Herbed Brown Rice Straws

My pantry is always filled with some many leftover flours since a long, eventhough am trying to finish them to make out many dishes there were some leftovers, one among those leftover flour is organic brown rice flour, so i tried out this herbed straws with those leftover brown rice flour with some herbs like coriander leaves, curry leaves, parsley leaves along with cumin seeds and pepper powder..My teddies enjoyed having this straws with cream cheese, a simple and crispy snacks to enjoy which suits prefectly for this cold evening..Sending this herbed straws to Global Kadai-Crackers&Straws guest hosted by Ria..U can use the usual rice flour instead of organic brown rice flour if u dont get them..Sending to Kid's Delight-Holiday Special hosted by Srivalli..

1cup Brown rice flour or rice flour

1cup All purpose flour

2tsp Herbs (chopped coriander leaves, curryleaves & parsley leaves)

1/2tsp Pepper powder

1tsp Cumin seeds

1tbsp Butter (melted)

1tsp Olive oil

Salt

Grind the chopped coriander leaves, curry leaves and parsley leaves as coarse paste, take now the rice flour, all purpose flour,grounded herbs, pepper powder, cumin seeds, melted butter,olive oil , salt in a bowl..gradually add enough water to make a soft and smooth dough..keep aside for half an hour..

Preheat the oven to 350F..Dust the dough with enough flour and roll as round disc..cut the dough as strips, just twist the strips and arrange them over the baking sheet lined over a baking sheet..Bake for 15-20minutes until the crust turns golden brown.. Enjoy with cream cheese or any sort of chutneys..

Eggplant Moongdal Rasam

I know most of us will be very much surprised to read the name of this recipe, yep i prepared this delicious rasam with cooked smashed eggplant puree and moongdal..Usually i prepare rasam atleast twice a week  with tomatoes, but yesterday i prepared some smashed eggplant puree by broiling the eggplants through oven which i thought of making some baingan bharta,finally i was saying myself y dont i give a trial to make rasam with those smashed eggplant puree, immediately i pressure cooked some moongdal and prepared this delicious slightly thick rasam with usual rasam powder, spices and tomatoes..This rasam tastes too marvellous when served hot with papads or with spicy potato fry..We guys loved it..Sending this rasam to CMT-Dal/Kadhi/Rasam/Sambar guest hosted by Priya, event by Jagruti..



2tbsp Cooked moongdal
1/2cup Smashed eggplant puree
1tsp Rasam powder
1no Tomato(ripen)
2nos Garlic (crushed)
1tsp Lemon juice
3nos Curry leaves
1/2tsp Mustard seeds+cumin seeds
1/4tsp Asafoetida powder
2nos Dry red chillies
Few curry leaves
2tsbp Chopped coriander leaves
Salt
Oil


Smash the tomatoes nicely, add the cooked moongdal,smashed eggplant puree,crushed garlic cloves, rasam powder, salt and enough water...heat a tsp of oil, add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, asafoetida powder and red chillies, let them turn brown..add the curry leaves,prepared rasam immediately, let them boil..put of the stove once they starts boiling add the lemon juice and chopped coriander leaves..

Serve hot with rice!!

Spicy Potato Crackers

Look at those cute looking crackers, they looks crunchy and fabulous na..I prepared this star shaped crackers today for our snacks as a spicy savoury biscuits using potato flakes which we get often easily for making potato puree, my H bought accidently these potato flakes and i never prepare potato puree using those store bought flakes so they were sitting in my pantry since a long, its time to finish them as anything and my mind went for making some savoury crackers..I finally choosed to spice up this potato crackers with crushed garlic cloves, few red chilly flakes, sesame seeds and prepared this crackers with potato flakes and all purpose flour..Easy breezy crackers gets ready in less than 15minutes and suits prefectly for snacks if u serve them simply or with a cheese spread..Sending this beautiful crackers to Global Kadai-Crackers & Straws guest hosted by Ria, event by Cilantro and to Kid's Delight-Holiday Special hosted by Srivalli...



2cups All purpose flour
1cup Potato flakes or cooked & smashed potatoes
1/2tsp Red chilly flakes
1tsp Baking powder
1tbsp Sesame seeds
2nos Garlic (crushed)
Salt
2tsp Olive oil

Take all the ingredients in a bowl, with enough water knead them as smooth and stiff dough..Keep aside for half an hour..Preheat the oven to 350F...Roll the dough as a large disc and with a cookie cutter, cut the dough as any shape as u desire, arrange them over a baking sheet lined over a baking tray..Bake this crackers for 12-15minutes until the crust turns golden brown..

Munch them simply or else with cream cheese..

Dates & Oats Bread

As i told in my previous post, i prepared this healthy bread with homemade dates paste along with whole wheat flour and oats...This bread suits prefectly for breakfast with butter and jam at the same time goes awesome for snacks with some nutella spread, the choice is yours..We enjoyed having this healthy bread both for our breakfast and snacks..Actually none noticed about the dates paste i have used in this bread, i was happy to finish my dates paste, as none at home loved them, this healthy bread goes for simple ingredients and we loved it....I dont want to prepare this bread as a loaf but as a round bread which i topped with some almond flakes to give a rich look..Sending to DNSW-D hosted by Akila..



2cups Whole wheat flour
1cup Rolled oats (grind as coarse powder)
1/2cup All purpose flour
3tbsp Dates paste
1+1/2tbsp Active dry yeast
1/2cup Luke warm water
1tsp Sugar
1tsp Salt
3tbsp Butter
Almond flakes

Take the active dry yeast,sugar and salt in a bowl with luke warm water, let this mixture sit for 5minutes until the yeast turns foamy..Meanwhile take the whole wheat flour, coarse powdered oats, all purpose flour, butter,dates paste in a bowl and gradually add the foamy yeast to form a smooth and slightly sticky dough..Arrange this dough in greased bowl and keep in a warm place for an hour with lid closed..

After an hour, punch down the dough..knead gently and arrange them in a round shaped mould, brush the top with melted butter and sprinkle the almond flakes as per need, cover the mould with a towel and keep again the dough in a warm place for an hour..

Preheat the oven to 350F, bake the bread in middle rack for 25-30minutes until the crust turns golden brown..Enjoy warm without any spread or else with jam or nutella with a cup of tea or coffee..