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Vegan Lasagna
March 23, 2022

Vegan Lasagna

Lasagna is an Italian dish. Usually this dish is prepared with lasagna pieces layered with tomato meat sauce, ricotta cheese and mozzarella cheese. I made this healthy vegan lasagna dish, with shredded cauliflower in tomato basil sauce to give it that ricotta cheese texture. It …

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Banana Bread
March 22, 2022

Banana Bread

Many claim that overripe bananas are antioxidant rich. Overripe banana starch breaks down to sugar. That is why it is good to use these bananas in banana bread. These overripe bananas bring out a good banana taste.

Breads and Pizzas
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Cinnamon Pecan Swirl Bread
March 22, 2022

Cinnamon Pecan Swirl Bread

Cinnamon Pecan Swirl bread is healthy, low in calories and protein rich bread.

Cinnamon pecan swirl bread

Cinnamon Pecan Swirl Bread

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Cinnamon pecan swirl is very nutritious breakfast bread. You can eat this delicious bread with butter, cream cheese.
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Prep Time 2 hours 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 50 minutes
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people
Calories 70 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Measuring cups
  • 1 Measuring spoons
  • 1 Bread loaf tin
  • 1 Thermometer

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups Bread flour
  • 1 3/4 cups Milk(110 f)
  • 1 packet Yeast
  • 2 tbsp Sugar
  • 3 1/2 tbsp Butter(melted)
  • 1 tsp Salt

Cinnamon pecan filling ingredients

  • 1 tsp Butter
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
  • 2 tbsp Brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp Pecan(finely chopped)

Instructions
 

  • Take a deep bowl, add milk at 110 F temperature, add sugar, yeast and keep it in a warm place for 15 mins.
  • Take a big bowl, add bread flour, salt, and add foamed yeast mixture to it, making a circular motion to collect the dough together, and let the dough rest for 15 mins.
  • Take out the dough and knead the dough for 10 mins until the dough is smooth. Now let the dough rise until it is doubled in size for 60 mins.
  • Meanwhile make the cinnamon filling. Take a bowl, add cinnamon, pecan, sugar, and butter, mix together, filling is ready to go in the bread.
  • Take the risen dough out and punch it and make a square shape, put the cinnamon, sugar and pecan mixture on the square shape dough and roll the dough tightly.
  • Place the tightly rolled dough in an oil loaf pan, cover the pan with a domed shaped pot, make sure it doesn’t stick to the loaf pan. Let the dough rise 1 to 2 inch high above the loaf pan for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Bake the bread for 40 mins until the top is golden brown.
Keyword American bread, Breads, Breakfast
Cinnamon pecan swirl bread with butter

Breads and Pizzas
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Bhindi Masala(Okra)
March 17, 2022

Bhindi Masala(Okra)

Bhindi masala(Okra)is a very nutritious food. It has many nutrients, vitamin C, vitamin K, Antioxidants, and Protein. This bhindi masala is made with very minimum masala, yet it is very tasty dish.

Vegetarian Recipes
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Baguette
March 8, 2022

Baguette

Baguette is a long thin French bread. It is made with basic dough. French baguette is popular all over the world because of its crisp crust and softer crumb. It can be used as starter snack bites with dips, soups and salads, croutons, stew, sandwiches, …

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American Meat Stew With A Twist
March 2, 2022

American Meat Stew With A Twist

American meat stew is a very flavorful, protein and fiber rich, easy to put together recipe. I had the pleasure to make this recipe with an Indian twist with dopiaza masala. You can add many of your favorite veggies and roots. American meat stew is a favorite in my family in the winter season. Everyone should try this yummy meat stew recipe. 

American Meat Stew

American Meat Stew With A Twist

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I had the pleasure to make this recipe with an Indian twist with dopiaza masala. You can add many of your favorite veggies and roots.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people
Calories 190 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Instant pot or Insta pot

Ingredients
  

  • 2 pound Meat any type – goat, beef, chicken
  • 1 no Beet root
  • 1 no Red Capsicum
  • 1 no Green Capsicum
  • 2 no Turnip roots(Shalgam)
  • 4 no Yellow Squash
  • 5 no Celery stacks
  • 1 no Onion
  • 1 no Tomato
  • 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 3 tbsp Stew Dopiaza masala(any brand) for saute
  • 2 tbsp Flour for coating meat
  • 1 tbsp Stew Dopiaza masala(any brand) for coating meat
  • 1/4 cup Canola oil for frying coated meat
  • 1 tbsp Canola oil for saute ( add this oil in remaining fried oil)
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 6 Cups Hot Water(for instant pot)

Instructions
 

  • Wash meat and dry with a paper towel. Take a bowl, mix flour and stew dopiaza masala. Coat meat with this mixture and fry in hot oil.
  • Wash all vegetables and cut into square pieces. Take one pot, add tablespoon of oil in remaining fried oil, let heat the oil.  Add cut onion, let it cook, add teaspoon of ginger garlic paste, let it cook for a minute. Put stew dopiaza masala, add cut tomato, add all cut vegetables, and fried meat to it.
    Cut vegetables
  • Now transfer all this to an instant pot and add 6 cups of hot water. Put the pot into the instant pot. Press the meat stew settings. Press start.

Notes

All my recipes are for four people. If you are cooking it for less then make the recipe ingredients into half or cooking it for more then make the recipe double.
Keyword American, Indian recipe, meat stew
Instant Pot Recipes, Non-Vegetarian Recipes
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Masala Stuffed Brinjal
February 25, 2022

Masala Stuffed Brinjal

 Masala stuffed brinjal is a special dish from all over India. Stuffed brinjal is a healthy, flavorful and all vegetarian dish. This vegetable is used in various cuisines. It has lots of fiber and vitamins, protein and is low in calories.

Vegetarian Recipes
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Sarso Saag
February 24, 2022

Sarso Saag

Sarso saag is a popular dish from the northern Indian state of Punjab. Ever since I moved to America I loved to make this dish with some twist of more vegetables, roots and unique masala.  This is a very tasty dish served with corn flour …

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Strawberry Jam Thumbprint Cookies
February 18, 2022

Strawberry Jam Thumbprint Cookies

Try this yummy healthy fruit filled recipe for your sweet cravings. You can eat this as snack or dessert after dinner.

Strawberry Jam Thumbprint Cookies

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You will say Yum! when you try this mouthwatering strawberry jam filled thumbprint cookies.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Dessert, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine American, Swedish
Servings 4 people
Calories 140 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Measuring cups
  • 1 Baking tray
  • 1 square Non-stick Aluminum foil

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cups Lactose free butter
  • 1 and 1/4 Cups Bread flour or All purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup Powdered Brown Sugar
  • 1 no. Egg White
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup Strawberry jam

Instructions
 

  • Take room temperature butter, break the butter and add powdered brown sugar mix well.
  • Add vanilla extract and egg white and mix well with spatula.
  •  Add flour, mix well and form a dough.
  •  Now take the oven tray, line it with a nonstick aluminum foil or parchment paper, put a tablespoon of dough and make a ball, flatten it and make an imprint with the bake of the teaspoon or rolling pin, filling  the imprint with jam.
  • Preheat oven at 325 degree Fahrenheit. Once oven is preheated, put the cookie tray on middle rack of the oven and bake cookies for 25 minutes. After 25 minutes, put the cookie tray on top rack for 5 minutes, bake it until golden light brown.

Notes

Notes: If you are not lactose intolerant then you can use regular butter.
 
Keyword Cookies, Jam filled cookies, Thumbprint cookies
Dessert Recipes
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Methi Chicken
February 17, 2022

Methi Chicken

This delicious methi chicken [Fenugreek leaves Chicken] recipe is rich in protein, vitamins, fiber and very low in calories.

Non-Vegetarian Recipes
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by SunitasFoodBlog.com