Cranberry – Walnut Pumpkin Bread: Yummy Autumn dessert / Halloween Special Post

Hello Foodies,

Halloween celebration is not complete without pumpkin.Halloween is the time when we make recipes with pumpkin. Today I am sharing recipe with the combination of pumpkin and spices:Cranberry walnut pumpkin bread. Combination of pumpkin, spies and nuts gives perfect feel of autumn.I made this bread without butter.
Celebrate your Halloween extra spooky with this recipe.

Ingredients:
 
Pumpkin puree – 1 cup (store bought)
Cinnamon powder – 1tsp
Nutmeg powder – ½ tsp
Clove powder – ½ tsp
Vanilla extract – ½ tsp
Vegetable oil – 1/3 cup
Sugar – ¾ cup
Large eggs – 2
All-purpose flour – 1 ½ cups
Salt – ¼ tsp
Chopped walnut – ½ cup
Dried cranberry – ½ cup
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Baking soda – 1 tsp


Directions:-
1) Preheat the oven at 350 degree Fahrenheit.
2) In a large mixing bowl add eggs and whisk well.
3) Add pumpkin puree, oil, sugar and vanilla extract and whisk gently.
4) In another bowl sieve all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg powder, clove powder, cinnamon powder together. 
5) Now add walnut and cranberry in flour mixture and mix well.
6) Add this mixture in egg mixture and mix well. Make a smooth bread batter.
7) Grease loaf pan and pour the batter in the pan. Sprinkle some chopped walnut on the top of batter.
8) Give a nice taps and bake it in the oven for about 40- 45 mins or until done.
9) Take a toothpick test. Insert a toothpick in it. If it comes out clean it means out bread is ready.
10) Take out the bread from the oven and let it cool down completely.
11) Once cooled, with the help of bread knife cut the half inch thick pieces.
12) Serve with tea/pumpkin spiced coffee.

My notes:

1) You can also use store bought pumpkin spices.
2) You can also use pumpkin seeds in place of walnuts.

Masala Besan Paratha: Spicy chickpeas flour stuffed Indian bread.

Hello Foodies,

Today I am sharing easy and quick recipe with you: Besan Paratha: Spicy chickpeas flour stuffed Indian bread.
For stuffing I used besan, pav bhaji masala, kasuri methi and other spices.
Enjoy this yummy paratha.

Ingredients:-

For making dough:
Whole wheat flour – 2 cups
Semolina/ suji – ¼ cup
Carom seeds – ¼ tsp
Ghee / clarified butter – 2 tbsp
Oil/butter – for shallow frying the parathas
Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
Salt as per taste
Water as needed

For stuffing:

Besan/ chickpeas flour – ½ cup
Pav bhaji masala – 2 tbsp
Dried kasuri methi – ½ tsp
Dried mango powder – ½ tsp
Garlic powder – ½ tsp
Onion powder – ½ tsp
Oil – 1 tbsp
Red chili powder – ½ tsp
Salt as per taste

Directions:-

1) First we knead the dough. For this combine all the above mentioned ingredients except water in a large mixing bowl. With hand gently mix all ingredients together and take water as needed and knead soft dough.
2) Cover the dough with damp cloth and set aside.
3) Now we make stuffing. For this mix all above mentioned ingredients in bowl and mix it well.
4) Head the griddle on medium flame.
5) Now divide the dough in equal parts and make golf size balls out of it.
6) Make a 3 inch round chapati and place 2 tbsp stuffing in the middle. Carefully close the edges and make round ball.
7) Now again make 6 inch round chapati from stuffed ball.
8) Place it on preheated griddle and let it cook from one side.
9) Flip the paratha and apply oil/butter both sides and cook it until golden brown in color.
10) Serve hot with chilled yogurt.