Buttermilk Scones

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Ingredients:

3 ½ cup of self-rising flour

2 tablespoon of caster sugar

60 gram of butter sliced

1 ½ cup of buttermilk

Himalayan pink salt

Jam to serve

Whip cream to serve

Direction to bake:

Set the oven to preheat at 220 degree Celsius. Take a 8 cm deep 19 cm square cake baking pan. Grease it with the baking spray and flour it .now place it aside. Take a large bowl .put in it the flour, pinch of pink salt and sugar in it. Mix it well. Add in it the butter and mix it well. With the fingertip rub the flour mixture and butter until it resembles the fine bread crumbs.  Make a well in the center of the flour mixture add the buttermilk in it stir the flour mixture with a flat bladed knife. Stir the mixture until the dough comes together when dough I ready to place it on lightly floured surface knead gently until the dough comes together. Press out the dough to a three centimeter thick round dip a five centimeter round cutter into the flour dough to prevent the dough from sticking. Cut out the scones from the dough. Now press together the leftover dough and repeat the process to make more scones repeat the process and make 16 scones from the dough place the scones in the cake baking tray. And place them in the oven make them for at least 15 to 17 minutes or until they turn to light golden in color or becomes hollow when tapped on the top. Serve by topping it with the jam or whipped creme.

Stuffed Chicken Parmesan Breast

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3 boneless and skinless chicken breast pieces

1 cup of mozzarella cheese

2 cup of floor

Himalayan pink salt

2 cups of bread crumbs

6 eggs beaten

Cooking  Oil for  frying

2 tablespoon of basil leaves

3 cups of tomato sauce

Himalayan pink salt

½ cup of parmesan cheese

Directions to Cook:

Wash the chicken breasts. Place them aside to drain off the excess water. With a sharp knife cut a pocket in each chicken breast. Rub little Himalayan pink salt on the chicken breast. Stuff in the breast pocket the mozzarella cheese evenly. Press the chicken edges firmly to seal the stuffed breast pieces. Place in three separate bowls the flour, bread crumbs, and beaten eggs.  Place a large no sticking frying pan on the heat and pour cooking oil in the pan enough for frying the chicken breasts. Carefully pick the stuffed chicken breast pieces, dip the stuffed chicken pieces into the floor .Coat it evenly and shake slightly to remove the excess flour. Dip the flour coated chicken into the beaten eggs mixture. Dip the chicken  in the bread crumbs to coat them properly.  Place the coated chicken breasts into the cooking oil and cook from both sides until they become golden brown from both sides. Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius.  Take baking sheet slightly grease it with cooking spray. Spread the layer 2/3 part of tomato sauce on the baking dish. Place the stuffed fried chicken on the baking on the tomato sauce layer.  Top the chicken with rest of the tomato sauce. Sprinkle the parmesan cheese and basil leaves on top of the chicken breasts. Bake the stuffed chicken breast on 180 degree Celsius for 20 minutes. Serve the chicken pieces hot with rice and yummy sauces. Ideal to have with the wraps also.

Burnt Sugar Cake

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Burnt sugar cake is delightfully caramelized sugar flavored cake .the cake due to its sweet caramelized flavor and soft texture is incredibly liked by the kids and adults. If served with coffee or  tea  the cake enhances the delight of the tea and coffee

Ingredients:

  • 1 3/4 cups white sugar
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup hot water
  • 3 cups sifted cake flour
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • ½ teaspoon Himalayan pink salt

 Directions How  to Bake a  Cake :

Put half of the sugar in a big skillet and heat it on medium flame till it melts. Stir it with a wooden spoon. Heat the melting mixture till it turns to dark brown color. When sugar syrup‘s color changes to dark brown. Remove the skillet from the heat and let the mixture cool down. Mix the floor, pink salt, and baking powder together. Beat the remaining sugar and butter together till it becomes soft and fluffy. Add the eggs one by one while beating the mixture. Add the burnt sugar syrup and vanilla essence to the mixture. Also, add the dry flour mixture and milk in the creamy batter. Heat the oven to 350 degrees and line the baking pan with 2-inch parchment paper .now put the batter in the lined baking pan and place the pan in preheated oven and bake the mixture for 25 minutes.  Delicious caramelized flavor cake is ready to serve

Apple Chips- Healthier Substitute to Potato Chips

Apple Chips- Healthier Substitute to Potato Chips

Very few people are expert at getting potato chips crunchiness at home through baking. And fewer are the ones who actually dare to use any other ingredient other than potatoes. Following recipe makes use of apple as the main and only ingredient combined with pumpkin spice. This can be done at home with fewer ingredients. The baking time is long but the prep is a lot less hassle. The best thing about this unique winter and autumn recipe is, you can store it for weeks and enjoy it with various dips.

Ingredients:

  • 3 medium apples ( Fuji and Green Apples preferred)
  • 2 tablespoons cinnamon finely grounded
  • 1 tablespoon ginger finely grounded
  • 5 teaspoons nutmeg finely grounded
  • 5 teaspoons cloves finely grounded
  • 1 tsp pink salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to highest temperature then set at 200 0C. Line a baking dish with parchment to absorb excessive juice of apples. Wash apples thoroughly and core but don’t peel. If you prefer larger apple chips then don’t score but thinly slice them using a cutter or mandolin. Discard the base.

If the slices are not thin then the chips will not be crispy. Place the rounded chips on baking sheet. Mix the finely grounded spices together along with Himalayan pink salt.Lightly sprinkle over apples by keeping a distance from the sheet, the higher the sprinkling the even the coating on apples.

Bake for 1.5 hours until the juices dry and then flip the side. Sprinkle the other side with spices as well and then bake again for another hour. Check for crispness. Leave the chips in the oven until it cools down. Store in the airtight jar to preserve its crunchiness after cooling.

5 Ways to Use Himalayan Pink Salt For Beautiful Skin, Nails, Teeth and Hair:

Pink salt is a mineral which is essential for a body as well as the rejuvenating regime.Especially in any dry weather when dullness of skin, blotchiness and irritation sets in using Himalayan pink salt from your kitchen can balance the minerals soaked through pores and also fight dehydration which causes premature aging.

Some uses of Himalayan pink salt in daily beauty routine are advisable.

1. Balancing with Honey and Himalayan Pink salt:

Both of these magical ingredients have anti-inflammatory abilities and can soothe out acne breakouts and skin irritations. This combining mask is also beneficial for controlling oil on the skin and retains hydration in skin layers. You can make this paste at home by mixing two tsp of honey with 1 tsp of finely grounded Himalayan Pink salt. Apply on the face leaving eye area, leave for 15 minutes and wash with warm water. Follow with regular moisturizer.

2. Use as Body Scrub:

Salt has the gentle exfoliating quality to rub off dry skin from all over the body. Mix the quarter cup of Himalayan pink salt with olive oil or soft coconut oil. Gently Rub over skin in circular motions and remove with damp cloth. Leave in for the night and rinse in the morning.

3. Use it as Anti-Dandruff for Scalp:

During dry season head tends to develop flaky dandruff which is very persistent and hard to remove.it is also very beneficial in getting rid of fungal growth and infections in the scalp. Part hair ways and sprinkle.  Himalayan Pink salt onto your scalp. Use wet fingers to massage salt into hair and leave for a few minutes before rinsing. You need few applications before you can get rid of dandruff flakes completely.

4. Use it as Teeth whitener:

Himalayan pink salt creates fuzz when mixed with lemon and baking soda. This mixture is gentle abrasive for yellowing teeth. Himalayan pink salt is also a natural source of fluoride thus more beneficial than sea salt.

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5. Nail Brightening Treatment:

Himalayan pink salt softens cuticles and strengthens the nails. Mix with lemon to remove stains from nails and brighten them. You can soak the nails in a mixture of baking soda and salt to get better results.

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Disclaimer:

The statements enclosed herein have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The products mentioned on this site are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Information and statements made are for education purposes and are not intended to replace the advice of your family doctor.

Why People Recommend Himalayan Salt for Cooking?

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If we talk about the most important ingredients of our daily intake or what we must have to use in our cooking, then we will definitely talk about salt. Yes, the salt is one of the most commonly used ingredients in our cooking and if there is no salt in your recipes, then you won’t be able to develop a good taste or you might say, “a balanced taste” in your recipes. And fortunately, salt also plays a vital role in the development of the human body and it is necessary for the human body to have salt in a certain amount.

Why Himalayan Salt?

Most of the people recommend using Himalayan salt for cooking and there is a solid reason behind their recommendation. For a number of good reasons, this salt type is superior to the other types of the salt available anywhere on the earth. The benefit of having 84 minerals packed naturally with this salt is what makes it different and beneficial than all the other types of the salt available on the earth. This type of the salt is highly recommended salt by the doctors because of the health benefits that it offers to the human body.

Every single mineral out of 84 that a Himalayan pink salt holds is so much beneficial for the human body when the human body will get through the diet. Apart from having 84 much-needed minerals, this is considered to be the world’s cleanest and world’s purest form of the salt that we can get anywhere around the world. Actually, the companies that are manufacturing the Pink salt products leave all the much-needed minerals intact by making sure that not even a single thing is extracted or added to it.

This is just an interesting fact, and you will not be able to find as natural salt and as health beneficial salt as it is by nature. When you will be getting this salt in your daily intake, then you will be injecting the 84 much-needed minerals to your bloodstream and you will be glad to know that it is greatly helpful to regulate the heartbeats and the blood circulation in the body. Isn’t it amazing? Well, this is just a pure natural gift from nature and that is why it is a high recommendation of people.

This type of the salt is also used to make a few interesting and health beneficial products like the Cooking Salt Plate and blocks. You can get a Himalayan salt plate from your nearest health store or the market and don’t worry; it will also be packed with the 84 much-needed minerals. You can either use or cook food or it can be used as a serving dish to serve the food in an elegant way. In fact, there are countless health benefits of this salt type and you can get the advantage of it if you start to use this salt type in your cooking today.