Eggless Oatmeal Cookies|Healthy Cookies

     Egg less oatmeal cookies is a light sugary ,crunchy, healthy cookie with wheat flour.Because of the addition of butter its on high calorie end.You can use eggs instead of milk.You can skip the milk and use water too.Its a healthy cookies because there is a lot of oats in here ,i used wheat flour instead of regular flour to bind the oats.
    Cookies are every body's favourite especially here in US ,even grown kids(adults) love it. This Oatmeal cookie has more cinnamon which makes a heavenly aroma while baking  and gives a nice touch of flavour while eating. For this holiday season this is the best recipe to bake for your kids and for yourself.

     To understand the difference between baking soda and baking powder use this link. The recipe ask for baking soda but I had only baking powder so  used the above link to substitute 1 tsp of baking soda with 2 tsp of baking powder.
    Recently i did this Oatmeal cookies to gift our neighbours they are vegetarians so i tried egg less version and got a chance to picture these Healthy oatmeal cookies again.
 

Sabudana kheer/Javarisi payasam(ஜவ்வரிசி பாயாசம் )

For a festival or a celebration commonly we make sweets to express our happiness and share our joy.In south india only during diwali time people used to make sweets (these days we do it whenever , I am talking about may be the last generation). For smaller festive occasions like full moon day or navarathri people make kheer because it is very easy to make and its loved by everyone in the family. I made this kheer for a small family occasion.
Check similar white desserts like Candy Rice,Cocoa-Coconut fudge,Kaju Katli

Preparation time:5 min
Cooking time:45-50 min
Serves:2-3

10 minute kanda Poha (அவல் உப்புமா )

Poha is flattened rice which has lots of vitamin c and iron in it. Its very filling whenever we eat this, for breakfast or snack or dinner. The color the poha gets is from turmeric. You can add potato to this I never tried it though. I usually add peanuts to give a little crunch and make it even more healthier.
I am a fan of this upma. When we lived in India my cook used to do this for morning breakfast .I learnt it from her, the way she do it with love for cooking and with a smiley face, I love her a lot. I miss her a lot here ....
This recipe is very easy to make and it will be ready in 5 minutes. When you come from office tired this gives you much energy to prepare a delicious dinner for your family .

Check other upma varieties like Lemon semolina bath,Rava kichadi

Preparation time:10 min
Serves:2

black channa in peanut curry (கொண்டை கடலை)

I make black channa dishes often.I am vegeterian and to get more protien in my diet I add dal varieties. I have a special liking to this channa inspite of others dals, I don't know why .This channa is very good for eye health and is very rich in protien than white channa. I regularly grind onions and tomatoes and add it to the curry if I make parathas, rotis . But this time I thought of doing something different and bhawnas recipe got my attention and this is my take on the same.


You can check other curries like Rajma gravy,Vegetable kuruma

Preparation time:12 hrs(soaking the channa)
Cooking time:15 min+15 min
Serves:2-3

Ingredients:

•  1 cup black channa(soaked overnight)
• 1 medium size onion
• 1/2 country tomato
• 1 green chili.
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste.
• Oil for tempering.
• A pinch of turmeric
• salt as required.

Roast and grind:

• 10 groundnuts.
• 1/4 tsp sesame seeds.
• 1/4 tsp cumin seeds.
• 2 red chili.
• 1/2 tsp methi seeds

To temper:

• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds.
• 1 inch bayleaf
• 1 cloves.

Method:

• Soak the channa dal overnight.
• Cook it in a pressure cooker until it turns soft.
• Roast and grind the ingredients in roast and grind list to a coarse powder.
• If the groundnuts are raw you can roast them seperately.
• Grind the tomatoes in to puree.or chop them .
• Cut the onions very thin.
• Temper the hot kadai with oil in items to temper.
• Add onions,green chili and saute them for a minute.
• Add ginger garlic paste and saute it until the onions are translucent.
• Add the ground tomato paste/tomato and saute it until cook through.
• Add pinch of turmeric .
• Cook it for 2-3 min .
• Add the cooked channa,groundnut mixture to it.
• Add water if required .
• Let it come to boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
• If the gravy is too thin add 1 tsp rice flour to 1 tbsp water and add it to the curry.
• Serve it with hot rotis,chapathis,parathas of your choice.
• Serve them with variety rice like coconut rice,lemon rice,plain biriyanis as well.

Linking it to 

Sapanas event,

priyas event hosted by nandoo

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Wheat Dosa(Step By Step Pics)

         Wheat Dosa :This a quick and easy Breakfast recipe. Whenever you run out of dosa batter or when you are not in the mood to do anything fancy like Poori, Adai dosa or Pesarattu ,you can try this Wheat Dosa. All you need  is wheat flour... you can make this in a jiffy( i added onion,chilies and coriander for added flavour).
      These Wheat  dosa's come in handy when you have had a real long day and but you don't want to wait for any take out orders.I love these Wheat dosas very much ,they go very well with mint-corinader chutney

Preparation time:5 min
Cooking time:30 min
Yields:10-12 dosas