Tag: banana

Stray birds of summer come to my window

to sing and fly away.

And yellow leaves of autumn,

which have no songs,

flutter and fall there with a sigh.

Rabindranath Tagore 

Autumn, also known as fall in North American English. Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter, when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier while the arrival of day becomes noticeably later, and the weather becomes cooler. 

One of its main features is the shedding of leaves from deciduous trees. From September to November, the autumn harvest brings a variety of healthful and delicious produce. And our this week’s #Foodiemonday bloghop theme is #FallRecipes. My contribution is this yummy fruity muffins. 

A delicious muffins made of apple, banana, orange and cinnamon. You will love the aroma of cinnamon and mixed fruits. If you don’t have muffins moulds you can use cake tin too. Make like a cake, slice and serve. 

 Even if your kids don’t like apple or banana I am sure they will love the taste too without recognizing apple banana in it. You can use grated fresh coconut too in the batter if you like. I have sprinkle  chocochips over the muffins but you can use any nuts of your choice or tutti fruity too. 
If you want to make it more healthy use 1/2 cup oats powder instead of all purpose flour/maida. 

Recipe 

Apple – 1

Banana – 2 – 3

Orange – 1

Khoya/mawa or dried milk – 1/3 cup
 

Wholewheat flour or atta – 1/2 cup 

All purpose flour or maida – 1/2 cup 

Sugar – 1/2 cup 

Oil or butter – 1/4 cup 

Orange juice – 1/2 cup 

Orange zest – 1/2 heaped teaspoon 

Cinnamon powder – 1 teaspoon 

Baking powder – 1 teaspoon 

Baking soda – 1/2 teaspoon 

Method 

Peel and grate the apple. Heat a pan and add the grated apple and sugar. Cook on low flame. Stir continuously. Cook till the sugar dissolve and the mixture becomes thick. Now let the mixture cool down.
 Chop the bananas and blend or grind with khoya/mawa or dried milk. Keep aside. I have used 2 large bananas. 

Sieve both flour, baking powder, soda and cinnamon powder. In this recipe I have used wholewheat flour and all purpose flour/maida both. But if you want you can use only wholewheat flour/atta or all purpose flour/maida or mix half oats powder with the flour. 

In a bowl add apple and sugar mixture, oil or butter, orange zest and orange juice. Beat well. Add the dried milk and banana mixture. Mix and add dry ingredients in it. First add half of the dry ingredients and mix well. then add the remaining dry Ingredients and mix well. 

You can add 1/4 to 1/2 cup grated fresh coconut too in the batter if you like. 

Preheat the oven at 180° for 10 minutes. 

Fill the greased muffins moulds or cake tin 3/4 with the batter. Sprinkle chocolate chips or dry fruits or any nuts of your choice. 

Bake at 180° for 20 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean. 

Serve the muffins hot or at room temperature as a dessert or with tea or coffee. 

Enjoy the heavenly aroma and taste.