Cinnamon Apple Squares

Whenever I make something with fresh fruits, one can take it for granted that I couldn’t find any other better use for them than turning them in to delicious treats. :)

Hubby and I often become ambitious and buy loads of fruits.  We resolve to eat them and become healthy. But alas! The results are in front of you ;)

Try these mini treats and save your fruits from being dumped in to the waste basket (that is if your story is same as that of ours :)). 

Ingredients

All Purpose Flour/ Maida – 1 Cup

Baking Soda – ¾ tsp.

Salt – Pinch (Can be avoided if using salted butter)

Ground Cinnamon – ¼ tsp.

White Sugar – ½ Cup

Brown Sugar – ½ Cup

Salted Butter – ¼ Cup/ ½ Stick/ 4 tbsp.

Eggs – 1

Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp.

Apple – 1 Cup, finely chopped

Walnuts (optional) – ½ Cup, coarsely ground

For the glaze:

Sugar – 2 tbsp.

Cinnamon powder – 1 tsp.

Method

1. Preheat the oven at 350 degrees F/ 175 degrees C.

2. In a big bowl, sift together all the dry ingredients and keep aside.

3. Melt the butter and add sugar, vanilla extract and egg to the melted mixture and mix well.

4. Add flour mixture to the wet mixture and mix well. At this step add the chopped apple pieces and walnuts.

5. Take a cake pan, grease it with butter and pour in the batter. Sprinkle the glaze mixture of sugar and cinnamon evenly on the batter. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes.

6. Take it out. Allow it to cool. Transfer on to a wire rack for it to cool completely or simply place it on a sheet or plate. Cut in to equal sized square pieces.

CON Malai Mutter Paneer

This dish tastes as if it is actually made in malai (butter). However, it CONS you as it has no trace of butter in it. Try out this low calorie (barring the paneer ;)) dish and con all your loved ones. :)

Ingredients:

Onions – 1 cup, diced in to cubes

Cauliflower – 1 cup, diced in to cubes

Green Chilies – 6 to 7, slit vertically

Cumin Seeds – ½ tsp.

Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp.

Paneer – 1 cup, diced in to cubes

Green Peas/ Mutter – ¾ cup, frozen or fresh

Red Chili powder – ½ tsp.

Dhanya and Jeera powder – ½ tsp.

Oil – 2 to 3 tbsp.

Sugar – 1 tsp.

Milk – ½ cup

Salt – To taste

Water – 1 to 1 ½ cups

            

Method

1. Take a saucepan, put it on flame and add oil. Once the oil gets heated, add cumin seeds, upon spluttering put green chilies, onion pieces, cauliflower florets and sauté until the rawness goes. Onions should become a little translucent.

2. Turn off the heat. Let the mixture cool.

3. Grind the onion cauliflower mixture into a fine paste.

4. Put the pan on heat, add a little oil and pour in the paste. Add ginger garlic paste and cook until the gravy loses all its water and sticks together. Keep stirring at regular intervals.

5. Once the gravy is ready, add red chili powder, dhanya jeera powder and cook for another 5 minutes.

6. Now add green peas and paneer cubes. Mix well and add water. Let it come to a boil.

7. Add milk, sugar and salt and let it cook until a desired consistency is acquired.

8. Turn off the flame and serve hot with roti/ rice.