Musk melon Badam Smoothie

Fruit smoothies provide you with the essential nutrients.Excellent meal replacement for those who want to do a detoxification.keeps u full for a long time provides you with fibre which is otherwise lost in juicing..apart from vitamins and minerals you get from fruits milk gives an extra dose of calcium and Vitamin D which makes this an excellent choice for health watchers.

Musk melons are a good source of Vitamin A,Vitamin C,B Complex Potassium etc

It is highly refreshing  on a hot summer day since it is a body coolant

Next time you crave for something sweet jus blend these and have a sweet low calorie guilt free healthy treat

Musk melon cut into small cubes-1/4 cup

Milk-3-4 cup

Almonds-4-6

Almonds sliced thin-1/2 tsp for garnishing

Saffron strands-few

Badam mix powder -1/2 tsp(optional)

Honey-1 tsp

Blend melons,milk honey badam mix almonds together until smooth.Pour into a glass.Garnish with sliced almonds and saffron strands..

No need to add sugar since honey substitutes.

Serve chill..

Arrowroot Halwa(koovakkali)

This halwa popularly known as thiruvathirakkali is prepared on Thiruvathira,considered Birthday of Lord Shiva

Kali and koottu are offered as neivedyam.

A simple never fail recipe..

Arrowroot powder-1/4 cup

Jaggery powdered-1/2 cup

Grated or thin sliced coconut-1 tbsp

Cardamom powder- a pinch

Water- 3/4 cup

Ghee-2 tbsps

Method

Dissolve jaggery in water and strain impurities

Heat on medium flame till it turns into   consistency of a syrup

Dissolve arrowroot powder in water and cook it in low flame till it turns transparent

Add jaggery syrup at this stage along with coconut scrapings and ghee

Keep stirring till halwa leaves sides

Add cardamom and a spoon of ghee before turning off the stove

Allow it to cool

You can transfer into any mould of your choice and turn upside down after it cools down completely

Eggless Chocolate super soft cake


Ingredients


All purpose flour/maida-1 1/2 cups
Cocoa powder-1/4 cup
Baking soda-1 tsp
Baking powder 1/4 tsp
Sugar-1 cup
Warm water -250 ml
Instant coffee powder-1/2 tsp
Vanilla essence-1/2 tsp
White Vinegar or Lemon juice-2 tsps
Oil-1/4cup

Method

Take water in a mixing bowl add instant coffee powder oil sugar  vanilla essence vinegar and stir till the sugar is completely dissolved
Sift flour cocoa powder baking soda baking powder twice.Add this to the wet ingredients slowly and stir in one direction with a whisk.mix for two min till everything is blended well.Grease and dust a baking tray and pour the mixture.Bake in a pre heated oven at 180 degrees for 25 min or till a tooth pick when inserted comes out clean

Please use the exact measurements given above else the result may vary.You can reduce the amount of cocoa powder..I used more for an extra chocolatey flavor