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healthy crackers with chickpea gluten free Is chickpea flour gluten free? This is one of the most common questions asked today. Ever since gluten was presented as a beast. Well, gluten is not that bad for everyone. It is harmful for only those who suffer from celiac disease or allergies. For everybody else, gluten is safe. gluten free recipe So I have come up with the tastiest and healthiest cracker recipe for those looking for chickpea gluten free snacks. I simply loved the wheat-oat crackers that I prepared a few days back. I have got some amazing reviews on the sesame cracker recipe that I baked with whole wheat flour. Here's some feedback on the same. This time I wanted to try making crunchy bites with chickpea flour to make a gluten free savory snack for Diwali. I was not surprised to bake the best and healthiest crackers ever! I plan to bake one batch for my parents in Patiala as a Diwali gift. What are your plans for diwali? If...

suji kachori When you are a health freak, you tend to experiment more. This is exactly what I am doing these days. In my endevor to create health food, I tried making suji (semolina) kachori, that too, in appe pan.  The kachoris really turned out awesome. semolina kachori Recipe : 1 cup suji 2 cups water 1/4 tsp cumin seeds (jeera) 1/4 tsp carom seeds (ajwain) 1/2 tsp oil +1/4 tsp for greasing (more or less depending on your preference) Salt Take oil in a pan. Heat on medium flame. Add jeera. Let it splutter. Add carom seeds. Stir. Add salt and water. Mix well Add suji. Keep stirring on low flame until it forms a lump. suji kachori in appe pan Filling ingredients 2 Boiled potatoes 1/8 cup Boiled peas (more or less) salt green chilly ginger paste coriander powder jeera powder Any other vegetable you may wish to add Mix everything well. You may want to fry potatoes. suji kachori in paniyara...

oats poha oil free snack Oil free diet snacks are a favorite with me. You can munch on them whevever you wish to.  A hot cup of tea always comes in as a great accompaniment. I love tea and pair it with crunchy cookies. But sometimes I do love to munch on this healthy chiwda snack... The best thing about this simple oil free diet snack is that it is quick to process.  In fact, the diet snack recipe is all about: gathering the ingredients dry roasting them tempering them with carom seeds and curry leaves to enjoy an aromatic snack that is high in fiber and calories   This diet snack recipe is extremely simple and nutritious with a blend of healthy ingredients, viz. fiber-rich flattened rice and oats, nutritious peas and peanuts/almonds, and aromatic carrom seeds.  Ingredients of diet snack  1 cup Poha (rice flakes) 1/4th cup oats little salt corn flakes or mixture - 3 tbsp Dry peas (optional)- 2 tbs Roasted peanuts (I didn'...