LOW FAT VEG MANGO CHEESE CAKE

Hello everyone

In summer, there are mangoes and mangoes everywhere . Everyone is just mad on mangoes these days , making mango cakes, mango ice creams, mango pudding, mango jelly and many more in the row. I am also one of them😊 So after trying my hands on mango jelly and ice cream , now I thought of trying mango cheese cake for first time. But its richness of calories made me always hesitate to try , though I am too fond of trying healthy and guilt free cooking, so came up with a healthy substitute of fatty cheese and cream used in this cake. Accidentally or you can say luckily my 1 1/2 lt of milk got cuddled and hence I got a golden chance for my experiment. As I was not so sure for the perfect end result so missed to click all steps pics but to my surprise, the final outcome is just wow and of course a guilt free dessert.

Recipe is given below, hope you all will definitely like it.

LOW FAT VEG MANGO CHEESE CAKE

Ingredients 

1 1/2 lt milk 

1 tbsp lemon juice or vinegar 

1 1/3 cup mango puree 

2 tbsp sugar, you can add more

5 gm agar agar( China grass)

3/4 cup water

12-15 any sweet biscuit, I used 4 belvita biscuits 

1 tsp ghee or butter

Method:

First of all boil milk, then add lemon juice or vinegar , little by little till it get cuddle. Then strain it in a muslin or any fine cotton cloth. Wash it under tap water to remove sourness of vinegar or lemon from cheese. Then squeeze it well and hang some where for at least 1 hr to drain excess water in it. Now your cheese is ready to use.

Soak agar agar strips in water for at least 20 mins. Then take 3/4 cup of water in a pan, add soaked agar agar and boil. After boiling, lower the flame and let it simmer till agar agar get completely dissolved in water. In meanwhile take cheese in mixer and churn till smooth, both not too much. Now add 1 cup mango pulp and sugar in it and churn again for 2-3 pulses only. Now pour it in a bowl.

Now make powder of biscuits in a mixer and add ghee or butter in it. Take a greased pan of your choice, spread this biscuit ghee mixture in it evenly and press with a spatula to get a firm base.

Now in cheese mango mixture add agar agar liquid, little more than half the quantity. Mix well and pour it on biscuit base evenly. Tap the pan to remove any air bubble formed .  Keep the pan in freezer for 10 mins. Now take 1/3 cup of mango puree and add rest of agar agar liquid and mix well. Now take out the pan from freezer and pour this mango puree all over it evenly and tap the pan to get smooth surface. Now keep the pan in refrigerator overnight. For demolding , run a clean knife along its sides so that it leave the edges of pan then carefully invert it on a chilled plate and then invert it once again on serving plate, and done.

 Your mildly sweet guilt free veg mango cheese cake is ready to serve.

Be careful with agar agar, as it can set at room temp too. So when we have to wait for next step then keep agar agar mixture bowl in boiling hot water to avoid its jelly formation. If you want good sweet dessert then you can add more sugar to cheese mixture and also some sugar can be added in upper mango mixture too.

This is so creamy and scrumptious desserts that can make you star of any party you are hosting. Just try once you will never regret. Hope you all will definitely give it a try and pour your queries, comments and suggestions ,they meant a lot to me.

Happy cooking....

MICROWAVE EGGLESS NO BUTTER CHOCO SPONGE CAKE

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Today I am sharing a very easy yet tempting eggless chocolate cake which I made for my daughter's b'day. Icing or frosting is your own choice , whether you want or not but this cake itself is just an awesome delight for your guests on any occasion. As you know I always try to make stuffs healthier as much as I can. So here also I used 50:50 APF and whole wheat flour and substituted butter with refined oil. It's all time favorite cake of my kids and hope you all will also like it. Recipe is adapted from Tarala Dalal's recipe with my own twist and turns.

Recipe is given below .

 MICROWAVE EGGLESS NO BUTTER CHOCO SPONGE CAKE

Ingredients

3/4 cup all purpose flour ( maida)

3/4 cup whole wheat flour

3 tbsp cocoa powder

1/2 cup refined oil

3/4 cup water

3/4 cup sugar ( I used little lesser )

6 tbsp yoghurt ( curd, dahi)

3/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla essence

Method:

Beat yoghurt well and mix baking soda in it softly, keep aside. Now mix both flours and cocoa powder together. Heat water in a microwave safe bowl for 2 mins at high. Then add sugar, water and oil together and mix well till sugar dissolves . Now add yoghurt mixture, vanilla essence and flours in it and fold gently to get lump less batter. Transfer batter in a greased microwave container and microwave for 5 mins at high. Check for doneness by inserting knife or skewer in middle of cake if it came out clean then done , otherwise microwave it for another 30 secs. Different microwave may take different cooking time. Mine took exactly 5mins 30 secs. Let it rest for 5-10 mins then invert on a wire rack and let it cool completely before doing any frosting . 

As I made doll cake for my daughter's b'day , so for it I made two cakes using this recipe , one round and other dome shaped of same diameter .Arranged it one above other and placed a doll at top then did frosting. If you want extra flavour then can cut cake horizontally and apply some cream on it , I added Nutella layers in between each layers.

Your yummy tempting and extremely easy cake is ready to serve, hope you will definitely try it and please share your experience with me too. I will like to clarify any doubt or queries regarding recipe. Your comments and suggestions are precious , so please keep pouring.

Happy cooking....

WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR EGGLESS APPLESAUCE CAKE

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Today again I have a very easy , healthy and yummy cake recipe. I always thought only cakes with egg are extremely soft and have crumbly texture but after trying this one I can say , I was wrong. In this cake , I can bet you are definitely not going to miss that soft crumbly texture of egg cake. As it came out so soft and moist that surprised me beyond expectation and is equally healthy too as having goodness of apples and fibrous flour with less oil.

Recipe is given below and hope will come upto your expectations.

WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR EGGLESS APPLESAUCE CAKE

Ingredients 

2 cup whole wheat flour

1 1/2 cup unsweetened Apple sauce 

3/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup oil

4 tbsp cocoa powder 

1 tsp baking powder 

1/2 tsp baking soda 

1 tsp vanilla essence 

1/2 cup Nutella ( optional)

Method:

Add applesauce, vanilla essence, sugar and oil together and whisk till sugar dissolves.

Add all dry ingredients together and mix well.

Now add dry ingredients in wet one in two batches and fold gently to get lump less smooth batter.

If batter seems dry some water can be added to get idli batter like consistency of batter. Avoid over mixing. Now in a greased bundt cake pan pour half the batter and then spread a thin line of Nutella on it in middle. Finally cover it with remaining half batter. Immediately bake it in microwave at high for 5 mins. Check it for doneness with toothpick or skewer by inserting in middle of cake, if it comes clean then done otherwise bake for another 30 secs. Let it cool for 10 mins in pan then invert on a wire rack. Slice and serve when completely cool.

It can be made in conventional oven too at 180degree Celsius for 25 to 30 mins. Again check for doneness as different ovens may have different baking time.

For home made unsweetened apple sauce ( for 1 1/2 cup):

 2 apples peeled and thinly sliced

1/4 cup water

Boil apples in water till they become soft. Then let it cool and blend in a smooth paste.

Your easy healthy applesauce is also ready to use.

This is very easy recipe with handy ingredients that any one can bake. Hope you all will like it so please stop by and pour your valuable comments and suggestions.

Happy cooking....

NO OIL COMPLAN CAKE

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Today I have a simple yet healthy cake recipe for kids. Generally kids are too fond of chocolate cakes and want to have it wherever or whenever they want. Same happened to me this morning when they demanded cake for their tiffin. In the morning we have so much chores to tackle and this demand , to bake, seems to be so irritating and not suitable for tiffin but I planned to give healthy and quick yet kids pleasing cake. So made this whole wheat flour COMPLAN CAKE for them in microwave. And luckily ( as it added another innovation in my cake, so I must say lucky me) I forgot to add oil to my cake batter but to my surprise the cake turned out so soft and moist. This is easiest cake I ever made and of  course yummy too. 

Detailed recipe is given below , hope you all will appreciate it.

Ingredients 

1 1/4 cup whole wheat flour

3/4 cup milk (Luke warm)

1/3 cup sugar (can be increased if want more sweet)

2 tbsp Complan powder

2 tbsp drinking chocolate ( cocoa powder)

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp vanilla essence 

1 medium carrot, grated

Method:

Mix well all dry ingredients together. Add flour mix , carrot and vanilla essence in milk and fold gently to get lump less cake batter. If it looks little thick then add some water and fold to get dosa like consistency batter. Now pour batter in greased microwave save pan and bake at high for 4 mins. Check for done ness by inserting knife or skewer in middle of cake if it came out clean then done otherwise bake for other 30 mins and check again. To make patterns on cake as shown in pic, take two tbsp of batter in a bowl and add 1 tsp cocoa powder to it mix well. Then with the help of spoon make slanting lines of dark brown batter then pour cake batter over it and bake.

You can also use horlicks or any other drink supplement of chocolate flavor in place of Complan.

So enjoy this easy peasy healthy cake made in no time .

Hope you all will like my this little initiative toward healthy cooking. Please pour your precious comments and suggestions here so that I can improve further to give you much more healthy cum easy simple cooking.

Happy cooking....

WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR CHEESE STUFFED TRICOLOR BRAIDED BREAD

I am here again with my second post, and after a healthy sweet dish thought to serve some healthy savory delight.

Bread is such a dish which can be accomplished with any taste and liked world wide. You can find bread wherever you go, may be taste and shapes are different but the bread will always be bread, satisfying our hunger in a short span. In other words it is universal food.

I tried to make my own healthy twist to this universal food so this time I baked whole wheat flour cheese STUFFED TRICOLOR BRAIDED BREAD, too long name. But to explain it clearly it deserves this long identity. It is free from any artificial color or flavour to enhance its presentation. I used all natural ingredients like spinach, beetroot, cheese, whole wheat flour etc to keep it healthy as much it can be.

Detailed step wise recipe is given below and hope you all will like and appreciate my effort towards healthy cooking.

WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR CHEESE STUFFED TRICOLOR BRAIDED BREAD

 

Ingredients 

For stuffing:

11/2 cup cottage cheese (paneer) scrambled 

1/2 cup colored capsicum, finely chopped 

1 spring onion, finely chopped 

2 tbsp chopped green coriander leaves 

1 green chilli,finely chopped 

1/2tsp black pepper powder 

1/4 tsp carom seeds(ajwain)

1/4 tsp nigella seeds(kalouji,mangrail)

1/2 tsp oregano 

1 tsp lime juice

1/4 cup mozzarella cheese 

Salt to taste

For Dough:

3 cups whole wheat flour

3/4 tsp yeast

3 tsp sugar

3/4 cup Luke warm water

1/2 cup boiled and purried spinach

1/2 cup boiled and purried beetroot 

11/2 tsp carom seeds

11/2 tsp nigella seeds

3 tsp oil

3/4 tsp salt

Method:

For stuffing preparation :

Mix all the ingredients, given under stuffing section except mozzarella cheese, together to make stuffing. Keep it aside, till needed.

For dough preparation:

First of all, divide luke warm water into three equal parts (1/4 cup each) and add 1/4 tsp yeast and 1 tsp sugar in each part. Let it sit for 10 mins or till it become frothy and active.

Now divide flour in three equal parts(1 cup each). Add 1/2 tsp carom seeds, 1/2 tsp nigella seeds, 1/4 tsp salt and 1 tsp oil to each flour.

To make green dough, mix spinach puree to one part and to make red dough, add beetroot puree to another part of flour. To make white dough, knead it as it is with plain water. The dough should be kneaded till it become soft ,shiny and bouncy.

Each dough will take nearly 8-10 mins to be perfect , so be patience while kneading.

Apply some oil to each dough and cover it. Keep them in warm place for 2-3 hrs or till they become double in volume.

Now punch them. Take one dough and make a rectangular shape by patting, you can use rolling pin also. Apply some dry flour to the working surface to avoid sticking.

Spread 1/3 part of stuffing on it, evenly. Sprinkle 1/3 part of mozzarella cheese on it and roll it in long cylindrical log shape.

In the same way, make logs of all the dough using stuffing.

Now make its braided pattern as shown in below picture.

You can also make twisted pattern to get different look of your bread.

Now place it in a greased loaf pan. Keep the pan in warm place for 1-2 hrs for second rise of bread dough.

Then bake it in a preheated oven or convection mode at 190 C for 35-40 mins or till its crust become golden.

Let it cool for 10 min in pan then wrap it in a clean kitchen towel to keep it soft, and let it cool completely .

Then cut in desired thickness slices and enjoy with your favorite sauce or chutney. You can have it individually also as it is full of flavors that don't need any other accomplishments.

Hope you all will like this healthy delight , so please pour your precious comments and suggestions here. I'll always like to reply all your queries and appreciations.

Happy cooking....