Nutella Cookies | Eggless Cookie Recipes

Eggless Nutella cookies recipe with step by step photos. I have posted recently various cookies recipes in my blog as I have been experimenting various cookies for my little one.Nutella is always a hit among the kids and so are these cookies.These cookies are loaded with nutella and one can even add little more nutella frosting on top and add few sprinkles to make it even more attractive for the kids.

Nutella cookies are extremely easy to prepare,do give a try to treat your little ones with the home made cookies.Cookies always taste best with a glass of chilled milk and my little one loves to dunk the cookie in the milk and eat it.Home made cookies are lot better in terms of quality compared to the store bought ones and also one can reduce the quantity of sugar and butter that goes in it and hence I choose to bake my own cookies.

Check out other cookies recipes in my blog:

• Coconut Cookies - Eggless
• Multigrain Crackers
• Tutti Frutti Cookies - Eggless
• Eggless Ragi Cookies

Here is how to make eggless nutella cookies recipe with step by step photos:

Eggless Nutella Cookies Recipe:
yields : 16-18 cookies | Author: Prathibha
Prep time: 15 mins | Baking time: 12 mins | Total time: 30 mins
Cuisine: International | Category: Snacks-Cookies

Ingredients:
1/2 cup All purpose flour
1/4 tsp Baking powder
3 tbsp Sugar,powdered
3 tbsp Butter,at room temperature
3 tbsp Nutella
1/4 tsp Vanilla essence
1-2 tsp Milk,if needed

Method:

• In a bowl add butter at room temperature, sugar , nutella and vanilla essence and whisk it using a hand whisker until you get a creamy mixture.

• Add flour and baking powder to the creamed butter-nutella mixture and mix it nicely.If needed add a couple of teaspoons of milk to form a dough.Do not knead it just gather the mixture to a dough, add little milk just to form a dough.I did not add any milk as it was not needed.

• Use a measuring spoon ,I used 1/2 tbsp spoon and scoop out the mixture and form a ball with it and press it slightly and place it on the parchment paper or baking sheet laid on the baking tray.

• Repeat the process and prepare all the cookies and place it on the parchment giving some space in between for them to expand while baking. Keep the tray in the fridge for 10 mins until the oven gets preheated,you can bake it immediately in the preheated oven but there are chances that they might not have proper shapes and expand more.
• Preheat the oven at 180 deg C/350 deg F for 12-15 mins.
• Place the baking tray in the oven and bake for 12-15 mins. Do not bake them for long as they will turn hard if baked for long, just bake until they are nicely puffed up.
  

• When you touch the top of the cookie it will be soft but will hold its shape as it gets cooled.
• Remove the tray and let the cookies sit on the tray for 8-10 mins and then slowly remove them on to the wire rack and let them cool completely.

Store them in an air tight container.Serve with a glass of chilled milk.

Notes:

1. Add little milk just enough to gather the mixture to form a dough, do not knead it.
2. You can add chocolate chips while making the dough for Choco chip Nutella cookies.
3. I usually prefer to chill the cookies spread on the baking tray before baking to avoid them to spread more while baking.
4. You can sieve the flour with the baking powder before adding to the wet ingredients.
5. Add 1-2 tsp of Corn flour along with the flour which gives lighter cookies.
6. You can double the ingredients for a large batch of cookies.

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Achari Gobi Recipe | Cauliflower Recipes

Achari Gobi recipe with step by step photos.It is always quite a task for me to plan a menu on everyday basis.It is easy for me to plan the lunch menu as I usually end up making the vegetables like carrot,beetroot,pumpkin, bottle gourd, ridge gourd which TH does not prefer to eat but surprisingly the little one loves to eat all these vegetables regularly and his new found favorite vegetables are pumpkin,carrot and beetroot.So the remaining vegetables make their way for dinner and it is quite boring to cook the vegetables in a same manner every time.Hence I always look for vegetable recipes so that it does not make our dinner boring.

Cauliflower is one of the favorite vegetables at home and I love to try various new recipes with it and I have tried this achari gobi recipe from Sanjeev kapoor's book and it is quite simple to make and it turned out quite delicious too.

Check out other cauliflower curry recipes in my blog:

• Ajwaini Aloo Gobi with Mustard flavour
• Aloo Gobi-Dry Curry
• Aloo Gobi Matar - Dry Curry 
• Cauliflower Aromatic stir fry
• Cauliflower(Gobi) Curry
• Cauliflower Kurma in Green gravy
• Gobi Kasuri
• Gobi Matar/Cauliflower-Peas Curry

Here is how to prepare achari gobi with step by step photos:

Achari Gobi Recipe:

Serves 2-3 | Author: Prathibha

Prep time: 10 mins | Cooking time: 20 mins | Total time: 30 mins

Cuisine: North Indian | Category: Side dish

Ingredients:

1 medium Cauliflower,separated into big florets

1 Onion,roughly chopped

1.5 tsp freshly grated Ginger

1 tsp freshly grated Garlic

2 Green chilies,chopped

2 tbsp chopped Coriander leaves

3/4 cup curd

3/4 tsp Turmeric powder

1 tsp Red chili powder

1.5 tsp Coriander powder

1/2 tsp Garam masala

1 tsp Amchur powder

Salt, to taste

1.5 tbsp Mustard oil

to temper:

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

1/2 tsp Cumin seeds

1/2 tsp Fennel seeds

1/2 tsp Nigella seeds(Kalonji)

1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds(methi)

1/4 tsp Asafoetida

Method:

• Wash and cut the cauliflower into big pieces and check carefully for the insects.Heat water in a big pot and add salt to it and add cut cauliflower pieces in it and boil for 3-4 mins until they are half cooked.Strain them and keep aside.
• In a kadai heat mustard oil until it is smoking hot and switch off the flame and let it cool for a while,
• Heat the mustard oil again and crackle mustard seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, nigella seeds, fenugreek seeds and then add asafoetida to it and fry for half a minute.

• Now add grated ginger, garlic and chopped green chilies and fry them for a minute. Then add chopped onions and fry nicely until they start to turn brown.

• Add blanched and strained cauliflower pieces to it and give a good stir and fry for 2-3 mins.
• In a cup whisk the curd with turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chili powder, salt, garam masala and amchur powder and keep it ready.

• Remove the pan from the stove or reduce the flame completely and then add whisked curd mixture to it and mix nicely and cover it and cook for 8-10 mins until the cauliflower pieces are cooked and the yogurt mixture is dry and has been absorbed completely.

• Add coriander leaves to it and mix well.

Serve it hot with rotis/parathas/rice.

Notes:

1. Mustard oil adds a nice flavor to the achari flavored curries and hence do not skip it. If you do not have it use the regular vegetable oil or sesame oil.
2. Mustard oil has high smoking point and hence you need to heat the oil until it is smoking hot.But you need to cool it and heat it again otherwise the spices will burn in the extremely hot oil.
3. You can even add potatoes along with gobi and make achari aloo gobi.
4. Cauliflower can be substituted with brinjal pieces to make Achari Baingan or with Paneer piecs to make Achari Paneer or with Potato pieces to make achari aloo.
5. You can even add 1 small chopped tomato or 2-3 tbsp tomato puree after you fry the onions and proceed with the same recipe.
6. Keep the cauliflower florets big else they get mushy at the end.

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Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe | Vegetarian Stuffed Mushrooms

Stuffed Mushrooms with a vegetarian filling recipe with step by step photos. Mushrooms are very versatile and can be used in various ways to create delicious starters, snacks,pulav, biryani,gravies,stir-fry,curry etc. Among all the mushrooms recipes this stuffed mushroom recipe is my most favorite, it is not only easy to prepare but also tastes delicious.If the preparation work of mushrooms is done, it takes hardly any time to cook them and stuff them and bake.It is an ideal recipe for starters in the parties, one can prepare the filling ahead and stuff the mushrooms and keep them ready and bake in the oven at the last minute.These stuffed mushrooms taste best when served hot and consumed immediately, otherwise they become soggy.

Stuffed Vegetables make any meal interesting and I always love stuffed colored bell peppers, stuffed jalapeno poppers, Indian style stuffed peppers,Stuffed Brinjals ,stuffed mushrooms which can jazz up any meal.

You can check few stuffed vegetables recipes in my blog - 

• Aloo stuffed Green Peppers / Bharwa Mirch
• Bharwa Karela | Stuffed Bittergourd with Besan
• Stuffed Bell Peppers with Corn and Cottage Cheese
• Dondakaya Ullipaya Karam | Stuffed Ivy Gourd
• Kakarakaya Ullipaya Karam/Stuffed Bitter gourd
• Stuffed Mirch-Andhra Style
• Vankaya Kobbari Karam | Stuffed Brinjals with fresh Coconut

You can check other mushroom recipes in my blog- Mushroom Biryani, Matar Mushroom Masala, Mushroom Chettinadu,Palak Mushroom.

Here is how to make stuffed mushrooms recipe with step by step photos.

Stuffed Mushrooms Recipe with Veg filling:

Serves 3-4 | Author: Prathibha

Prep time: 15 mins | Cooking time: 10 mins | Total time: 25 mins + 20 mins baking time

Cuisine: International | Category: Starters/Sancks

Ingredients:

15-20 white button Mushrooms

1/4 cup grated Mozarella/Cheddar/Processed cheese

1/4 cup Bread crumbs

1 small Onion,finely chopped

2-3 Garlic cloves,finely chopped

2-3 tbsp chopped Coriander leaves

2 tsp Mixed herbs

3/4 tsp Pepper powder

2-3 tbsp Olive oil

Salt, to taste

Method:

• Gently rub and wash the mushrooms.I usually rub them with rice flour gently and wash them under running water.Carefully remove the stalks and trim off the tip portion of the stalk and cut the stalk into fine pieces and keep aside.

• Heat 1 tbsp Olive oil in a pan and add finely chopped garlic and fry until it turns slight brown in color and then add finely chopped onion and fry until the onion turns light brown in color.

• Add the chopped mushroom stalks and saute them, they initially release water and let them cook more until the water is absorbed completely.

• Add the mixed herbs, pepper powder, salt and cook for another 2 mins.
• Let the mixture cool a bit.
• Meanwhile preheat the oven at 180 deg C/375  deg F for 10 mins.

• Now add the bread crumbs and chopped coriander leaves to the cooked mushroom stalk mixture and mix it well.

• Stuff the mushrooms with 2-3 tsp filling and sprinkle some grated cheese(of your choice) and little bit of bread crumbs and keep them ready.

• Arrange the stuffed mushrooms on a greased tray and dot them with olive oil and bake them in the oven at 170 deg C for 20-25 mins until they are done, they release water and starts to slightly drying up.When start drying up you can remove them from the oven.

Serve them immediately by adding freshly chopped coriander leaves.

Notes:

1. They taste best when served immediately and consumed hot, else they turn soggy and will not taste good.
2. Once the mushroom started releasing water in the oven means it is done but I usually keep it for little longer until it starts slightly drying up otherwise I find them bit raw.So it is your wish,you can remove them when you see the water starts forming under the mushrooms while baking.
3. The bread crumbs add a nice crispy texture on top so do not skip in the filling as well as add a little while topping them with cheese.
4. For a vegan version avoid cheese on top.

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Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies | Eggless Cookies Recipes

Eggless chocolate chip cookies recipe with step by step photos.Chocolate chip cookies along with a glass of chilled milk is a classic combo and I just them.I love to dunk the chocolate chip cookies in the cold milk and eat them.There are various versions of chocolate chip cookie recipes, some like their cookies soft and some like chewy and some like crisp and this recipe of mine yields a crisp yet soft to bite chocolate chip cookies and it is eggless too.I will post another recipe of chocolate chip cookies with eggs sometime soon which is a soft cookie version.

As I mentioned before these days I am baking cookies like crazy and sometimes I am baking 2-3 batches at one go so that I don't need to bother about the kiddo's snack box or those mid night hunger pangs for me.I have used dark brown sugar in the recipe and hence my cookies look bit darker in color but if you use regular brown sugar you will get golden brown cookies.I bet once you get the hang of the home made cookies I am sure you will never turn to buy the store bought cookies any more.

Check out other cookies recipes in my blog:

• Coconut Cookies - Eggless
• Multigrain Crackers
• Tutti Frutti Cookies - Eggless
• Eggless Ragi Cookies

Here is how to make eggless chocolate chip cookies recipe with step by step photos.

Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe:

Yields:16-18 cookies | Author: Prathibha

Prep time: 20 mins | Baking time: 15 mins | Total time: 35 mins

Cuisine: International | Category: Snacks

Ingredients:

3/4 cup All purpose flour

2 tsp Corn flour

a pinch of Salt

1/4 cup Butter

1/4 cup Brown sugar

2 tbsp Caster Sugar

1/2 cup Chocolate chips

1/4 tsp Baking soda

1-2 tsp Milk,if needed

1/2 tsp Vanilla essence

Method:

• Sieve flour with corn flour,salt and baking soda a couple of times and keep aside.

• Cream the butter with caster sugar and brown sugar until creamy and pale and then add vanilla essence and beat again.

• Add the sieved flour mixture and chocolate chips to the creamed butter mixture and mix until the mixture resembles the crumbs.Now add a couple of teaspoons of milk and mix until it forms a dough, do not over mix it.
• Preheat the oven at 180 deg C for 10 mins.
• Place a parchment paper on the cookie tray and keep it ready.
• Make small balls out of the dough by hand or scoop out using a small ice cream scooper and place them on the prepared cookie tray at a distance giving them enough space to raise while baking.

• I do not like if the cookies spread more and hence I usually refrigerate the cookie tray for 5-7 mins in the refrigerator, however this step is optional.But if you feel the dough is slightly wet it is advised to keep the dough for a while in the refrigerator,this avoids the cookies get spread more while baking.
• Bake it in the oven at 170 deg C for 12-15 mins, keep an eye on the cookies after 10 mins.The moment you see the brown patches at the edges and at the bottom of the cookies, it is time to bring them out of the oven.

• The cookies might be slightly soft to touch on top but when they are cooled they will be perfect.Cool the cookies on the sheet for a while and then remove them carefully and place on the wire rack to cool further.Once they are cooled completely store them in an air tight container.

Serve them with a glass of  chilled milk or as a snack.

Notes:

1. You can avoid brown sugar and make it with only white caster sugar but I highly recommend the use of brown sugar in the recipe.
2. Instead of chocolate chips you can add chopped chocolate chunks in the recipe.
3. You can also add few m&m's along with chocolate chips if you are making them for the kids.

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Kothimeera Pacchadi | Coriander Chutney for Idli,Dosa

Kothimeera pacchadi recipe with step by step photos.Idli and Dosa appears quite frequently for breakfast in any south Indian home. It is always challenging to think of a different side dish for Idli and Dosa apart from the usual fare like Coconut Chutney and sambar. Though I make various chutnies like Tomato Chutney, Tomato-Onion Chutney, Carrot Chutney, Capsicum Chutney, Peanut Chutney, Fried gram chutney but the moment I hear about any new chutney recipe I would like to try it immediately as we south Indians are never tired of the various chutney varieties.

During my last visit to my mil's place I had noticed a couple of vaious chutney variety jars sitting in the fridge and everyday she used to serve with different combinations of chutnies and powders with Idli and Dosa.These chutnies do not have large shelf life like couple of months but they are good to store for a couple of weeks or until a month. Niluva tomato pacchadi and this Kothimeera pacchadi were few among those pacchadi varieties which she keeps preparing often.Though I do not prepare Idli and dosa on daily basis but we love to indulge them over weekends atleast twice or thrice a month.Hence I never needed to make storable chutnies at my place but when my inlaws visited us last month Idli and Dosa featured quite often for our breakfast.Hence I had prepared few chutney varieties like niluva tomato pacchadi, mamidi allam pacchadi, allam pacchadi and this kothimeera pacchadi and these chutnies stayed quite well for a month. Though we prepare the regular chutnies, it is always nice to have an array of chutnies and powders to be served along with Idli and Dosa,it definitely jazz up your breakfast a bit.

Check out other chutney and powder varieties for Idli and Dosa:

• Coconut Chutney, Mint-Coriander flavored Coconut Chutney
• Onion Chutney
• Magaya Perugu Pacchadi 
• Mango Ginger Chutney | Mamidi Allam(Maa Inji) Chutney
• Peanut Chutney
• Tomato Chutney, Tomato-Onion Chutney
• Carrot Chutney, Capsicum Chutney
• Fried gram chutney
• Idly Podi/Milagai Podi 
• Idly Podi with Whole Black lentils/Nalla minumula Idli podi
• Idly Karapodi..Andhra Style
• Nalla Karapodi | Andhra Nalla Karam- for Idli/Dosa

Here is how to prepare Kothimira pacchadi recipe with step by step photos.

Kothimeera Pacchadi | Coriander Chutney Recipe for Idli,Dosa:

Serves 3-4 | Author: Prathibha

Prep time: 5 mins | Cooking time: 20 mins | Total time: 25 mins

Cuisine: Andhra | Category: Accompaniments,Side dish for Idli/Dosa

Ingredients:

1 big bunch Coriander leaves(roughly 3-4 cups)

8-10 Green chilies

1 big lemon sized Tamarind

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

1 tsp Cumin seeds

Salt,to taste

1 tbsp Oil

to temper:

1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

2 tsp Oil

Method:

• Wash and drain the water from the coriander leaves and green chilies and chop them roughly.
• Heat oil in a kadai and crackle cumin seeds and then add green chilies and fry until they wilt a bit.

• Add chopped coriander leaves,turmeric powder,tamarind and salt and fry until they become wilted and become a lump,this might take 12-15 mins.Cool it.

• Grind the coriander leaves mixture to a coarse paste in the mixer.If needed add a couple of tablespoons of water while grinding it.

• Heat oil in the same pan and crackle mustard seeds and then add ground paste and fry for another 3-4 mins until there is no moisture left in the chutney.Let it cool.
• Store it in an airtight glass container in the refrigerator.It stays nicely up to 3-4 weeks.

Take out required portion as required into the cup and add little water and dilute it and serve it as a side dish with Idli/Dosa/Uthappam.

Notes:

1. If you want to prepare the coriander chutney for rice, you can add a tbsp of urad dal and chana dal each before frying the green chilies and coriander leaves and proceed the same way.This chutney cannot be stored more than 2-3 days.
2. This chutney is extremely spicy and tastes best when served with other mild chutnies like coconut chutney, tamarind chutney.
3. You can reduce the number of green chilies in the recipe if you cannot bear much spice in the recipe.
4. If you want you can add bit of jaggery or sugar in the recipe to cut down the spice.

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Poha Tikki Recipe | Poha Cutlet | Poha Aloo Tikki

Poha tikki recipe with step by step photos.Tikkis or Cutlets are always a good option for the evening snacks or can be served as appetizers in the party.Tikkis are versatile and one can prepare various tikkis like aloo tikki, vegetable tikki, stuffed veg tikki, stuffed aloo tikki, aloo and greens tikki, kala chana kebab,veg shammi kebab,Soya chunks tikki,poha tikki, rava tikki etc.I have transformed sometimes the leftover pongal, upma, rice into tikkis as evening snacks as usually no one wants to eat the leftovers at my place.

I usually do not make poha tikkis often at my place and I would prefer the other versions anytime. I had even made this tikki because of a small mishap in my kitchen. When I asked my helper to clean the thin variety poha for a recipe she had washed it accidentally and all I was left was a thick mass of soft and soggy poha.I was left with no option other than transforming it into tikkis  and everyone had it with out any complaints.

Check out other tikki varieties in my blog- 

• Broccoli Tikki | Broccoli Cutlets 
• Hara Bhara Kabab
• Oats Tikki | Oats Cutlet
• Raw Banana Kebab | Kaccha Kele ka Cutlet
• Sabudana Tikki | Sago Cutlets
• Vegetable Chops | Stuffed Beetroot Cutlets - Bengali Style 
• Zucchini Patties

Here is how to make poha aloo tikki recipe with step by step photos.

Poha Tikki Recipe:

Yields 10-12 tikkis | Author: Prathibha

Prep time: 20 mins | Cooking time: 25 mins | Total time: 45 mins

Cuisine: Indian | Category: Snacks

Ingredients:

1 cup Poha/Flattened rcie flakes(Atukulu)

1 medium sized Potato,boiled peeled and mashed

1 small Onion,finely chopped

1/4 cup chopped Coriander leaves

3-4 Green chili,finely chopped or ground into paste

1.5 tsp grated Ginger 

1 tsp Chaat masala

1 tsp Amchur powder

1/2 tsp Garam masala

1 tsp roasted Cumin powder

Salt,to taste

Method:

• Wash poha in water and remove the water and let it soak for a while for 15-20 mins.If it is thick poha soak in little water,if it is thin poha you can drain water completely and let it soak.
• Slightly mash the poha with your hands,it is optional.

• In a large bowl add soaked and mashed poha,boiled peeled and mashed potato, finely chopped onion,green chili and coriander leaves,grated ginger, chaat masala, garam masala,cumin powder, amchur powder and salt and mix everything nicely until it is mixed nicely.

• Take a big lemon sized portion of the poha mixture and make it into a ball and flatten it to form a tikki.
• You can roll them in bread crumbs by dipping in thin maida-water mixture or else leave them as they are.I left them like that only and refrigerate them for half an hour.

• Heat a flat pan and add 1-2 tbsp oil and spread with a spatula and place the tikkis and fry them over low-medium flame until they are done by flipping it in between to roast on the other side.

Serve them hot with green chutney and meetha chutney or tomato sauce.Sprinkle some chaat masala on the tikkis while serving.

Notes:

1. You can even grind the poha to a powder and sprinkle little water to it and follow the same process.
2. You can add grated vegetables like grated carrots,boiled green peas or blanched green beans  or chopped raw bell peppers or capsicum to the mixture before making tikkis.
3. You can dip the tikkis in the sooji or oats or bread crumbs on both sides for a crunchy layer on the top.
4. You can make it in the shape of oval or heart shaped cutlets or you can make like egg shaped rolls and deep fry in oil.

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