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Mango Malpua- Popular Indian Dessert

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Summer are known for the abundance of invigorating fruit recipes that are prepared at home to beat the heat.Mango is one such fruit that is versatile even beyond our imaginaion. There are too many recipes we usualy prepare from mango. But today I want to share one of my fevorite recipe of mango dessert , which is ‘Mango Malpua’. For those who don’t know what ‘Malpua ‘ is- Malpua is a pancake served as a dessert  or a snack originating from the Indian subcontinent. The batter for malpua is normally prepared by flour, and water , milk, coconut,  sometimes crushing ripe bananas also used. Then deep fried in ghee or oil, and served hot after  dipped in sugar  syrup  after they are fried . Now talking about todays recipe here I am using wheat flour and semolina  instated of  refined flour . Besides I am using organic jaggery in place of sugar for making syrup.The main motto behind this  healthy twist is that , so tha...

Litti-chokha /Baati-chokha

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Litti Chokha is a traditional Bihari and Jharkhand dish that is quite similar to Rajasthani Baati but still very different. The litti is the healthy round shaped bread made out of flour made in a traditional oven and is stuffed with sattu and chokha is the side dish made using   roasted eggplant , boiled or roasted potatoes and roasted tomatoes . For those who don’t know what ‘Sattu ’is ,  sattu which is the roasted channa dal / Bengal gram flour. It is one of the vegetarian sources of protein but unfortunately it is one of those ingredients that has yet not been given its due share for its benefit. Traditionally Litti is   roasted on hot charcoal or dried cow dung fire. This is the traditional method of roasting litti and the taste of littis made this way is very different. At homes an oven can be used to bake littis. You can use charcoal based open grill for roasting littis. You can even roast them on tawa or fry them in oil. Here I am using 2nd last method i...

Khandavi -Popular healthy and tasty Snacks

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khandavi is a delicious , mouth watering,   healthy snack from the Gujarati cuisine. Khandavi is made with a mixture of gram flour and buttermilk or a thin solution of yogurt and water.Seasoned with sauteed seasame seeds ,desiccated coconut and other spices. Khandavi not only a easy to make dish but also very very healthy as well ,because of it simple making technique.It just required steaming gram flour and buttermilk / yogurt solution , does not need any complex cooking technique. Now coming to the health aspect of Khandavi. It is a highly nutritious food, by virtue of the principal ingredient, namely gram flour, present in it. Gram flour is known to have a number of health benefits like prevention of heart disease, weight loss, fighting of allergies and diabetes control. A serving of Khandavi provides around 7.4 mg of protein making it a protein rich Indian recipe. One serving of besan khandavi, protein rich snack can help you meet 13% of your day's req...

Sattu Paratha

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Sattu Paratha is a family member of Indian flat breads, most popular in theIndian state Bihar. Where it is a kind of   staple food. Sattu Ka Paratha is a quick and easy, yet healthy variant of stuffed Parathas in which Sattu is spiced with herbs and stuffed into the whole wheat dough, cooked on tawa and served with curd , pickels, or with Chokha (another traditional recipe from Bihar ). For those who don’t know what ‘Sattu ’is , sattu which is the roasted channa dal / Bengal gram flour. It is one of the vegetarian sources of protein but unfortunately it is one of those ingredients that has yet not been given its due share for its benefit. However Sattu has some amazing health benefits when consumed on an empty stomach. It reduces problems associated with your stomach and flushes out the toxins from the body. Sattu has cooling properties and is great in providing relief from the scorching heat. It is rich in several nutrients including fibre, iron, magnesium and sodium...