Fenugreek Paratha - Methi Paratha

Everytime I go grocery shopping, other than spinach, cilantro and mint its difficult finding fresh greens. The store keeps them in the fridge and everytime I reach for them they look limp and not so crisp. I finally had some luck finding some very fresh fenugreek leaves. One thing about greens is that they reduce to nothingness as you cook. I bought about 4 bunches, used some for the paratha and some Im going to make a sabji with besan. Thats on another post...I served this with the Kadai Chole

Prep Time - 1 hour  | Cooking Time - 5mins

• 2 cups whole-wheat flour
• 1 cup fenugreek leaves washed and patted dry
• 5 tbsps vegetable/ canola/ sunflower cooking oil
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
• Salt to taste

Put the flour, fenugreek, 1 tbsp of cooking oil, cumin seeds, turmeric and red chilli powders and salt into a large mixing bowl. Add water, a little at a time to this mixture, and knead to form a medium-soft, smooth dough. Keep aside for 30 minutes.

Divide the dough into golf ball-sized portions and roll between your hands till they are smooth and without cracks. Very lightly flour a rolling board or clean counter surface and roll each ball into a circle of 7-8" diameter (5-6mm thick). Heat a griddle and fry the parathas one at a time like this: Put a paratha on the griddle. The paratha is done when both sides are crispy and golden brown. Serve with chilled yogurt and your favorite pickle or chutney.

Banana Walnut Bread

I usually have a my kitchen stocked with fruits. We are both fruit eaters.Sometimes, I end up having some very ripe bananas and I cringe and cry because I have to throw them. I personally hate wasting food.
So I found a new way of freezing them to later use when making banana bread, muffins or even smoothies.

 

You can either peel them and freeze them on a cookie sheet and then put it in a baggie or freeze them with the peel on.
To use let thaw and mash as normal for the recipe.

 

Here is the banana walnut bread recipe, making the dough is pretty easy doesnt require any major tools a spatula is good. The bread itself came out very soft, not so sweet and simply yummy.

 

Prep Time - 10mins | Cooking Time - 1Hour | Serves - 6

 

• 3 ripe bananas mashed
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 egg room temparature and beaten lightly
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

 

No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat oven for 350F(175 C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan and dust it with flour. Using a spatula mix the melted butter to the mashed bananas. Mix in the sugar,egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into the loaf pan. Bake for 1hour. Cool on rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.