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Butter Milk Scones.

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Scones Scones hail from Scotland.This is a quick breakfast bread recipe.Add 1/4 cup wheat flout to 1 cup Plain flour to make this recipe healthy.You can substitute wheat flour with oatmeal/flax meal or whole meal. Adding buttermilk also makes it rich in nutrients.Quick and yummy breakfast in 20 minutes. Ingredients Flour-1 cup Wheat flour-1/4-1/2 cup Powdered sugar-4 tbsp(Only lightly sweetened) Cold unsalted Butter-25 g Buttermilk-3-4 tbsp Baking powder-1/4 tsp Method of preparation Mix flour,wheat flour and baking powder well.Now mince cold unsalted butter to the dry ingredients and mix it well with fingers;Now the flour will resemble breadcrumbs. Now add in sugar and mix once again.Slowly add buttermilk and mix everything into a ball. Flatten the dough (in to 1 inch thick) and cut round or triangle shaped scones using a cookie cutter/scone cutter. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Ser...

Yogurt Brownies (eggless )

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Brownies contain no baking powder or baking soda . So considered to be healthier than cakes. Combine different flours with all purpose flour thus making it a good wholesome meal . Kids love Brownies and it is so easy to make too. Ingredients Butter - 50 g Powdered Sugar-3/4 cup Chocolate syrup-1/4 cup Flax meal-1 tbsp ( You can use 1 egg instead of flax meal) Yogurt-1/4 cup Almonds crushed All purpose flour-1 cup Vanilla essence-1 tsp Method of preparation Melt butter and beat with powdered sugar and chocolate syrup. Add in flax meal and yogurt .Beat well . Now add in vanilla essence , finally flour . Beat well. Fold in crushed almonds. Bake at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted to the center,comes out clean. Soft and delicious Brownies are ready to serve along with some Coffee .You can serve these brownies warm even with a scoop of Ice cream. So what are you waiting for! Binge yourself on some scrumptious brownies t...

Fruit Salad with Yogurt and flax meal dressing~Diabetic Friendly.

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Wishing All My Readers A Very Happy and Colorful ' HOLI '!! Today,8th March is the first Anniversary of this blog ~ Deepsrecipes.  My heart felt  acknowledgment of appreciation to each and every one of you,who takes time to read and try out my recipes. Today,I assure you that deepsrecipes will try to ameliorate in future. This is a sequel to my previous post-if you haven't read it yet,take a peek   here . As I said earlier,there are dual reasons to fete today.So,here is a dessert recipe (Diabetic friendly). I have tried to include multiple food groups into this tasty no-sugar sweet,so that you can enjoy the luscious taste of a dessert ,still adhering to your diabetic diet. This contains flax seed,which is good source of Omega3 fatty acids . Ingredients 1.Plain Low fat Yogurt-1/2 cup(If needed,make it thin by adding some water) 2.Honey or Maple syrup-to taste Apple-2 no(Cut into small pieces)(Use mixed fruits instead of just apple) (Fruits are natural...

Flax seed Idly

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Flax seed or Linseed is of two varieties; Brown and yellow. Both have equal nutritional values. Flax seed is tiny; but it contains highest amounts of fibre, vitamins, minerals, and Omega3 fatty acids. Low in carbohydrates, it is said that flax seed even reduces or stabilizes blood sugar levels for a long period. It’s always better to consume flax seed in small quantities. This will benefit you in lowering cholesterol. Storing flax seed is another important aspect.  It is said that,its better to store flax seed in the refrigerator or freezer. Another amazing use of flax seed is that we can use this as egg substitute while baking. So sprinkle  flax seed to your salads, cheese, cakes, pan cakes, shakes or to almost anything, to make it a complete diet. Today’s recipe is flax seed Idlis.Flax seed has got no special taste, so it’s the best thing to add to our idly batter to get fluffy, nutritious idlis. Enjoy it with your favorite side dish. Whole Fla...

Flax Seed Muffins recipe

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One of the readers requested me to post some recipes with flax seed.So I hope she is reading this . Flax seeds are the most nutritious meal .Its very low in Cholesterol and Sodium. It contains high levels of dietary fiber. Flax seeds lower cholesterol. It has a great medicinal value. So include flax seeds in your every day diet. Every morning, you can even take a tablespoon of flax seed powder dissolved in water. Add some flax seed powder with any other flour in any of your recipes such as pan cake or baked items. Enough of health talks. Now let’s begin. Ingredients Flax seed powder-1 cup Plain Flour -1/2 cup Salt- a pinch Baking soda-1 tsp Oil- 2 tab sp Warm water/butter milk – 1 cup Cinnamon powder-1tsp Vanilla essence-1tsp Blue berries-1/2 cup Brown sugar-3/4 cup Method of preparation Using a fork, mix flax seed powder, flour, salt, brown sugar, cinnamon powder and baking soda well. Add in buttermilk and oil to the dry ingredients and mix wel...