Cake flour recipe/Homemade cake flour

Cake flour can be easily made at home. You only need 2ingredients. Using this you can bake any recipes that calls cake flour. It is not a big task or recipe.

I baked a cake using this flour and it was too soft and moist. I'll also post that cake recipe as my next post so stay tuned.

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Instant Ragi cerelac for babies

Hello viewers I was quite busy with my daughter. Enjoyed a lot and had fun. Today's recipe is instant ragi cerelac for babies. Made this as my friend demands for her baby.

Its similar to instant ragi cerelac. As ragi is ideal to babies, you can give ragi to your babies after consulting paediatrician. You can make this kind of baby stuffs rather buying those packaged goodies which may contains chemical.

Hope you'll love it and give it a try also don't forget to share with me. Feel free to comment.

Preparation time:5minutes
Cooking time:15-20minutes for a batch
Makes:1.5cup

Ingredients:

• Ragi flour 1cup
• Palm candy powder/panagarkandu powdered 1/4cup
• Homemade ghee 1/4cup
• Milk 1/4cup

Method:

Preheat pressure cooker for 10 minutes. (For more details view How to bake using pressure cooker)
Take whole ragi flour in mixing bowl. Add in powdered palm sugar candy.
Mix it well.
Add in melted ghee and mix it well. It resembles coarse crumble.
Add in milk slowly and knead it to a dough.
Roll it out in countertop.
Cut into squares or whatever shape you need.
Place this in oil greased plate/pan.
Place this in preheated cooker and bake it for 15 minutes or till your cookies turns crispy and browned at bottom.
You can have as it is or powder it in blender and feed it as instant ragi cerelac.

Stepwise pictures:

Preheat pressure cooker for 10 minutes in high flame.For more details view How to bake using pressure cooker)

In a mixing bowl,add in ragi flour.

Add in powdered palm candy.

Mix it well.

Take cold butter/ghee measure it.

Melt the ghee.

Add in melted ghee and mix it well.

It resembles breadcrumbs.

Add in milk slowly and mix it well.

Form a dough.

Roll it out in a clean countertop.

Cut it into desired shapes.

Arrange it in oil greased pan/plate.

Bake this in simmer flame for 15-20minutes till cookies turns brown at its bottom.

It has to be like this at its bottom.

You can have it as it is as biscuits for elder kids.

Take this in a blender.

Powder it.

Store this in airtight container.

How to make instant ragi cerelac:

Take 1 or 2 scoops of instant cerelac powder in a bowl. Add hot water/milk slowly and mix well till you reach desired consistency

Notes:

• For babies below 1 year add hot water.
• For babies above 1 year add hot milk.
• This recipe is for babies above 6months.
• Always consult your paediatric before introducing any new food to your babies.
• Only if to bake the cookies till crispy,you'll get good shelf life.

Stay tuned for upcoming recipes. Bye bye.

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Urad dal powder/Ulundhu podi

Hey friends... This is festival time so all families will plan to do palagaram. Our South Indian snacks is main in those occasion.

                     
Recipes like muruku,thattai,seedai,etc need urad dal as a main ingredient so this post will be useful for beginners.

If you are in mood to make palagaram for this festive season then make a big batch of it and start to cook your favorite snacks and enjoy with your friends and families.

Hope you'll try it.

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Carrot kootu recipe/Carrot side dish

Hey friends....sorry for long break,hereafter I will post many recipes without any break so stay tuned...

                     

   
kootu is South Indian dish. Kootu is semi dry dish.It tastes good with rice,ghee rice. I made this with dal and coconut.  
                   

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How to make turmeric tea - Top 5 home made turmeric tea and its preparation method .

Turmeric has been used in India and other Asian countries as a spice, for medicinal purposes and as food. Turmeric root is taken and powdered before use.

However, other forms are available like capsules, tincture, fluid extracts and tea. Turmeric tea offers various health benefits.

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Vathal kuzhambu recipe with its health benefits of ayurveda.(Turkey berry Recipe)

Sundakkai vathal kuzhambu – is a tasty side dish for rice.  Turkey berry is called assundakkai in Tamil and Chundanga in Malayalam.  This is a plant which is believed to have high medicinal value according to ayurveda.  It helps in digestion and is considered as a home remedy for stomach infections.  Sundakkai / Chundanga is very popular and is widely made use of especially in South India. The name vathal kuzhambu is a Tamil word.  Vathal means “sun dried vegetable” and kuzhambu means “curry”.  This vathal kuzhambu is a tasty tamarind based curry and is very easy to prepare too. 

Health benefits of sundakkai :  

Turkey berry / sundakkai has many essential nutrients or minerals which are helpful in preventing and curing diseases.

 Though the dried ones are most tasty than the fresh berries, it is always beneficial to use the fresh ones as it has the potential to kill germs and is best for stomach related infections.  It is also helpful in curing digestion problems and also helps in controlling diabetics.

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Idli milagai podi

I wanna share this recipe just because i love it a lot. From my childhood days i used to eat this along idli and dosa. Whenever I go to my granny's home she used to do this recipe a big batch and give to me.

Coming to the recipe, this is easy to do and also a life saver. If you have no time to cook any side dish for idli or dosa just mix this with sesame oil and have. It goes well with rice too.

Use clean and dry spoon so it has longer shelf life.

Hope you too love this recipe. Share yours experience too.

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