Homemade Granola Bars

Homemade Granola Bars

  Its been long break from Blogging. Back with this Homemade Granola Bars from Sharmis Passion
This is so simple an yummy, i just added some flax seeds and jaggery instead of brown sugar for the original recipe.
My lil one also loved it :)!!


Ingredients
Quick cooking oats - 1 cup
Cornflakes - 1/4 cup
Honey - 1/2 cup
Butter - 1 tbsp
Jaggery - 1 tbsp
Water - 1 tbsp
Almonds - 5 chopped finely
Cashew - 2 tbsp broken into tiny pieces
Golden, black raisins and Dates - 1/4 cup
Flax seeds - 1 tblsp

Method
1. Heat a pan, Dry roast oats, cornflakes, all nuts and dry fruits, flax seeds. Fry until a nice aroma comes and oats slightly changes its color. Keep is a side.
2. In the same pan heat the butter, until it melts, now add the jaggery, honey and water until u see bubbles in them.
3. Now add the dry roasted oats mixer to it , until all of them are incorporated properly.
4. Mean while use a butter paper or grease a aluminium foil with butter.
5. Tranfer the mixer to the greased sheet and spread it using a wooden
laddle for 1/4 inch thickness. Make nice square edges, leave it to cool for 5-10 mins.
6. Now cut them to your desired shape and size. Then bake them for 180 degree for 10 mins. Cool them and store in a air tight container.

Tea masala

Tea masala Homemade
Winter is coming around and tea with some masala in it so refreshing. Its good to cope up with cold windy weather, this spices help to prevent from cold, headcahes, sore trout. So do try this easy recipe, than getting a readymade tea masala from shop. While making tea, add reqiured qantity of this masala and feel the diffenece in the taste of tea.

Ingredients
Cardamom – 10 Pods
Cinnamon - 4 short stick
Cloves – 10 pieces
Dry Ginger – 1 piece
Pepper – 2 tsp


Method
1. Dry roast all the ingredients in the pan for 2 to 3 minutes. Untill nice aroma comes from it.
2. Tranfer it to a plate and let it cool.
3. Grind this mixer in a blender until fine powder.
4. Now store it in a air tight container for more than a month.
5. Add 1/2 tsp of this masala while preparing tea, tastes great.

Strawberry Apple Jam

Strawberry Apple Jam


I was searching for jam recipes has i wanted my lil one to taste something home made. I never knew making jam was so simple and easy.My daughter loved it, yummy jam, better than store bought one.


I came up with strawberry and apple jam, where strawberry gave a nice color and smell, where as apple gave a nice texture to the jam. Now onwards i dont think so i will buy any more jam from store !!


Ingredients

1/2 cup strawberries chopped
1 cup Apple chopped
1 cups of sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice


Method

1. Puree both the apple and strawberry peices in a mixer.
2. Shift the fruit puree, sugar and lemon juice in a heavy bottomed pan, on a medium heat, stir frequently and allow sugar to melt and fruits to cook.
3. Cook untill it thicken up, 15-20 minutes. It will all hild together when lifting the spatula.
4. Cool it and store in the airtight container, refrigerate and use has required.