Showing posts with label breakfast recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breakfast recipes. Show all posts

Monday, June 30, 2025

Roasted Strawberry Muffins #MuffinMonday

These roasted strawberry muffins are baked with intensely sweet summer strawberries, roasted to concentrate their flavor even more! 

Food Lust People Love: These roasted strawberry muffins are baked with intensely sweet summer strawberries, roasted to concentrate their flavor even more!

It’s such a pleasure to sniff summer berries that actually smell like they should! Sweet and fragrant. Most of the year strawberry smell of very little, flown in from who knows where but this time of the year, they come from a nearby farm and I just can’t get enough of them.

Mostly we just eat them straight out of the little boxes but occasionally some are left that are getting past their best. Those make the best muffins!

Roasted Strawberry Muffins

No strawberries? Substitute blueberries or raspberries. Or even chopped up peaches or nectarines. 

Ingredients
9 oz or 250g (after hulling and dicing) strawberries
1/2 cup or 100g sugar (I used golden caster sugar.)
1 1/3 cups or 167g flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/3 cup or 75g butter, melted and cooled
1 egg
2/3 cup or 160ml milk
3/4 teaspoon vanilla

Method
Preheat oven to 400°F or 200°C. Grease or line 9 muffin cups with paper liners. Line a baking pan with nonstick baking parchment for roasting the berries.

Hull your strawberries. I use a small paring knife to dig out the hull.


Chop the strawberries into pieces. Separate out a small pile of strawberry pieces for topping and set aside. 


In a mixing bowl, toss the rest of the strawberries with 1 tablespoon of the sugar. 


Spread the strawberries out on the baking parchment lined baking pan. 


Roast in the preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool. 


Meanwhile, in large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder and the rest of the sugar.  


In another mixing bowl, whisk together the butter, egg, milk and vanilla.


Add your cooled roasted strawberries along with any syrup that has been created to the flour bowl and toss gently to coat.  


Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and folded until just blended. 


Spoon into your prepared muffin cups, topping each with some of the reserved strawberries.


Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the muffins are golden.


Transfer from the oven to a wire rack and leave to cool for a few minutes. Remove from the pan. 


Enjoy!

Food Lust People Love: These roasted strawberry muffins are baked with intensely sweet summer strawberries, roasted to concentrate their flavor even more!


It’s the last Monday of the month so that means it’s time for Muffin Monday. Check out all the muffin recipes we are sharing!

#MuffinMonday is a group of muffin loving bakers who get together once a month to bake muffins. You can see all of our lovely muffins by following our Pinterest board. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about Muffin Monday can be found on our home page.



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Food Lust People Love: These roasted strawberry muffins are baked with intensely sweet summer strawberries, roasted to concentrate their flavor even more!

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Gujarati-style Savory Pancakes

Also known as dangela, these Gujarati-style Savory Pancakes are made with dhokla flour: a mix of rice, chickpeas, pigeon peas and lentils. The fermented yogurt batter is traditionally cooked on a tawa or griddle.

Food Lust People Love: Also known as dangela, these Gujarati-style Savory Pancakes are made with dhokla flour: a mix of rice, chickpeas, pigeon peas and lentils. The fermented yogurt batter is traditionally cooked on a tawa or griddle.

I first read about these wonderful savory pancakes on my friend Mayuri’s blog, Mayuri’s Jikoni. I had never heard of dhokla flour but I am often looking for ways to up our protein intake and a flour containing legumes sounded like an easy, tasty way of doing that. 

Fortunately, my favorite Indian market in Houston, Subhlaxmi Grocers, carries it! There are a lot of recipes online that start from scratch, grinding the various ingredients to make the flour first so, if you are so inclined, you can certainly make it yourself. Mayuri says the ratio to use is 2 parts rice, 1 part split chickpea (chana dal) and 1/4 part urad dal (split black gram aka white lentils.)


Gujarati-style Savory Pancakes

The batter requires time to ferment so start this recipe in the morning to make the pancakes in the afternoon or evening. Or start in the evening and leave it to ferment overnight. The weight of the vegetables given below is what I used. You can add more or less, according to your taste. You can find the original recipe with Mayuri’s notes here. If you can't find ajwain seeds, Google offers this advice: Ajwain seeds have a distinctive flavor that is similar to thyme and cumin. When a substitute is needed, thyme, caraway seeds, or a combination of cumin and oregano can be used. 

Ingredients  
For fermenting the batter:
1 cup or 220g dhokla flour
1/4 cup or 60ml warm water
1/4 cup or 61g plain yogurt
1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds

For adding to the fermented batter:
1 medium (about 5 0z or 142g) zucchini
1 medium (about 2 1/2 oz or 71g) carrot
2 good handfuls (about 1 2/3 oz or 47g) fresh baby leaf spinach
1/4 medium onion
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon ajwain seeds
1/4 teaspoon garam masala
1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne
1 small knob ginger, grated on a microplane
2 small green chili peppers, finely minced

For the tarka, to further season the batter:
1 tablespoon oil
1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
generous pinch asafetida
1- 2 tablespoons water, for rinsing the tarka pan

For cooking the savory pancakes aka dangela:
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
Canola or other light oil
3-4 teaspoons sesame seeds for topping

Method
Measure the flour into a large bowl that will fit the rest of your batter ingredients later. Add the warm water, yogurt and 1/4 teaspoon fenugreek seeds to the flour.


Mix well. Cover the bowl and put it in a warm place for 8 hours or overnight.

If the weather is warm, the bowl can be kept on the kitchen countertop. If the weather is cold, put the bowl in your oven (with a pilot light, if it’s gas) or turn just the light bulb on. 

During the fermentation time, finely grate your zucchini and carrot. Leave both to drain on paper towels to get rid of some of the excess liquid. 


Pinch the stems off of the spinach leaves and discard.
 

Chop the leaves.


Then mince the onion.


When the fermentation time is up, add grated carrot, grated zucchini, chopped onion and spinach to the batter. Mix thoroughly.


Add the salt, sugar, turmeric powder, garam masala and cayenne pepper. Mix again to combine.


Grate the ginger and mince the green chili peppers. 


Add them to the batter. Rub the ajwain between your palms and add it to the batter. Mix the batter well.


If it appears a bit dry then add normal tap water, little at a time. I found that the more I stirred, the wetter it got, no doubt courtesy of the chopped spinach, so I didn't add any water. You want a batter thick enough to be spooned into a pan but one that will spread out a little of its own accord, perhaps with a little help from your spoon.

Finally, we’ll make the tarka to finish seasoning the batter by lightly frying the tarka ingredients in a little oil. Heat the 1 tablespoon of oil in a small pan over low to medium heat. Add the fenugreek seeds. When they begin to sizzle add the mustard and cumin seeds.


Add the pinch of asafetida. 


Give the tarka a quick stir then immediately pour it into the batter.


Add about 2 tablespoons of water to the hot pan. Give it a swirl and add the water to the batter. Stir well.


I almost missed this step! When you are ready to make the dangela, add the baking powder to the batter and give it another good stir. Now you are ready to cook! 


This will make four nice thick pancakes so I eyeballed the batter in the bowl and scored the top in an effort to make them come out relatively even. 


Wipe out your tarka frying pan then heat it over medium heat.

Drizzle in some oil. Add about one-quarter of the batter to your pan and give it a little shake and use your spoon to spread it out into an even circle. 


Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon of sesame seeds over the top of the batter.


Drizzle a little more oil around the pancake.


Leave it to cook for about 3-4 minutes over low heat or until it seems set enough to turn.

Carefully turn it over with a big spatula.


Drizzle a little more oil around the dangela and cook until it is golden on the other side. Put it in a low oven in foil to keep warm while you cook the other three. 

Repeat the process until you have four savory pancakes to enjoy. My husband and I ate the first two as snacks with mint chutney. 

Food Lust People Love: Also known as dangela, these Gujarati-style Savory Pancakes are made with dhokla flour: a mix of rice, chickpeas, pigeon peas and lentils. The fermented yogurt batter is traditionally cooked on a tawa or griddle.

Then the next morning, we enjoyed the last two, warmed, with a fried egg each on top. Lovely snack and lovely breakfast. Highly recommend either way! 

Food Lust People Love: Also known as dangela, these Gujarati-style Savory Pancakes are made with dhokla flour: a mix of rice, chickpeas, pigeon peas and lentils. The fermented yogurt batter is traditionally cooked on a tawa or griddle.

It’s already the second Tuesday of the month – how is it June?! – so that means it’s time for my Bread Bakers to share their recipes for this month’s theme: Indian breads. Many thanks to our host, Renu from Cook with Renu. Check out the links below. 

#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.


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Food Lust People Love: Also known as dangela, these Gujarati-style Savory Pancakes are made with dhokla flour: a mix of rice, chickpeas, pigeon peas and lentils. The fermented yogurt batter is traditionally cooked on a tawa or griddle.

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Monday, May 26, 2025

Chocolate Espresso Muffins #MuffinMonday

The deep rich flavor of these chocolate espresso muffins makes them the perfect accompaniment for a hot beverage or a cold glass of milk.

Food Lust People Love: The deep rich flavor of these chocolate espresso muffins makes them the perfect accompaniment for a hot beverage or a cold glass of milk.

Last week my husband and I were packing up the car, ready for a road trip to France when our neighbor, a retired fisherman, knocked on our door with the gift of two immense spider crabs.

I thanked him profusely then went to the kitchen to show them to my husband. There was no way we could leave them for a week, even in the refrigerator so that afternoon, I wrenched all their legs off and popped them in a Ziploc bag. Then I picked the meat from the bodies and put them in a container. The crabs would make the traveling team. 

Whenever our neighbor brings over crabs, and occasionally lobsters, my return gift is something homemade. Sometimes carrot cake which is his favorite, or jam or fudge sauce but often it’s muffins. Because muffins are easy, versatile and everyone loves them. Bake some for a neighbor or friend!

Chocolate Espresso Muffins

This recipe makes nine standard muffins. If you don’t have a nine-cup pan, just use a 12-cup one and add a little water to the empty cups so the pan heats evenly.

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups or 156g flour
1/2 cup or 100g sugar
1/4 cup or 20g cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup or 100g semi-sweet chocolate chips plus a little extra for topping, if desired.
1/3 cup or 80ml canola oil, plus extra for greasing the muffin pan
1/3 cup + 1/4 cup or 140ml milk 
1 egg

Method
Preheat your oven to 350°F or 180°C and prepare a nine-hole muffin pan brushing or spraying the insides with oil.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together your flour, sugar, cocoa, espresso powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. (I did put the espresso powder but somehow missed taking a photo after!)


In another smaller bowl, whisk together your oil, milk and egg.


To help the chocolate chips remain evenly in the batter, I like to mix them around with the residual oil left in the measuring cup. It’s just enough to wet them a little so that the flour mixture sticks to them. Toss and stir. 


Mix the chocolate chips into the flour mixture and use your clean hands to separate any that are stuck together. 


Pour your wet mixture into the dry ingredients and fold until they are just combined. 


Divide the batter evenly between the holes in your oiled muffin pan. Add a few more chocolate chips to the top, if desired.  


Bake in your preheated oven for about 20-25 minutes or until the muffins are puffed up and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle. 


Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes.

Run an offset spatula or butter knife around the edges of the pans and gently turn the muffins out of the pan and cool further on a wire rack.


Enjoy!

Food Lust People Love: The deep rich flavor of these chocolate espresso muffins makes them the perfect accompaniment for a hot beverage or a cold glass of milk.

It’s the last Monday of the month so that means it’s time for Muffin Monday. Check out the lovely muffins my blogger friends are sharing today! 
#MuffinMonday is a group of muffin loving bakers who get together once a month to bake muffins. You can see all of our lovely muffins by following our Pinterest board. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about Muffin Monday can be found on our home page.



Pin these Chocolate Espresso Muffins!

Food Lust People Love: The deep rich flavor of these chocolate espresso muffins makes them the perfect accompaniment for a hot beverage or a cold glass of milk.

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