Egg less Orange Cake / Bread/ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಕೇಕ್

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Lock down, lock down and lock down everywhere!!!. Yes this is one of the lock down recipes which I made with my two little daughters!!. They love to have cook something special everyday. I m pretty sure you are all busy with trying new recipes. Here is my version. This is the first time I used whole wheat flour instead of all purpose flour. I just loved the texture and taste. Give it a try. Say bye bye to all purpose flour. Eat healthy, stay healthy. You can call it either Orange cake or Bread. Give it a try, let me know how you liked it.

Preparation time: 15 min plus baking time
Servings: 4

Ingredients: 

• 2 cups of Whole wheat flour/ Godi hittu 
• 5 medium size peeled and deseeded oranges
• 1 tsp Orange zest
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 cup brown sugar/ sugar( I used brown sugar)
• 1/2 cup cooking oil
• 1 cup warm Milk
• Pinch of Salt

Method:

• Pre-heat the oven at 350F for 15 min.
• Blend Oranges, Suger, Oil in a blender for 1 min.
• Sieve the wheat flour, baking soda and baking powder and pinch of salt together in a bowl. 
• Mix the sieved flour  and Orange blend. Add the warm milk and Orange zest, mix well. Make sure no lumps.
• Line a baking pan or oven friendly bowl with parchment paper. Pour the batter. 
• Preheat the oven at 350F for 15 min. Keep the  pan in  middle of the upper rack. 
• Bake for 50 min at 350F. Insert a knife or fork through to check if its evenly baked. If the batter still sticks to the knife, bake again for 3-4 mins. 
• Allow to cool completely
• Serve (with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for kids).

Coconut-Poppy Seed Bread (Eggless)

Hello friends, here is a different, easy and tasty bread recipe for you all. I took the basic idea of this recipe from a cook book, but not followed the step to step procedure as in the book. I did some changes in the ingredients. I skipped adding Soy Milk ( was in the original recipe), I somehow don't like the flavor. You can substitute the regular Milk with Soy Milk and some other flavors if you like. Give it a try. Have fun.

Preparation time:2 hr 20 min.
Servings: 1 Loaf

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup All purpose flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup freshly grated Coconut
• 2 tbsp Poppy seeds / Gasagase
• 2 tbsp Butter(melted)
• 1 1/2 cup Milk
• Crushed Cardamom 
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking Soda
• Pinch of salt

Method:

• Soak the Poppy seeds for 1 hr.
• Then grind the soaked Poppy seeds with Coconut and about 3/4 cup Milk into smooth paste.
• Take Sugar and Butter in a bowl and mix well. Then add All purpose flour, Baking powder, baking soda, ground mixture, crushed Cardamom and salt to taste, mix very well.
• Now add the remaining Milk and mix well.
• Now grease the loaf pan with little Oil or Butter, pour the mixture.
• In the mean while pre- heat the oven at 350 degree F for 15 min.
• Now place the loaf pan in center of the oven and bake for 55-60 min.
• After 55-60 min, insert a knife or fork through to check if the bread is evenly baked. If the dough sticks to the knife, bake again for 3-4 min.
• Allow to cool for 10 min.
• Serve with a cup of hot Tea or Coffee.

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Eggless Black Berry Muffin

Blackberry Muffin

Ahh!! I finally learnt to make Muffins. I never knew making Muffins is so easy. I tried several times before but used to end up batter sticking to the cups. I think I used  more Milk before. But today, I used less milk and made the batter thicker ( slightly thinner than Chapathi dough). You can use Eggs if you are fine with that but never ever make the batter watery.  Give it a try. Enjoy.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup All purpose flour ( used 225 ml cup)
• 1/4 cup Sugar
• 1/4 cup cooking Oil
• 1 tbsp melted Butter
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 1/4 cup Milk
• 1 tbsp Vanilla extract
• pinch of salt
• 10-12 Black Berries

Other requirements:
Muffin Tray and paper Muffin cups

Method:

• Take Milk and Sugar in a Bowl, mix well.
• Add the remaining ingredients except Back Berries to the Milk-Sugar mixture.Mix very well and keep it aside for 5-10 min.
• Now add Black Berries and mix.
• In the mean while pre-heat the Oven at 400 F for 15 min.
• Place paper Muffin cups in the Muffin tray and pour the batter( 3/4th of a cup, needs space to puff out).
• Bake at 400 F for 25 min.( look for colour change).
• Serve with a cup of Coffee or Tea.

Note: We can make 6 muffins out of 1 cup flour.

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Banana-Raisin Bread

This is one of the easiest baking recipes.I learnt this recipe from Sharada Bhat.You can add Egg if you are fine with the Egg. I substituted Egg with Milk.Try it out,you will definitely like it.Enjoy...

Ingredients:

• 1 and a half cups of All purpose flour/Maida
• 3 fully ripe Banana mashed
• Hand full of Raisins( or as much as you like)
• 1/4 th cup Sugar
• 1 tsp cooking Soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 4 tsp melted Butter
• 1/4 cup Milk
• Pinch of salt.

Method:

• Take all the ingredients except mashed Banana and Milk in a large bowl and mix well.
• Then add mashed Banana and Milk then mix well again.
• Pour batter in a bread pan or any baking pan which has little depth.
• Then bake at 350 degree C for 30-35 min in a pre-heated Oven.(at 350 degree C for 15 min)
• Take out the pan after 30-35 min and insert a knife or fork through to check if evenly baked.If the dough sticks to the knife, bake again for 3-4 mins.
• Do not over bake else end up uneatable.

Veggie Burger

Ingredients:

• Small can of Chick Peas ( Kabul Chana, plz see the note)
• 2 Green Chillies minced
• 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
• 1 medium Potato cooked and mashed.
• 2 tsp All purpose flour/Maida for binding
  
• 2-3 cloves of Garlic minced
• 2 tsp Oil
• Salt to taste
• Burger Buns
• Cheese
• Leaf Lettuce
• Cucumber sliced
• Tomato sliced
• 1 slice of Cheddar cheese 

Method:

Patties

• Coarse grind the Chick Peas in a food processor or blender.
• Mix coarse ground Chick peas with the minced Green chillies,Garlic,mashed Potatoes,Red Chilli powder,All purpose flour and salt.
• Make medium sized balls out of the above mixture and pat into 3-4 inch(in diameter) patties.
• Heat a pan with lilttle oil and cook the patties for 6-7 min each side on a medium heat.( till the colour changes to golden brown).

Burger

• Cut open a Burger Bun. Put the leaf Lettuce, Cheese, Patty, Cucumber and Tomato slices on one half and cover with other half and serve.

Note: If you are using dry Kalbuli chana, soak the chana for overnight and pressure cook ( 3-4 whistles).
If you want to know the Bun recipe Click here.I used the bun which I made at home,used more Lettuce and skipped Cheese. You can make as per your taste.We can make 4-5 medium size Patties from a small can of Chick peas.

Eggless Bun

Ingredients:

• 4 cups of Maida / All purpose flour
• 2 tsp Sugar
• 2 tsp dry Yeast
• 2 cups warm Milk
• 5-6 tsp melted Butter
• salt to taste

Method:

• Mix 2 cups of warm Milk, Sugar and dry Yeast well and keep it aside for 10 min or keep it till Yeast gets completely dissolved.
• Then mix all purpose flour, 4 tsp of melted Butter, salt in a big vessel then pour Milk and Yeast mixture, mix it well, make a smooth dough and knead it for 10 mins.
• Cover the dough with a wet muslin cloth or towel, keep aside for 1 hour for proper fermentation. Dough will be doubled in size after 1 hour.
• After 1 hour take off the cloth and gently press the dough once.
• Then cover the dough with wet cloth again and keep it aside for 10 more mins.
• Cut the dough into the size you want make the bun and shape it round or you can make any fancy shape if you like.
• Grease the baking tray with melted Butter and keep all shaped dough in the pan. Cover the pan with wet cloth and keep it aside for 30 min.
• Spread the melted butter on top of the dough.
• Then keep the pan in centre of the oven and bake it at 425 degree F for 30 mins.

Note: If you would like to add Seasame seeds add before keep it for baking and you can use dry flour to give shapes if the dough is very sticky.