Breakfast

Cauliflower Paratha or Gobi Paratha

Cauliflower Paratha or Gobi Paratha

Serves: makes 8 parathas

Ingredients:

For the stuffing:

  • 1½ cup grated cauliflower
  • 1 teaspoon oil
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 tablespoon ginger grated
  • 1 tablespoon garam masala
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tablespoon fresh grated coconut
  • 2 teaspoon lemon juice

    For the cover:

  • 2 cups whole wheat flour

  • Salt to taste
  • Water to kneas the dough
  • 1 teaspoon oil

  • Oil or butter to brush

Method:

  1. Add whole wheat flour and salt in a bowl. Make medium to stiff consistency dough by adding little water at a time. Add 1 teaspoon oil all over the dough. Keep it aside and covered for 30 minutes.
  2. Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let them crackle. Add grated cauliflower. Stir quickly and add ginger, garam masala, and turmeric powder. Mix well. Cook for a minute.
  3. Add grated coconut, salt and lemon juice. Give a final stir. Turn off the flame. Do not overcook the cauliflower mixture. Cool down the mixture completely.
  4. Heat tava/griddle. Take 2 small balls from the dough. Roll them into a small disk. Add 1½-2 tablespoon of cauliflower mixture on one dough circle. Place another dough circle on top of the mixture. Press the edges with your fingertips and seal them properly. Sprinkle some flour on the stuffed paratha and start rolling again.
  5. Roll into a bigger circle or the desired size circle. Be gentle while rolling as the stuffing may come out. Place the rolled paratha and brush the sides and the center with some oil or butter. Cook from both the sides by flipping the other side.
  6. Serve hot with ketchup or yogurt.

Date and Walnut Cake

Date and Walnut Cake

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup all purpose flour + 1 teaspoon all purpose flour
  • ½ cup oil
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup dates (around 20) + 3-4 dates chopped
  • ¼ cup broken walnuts + 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup milk + 2 tablespoon
  • Pinch of salt
  • Cake pan (I used wilton oval pan 7 3/4 x 5 5/8)

Method:

  1. Soak half cup dates in half cup warm milk and keep them aside for 2 hours.
  2. Add soaked dates with the milk in a grinder. Make a fine paste. Add oil and grind again everything.
  3. Preheat oven to 350℉.
  4. Mix dry ingredients (all purpose flour, baking soda, and brown sugar) in a bowl.
  5. Add dates-oil-milk mixture to the dry ingredients. Add 2 tablespoons of milk and ¼ cup broken walnuts to the mixture. Mix once again.
  6. Add 1 teaspoon all purpose flour in a small bowl and add chopped 3-4 dates and 1 tablespoon chopped walnuts. Make sure the nuts get well coated with the flour.
  7. Grease the pan with the baking spray. Pour the batter. Add coated nuts and give a stir.
  8. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  9. Remove from the oven. Allow it to cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Transfer it to wire rack to cool completely.

Notes:

  1. The baking time is different for everybody depending upon the oven and baking pan size.