Mira's Talent Gallery: Mysore Pak - Low calorie Microwave version

Mira's Talent Gallery: Mysore Pak - Low calorie Microwave version: "This is a low calorie microwave version, shared by my friend. Came out well. Also saved from the labour of continous stirring on gas top. ..."

Mira's Talent Gallery: Healthy Chutney Sandwich (without butter)

Mira's Talent Gallery: Healthy Chutney Sandwich (without butter): "I am giving you a low calorie version i.e. without butter healthy & delicious chutney sandwich. Ingridients :- Whole Wheat Bread
Boil..."

Mysore Pak - Low calorie Microwave version

This is a low calorie microwave version, shared by my friend. Came out well. Also saved from the labour of continous stirring on gas top.

1. Besan - 1 cup
2. Sugar - 1 cup
3. Ghee - 1 cup 
4. Milk - 1 tbsp

Procedure :-

• Powder sugar. Sieve besan without lumps. mix both powdered sugar and besan and microwave (medium) for 2 minutes. Mix well and MW for 1 minute. 
• Add 1 cup ghee to the mixture and mix well without lumps and microwave for 3 minutes (450w) then mix in 1tbsp milk.
• mix the mixture well and microwave medium heat till bubble appears, stirring it occasionally in between.
• When the mixture becomes thick, and bubbles well and leave sides, pour it on a greased plate
• leave it to cool. when it is thickens, make slices using cutter or the flat dosa laddle used for flipping dosai.

Variation :
you can add grated coconut to give it a additional flavour
can reduce sugar and ghee slightly further to make it even more low in calories.

Healthy Chutney Sandwich (without butter)

I am giving you a low calorie version i.e. without butter healthy & delicious chutney sandwich.


Ingridients :-

1. Whole Wheat Bread
2. Boiled potato slices
3. Boiled beetroot slices
4. Onion roundels
5. capsicum slices

 for chutney :

1. Coriander leaves - 3 tbsp
2. Pudina leaves (optional) - 1 tsp
3. Garlic pods - 2 nos
4. Ginger - 1" piece
5. sugar - 1/4 tsp
6. lemon juice - 1/4 tsp
7. salt and green chilli to taste
8. Chutney (putana) dhal - 1 tbsp

• Grind putana dhal, green chilli, ginger and garlic pods. then add chopped coriander leaves. add lemon juice, salt, sugar and little water and grind to smooth paste. transfer it to a bowl.
• Toasting is optional. 
• In a pop-up toaster toast two slices of bread.
• Apply the chutney on one side of both the slices
• Arrange the potato, beetroot, onion and capsicum slices. cover with another bread slice
• Healthy, Aromatic, Delicious chutney sandwich is ready.

PS : You can store this chutney in freezer and take & use as and when required.

Variation :-

1. You can apply butter to the breads and then toast them in a griller or in a manual sandwich toaster.
2. Vary the ingridients with tomato, cucumber slices or par boiled spinach / carrot slices