwda in water for 10 minutes . Now strain the water and add yoghurt and honey to it. Mix well and your dish is ready to it.

Enjoy this healthy and nutritious dish and fill satisfied .
Tip: if you want you can change honey with sugarfree or with sugar.  

boiled lobia chaat (tangy black eye beans )

Its a very nutritious and tangy recipe which is quiet fulfilling too. Eat it in the breakfast and you will feel so fresh , light but full for hours, and healthy and fulfilling breakfast helps in a great day ahead.

• Ingredients:

1. Lobia : 200 grms(soaked over night ).
2. Onion:1.
3. Tomato:1.
4. Green chilli: 2.
5. Coriander: 7-8 strands .
6. Chaat masala:1 t spoon.
7. Black salt: 1 t spoon.
8. Asafoetida; a pinch.
9. Roasted cumin seed powder: 1table spoon.
10. Grounded pepper:1 t spoon.
11. lemon juice:of  1 lemon.
12. Salt : as per taste.

• Recipe:

Pressure cook lobia with water and asafoetida for 2-3 whistle. Rinse out the extra water and keep it aside. 

Now chop onion, chillies, tomato and coriander fine and mix with lobia. Next put all the other ingredients too and and mix well . Your lobia chaat is ready to savour.

 Enjoy it and make your tummy happy happy and so do your tongue.

 Happy Eating.

Noopur.

grilled tofu with veggies

A  healthy and fulfilling dish which can be eaten as snacks or as main course .believe me after eating it you will feel so filled that you feellike eating nothing else for few hours and has calories close close to nothing.

• Ingredients:

1. Tofu : 200 grms.
2. Onions: 1 big.
3. Cherri tomatoes: few .
4. Green chilli: 2 -3
5. Olive Oil: 1 table spoon.

• Recipe:

Add one table spoon on grill plate and spread eventually. Now chop Cherry tomatoes into half (if you don't get you can chop normal tomatoes into big chunks). Chop onions into big chunks and de petel them , which mean separate each petal and chop chillies.

 Now put them on grilling plate and grill them for one min . Now add Tofu and salt Mix and gril for two more minutes . 

Your grilled Tofu is ready. Sprinkle some pizza seasoing and your tofu is ready to eat without any guilt.

Happy Cooking,
Noopur.

Moong Dal sundal ( green gram sundal)

A healthy and tasty, less calorie snack which can be munched at any time of day and that too without any guilt. Also you can eat it during fasts.

• Ingredients:

1. Saabut moong dal (Whole green gram): 1 cup.
2. Urad dhuli (split blackgram skinless): 2 table spoon.
3. Dried Red Chilly: 1
4. Green chilli: 2
5. Curry leaves: 10-12.
6. Mustard seeds: 1  t spoon.
7. Asafoetida: 2 pinch.
8. Scraped dried coconut: 1/4 cup.
9. Olive Oil : 1 table spoon.
10. Salt: as per taste.

• Recipe:

Soak Moong dal for atleast 3 hrs.Now pressure cook it with some water and salt for upto 2 whistles.

next Heat olive Oil in a non stick pan ( i took olive oil too lower the caloris but you can substitute.)

Now add mustard seeds, asafoetida and urad dal and saute it till the urad dal become golden in colr.

chop red chilli, green chillies and curry leaves and add to it. Stir for a minute and then add boiled moong dal to it. Saute for two minutes.

Now add scraped coconut and salt and your Moong dal sundal is ready to eat.

Tip: to increase the taste you can add some drops of lemon to it.

Falooda

How about some chilled Ice cream or Kulfi with tasty faaluda.

Nice and easy to make at home , to give an added flavor to your regular icecream/kulfi.

• Ingredients:

1. Vermicelli: 1 cup.
2. sabja/Basil seeds: 2 table spoon.
3. Sugar : 3-4 table spoon.
4. roohafja/strawberry /rose syrup (whatever u like): 4 table spoon.
5. Ice cream/ Kulfi.
6. Milk 2 cups.
7. Dry fruits : a handfulof your choice.
8. Tootifruity:  for topping.

• Recipe:

Soak sabja/basil seeds in water for about half an hour. Drain water after and keep it aside.

Now Boil milk in a pan add sugar to it mix well and keep in fridge to chill. Now add choice of your flavor (i added roohafja).

Also boil the vermicelli in water and then drain water and add to this milk.

 next step is to mix soaked basil seeds, and flavored vermicelly milk u just made, and your falooda is ready.

Next step is arranging . 

First take a dessert bowl or glass of your choice, add some falooda then put a scoop of your choice of ice cream or kulfi then pour some more falooda , put some  chopped dry fruits and finally top with some tooti fruity.

Your yumm and tasty Falooda is ready to be served. get ready for pat on your back for making this yumm dessert.