After the relaxing long weekend, I cant wait to blog :).. I am enjoying the entire process of cooking, taking pictures , editing and finally blogging. Today's entry is for the Blogging contest by Nags, of the famous Edible Garden and Megha of The Balance Mantra. Before I start off my recipe, I want to say a little bit about Nags, I started my cooking blog because I loved cooking and also to keep me busy . But after reading about Nags and her success with her blog has given me more motivation in blogging and food photography. Thank you Nags for being such a great inspiration!
Well so when I was thinking about what is the healthy snack I like the most, I couldn think of a lot of things. I like having something spicy and light to go with my evening cup of coffee. This is a recipe of Tarla Dalal, which I have modified just a little bit.
These cookies ( puris) are easy to make, baked in the oven and really spicy. Here's what you ll need to make them
1/4 cup Bajri flour (Black millet flour)
1/4 cup Jowar flour ( White millet flour)
1/4 cup Irish oatmeal, roasted and blended coarsely.
1/3 cup wheat flour + extra
2 serrano peppers
1/2 inch piece ginger
2 tbsp yoghurt
salt to taste
1 cup palak
1/2 cup dried or fresh methi
Chop your palak and methi and sprinkle salt on top and leave for around 10 mins. The salt will help remove the water, which we will squeeze out and use to make the dough. In the meanwhile, with the peppers and ginger make a paste using a small blender or a mortar and pestel.
Take all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, add the ginger-green chilli paste and mix. Now add the palak and methi, with the water removed from them. After you mix for a while, slowly add the water to make a dough like consistency. At the end add 1 tbsp yoghurt and mix into the dough, you might not need more so add 1tbsp at a time. Once the dough is ready you can cover and keep aside for a few minutes.
Preheat your oven to 360F. Make small balls out of the dough and either roll out or press with the palms of your hands to form small discs. I used my hands as it was easier. Make sure that each disc is of even thickness and not too thick in the center. Place the discs on to a baking sheet and make folk marks on it. Place your discs 2-3 cms apart and bake in the oven for around 20 minutes or until done. They should be a little browned around the edges.
These cookies are crispy on the edges and soft and chewy in the middle, I really enjoyed their spicy flavor along with some chamomile tea and my favourite book ! I hope you enjoy making these for yourself and your family ! Happy Baking and let me know how they turned out
As my husband says, " Chai Poori ho jaye !! " .
P.S: I have had butterflies in my stomach while I wrote this blog, have been wanting to write this entry for so long and being so excited about this :) Wohoo finally done : D and supper excited for all of you to read it ..
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| Spicy baked cookies |
Well so when I was thinking about what is the healthy snack I like the most, I couldn think of a lot of things. I like having something spicy and light to go with my evening cup of coffee. This is a recipe of Tarla Dalal, which I have modified just a little bit.
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| The joys of simple things :) |
1/4 cup Bajri flour (Black millet flour)
1/4 cup Jowar flour ( White millet flour)
1/4 cup Irish oatmeal, roasted and blended coarsely.
1/3 cup wheat flour + extra
2 serrano peppers
1/2 inch piece ginger
2 tbsp yoghurt
salt to taste
1 cup palak
1/2 cup dried or fresh methi
Chop your palak and methi and sprinkle salt on top and leave for around 10 mins. The salt will help remove the water, which we will squeeze out and use to make the dough. In the meanwhile, with the peppers and ginger make a paste using a small blender or a mortar and pestel.
Take all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl, add the ginger-green chilli paste and mix. Now add the palak and methi, with the water removed from them. After you mix for a while, slowly add the water to make a dough like consistency. At the end add 1 tbsp yoghurt and mix into the dough, you might not need more so add 1tbsp at a time. Once the dough is ready you can cover and keep aside for a few minutes.
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| Cookies ready to be baked !! |
Preheat your oven to 360F. Make small balls out of the dough and either roll out or press with the palms of your hands to form small discs. I used my hands as it was easier. Make sure that each disc is of even thickness and not too thick in the center. Place the discs on to a baking sheet and make folk marks on it. Place your discs 2-3 cms apart and bake in the oven for around 20 minutes or until done. They should be a little browned around the edges.
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| Ready to be eaten now !!! |
These cookies are crispy on the edges and soft and chewy in the middle, I really enjoyed their spicy flavor along with some chamomile tea and my favourite book ! I hope you enjoy making these for yourself and your family ! Happy Baking and let me know how they turned out
As my husband says, " Chai Poori ho jaye !! " .
P.S: I have had butterflies in my stomach while I wrote this blog, have been wanting to write this entry for so long and being so excited about this :) Wohoo finally done : D and supper excited for all of you to read it ..
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| Cookies, tea and a great book for company, what more can you ask for !!! |
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