Showing posts with label #Carrot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Carrot. Show all posts

Monday 27 May 2019

Cucumber discs and pipes, How to prepare super cooling cucumber discs and pipes at home

Today's recipe is cucumber disc's and pipe's sounds crazy right 😂. Yes I agree, I really did not understood how to name this recipe. This Monday theme in Foodies Monday Blog Hop group is "Get in Shape", so we have to submit any geometric shape recipes. I was in trip last week, came morning, only cucumber, carrot and pomegranate are their in fridge. I really d't want to miss this week theme so I decided to prepare this. Last month I suggested this recipe for" No cook" competition to one of my friend. So thought to prepare this for theme. This is very easy to prepare, we can serve it as starters or snacks. You will just love to have, it makes your stomach cool. This is must try recipe in this summer. Kids will love to have it because of its shape which we presented. 



 Salad which we prepare is spicy,  tasty, tangy and nutty. I used finely chopped cucumber pieces, grated carrot to make it healthy. Though adding fresh grated coconut is optional, it gives very taste to sald in every bite. Instead of amchur powder we can also add grated raw mango. Adding pomegranate seeds gives nutty taste to the salad. The full on combination gives good cooling effect to your body in this super hot summer.

          Cucumber disc's & pipe's

Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Cook Time : 0 minutes
Serves : 12 pieces
Recipe Category: Salad / Starters
Recipe Cuisine: Indian 
Main ingredient : Cucumber
Author:Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

Cucumber - 3
Carrot - 1
Pomegranate arils(seeds) - 4 tsp
Fresh coconut grated - 3 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder - 1 pinch
Chaat powder- 1 pinch
Aamchur powder - 1 pinch
Lemon juice - 2 to 3 tsp
Curd - 2 tsp
Salt as per taste

Instructions

1) Peel cucumber, carrot skin and keep it aside. Remove pomegranate seeds and keep it ready. 




2) Finely chop 1 cucumber into pieces, finely grate cucumber and  fresh coconut. Take all these and pomegranate seeds into bowl. 



3) Add salt, red chilli powder, chaat powder, amchur  nd pepper powders to the above. 



4)  Squeeze lemon juice to the above and mix the above well. 




5) Now cut cucumber into thick circles(discs) as shown below. 



6) Cut cucumber into pipes (1 inch) shape, also remove its seeds as shown below. 




7) Now add curd into cucumber, carrot salad mix everything well. 




8) Add the above salad into pipes with spoon, press salad inside with spoons handle and garnish with pomegranate seeds. 





9) Repeat the same process to the remaining. If you do not want to prepare pipes , you can spread salad on cucumber discs too. Cut cucumber into discs (round shape). 



10) Now spread cucumber carrot salad on the above discs and garnish with pomegranate seeds.



11) You can have it at once as golgappa(pani puri) or you can have it in bites 😂, I tried both 😍. 






Tips

** Add spices according to your taste and quantity. 


** Instead of amchur powder we can add grated raw mango. 

** As per your time you can prepare either discs or pipes. 

** Use hung (thick) and sweet curd. 

** Add curd to the salad while serving. 

Taking this recipe to  #FoodieMondayBlogHop #197th theme, where the theme for the week is #GetInShape. This theme is suggested by Kalyani who blogs at Sizzlingtastebuds. Do check her site for more intresting recipes. As per theme we had to post recipes that represents in geometrical shapes like circle, triangle, rectangle etc.  Very interesting theme is n't it 😊. 



Also check some salads, raita's and starters by clicking the link below pic.. 


                 Pomegranate Raita


                            Paneer Tikka


        Star Gooseberry masala



                   Paneer pinwheels
               
                     Bhakarwadi

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Thursday 25 April 2019

Whole wheat flour carrot cake, Eggless,no maida, no oven carrot in Kadai / pressure cooker, Atta carrot cake

Today's recipe is carrot cake using wheat flour in Kadai. This carrot cake is very delectable, spongy, tasty and healthy. I used wheat flour, grated carrot, almonds and raisins to make it more healthy. Today I used sugar for sweetness, will plan to use jaggery for my future cakes. As I have small pressure cooker in which my mould do not fit. So I used big Kadai to prepare this. We all love cakes, when it is prepared in healthy way then we love bit more 😍.  I am not expert in baking, semolina/ rava cake is my 1 st cake which I prepared for #MMC fb group competition, my 2nd cake was Rava chocolate cake which i prepared for my anniversary and it is my 1st cake in blog. And this whole wheat flour carrot cake is my 3rd cake 😍🤞. I myself felt that I improved alot, obviously we all learn from our mistakes.  Will share all tips I followed to get perfect cake 😍🤗. 



  Today's cake is sudden surprise to my hubby as he presented heart shaped cake mould and few other mould 2 months back. As I was in vaccation dint got chance to prepare it and preparing this cake is unplanned. D't be panic, trust me this cake turned very tasty, spongy, moist and in perfect thickness and shape. 



Let's start recipe... 

          Wheat flour carrot cake

Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Cook Time : 35 - 40 minutes
Serves : 400gms (approx)
Category : cakes
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Main ingredients : Wheat flour, grated carrot
Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients 

Wheat flour - 11/2 glass
Grated carrot - 1 glass
Powdered sugar -  3/4rth -  1 glass
Vegetable Oil - 3/4 glass + 2 tsp
Milk - 3/4 glass
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder(dalchini) - 1tsp ( I Dint added)
Vanilla essence - 3 drops
Almonds - 1/2 cup
Raisins/ kishmish - 1/4 cup

Others


Salt - 1/2 cup

Butter paper - as per mould size

Instructions

1) Take a kadai/ pressure cooker spread salt  keep stand. Close the lid on Kadai ( remove whistle and gasket and close it) and preheat it on medium flames. 



2) Keep mould on the butter paper and cut it as per requirement. Apply oil all sides of mould and place butter paper in it. Also apply oil on butter paper and keep it ready. 



3) Grate carrot, chop almonds finely and cut raisins in two halves(optional)  and keep it aside. 


4) Take a wide bowl add 1/2 glass of  milk in it. 



5) Add powdered sugar to the above. 



6) Now add oil to the above. 



7) Beat the above with spatulla/ electronic blender/ hand blender, so that everything mix well. 



8)  Now add wheat flour to the above by using strainer as shown below. 





9) Now  strain baking soda and baking powder in the above bowl. 



10) Mix the above all well without any lumps by adding some milk. 





11) Then add vanilla few drop to the above and mix it well. 



12) Add the above well and add grated carrot, half part of chopped almonds and raisins to it. 


13) Mix everything well, batter will become very thick now add remaining milk.



14) Mix the above well with out any lumps, batter should not be too thick or too thin. 



15) It's time to add the above batter into cake mould. 



16) Dust some wheat flour on remaining chopped almonds and raisins (** check tips) 



17) Sprinkle the dusted almonds and raisins on the better and tap the cake mould twice. (**check tips). 



18) Close the lid and cook it on medium flames flames for 5 minutes and then cook on low flames for 30 minutes. After 30 min, insert tooth pick and check if batter sticks to tooth pic it means cake is not ready. 



19) Now cook it on low - medium flames few more minutes by closing lid. Check again, if tooth pick is clear it means that our cake is ready. 



20) Using cloth or holder remove the cake mould out and tell it cool for room temperature. Later take knife and scratch all the sides and  keep one plate on cake and reverse it as shown below. 



21) Now tap the mould all sides and demould it carefully. 



Remove the butter paper and turn the cake, our Carrot cake with lots almonds and raisin is ready to serve 😍🎂. 




Carrot cake came very fluffy, moist, spongy and delicious tasty. 



Note

* If you are okay with maida you can replace it with wheat flour. 

* Instead of sugar you can also add condensed milk or melted jaggery. 

* You can also use cashew nuts and pistachios. 

* As I mentioned my mould is not fitting in my pressure  cooker(as is its 2l pressure cooker) so I used big Kadai. 

* You can also use room temperature clarified butter instead of oil. 

Tips

** Preheat the kadai/ pressure cooker on medium minimum 15 minutes, otherwise it will take more time to prepare cake. 

** If you have electric blender then use it to mix batter. 

** Take care that there will be no lumps in batter. 

** Using Cinnamon powder or nutmeg powder  will give you good flavour and taste to cake. I will purchase it soon. 

** After pouring batter in mould tap it well so that no air bubbles will form. 

** Dust nuts while spreading on cake, so that nuts do not sink nto cake while cooking. 

** Let the cake cool to room temperature then only  demould, otherwise it will break. 

** Do not open lid many times, chances of sinking nuts into cake and we do not get fluffy cake. 

** D't be panic if Ur cake is not ready in 30 - 40 minutes, let it cook on low - medium flames till it cook. If you do not preheat Ur kadai/ pressure cooker properly you may face this problem. So d't worry 😍. 

Hope this tips is helpful to you, I shared almost all tips I know hope you like this nutty, healthy wheat flour carrot cake. Also check other related recipes by clicking the link below the pic... 


                        Rava chocolate cake 


              Baby Corn Fritters


           Rava / Semolina Pizza



         Veg Chow mein noodles



          Dry cabbage manchurian


                            Paneer Tikka


        Star Gooseberry masala


 

                   Paneer pinwheels

     Roasted Masala Chickpeas / Masala coated Kabuli Chana fry


                      Matar fry




                   Pepper sev


                      Vaamu Aaku bajji

              Homemade butter


                     Homemade Ghee

               Vaamu Aaku bajji

               Corn flakes chivda

                     Bhakarwadi

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