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07Apr/20

Banana Bread / Banane cake

 

Banana Bread

Quarantine Baking is trending during this COVID-19 times, while this would be remembered as a part of history, everone is trying to make best out of this #stayhome time.

For me, its all about the house chores, kids times and bit of recipes sharing on Instagram or here

Banana Cake is very simple, failproof and delicious bake option for all the beginers, the flavour of over wiped bananas will really take your bread's taste to the next level. While you might find lot of recipes on net. I'm sharing with you all, my best and simple recipe.

I also have another healthy banana bread variant on my blog. Check the link below.

http://homemadebyfarheen.com/recipe/whole-wheat-banana-bread-with-coconut/

Lets get started!!

Course Dessert
Cuisine international
Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4
Author Mehraj Farheen

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups All purpose flour
  • 2 Medium Eggs
  • 5 Riped Bananas
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 cup sugar (half brown + half white)
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 3/4th Cup Oil
  • 1/2 Cup chopped walnuts / chocho chips I used Both
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamom powder
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Essence

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees and prepare your bread loaf tin or baking dish by ling a parchment paper o dusting it.

    Keep all the ingredients handy before starting as shown below

  2.  Prepare the wet ingredients

    Mash 4 Bananas, then add eggs, oil, sugar, vanilla essence and whisk for 10 minutes

  3.  Prepare the dry ingredients

    Sieve the flour, with baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon powder, repeat this step twice or thrice.

  4.  Now gently mix the dry and wet ingredients. keep mixing for around 2-3 min until its well combined.

  5. Lastly, Add the chopped nuts, Chocolate chips and transfer the cake batter into a bread loaf tin or any baking dish.

  6. Place in pre-heated oven and bake for around 35-40 mins. keep checking after 25 mins to avoid overcooking.

  7. Thats all delicious banana bread is ready to serve!

Recipe Notes

You can also use 1 cup while wheat flour and 1 cup all purpose flour as well.

Use the same batter for cup cakes as well.

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06Mar/19

Kheema Pasta / Minced Meat Pasta

Kheema Pasta / Minced Meat Pasta

A super simple and delicious option for dinner time which is definitely kids-approved. This also makes a perfect recipe for times when your completely drained and short on time.

Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian, international
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4
Author Mehraj Farheen

Ingredients

  • 1 packet whole wheat drum pasta 500 gms
  • 250 grams Minced Meat Beef/Lamb
  • 2 Large Onions Finely Chopped
  • 1 Large Tomato Finely Chopped
  • 1 tbsp Garlic
  • 1 tbsp Ginger Finely Chopped
  • 1 tbsp Tomato paste
  • 3-4 Green Chillies
  • 1/2 Cup Corainder laves
  • 1 Piece Maggi cube
  • 4 tspn Oil
  • Salt as per taste
  • Black pepper 1/4 spoon
  • 1/2 Lemon Juice

Instructions

  1. Boil the pasta/Macroni with 1 tspn olive oil, salt and set aside

  2. In large pot, saute chopped ginger, garlic in oil until light brown

  3. Then add green chilly, onions saute for 4-5 minutes until the onion turns lightly brown

  4. Now the important step, add minced meat and fry nicely for 7-8 minutes, make sure your frying the minced meat nicely until the oil separates.
  5. Now add capsicum, tomato pieces and cook for 5 minutes until soft. You can also use other vegetable like beans and carrot.

  6. Lastly add the bolied pasta, salt, black pepper, give a nice mix and end it of ny adding the fresh coriander leaves and add half lemon Juice

Recipe Notes

If you don't want to use the Maggie stock cube, you can use add 1/4 tsp coriander spoon and 1/4 roasted cumin powder, but make sure your cooking these two masalas properly before adding the vegetables.

Another note, just before turning off the flame, add2-3 tablespoon of water. This way the pasta doesn't dry out.

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05Mar/19

Kheema Pasta / Minced Meat Pasta

Kheema Pasta / Minced Meat Pasta

A super simple and delicious option for dinner time which is definitely kids-approved. This also makes a perfect recipe for times when your completely drained and short on time.

Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian, international
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4
Author Mehraj Farheen

Ingredients

  • 1 packet whole wheat drum pasta 500 gms
  • 250 grams Minced Meat Beef/Lamb
  • 2 Large Onions Finely Chopped
  • 1 Large Tomato Finely Chopped
  • 1 tbsp Garlic
  • 1 tbsp Ginger Finely Chopped
  • 1 tbsp Tomato paste
  • 3-4 Green Chillies
  • 1/2 Cup Corainder laves
  • 1 Piece Maggi cube
  • 4 tspn Oil
  • Salt as per taste
  • Black pepper 1/4 spoon
  • 1/2 Lemon Juice

Instructions

  1. Boil the pasta/Macroni with 1 tspn olive oil, salt and set aside

  2. In large pot, saute chopped ginger, garlic in oil until light brown

  3. Then add green chilly, onions saute for 4-5 minutes until the onion turns lightly brown

  4. Now the important step, add minced meat and fry nicely for 7-8 minutes, make sure your frying the minced meat nicely until the oil separates.
  5. Now add capsicum, tomato pieces and cook for 5 minutes until soft. You can also use other vegetable like beans and carrot.

  6. Lastly add the bolied pasta, salt, black pepper, give a nice mix and end it of ny adding the fresh coriander leaves and add half lemon Juice

Recipe Notes

If you don't want to use the Maggie stock cube, you can use add 1/4 tsp coriander spoon and 1/4 roasted cumin powder, but make sure your cooking these two masalas properly before adding the vegetables.

Another note, just before turning off the flame, add2-3 tablespoon of water. This way the pasta doesn't dry out.

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03Mar/19

Avacado Hummus

Avacado Hummus

Hummus - which needs no introduction, is like a gift from arab cuisine to the world, which I would say went on to become worlds favourite dip.

This dip is very versatile, you can have it with pita bread, chapati or just as a side dish with salads.

No Arabic meal is complete without this basic most essential dip. I usually make this along with grilled /tandoori chicken.

Made with chickpeas along with tahini, roasted garlic and with a hint of olive oil, this side dish is a must try.

Before heading on the main recipe, lets understand what is Tahini, its a fine paste of sesame seeds, which is easily available, in case you don't find it, you can dry roast some sesame seeds and make a find paste out if it and use in the hummus recipe.

Nowadays, there are so many varieties of hummus, like beetroot hummus, avocado hummus.

Lets get started to my version of avocado hummus.




Course Side Dish
Cuisine arabic
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 4
Author Mehraj Farheen - Admin

Ingredients

  • 1 avacado Riped
  • 1 Cup soaked and then bolied Chickpeas
  • 1/2 Cup Olive Oil extra virgin
  • 2 Tbsp Tahini
  • Salt As per taste
  • 4-5 Garlic pods Fried in oil
  • 3-4 tbsp water while grinding
  • 2 pinch black pepper(you can avoid)

Instructions

  1. Boil the chickpeas

  2. Fry garlic pods in olive oil and set aside

  3. In a mixer, add avacado, fried garlic pods, chickpeas, tahini sauce, salt, olive oil and grind to fine paste, add water if needed.

  4. Dish out on a flat plate, make swirls and add 1 tsp olive, sprinkle liltte paprika or red chilly.

  5. Simple quick avacado hummus is ready to serve with pita bread/khuboos/roti.

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16Jan/19

Whole wheat dinner rolls / pav

Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls / Pav


Course Main Course
Cuisine international
Prep Time 20 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 5
Author Mehraj Farheen

Ingredients

  • 2 & 1|2 Cup Whole Wheat flour
  • 2 Tbsp Milk powder
  • 2 Tsp Instant yeast
  • 2 Tbsp Soften butter
  • 1 Cup Whole milk
  • 3 Tbsp Sugar
  • 1/4 Tsp Salt
  • 2 Egg

Instructions

  1. Mix all the dry ingredients and keep aside

  2. Slowly add eggs, melt butter and milk and start kneading the dough until firm

  3. Transfer the dough on work area and knead it very gently.

  4. Make sure the dough is not too sticky or very hard. Use extra flour or milk if needed to adjust the dough. 

  5. Cover the dough with moist cloth and allow it to rise for one hour

  6. One the dough has risen, Transfer on kitchen counter and start kneading gently for 5 minutes.

  7. Roll out the dough in to rectangle shape and gently roll forming a log shape.

  8. Divide the dough into 12 equal size balls and  roll ball into rectangle shape and while folding seal the edges after every fold(tuck sides and pinch seam along edge of dough.), this helps in forming round rims inside the bread. As shown in the image.

  9. Transfer into baking pan and cover with damp cloth and allow it proof for 30 mins

  10. Now bake for 30-35 minutes (varies with oven) on 180 degrees. Give egg wash on the bread.

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05Jan/19

White Milk Bread

White Bread with Milk

Every mom's biggest task is fixing the next day meal plan, I was feeling very lazy to make it to grossary store, that is when I thought for making bread at home for quick breakfast fix.

Seeing this bread one might feel its lot of efforts, but its actually not. The task is simple and gives you enough time gaps to continue with other tasks. The overall time taken for preparing this bread may be more but trust me, the efforts are very minimal.

The recipe is very simple and has nothing very complicated. Baking own bread home is for sure a very satisfying feeling. Do try it and let me know your about your results.

Course Breakfast
Cuisine international
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings 4
Author Mehraj Farheen

Ingredients

  • 2 & 1/2 Cup All purpose Flour
  • 2 Tbsp Milk powder
  • 2 Teaspoon Instant yeast
  • 2 Tbsp Soften butter
  • 1 Cup Whole Milk
  • 3 Tbsp Sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 2 Eggs

Instructions

  1. Mix all the dry ingredients(flour, milk powder, yeast, salt, sugar) and keep aside

  2. Slowly add eggs, melt butter and milk and start kneading the dough until firm

  3. Transfer the dough on work area and knead it very gently

  4. Make sure the dough is not too sticky or very hard. Use extra flour or milk if needed to adjust the dough.

  5. Cover the dough with moist cloth and allow it to rise for one hour

  6. One the dough has risen, Transfer on kitchen counter and start kneading gently for 5 minutes.

  7. Roll out the dough in to rectangle shape and gently roll forming a log shape.

  8. Repeat the above step 2 times, roll into rectangle shape and fold into a log shape.  

  9. Lastly,  roll the dough into rectangle shape and while folding into log shape seal the edges after every fold(tuck sides and pinch seam along edge of dough.), this helps in forming round rims inside the bread. As shown in the image.

  10. Bake for 30-35 minutes on 180 degrees and in between brush with egg all over the bread.

Recipe Notes

For best results, leave the bread in oven overnight and use next day morning with freshly made Banana Jam. If you need recipe if quick bread jam, lemme know in comments, I'll post a recipe of it soon!

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17Dec/18

Carrot Cake!!

Carrot Cake

Home style carrot cake made with 50% whole wheat and 50% white flour. Ever since I started baking, preparing this cake at home for kids has become a kind of tradition. Whenever I make this cake the next day breakfast boxes for kids and tea time snacks both are sorted and that's why I'm always happy to bake this

I'm still trying to make this with complete whole wheat, but couldn't get the perfect kids approved texture, so I sticking to both type of flours.

Before starting the prep, pre-heat the oven at 180 degrees.

Course Dessert, kids, Snack
Cuisine international
Prep Time 20 minutes
Pre-heat oven 10 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 6
Author Mehraj Farheen(Admin)

Ingredients

  • 3 cup Grated Carrot
  • 3 Egg(Room temp)
  • 1 Cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 Cup All purpose Flour
  • 1 Cup Refined Sugar
  • 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 3/4 Cup oil
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon Powder
  • 1/2 Cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 2 pinch Salt

Instructions

  1. Sieve atleast 4-5 times all the dry ingredients - flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamom powder. 

  2. Beat eggs, add in sugar, oil and vanilla extract, beat atleast for 5 mins until foamy.

  3. Now mix  dry sifted ingredeints in to the wet ingredients and fold.

  4. Next add the grated carrots, chopped walnuts and gently fold.
  5. Divide the batter into two 8 inch cake tins(lined with parchment paper and dusted with flour)

  6. Bake at 180 degrees for 35 - 40 minutes, test the doness using the tooth pick test.

  7. Enjoy the delicoius and healthy treat with family!!

Recipe Notes

If you really have a sweet tooth, increase the sugar quantity to 1 + 3/4 cups.

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05May/18

Punjabi chole with zero oil

  1. Course Breakfast
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Total Time 35 minutes

    Instructions

    1. Chole with puri!

      Another one from my one pot one shot recipes, this one is without oil! This is just as simple as it can be, dump all the ingredients with chickpeas in pressure cooker and it’s ready.

      I made puri dough with whole wheat flour(just with normal water and salt) and kept in fridge by night and soaked the chickpeas (1 cup and 1/2 cup)

      Step 1: In pressure add washed/soaked chickpeas along with the below ingredients

      2 mediums thinly sliced onions

      1 large tomato thinly sliced

      1/4 Turmeric powder

      1 tsp coriander powder

      1 tsp red chilly powder

      1/2 tsp zeera powder (roasted)

      1 tsp ginger garlic paste

      2 teabags(you can avoid)

      3 tbspn oil (optional i haven’t added in my recipe)

      3/4 green chillies(adjust according to your intake)

      2 glass of water

      Cover the lid and cook for 5-6 whistles and then leave it for 5 mins in slow flame.

      Step 2: open the cooker let it cook for 2 more mins and stir gently, so the tomatoes and onions are nicely mashed forming a thick gravy. At this point add 1/4 tsp garam masala, salt, fresh coriander leaves and dry fenugreek leaves. Simmer for 2-3 minutes.

      Ready to serve, enjoy with puri or roti!

     

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05May/18

Mix Vegetable curry / saag

 

Mix vegetable curry / saag

Course Breakfast
Cuisine Indian
Cook Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 Large Potato
  • 2 Carrots
  • 1/2 Cup Green peas
  • 1 Tsp Ginger garlic paste
  • 2/3 Green chilly
  • Salt to taste
  • Fresh coriander leaves

Spices - 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp red chilly, 1 tsp coriander powder, 1/4 tsp zeera powder, 1/4 garam masala

For tempering - 1 tablespoon oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves

  • 1 Medium Onion

Instructions

  1. In pressure cooker add all the cut vegetables and spices. And cook for 2-3 whistles adding little water.

After the whistles, mash the potatoes and prepare tempering with 1 tbsp oil, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add the tempering to vegetable, give a nice mix. Lastly add salt and fresh Corinder leaves. You can also add one teaspoon of pickle to this vegetable curry to taste better.

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