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Healthy chocolate nice cream has the same creaminess of store bought chocolate ice cream but minus the fillers, additives, and artificial flavours. Plus, its vegan, dairy free, no sugar, no eggs, no condensed milk, and no cornflour. Learn to make this healthy and guilt free chocolate ice cream without milk, cream or condensed milk. The only prep you need is to freeze some bananas if you like a softy ice cream consistency; if not you may need to freeze the whole batch for 7-8 hours and serve the creamy chocolate ice cream with your favourite add ons. For those of you who don't want a banana flavour, the addition of cocoa, plant based milk, dates, vanilla essence etc added in this healthy ice cream does a great job at masking the banana flavour. Ingredients: 500 gms Ripe Bananas 15 Cashew Nuts 1/3 cup Water 1/2 tsp vanilla Essence 1/4 cup Cocoa Powder 4 Dates Add Ons: Chocolate Chips Cacao nibs Chopped Cashew Nuts Tips: Soak the cashew nuts for 10 mins ...

Whole Wheat atta cake for two, vegan chocolate chips cake for two is a simple healthy, eggless, and dairy free cake for two servings. Its easy to make with ingredients available at home. Kids will enjoy this quick healthy and easy cake. I used almond milk, but you can use any plant based milk of your choice. I used flaxseeds as an egg substitute and coconut sugar instead of refined sugar however, you can use jaggery powder instead. Ingredients: To make the egg substitute: 1 tbsp flaxseeds powder (flaxmeal) 3 tbsp water ---- 2 tbsp virgin coconut oil 3 tbsp coconut sugar 1/8 tsp pink Himalayan salt 4 tbsp +3 tbsp almond milk (you may need a tbsp more if the batter is thick) 1/2 tsp vanilla essence 1/2 cup whole wheat flour (I used khapli wheat flour) 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips + 1/2 tsp wheat flour

Healthy, vegan, dairy free, eggless banana brownie recipe.  Chocolate brownies are the perfect treat for the whole family and I made these without milk as my son has intolerance to dairy. Its super moist and is loaded with chocolate. The best part is I used kaakvi also known as liquid jaggery and its tastes so very yum. No one even realised there is no sugar in this brownie. Kaakvi is known as the maple syrup of India and its the purest form sugarcane.  At this moment kids are home as colleges are closed due to the virus pandemic and suddenly the empty nest is brimming with energy, love, laughter and what more!  They wanted a dessert and this recipe for created! Ingredients: (For the dry ingredients) 3/4 cup whole wheat flour (khapli wheat) 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp pink himalayan salt 1/4 cup roughly chopped dark chocolate 1/2 cup cocoa powder (For the wet ingredients) 3 bananas 1/4 cup virgin coconut oil 1/4 cup liquid jaggery or maple syrup ...

How to make vegan hot chocolate, hot chocolate recipe without milk. This quick and easy hot chocolate made with cocoa powder is easy to make in hostel and takes just under 5 mins to make plus it is super healthy. No refined sugar, no milk and its completely vegan and dairy free. This quick healthy vegan hot chocolate is creamy and super yum. Those with dairy intolerance or those who are advised not to take milk can enjoy this super tasty hot chocolate. Ingredients 1 satchel of natural almond milk 150 ml water 2 tbsp coconut sugar 1 tbsp coco powder A pinch of cinnamon and cocoa powder

Healthy and vegan chocolate smoothie is a perfect filling breakfast without any added sugar, super healthy and tasty. This nutrient dense and filling smoothie with its burst of cocoa flavour will keep you feel fuller for a longer time. Its dairy free and has healthy fats from the natural dark chocolate. Breakfast smoothies are a great way to start your day!

learn how to make eggless cake without an oven, soft and moist eggless chocolate cake in pressure cooker. I got many queries for a no oven eggless cake and so, I created this healthy cake recipe with whole wheat flour. Chocolate cake with whole wheat flour is not only healthy but very moist, soft, and tasty. You will never guess that the cake is made with whole wheat flour, so tasty and yet so healthy. I had already shared a pressure cooker cake method about 4 years ago, you can check the recipe to understand more. This recipe is created by Nisa Homey Ingredients: 1/2 cup raw cane sugar 1/2 cup thick home-set curd 1/2 cup milk (divided) 1/3 tsp cocoa powder 1 cup whole wheat flour/atta 1/4 tsp pink himalayan salt 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda 3 tbsp desi ghee (clarified butter) 1 tsp vanilla essence 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips + 1 tbsp extra ---- Notes: I used an 8 inch cake pan to bake the cake I used locally sourced raw cane sugar; however, you ...

whey protein shake, how to make a post workout whey protein shake at home. whey protein isolates is a must after a workout for fat loss and muscle building. So today, I am sharing my favourite whey protein shake. It is loaded with antioxidants, healthy carbs and protein.

Hot chocolate recipe, learn how to make dairy free vegan hot chocolate. This almond milk hot chocolate is easy to make if you have some soaked almonds. Soaking the almonds is highly necessary to help assimilate the nutrients. The best part is you are actually making fresh almond milk to make this hot chocolate. So, if you have allergy to dairy milk then this delicious almond milk hot chocolate is the perfect guilt free treat, plus it is sugar free!

super weight loss chocolate smoothie - healthy chocolate banana shake ; is one of my favourite healthy refined sugar free breakfast smoothie and best of all it keeps you fuller and satiated for a long time...and helps you to lose weight fast. chocolate for weight loss ?? yes!! does chocolate makes you happy?? well, it does it seems it releases some good hormones which elevates our moods! so, need any more reason not to have chocolate for breakfast? to make this a power packed, fortified with antioxidants and omega 3s, I am using some super foods plus they will also keeps you fuller for a long time. no refined sugar?? where does the sweetness comes from? its bananas! the trick is to freeze banana once it is ripened and that gives more sweetness, try it!! if you feel you need more sweetness; then my choice would be dates! raw cacao  nibs ! how much I love thee! if you bite into raw cacao nibs, you sure wont like the bitter taste (the more bitter the more heal...

Would you like to indulge in this low calorie and healthy chocolate ice cream; when I meant low calorie, I meant no sugar, no milk, or cream!! This "nice cream" as it is called is vegan and has less calories, just 50 calories in a scoop; now that is something great if you want to indulge in ice cream and shed a few pounds too. No guilt indulgence is what I love the best. Frozen bananas are the key ingredient in this recipe and I used cocoa powder, vanilla essence to give the much needed flavour and some black coffee (leftover morning coffee) to just balance all the flavours. The black coffee sort of helped the frozen bananas to mix well and be creamy. You need a food processor to make this or a mini chopper both works well, if using a blender you will need to mix it with a spoon once in a while. If the bananas are really ripe then the ice cream will be really sweet and that means you can avoid sugar, so make sure you freeze ripe bananas. If you like some extra sweet...

2 ingredient ice cream? really? yes, you can make ice cream with just 2 ingredients; cream and condensed milk, so easy! and no churning needed. Kozhikode now tops the list of most hottest district in Kerala and ice creams are a blessing to beat the heat. I used Amul fresh cream with has only 25% fat and hence refrigerated it, so that I can scoop out the cream and not use the watery whey will get accumulated in the bottom of the packet. But if you have access to full fat whipping cream then you can use the whole packet. Keep the ingredients in the fridge for best results. UPDATE: MAY 16, 2016 It is with great sadness to note most of my recipes, the techniques, tricks, and tips that I have learned in the last 20 plus years which I have shared on my blog and youtube channel are being copied and shown in blogs; some of them do give credit to me and for which I am thankful that my work is appreciated, but a majority of them and some which I thought were good friends have start...

Orange cake recipe, learn to make orange cake with fresh orange and top it with chocolate glaze . This cake is moist and full of citrus flavour and the chocolate drizzle helped to make it complete. A perfect cake for any occasion. How to make orange cake video recipe: Ingredients: Butter: 100 gm (1 stick) Sugar: 1 cup (I used 200 ml cup) Eggs: 2 Flour: 1 1/4 cups Curd/yogurt: 1/2 cup Orange Juice: Juice of one orange Baking Soda: 1/4 tsp Chocolate Glaze: Chocolate chips: 1/2 cup Milk: 2 tbsp White chocolate chips: 2 tbsp, to sprinkle on top Note: Bring all ingredients to room temperature. Method: Preheat oven to 180 degree C, butter an line an 8 inch cake pan Into a large bowl, add in softened butter, sugar, curd (yogurt) and eggs. Mix well until pale and fluffy. Into the batter grate one orange rind. Slice the orange into half and squeeze into a bowl and then strain it into the batter. Mix again. The batter will be curdled but never mind that. Into a sieve add f...

Chocolate ganache recipe, learn to make dark chocolate ganache with just 2 ingredients. Chocolate cake topped with chocolate ganache is the perfect double chocolate indulgence and always a winner. If you are a beginner baker; then chocolate ganache will make you popular as it did to me many many moons ago. Ganache is a French word (do check out wikipedia on this) and is made with cream and chocolate, nothing can go wrong with chocolate and cream and that makes it a popular and quick frosting. You can pour it over cakes, cupcakes, pastries or dip biscuits .... I mean do I have to tell you how to finish off a bowl of chocolate heaven :) The trick is to heat cream over medium heat until it starts to boil or rather bubbles starts to appear and then switch off the flame. You can either pour it over chocolate chips or chopped chocolate or add chocolate into the same bowl with the cream (less bowl to wash). Now leave it for 2 mins and then whisk, whisk, whisk.....and luscious chocol...

Chocolate cookies recipe,  learn to make the best chocolate cookies . This Christmas, treat your loved ones with the easy homemade chocolate cookies . The beautiful marks on top stands this cookie apart and kids will not stop munching them. These chocolate cookies are not the fancy type, but simple with just the basic ingredients available in your pantry. I have been making these cookies for sometime now; its my never fail cookie recipe, and easy to make! You can chop in some cashew nuts and bring in a light nutty flavour or add a some chocolate chips for that extra chocolate punch, or just make it plain like I did....either way, you will love them. These stay fresh in an airtight container for weeks (if your kids let them) with the festive season around the corner; you can bake these simple cookies and gift them too. Video recipe for chocolate cookies below: Some More Cookies Recipe: Classic Peanut Butter Cookies Cherry Cookies Recipe My Ultimate Chocolate ...

Chocolate chunk cookies , ya! you heard me right! these are the yummiest chocolate chunk cookies (not chocolate chips cookies ) I have ever made! So crispy and so soft and so very chocolatey...you know what I mean, a bite into this is like having a chocolate explosion with all the chocolate chunks in it...YUM! is the only word I can think of now. You can also use chocolate chips instead of chocolate chunks; but do give it a try with chocolate chunks as its more chocolatey and goeey! I made these a little large and used my ice cream scoop, to make things easier; but if you like smaller cookies, you can simply roll into small balls and place them on the prepared tray and the result will be flatter and thinner (crispy). I have been a little away from posting new recipes here; due to health reasons and by the grace of God, I am well and praising Lord each and every second. So, back to the cookies...these are yummy, chocolatey, gooey!! Learn to make chocolate chunk cookies...

Nutella ice cream  is a guilty indulgence; but sometimes little indulgence like chocolate blender ice cream or ice cream with nutella is needed to make me happy :) .. this no machine or "no cook" ice cream (there is no cooking involved and nor does you need an ice cream maker to make this ice cream) has the goodness of nutella, small bits of bittersweet chocolate, and cocoa powder along with the other ingredients....total yum! And the best part is, you just have to dunk all the ingredients into the blender and blend and pop in freezer and let the freezer do all the work! Easy, peasy! So, when Nidhi came last weekend for Id holidays; I surprised her with this ice cream; this one has that creamy and fudgy texture ...and not a hit of water crystals. I added bittersweet chocolate bits for that extra chocolate kick; but that is entirely optional. You can also add in some chopped cashewnuts or almonds or even walnuts if you like an extra nutty crunch. Full video for nut...

The best chocolate cake recipe,  I have posted countless cake recipes here in my blog and made tons of cakes in my 20 years of baking; but the crown for the best chocolate cake recipe is for this cake. One bite of this chocolate cake with its oh! so! perfect chocolate buttercream frosting is enough to say, yeah! this one is the best chocolate cake recipe - ever!! Let me think, 1, 2, 3 , 4 yeah! I made this cake 4 times last month. First for our 20th  wedding anniversary, then for Homey's birthday, exclusively for the kids,  and lastly when my brother and family visited us. I know that is quite a lot of chocolate indulgence in a month but let me tell you that you just can't resist this ONE! The great thing about this cake recipe is, its quite different from the other cakes. The butter, water, sugar, vanilla, and cocoa is heated up in a saucepan and allowed to come to room temp...then dunk in the rest of the ingredients and blend away...it couldn't be more eas...

Steamed chocolate cake recipe, how to make chocolate cake without OTG oven, step by step pictures. Steamed chocolate cake  is a boon to those who does not have an oven or for those of you living alone. Imagine that even if you do not have an oven; you can bake a cake in your idli steamer or appachembu (steamer),  how cool is that??  At the beginning of monsoon; we had our share of power failures and on one such day; my kids wanted a cake and this steamed chocolate cake was born. The steamer/appachembu became a lifesaver for me ...baking/steaming my cake to perfection. Last year when one such power failure happened; I got the chance to bake cake in my pressure cooker and take pics for you...well, I do believe everything happens for a reason. Remember my last post, the best chocolate buttercream recipe , I actually made that frosting to frost the steamed chocolate cake and let me tell you; my kids devoured it. Amma used to make cakes in the appachembu (traditi...

The perfect chocolate buttercream recipe, how to make the perfect chocolate buttercream. C hocolate buttercream frosting (icing) recipe; yes the secret is out (I can never keep secrets for long) and  I cant wait to share my perfect chocolate buttercream frosting recipe with you. When it comes to topping cakes, cupcakes...this chocolate buttercream frosting (icing) comes together quickly, so easy!! This buttercream can be made without a kitchen aid, you just need your hand held blender!! Yes, I am talking about how easily you can make the BEST  buttercream frosting/icing at home...soft, glossy, spreadable, and utterly chocolately! And no need for any expensive chocolates to melt...just pure cocoa powder is the secret to this recipe. No need to buy store bought chocolate buttercream, I hate those artificial ones, why bother with them when you can make with real butter, cocoa, and cream at home. How to make the perfect chocolate buttercream recipe, step by ste...