dhokla

Ingredients

Chickpea flour(besan/kadala maavu)        -1 cup

Curd (yogurt)                                             - 1/2 cup

Green chillies                                             - 2

Ginger                                                        - 1 inch piece

Water                                                         - 1/4 to 1/2 cup

Eno fruit salt *                                            -  1 tsp

Lime juice                                                  -  1 tsp

Carrots and celery( finely chopped)          - 1/4 cup

Turmeric powder                                        - 1 tsp

For ganishing:

Oil of choice                                               - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds                                            - 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds(jeera)                                    - 1/2 tsp

Salt according to taste

* I used 1/2 sachet of antacid powder which contains sodium bicarbonate and citric acid.

Grind the green chillies and ginger with little water.Take a bowl and add the flour, chopped vegetables,salt, turmeric powder, curd ,lime juice and green chilli paste. Mix the ingredients to a thick batter.let it sit for ten minutes. Heat water in a steamer/idli cooker. Grease a deep dish or a plate with oil. Add the Eno salt just before you pour the batter in the plate and put it in the steamer. Steam cook for about 10 - 15 minutes or until done. Let it cool and turn it over. Heat 1/2 tsp oil and add mustard seeds, curry leaves and cumin seeds. Once the mustard seeds splutter add it on top of the dhokla.

Slice it and serve with chutney of choice

Recipe source:

http://www.rakskitchen.net/2011/09/dhokla-recipe.html

Almond oat crackers

Almond Oats crackers

A modification of this recipe
http://quicknhealthy.blogspot.com/2012/12/quick-almond-oats-crackers.html

Old fashioned or slow cooking oats - 1/2 cup
Sliced Almonds                               - 1/2 cup
Dates                                               - 5
Cumin seeds                                   - 1/2 tsp
Thippili(a kind of black pepper)     - 2 small ones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_pepper)
sesame seeds                                  - 1 tsp
Oil ( I used Canola)                       - 2 tbsp
Salt to taste
Water/almond milk/soy milk       - to bind the mixture

Powder the oats, almonds, Spices to a fine powder as possible. add the dates to this and grind until all blend. Place the mixture in a bowl and add the oil and few tablespoons of water or milk of choice to bind everything to a dough. Refrigerate for 30 mins.

roll it out to 1 inch thickness between 2 parchment papers. Cut it into desired shapes
and bake for about 15-20 mins at 350 F.

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