Keto Jalapeno cheddar cheese bread with Almond flour

 Keto Jalapeno Mexican bread / Keto Jalapeno cheddar cheese bread with Almond flour 

 

Dry ingredients

Almond flour - 2 cups

Baking powder - 1/2 tsp

Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Salt - 3/4 tsp

Wet ingredients:

Eggs - 3 ( normal temperature)

Olive oil - 1/2 cup

Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Jalapeno - 1 chopped fine (you can deseed if you want less spice)

Cheddar cheese - 1/2 cup ( you can increase a bit more for extra cheese)

Preparation:

1. Grease bread loaf pan with butter, and place a greased parchment paper or foil in the dish and keep it ready

Method :

1. Mix all dry ingredients and keep them aside.

2. Now in a big bowl, add eggs and beat them nicely.

3. Now in eggs add olive oil, vanilla essence, Jalapeno, cheddar cheese, and mix everything well.

4. Now combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients and mix nicely making sure no lumps

5. Transfer the above-mixed mixture to the greased bread loaf pan.

6. Now Bake @ 350°F for 55 minutes until the toothpick is clean when inserted.

7. Once done, take it out and let it cool down before slicing.

Sugar-free Almond bread / Almond bread with dates

 Sugar-free Almond bread / Almond bread with dates 

 

Dry ingredients

Almond flour - 2 cups

Baking powder - 1/2 tsp

Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Wet ingredients:

Eggs - 3 ( normal temperature)

Olive oil - 1/2 cup

Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Pitted Dates - 5 (big ones)

Garnish

Pitted Dates - 1 or 2 chopped in small pieces

Preparation:

1. Soak dates in 2 tbsp of hot water for 10 mins and grind them into a paste

2. Grease bread loaf pan with butter, and place a greased parchment paper or foil in the dish and keep it ready

Method :

1. Mix all dry ingredients and keep them aside.

2. Now in a big bowl, add eggs and beat them nicely.

3. Now in eggs add olive oil, vanilla essence, dates mixture and mix everything well.

4. Now combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients and mix nicely making sure no lumps

5. Transfer the above-mixed mixture to the greased bread loaf pan.

6. Sprinkle 1 chopped date on top

7. Now Bake @ 350°F for 55 minutes until the toothpick is clean when inserted.

8. Once done, take out and let it cool down before slicing.

Almond bread - Low carb

 Almond bread - Low carb

 

Dry ingredients

Almond flour - 2 cups

Baking powder - 1/2 tsp

Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Wet ingredients:

Eggs - 3 ( normal temperature)

Olive oil - 1/2 cup

Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Honey or any sweetener - 2 tsp (optional) ( I did not use this)

Preparation:

Grease bread loaf pan with butter, and place a greased parchment paper or foil in the dish and keep it ready

Method :

1. Mix all dry ingredients and keep them aside.

2. Now in a big bowl, add eggs and beat them nicely.

3. Now in eggs add olive oil, vanilla essence, and sweetener if you are using mix everything well.

4. Now combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients and mix nicely making sure no lumps

5. Transfer the above-mixed mixture to the greased bread loaf pan.

6. Now Bake @ 350°F for 55 minutes until the toothpick is clean when inserted.

7. Once done, take out and let it cool down before slicing.

Cabbage fry with Peas or Cabbage with Lilva beans

Cabbage fry with Peas or Cabbage with Lilva beans 

Cabbage - 3 cups chopped small or shredded
Surti Papdi Lilva beans - 1 cup ( frozen )
Onion - 1/2 Medium chopped
Green chilis - 4 chopped
Ginger - 1 tbsp (finely chopped)
Curry leaves - 6 -8 chopped
Chana dal - 1 tbsp
Urad dal - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds -1/4 tsp
Coconut Powder- 3 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Turmeric - 3/4 tsp
Red chili powder / red chili flakes - 1 tsp (optional)

Note: Instead of Surti Papdi Lilva beans you can use Peas - 1 cup ( I used frozen)

Preparation:

Cabbage - Place them in a microwave-safe big bowl add sprinkle little water and microwave for 10 mins (after 5 mins toss and do 5 more mins)

Surti papdi beans frozen - Place them in a microwave-safe big bowl add sprinkle little water and Microwave for 10 mins (after 5 mins toss and do 5 more mins)

If you are using peas - No need to microwave as they are very soft

Method :

1. Heat oil in a pan, add Chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, and cumin seeds. fry them light brown
2. Now add onions, green chili, ginger, and curry leaves and fry till onions turn pink
3. Now add Surti papdi and turmeric n fry for 5 mins ( if you are using peas skip this step)
4. Now add cabbage and peas (u can use them here) mix well and cover and cook for 10 mins
5. Now add salt and coconut powder and mix well and cover n cook for 5-10 mins.

You can add red chili powder or red chili flakes for a spicier taste on top before taking the dish off the stove n mix well.

Sambar Fried Rice Recipe

 Sambar Fried Rice | Spicy Sambar Fried Rice | Fried Rice Recipe

Leftover rice - 3 cups

Butter - 3-4 tbsp

Hing - 1/2 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Green chili - 3 chopped

Peanuts - 2 tbsp - roasted and crushed into small pieces

curry leaves

Yellow bell pepper - 1/2 chopped

green bell pepper - 1/2 chopped

tomato - 1 chopped ( take out the pulp)

salt 

dry coconut powder - 2tbsp

Sambar powder - 2.5 tsp ( u can use vangi bath powder also)

lemon juice - 1tsp

coriander leaves - garnish

Method :

1.Heat butter in a pan

2.Now add hing, ginger garlic paste, green chilis, curry leaves, peanuts, bell peppers, tomato, salt, coconut powder, and fry for few mins until bell peppers are half cooked.

3.Now add rice, sambar powder, lemon juice and mix well n cook on low flame for 3 mins

1. garnish with coriander leaves.

Shrimp Zucchni Bellpepper fry

Shrimp - 1 packet

zucchini - 1 big and cut in long slices

green bell pepper - 1 cut in long slices

orange bell pepper - 1/2 cut in long slices

yellow bell pepper - 1/2 cut in long slices

corn - 1/4 cup

garlic - 3 pods - chopped fine

salt

Pepper

Taco seasoning 

1. Heat a big pan and add butter and oil and fry shrimp till all the water is fried up
2. Add garlic, salt, and pepper powder.
3. Now fry for a min and take shrimp and garlic on a plate and keep aside.
4. Now add more oil and first add zucchini and fry for 2 mins
5. Now add bell peppers, corn, and mix n cook till they are cooked nicely
6. Now sprinkle pepper powder and salt 
7. Now add shrimp back and add taco bell taco seasoning

 

Royala Iguru / Shrimp Curry / Prawn curry

 

Royala Iguru / Shrimp Curry / Prawn curry

Ingredients:

Shrimp - 2lbs ( Add turmeric to shrimp and cook for 2 mins in little oil )

Ginger and Garlic paste - 2tsp each

Onions - 2 large chopped fine

Green chilies - 3-4no. (cut lengthwise)

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

tomato - 2 chopped

Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp

*Homemade Masala powder - 3 - 4 tsp (please read note)

Water - 1/2 cup

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Oil- 5-6tbspns

Proceed:

a) Heat oil in a pan add shrimp and fry for 1 or 2 mins only ( they just need to turn pink, if you have any water in the pan from shrimp, keep it aside, u can use that in curry)

1. Heat oil in the same pan, add cumin seeds, onions, curry leaves, and chillies, and fry until light pink.
2. Add ginger-garlic paste and mix well.
3. Now add turmeric, red chili powder, salt, and mix well.
4. Now add homemade garam masala and mix well
5. Now add tomato and mix well and cook with lid closed.
6. Now add shrimp water which was left while frying shrimp
7. cook tomatoes till they are mashed.
8. Add shrimp and mix well.
9. Now add water and close the lid and cook till 15 mins on low flame.
10. Garnish with coriander leaves

* Home made Masala powder - 3tspns coriander seeds, 1tsp poppyseeds (white), 1inch cinnnamon stick, 5cloves, 4cardamom. grind these in coffee grinder in to fine powder, remaining store in tight jar.

No rice idli || urad and yellow moong dal ||

 

Urad dal - 1 cup

Yellow Moong Dal - 1 cup

Poha - 1/8 cup (optional)

1. Soak them for 4 hrs separately
2. Grind soaked moong dal first and take it in a big bowl
3. Now grind Urad dal. (If you are using Poha grind with urad dal)
4. Mix all together in a big bowl and keep it for fermentation  overnight in Oven 
5. Once fermented mix the batter with little water to make the right consistency.
6. you can add 2 pinches of soda if you want (optional)
7. make idles and enjoy.

Cook chickpeas in an Instant Pot

 

Cook chickpeas in an Instant Pot

INGREDIENTS

2 cups dry chickpeas 

Water - 4 cups​

1/8 tsp salt 

2 teaspoon oil 

Method:

1. Wash chickpeas and soak them overnight or a couple of hours, 

2. Place the chickpeas into Instant Pot and cover with water. 

3. Add the salt, OIl, and close the lid. Place the pressure release handle (vent) in the “Sealing” position.

4. Cook on high pressure for 25 minutes: 

5. Let it release naturally and it will take 20 mins. 

6. Once cooked, drain and use store in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 days, or freeze indefinitely.

We freeze the drained chickpeas in sealable containers in 1.5 cup servings, which equals 1 15-ounce can.