This recipe is a part of A to Z recipe challenge, this is my 11th post for the challenge. We choose key ingredients alphabetically to cook and post a dish every month.
This month alphabet is "L" so I choose LEMON and make sparkling lemon tea from it.

Aloo Methi Tamatar Sabzi | How to make Alu Methi ki Sabzi - Lunch Box Recipe | Aloo Methi Sabzi - No Onion No Garlic | Indian stir fry with Fenugreek Leaves, Potato and Tomato

Hello All my friends, readers and Followers. I'm back with one more winter delicacy for you. This is my own personal favorite & very much loved and all time favorite lunch box recipe. Before the season end I wanted to share this easy and simple recipe of aloo methi tamatar sabzi.

Aloo Methi is my one of the most loved sabzi particularly winter time. This formula is once more that my mother's recipe and I'm sharing it with no single change. I strongly believe that Aloo Methi Sabzi is very much needed in every winter season.

You know that fenugreek leaves are fresh and best available in this winter season. It is considered as a winter special medicine.  It is the well-suited solution for basic cold because of its solid antiviral properties.

This is very simple and flavorful recipe. This is made up with few ingredients like fenugreek leaves, potato, tomato and Indian spices, which is easily available in our kitchen. Methi or fenugreek leaves is made mostly in all households in some form of vegetable or in paratha's and dal's. It's winter delight at my home.

We usually make methi paratha, dahi methi poori, gujarati style methi thepla.

Even I can make some quick breakfast recipe from it, especially the paratha from it. Mashed aloo methi sabzi, add some salt, red chilli powder, a pinch of garam masala and amchur powder(dry mango powder). Mix it well and used it in your paratha as stuffing and eat with butter of your choice (white or yellow) or great going with curd or tea.

The fenugreek leaves has a bitter punch and that is why we paired with sweet vegetable which balance the bitterness and that we used in our this recipe is Tomato(tamatar). This is great going with roti, paratha, used as a side dish with dal, roti, dahi and side salad.

Tomato imparts a sweet and sour burst and makes the dish look beautiful along with dark green fenugreek leaves and yellow potatoes! Try this simple recipe of methi along with potato and tomato.

Course : Main Course/ Side Veggie
Cuisine : Indian(North)
Preparation time :10 minutes 
Cooking time :12-15 minutes 
Servings : 2-3
Author : Jolly Makkar

Ingredients

Fenugreek leaves (Methi leaves) – 1 bunch
Potato – 2 large, cubed
Tomato – 2 medium sized, finely chopped
Green chillies - 1 to 2 no, finely chopped (as per your preference)
Red chilli powder – 1 tsp or to taste
Turmeric powder / Haldi – 1/2 tsp (optional)
Dhaniya powder/ Coriander powder -  1/2 tsp
Garam masala - 1/4 tbsp
Salt to taste
Oil – 2 -3 tbsp

Preparation Method

1. Clean the fenugreek leaves and finely chopped it. Wash the fenugreek leaves properly and then chop it finely.

2. Heat the oil in a saucepan/kadai. When the oil is hot enough, now add the cubed potatoes and fry on high heat for a few minutes. This will crisp the potatoes on the outside.

3. Next add the finely chopped fenugreek leaves and green chilies. Fry for a minute.

4. Now add chopped tomatoes, mix in the masala's – red chilli powder, turmeric powder (haldi), coriander powder, salt and mix well..

5. Cover the saucepan/kadai and lower the heat. Stir often. Cook until the potatoes and tomatoes are soft.

6. Now fry for a few minutes. This will add a crispy layer to the cooked vegetables. Add garam masala powder, mix well.

7. Serve with roti and raita.

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The weather has warmed up a bit and I am craving smoothies and protein shakes. Banana Kiwi Smoothie is a delicious creamy beverage prepared by blending banana, kiwi, milk, chia seeds and honey. The addition of chia seeds to this drink gives you added fiber and nutrients. This banana kiwi smoothie is a meal in a glass, and really tasty, too!

With a base of frozen banana and fresh kiwi, play a great smoothie which is rich in fiber to keep our systems in good working order.

It can also help ensure to start the day with a dose of nutrition, which can be reassuring if they are sometimes reluctant to eat their fruits and veggies in other forms.

Banana Kiwi smoothie is slightly thick and naturally sweetened with honey, I didn't use sugar. It's a fantastic way to start your day. This yummy smoothie blend with kiwi's, bananas and all of your favorite fruits in a blender with low-fat yogurt or skim milk. Isn't it so yummy 😋😋

The trick to a tasty KIWI BANANA smoothie with chia seeds is to make sure that you use the skimmed milk or toned milk which has no cream and very light in weight, as compared to full cream milk. For my vegan friends, they can use soy milk or almond milk also. There is no need to soak chia seeds, use it as raw seeds. Even you can add yogurt instead of milk. Serve immediately!

This is sugar free smoothie, I have used honey into to it to work as a sweetener, if you don't like honey.. you can use sugar too or make it simple with no sweetener. and I must say it's a STRESS BUSTER smoothie.

Delicious smoothies are an awesome way to pack tons of nutrition into a delicious treat that you can anywhere. This smoothie will give you energy and keep you feeling full for hours.

You can try these thick and creamy
cantaloupe banana smoothie and
apple cinnamon smoothie with toasted almonds
Time : 10 min
Preparation time : 5 min
Course : Smoothie/Beverage
Serves - 1 to 2 (makes 3 mini glasses)
Author : Jolly Makkar

INGREDIENTS :

Small sliced frozen banana - 1 no
Kiwi, peeled and sliced - 1 medium
Skimmed Milk / Toned milk - 1 cup
Chia seeds - 1 teaspoon
Honey /Sugar - 1 tablespoon honey, optional

PREPARATION METHOD :

1. Slice the banana and freeze it for 1 hour.

2. Add all the ingredients in a blender and pulse until smooth.

3. Pour into a glass and serve with chopped kiwi, banana and chia seeds on top to taste.


This recipe is a part of A to Z recipe challenge, this is my 10th post for the challenge. We choose key ingredients alphabetically to cook and post a dish every month.
This month alphabet is "K" so I choose KIWI and make a easy peasy smoothie from it.

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This eggless carrot coconut bread is moist, easy and delicious recipe to make. A loaf of sweet bread is a great way to start the morning in our house. This loaded carrot coconut cake is one of my all time favourite desserts. A total delight to my tastebuds😍😍.

Best Wishes to everyone. Wish all my fan and readers A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR 2020 💛💛

Hope you had a great fun on this day, and did all dhoom masti. We enjoyed this day at home, we usually avoid this day to go out because everywhere is so crowded and party place that day, loud music. For our toddler, we avoid it and enjoyed our day at home.

Enjoyed the last sunset of 2019 on 31st december and later on enjoy the food and dance at home 💃💃😀 Sharing few pictures of sunset with you, more you can view on my Instagram profile !!

MY BALCONY VIEW - SUNSET CLICKS IN BANGALORE - 31ST DEC 2019

What is carrot coconut cake?

This eggless bread is very tender and light cake recipe to make without any fuss. Fabulously tropical carrot combined with crunchy coconutty flavours, that's awesome. It was soft, dense and a little crispy on the outside, which is exactly what a loaf cake should be.

We are in the first week of January, I just can't  believe how last year (2019) flies has flown by! This the time of the year where you'll get fresh seasonal veggies and carrot is one of them.

When my husband saw fresh orange carrots again into the market, they will take it immediately and said me to make some yummy carrot cake again for this New Year Eve.

My husband is a huge fan of homemade cakes! Like it’s his favorite cake and I hardly make it for him, unless he requests it for this New Year again, so I said okay.

Few months back I have tried eggless recipe of both the cake with single single flavours

 I really don't need a chance to bake a cake 😃 For me, it's like a stress buster😍! So on that special day of New Year, I made this cake.

When I usually bake something I am trying to adding few other ingredients which is my favourite one. Few months back, I made a coconut cake. So thought to combine carrot with coconut, I still went ahead and baked this delicious and really easy carrot coconut cake.

For my big sweet tooth, this delicious treat was sorted for couple of few days..hehehe 😃😃

This cake are a perfect treat to any get together or Christmas or New Year Eve party. The flavors are making me crazy excited!

So I hope you will love this carrot coconut loaf cake! It is:

** Super yummy
** Rich and Decadent cake
** So Flavourful

Let's see this how to make easy and soft, moist carrot coconut bread recipe with step by step photos method.


Total Time : 1 hour 20 minutes
Preparation Time : 30 minutes
Baking Time : 50-55 minutes
Cuisine : American, International Cuisine
Course : Baking, Bread
Author : Jolly Makkar

Ingredients for Bread :

Dry Ingredients :

Whole Wheat flour/Atta - 3/4 cup
All purpose flour/Maida -  3/4 cup
Powdered Sugar - 1 cup
Baking Powder - 1 and 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Fresh Grated Carrot - 1 cup
Dessicated coconut - 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp (for sprinkle that is totally optional)
Roughly chopped almonds and walnuts

Wet Ingredients :

Oil - 1/3 cup
Buttermilk - 1/2 (you can use milk)
Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp

Other Ingredients :

butter paper
loaf pan

Preparation Method :

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F) or 180 degrees (C). Lightly grease a loaf pan; set aside.

2. In a large bowl combine sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and add cinnamon powder.

3. In a separate bowl, beat the oil, buttermilk and sugar together until it looks melted.

4. Add the grated carrots, the vanilla essence, mix it well.

5. Carefully fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until mixed in, then gently swirl in the coconut flakes.

6. Pour mixture into prepared pan, sprinkle the top with chopped crushed dry fruits(almonds and walnuts), and place pan in oven to bake for 55-60 minutes, or until the top is golden and a cake tester comes out clean.

7. Allow loaf to cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes before removing and transferring to a cooling wrack to completely cool.
               
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Healthy No Bake Date Energy Bar with simple step by step photos recipe - These no bake date bars are one of the best date recipes and perfect snack you can make! Sweet, chewy, and wholesome bars are chock full of nuts and have no added sugars.

You can’t beat how easy, healthy, and simple date bars they are. These are a perfect munching snack box treat for festivals time or holidays season. I also love having them on hand for those times I need a treat terribly but know that I don’t really need a treat. They are perfect craving busters.

What are the benefits of eating dates?

Dates are a great food to include in your kids day. Not only are the packed with fiber (almost a full gram of fiber per date) they are portable and delicious.  This makes them easy to take an eat on the go. They are higher in calories than other fruit which is great for picky eaters. That’s what makes these bars an even better snack, kids can eat dates with healthy dry fruits all day long.

Because dates are so sweet, dates provide the perfect natural alternative to added sugars in any date recipe. In fact, dates are such a great source of natural sugar, they have been processed to make natural sweeteners such as date juice, date sugar, dehydrated dates, date paste, ground dates, and even diced dates that you can add to recipes you want to sweeten up naturally.

I remember my mom used to soak almonds and give it to us all siblings in morning time when we were kids. Soaked almond are really cool for our body, they never gives heat to it. Otherwise almonds are so heated snacks, while having or eating them as raw. I used to soak almonds at night, for me and for my kiddo and husband and next day morning peel the almonds and give them as a snack in breakfast or with milk.

Can I eat dates every day?

You can! One serving of dates is 5-6 dates, which is really easy to do when you blend them in a mixer and make delicious no bake date bars like this!


This superfood energy bar recipe is 100% kids friendly and the perfect wholesome snack recipe. Easy, nutritious and much less expensive than the store-bought bars.

You can use cashews or apricot also to make such nut bars. Mix and match dry fruits as per availability. There is no need to add any liquid ingredients. I think a high power blender or food processor could be used to make these, but I haven’t tried it myself. I have tried it normal mixer grinder.


So let's see how to make make this vegan, gluten free and sugar free date energy bars with simple steps.

Preparation Time : 15 minutes 
Cooking Time : 0 minutes
Total Time : 15 minutes
Recipe type: Snacks
Serves: 8 to 12 bar
Author: Jolly Makkar

Ingredients :
                                                                                 
Dates seeds removed - 1 and half cup(1.5 cup)
Walnut - 1/2 cup
Almonds - 1/4 cup
Dessicated coconut - 1/4 cup
Sunflower seeds - 2 tbsp

Preparation Method :

1. First of all, clean the dates and remove seeds.

2. In a mixer or food processor add walnut, almonds. Pulse for 10 seconds. Repeat this until dry fruits are broken into pieces. Add

3.  To this add seeds and coconut. Pulse for 10 seconds.

4. Add dates, pulse for 20 seconds. Repeat this for 2-3 times till dates are crushed and mixed with dry fruit mixture.

5. Line a parchment paper in a baking pan or in a plate.

6. Pour this mixture in the pan and set it with the help of a spatula. Spread some sunflower seeds on top. Set them and keep in the fridge until they firm.

7. Remove the bars from the pan and cut into pieces using a sharp knife. Enjoy these bars cold or frozen. Store in an air-tight container in the fridge or freezer.

8. This recipe was adapted and inspired by no bake dry fruit energy bar from Preethi Cuisine. I have made few changes as per my taste buds.

This recipe is under Recipe Swap Challenge & this month my partner is Preethi who blog at preethicuisine.com. This month our challenge theme is "Holiday Dessert Ideas"

You can also try 

No Bake Date, Coconut and Almond Rolls

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