Thursday, January 19, 2012

Zucchini & Chocolate Muffins

Its been a while i havent baked anything with zucchini, an incredible versatile vegetable quite known for its low calories..Whenever i bought this low caloric vegetable, i'll prepare either dals or rotis with them,somehow my sweet tooth was craving for some bakes with chocolate since few days..Finally i prepared some super spongy muffins with finely grated zucchini and dark chocolate with eggs and usual ingredients..My teddies just loved these cute looking muffins for both their breakfast and for their snacks, none noticed the 'secret ingredient" until i told them that these pretty looking muffins are prepared with zucchini..Wat a simple way to sneak these veggies na..Do check out the other marathoners running blogging marathon with me here..Sending to  Srivalli's Chocolate Mela,Cooking For Kids-Zucchini guest hosted by Anusha,event by Kalyani,Bake Fest#3 guest hosted by Pradnya,event by Vardhini, Ramya's ABC-Desserts  and finally to CEDD guest hosted by Suma,event by Raven& to Srav's Chocolate Fest...



2cups All purpose flour
1/2cup Cocao powder
3/4cup Zucchini (grated)
1tsp Baking powder
2nos Eggs (beaten)
100grs Butter (room temperature)
3/4cup Sugar

Preheat the oven to 350F, grease a muffins mould and line them with muffin papers.. Sift the flour,cocao powder and baking powder in a large bowl ..Cream the butter and sugar in a another vessel,add the beaten eggs and beat until they turns soft and creamy,add the grated zucchinis and give a stir..Pour the wet ingredients to the flour and stir quickly, dont overmix....

Pour the mixture in the greased muffins mould and bake for 20-25 minutes, until the muffins turns golden or skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean..

Serve warm!

43 comments:

Lifewithspices said... Reply To This Comment

wow with such less ingredients you always come with wonderful n unique dishes.. loving it..

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Muffin looks softy and yummy.

Nandita SS said... Reply To This Comment

Perfect muffins priya. I bet kids and adults will enjoy this alike :)

Nandita SS said... Reply To This Comment

Perfect muffins priya. I bet kids and adults will enjoy this alike :)

Fairy Garden said... Reply To This Comment

Great to see zucchini with chocolate in a muffin. Nice recipe priya.

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Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

Wow this looks so delicious! And the zucchini definitely ups the health quotient. Do you have any eggless version of this one?
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MyKitchen Flavors-BonAppetit!. said... Reply To This Comment

Awesome Combo Muffins Dear. Luks temptingly deliskh.Superb Bake!

Mélange said... Reply To This Comment

That's an innovative combo definitely.Zucchini and chocolate.Baked perfectly!

Nada said... Reply To This Comment

I've seen zucchini used in sweet baking but I just don't dare to use it yet..I think I will this time!

Anusha said... Reply To This Comment

Hey Priya link this up to the event cookin for kids zucchini on my blog tomatoblues.com if you can. Such a perfect recipe for the event!! And yummy :)

Ganga Sreekanth said... Reply To This Comment

nice recipe. Looks yummy and tempting.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious muffins looks so soft n crispy.

Prathima Rao said... Reply To This Comment

Fabulous muffins..that too with zucchini!!
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Faseela said... Reply To This Comment

yummy recipe dear...lovely

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Nice combination muffins..looks yum

Jaleela Kamal said... Reply To This Comment

nice muffin priya,
great idea ..even i hide the vegetables like u ..! in any dish! x)

Padhu Sankar said... Reply To This Comment

Looks perfect and unique combo

Priyanka said... Reply To This Comment

Wow interesting combination of flavors. Very innovative

Roshni said... Reply To This Comment

you have me drooling with all your chocolate dishes

The Pumpkin Farm said... Reply To This Comment

wow, these are wonderful and very new to me

Prema said... Reply To This Comment

Delicious and Perfect muffins,luks yum...

Hema said... Reply To This Comment

Zucchini and chocolate , lovely combination, never even thought of this, food blogging is making us all very creative..

Ramya said... Reply To This Comment

lovely muffins...

Harini said... Reply To This Comment

love zucchini bakes !

Roshu said... Reply To This Comment

Gud job dear!!!

Deepthi Shankar said... Reply To This Comment

Beautiful looking muffins, Priya

Jeyashris Kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

Thats a wonderful muffin. Nice addition of zuchinni

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

I love this cake. The zucchini makes it very moist and spongy.
Love Ash.

divya said... Reply To This Comment

Mouthwatering here, wat a terrific and super tempting muffins..

Sayantani Mahapatra Mudi said... Reply To This Comment

love these muffins. soft and crumbly.

Carol Pereira said... Reply To This Comment

looks delicious priya! slurpp

Sonia said... Reply To This Comment

wow Priya, can you believe it, since morning I was craving for some warm chocolate muffin/cake and now as I logged in saw these Yum golden muffins. Perhaps the aroma oozed out to me :) LOVELY... !

Suma Gandlur said... Reply To This Comment

Chocolaty brownies must have been yummy. :)

Chef Mireille said... Reply To This Comment

looks easy and tasty...just like your blog title! I make zucchini nut muffins sometimes..these must be even more of a kid pleaser!

Sensible Vegetarian said... Reply To This Comment

Looks so good Priya.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

lovely way to hide zucchini for the kids!:)

Sangeetha M said... Reply To This Comment

innovative combo, looks so delicious...loved it!!
H u bake very frequently that too with lots of innovative combinations ??? Great Priya !!

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Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

OMG look at those muffins.. they looks so beautiful priya and that too chocolate yummmm...

Archana said... Reply To This Comment

can i use cucumbers zucchini are very expensive and we do not enjoy them.

Vanamala Hebbar said... Reply To This Comment

Nice...tempting now!!

Priya Suresh said... Reply To This Comment

@Archana, yea sure u can used cucumber,but go for less quantity since cucumber tends to have loads of water..

vaishali sabnani said... Reply To This Comment

u r super creative Priya...unique combo!

Cool Lassi(e) said... Reply To This Comment

That looks so inviting! Love to have it for breakfast!