Ingredients

• Oats – 1 cup
• Almond – 1/4 cup
• Wheat flour – 1/4 cup
• Honey – 1/4 cup
• Curd – 2 tsp
• Vanilla essence – 1/2 tsp

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180 deg C for 10 min.
• Fry the almonds a bit. 

•  Take 1cup oats and add the fried almonds and grind both to a fine powder.

•  Mix the wheat flour to the grinded powder.

•  Add Honey to it.

•  Add curd to it.

•  Mix together, to form a dough.

•  Take small portions of the dough and make round balls and flatten a bit.
• Arrange them in a cookie sheet, with 2 inch distance between them.

•  Using the fork, press the cookies to form the impression.

• Bake the cookies for 15 to 20 min or till you get the brown colour at the sides.
• Delicious cookies are ready to be served.

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When I announced the event, Dish name starts with N, the first dish that came to my mind is Nankhatai and others being Nutella recipes… So today we will see the Nankhatai and in the coming posts, we will see some Nutella recipes…While browsing for the Nankhatai recipe, I came across recipes which was calling for different ingredients in each recipe… So I called to my North Indian friend, to check with the recipe and decided to go with it… Here is the recipe…

Ingredients

• All purpose flour/Maida – 2 cups
• Ravai/Sooji/Semoline – 2 tsp
• Cardamom crushed – 1 tsp
• Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
• Butter – 1 cup/1 stick (I used salted at room temperature)
• Sugar – 1.5 cups
• Pistachios – crushed

Method

• Preheat the oven to 150 deg Celcious.
• Add the Maida in a bowl.

• To this add the rawa, cardamom, baking soda.

• Mix/Sift them well.

• Beat butter and sugar until fluffy.

• Add the butter-sugar mix to the Mixed flour or vice versa.

• Mix well to form a dough.

• Take small portions of the dough and arrange it in the baking tray with gaps inbetween.
• Make small cuts in the top of the balls and just put some crushed pistachios and press gently.

• Repeat the process for all balls.

• Now keep in oven for 20 to 25 min in the middle rack.
• When they slightly start changing its colour, take out from oven and allow to cool for 5 min.

• Serve the Nankhatai is a bowl or plate.
• Can be preserved if kept in a airtight container. But mine got over by the same day.

Notes: Instead of salted butter, you can go for unsalted butter. Since I like little salty taste in biscuits, I went with salted butter. If the dough becomes dry, add little lukewarm milk and make a soft dough. The other recipes called in                   1). addition of 2 tsp of gram flour to the above recipe                                                              or                    2). 1 cup all purpose flour and 1 cup wheat flour instead 2 cups of  APF.                                                              or                    3). 2 cups APF, baking soda and cardamom powder alone and no rawa. So you may try any of the version and let me know ur comments.

This goes to the following events
My event: Dish name starts with N
Bake fest by Vardhini and pumpkin form
Favorite recipe: Cookies by Swathi
Cookie Mela by Srivalli
Lets Party: Go bake it by Surabhi

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Ingredients

• All purpose flour/maida – 2 cups
• Butter/Margarine – 4 tsp (room temperature)
• Salt – 3/4 to 1 tsp
• Powdered sugar – 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves (cut into small pieces) – 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves (cut into small pieces) – 1 tsp
• Mint Leaves (cut into small pieces) – 1 tsp 
• Green Chillies – 1 tsp (cut finely)
• Omam/Ajwain seeds – 2 tsp
• Baking soda – a pinch (optional)
• Milk – 3 to 4 tsp 

Method

• Mix the flour and ghee.
• Then add all the other ingredients except milk and mix well.
• Now add milk little by little till you get a smooth dough consistency.
• Now roll the dough as you do for a chappathi to a 1/4 inch thickness.
• Cut the dough to desired shapes and arrange it in a baking tray.
• Place the dough to the preheated oven to 180 deg C.
• Bake it for 15 min and check whether the sides have becomes slight brown. If so, then remove from oven, cool down.
• The crispy khara/masala biscuits are ready and have it immediately or store in an air tight container.

This goes to my event: Dish Name starts with K

Note:

• I used salted butter and reduced the salt. You can use unsalted butter too and adjust salt according to taste)
• Quantity of milk can be adjusted so as to make a dough consistency.

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Ingredients

• All Purpose flour/Maida – 3/4 cup
• Custard Powder – 3/4 cup
• Corn Flour – 4 tsp
• Butter – 1/2 cup
• Powdered Sugar – 1/2 cup
• Curd – 3 tsp
• Vanilla Essence – 1 full cap of essence bottle
• Jam – any kind ( i used pineapple and Strawberry)

Method

• Beat the butter and powdered sugar untill fluffy.
• To this, add the flour, custard powder, corn flour and curd and make it to a dough.
• Spread on a flat bottomed surface and using a rolling pin roll it to a 5 mm thickness. ( i used chappathi roll )

• Now cut into desired shape and put a hole in the middle.
• Arrange the biscuits in the baking tray.
• Put the jam into the hole.
• Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius and bake it for 15 min or till the corner becomes brown .
• Remove from the tray and cool it and store it in an airtight container.

This goes to my event Dish Name Starts with J and I am sending my below recipes

Garlic Rolls to herbs and flowers by PJ and Vardhini
Egg Kurma, Egg Podimass, Egg Briyani, Egg Caspicum Gravy, Egg Fried Rice to ARS event: E for Egg Recipes by Ila and Charitha
CCC Raitha and Carrot Peas Pulao to HLI – Carrots by Kalyani
Eggless Oats Coconut Cookies, Eggless Oats Chocochip Cookies to WWC – Oats by Monika and Sanjeeta
Veggie Pizza and Pasta Payasam to Only Pasta, Pizza and Noodle by Pari and Jaysri Ravi
Pasta Payasam to Fusion Food – Pasta by Ramya
Ivy gourd fry to Food Palette series – Black by Torviewtoronto

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Ingredients

• All Purpose flour – 1.5 cups
• Hazelnuts – 1/2 cup (toasted and chopped) and 1 cup (grind to powder)
• Butter/Margarine – 1.5 cups (i used margarine)
• Brown Sugar – 1 cup (can be adjusted according to taste) 
• Sugar – 1/4 cup
• Salt – a pinch
• Baking Soda – 1/2 tsp
• Baking Powder – 1/2 tsp

Method

• Mix the sugar and butter until fluffy.
• In another bowl, mix the all purpose flour, powdered hazelnuts, baking soda and baking powder and salt.

• Now add this flours, to the sugar butter mixture and now add the chopped hazelnuts and mix together.
• Make the smooth dough with the mixture and make into small balls.

• Pre-heat the oven to 180 deg Celsius.
• Now arrange the balls, in the baking tray and flatten a little bit.
• Bake it for 15 to 20 min or until they become brown in colour and allow to cool.
• Store it in an air tight container for 2 weeks.

This goes to my event Dish Name Starts with H

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Ingredients

• In a vessel, mix the butter and sugar well untill the butter becomes fluffy.
• Fry the grated coconut till slight brown and keep it ready.
• Now add in the other ingredients along with coconut together and mix well.
• Make them in small balls and then press slightly in your palms.
• Meanwhile preheat the oven to 180 C.
• Arrage the cookies in the baking tray leaving 1 to 2 inch gap inbetween the cookies.
• Bake for 20 mins or untill the cookies becomes brown in colour.
• When the cookies are ready, remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 min.
• Crispy, Healthy and Tasty cookies are ready and store in a air tight container for future use.

This goes to the event CWF – Oats by Priya

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Ingredients

• All Purpose flour – 2 cups
• Oats – 1 cup
• Chocochips – 1/2 cup
• Salted Butter – 1.5 cup
• Sugar –  2 cups
• Baking powder – 1 tsp
• Baking soda / Bicarbonate of soda – 1/2 tsp
• Milk – 2 tsp

Method

• In a vessel, mix the butter and sugar well untill the butter becomes fluffy.
• Now add in the other ingredients together and mix well.
• Make them in small balls and then press slightly in your palms.
• Meanwhile preheat the oven to 180 C.
• Arrage the cookies in the baking tray leaving 1 to 2 inch gap inbetween the cookies.
• Bake for 20 mins or untill the cookies becomes brown in colour.
• When the cookies are ready, remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 min.
• Crispy, Healthy and Tasty cookies are ready and store in a air tight container for future use.

This goes to the following events

• My event Dish Name Starts with E
• Priya’s CWF: Oats

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Ingredients

• All Purpose Flour – 2 cups
• Cocoa Powder – 4 tsp
• Sugar – 1 to 1.5 cups
• Unsalted Butter – 1 cup
• Milk – 2 tsp
• Salt – a pinch
• Baking soda/Bicarbonate of soda – 1/4 – 1.2  tsp
• Baking powder – 1 tsp
• Chocolate chips – 1/2 cup

Method

• Mix the butter and sugar in a vessel nicely untill they become fluffy. (the butter must be at room temperature)

• Now to this, add the other ingredients and mix nicely.
• Make them in small round balls and press little bit.
• Meanwhile preheat the oven to 180 deg C.

• Now keep the cookies in tray and bake for 20 to 25 min or just insert a stick in mid of a cookie and take it out and check that nothing sticks to it.
• Serve the hot cookies or save in a air tight container.

Sending this to the following events
My Event – Dish Name Starts with E
Kids Delight – Chocolate Feast by Srivalli

With this i want to share the award sent by Jaleela of SamaiyalAttakaasam and an award for participating in Veggie/Fruit  a month – Banana, conducted by Aipi of US masala. There is no need for any introduction to both these ladies, as you know them very well and their wonderful recipes. Thank you ladies for the award. I am honoured.

Then i am tagged by Priya Vaasu of En Veetu Kitchen and Kurinji of Kurinji Kadhambam

What is you take on organic food, is it a big deal for you?
Yes, i go for organic food whenever i find time.

Do you find time your breakfast, lunch 7 dinner or eat when you are hungry?
Never find time to take breakfast now a days. Only lunch and dinner ok.

What inspired you to write a food blog?
After marriage i was very new to cooking and i always call my mother and ask for the ingredients and recipes and used to write what she says in a note book or paper. But it made me bore to try the same dishes everytime. So i started searching the net for any recipes and came across the blogs and also i want to save all my collections together. Like this i started the blog. Though i started a blog by 2007 itself, i could able to continue it. But again started a new one with a new look by 2010 and it is Learning to cook.

You try a new recipe and it does not turn out good. What will you do?
I will not leave it until it turns out good to my satisfaction.

Name 3 ingredients you consciously avoid or eliminate even when the recipe calls for it?
I try to avoid egg in any cookies or cake since my mom wont eat egg and try to reduce the masala items (cant say particularly).

Name 3 things you have to use in most recipes?
Onion, Tomato, Ginger – Garlic paste.

How important is eating meals together as a family to you?
Its very import, but we find time only while having dinner.

You do not like a particular dish at your favorite restaurant, what will you do?
I will call the Manager or Server and let them know, it is not good.

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First wish you all a very happy new year…..

Next comes the recipe….

Ingredients

• All Purpose Flower – 1.5 cups
• Butter – 3/4 to 1 cup ( i used salted butter)
• Sugar – 1/2 cup to 3/4 th cup ( or can adjust as ur taste)
• Baking powder – 1/2 tsp
• Baking soda – 1/4 tsp

Method

• Mix the Butter and Sugar together until it becomes fluffy.
• Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celcius.
• Now in the butter add the all purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder and mix well.

• Make in to small balls and flatten a little bit with your palms and arrange them in the tray leaving gap inbetween and bake them for 20 to 25 min.
• Store the cooking in air tight container for its longer life. (In my case, it is over within 1 hr).

Note:

• Buter should be in room temperature.

Now comes the Event announcement…

Dish Name Starts with E

The dish can be Veg or Non – Veg (except beef or pork).

To Participate in this Event
Post your Recipe – whose name starts with letter E between Jan 1st to Jan 31st with a link to this Event. Old posts can also be sent to this Event. Grace period of 5 more days will be given.

Adding the logo is appreciated.

Non bloggers send me mail with a photo of your recipe.
Multiple entries are welcome.
Mail your entry to events.akilaskitchen@gmail.com with the following details

Subject: Dish Name Starts with: E

Your name:
Blog Name:
Recipe Name:
Recipe URL:
Category: (whether it is dessert or beverage or side dish etc)

Attach Photo of your dish

Roundup will be posted in January Mid.

I believe my lovely fellow bloggers give support and encouragement as my previous events in form of entries to make the event a big success.
Please feel free to leave your comments and looking forward for your wonderful recipes.

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Ingredients

• All Purpose Flour/Maida – 1.5 cup
• Sugar – 3/4th cup (can be adjusted according to taste)
• Salted butter – 1/2 cup (room temperature)
• Baking powder – 1/2 tsp
• Baking soda – 2 pinch
• Dates – 6 to 8
• Cashews – few (optional)
• Warm water or Milk – 2 to 3 tsp (optional)

• In a big bowl, mix everything, expect warm water.
• If you could make a dough with these ingredients, then no need to add water or milk. Else add water or milk, little by little and make a dough.

• Then make small balls using the dough and keep it in the tray giving gap.
• Preheat the oven to 180 C and bake it for 15 to 20 min.

• When the cookies becomes, little brown colour, remove from oven and let it cool down for 5 min and transfer it to air tight container to last for 4 to 5 days.

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