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Double Chocolate Whole Wheat Muffins With Coconut

Double chocolate whole wheat muffins with coconut sugar. Soft moist rich chocolaty muffins taste scrumptious. Cocoa powder and grated chocolate made these muffins perfectly chocolaty and delightful.

I have used whole wheat flour to make these muffins. You can definitely use all purpose flour or maida but better to avoid all purpose flour or refined flour. Whole wheat flour are packed with nutrients including several vitamins and fiber. You can also use millet flour or any gluten free flour instead of whole wheat flour.

Cocoa powder and dark chocolate made these muffins full of chocolaty flavour. Earlier I had used Morde chocolate compound but this time used Amul compound chocolate. You can use whatever you have.

Instant coffee powder used to enhance the flavour of chocolate.

Oil will help to make your muffins moist. You can use olive oil or any flavorless oil. I used sunflower oil.

Salt will balance the sweetness of muffins and enhance the taste.

Baking powder and soda used for leavening and also to make the muffins soft.

Curd or yogurt will make your muffins moist. Curd with baking powder and soda makes the eggless muffins fluffy and moist. No need for hung curd, use normal homemade curd.

Milk used to add moisture to the batter. And to make the muffins light.

Milk powder used to enhance the taste. And it also gives an extra richness. But its optional you can skip if you want.

Coconut sugar used as sweetener. You can always use cane sugar, brown sugar, jaggery or any sweetener of your choice. Coconut sugar is a healthy sugar alternative. The harmful effects of added sugar are becoming increasingly more evident. As a result, people are turning to natural alternatives. A sweetener that has become very popular in the past few years is coconut sugar. This sugar is derived from the coconut palm tree and touted as being more nutritious and lower on the glycemic index than sugar. Source

Vanilla essence used to give a lovely flavour.

You may like some other muffins and cupcake recipes on this blog. Click on the link below for recipe.

1. Gluten free cardamom rose muffins

2. Date walnut sugar free muffins

3. Mango walnut choco chips muffins

4. Sugar free Kewra flavoured almond pistachio muffins

5. Watermelon muffins

6. Fruity muffins

7. Cheesy savoury muffins

8. Chocolate stuffed orange muffins

9. Semolina blueberry custard cupcake

10. Sugar free dry fruits oats cupcakes

11. Eggless coconut cupcakes

12. Gluten free apple almond cupcakes

13. Blueberry preserve stuffed gluten free cupcakes

14. Gluten free pineapple cupcakes

15. Eggless rasgulla cupcake

You may also like to try Eggless chocolate cake from my blogger friend Poonam Bachhav.

You have to sieve the flour baking powder, soda, cocoa powder and salt. Add milk powder and keep aside. I have used grated chocolate. Heat the grated compound chocolate with milk for a minute to melt the chocolate. Used Amul compound chocolate. I had microwave for one minute on full power. Whisk well with curd, vanilla essence, coffee, oil and coconut sugar. Whisk everything well.

Now add all the dry ingredients. Don’t add all the dry ingredients in one go. First add half and mix then add remaining dry ingredients and mix well to make a smooth lump free batter. You can also use 1/4 to 1/2 cup choco chips in the batter for more chocolaty taste.

I baked in my Samsung microwave hot blast function to bake the muffins. Bake in preheated oven at 170° for 10- 12 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Insert a toothpick in a muffin to check. Let muffins cool down. Dust the muffins with icing sugar with the help of a sieve. This step is optional. Used white choco chips and icing sugar only to make the muffins attractive and kids friendly.

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Recipe

Whole wheat flour or atta – 1 cup

Baking powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Baking soda – 1/4 teaspoon

Cocoa powder – 4 tablespoon

Salt – 1/8 teaspoon

Cooking chocolate – 1/2 cup, grated

Curd or yogurt – 1/2 cup

Milk – 1/4 cup

Instant coffee powder – 2 teaspoon

Vanilla essence – 1/2 tablespoon

Oil – 1/4 cup

Coconut sugar – 1/3 cup

Milk powder – 1/4 cup, optional

Method

1. Grease or line muffins moulds. Preheat the oven at 170°.

2. Sift whole wheat flour or atta, cocoa powder, baking powder, soda and salt. Mix milk powder if using.

3. Grate the cooking chocolate in a microwavable glass bowl. Add milk and microwave on high power for 1 minute. You can also melt the chocolate with milk in pan on stove top. In the milk mixed melted chocolate add coffee, vanilla essence and curd or yogurt. I have used homemade curd. Whisk well.

4. Add coconut sugar and oil. Whisk again till everything combined well. If you are not using milk powder add 1-2 tablespoon more coconut sugar. Because milk powder gives an extra sweetness. And if you want your muffins lightly sweetened add 1/4 cup coconut sugar.

5. Pour the mixture in a large bowl. Add all the dry ingredients gradually and mix. Make a smooth lump free batter.

6. Pour the mixture in greased or lined muffin moulds. Fill upto 3/4 cup.

7. Bake the muffins in preheated oven at 170° for 12 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Let the muffins cool down before serving. You can dust the muffins with powdered sugar with the help of a sieve. Or press some white choco chips over the muffins.

8. Enjoy the soft delicious chocolaty muffins.

Notes

1. All purpose flour or any flour can be used instead of whole wheat flour or atta. You can also use millet flour if you want.

2. You can also use 1/4 to 1/2 cup choco chips in the batter.

3. Brown sugar, powdered sugar, granulated sugar or any sweetener can be used instead of coconut sugar.

4. You can use olive oil or any flavorless oil.

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Millet Soyabean Cutlets Slim/Air Fried Cutlets

Millet soybean cutlets. Kodo millet soybean cutlets are slim fried in microwave with only two teaspoon oil. One teaspoon oil to grease the crusty plate or baking tray and one teaspoon to brush over the cutlets. You can also use your air fryer to fry these cutlets. Or you can also bake the cutlets in oven or halogen oven at 200° or shallow fry. Sharing all the methods. Cooked kodo millet and soybean with spices and lemon juice made these cutlets delicious. Potatoes are used for binding. You don’t need breadcrumbs or any flour. You can also use sweet potatoes instead of potatoes if you want.

These super healthy gluten free cutlets can be served as party starter or as a teatime snack. Or enjoy it as nutritious and filling breakfast dish with any sauce or chutney. Kodo millet and soybean have an impressive amount of protein and vitamins. Vegan people can skip cheese, I had used cheese only in two cutlets for my kids. Using cheese is completely your choice. I recently shared protein rich Soybean egg casserole. And a delicious Kodo millet broccoli pulao. Here are some recipes with millet. Click on the name below for recipe.

1. Millet walnut date cake

2. Vegan date millet peanut butter cookies

3. Pearl millet pizza crackers

4. Fennel oats millet cookies

5. Manipuri tan or flatbread with finger millet or ragi

6. Finger millet oats chocolate cookies

7. Pearl millet cashew almond honey cookies

8. Pearl millet sesame oats cookies

9. Finger millet or ragi chocolate crinkle cookies

10. Barnyard millet fried idli

11. Potato and barnyard millet cutlets

According to Healthline Although anyone can reap the nutritional benefits of eating millet, it’s been shown to be especially beneficial for diabetes management, making it one of the better whole grains for managing blood sugar. Millet is a good choice for diabetes due to its high fiber content. Fiber helps slow digestion. As a result, sugar enters the bloodstream slowly, lessening the risk of a blood sugar spike.

Potatoes are a versatile and delicious vegetable that can be enjoyed by everyone, including people with diabetes. However, because of their high carb content, you should limit portion sizes, always eat the skin, and choose low GI varieties, such as Carisma and Nicola. They’re rich in potassium and B vitamins, and the skin is a great source of fiber. However, if you have diabetes, you may have heard that you should limit or avoid potatoes. The truth is, people with diabetes can eat potatoes in many forms, but it’s important to understand the effect they have on blood sugar levels and the portion size that’s appropriate. To read more click here.

But as I mentioned above you can always use sweet potatoes instead of potatoes. So these cutlets are gluten free, vegan and diabetic friendly. You have to rinse and soak the soybean overnight like chickpeas rajma etc. Next day pressure cook with 1&1/4 cup water. After one whistle reduce the heat and cook for 20-25 minutes or till soybean becomes soft and easy to mash. Don’t discard the remaining nutritious water of boiled soybean if any. Either cook till water absorbed completely or use the water in soup or other dishes.

You can cook kodo millet as you cook rice. Soak in water for 15-20 minutes drain and cook with double amount of water. Use 1 cup water for 1/2 cup kodo millet. You can also use pressure cooker to boil the kodo millet. Pressure cook for 2 whistle. For open pot,when water starts to rolling boil reduce the heat, cover the vessel and cook on simmer for 10-15 minutes or till moisture evaporate and millet becomes soft. Add spices according to your choice. To make your cutlets more spicy add more chopped green chilli or you can also use red chilli powder.

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Recipe

Kodo millet – 1/2 cup

Soyabean – 1/2 cup

Potato – 3 medium, boiled

Onion – 2 medium, finely chopped

Green chilli -2-3 or to taste, finely chopped

Ginger – 1 inch piece, grated

Cilantro or coriander leaves – handful, chopped

Salt – 1&1/2 teaspoon or to taste

Black salt to taste

Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

Garam masala powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Chaat masala powder – 1 teaspoon

Lemon juice – 1&1/2 teaspoon

Cheese as require, optional

Method

1..Rinse and soak soybean overnight in enough water. Next day rinse again and pressure cook with 1&1/4 cup water. After one whistle reduce the heat and cook on simmer for 20-25 minutes or till soybean becomes soft. Let the pressure settle down on its own. Open the lid and cook again till all the moisture evaporate if any.

2. Wash the kodo millet well on a colander or sieve. Soak in water for 15-20 minutes. Cook with one cup water till water absorbed and millet becomes soft. You can also pressure cook the kodo millet if you want. Peel the boiled potatoes.

3..Mash the boiled potatoes, kodo millet and soybean with a potato masher or your hand. Make lump free smooth dough. You can use your mixer grinder to grind the boiled soybean. If you find it difficult to mash. But don’t add water.

4. Add chopped onion, green chilli, cilantro or coriander leaves, grated ginger, salt, black salt, lemon juice and all the spices. Mix everything well. Taste and adjust the seasoning. You can add more green chilli if you want your cutlets more spicy or you can also use red chilli powder.

5. Make equal size balls and press with your palm to make flat patties. Shape the cutlets.

6. I made two large size cutlets and stuff with a piece of mozzarella and cheddar mixed cheese. Also sharing the pictures of cheese stuffed cutlets after frying.

7..Grease the crusty plate with 1 teaspoon oil. Arrange the cutlets on crusty plate. Brush the cutlets with little oil. Fry the cutlets in microwave slim fry mode. Set as instructed for veg cutlets. After beeping sound flip the cutlets upside down and press the start button. If cutlets are not perfectly brown cook for a few minutes again on slim fry mode. I had to cook for 5 minutes more.

8. You can also bake the cutlets in your preheated oven at 200° for 10-15 minutes or until cutlets becomes golden brown from both sides.

9. For halogen oven press speed up button. Set the temperature at 200°. Bake for 10 minutes or till upside becomes brown. Flip the cutlets upside down and bake again at 200° for 5-6 minutes or till cutlets becomes golden brown.

10. Or use your air fryer. You can also shallow fry the cutlets from both sides till golden brown.

Notes

1. You can use boiled sweet potatoes instead of potatoes.

2. You can also use cooked quinoa in the cutlets.

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Eggless Fresh Fruit Cake With Black Carrot

Eggless fresh fruit cake with black carrot, strawberry, chikoo or Sapodilla organic jaggery, olive oil, whole wheat and soybean flour. Cake is super soft, moist, healthy and absolutely delicious. An aromatic cake with all the goodness of fresh fruits. Protein rich soybean flour will make your cake nutritious and soft. You can get two more jaggery cake recipes on this blog. Click on the name below for recipe.

1. Gluten free apple jaggery cake

2. Oats whole wheat Bournvita cake

And a collection of Eggless fruit cakes

You can also type cake on search to get many gluten free and healthy cakes. Not only eggless but this cake is also butter less and APF less. So you don’t need maida or refined flour, eggs or butter. If you don’t have olive oil then you can use any flavorless oil instead. We normally use fresh fruit for icing but tried this tea cake with fresh fruit and very happy with the taste and texture.

I have used black carrot, chikoo, strawberry, dried cranberries, fig and flavoured with dried ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg. And with whole wheat flour used soybean flour to add some protein and to make the cake more soft. I have used organic jaggery powder to sweetened the cake. You can use brown sugar, confectionery sugar, stevia or any sweetener of your choice. But I recommend to try with organic jaggery powder if you are making it for kids. You all know the health benefits of all these fruits and soybean flour so I am not making the post long and coming to the recipe. If you want you can get many articles about health benefits of these ingredients on Google.

This recipe is my contribution to 282 #Foodiemonday bloghop Best Of Berries theme. This lovely theme suggested by Poonam Bachhav who blog at Annapurna. Poonam has a great collection of different types of wonderful recipes. I love her variety of thali recipes. And bookmarked her Healthy gingerbread cookies to try soon.

As I mentioned above that you can use any sweetener of your choice instead of organic jaggery powder, you can also use any flour instead of whole wheat flour and soybean flour. Like any gluten free flour or even APF or maida can be used. And for flavour you can use vanilla or any essence of your choice if you don’t like cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger powder. You can also add any chopped dry fruits of your choice. I have made this cake in my Samsung microwave. If you are using microwave convection or hot blast mode set the temperature 150°-160° but for OTG set the temperature at 180°.

Recipe

Whole wheat flour or atta – 1 cup

Soyabean flour – 1/2 cup

Baking powder – 1 teaspoon

Baking soda – 1/2 teaspoon

Cinnamon powder – 1 teaspoon

Nutmeg powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Dry ginger powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Strawberry – 1/2 cup, chopped into small pieces

Chikoo or Sapodilla – 1

Dried cranberries – 2 tablespoon, chopped

Dried fig – 2 tablespoon, chopped

Black carrot – 1 cup, peeled and grated + to sprinkle

Organic jaggery powder – 1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon

Olive oil – 1/3 cup

Milk – 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoon

Vinegar or lemon juice – 1 tablespoon

Method

1. Grease a loaf pan or line with parchment paper and brush with oil.

2. If you are using OTG preheat the oven at 180° for 10 minutes. And for new model Samsung microwave set hot blast function. Set the temperature at 150° and press start. Your oven will start to preheat.

3. Peel and chop the chikoo into small pieces. Also chop the strawberries into small pieces.

4. In a bowl mix both fruits with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder and 1 tablespoon organic jaggery powder. Keep aside.

5. Stir 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice in lukewarm or room temperature milk. Your buttermilk is ready to use.

6. In a bowl sieve whole wheat flour or atta, soybean flour, baking powder, soda, dry ginger powder, nutmeg powder and 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon powder. Sieve twice.

7. Mix chopped dried cranberries and dried fig pieces in the sieved flour.

8. In a large bowl whisk organic jaggery powder and olive oil well. Add vinegar or lemon juice mixed milk and whisk again.

9. Add peeled and grated black carrot and mix. Now add all the dry ingredients gradually and make a lump free smooth batter.

10. Fold in Cinnamon and jaggery mixed chopped strawberry and Chikoo in the batter.

11. Pour the batter into greased or lined baking pan. Level the top with a spoon. Sprinkle grated black carrot all over it. Cut the strawberry into 2 or 4 pieces and arrange on the top. Place the strawberry cut side down.

12. Bake in preheated oven at 180° for 30 – 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Insert a toothpick in the middle to check. In Samsung microwave bake in hot blast function at 150° for 30 minutes. But check after 25 minutes. If it’s not done properly bake for a few minutes more.

13. Let the cake cool down completely. Slice and serve with milk, tea or coffee. Or serve soft moist cake as a dessert. You can also serve it with icecream. Happy baking!

Notes

1. You can use any fruit and dry fruits of your choice.

2. Any flour can be used instead of whole wheat flour and soybean flour.

3. You can use vanilla or any flavour of your choice instead of cinnamon and nutmeg.

4. If you don’t have organic jaggery powder then you can use brown sugar, confectionery sugar, stevia or any sweetener of your choice.

5. You can use any flavorless oil instead of olive oil.

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Bajra Or Pearl Millet Pizza Crackers / Gluten Free Crackers

Bajra or pearl millet pizza crackers. Crispy crunchy eggless crackers made with pearl millet or bajra flour. A perfect winter special gluten free treat for kids and adults both. Because nutritious and protein, fiber, iron enriched gluten free pearl millet or bajra also helps to stay us warm in winter. Crackers are gluten free and if you are following vegan diet, omit cheddar cheese powder.

Here is an easy to make recipe for this season. But if you don’t have pearl millet flour or you don’t like the taste of pearl millet then you can make it with refined flour/maida or whole wheat flour/atta. Refined flour or all purpose flour/maida definitely taste better but not healthy though but you can use once in a while. Or use a mixture of refined flour and whole wheat flour. Choice is your.

This time I have used my new Samsung microwave to make these crackers. At first I was little confused about its hot blast mode. But now my experience is its perfect for baking just like convection mode or OTG. But hot blast mode takes less time and also you have to set the temperature at low. For cookies set at 160° instead of 180° and for crackers set the temperature at 170° or 180° instead of 190°. And keep an eye after 8 minutes because it bakes faster than traditional oven. Here is the picture of the new member of my kitchen 😀. I also loved the look. Isn’t looks cute? And also sharing a picture of samosa which I had made first time using it’s slim fry mode. Slim fry mode works as air fryer. And vadi or sun dried lentil dumplings using sun dry mode. You can call it instant vadi.

Bajra is rich in magnesium, which helps keep the heart healthy. It has potassium, which dilates blood vessels, allowing blood to flow more easily. This helps reduce overall blood pressure. Bajra also has fibre that helps reduce LDL, or bad, cholestrol. Source

You may like some more recipes with pearl millet or bajra on this blog. Click on the name below for recipe.

1. Gluten free savoury pancake

2. Gluten free rose flavored nankhatai

3. Eggless pearl millet cashew almond honey cookies

4. Pearl millet sesame oats cookies

5. Fennel oats millet cookies

Earlier shared Whole wheat carom seeds or ajwain crackers

This week our 276 #Foodiemonday bloghop theme is Kids Party suggested by Swaty Malik. Swaty is a very talented blogger who blog at Food Trails. Do visit her space for many innovative and healthy recipes like Healthy sattu cookies , Semolina and coconut tea cake and her Palak paneer fried rice is also in my list to try soon.

My contribution for this theme is pizza flavored crackers made with pearl millet or bajra flour. Kids love pizza, right? So here is a crispy crunchy and nutritious crackers with all the goodness of pearl millet. As I mentioned above, if you want to make it dairy free just skip cheese powder. And if you don’t have bajra or pearl millet flour then you can use whole wheat flour or all purpose flour. You can also use the seasoning according to your choice.

Recipe

Bajra or pearl millet flour – 1 cup

Olive oil – 3 tablespoon

Salt – 1/2 teaspoon

Baking powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Oregano – 1 teaspoon

Dried basil – 1/2 teaspoon

Chilli flakes – 1/2 teaspoon

Pizza sauce – 2 teaspoon

Garlic powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Cheddar cheese powder – 1 tablespoon, optional

Water – 5 tablespoon

Method

1. Preheat the oven at 180°. Grease a baking pan or line with parchment paper.

2. In a bowl mix bajra or pearl millet flour, salt and olive oil. Mix well.

3. Add baking powder, oregano, dried basil, chili flakes, pizza sauce, garlic powder and cheddar cheese powder. Mix again. See notes for more options.

4. Now add water and make a smooth pliable dough. Add little more water if required. I have used 2 teaspoon water more. Cover and keep aside for 10-15 minutes.

5. Sprinkle little flour on a flat surface. Knead the dough again and roll with a rolling pin. Thickness shouldn’t be more than 1/4 inch.

6. Prick with a fork and cut with a cookie cutter or pizza cutter. Cut into your desired shape.

7. Place the crackers on baking pan. Bake in preheated oven at 170° for 8 to 10 minutes or till the crackers becomes light brown. If you are using OTG bake at 180°. Enjoy the guilt free crackers on your munching time.

Notes

1. Whole wheat flour/atta or refined flour/ maida can be used instead of bajra or pearl millet flour.

2. You can add the seasoning according to your taste.

3. Garlic paste or minced garlic can be used instead of garlic powder.

4. You can also use freshly crushed black pepper in the dough.

5. To make the crackers vegan omit cheese powder.

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