Easy and healthy Corn bread

Ingredients:

Corn meal - 2 cups (I used self rising white corn meal, salt  and Baking powder is added already)
Milk - 1-1/2 cups
Egg - 1 or You can use Apple sauce to substitute that.
Butter - 3 Tbs, at room temperature.
Sugar - 2 Tbs

If you are not using Self rising flour then,
Baking powder - 1 tbs
Salt - 1/2 tbs

Method:

• Turn on the oven to 420F.
• Beat the egg, add butter and milk.
• Add the flour, baking powder and salt if using.
• Mix it with milk.
• Mix well to make a batter.
• Lightly brush the baking dish with butter.
• Pour the batter to the baking dish and bake it for 20-25 minutes or 
• Until wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• You can use this bread for morning breakfast or for dinner with soup.
• Enjoy the homemade healthy bread.

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Easy and healthy Corn bread

Vadakki Mudde : rice mudde / Steamed & Spiced rice balls

Ingredients: (makes 8 medium sized ball)
Idli rava - 2 cups or Roasted rice - coarsely powdered.
Coconut oil -  4-5 Tbs
Water - 31/2 cups or as needed
Salt - 11/4 tbs or to taste

For Tempering
Coconut oil - 1 tbs
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbs
Urad dal - 1/2 tbs
Hing or asafetida - a pinch


For Masala:
Channa dal - 2-1/2 Tbs
Red Chilly -2
Coriander seeds - 1 tbs
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tbs
Mustard seeds- 1/2 tbs
Turmeric - 1/4 tbs
Coconut powder - 2 Tbs
Sesame seeds - 1/2 tbs
Curry leaves - 4-5

Method:

1. Roast all masala ingredients  except coconut powder until nice aroma comes out of it.
2. Coarsely grind the roasted masala with coconut powder and keep it aside
3. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, urad dal, hing.
4. Once it starts to splatter, add ground masala powder and fry for couple of seconds.
5. Add the idli rava or coarsely ground roasted rice.
6. Add water, salt to make upma or uppittu.
7. Add 2 tbs or coconut oil.
8. Once the upma is ready, let it rest for 10 minutes.
9. Make a medium sized ball from the upma.
10. Brush or spray coconut oil to all the balls.
11. Steam it for 10 minutes.
12. I use Idli cooker to steam, it is easy and gives the best result.
13. Serve warm with sambar or Ghee and Chutney powder combination.
14. Enjoy!

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Vadakki Mudde : rice mudde / Steamed & Spiced rice balls

Instant Avocado Dosa / Pancake

For some reason Vighnesh doesn't like to eat avocado. But because of it's nutrional facts, i force him to eat it. So I am trying to find different ways to eat it. I tried Dosa yesterday and he loved it and I am happy!. :)

Avocados provide nearly 20 essential nutrients, including fiber, potassium, Vitamin E, B-vitamins and folic acid. They also act as a "nutrient booster" by enabling the body to absorb more fat-soluble nutrients, such as alpha and beta-carotene and lutein, in foods that are eaten with the fruit (Source: avocado.org)

Ingredients:

1 Avocado - de seeded

Sooji Rava (Wheat sooji) - 21/2 cups

Salt - 1 tbs or to taste

Water as needed to grind.

Method:

• Soak the rava with water for 5 minutes, Do not add excess of water.
• Grind the soaked rava with avocado to make a fine dosa batter. It is bit sticky. If needed add little more water but do not overdose.
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  Add salt and mix it well.
• Let it rest for 5 minutes and ready to make dosa.
•  Heat the tava or pan on a medium-high flame.
• Pour serving spoon full of batter in the center of the pan and start spreading to make dosa. The more thin you spread, the better dosa comes out. Because it will be very sticky, it will be bit difficult to turn it to other side.
• It takes some extra time to cook compared to normal dosa.
• once the raw dosa batter cooks and it is getting slightly browned, slowly turn it to other side with spatula.
• Cook for sometime.
• And serve hot with Tomato onion Junka

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Instant Avocado Dosa / Pancake

Blueberry Muffin

I am so obsessed with berries these days,everyday I will be thinking what I can make today using berry!. And yesterday I made Blueberry muffin. I actually do not make muffins so often; it is not because I do not like it, it is because I can't stop eating muffins: breakfast, lunch and whenever I enter kitchen. :)

Ingredients:

3 cups of all purpose flour

1 Tablespoon of Baking powder

1/2 teaspoon of Baking soda

2 Eggs

1 cup of Sugar

1/2 teaspoon of Salt

1/2 teaspoon of Vanilla extract

lemon zest

1/2 cup of Milk

1 stick of unsalted butter (melted- room temperature)

11/2 cup of Blueberry (fresh or frozen)

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Blueberry Muffin

Barley Idli

Ingredients: (makes 16 medium size idli)

Barley - 3/4 cup

Urad daal - 3/4 cup

Idli rava - 2 cups

Salt - 2 tbs or to taste

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Barley Idli

Uttappa/ Onion-Tomato Pancake

Ingredients:

Tomato - 1 cup finely chopped

Onion - 1 cup finely chopped

Green chilly - 2 chopped

Red chilly powder - 1 tbs or to taste

Garam masala - 1 tbs

Rice flour - 2 cups

Water - to mix all the ingredients,

Salt - 1 tbs or to taste

Sugar - 1/2 tbs or to taste

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Uttappa/ Onion-Tomato Pancake

Barley Dosa/Pancake

Crispy barley dosa

If you are not aware of barley health facts, read this article .

Ingredients:

Barley - 1 cup

Rice    -  1 cup

Methi seeds - 1/4 tbs

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Barley Dosa/Pancake