April 2015 ~ Full Scoops - A food blog with easy,simple & tasty recipes!

30 Apr 2015

Palak Sev | Spinach Sev

Kids Special, Palak Recipes, Snacks 6 comments

Sev is a deep fried snack made of gram flour and spices. It is crispy and spicy and kids and adults love this snack! I am always looking for ways to 'hide' vegetables in food that my kids like to eat and this is a wonderful way to include spinach in your kids snack. And as expected, they never suspected anything, they just found it real fun to eat the green sev!

I added a whole bunch of spinach leaves for this recipe and I could get a faint taste of spinach(palak) while eating the sev, my kids didn't complain but if your kids are fussy then add a little less spinach.

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2 Ingredient Nutella Mug Cake

Instant Microwave Recipes, Kids Special, Nutella Recipes 10 comments

This is not an instant cake! If you came by thinking this is an instant cake then I suggest you check out the 4 ingredient Nutella Mug Cake. That one can be eaten immediately or try this instant brownie.

This 2 ingredient nutella cake is so easy and simple to put together but there is a catch, since it uses only egg and nutella, it tastes very 'eggy' if you eat it immediately. The author says to leave this cake aside for 2-3 hours then the cake flavors get enriched and the cake tastes so so good! So rich, dense and delicious!

What I do is, I plan ahead and I make this cake very early in the morning and set aside and it's perfectly ready for my kids or my husband!

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Easy Nutella Mug Cake

Instant Microwave Recipes, Kids Special, Nutella Recipes 9 comments

I love making mug cakes since they are instant and most of all it comes in small portions. I usually make my instant microwave brownie for sudden chocolate cravings, although that is an extremely delicious recipe, I sometimes go with this nutella recipe since it has less ingredients! It takes very less time to put together and it tastes just as good!

What I observed was that the cake is very soft and delicious to eat but it's also a tad bit crumbly. But since we are eating out of a mug with a spoon, it is not a problem. Also pour some chocolate sauce or ganache or nutella over it and it's just pure heaven!

I served it with some left over warm nutella ganache, you can just spoon some nutella over it and enjoy.

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Samai Vegetable Upma | Little Millet Vegetable Upma

Breakfast Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Millet Recipes 5 comments

Another millet recipe from me! I am cooking a lot with millets now a days and we enjoy them a lot. I have posted a kuthiraivali upma earlier and this time I made a vegetable upma with samai. This is equally good and makes for a healthy and filling breakfast or dinner. I made this vegetable upma for dinner with some left over mixed vegetable curry I had from that afternoon, you can use fresh vegetables.

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Pomegranate Ice Cream

Ice Cream, Kids Special, Summer Special 9 comments

When I saw this recipe in Nigella's website, I was immediately tempted to try it especially since this is very good for kids. My kids like eating pomegranate so I wanted to try it out. Summer is at it's peak and ice creams and kulfi are a favorite among my household. This ice cream is perfect for this heat!
This is a simple no churn recipe, just a beater is enough to enjoy this ice cream. I don't have an ice cream maker but still all the ice creams come out very well and creamy and this was no different.

The only thing I observed was that, it's not possible to obtain the pink color that Nigella's pomegranate ice cream picture shows unless you add some pink food coloring to your ice cream. If your pomegranate juice is dark then you might get a dull pink but not a bright pink! Also I used condensed milk like all my other ice cream recipes instead of sugar.

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Melon Slush | Summer Drinks

beverages, Musk Melon, Summer Special, Watermelon 9 comments

With the summer at it's peak, I don't feel like eating at all! All what I want to do is keep drinking water or some juice. Even though summer is quite difficult to handle, I do love the fruits that we can enjoy during summer, the mangoes, watermelon, musk melon everything is a favorite!

This recipe is a refreshing drink of two of my favorite fruits, the watermelon and musk melon. I made this juice for my family and for some guests who came home and it was well received! You can't have just one glass, this will make you want to drink more!

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