Priya's Versatile Recipes: May 2015

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Eggless Chocolate Chips Pancakes with Instant Pancake Mix

Pancakes, that too with instantly prepared pancake mix, yes i did it. My younger one's favourite breakfast is pancakes, he can just have pancakes everyday for his breakfast. When i was looking for something quick and easy for this week's blogging marathon's theme, i got hooked to this instant pancake mix. With simple ingredients, your pancake mix is ready and you can store them very well in your pantry for many days. Obviously who will hesitate a second to give a try. I tried making this easy breezy pancake mix last week and made super spongy and fluffy chocolate chips pancakes for our sunday's brunch. Trust me,even my elder one who is not that much fan of pancakes enjoyed thoroughly this fluffy pancakes with homemade date syrup.

Homemade Spiced Date Syrup

Date syrup, actually i make it often whenever i feel like feeding my kids with this healthy fruits, unfortunately everytime i make either i feel lazy to click and post here or else they will get vanished very much quickly even before i feel like writing a post. But this time, i couldnt stop myself clicking few clicks as i want to post my style of date syrup without any fail as am running blogging marathon with Homemade Product - make at home as this week's theme. After making an easy breezy yellow cake mix, my today's post goes to this healthy homemade date syrup,nothing can beat this homemade syrup eventhough a famous Indian brand do exists.I like mine and this syrup is quite easy to make at home.

Fruits & Nuts Mango Cake with Homemade Yellow Cake mix

Its been a while i posted fruits loaded cake, especially with mango. Since i want to finish some leftover mango pulp, i baked this beautiful cake with loads of fruits and nuts. Actually am running this week's blogging marathon with an interesting theme 'Readymade Produce - make at home'. Earlier, actually before blogging, i will always go for store bought cake mix, as they were quite easy to whisk and bake the cake.Then later, once i came to know more about baking cakes at home, i have completely dropped buying those ready-made products even though they are easily available.. Its always good to make cake mix at home by ourselves rite, we know what we have put in our cake batter, hence we can feed our family easily with our own bakes.

Chaapat/Chapat/Parsi Crepes

Parsi crepes aka chapat is a tea time snacks especially during sunday afternoon. This crepes are quite famous in Parsi cuisine, chapat makes an excellent breakfast to the kids. Chapat goes for an easy breezy batter, as much as like French crepes, but this Parsi style crepes goes for nutmeg and cardamom powder. This spice powder gives an extra flavor to this Parsi crepes.Chapat batter spread on pan like a crepe and cooked till done. The chapat is then folded and filled with any fruit jam or jelly before serving. A healthy way to start your day.

Brown Rice - Parsi Style

Parsi Style Brown rice is one among the traditional rice dish served along with their famous Dhansak,a Parsi gravy. Most of the Parsi's sunday's favourite is this Brown rice and Dhansak and even for few this Brown rice means Special occasions. I crossed many delicious Parsi style brown rice, but however i want to stick with the traditional one, obviously i picked this brown rice from here. I just loved the spice mixture used in this dish and this brown rice is quite easy to make. Obviously i grinded up the spice mixture before starting the cooking process and the spice mixture gives an excellent flavour to this beautiful mildy sweet brown rice.

Lagan Nu Custard / Parsi Custard

Do you know Parsi's have their own custard, i never knew this until i searched Parsi desserts for this week's blogging marathon. When i saw this Lagan nu Custard i was bit surprised to see how easy this dessert is to make.Lagan nu custard is an irresistible dessert from Parsi cuisine, usually served with loads of nuts and raisins this dessert makes a rich wedding dessert.Not only for wedding, this Lagan nu custard can be served as a dessert after a meal especially for Sunday lunch.This parsi custard can be served hot or cold, with icecream or without depending upon your tastebuds. I served mine chilled and we loved it to the core.

Eggless Butterless Carrot Muffin

Carrot is very much good for health, we do make varieties of foods with this mildly sweet vegetables. Even this vegetable suits prefectly for making incredible bakes, muffins with carrot makes an excellent breakfast or snacks depending upon your wish. Carrot muffins are very easy to make and these muffins are completely eggfree and butterfree, so you have this muffins without any fuss. You would have already seen carrot with cream cheese frosting. But my today's post is quite different, no frosting, no spices like cinnamon etc. So this muffins is seriously one of the easiest muffins i have ever baked.

Caramel Kulfi

Kulfi, this Indian frozen dessert is well known for its particular shape, they goes for a specific moulds which is quite easily available in India. If you live in abroad and you have completely forgotten to get your kulfi moulds, i have an easy breezy substitution for those popular moulds. Just get a popsicles mould from your nearby supermarket and make your favourite frozen dessert with those simple moulds. Eventhough i have kulfi moulds at home, i like to make kulfis in popsicle mould as they are quite easy for the kids to carry and enjoy thoroughly without much efforts.My today's recipe goes for a different kulfi, actually i want to name it as Fusion kulfi, as this kulfi goes for caramel sauce. I used homemade caramel sauce, which can be made easily with sugar and butter. But still if you dont know or dont want to make your homemade sauce just stick with the store bought ones.

Eggless Mango, Chocolate Chip Mug Cake

If you have a sudden craving or dont have oven at home, am sure your microwave oven will help definitely to satisfy your tastebuds. I have been cooking loads of dishes through microwave oven which gets cook easily with less efforts and sometimes even in less time. Especially mug cakes, they take hardly 2-3minutes depending upon the quantity of the cake batter you have poured in your mug. If you want to make a small size individual cake with less ingredients, microwave cooking will definitely helps you a lot. But i recommand to get silicon moulds if you want to make small sized cakes either for a sudden craving or else for an individual cake. However this gadget will definitely helps you a lot if you are planning not to spend much time in your kitchen especially during summer days..Sending to Srivalli's Anniversary Mela.

Recap - 26days of Fire Up Your Oven

Baking, my stress buster, my passion after cooking, one of my pass time when i feel bored, even i can control my anger if i bake, yes i have so many reason to bake. If you are a regular reader of this space, you might know about my love for baking. I do bake often and my ovens have their important place in my kitchen. Obviously i cant live without my precious ovens. Dont ask me, why am having two ovens, actually i dont have any reason to explain why my kitchen have two ovens. Hubby dear bought me the second oven for my birthday and i treasure this. I still remember the day he got my second oven. I felt like winning a lottery when i unpacked his gift box. Ok let me stop my blabbering, i was supposed to post today my recap about last month's mega marathon.

When srivalli announced about this long marathon, i was bit skeptical about my participation, but thank god few of my weekend baking secured me, yes last month was bit drastic for me coz of my nonstop exams and internship. However i finished a month of blogging without any difficulties, thanking god for it. Let me take you all for a virtual trip, just join me and enjoy all the baked goodies i have posted during the month of April.

As usual i started the day 1 with a sweet note..

Day 1 - Chocolate Stuffed Pull Apart Crescent Rolls