Pomegranate And Apple Juice

Pomegranate And Apple Juice

Some research have found that Pomegranate juice has about about three times more antioxidants than red wine or green tea. Many people drink this juice because of its rich taste and also an excellent agent for promoting blood flow to the heart. It has also been found to reduce plaque in the arteries. It is helpful in preventing heart attacks and stroke.

Apples too have many benefits. Some researchers have found that daily intake of this fruit provide anti-cancer benefits.

Ingredients:
1 fresh pomegranate
1 green apple

Method:
1. Wash and cut pomegranate and apple.

2. Put the fruits in a fruit juicer and extract the juice.

3. Drink it everyday for better health,

Strawberry Icecream

Strawberry Icecream

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

Last week I had got strawberries to make jam :) But the week was hectic and i couldn't get myself slogging for an hour or two in kitchen so instead yesterday i decided to make icecream instead. I was little skeptical for this was first time i was trying it out and serving without knowing how it is going to turn out added to the nervousness. Glad everyone enjoyed it and that surely calls for this post.


Ingredients
5 Cup Milk
3.5 Cup Cream
1.5 Kg Strawberries
4 Cup Sugar
1/2 Lemon

Method

• In a mixer, blend 1Kg of strawberries and sugar together till smooth. Transfer it to bowl.
• Add in milk and whisk till smooth.
• Add in cream and lemon juice and again whisk till consistent.
• In ice-cream maker pour this mixture in batches according to your ice-cream maker's capacity.
• Chop remaining strawberries, and when ice-cream is almost set ad them to the ice-cream and let the ice-cream maker set the ice-cream.
• Freez for another hour or two to get the best results.

Notes
I saved few strawberry pieces so I could add them on top while serving ice-cream.

Mango Mousse Cake

Mango Mousse Cake

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

At Hardik and Shweni's farewell party, there was this mango mousse cake that I liked a lot. The first bite into it and I wanted to make my own cake :) In fact the cake was such a hit that people wanted to leave Seattle so that they get farewell and this cake :) When everybody were talking about this, I was quite and when they turned to me, somebody mentioned: "No, Sheetal doesn't need to leave Seattle, she will make it herself :)". I thought the expectations from me are rising, so i didn't say anything that time, but that was the very moment I had decided to try this out over weekend itself. The one we ate had used artificial mango flavor, I decided to use using Alphonso mango pulp, the taste has come out really well. Now I just need to invite all the party attendees to validate if Cake is at least as good as the one they had got :)


Ingredients
1 Cup Maida
3 Eggs
200g Cream Cheese
3 Cup Whipping Cream
5 Cup Alphonso Mango Pulp
1 Spoon Corn Starch
2 Spoon Milk Powder
1/4 Spoon Baking Powder
1.75 Cup Sugar
4 Spoon Gelatin
4 Spoon Lemon Juice
2 Spoon Oil
1.25 Spoon Vanilla Essence
1/4 Spoon Salt

Method

• Preheat oven at 350F/175C.
• Sieve through Maida, corn starch 5 times. Add in milk powder, baking powder and sieve couple of times. Keep aside
• In a standing mixer whip egg whites and salt together till foamy.
• Add in 1/4 Cup Sugar and whip till peaks can hold. Keep aside.
• In a bowl whisk egg yolks, 1/2 Spoon Vanilla Essence and 1/4 cup Sugar and whisk till sugar dissolves.
• Add in oil and another 1/2 spoon Vanilla Essence and whisk for 30 seconds.
• Carefully fold in egg whites.
• Fold in Maida mixture 1/3rd at a time. Don't over stir.
• Line the springform or any 9inch round baking pan with parchment paper, grease it and pour in the batter.
• Bake the cake in oven at 350F/175C for 20 minutes.
• Immediately take out the cake on the wire-rack and let it cool down.
• In the mean time, in a pan heat 1/4 Cup Sugar and 1/4 Cup Water together with stirring till it boils. Let it cook for another 2-3 minutes and then take off the heat. Add in 1/4 Spoon Vanilla Essence and let the mixture cool down a bit.
• While the sugar syrup is cooling down, in a bowl whip cream cheese, 1 cup sugar and 2 spoon lemon juice together till soft.
• Heat 1/4 Cup Water in microwave for 1 minute. Add in 2 spoon gelatin and mix till it dissolves completely. Whip it in cream cheese mixture.
• In separate bowl, whip whipping cream till its fluffy and can hold peaks. Fold it in the cream cheese mixture.
• Fold in 3 cup mango pulp till mixture is smooth consistency.
• Now divide the cake into two layers. Put one layer at bottom of the 9inch springform pan. Brush 1/2 of sugar syrup over the cake. Pour in half of mango cream mixture. smooth it with spatula. Put the second layer of cake, brush it with remaining sugar syrup. Pour remaining mango cream mixture and smooth it with spatula. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• After the cake has refrigerated for 45 minutes, take remaining 2 cup mango puree in bowl, add in 2 spoon lemon juice and heat it over medium flame. Cook the mixture till its hot, don't let it boil or you will loose the flavor. Take off heat.
• In a bowl microwave 1/4 cup of water for 1 minute. Add in remaining 2 spoon gelatin and let it dissolve completely. Mix this mixture in mango puree and stir thoroughly. Let it stand still so that its warm to touch. Stir the mixture again.
• Take off the cake from refrigerator and pour the mango puree over all over the cake. It should form uniform layer over the cake.
• Refrigerate for at least 8 hours before serving. Remove the ring, decorate with fruits and cut into pieces.

Notes
The second layer of cake if is of same diameter as the spring form cake, cut its side so that when you remove the cake there is only base layer visible. My cake was fluffy in the middle so when i cut it into two layers, the top one was automatically less in diameter so worked out perfect.
If you let the cake cool out in pan itself, it will stick to the pan so it is very important to flip it on wire-rack immediately.
I have used mango pulp which is sweetened hence if you are using fresh mango puree then sweeten it with sugar.
Even though process looks lengthy, after first try you will know that the process isn't tedious. Once you know what to do, it is easier and off course the end result is mind blowing :)

Lychee Icecream

Lychee Icecream

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

Here almost all stores sell the canned lychees but never the fresh ones. Last month I decided to give it a try especially for ice-cream. It turns out that if you use the syrup you get pretty good flavor from one can


Ingredients
1 Can of Seedless Lychee
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Milk
3.5 Cup Cream
1 Lemon

Method

• Take out lychees from the syrup and put the syrup in the mixie.
• Add in sugar and milk and blend it till the sugar is disolved.
• Mix in cream and lemon juice and whisk a bit.
• Add it in ice-cream maker and let it set.
• Fine chop the lychees and mix that in the ice-cream around 3-4 minutes before the setting is complete.

Notes
If using fresh lychees just use around 30 lychees. Puree around 15 of them with 2 cups of water and use that instead of lychee syrup and finely chop remaining lychees. You might need to use probably 2/3 cup of sugar.
The lemon helps in bringing out the taste from the lychee.

Strawberry Crepes

Strawberry Crepes

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

I had made them almost a month back but had forgotten about them. It was yesterday I realized that I have forgotten to post this recipe. Then I looked around and realized that since I didn't have laptop that time because of battery issue I had forgotten images on Ajoy's laptop and that was the root cause I missed posting this recipe on time. But here it is, one of the quickest and delicious breakfast.


Ingredients
3 Cup Strawberries
1/2 Cup Maida
1.5 cup Milk
1/2 Spoon Melted Butter
2 Eggs
1/4 Spoon Vanilla Essence
2 Spoon Sugar
Salt to taste

Method

• In a bowl, mix in finely diced strawberries and 1 spoon sugar and keep aside.
• In another bowl mix in maida, milk, remaining 1 spoon sugar, butter, vanilla essence, eggs and salt to taste. Blend together using hand mixer to form a uniform batter.
• Heat the tawa and spread a cup of batter on the tawa each time, tilt tawa each time to get thin crepes.
• Cook both sides on medium heat till light brown and take out on the plate.
• Spread couple of spoon of strawberry sugar mixture on top of the crepe and fold to make a roll. Sprinkle some powdered sugar if you like and serve.

Notes
I used nonstick tawa so that I didn't need to grease the pan, the butter in the batter was good enough

Watermelon Splash

Watermelon Splash

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

Today after dinner I wanted to try out something new with watermelon and here is the chatpata juice i came up with.


Ingredients
1/2 Watermelon
2 Big Lemons
4 Spoon Sugar
6-7 Pudina Leaves
1/4 Spoon Chaat Masala
1/4 Spoon Jeera Powder
Pinch of Black Pepper Powder
Salt to taste

Method

• Dice the watermelon and add it to the mixer bowl.
• Add in lemon juice, sugar, pudina leaves, salt, chaat masala, jeera powder.
• Using the crushing blade let the mixture blend together in a mixie
• Pour it in glasses and sprinkle black pepper powder on top. Chill
• Garnish with small pudina leaves and small scoops of watermelon.

Notes
Since I was so waiting to drink this, to chill it faster, i kept it in fridger for 10 minutes :) Alternatively you can also use already chilled watermelon so that you dont need to wait even 10 minutes :)

Strawberry Sorbet

Strawberry Sorbet

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

When I got Ice-cream maker recently, i was confused whether to make sorbets first or fresh mango ice-cream.. Both being my equally favorite icy treats.. Well mango won the battle since i had the ingredients easily available. But today when I went to Costco, i made sure to buy lots of strawberries to make this one. I am glad I did.. Its tasting yummy and definitely helping in beating this heat..


Ingredients
600g Strawberries
2 Cups Sugar
1/2 Cup Lemon Juice
1/2 Cup Corn Syrup

Method

• Dice the strawberries into four pieces or more if bigger in size and add in the bowl.
• Add in sugar and lemon juice and mix well.
• Keep in refrigerator overnight
• Next morning, add in corn syrup and pulse the mixture in the mixie.
• Add the mixture to the ice-cream maker and start the machine
• After around 30 minutes, take out and store in container for 2-3 hours. Serve as it is or with mint leaves.

Notes
I didnt grind the mixture but instead pulse it so that when eating the sorbet i could have smaller pieces once in a while in the mouth. It did wonders.
You could chill the mixture for an hour or two as well instead of overnight.

Hariyali Mango Paneer

Hariyali Mango Paneer

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

Today we were to meet Kapil and Shrinkhla for dinner but by the time we reached home everybody was almost full. So we decided to eat something at home instead. Thats when my mind started working on what I should make. I had a mango (raw) from mayuri that i had got last week. I cut it and saw that it was too sour so thought of making salad from it and started making hariyali paneer side by side. But as time progressed on the spot i changed my mind and made hariyali mango paneer instead. Turned out very nice.


Ingredients
3 Cup Coriander Leaves
1/2 Cup Pudina Leaves
1 Raw Mango
1 Onion
2 Cup Paneer Pieces
1 Green Chili
1 Spoon Garlic Cloves
1/2 Spoon Garam Masala
1 Spoon Red Chili Powder
1 Spoon Coriander Powder
1/4 Spoon Turmeric Powder
1/2 Spoon Jeera Powder
Salt to taste
Oil

Method

• Add a cup of water to coriander leaves, pudina leaves and green chili and grind in mixie.
• In hot oil, fry paneer pieces to light brown edges and keep aside
• In same oil, add chopped onion pieces, garlic and fry till light brown
• Add in mango pieces and ground coriander-pudina-green chillies mixture and cook till the water evaporates and gravy thickens.
• Add in turmeric powder, garam masala, red chili powder, jeera powder and coriander powder and stir.
• Add in fried paneer pieces and salt to taste and cook for couple of more minutes.

Notes
The mango that I used wasn't too raw not too ripe. So it worked perfectly giving the light sourness. If using raw sour mango make sure to reduce the quantity of mango pieces accordingly.

Pineapple Fried Rice

Pineapple Fried Rice

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

These days Thai is one of my preferred cuisines when eating out. Fried rice is must and if it has pineapple then its like sone pe suhaaga :) But its been while i cooked thai at home, so today I decided to make this rice instead of normal pulav.


Ingredients
3 Cup Rice
3 Cup Broccoli
2 Cup Pineapple
1 Cup Carrot
1 Cup Celery
1 Red Bell Pepper
1 Onion
2 Green Chillies
1/4 Cup Soya Sauce
Salt to taste
Oil

Method

• Soak rice in water for half an hour
• Bring water to boil and add rice to it. Cook till its almost done. Strain and keep aside
• Heat a pan and add onions, green chillies, carrots, celery, broccoli, bell pepper. Stir well and cook till the raw smell of vegetables go away and they seem to be half cooked.
• Add in pineapple, soya sauce and salt to taste. Stir for a minute.
• Add the cooked rice and stir well. Fry for 2-3 minutes and rice is ready

Notes
Soya Sauce does give the salty taste to the rice, so while adding salt be careful to consider that.

Quick Mango Icecream

Quick Mango Icecream

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

Since my childhood, we had been making ice-creams at home. It was one of my favorite activity back then. Sometimes to make it all by myself reading the recipe that mom had written or sometimes helping her. But we had huge share of homemade ice-creams back then. In fact we didn't even have ice-cream maker that time. We use to freeze, grind it in mixer, freeze, beat, freeze and so on. The recipe needed quite some work to make it soft. So when I came here, I really wanted to buy an ice-cream maker so that I can get rid of at least that process. Sunday when the day turned out cloudy and rainy, i decided to go for shopping and that's when I found this great deal on ice-cream maker. Instantly, I grabbed it, mailed mom for the same recipe. But to my disappointment, it turned out that not all ingredients were available here. I didn't have patience for getting information about the alternatives. So instead I did some research and came up with this alternative - quick recipe. The recipe is so simple and quick that I think I am going to serve this to lot of people in next few days :) Happy to eat delicious homemade Alphonso mango ice-cream


Ingredients
1 Liter Half and Half
5 Cup Sweetened Mango Pulp
2 Cup Whipping Cream
1/2 Cup Corn Syrup
1 Cup Sugar

Method

• In a bowl mix in mango pulp and sugar. Let sugar dissolve completely.
• Add Corn Syrup and half and half in it and stir well.
• Add in whipping cream and stir lightly till the mixture is well blended together.
• Add this mixture to the ice-cream maker bowl and start the machine.
• In 25-30 minutes the ice-cream would be ready. Scoop out and serve.

Notes
I chilled all the items except corn syrup and sugar ;-) before the processing itself, but if you like you can make the mixture ready and then chill it for and hour at least. The mixture can also be stored in glass container for future use later.(that's what I have done)
I used half and half so that i dont have to boil the milk to half and then chill it. So in case you don't have half and half you can boil the milk until halve and let it cool.
You need to freeze the ice-cream maker bowl a day in advance as per the instructions of the machine.

Plums Cake

Plums Cake

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

We had got lot of plums from Costco but they weren't ripe ones. So I had been thinking of making a cake using them for quite a few days. Finally today I got some time to experiment with it thought the plums were ripe now. I made it in heart shape in honor of today's Valentines day.


Ingredients
1 Cup Butter
1.5 Cup Sugar
3/4 Cup Maida
1 Cup Hazelnuts
1 Cup Walnuts
1 Cup Groundnuts
3 Eggs
1/2 Spoon Baking Powder
6 Plums
2 Spoon Lemon Juice
4 Spoon Powdered Sugar
2 Spoon Almonds

Method

• Grind hazelnuts to powder
• In a bowl, beat in sugar and butter till light and fluffy.
• Add a egg to the butter and beat well
• Then add in 1/3rd of hazelnut powder and beat well.
• Continue adding remaining eggs one at a time alternating with hazelnut powder and beat well
• Add in walnuts and peanuts and mix well.
• Sieve maida and baking powder together and add in to the above mixture. Mix well.
• Grease a pan and add in the batter
• Preheat oven to 350F/180C
• Bake the cake at 350F/180C for 45 minutes
• Take out the cake out of oven and arrange in halved plums(without seeds) over the top
• Bake again at 350F/180C for 10 minutes. Take out and let it cool down
• In a small pan mix lemon juice with powdered sugar and let it simmer till thickened
• Pour it over the cake, garnish with finely chopped almonds.

Notes
Alternately you can use marmalade jam if you have. I wanted to use that for the glazing but since I didn't have it I made lemon, sugar mixture.

Lemon, Lime And Orange Enzyme Vinegar

Lemon, Lime And Orange Enzyme Vinegar

The enzyme vinegar during fermentation

The enzyme after 2 weeks

Lemon, lime and orange together would strengthen your immune system. If you have flu or running nose, try drinking these fruit juice. It will relieve the symptoms as well as prevent the progress of most infection. Why is it so? Because of its antibacterial and antiviral properties. Lemon, orange and lime acts as a blood purifier and improves the body’s ability to get rid of toxins. They are excellent in fighting disease that's related to infection.

This enzyme is good for the throat. If you always have a lot of phlegm and your throat always irritate you, try this enzyme.

Ingredients:

2 big oranges

2 lemon

15 lime

15 tbsp oligo sugar

250 ml honey

500 ml brown rice vinegar

Method:
1. Wash and dry all the fruits. Slice lemon and oranges thinly into 9 pieces Cut lime into halves.

2. Divide into 3 portions and arrange the ingredients in a glass jar or bottle.

3. Repeat the process until all the ingredients are used up.

4. Cover the bottle with a piece of cloth or cling wrap.

5. Place the lid on top.

6. Keep rotating the bottle everyday so that they are well mixed.

7. Keep in a cool dry place for 2 weeks.

8. When it is ready to consume, strain the enzyme in a bottle and store in the refrigerator.

9. To serve, add 2 tbsp of the enzyme with a cup of water.

Note: This enzyme is good for the throat. If you always have a lot of phlegm and your throat always irritate you, try this enzyme.

Squeeze out the juice of the enzyme in a strainer or fruit juicer before serving. Keep in the refrigerator once the enzyme is ready.

The enzyme vinegar can be fermented for 2-3 months if you want it to be better.

Tomato And Lemon Enzyme

Tomato And Lemon Enzyme

Tomatoes contain vitamins and minerals. It prevents many types of cancers. These include colon, prostate and also breast cancers. The mineral found inside tomatoes can help to ward off these cancers.
Vitamins C and A are also present in tomatoes. Vitamin C can protect us from viruses and other illnesses we don't want. Vitamin A on the other hand plays a role in helping to improve our eyesight, as well as helping to strengthen our immunity from cold and flu. One cup of a natural tomato provides you with over 50 percent of vitamin C .

Tomato contains Potassium. It is a mineral that our body needs in order to live. This mineral also strengthens our body's muscles. Our risk of hypertension is also lessened when eating food rich in potassium.

Tomatoes contains chromium too. Chromium is a mineral which helps to lower our blood sugar levels as well as certain types of migraine .

Lemon is another fruit that would strengthen your immune system. If you have flu or cold, try drink lemon juice. It will relieve the symptoms as well as prevent the progress of most infection. Why is it so? Because of its antibacterial and antiviral properties.
Lemon acts as a blood purifier and improves the body’s ability to get rid of toxins. Lemon fruit is excellent in fighting disease that's related to infection

Ingredients:

300 g tomatoes

1 lemon

250 ml honey

100 g oligo sugar

Method:

1. Wash and dry all the fruits. Slice lemon thinly into about 9 pieces.
2. Divide into 3 portions and arrange the ingredients in a glass bottle.
3. Repeat the process until all the ingredients are used up.
4. Cover the bottle with a piece of cloth or cling wrap.
5. Place the lid on top.
6. Keep rotating the bottle everyday so that they are well mixed.
7. Keep in a cool dry place for 2 weeks.
8. When it is ready to consume, strain the enzyme in a bottle and store in the refrigerator.
9. To serve, add 2 tbsp of the enzyme with a cup of water.

Note: The fruits can be put in a fruit juicer to extract more juice. It can be mixed with the enzyme.

After extracting the fruit juice, the leftovers from the fruit can be put in your garden as fertilizer.

I was told that your plants would be healthier.

Berry Nutty Chocochip Cake

Berry Nutty Chocochip Cake

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

Well this time around in Cosco I found fresh cranberries and since I love cranberry juice I thought of buying that packet and trying it out.. The first bite of cranberry and I was sure that I cant have it as it is and have to make something out of it. And then after searching for lot many recipes, none were appealing enough to try out. That is when I decided to try my own one from the few ones I read.


Ingredients
2 Cup Maida
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Cranberries
1 Cup Choco Chips
1 Cup Mixed Nuts
1 Cup Grapes
1/2 Cup Melted Butter
1.5 Spoon Baking Powder
1/2 Spoon Baking Soda
1 Egg
4 Spoon Chocolate Sauce
Salt to taste

Method

• Chop the mixed nuts, cranberries and mix them with choco chips and keep aside.
• Sift through Maida, Baking Powder, Baking Soda and Salt couple of times.
• Preheat oven to 350F/180C
• Grease the loaf pan/any other baking pan with butter
• In a large bowl, take this sift through mixture, add in sugar and mix well
• Add in melted butter and mix with hands to form a crumbly mixture
• Grind grapes in the mixie to get its juice. Add in the mixture in bowl
• Add egg and nuts-berry=chocochip mixture. Mix well.
• Pour the batter in the previously greased pan and bake it in the oven over 350F/180C for 45 minutes.
• Let the cake cool down and then sprinkle the chocolate sauce over its top and serve.

Notes
Dont worry if the batter isn't of flowing consistency, its normal. The batter in this case is more of a moist thick mixture.
I already had the mixed nuts bottle at home so I used that one, but you can combine any kind of nuts like cashews, almonds, walnuts, peanuts.

Apple, Kiwi and Lemon Enzyme

Apple, Kiwi and Lemon Enzyme

Apple is an ideal fruit for the dieter, trying to shed those excess pounds. It fills you up, makes you feel less hungry, and it provides you all the nutrients for health and beauty.

Kiwi fruit contains vitamin C and also a great source of fiber. Kiwi contains enzymes similar to fresh pineapple.
It's one of the most popular fruits today. Kiwi fruit is high in anti oxidant, vitamin C and a good source of fiber, vitamin E and potassium. It is fat free, sodium free and cholesterol free.
Apples and kiwi fruits are used to tenderise meat. It contains a lot of enzymes.

Lemons too have a lot of uses:

For sore throat, dilute lemon juice with water and gargle frequently. Dilute one-half lemon juice with one-half water. It is even better to use concentrated lemon juice. The apple, kiwi and lemon enzymes would be a better choice for all ailments.

Ingredients:

4 green apples
250 ml honey
2 kiwi fruits

2 lemons

3 pieces block brown sugar

Method:

1. Rinse all the fruits and let it dry. Skinned the fruits and slice thinly.

2. Divide the ingredients into three portions.

3. Arrange the ingredients in a glass bottle in sequence: green apples, kiwi fruits, lemon and brown sugar followed by honey. Repeat the process with the other portions.

4. Cover the bottle with a piece of plastic cling wrap. Put the bottle lid on top of it.

5. Keep turning the bottle everyday so that all the ingredients are all mixed.

6. Let it stand in a cool dry place for at least 2 week.

7. To serve, mix 2 tbsp of enzyme with a cup of water.

Note: We cover the bottle with cling wrap to prevent fruit fly from contaminating the fruit. Once the enzymes are ready, take away the cling wrap. Cover the bottle with the lid.

You can use ordinary brown sugar or the block brown sugar where you can buy from Chinese medicine shop. Oligo sugar is preferred because it is a friendly booster bacteria. This sugar can in bought in any organic shop. It is not too sweet and so it is recommended for diabetics.

Lime And Grape Enzyme

Lime And Grape Enzyme

Lime is used to get rid of phlegm and prevent the respiratory tract from infection such as flu and asthma. It also improves the heart function.

Grapes are a powerful antioxidant. Grapes act as a diuretic (reduce water retention). Interestingly, grape seeds are also of nutritional benefit. They act as antioxidants. Grapes has the magical power to fight diseases.

Fresh grapes are believed to prevent diseases such as cancer and heart.

Ingredients:

• 15 fresh limes


• 300 g green grapes


• 3 pieces brown sugar


• 1/4 bottle honey

Method:

1. Wash and dry all fruits. Cut lime into halves.

2. Divide into 3 portions and arrange the ingredients.

3. Repeat the process until all the ingredients are used up.

4. Cover the bottle with a piece of cloth or cling wrap.

5. Place the lid on top.

6. Keep rotating the bottle everyday so that they are well mixed.

7. Keep in a cool dry place for 2-3 weeks.

8. When it is ready to consume store in the refrigerator.

9. To serve, add 2 tbsp of the enzyme with a cup of water.

Dragon Fruit And Grapes Enzyme

Dragon Fruit And Grapes Enzyme

Dragon fruit contains a lot of nutrients and also is an antioxidant. It protects us from diseases.Taking this fruit enzyme frequently will delay premature aging and also gives a glowing complexion. The seductive red color dragon fruit is in fact good for anemia. It has the properties of expulsion of toxin against cancer's function, regeneration and boots metabolism , enhances body cell, improves and cleans the blood and helps to reduce bad cholesterol, as well as improves blood circulation and helps in digestion.

Ingredients:

600 g dragon fruit (Skinned and sliced)
400 g red grapes
3 pieces brown sugar/cane sugar/oligo sugar
200 ml honey

Method:

1. Rinse all the fruits and let it dry.

2. Divide the ingredients into three portions.

3. Arrange the ingredients in a glass bottle in sequence: dragon fruit, grapes, brown sugar followed by honey. Repeat the process with the other portions.

4. Cover the bottle with a piece of plastic cling wrap. Put the bottle lid on top of it.

5. Keep turning the bottle everyday so that all the ingredients are all mixed.

6. Let it stand in a cool dry place for at least 2 week.

7. To serve, mix 2 tbsp of enzyme with a cup of water.

Note:There will be bubbles in the bottle during fermentation. It is the carbon dioxide gas. Release it by flipping the plastic cling wrap slowing.

Khatkhate

Khatkhate

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

I loved this dish a lot since my childhood. Probably then I didn't realise it was the healthiest dish that I loved :D Just like the name says it uses almost everything that's in your fridge :)


Ingredients
1 Cup Beans
1/2 Cup Mutter
2 Drum Sticks
2 Corn Cobs
1 Potato
1 Sweet Potato
1 Raw Banana
1.5 Spoon Tamarind
1/4 Cup Jaggery
1/2 Cup Coconut
1/4 Spoon Corriander Seeds
1 Spoon Red Chilli Powder
1/4 Spoon Turmeric Powder
A pinch of Asafoetida
2 Spoon Ghee
Salt to taste

Method

• In a half cup of water add the tamarind and keep aside.
• In a pan, add beans and 4 cups of water and cook over high flame for 5 minutes
• Cut each corn cob into 3 pieces and add the corn cob pieces and another 2 cups of water, Cook for another 5 minutes
• Add drum sticks - cut into pieces, potato cubes, raw banana pieces, pieces of sweet potato and another 2 cups of water. Cook till they are almost done
• Mean time grate coconut, tamarind (with its water that was it soaked in) and corriander seeds adding half cup of water.
• Add it and mutters to the almost done vegetables.
• Add turmeric powder, jaggery, red chilli powder and salt and simmer it.
• In another small pan, add ghee and let the mustard splutter in it.
• Add asafoetida and mix the tadaka with the vegetable.

Notes
You can optionally add 1 cup of pumpkin pieces too, but I couldn't as it wasn't available in the store here.

Pineapple And Kiwi Fruit Enzyme

Pineapple And Kiwi Fruit Enzyme

Pineapple helps to speed up tissue repair. It also helps in indigestion.The combination of fruits in this enzyme helps to reduce pigmentation.

There are many types of enzymes.Enzymes are good for the overall health. Any types of fruit can be used to make enzymes. Make sure you use filtered water to wash the fruits and dry it first before making the enzymes.

Ingredients:

• 1 ripe pineapple ( peeled and sliced)
• 3 kiwi fruit (peeled and sliced)
• 2 lemon (peeled and sliced)
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup brown sugar/ 100 g oligo sugar

Method:

1. Clean all the fruit and let them dry. When they are dry, slice thinly

2. In a clean dry glass bottle, arrange the fruit layer by layer. Put in pineapple first, then kiwi fruit followed by lemon. Pour in 1/8 cup honey and 1/8 cup brown sugar. Repeat the process till all the fruit are used up.

3. Cover the glass bottle with a piece of cloth or plastic cling wrap. Put in a cold place.

4. Everyday rotate the bottle so that all the fruit juice cover the fruit. Do this everyday for at least two weeks.

5. When done, keep the enzyme in the refrigerator.
6. To drink the enzyme, take 2 tbsp enzyme to a cup of water.

Note: Oligo sugar can be used to replace brown sugar which can be found in organic shops. This sugar is not as sweet and it is good for diabetics.

Very Berry Cake

Very Berry Cake

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा

Right now we get so many variety of berries out here that I thought it would be a good idea to try out this cake.


Ingredients
3 Cups Maida
4 Spoon Baking Powder
2 Eggs
1 Cup Butter
1 Cup Sugar
3/4 Cup Milk
2 Cup Rasberry
2 Cup Blue Berry
3/4 Cup Black Berry
6-8 Strawberries
Salt to taste

Method

• Mix the butter and sugar with the handheld mixer.
• Add Egg and mix again till thick and smooth paste
• Sieve the maida, baking powder and salt together.
• Preheat oven to 350F/180C
• Add the maida-baking powder mixture in to the egg-butter-sugar mixture with constant mixing using handheld mixer
• When the complete maida and baking powder mixture is mixed it would be quite thick. Add milk and mix well
• Add all the berries (used whole berries except for stawberries which i chopped in to four pieces as they were big ones) and mix with a spatula
• Grease the baking pan and pour in the mixture.
• Bake for 35 minutes at 350F/180C

Notes
I used powdered sugar so that it can dissolve in quickly.
Also I used the fresh fruits directly from fridge so that they dont over cook.
You can also use frozen berries available in the market. I might try freezing the fresh berries and using them unthawed next time.
Also I used salted butter and added salt to so it tasted little extra salt. So if you are using salted butter dont use salt or vice-a-versa.