Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Mixed Berries Smoothie | Chia Seed Smoothie

Mixed Berries Smoothie, a delicious and fulfilling smoothie made from the varieties of berries. This mixed berries smoothie is a healthy breakfast smoothie and can be prepared in minutes.

As spring is in full swing here now, the fresh produce aisles are filled with different varieties of berries. So I have been snacking on the berries a lot nowadays and also making these kinds of smoothies often as breakfast when I'm planning for an earlier/heavy lunch meal.

Though I have used fresh berries for this smoothie, it can also be made with frozen berries, tried a couple of times and it tastes equally good. In addition to the fruits, I have used some soaked chia seeds for extra nutrition and also it gives thickness to the smoothie.

Ok, let's check out on how to make this delicious smoothie.

Mixed Berries Smoothie

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 0 mins | Serves : 1
Recipe Category: Smoothie | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
Apple - 1/2
Blue Berry - 1/4 cup
Raspberry - 1/4 cup
Maple syrup/Honey - as needed
Milk - 1 cup
Chia seed - 1/2 tsp

Procedure

Take the chia seed in a bowl, add the water(1/4 cup) and set it aside for minimum 20 to 30 mins to bloom or until it becomes all gel like consistency.

Next, in a blender/mixie jar, add apple & berries, grind them into smooth puree, then add the milk.

Next add the maple syrup and soaked chia seed, again pulse it until all mix together.

Healthy Mixed Berries Smoothie is ready.

Related: How to make Pomegranate Milkshake

Notes:

In addition to blueberry & raspberry, you can add whatever the berries you like or have it.
Instead of maple syrup, you can use whatever the sweetener you like too.
Soaked chia seed stays well in refrigerator up to a week.

Friday, January 17, 2020

Eggless Blueberry Muffins | Breakfast Muffins

Eggless Blueberry muffins, a delicious breakfast muffins made from fresh blueberries. As it's cold here now, it's difficult to eat fresh fruits straight from the refrigerator, so tried to include them in oatmeal bowl, pancakes, baking items and so on. Last week, i had noticed a pack of blueberries siting idle in the refrigerator for a week and remembered this muffins from some hotel's breakfast that i had earlier. Since i didn't grew up eating this kind of home made stuff, for all western recipe i would search online for recipes and for baking, my first go to place is joyofbaking. Her detailed explanation on basic things makes it easier for novice bakers like me. So this recipe is adopted from joyofbaking and it turned out super soft, delicious with mild sweet. More than for breakfast, i would love to have this with evening tea, they are so perfect.

In the original recipe, egg is used. Since i halved the recipe and the recipe calls for only half a egg, i didn't want to waste the other half of the egg left out after used in the recipe, so totally skipped it, instead i have added the milk. I thought that the curd in the recipe itself would yield soft muffins and i was correct, it turned out so good.Now let's check out how to make this delicious blueberry muffins.

Eggless Blueberry Muffins

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Makes : 12
Recipe Category: Muffins | Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients
All purpose flour - 1 cup
Sugar - 1/4 cup
Curd - 1/2 cup
Milk -1/4 cup
Oil - 2 tbsp
Baking soda -1/2 tsp
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Blueberries - 1/3 to 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp

Procedure
Preheat the oven @ 350 F

First let's add all the wet ingredients in a bowl. Add curd, milk & oil in a bowl.

Next add the vanilla essence & sugar into it and whisk it well until all combined together.

In a another bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. Then add the blueberries into it and coat each blue berries with flour lightly.