Eggless Choco Cake Pops
Ingredients
Eggless Chocolate Cake sponge 1 small
Melted Dark chocolate 1 cup
Melted White chocolate 1 cup
Grated milk chocolate 2 tbsp
Colorful Cadbury Gems 1 tsp
Wooden Pop sticks few
Method
- Mash or grind chocolate cake sponge.
- Add 1 tbsp melted milk chocolate and mix well.
- Make medium size ball out of it and keep aside.
- Melt dark and white chocolate chuncks with double boiler method.
- Take one pop stick and dip one end in melted dark chocolate.
- Now insert chocolate coated end of the stick in a ball and then dip the ball in melted white chocolate in a way that there is a perfect coating of chocolate on the ball. Keep aside or make the stand somewhere so that it does not fall down.
- Now take another stick and dip one end in melted dark chocolate then insert in onother ball. Again dip in melted dark chocolate in a way to coat the ball completely and then make it stand somewhere.
- Like this make all the balls and sprinkle some grated chocolate and garnish with Gems as per your choice and creativity.
- Now refrigerate all the balls for an hour so that chocolate coat sets on.
Tips
Be creative and make all your designs with different colors and types of chocolates.
Do not forgot to dip one side of stick in melted chocolate before inserting in the cake ball otherwise it may fall down.
If you do not want your pops with stick remove the sticks before refrigerating them.
You may also melt the chocolate in microwave. For that take chocolate pieces in a glass bowl and microwave on high just for a minute it will not melt completely so whisking whisk in regular intervals.
VeggieWheat Steam Dumplings
Ingredients
For Dumplings
Grated Vegetables 1 cup
(Cabbage+Bottle Gourd/Lauki+Carrot)
Whole Wheat (Aata) 0.75 cup
Semolina (Suji) 3 tbsp
Gram Flour (Besan) 3 tbsp.
Turmeric Powder 1 tsp
Ginger 1 tsp (Finely Chopped)
Green Chilli 1 tsp (Finely Chopped)
Ajwain/ Carom seeds 0.5 tsp
Jeera 0.5 tsp
Hing 1 pinch
Red chili Powder 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp (or according to taste)
Edible Soda 0.5 tsp
Oil 1 tbsp.
For tempering
Oil 1 tbsp.
Mustard Seeds 2 tsp
Sesame Seeds 2 tsp
Method
- Take all grated vegetables in a deep bowl.
- Add sieved Aata, Suji and Besan, mix well by rubbing your hands.
- In a small bowl mix well turmeric powder, ajwain, jeera, hing, red chilli powder, salt and soda powder.
- Add this to dough with ginger, green chilli, and oil.
- Mix well and make a paste like dough.
- (you might not need to add water as vegetables has sufficient water naturally, but you may add sufficient water if you feel the dough dry)
- Now pour sufficient water in a steamer and let it heat.
- Make small sized balls out of the dough and arrange on the greased plate.
- Now steam these for 20 minutes
- Check if dumplings are cooked with the help of knife or toothpick.If knife does not have batter traces, it means dumplings are ready.
- Keep aside and let it cool completely.
- When cool cut each dumpling into four piece and keep aside.
Now when you want to serve
- Take 1 tbsp oil in a non stick pan and heat on medium flame.
- When oil is hot enough add mustard seeds and let it cracker.
- Now add sesame seed and fry until golden brown in color.
- Now add dumplings and toss on high flame until change in color.
- Cover the pan and switch off the flame.
- Open in 5 minutes and serve hot with green chutney or tamarind chutney.
Tips
Jains or others who don’t eat root vegetables, can cook this recipe without carrot and ginger.
You can use vegetables as per your choice.
Sometimes i use only 1 cup of grated lauki.
For better taste fry it just before serving.
While arranging for straming make sure to leave enough gap as they might double in size.
You can sprinkle some chopped coriander leaves while serving.
Make sure to adjust chilli if you are serving to kids.
You may also use it as a curry while dipped this dumplings in any gravy and enjoy.
“Be Vegetarian be Happy”