Eggless Semolina Muffins in Cooker

Learn how to make Tricolour Muffins. These are very easy to make and bake eggless semolina muffins. These muffins are baked in pressure cooker. No special appliance required for baking.

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Ingredients:
Semolina - 1.5 cups
Oil - 1/3 cup
Curd - 1/2 cup
Milk - 3/4 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda - 1/3 tsp
Salt - 1/4 tsp
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Edible food colours (Green, Orange ) - a pinch (optional)

Method:
1. In a bowl add all ingredients except baking soda, baking powder and food colours.
2. Mix everything to prepare the batter. Rest for 15-20 min.
3. Preheat pressure cooker with salt. Remove the rubber and gasket of the pressure cooker lid and cover it. Heat on medium flame for 10-15 min.
4. Add baking powder along with baking soda. Mix well. Divide the batter in 3 equal portions. Mix both edible colour with cold milk. Add this colour in 2 batter portions. 
5. Grease muffin cups and layer the 3 coloured batter in it. Green colour batter at base, then white and then orange batter. Add blueberries in between for added colour and flavour. This is optional step.
6. Tap all the muffin cups and place in preheated cooker. Bake at lowest flame for 20-25min. Once muffins are ready, check with toothpick/knife. Remove muffins from pressure cooker and cool down completely. 

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Corn Upma

Learn how to make Veg Corn Upma recipe, a very simple, healthy yet absolutely tasty breakfast recipe. Upma is one of the popular breakfast recipes made in India.  Rava upma or sooji upma is loved by all kids in lunch.

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Ingredients:
Semolina - 1 cup
Corn Kernals - 3/4 cup
Onions, Carrots, Beans (chopped) - 3/4 cup
Lemon - 1 pcs
Green chili - 2 pcs
Curry leaves - a  few
Chana dal, Urad dal - 1 tsp each
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Salt - As per taste

Method:
1. Dry roast semolina on a medimum flame till colour changes to little brown and give out nice smell. Once done, remove from kadai.
2. Heat 1 tsp oil and splutter mustard seeds along with both pulses. Saute for 1 min and add curry leaves, green chili, onions along with all vegetables. Cook for 1 min on medium flame.
3. Add 3 cups of water along with lemon juice and salt. Boil this mixture. Once boiled, add corn kernels and cook for 1 min.
4. Gradually add roasted semolina and continuously stir it to avoid lump formation. Continue to stir till water dries up.
5. Serve immediately.   

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Khatta Meetha Kaddu Recipe

Learn how to make a unique kaddu recipe, khatta metha kaddu. This kaddu vegetable goes great with puris/pooris, rice and even paratha. This is tasty pumpkin masala recipe.

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Below is the detailed written recipe as well:

Ingredients:
Pumpkin/ Kaddu/ Petha - 250 gms (cut into pcs)
Jaggery - 1/4 cup
Tamarind puree - 1/3 cup
Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt, Red chilli powder, Turmeric powder - As per taste

Method:
1. Heat 1 tbsp mustard oil in a kadai, splutter fenugreek seeds. Add pumpkin pcs along with all spices. Mix well and cook on medium flame till pumpkin becomes soft.
2. Once soft add tamarind puree along with jaggery pcs. Mix well and cook on medium to high flame for 5 min till everything combines well.
3. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Serve khatta meetha petha  with poori, paratha or even rice. 

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Methi Matar Pulao in Rice Cooker

Methi Matar Pulao is rich in Iron and calcium. A healthy pulao recipe which is even simple to make. Making pulao in the pressure cooker is a hassle, Electric Rice cookers make our task real easy. No supervision, no hassles, no tensions of burning or overcooking. Life becomes so convenient. See for yourself.

                                  

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Below is the detailed written recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Rice, soaked - 1.5 cup

Chopped Fenugreek leaves - 2 cups

Green Peas - 1 cup

Bay leaf - 1 pcs

Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

Salt, Red chili powder, Turmeric powder, Garam Masala - As per taste

Method:

1. Add all the ingredients in rice cooker and add 3 glasses of water. Cook it till cook mode turns to warm mode. 

2. Serve hot with papad, curd and pickle. 

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Gond Ke Laddu (Winter Special Laddu)

See how to make these Gond ke Laddu. These laddu are specially made during winter season as it gives heat and energy to body. Edible gum ladoo are healthy and delicious ladoo to eat during winters.

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Below is the detailed written recipe as well:

Ingredients  (for 5 kgs /1 kg quantity):

Whole Wheat Flour - 1.5 kg / 250 gms
Clarified Butter / Desi Ghee - 1.5 kg / 250 gms
Powdered Sugar - 1.25 kg / 200 gms
Edible gum (Gond) - 100-200 gms / 20- 50 gms (Variable)
Nuts, Raisins, Dried fruits (Makhana/ Almonds/ Grated coconut)- 1 kgs / 200 gms (Variable)

Method:
1. In a heavy bottom kadai, heat desi ghee and roast makhana for few minutes till crisp. Remove from kadai.
2. Heat 1-2 tbsp ghee, add gond and fry till it puffs up and becomes crisp. Remove from kadai.
3. Heat balance quantity of ghee in kadai, add whole wheat flour in batches and cook the mixture on high flame till flour becomes brown. Stir the mixture continuously for even browning. It will take 20-25 min depending upon the quantity.
4. Meanwhile, crush fried makhana and gond with crusher or back side of spatula.
4. Once brown, add coarsely grounded almonds in the cooked atta ghee mixture. Switch off the flame. Add crushed makhana, gond, grounded coconut. Allow the mixture to cool down a bit.
5. Add powdered sugar in the mixture and mix well.
6. Prepare gond ke laddu/ladoo and cool it down completely.

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Peanut Chikki with Jaggery

Peanut chikki is a very healthy recipe with combination of proteins from peanuts and iron from jaggery. See how to make peanut chikki with jaggery. Peanut gajak is usually made in winter months especially during Makar Sakranti.

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Ingredients:
Jaggery - 1 cup
Peanut - 1 cup
Fennel Seeds - 1/2 tsp (optional)
Desi Ghee - 1 tbsp
Grated Coconut - 1 tsp (optional)

Method:
1. Dry roast peanuts in a kadai for 5-7 min on medium flame till crisp. Cool it down. Remove the peel by rubbing the peanuts and separate the peels. Rub the peanuts to break in 2 pcs.
2. Melt jaggery in kadai on medium flame. Stir it continuously to avoid burning or overcooking. Cook jaggery till it breaks like a toffee when dropped in cold water. If jaggery stretches when put in water, then cook for few more seconds. Switch of the flame once cooked and add peanuts, fennel seeds and desi ghee. Mix well.
3. Spread the mixture on a greased plate and flatten it up. Sprinkle coconut on top for garnishing. Put marks on chikki material. Cool it down completely.
4. Break chikki pcs and store in air tight container.  

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Bajra Atta Appe

See how to make a healthy breakfast recipe using Pearl Millet Flour/ Bajra ka atta recipe. Health benefits of Bajra are immense so include bajra flour in routine diet in form of these instant appe recipe.

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Ingredients:
Millet Flour/ Bajra atta - 250 gms/ 1 cup
Dill leaves - 125 gms/ 1/2 cup
Sesame Seeds - 1 tbsp
Boiled and Grated Potato - 1/2 cup
Salt, Red chili powder, Cumin seeds - As per taste

Method:
1. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients except potato. Prepare a batter using water.
2. Add potato and mix well. Keep aside the batter for 10-15 min.
3. Heat appam pan and grease all cavities with little oil.
4. Pour the batter in each cavity and cook on medium flame till bottom side becomes brown and crisp. Flip over all appe to cook from another side.
5. Serve hot with ketchup or chutney.  

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Coriander Seeds - Magical Water for Weight Loss

Coriander seeds water is an effective and simple weight loss recipe. This is a herbal drink to reduce weight, helpful in diabetics and cholesterol. This is 100% effective weight loss recipe with many health benefits. Loose weight fast with dhaniya water.

                                   

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Ingredients:
Coriander Seeds/ Dhaniya - 1 tsp
Water - 1 glass

Method:
1. Boil 1 glass of water with coriander seeds for 2-3 min on medium flame till the quantity of water reduces and colour of water changes.
2. Consume this drink everyday in the morning empty stomach for at least 15 days to see results.
Also follow a low carb diet along with it for more effective weight loss results.

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Crispy Potato Rava Fingers - Non Fried

See how to make potato starter,  potato rava fingers recipe. This is a healthy potato fingers recipe which is quick and easy. These non-fried crispy fingers is a perfect airfryer recipe. Kids will love these for lunch or even as a quick snack.

                                   

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Below is the detailed written recipe as well:

Ingredients:
Semolina/ Rava - 3/4 cup
Potato, Boiled - 2
Fresh coriander, chopped - 1/2 cup
Salt - 1 tsp
Oil - 2-3 tsp

Method:
1. In a pan, heat 1 cup of water. Add semolina and simmer down the flame. Cook on medium flame for 2-3 min. Do not overcook it. Cool it down.
2. In a bowl, mash potatoes and add cooked suji, salt, coriander leaves along with oil. Mix well.
3. Prepare fingers using this mixture.
4. Fingers can be deep fried or airfried in preheat air fryer at 180 degrees for 12-14 min.
5. Serve immediately with tomato ketchup.

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