Carrot Cupcakes Everyone seems to love Carrot Cake, what I also like about them is how wonderfully moist they are and how flavorful they taste. I love this Carrot Cupcake recipe because it's so easy to make. No mixer is required. The time consuming part is the grating of the fresh carrots. I have included applesauce in the cupcake batter which, along with the oil, makes these cupcakes so moist. But, if you like, you could use an equal amount of grated apple or even crushed pineapple. You can also add 1/2 cup (120 ml) of currants or raisins to the batter. Carrot Cakes became popular with the health food craze of the 1970s. There are many theories on the origin of this cake, some say it descended from the English's baked carrot puddings or European steamed carrot puddings. Others say it may have come from German carrot breads. Carrots were used in European sweet cakes since the Middle Ages when other sweeteners were hard to find or just too expensive. In fact, carrots, along
Non - alcoholic mulled cider with green grapes
But I prefer to use organic 100% grape juice instead.
To add a variation to the flavor to the drink, I like to use dry black currants, if none available, you can add raisins to intensify the flavor. Because grape juice is sweet enough to my taste, with orange juice I have added extra.
Lets cook with step-by-step pictures.
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Non - alcoholic mulled cider with green grapes
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In today’s market, there is a wide variety of alcohol-free wine.
Author: Shalini
Recipe type: Drink
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2 servings
Ingredients
- Green grapes - 1 cup
- Orange juice - 1 cup
- Orange skin - 2 pieces
- Sugar - 1/4 cup
- Star anise - 1
- Cinnamon stick - 1/2 inch
- Cloves - 6
- Ginger - 1/2 inch
- Water - 1 glass
Instructions
- Take a sauce pan with 1 glass of water, brink to boil and add green grapes with orange skin, cover and cook until grapes are cooked well.
- Strain the grapes, orange skin from cooked water(don't discard the water), allow them to cool and add into blender and make a fine paste.
- Strain the blended cooked fruit pulp into cooked water and give a good mix. Keep it back on flame and start to boil.
- Add orange juice, sugar, star anise, cinnamon stick, cloves and ginger into it.
- Boil them for 10min in low flame.
- Strain the juice and serve cool!!!
Pictorial:
Take all items |
Water into pan and boil |
then add grapes |
orange skin |
cook for 10 min |
cool down the fruits |
add cooked grapes and orange juice into blender |
Blend them into smooth paste |
strain the pulp back into cooked water and mix |
add orange juice |
then sugar |
spices with ginger |
boil them for 10 min in low flame |
serve them after cooling!!! |
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