Baked Nipattu – A Healthier version of the Famous Bangalorean Snack !!

Healthier version of Bangalore snack Nipattu

When we moved to Bangalore, we enjoyed different snacks of the region and one of my favourite among all was Nipattu but it was fried not baked !!

Nipattu is a popular snack from Karnataka . These are essentially deep fried flour discs that are soft to bite and crunchy at the same time.

I want to try a healthier version of the same and really enjoyed this baked version of nipattu, let’s jump to the recipe a.nd enjoy the snacks

Ingredients

  • whole-wheat flour/ Maida ( all purpose flour ) 110 gms You can do half-half or 60:40 ratio as well
  • salt as per taste
  • mustard oil 45ml
  • poppy seeds 1 tsp ( Lightly roasted )
  • red chilli powder 1 tsp
  • Green chilli finely chopped as per taste 2-3
  • Curry leaves finely chopped 1-2 tbsp
  • Fresh coriander 2 tbsp
  • Baking powder 1/2 tsp
  • sugar 1tsp
  • roasted chopped peanuts 50 gms
  • water 1/4 th cup
Procedure
  • Shift the flour in a bowl
  • Add salt, sugar, baking powder, chilli powder, poppy seeds, peanuts and mix well.
  • heat the oil in a pan and remove from the stove, now add curry leaves, green chilli & coriander leaves to the oil.
  • Add water to this oil mix.
  • Add this mix to the dry ingredients and form a dough with it.
  • Roll this dough thin and cut out round shape with help of round glass or bowl or cookie cutter.
  • preheat your oven at 180 and bake the Nipattu for 12-15 minutes. Keep a watch and set temperature accordingly as all ovens behaves differently.
  • Optional- you can add 2 fined chopped garlic cloves in warm oil also with one spoon onion powder.
  • let it cool down completely before storing in airtight container. It might be soft once out of oven but as it cools it will be crunchy, just keep an eye it its turning brown you know it is done or you need to lower the temperature setting.

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This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’ hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla.

Experience with Borosil Oven- Prima 60 L OTG

My baking experience with borosil oven Prima 60 litre OTG

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Baking is like a therapy for me, I started baking in oven after my little one was born and it worked as stress buster for me.

That time we bought 21 L LG microwave convection oven as we were not sure how much we would be using it. But my love for baking kept growing and I kept on learning new new recipes and trying in my small microwave .

I have baked breads, cookies, buns, pizza, bati and many more items in my LG microwave .

But frankly I was not so satisfied with microwave oven baking as end results were not up to mark. As it was 21 ltr oven I need to bake limited quantity every time. So my baking time and electricity consumption was increasing.

So we finally decided to buy proper oven and our search started with all available brands.

What we searched before buying oven?

  • Capacity
  • Temperature settings
  • Reviews
  • Multiple uses
  • Baking time
  • How much you can bake in one go

Why above points are important !!

  • It’s really important to decide how many ltr oven you need to buy as per your baking requirements, here you should consider future needs as well. You won’t be changing your oven any time soon
  • Temperature settings is important as there are many recipes that need higher temperature. In many ovens the max temperature provided is 200 – 220 °C
  • Reviews, user feedback is also important as good looking and feature pack product does not mean it’s good.
  • We should always consider oven which has multiple features like bake, toast & grill are most common one
  • Timer is another important feature as if you want to bake multiple trays in one go then you might need longer time to cook. Many ovens come with just 60 min timer
  • How much you can bake in one go, again if you want to make large batches and want to cook it in one go & if you have smaller capacity oven then it will consume a lot of time & energy

After our search we finally decided to buy Borosil – Prima 60 L OTG as it was one of the few which fulfill almost all of my requirements. So let’s see why I choose to buy Borosil.

Features

  • It has multiple functions that includes convection, rotisserie, grill, bake and toast
  • As it’s Borosil it has borosilicate Double Glass Door
  • Adjustable Temperature Control 90° – 250°C, max temperature is 250°C
  • 0 – 120 minutes mechanical timer, it was really important as when you are baking for many people your oven can bake continuously for 120 minutes
  • It has keep warm function, which will keep oven running at set min temperature to keep your food warm
  • Power Indicator automatically turns on when the timer is set
  • Motorized rotisserie for uniform grilling function available in Borosil Prima Oven Toaster Griller
  • 12 Stage heating options in Prima Oven Toaster Griller
  • Illuminated chamber helps in baking as you can keep an eye while you are baking.
  • As it’s 60 ltr we cam keep multiple trays at once

Items included with Borosil 60lt

  • 1 Removable Crumb Tray for better cleaning
  • 1 Cooking Tray
  • Grill Rack
  • Handle to take out Cooking Tray
  • Rotisserie Rod Set
  • Rotisserie Handle
  • Recipe book
  • Instructions manual

My experience with Borosil Prima Oven

  • Very easy to operate as it has four knobs for setting temperature, mode & heating rod and timer to adjust as per your recipe
  • For easy assistance it comes with a guide book and recipe book with all details to understand your oven
  • It’s quiet spacious to bake multiple items. I have baked around 25-30 medium size cookies in two trays, two cakes in one go, lasagna, breads, baked vegetables.
  • One point to mention, baking time increases little more if you are baking more items in one go.
  • Illuminated chamber is really helpful to keep a check on items baking. I would say it’s really important as I have worked with another oven without light bulb and it’s quiet tough to see the baked level without taking out tray.
  • Big double glaze glass on front so it’s quite easy to keep an eye on every corner of the tray.
  • Initially there was uneven heating issues so I was getting some dark and some light color cookies. In my case it was thermostat issue and got it fixed.
  • But still to avoid that you can change the tray directions when you see it’s getting darker at one end.
  • Oven overall weight is not heavy so you can shift on your own if required.
  • Oven thermometer is must to know the exact temperature of oven as it’s always less or more then what you have set. You should get a good quality one else temperature issue will be there.
  • Oven trays/wire rack quality is ok, but can’t keep heavy pans like Dutch oven or iron tawa on the wire rack which is required in sourdough baking.
  • Overall a happy customer as I love baking in my oven and every oven behaves differently so you will get use to when you bake.

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Gluten free cookies

Gluten free cookies

After starting my diet plan I ordered some gluten free cookies from Amazon. Their taste was ok, but I don’t like the choice of ingredients. So thought of baking some gluten free cookies at home.

Here is my version of gluten free cookies sweetened with jaggery, made with love and yes approved by all family members eldest and the youngest!

Ingredients

  • 190gm Oats Flour
  • 90gm Almonds flour
  • 30gms milk powder
  • 1/2 tsp Cream of tartar
  • 1/4tsp baking soda
  • 50gm gram flour
  • 1/2 tbsp cardamom powder
  • Two pinch salt
  • 200gms jaggery ( take less or more 240 gms as per your sweetness requirements )
  • 150gms Ghee ( clarified butter ) It can be reduced to 120gms too.

Tip – 1/2 cup desiccated coconut ( I have made half mix with coconut flavour by adding 1/2 cup coconut in half the mixture, take out two tbsp for coating before bake )

-Add some small pieces of jaggery too it tastes really nice in cookies, it doesn’t melt while baking!

Procedure

  • Shift all the dry ingredients ( Oats Flour, almonds flour, milk powder, Cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, gram flour) in a bowl and mix properly.
  • In another bowl add clarified butter ( Ghee ) and grated jaggery.
  • Now whisk ghee and jaggery to make it fluffy and creamy.
  • Add and mix dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in parts. ( Do not add all in a go ).
  • Make small balls from your dough and keep in baking tray.
  • Now keep it in fridge for 10 minutes, meanwhile pre-heat your oven 170c. ( You can store your dough in Fridge if you don’t want to bake at the same time )
  • Bake your cookies for 12min on 170C ( Keep an eye as temperature settings may be different in all oven )
  • Take our the cookies and let them cool on rack, do not touch until they are cool as they are super soft at this stage.
  • Once properly cooler store them in aur tight container.
  • Enjoy healthy cookies!

Whole wheat base healthy Pizza

We all love pizzaaa..don’t we?? But every time we eat with a guilt!Here is whole wheat base pizza recipe – Making Junk Food Healthy! So let’s enjoy every bite of pizza along with the healthy veggies!I am a big foodie, I always try something healthy, so that I can eat as much as I want … Continue reading “Whole wheat base healthy Pizza”


We all love pizzaaa..don’t we??

But every time we eat with a guilt!
Here is whole wheat base pizza recipe – Making Junk Food Healthy!

So let’s enjoy every bite of pizza along with the healthy veggies!
I am a big foodie, I always try something healthy, so that I can eat as much as I want w/o any guilt of eating unhealthy?

Sharing wholewheat base pizza with lots of veggies. Enjoy eating as much as you want ? Both Mommy & Child happy!

INGREDIENTS:

Pizza sauce

  • 4 big tomatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 4-5 garlic cloves
  • Oregano
  • Chili flakes
  • Sugar if tomatoes are not sweet
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tsp tomato sauce and salt as per taste

Procedure

  • Boil and peel tomatoes – take 2 whistles in cooker on high flame.
  • Let it cool n blend it.
  • Then add garlic n onion puree to olive oil in a pan and fry, add tomato puree now and add oregano chili flakes let the sauce thicken add tomato sauce and salt n sugar.
  • Sauce is ready

Pizza base

  • 1 1/2 cups wholewheat flour
  • 1/2 cup chiroti rava
  • 1 cup water plus milk 50 50 or use according to dough
  • 1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
  • 1 1/2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • Salt as per taste

Procedure

In half cup luke warm water add sugar and mix well now add yeast and mix and keep aside for 15min until frothy.

Take both flour and rawa/sooji in bowl add salt and mix well.

Make a hole in center add oil and now add frothy yeast mix well with spatula combining to form dough add water as needed until a sticky dough is formed leaving sides of the bowl.

Transfer the sticky dough to work surface and knead well using stretch and fold method until smooth dough is formed it will take around 15 minutes or less.

Now keep this dough in well oiled bowl and cover with cling and keep for raise until doubles it will take around 60 mins.

Meanwhile you can prepare pizza sauce and cut veggies.

  • Take out raise dough and punch out air
  • knead a little make balls of it and rolled out as pizza base thin crust or normal depends on you.
  • Take pizza pan and line it with parchment paper and spread rolled base use fork to put marks on base.
  • Spread pizza sause and one layer of mozzarella.
  • Add veggies of your choice…add more mozzarella generously ?.
  • Sprinkle oregano chilli flakes too if you want.
  • I added cheddar chesse and basil leaves too, keep it aside for another 30 minutes.
  • Preheat oven 180 now bake pizza for 25 min until brown …..serve hot and enjoye the delicious healthy pizza…??