Relish a healthy bite

Oil free & Guilt free Onion Pakoda

Oil-free Pakodas....Oil is highly refined and has no fibre so it has no nutritive value. That is why we at SHARAN highly recommend cooking without oil! So, we bake our samosas, batata wadas and even pakodas and enjoy as much as we like without any guilt. The best part is that they do taste real good!

Ingredients

• Sliced long and medium fine 4(medium onions)
• Besan flour (heaped) 4 tbsp
• Salt ¼ tsp
• Chilly powder ¼ tsp
• Turmeric powder ¼ tsp
• Ginger chilly paste to taste
• Ajwain to taste

Method

• Mix all the ingredients together and let stand for about two minutes.
• The onions will release water which will help bind the ingredients.
• Place these on a baking tray in little blobs of about 1 tsp. (depending on the type of tray, it may have to be greased slightly)
• And allow to bake in a preheated oven at 190 c till it begins to brown.
• Serve hot with chutney.

Baked Cheese Mushrooms

Dairy is a huge culprit behind the cause of most diseases today. Milk is meant for baby calves to grow, however we tend to have milk and grow! Apart from that milk has pus, anti-biotics, urea, chemicals and toxins too!

One just has to go off milk and milk products and one will start feeling the difference in three days! People have reversed their Diabetes, Hypertension, cholesterol and even cancer by stopping dairy.

Thus this easy cashew cheese can be used wherever cheese is required - pizzas, pastas and more!!

Ingredients

• Button mushrooms with the stems removed
• Cashew cheese (recipe given below)
• Optional flavorings for the cheese, chopped sun dried tomatoes / olives / jalapenos / chillies / mixed herbs

Method

• Mix the flavorings to the cheese. Stuff the mushrooms with this.
• Bake till lightly browned on top.
• Serve hot
• Cheese: Soak cashews for 6-8 hours.
• Blend into a smooth paste. Ferment for 8-10 hour.
• Add lemon and salt for sourness.