Delicious moist vegan chocolate cupcakes !

These chocolate cupcakes are superrrrrr easy to put together . Any one can do this . All you have to do is follow the recipe :) yess when trying to bake always remember MEASURE .


I took these babies for a birthday party and they were a biggggg hit . To me most of the vegan goodies that i have tried at the super market taste so dry .. just like cardboard . well these are no where close to that . They are super moist , soft and loaded with rich chocolate flavour. And they look super cute . Almost too good to eat ... well almost . Enjoy :)




Recipe

Ingredients
1.5 cups wholewheat pastry flour ( Buy the king Arthur's white ww pastry flour )
3 tablespoons of sifted good quality cocoa ( Or carob powder )
1/2 cup vegan chocolate chips ( can substitute with regular dark chocolate chips.
1/3 cup of chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup turbinado sugar ( raw cane sugar from trader Joe's )
pinch of salt (optional)
5 tablespoons veg.oil
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 teaspoon alcohol free vanilla extract( please buy the real deal )
1 cup cold water

Method

1. In a large mixing bowl, add w w pastry flour, coco powder, baking soda and salt. With the help of a whisk mix all the ingredients together. This will help break up the lumps and add air to the batter.
2. Now dump in your chocolate chips and chopped walnuts . Stir them into the dry ingredients. Make sure they are all well coated with the flour mixture .
3. In a pitcher , add the water , vanilla extract , lime juice , veg oil and sugar . With the help of a whisk , stir everything to combine .
4. Now transfer the mixture from the pitcher to the mixing bowl which has the dry ingredients .
5. With the help of a rubber spatula fold the dry ingredients into the wet .
6. Ones the batter looks all smooth and combined pour the mixture into the cupcake liners .
7. Bake at 350 for about 25 minutes
8. After 20 minutes open the oven door and insert a tooth pick in the center on the cupcake . If the tooth pick comes out clean , pull the cupcakes out and let them cool !
9. If the batter sicks to the tooth pick then let the cupcake bake for another 5 min and check again to see if they are done .
10. Dip the cup cakes in some melted chocolate after they have cooled down and decorate with sprinkles
11. Enjoy them warm or cool with your afternoon tea :) yummy yum !!

Quick & Yummy Breakfast :)

Sprouted whole Mung pancakes !

What’s for breakfast Sunday morning??? How about these delicious, crispy savory pancakes. It will however call for a little bit of planning ahead of the game.
All you need to do is soak your organic green whole mung beans Saturday morning in cold water. Drain the water Saturday early evening and rinse them clean couple of times. And leave them out in a clean dry bowl for sprouting! Sunday morning you will have your mung beans all set to be used.
Why sprout? Well it reduces the cooking time :) Increases the energy ( prana ) . And is Easy on your tummy! Therefore why not sprout right!
Recipe...Here it goes!

What you need?

2 ½ cups sprouted mung beans
1 ½ cup Rawa (Cracked wheat)
½ inch ginger root
1 medium size green chilly
½ cup chopped cilantro
Whole cumin seeds
2 to 3 Curry leaves
Ghee (clarified butter) or olive oil
2 to 3 cups water (Start with adding 1 cup at a time)
Salt


Method

1) To a blender add sprouted mung beans, rawa, ginger root & green chilly. Add 1 cup of water and blend away! Use the rest of the 2 cups of water to adjust the consistency. It should have a dosa or pancake batter consistency.







2) Transfer the mixture to a bowl. Add chopped cilantro, curry leaves & cumin seeds. Add salt to taste & mix the batter with a spoon to combine.
3) Heat a iron skillet on medium high and using a spoon spread the batter on the pan like you would for dosa or pancake. At this point you can also add some ghee or olive oil to the pan to make the pancakes extra delicious and crispy:)
4) Pan fry the pancake on both sides till it looks golden brown and edges look crispy and brown too!
Serve with Fresh homemade yogurt or Ketchup. A not very Ayurvedic but oh sooo good addition would be some pickle on the side :P yummy yum!

Enjoy !!