Instant Quinoa Dosai

 

                                                         Instant Quinoa Dosai

Ingredients:
Quinoa- half cup
Rice flour - half cup
Maida/all purpose flour - 2 tbsp
salt to taste
chopped scallions
Spices of choice( turmeric powder, asoefatida powder )
a pinch of baking powder (optional)
    yogurt or water - 1 cup approximate measure
Dry roast Quinoa and powder it as fine as possible( rava like consistency). Mix the powdered quinoa with the rest of the dry ingredients. Add yogurt or water to make it into a liquid dosa batter.
Heat Tava( dosa kal) and pour the batter on the tava and spread it like a dosa. Cook it well on both sides.

Instant Quinoa dosai served with Coriander (kothamalli chutney).
"Sending this to Priya's May 2013 edition of Healthy me and Healthy Us event hosted by Jayanthi"
http://kuttybear-toddlerfoodideas.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/healthy-me-healthy-us-may-2013-edition.html

Avil and Bread Upma

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Alu Palak

garlic foccacia

My first attempt at baking bread. - garlic foccacia. Recipe from http://litebite.in/garlic-foccasia-bread/. I skipped the tomatoes from that recipe.

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carrot brownie

Carrot wheat flour brownie. Recipe from http://litebite.in/eggless-wholewheat-carrot-brownie/

Modifications:

Atta flour instead of whole wheat flour, a couple of drops of banana essence and just almonds for the nuts.

I made it for half cup of flour as a trial, turned out well.

deepavali 2012

navarathiri 2012

Oats appam

Inspired from a recipe link for oats appam

Old fashioned oats - 1 cup

Rice flour                 - 1/2 cup

Shredded/finely chopped vegetables

( I used carrots, cilantro)

Finely chopped ginger

A pinch of Asoefatida

Curd(yogurt) - 1/2 to 3/4 cup

Salt to taste

For tempering ( optional)

Oil 1 tsp

Mustard seeds

Mix all ingredients to form a thick batter(idli batter). Heat oil and let the mustard seeds splutter.add this to batter.Let it soak for 10-15 minutes.

Heat oil in appa kaaral(Looks like a muffin maker)or regular vessel.Pour batter into each hole of kaaral or use a small scoop to pour batter in regular vessel. Take off oil once done.

 "Sending this to Priya's May 2013 edition of Healthy me and Healthy Us event hosted by Jayanthi"

http://kuttybear-toddlerfoodideas.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/healthy-me-healthy-us-may-2013-edition.html

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Medu vadai