Eggless Whole Wheat Spring Onion Scones and Awards!!!

Dear All, First of all I am very sorry for this unannounced break, frankly i never was on a real break but with all the work pressure and shifting to a new apartment, left me tired and exhausted at the end of the day with no energy to blog. I must say this was my first experience in shifting to a new home and its extremely tiring and painful. Most of the past days i have either taken a take away or had rice for lunch and dinner, didnt find much time to cook. Finally yesterday i got some time to make something which i have been planning to make since a long time now....Scones. This is the first time i have made scones at home and they came out quite well. They taste delicious when served them warm with a dollop of butter, perfect for tea time. Googling i found two wonderful recipes Savory cheese & Scallion scones and 5 herb eggless scones, which i have adapted to make these. Sashi, Suparna, Ann, Faiza Ali and Sushma have passed the below awards to me along with a tag! I would like to thank you all for your support and appreciation. It really means a lot to me. Answers to the tag : 1.what is your current obsession? Blogging! 2. What are you wearing today? Capri and a Tee 3. What’s for dinner? Biryani with Raita 4. What’s the last thing you bought? Groceries 5. What are you listening to right now? Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden 6. What do you think about the person who tagged you? Suparna is a sweet heart, have known her for a while and we share a grt rapport , her comments always cheer me up , thanks dear! Her recipes are simple and delicious! Sashi i came to know recently, she has some wonderful collection of recipes on her blog, do check out! Ann has a fantastic blog, i have always admired her healthy way of cooking! Faiza is very creative in her cooking and has some yummy dishes on her blog Sushma's blog is a food paradise, i love her passion and creativity in cooking. Once again thank you all! 7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be? Definately Switzerland! 8. What are your must-have pieces for summer? Capris, Tee's, cotton clothes 9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? Paris or Italy 10. Which language do you want to learn? German and French 11. Who do you want to meet right now? My mom 12. What is your favorite colour? Sky Blue 13. What is your favourite piece of clothing in your own closet? An embroidered blue, pink and white churidar 14. What is your dream job? Would love to be a cake decorator, would like to work for old age homes and for children's orphange. 15. What’s your favourite magazine? I dont read magazines 16. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on? Chocolates! 17. What do you consider a fashion faux pas? Heavy makeup and unappropriate clothes 18. Who are your style icons? None. 19. Describe your personal style? Simple, elegant and classy! 21. What are your favourite movies? Lots! Jab We Met, HAHK, DDLJ, Ice Age 1,2 &3, Hum Tum etc 22. Give us three styling tips that always work for you: Simple hair style, decent comfortable clothes and confidence. 23. Coffee or tea? Sometimes coffee 24. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed? Eat chocolates, go for shopping, bake a cake, read a novel, basically try to divert my mind. 25. What is the meaning of your name? Angel :) 26. Which other blogs you love visiting? Lots, infact all the blogs which i have been following 27. Favorite Dessert/Sweet? Rasmalai and chocolate cake 28. Favorite Season? Rainy 29.Which is your dream destination? I am living currently in :) Switzerland... 30: Which is your favorite international cuisine ? Italian My Question: Your favorite kitchen tool? The rules are: Respond and rework – answer the questions on your own blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, and add one more question of your own. Then tag eight or ten other people. I want to pass the awards and tags to the below friends. Please accept these awards and pass on! Priya Nithya Anshika Mandira and Lakshmi of BakingBuddies Shubha Padma Srilakshmi Ushanandini Pratibha Pari

Ingredients: 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (normal roti atta is fine too) 2 spring onions or scallions finely chopped along with their greens and whites 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 2 tbsp cold butter 1/3 cup milk (or as required) 2 green chillies chopped finely 2 tbsp freshly chopped coriander Salt to taste (about a tsp) Procedure:

• Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C
• Mix together flour, baking powder and baking soda
• Add in butter and mix together to resemble crumbles.
• Now add in the chopped spring onions, coriander, and salt to taste.
• Slowly add in milk as required and make a soft dough.
• Roll the dough to about 1 inch thickness and cut with a sharp knife into pieces, similar to cutting a pizza.
• Bake these for 20 to 25 mins until golden brown.
• Serve them warm with a dollop of butter.

Bell Pepper and Spring Onion Parathas

Saturday is our official day for grocery shopping as on weekdays we dont get much time after office. Every week we make sure we get a big bunch of Bell peppers. Right from my childhood days I am very fascinated by bell peppers, back then red and yellow bell peppers were not that easily available in the market and hence were not very common at home. As I am very fond of Bell Peppers, i try to do lot of experiments with them, right from pastas to parathas, thats right parathas and what else would go with them other than lovely green spring onions. So here's my recipe for Bell Pepper and Spring Onions parathas. The below recipe will make around 4 -5 medium sized parathas. You can either have them with plain yogurt or with pickle, they are ideal for tiffin lunch..:) I am sending this recipe to Single Serving Recipe event hosted by Sahaja of SpicyRasam and also to Monthly Mingle - Kids Lunches hosted by Srivalli of Cooking4AllSeasons, originally started by Meeta of WhatsForLunchHoney

Ingredients:

For dough

2 cup wheat flour or chapatti flour

1 pinch salt

1 tbsp oil

warm water to knead

For Filling

1 big Red Bell Pepper cut into small pieces

1 big Yellow Bell Pepper cut into small pieces

1 bunch of spring onions finely cut

2 green chillies finely cut

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp black pepper powder(optional)

1/2 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp garam masala powder

1/2 tsp chaat masala

1 tbsp oil

Procedure:

• Mix together wheat flour, salt and oil. Slowly add in warm water and knead into a soft dough. Cover and keep is aside for atleast half an hour.
• For the filling, heat oil in a non stick pan, add all the ingredients except spring onions.
• Cover the mixture and let it cook for around 5 to 7 mins, until bell pepers are partly cooked. Now add in the spring onions.

• Cover and cook again for another 5 mins. Remove from heat and cool it completely.
• For making parathas, make lemon sized ball, roll this dough using a rolling pin on floured surface to make a small circle of about 4 inch diameter.
• Place a spoonful of filling mixture in middle of the dough, fold in the sides and seal them together.
• Roll this dough again using flour into 1/2 cm thick rotis taking care that filling doesnt come out while rolling them.
• Cook the paratha on medium heat either using oil or ghee.
• Serve hot parathas with curd, pickle or raita.

Chilla with Gram Flour (Besan)

It was lazy sunday afternoon and I was in mood to cook something really simple and easy without much effort. I simply made some chillas with gram flour using spring onions, tomatoes and spiced them with green chilles. In gujarati chillas are also called Pudlas. Its ideal dish to make when you are running out of time, its real easy and quick to prepare and you can add whole lot of veggies like grated carrots, cabbage ,cucumber,capsicum etc....The recipe below is ideal for one person and makes 2 to 3 chillas. I am sending this dish to Sahaja of SpicyRasam who is hosting Single Single Recipes event and to Neha of EasyNTastyRecipes who is hosting FIC Red and Green event, originally started by Sunshinemom of  TongueTicklers.

Ingredients :

1/2 cup gram flour (Besan)

2 tbsp Semilona (makes chillas crispy)

2 green chillies finely cut

1 medium size tomato finely cut

1/2 cup spring onions finely cut

1 tbsp finely chopped corainder leaves

1 tsp salt

1 pinch Asafoetida

1 tsp cumin seeds

2 to 3 tsp oil for cooking

Procedure :

• Mix gram flour, semilona, salt, asafoetia and cumin seeds in a bowl.
• Add little water and make a smooth paste out of it, the consistency will be of dosa batter.

• Add finely cut spring onions, tomatoes, corainder leaves and green chillies. Keep it aside for 10 mins.
• Heat non stick pan , add 1 tsp of oil, spread the batter, cover and cook it for 5 to 10 mins on medium heat.
• Cook on both the sides until light brown.
• Serve hot with corainder chutney or tomato sauce.
• Variations - Use can also use grated carrots, cucumber, capsicum and cabbage.