Vegan banana muffins

Actually i got this recipe while browsing the net from Harini's blog. Thanx harini for your wonderful recipe. I had  some ripen bananas today and so I decided to bake this muffins. I halved the recipe and I baked it today. I omitted nuts from the original recipe as my kid doesn't love to eat it. Muffins were quite fluffy and moist. My kid loved it a lot. Here comes the recipe.

Ingredients:

Maida - 1 cup

Whole wheat flour - 1/2 cup

Sugar - 3/4 cup

Oil - 1/4 cup + half of 1/4 cup

Water - 1/4 cup + half of 1/4 cup

Mashed Bananas - 2 cups ( I used poovan variety)

Baking powder - 1 tsp

Baking soda - 1 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Method:

1. Sieve the dry ingredients.

2. Mix thoroughly mashed bananas, oil, water and sugar.

3. Fold in the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.

4. If the batter is thick add 2 to 3 tbsp of water. ( I used 2 tbsp).

5. Bake it in a preheated oven at 180 deg C for 20 - 25 min or until the skewer comes out clean.

6. Cool and then serve.

Carrot Rice

Today I made a jiffy carrot rice for my DH in 30 min. So I thought of sharing with you all the jiffy dish.

 
Here comes the recipe:

Ingredients:

Basmathi Rice - 1 cup

Grated carrot - 1 - 1 1/2 cups

Onion - 1 sliced thin

Red chillies - 4

Curry leaves - few

Garam masala - 1 tsp

Salt

To temper:

Oil - 1 tbsp

Cumin/Jeera - 2 tsp ( or else you can use powdered jeera)

Method:

1. Wash and soak basmathi rice for 20 min.

2. Heat a pressure cooker and temper with the given ingredients.

3. Add onions and fry till golden brown.

4. Add red chillies and curry leaves.

5. Add garam masala and fry till raw smell goes.

6. Add rice and water( for basmathi rice add water in the ratio 1:1 1/2). ( for ordinary rice 1:2).

7. Add salt

8. As it boils, Close the cooker and keep weight.

9. At once, simmer the flame and cook for 15 - 20 min.

10. Serve with any salad.