Celebrate Your Chocolate Day with Delicious 0% Maida-based Rava Chocolate Cake

There is hardly anyone, who does not love to enjoy the goodness of chocolate cake. Even the aroma of chocolate is enough to entice any one to have at least one piece of a delicious cake. Moreover, having a chocolate cake is the best way to celebrate your Chocolate Day with your loved one.

However, as similar to similar other cakes, chocolate cake contains carbohydrate and fat in higher amounts (because of the combination of Maida and Sugar), which is obviously a no-no for anyone on a strict diet plan. Now, the problem is that today many youngsters give priority to the taste as compared to good health.

Thus, with the aim to retain good health via low carbohydrate and fat intake while continue to have tasty cakes, we have come up with a unique 0% Maida-based Rava Chocolate Cake, as one of the tasty healthy recipes.

Ingredients Required-

·         1cup of Rava/Suji also known as Semolina

·         1cup of jaggery/gur

·         1cup of curd or buttermilk

·         1cup of refined oil or butter

·         1pinch of baking soda

·         1pinch of baking powder

·         1pinch of common salt

·         1/2cup of cocoa powder

·         Dry fruits of your own choice

·         Vanilla essence

Steps Involved in Preparation of the Cake-

Preliminary Step-

·         As we use semolina/suji to prepare our cake, we should grind it to fine powder (similar to the structure of Maida) in a mixer grinder.

·         Melt the jaggery in hot oil and keep it aside

Preparation of the Liquid Batter

Combine the refined oil, melted form of gur, vanilla essence and curd/butter milk, while blend them properly.

Preparation of the Solid Batter

Now, you have to mix each of the solid items properly, which include rava in powered form, baking soda and baking powder, salt and cocoa powder.

Preparation of the Cake Batter

          Once you done with both solid and liquid batter individually, you have to start with mixing both of them in a gradual manner.

·         You should strictly avoid mixing randomly.

Preparation of the Cake

·         Take a cake tin and oil its bottom part properly.

·         Now, transfer the mixed batter into the tin.

·         Pre-heat the micro-oven and bake it at 180 degree Celsius for about 30minutes to 40minutes.

·         You should check the prepared cake by using a toothpick.

·         When the toothpick comes out clear, your cake is done.

·         Leave the prepared cake for about 5 minutes in the cake tin itself.

·         Separate the cake from its edges gently and place it in a plate.

Therefore, your cake becomes ready to cut and celebrate your special occasion, including the Chocolate Day with your special one.

Fill the Life of Your Loved Ones with Sweetness and Happiness with Our Gluten-free Cake

Whenever we talk about parties and celebrations, including the celebration of New Year 2019, the first thing strikes in our mind are the sweet, tasty and delicious cakes. However, as the cake is made by using all-purpose flour i.e. Maida and huge amount of sugar; it is a strictly prohibited item among overweight individuals and Celiac disease patients. Hence, in order to allow fitness freaks and Celiac disease patients to enjoy the goodness of cakes, our tasty healthy recipes experts have come up with gluten-free cake.

Gluten-free Jowar made Cake

Overview of Gluten-free Cakes

Gluten-free Cake

Gluten-free cake, as the name highlights consists of gluten-free base i.e. jowar flour instead of using Maida i.e. all-purpose flour. In addition, to reduce the percentage of carbohydrate and making it healthy, we have used jaggery, popularly known as gur among Indian people. However, to make the cake, we have sieved the jowar flour for about 3 to 4 times, so that it somewhat resembles as fine powder.

Ingredients Required

·         1 and half cup of jowar flour

·         1 cup of jaggery

·         1 teaspoon of baking soda

·         1 teaspoon of baking powder

·         Few drops of vanilla extract

·         1 tablespoon of refined oil

·         1 tablespoon of curd

·         Almonds in crushed form

·         Raisins

·         Grated carrot

Preliminary Steps

We know that jowar flour is of hard type, because of which you should sieve it for at least 3 to 4 times before you should start with the preparation of your cake. Secondly, break the jaggery into small pieces or melt it by using hot water. (Melting is preferable).

Preparation of the Batter

·         Mix the jowar flour, baking soda and baking powder in a well manner to prepare the mixture of dry contents

·         Next, mix the melted jaggery, oil and curd, along with vanilla extract properly i.e. the wet mixture.

·         Now, you have to combine both dry and wet mixture bit by bit gradually. (Never perform this step randomly).

·         Thus, your batter of the gluten-free jowar cake is ready to bake.

Preparation of the Cake

·         Similar to any cake-baking method, you have to preheat the micro-oven by selecting its convection mode at 180 degree Celsius before you should start with the baking method.

·         Meanwhile, you should bring a cake tin and oil it from all sides properly.

·         Place the batter in your cake tin and wait for the completion of preheating step.

·         Once the pre-heat step completes, you should place a stand.

·         Place the cake tin on the stand and bake the batter at 40 degree Celsius for about 30minutes.

·         Remove the cake tin from the micro-oven and perform toothpick test.

·         In case the toothpick does not come out clean, you have to bake the batter again for a while.

·         Once your cake is done, just remove the cake tin and allow it to cool.

·         After your cake cools, you may remove it from the cake tin and place it on a plate to cut and celebrate your occasion.

Therefore, try out our gluten-free jowar made cake at your home and fill the life of your near and dear ones with lots of sweets and happiness, along with the intake of lesser calories.

Dal and Green Veggies Chops-Tasty Healthy Recipes to Enjoy for the New Year 2019

Are you tired of having pulses/legumes and common veggies in your lunch and dinner? Alternatively, are you a parent and often facing difficulty to make your child eat legumes, pulses and nutritious green veggies?

If yes, you will have good news now. This New Year, we have come up with one of the tasty healthy recipes for individuals belonging to every age group with Dal and Green Veggies Chop. Moreover, as our dal-based recipe contains 0% Maida and we have soaked the oil post frying, you may enjoy our chops even when you are on a diet plan.

Ingredients Required-

·         1cup of Mug Dal (you may choose combination of dals or any other dal)

·         Carrots

·         Cabbage

·         Capsicum

·         Green peas

·         Green chilies

·         Tomato

·         Ginger garlic paste

·         Cumin seeds

·         Turmeric powder

·         Chili powder

·         Coriander powder

·         Cumin powder

·         Garam masala

·         Tomato sauce

·         Chili sauce

·         Salt to taste

·         Peanuts and

·         Besan and/or Jowar as optional ingredients

Preliminary Steps

·         Soak the dal for 15minutes and drain out the water

·         Put the soak dal in the mixer and grind it (avoid grinding it finely)

Preparation of the Stuffing

Chop each of the veggies, including tomatoes and green chilies so that you may easily mix and grind them in a mixer grinder.

·         Heat 1tablespoon of oil in a pan and add cumin seeds

·         Add peanuts and fry it for a while

·         Add the grinded veggie mixer

·         Add ginger garlic paste (skip this if you already added ginger garlic paste or in clove form at the time of grinding veggies)

·         Add common salt and other aforementioned spices, while stir for a while

·         Add chili sauce and tomato sauce and stir for some time further

·         Remove the stuffing from the pan and leave it to cool.

Preparation of the Dough and Balls

·         Mix the grinded dal and the prepared stuffing properly

·         Add besan and/or jowar to make the dough strong

·         Add salt and red chili powder to enhance the taste

·         Once you prepare the dough, start taking out small lemon size balls.

Preparation of Chops

·         Heat the oil (mustard oil is preferable) in a pan

·         Fry each of the balls until they turn golden brown in color

With our Mug Dal and green veggies combined recipe, you will get each of the essential nutrients present in pulses, carrots, cabbage and green peas by enjoying a great taste.

Cabbage Kathi Rolls and Cutlets-Best Winter Time Tasty and Healthy Snack to Enjoy

Whenever we talk about green veggies, one of the popular names that strike in our mind is cabbage. Strong reason for this is that as a fresh and a green leafy vegetable, it gives tons of nutritional benefits with low amount of calories and fat. However, as the nature of a human being, he or she gives priority to taste rather than overall health while choosing any food item, including the mentioned green veggie i.e. cabbage. 

Thus, in order to give a perfect blend between excellent taste and good health, we have introduced a few tasty and healthy recipes prepared with cabbage in combination with some other veggies in small amounts. In addition, to meet the objective of diet-friendly recipe or gluten-free recipe, we have used sorghum i.e. jowar flour and gram flour i.e. besan instead of Maida. These include the following-

·         Cabbage Kathi Rolls and

·         Cabbage Cutlets

Note-Initial preparation and stuffing for both of these recipes are similar, but the difference lies in the shape and extent of frying cutlets and rolls in a pan.

Ingredients Required

·         1 small size or half big size of cabbage

·         Handful of green peas

·         1 small size carrot

·         1 tomato

·         2 to 3 green chilies

·         Ginger garlic in clove forms or as paste

·         Cumin seeds

·         Oil (mustard oil is preferable)

·         Turmeric powder

·         Chili powder

·         Chili sauce

·         Tomato sauce

·         Schezwan chutney

·         Coriander powder

·         Cumin powder

·         Garam masala

·         Salt to taste

·         Jowar/sorghum 1 cup

·         Besan/gram flour of half cup

Preparation of the Stuffing

To start the preparation, you have to chop each of the veggies finely and place into a mixer grinder to make a semi-solid type of paste.

·         Heat one or two tablespoon of oil in a pan and add cumin seeds

·         Add the semi-solid mixture in the pan

·         Add each of the aforementioned spices and sauces one by one.

·         Add salt to taste

·         If required add only a few amount of water to avoid sticking of the paste

·         Stir occasionally for a while

·         Your stuffing becomes ready and keep it for some time to cool

Preparation of Dough

To prepare the dough, you have to mix the stuffing with sorghum and gram flours with a pinch of salt and 1tablespoon of oil.

Here, you have to prepare a bit hard dough, so that you may easily prepare cutlet or roll in the later steps.

Preparation of Rolls or Cutlets

For Kathi Rolls

·        Take a small size of the dough and make it just like a shape of a thin roll i.e. or stick (a kathi in Hindi)

·         Repeat the procedure for each of the dough’s pieces.

·         Heat the oil in a pan and fry it.

·         In case of rolls, you have to opt for deep fry.

·         Finally, you should serve the rolls hot with pickle, curd, chutney or sauce.

For Cutlets

·         In case of cutlets, you have to make flat shapes before fry them in a pan.

·         Here, you may go with either shallow fry or deep fry depending on your taste buds and other health requirements.

Once you complete the process, serve the cutlets hot with any type of sauce or chutney of your own choice.