Flax Apple Cinnamon cupcakes

Everyone likes sweet treat, but i prepared these treat with touch of fiber with flax seed meal. These cupcakes would be more good for breakfast which boosts the metabolism with cinnamon. Enjoy these beauties with a cup of coffee.

 Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup maida or all purpose flour

1/4 cup flax seed meal

1 tsp cinnamon

1 cup apple (peeled, cored and chopped)

2/3 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp butter

1 large egg

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 chopped almonds or walnuts (optional)

How i make it :

       Preheat the oven to 375 F.

• Mix all the dry ingredients ( flour, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and soda) in a bowl and set aside

• Beat 1 egg and to it add brown sugar, buttermilk, vanilla and melted butter.
• Mix all the dry and wet ingredients

• Add peeled and chopped apples and flax meal into the mix, and stir well untill you see no lumps.
• Grease the muffin tins or add muffin cups and add the batter slowly into each compartment.
• Bake it for 25 mins. Makes 10-12  muffins.

Semiya kesari

Ingredients:

1 ¼ cups  semiya

3 cups of water

3/4 cup sugar

2 elaichi

Pinch of color

3 tbsp ghee

1 tbsp cashwes, alomonds

2-3 dates chopped.

How i make it:

1. Add 3 tbsp of ghee in a non stick pan and heat. Then add cashews, alomonds and dates and fry until golden brown (don’t burn).
2. Add semiya into the ghee mixture and fry until raw smell goes away and keep stirring for 2-3 mins untill golden color found here and there.
3. Add sugar to the sautéd semiya and continue stirring for 2 mins
4. Now add the water to the semiya sugar mix, add pinch if orange or yellow coloring.
5. Cover the pan and cook for 5 mins until the semiya is smooth stirring in between.

Low the flame and add crushed elaichi to the hot and steaming semiya.

Serve it into a bowl and Enjoy!