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Thursday 14 April 2016

Black Grapes Jam












Bread is the most fundamental, ready to eat food of all times & ages throughout the world which turns out to be the greatest of feasts with fresh butter & Jam

Market is flooded with varieties of Jam but homemade Jam is fresh & free of preservatives.

Presenting you the simpler, healthier & tastier Jam recipe with Black Grapes, a purple colored, delicious, sweet and juicy berry.


Preparation time: 10 mins.                      Cooking time: 15 mins.

Ingredients:
Black Grapes (Seedless) - 500 g
Sugar - 1¼ cup
Fresh Lime Extract - 1½ tbsp.

Cooking Method: 
1. Wash the Black Grapes and crush them with blender.
2. Transfer the crushed puree to heavy bottomed pan, add little water,once it starts to boil, add sugar.
3. Stir under low flame until the sugar is completely dissolved.
4. Add lime juice & stir until consistency of Jam is achieved
5. Cool & Store in an air tight container. Refrigerate for longer storage

Tips:
1. Follow the same procedure with any other pulpy fruits to prepare Jam of your choice.
2. Chucks of the fruits in the crush will nourish your taste buds
3. Measurement is subjective to citric content of the fruits………Taste & Vary…..

Thursday 7 April 2016

Methi Thepla / Methi Chapati


A Gujarati dish , made with wheat flour, fresh methi leaves and some spices .It can be munched all through the day. The Theplas are very healthy  are good for Diabetic people and even for children who don't eat leafy vegetables . Theplas are  usually had with sweet mango pickle(chunda) and also  goes very well with curd and Srikand. A great travel dish and can be kept out  for 2 days without preservation. 

Preparation time : 15 min                            Category: Chapathi
Cooking Time : 30 min                                  Cuisine : Indian
 
Ingredients:
Wheat Flour – 1 ½ cup
Methi Leaves – 1/3 cup
Corriander Powder -1tsp
Chilli Powder -1/2 tsp
Jeera Powder -1/2 tsp
Tumeric Powder -1/2 tsp
Salt – as per requirement
Oil – 5 tbsp

How to make:

1.Clean the Methi leaves and chop it roughly.
2.In a mixing bowl add the wheat flour, methi leaves, salt, all the spices and mix it together. add 3 tbsp of oil in it.


3. Pour water and knead it to a soft dough. Let the dough rest for atleast ½ hr

4. make medium size balls from  the dough . Dust the balls and roll out to make thepla. The Theplas should be thin.

5. Place the thepla on the hot Tawa . brush it with oil and flip it. keep the flame in medium.
 



 

 
Tips
1. Be a little generous with oil while making the dough to make soft and perfect Thepla
2. Curd , ginger garlic paste,Besan atta , little sugar can also be added .
3. Sugar can be replaced with a ripe banana.
4. The Theplas should be rolled out thin to taste better
5. Only the leaves of the methi has to be used .If stem is used  then the chapatti tends to break or crack when rolling