Deepsrecipes- food blog from Dubai

Here is the secret to a creamy, silky yet healthy Milkshake! Dates, known to be the most ancient fruit, are jam-packed with iron and loaded with fiber.  They are considered to be natural weight-loss food.  Dates Milkshake is an Arabic recipe. Now, the good news for kids is that, in this recipe, I have added 1 tbsp Nutella . So, you can imagine how divine a milkshake it has turned out to be! All of you must try this. Ingredients for a healthy, kids favorite breakfast item: Milk -2 cups Dates- 8 nos chopped Nutella- 1 tbsp (Optional) Almonds- Ice cubes- 4-5 (Optional) Preparation: Blend all ingredients with milk until smooth. Serve Chilled Topped with almonds.

Banana Muffins are very popular recipe.But here,we are trying a variation to the recipe,making it healthier and egg less too. Banana Muffins are muffin version of banana bread.Muffins ,as you all know,are  a quick bread of American Origin. Here ,I have mixed all purpose flour with some whole wheat flour ,to make it healthier. Banana muffins can be a great after school snack or a good breakfast item for kids.These are healthy as it contains eggs,butter,banana & wheat flour. Muffin with Red Raspberry Spread What We Need to make Banana Chocolate Muffins: Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius.   Dry Ingredients All purpose flour - 150 g Whole wheat flour (whole meal/flax seed powder)- 100 g Sugar- 4 tbsp Baking Powder- 1 tsp Baking soda- 1/4 tsp Salt- 1/4 tsp chopped nuts- 100 g Mix all dry ingredients with a wire whisk. Wet Ingredients These are Eggless Muffins ,so,I used , 2 tbsp Condensed Milk instead. Vanilla essen...

This recipe gave me the real authentic taste of arabic Hummus.Serve this along with Khubbus or any flat bread for a very healthy protein rich breakfast. Hummus is a healthy Middle eastern dip or spread made from cooked Chick peas(Garbanzo beans),Tahini,Garlic& Lime. Though its very common in Middle east,I am trying to share the recipe with the people around other parts of the Globe. As an appetizer and dip, hummus is scooped with  f lat bread  (such as pita ). Ingredients 1. Garbanzo Beans or Chickpeas - 100g soaked all night (Easily available as canned,but please avoid using canned Garbanzo beans) 2. Tahini  paste - 4tbsp (Tahini is white sesame seeds available as canned paste.Instead,you can soak white sesame seeds over night and grind it to a paste along with olive oil) 3.Garlic paste- 2 tbsp 4.Lime juice - 2tsp 5.Salt   - to taste 6.Olive oil - 4 tbsp 7.(Cherry tomatoes , Olives for garnishing ) ...

Here  is a small variation from the usual Crepe  recipe.Crepes are really a quick and easy breakfast item. Here crepe batter has been enriched using whole meal   and wheat flour.Those who have bored of having brown bread every day can try this,tastes different from the usual pan cakes too.The authentic taste and aroma of sage gives this dish a completely different finish.Try this at home and please leave the comments. Ingredients Whole meal-1 cup (Instead make crumbs from brown bread and add to the wheat flour,as I have done.) Wheat flour -1 cup Dried Sage-1-2 tsp Salt-to taste Olive oil-Optional Water- Method Of Preparation Make a thin batter with all the ingredients except olive oil. Now heat a non stick pan and make small thin crepes.Drizzle olive oil over the crepes,if you prefer.Every one would love the aroma and taste that sage provides to the crepes. Serve hot. ENJOY with any side dish you prefer or with maple syrup .

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...

Scorching hot summer? Let's help our body by consuming more fruits and water especially during summer days. Here'z a recipe packed with nutrients. Ingredients Avocado-1 no Apple-1 no Banana-1 no Carrot-1/2 no Mango-1/2no Milk-1/2 cup Water-1/2 cup This combination will provide a delicious  smoothie. Blend all the fruits and carrot together with water (and sugar/honey to taste). Once everything is properly incorporated add milk and blend well. Serve chilled. Live Healthy...!

 Thattil Kutti Dosa with Garlic Chutney Ingredients for dosa batter Raw Rice-3 cups Urad Dal-3/4 cup Fenugreek Seeds-2 tbsp Soak these ingredients in water for 5-6 hours. Grind into a thick batter.Add salt and keep it for fermentation (8-10 hrs).If you want to prepare this instantly you can add Eno fruit salt. Make small dosa on a tawa. For the chutney Coconut grated-1 cup Green chillies-2-4 no Garlic -2 cloves Ginger -1 small piece. Salt -to taste Shallots-2 nos Coconut oil-2 tsp Method of preparation Fry shallots and garlic in coconut oil.Add some curry leaves to this.Now grind all ingredients together.Very special delicious chutney is ready to serve with the dosa. Some chickpea curry is also great healthy combination with these.

Ingredients Fruits-Apple,pear,kiwi,pineapple and orange.-2 cups Sugar-1 cup Lemon juice-1tbsp Vanilla essence/nutmeg powder- Method of Preparation Blend all the fruits to a paste in a blender. Heat a pan.Pour the fruit puree into the pan.Stir well after adding sugar. Add 1 tbsp lemon juice to prevent crystallization of sugar.You can add vanilla essence or nutmeg powder for more flavor. Cook until it thickens to dropping consistency. Once its cooled,it gets more thick and you can store it in a sterilized jar. Serve this with home made whole meal buns for a very healthy breakfast. ENJOY!!!

Ingredients Bread -6-8 no Onion -1 no Potato- 1 no Green chilly- 2nos Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp Chilly powder -1/4 tsp Salt- To taste Asafetida-a pinch Method Of Preparation Cut the bread into pieces. Boil 1 Potato .Peel and cut into pieces. Heat oil and add mustard. When it starts popping, add asafetida and curry leaves. Add turmeric powder and chilly powder. Sauté well. Now add chopped onion and green chilly. Add salt to taste. Now add potato and bread pieces .Drizzle some water, and mix well. This Upma can be served with tomato ketch up and kids would love this. You can use whole meal bread to make it healthy.  Serve hot.

Carrot Cake Pancake(Eggless) This is an easy, very nutritious and more than anything, VERY TASTY breakfast for you and family. I was experimenting with Carrot ,wanted to make an easy Bread.. Then suddenly thought, why dnt use our normal Pan instead of Oven?And so,here it is..! This pancake has got a new flavor and its a quick breakfast. Just wanted a change from  those boring side dishes with Carrot. Guys, if you find this interesting, please try and tell me how you like it. This is tasty when it’s still hot and with maple syrup. Hope you have noticed the steam on my Pan cake. :-) Ingredients All Purpose flour – 1cup Finely Grated Carrot- 1 cup Milk- 2 tbsp Oil- 2 tbsp Vanilla essence -1 tsp Baking Powder – 1 tsp Baking soda- ½ tsp Salt – ¼ tsp Sugar- 1-2 tbsp Method of preparation Make a cake batter as follows. Beat oil with Sugar, add in salt. Now add milk and Vanilla. Sieve flour and baking powder, and soda .Add in to the ...

Khaman Dhokla. (Khaman Dhokla is a h ealthy Breakfast Item from Indian State Gujarat. ) Today, I m going to introduce you to a very popular breakfast item in Gujarat (Indian State), but I think not many from other parts of the world would be acquainted with this snack. Khaman Dhokla is a very healthy dish made from Raw Rice, Black gram (uraad daal) and Split Chickpeas (Chana daal). Good part is that you can store the batter for 4-5 days...so all those working moms, this recipe is for you especially... Ingredients 1. Raw Rice -- 1 cup 2. Split Chick peas (Chana daal) --- 1 cup 3. Black gram (Urad daal) --- 1/2 cup 4. Butter Milk - 1 cup 5. Ginger paste - 1 tsp 6.Green Chilly Paste - 1 tsp 7.Salt - According to the taste 8.Asafoetida  - 1/4 tsp 9.Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp 10.Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp 11.Mustard Seeds - 1tsp 12.Grated Coconut - To Garnish Soak the pulses in water along with the  rice  for 5-6 hours. Then grind it adding sour butter milk,salt and ...

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...

Looking for a very quick break fast recipe? Poached eggs are a great option to start a day healthy. Poached eggs are cooked by being simmered in   hot water and so contain all the nutrients of the egg with out any added fat . Making a perfect poached egg is a little tricky.But it's fun! Method Boil water in a sauce pan.Add some salt to the water. Crack an egg to a small bowl. When salt water  starts boiling, reduce heat and stir the water anti clockwise and make a whirl pool. Carefully drop the egg to the center of the whirlpool. Cover and simmer for 3-5 .                                                                       ...