Sweet and spicy mango pickle

As hubby loves raw mango pickle, bought a mango, felt bard and it was green. But, once when I cut it, hubby always loves to taste the mango, he said it is ripe. But, when I tasted it, didn't find it very sweet  either.

So, I decided to peel its skin, chop into small pieces, I put it in a micro-safe dish

INGREDIENTS
raw mango almost weighing 400 gm
turmeric pdr.  1/2 tsp
salt  1/2 tsp
white sugar  3 tsp
molasses  6-7 tsp  OR you may add brown sugar OR add white sugar only.
chili pdr.  1/2 tsp
water  1/2 cup

Mix it all well with cut mango, micro high for 3 minutes uncovered
remove, mix well, keep for another 3 minutes
remove, you may check for sweetness or want more spice, add now, 
mix well, keep for another 3 minutes
you'll find the pieces are cooked, but not too soft
once cool,  store in a clean dry container, you can keep it out for 2-3 days, then you need to store in the fridge. Always use a dry spoon to serve.
You can spread it bread toast, have with roti, idli, dosai, adai,  today mixed with some red lentil 
chundal, gave hubby to taste, he liked it, he wanted me to mix and give him to eat later.

NOTE- You can add the ingredients, add water, mix well, you can cook on gas on low flame, stirring from time to time, cook till soft but not mashy !
 

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Papapya pudding

I thought that the papaya was ripe and ready to eat, but once I cut, I realised that it wasn't fully ripe. I never like to waste any food, as millions die of hunger in the world. So, came up with the idea of turning it into a pudding, Voila ! everyone liked it, but couldn't guess, it was papaya in it !

Ingredients
papaya medium size, peel and cut into small pieces *
semolina / rava / suji 1/2 cup or more
molasses / gur about 1 cup or to taste*
water  1 cup *
milk   2 cups
nuts and raisins as desired
ghee 2 tbsp
chocolate essence  1/2 tsp
cardamom pdr. 1 tsp

Method
* papaya need not be cut very small, as anyway once you cook, you can mash it well
* I used gur, you may use normal white/ brown sugar, as using gur is more healthy, as it gives iron, being unrefined like white sugar, it is definitely healthy.
* instead of using water, if I had cooked fully in milk, it would have tasted better.
I added papaya pieces, rava water in a micro-safe bowl, micro high for 3 minutes
remove, mix well, micro high adding milk  1 cup for 3 minutes
remove stir well, add rest of the milk, micro high for 3 minutes
once milk is absorbed, add gur/ sugar, mix well, micro high for 3 minutes
each time you remove, mash the papaya pieces with the back of a tablespoon or veg masher
remove mix well, if it is thick fine, or micro for another 2-3 minutes adding ghee nuts and raisins
remove, add essence and cardamom pdr., mix well, serve garnish with nuts and raisins.

PS- you can make in the same way over the gas too, since I had to do other work, I didn't want to keep stirring it, if I had made it in gas stove.

Sorry, didn't take photo, as I was extremely busy, as I made" fried modak" ( poricha kolakattai) for Ganesh Chathurthi tomorrow, as tomorrow, in our gated community, we celebrate in a big way for 4 days, 3 days before the main festival, so in the morning also busy with the pooja ceremony. Then evening, went to help for tomorrow's function. I'm in-charge of overseeing the modak making work, allocating work to different people and of course making it also. As only few people are good at making it. So, distributed to my friends when I went to decorate the idol for tomorrow's poojai.

Happy Ganesh Chathurthi to all, may Ganesha bring good luck , happiness and good health to all.

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One pot -Millets Chocolate Cake- Eggless ! Microwave

Yesterday, I was in a mood to bake a chocolate cake, actually wanted to bake a brownie, then changed my mind. I didn't want to use the all purpose four / maida, as being a cancer survivor, people keep saying avoid everything white- no white salt, have Himalayan pink salt, that is what I use and I also found that I need to use less salt than the normal white one. I stopped using white sugar, instead use brown or molasses / gur pdr. even in my tea now. In the same way, instead of maida, wanted my cake to be healthy, tried with finger millet ( ragi flour), which I use for making my kanji / porridge, mixed with nuts, lentils etc powdered. 

Ingredients
banana 1 small ( will be equal to 1/2 of normal green banana)
cooking oil 1 tbsp
brown sugar  4 tsp
molasses pdr.   4 tsp
vanilla essence  1/2 tsp
millet mix flour about 1 cup
milk about 4 tbsp or so
salt a pinch
baking pdr. 1/2 tsp
baking soda  1/4 tsp , mix well the last 2 with flour.
cocoa pdr.  2 heaped tsp

Method
mashed the banana well, added cooking oil over it, so that it won't turn brown. I first thought of baking in the morning, then as I changed my mind after mashing banana added oil .
Added brown sugar and gur pdr., mixed well with a spoon, I did this in the microwave safe small pan.
Then I added 1/2 of the millet flour, mixed well, then added little milk at a time, added rest of the flour, and added milk to get the right consistency, as when I bake in normal microwave, the batter has to be slightly thinner than what we need to bake in an oven.
added essence, mixed well, clean the sides of the pan.
Micro in high power for 3 minutes. It was ready.
I wanted to add some nuts and raisins or chocolate chips, then mind got diverted as I got a call. Just kept it in microwave.

Unexpected guests came, served them the cake with some nice hot spiced tea and some namkeens. They really liked the cake, as it was really soft, they're surprised that it was also egg-less.

Sorry as the guests came, I didn't have time to take photo of my cake. 

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Apple-pear-oats pudding ( vegan- no milk, no fat)

INGREDIENTS
apple 1 peeled and finely chopped
pear  1 finely chopped
gur/ molasses  4-5 tsp
dates finely chopped 2 tbsp
oats roasted and powdered 1 1/2 tbsp ( optional, as I had I used it)
oats  2 tbsp
water 11/2 cups approximately

METHOD

in a microwave safe dish, add apple, pear cinnamon pdr. and 1 tsp. of gur pdr.  about 3 tbsp water, mix well, microwave on high power for 5-6 minutes, taking out and stirring well in between.
It should be soft enough to mash coarsely with a spoon
added oats, pdr. gur, water as needed, mixed well, micro on high for 2 minutes
removed, added chopped dates, mixed well, micro high for another 90 seconds
Your healthy fruit pudding is ready.

Note- you may add brown sugar if you don't have gur pdr./ molasses or normal white sugar or sugar substitute.
Now-a-days, I try to avoid as much as possible white sugar, all purpose flour, try to use whole wheat flour or millet flour, or where possible oats either as it is or roast and powdered to have healthy dessert. There is also no fat in this pudding. So, those who are vegan can also have it.
Having sweet tooth, I don't want to miss out on my dessert, but when I make, I prefer to eat healthy, as doctors keep saying lose weight ( which isn't easy, being cancer survivor, as they say avoid white flour, white sugar, now using brown sugar or gur pdr. even for my tea !)


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Multigrain egg-less carrot cake- microwave

Sorry forgot to take the photo before and after baking, as I was in a hurry as my friend was coming over. I cut the cake of the 1st batch quickly to give my hubby to taste, by the time I finished baking the 2nd one, my friend had come.

INGREDIENTS
carrot grated 1/2 cup
1 big / 3 small bananas mashed
brown sugar  2 tbsp
gur / molasses   1/2 cup approximately
salt a big pinch
buttermilk 1/2 cup
milk 1/4-1/2 cup
baking pdr. 1 tsp
baking soda  1/2 tsp
nuts and raisins as desired
coconut oil 2 tbsp
ghee/ butter to grease the baking dish
multigrain flour ( wheat flour, ragi and other millets) about 1 1/2 cups

METHOD
in a bowl, beat well mashed banana with sugar and gur
I added baking soda and baking pdr., mixed well
then added buttermilk, add 1/2 the quantity of flour along with salt, mix well
add rest of the flour, mix, add enough milk to get the pouring consistency
As I baked in normal microwave, the batter should be slightly thinner than when you bake in an oven
I baked in 2 micro-safe plates for 5 1/2 minutes each.Sor
It had come out very soft and gave it to my friend, who couldn't believe that it was made without eggs and butter !

As for using sugar, I prefer to bake it healthy, so I used brown sugar and gur/ molasses- you may use the quantities as per your taste. Or you may use normal white sugar.
If you don't have multi-grain, use only wheat flour, it should come out fine.

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