Crepes are a sort of thin pancake which can either be served with a sweet or savory filling.You can add your own innovations to customize your crepe how ever you like
Ingredients
Half cup – Milk
Two-third cup – Water
One – fourth cup – Butter (melted)
Two tablespoon – Vanilla extract
One cup – Flour
One tablespoon – Sugar
A pinch of salt
One tablespoon – Vegetable oil
NOTE
You can also use half cup of flour and half cup of whole wheat flour to make it healthier.
You can also add sprinkles or chocochips to make it more colorful
Method
Mix together all the dry ingredients together until well combined
In a another bowl mix water,milk,vanilla till well combined
Mix the dry in the wet until there are no lumps and add the rest of the ingredients(make sure you add the butter after the mixture is made otherwise the milk and butter will clump up and essentially ruin the batter)
On a medium flame pour some batter on a non-stick pan and spread the mixture thin and even.
Flip once the crepe starts to bubble
Make sure the crepe is well done so your not eating anything raw (it should have brown spots and it should not look white in the center,it means that the crepe is raw)
You can serve with chocolate syrup,whipped cream,ice cream.The list is endless
Eat it while it’s still hot!!
NOTE
You can also use half cup of flour and half cup of whole wheat flour to make it healthier.
You can also add sprinkles or chocochips to make it more colorful
You and your kids and do it as a fun activity to see which one comes up with the most innovative crepe recipe.And remember you can make your sweet or savory…whatever your stomach says…go for it!!
This is no Onion Garlic recipe and easy to make.Ever want to eat a well balanced and filling meal,but don’t have time or energy to make one? Well then this recipe is just perfect for you.This contains no onion,garlic or tomatoes.
Ingredients
10 – Baby potato
10 – Cashews
10 – Raisins
1 tablespoon – Sesame seeds
1 tablespoon – Kasoori methi
1 tablespoon – Turmeric powder
1 tablespoon – Chili powder
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon – Garam masala
¼ cup – Milk
3 tablespoon – Ghee
1 tablespoon – Cream
Method
Saute the potatoes in ghee till golden brown
Grind cashews,raisins,sesame seeds and kasoori methi with a little bit of water in a blender until you get a puree
Add this to a pan along with mustard oil,turmeric,chili and salt stir to mix well
When the mixture stars to split,add garam masala and milk and then add the potatoes
Stir to mix well and enjoy it hot with rice or roti!!
Instead of potatoes you can also add paneer or any other veggie you like to make your own version
This is one of the simplest recipes when you want to eat an Indian sweet and don’t want to spend time in the kitchen for too long. This typically would take 10-15 min to make. I have always made on Rakhi (Indian festival where brother sister bond is celebrated) and if I have sudden guests over. My daughter loves to makes it shapes in the end and decorate
Do give it a try simple sweet recipe
INGREDIENTS
Paneer- 100 grams
Cardamom powder – 1 pinch
Cashews – 8
Milk – 40ml
Milk maid – 100 ml
Cream ( fresh ) – 40 ml
Milk powder – ½ cup
Ghee – 1 tablespoon
Dry fruits for garnish
METHOD
1. Grind everything in a grinder to form a smooth paste, except milk powder and ghee.
2. Then mix the milk powder and the paster evenly in a non-stick pan.
3. Cook it for 2-3 minutes and then add one tablespoon of ghee and keep stirring to avoid any lumps.
4. Cook till the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
5. Take it out on a food paper and give it a more smooth texture by ploughing/ kneading.
6. Let it cool and make it in your desired shape.
7. Decorate it with your desired garnish of dry fruits.
It is a very simple and easy cake. You can use it as a sponge or eat it like a tea cake. Tutti frutti and choco chips are optional . It comes out soft and melts in mouth. In my house this doesnot last more than a day.
Ingredients
1½ cup All Purpose Flour/Maida
¾ th cup Sugar
½ tsp Baking Soda
1¼ tsp Baking Powder
Salt a pinch
½ cup Yogurt | Curd
½ cup Milk
½ cup Oil
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Steps
Sift dry ingredients 2 times to help the air the batter
Mix yogurt. Sugar, oil , curd and vanilla
Add slowly the dry ingredients and mix with soft hands
Simultaneously keep adding milk the batter to make it in falling consistency
Bake in Preheated oven 180 degree for 35 to 40 min or toothpick comes out clean
Note
You can add titi frooti or chocochip to make it interesting
This is an interesting twist to a boring vegetable called lauki/ bottle gourd. Its a very nutritious vegetable and is usually disliked by kids. This chutney was introduced by my colleague’s mother in law who used to send it with idlis when I was under the weather. Later she told me it was lauki and I couldn’t believe it . now i make it very regularly for my family and now my kids after seeing this post will release it was made of lauki 🙂
Ingredients
Lauki / bottle gourd – 1
Chana dal – 1 tablespoon
Mustard seeds – 1 teaspoon
Urad dal – 1 tablespoon
Peanut – 4 tablespoon
White Til/Sesame seeds – 2 tablespoon
Jeera – 1 tablespoon
Curry leaves- 4-5
Oil – two tablespoon
Turmeric powder
Hing – ¼ teaspoon
Salt- to taste
Green chili – 2
Tamrind – lemon size ball
Red chili powder – ½ teaspoon
Ingredients Tempering
Mustard seeds – 1 teaspoon
Curry leaves- 4-5
Red chili – 2
Oil – ½ teaspoon
Method
Heat oil in a pan. Add urad dal , peanuts , chana dal, white till and mustard seeds.
Then roast the ingredients in the pan for 1-2 minutes.
Remove the roasted stuff on a plate and to the same pan add lauki and green chili, turmeric, red chili powder, tamarind and hing and salt to taste.
Cook until the lauki is soft and tender.
Transfer the roasted peanuts and other stuff to the lauki mixture and let it cool.
After cooling, grind the whole thing into a fine paste and transfer into a bowl.
Do the tempering by adding oil and add mustard seeds and let it crackle and then add the dry chili and curry leaves and pour over the chutney.
It Tastes well with rice,dosa and paratha.
Notes
Jeera and tamarind and hing and the dry masala like turmeric and red chili powder and missing in the ingredients pic
You can add ginger garlic if you like the taste. I donot like to add as it changes the taste of lauki
Sometimes in trying to eat high protein diet we tend to loads of black channa as salad or in vegetable form but this is unique and healthy way to incorporate this in your diet. They are super yummy
This is a simple instant pickle to add zing to your meal. I enjoy it mostly in summer when you want light food and still spicy. My husband calls it tadka wala onion
Ingredients mentioned below are approximations and you can adjust as per your taste
Ingredients
3 large onions – thinly sliced
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Turmeric/Haldi
1 teaspoon Red chili powder
1 teaspoon Deghi Red chili powder for color
1 teaspoon Coriander powder/dhania Powder
1 teaspoon Amchur Powder/Raw Mango powder
1 teaspoon Moti Sauf/Fennel seeds
For Seasoning
1 tablespoon mustard oil
One-fourth teaspoon of Asafoetida /Hing
1 teaspoon of Mustard seeds /Rai
! teaspoon of Black caraway seeds/Kalonji
Method
1) Dry the onions lightly in fan for 10 min after cutting it
2) Mix all the ingredients apart from seasoning in bowl
3) Heat oil and add hing, rai and Kalonji and when it begins to crackle add it in the onion mixture
4) Let it cool and transfer in an airtight bowl. It will stay fresh for 3-4 days
5) You can add vinegar if you want it to stay longer.
This pickle needs to be stored in the fridge even after adding vinegar. It just increases the shelf life to 15 days and does not alter the taste
