Super Soft Fat - Free Fruit Paniyaram (Apple & Banana)

Well..it is originally a  fat-free  vegan muffin recipe , but not sure if its coz of the extra soft texture; it just didnt work for me as a muffin, and i ended up making a batch of paniyarams.  Trust me...was indeed very pleased with the outcome. It cooked much quicker on stove top, than being baked in the oven. 

 

Fat -free Apple - Banana Paniyarams

 

 

 There is plenty of moisture (and healthy fiber) from the apple juice and fruit content in the recipe, so there's no need for margarine or oil, which adds fat as well as calories. If you're looking for a healthy fat-free or low-fat vegan snack, this is a good one to try.

 

Good to know....

*   A banana ripens quickly (overnight), when you put it into a brown paper bag with an apple or tomato .

*   Apples come from the Rose family, Rosacea, that’s why they have a rosy aroma!

Ingredients:

 

2 cups flour/maida

3 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups apple juice

1 apple, diced

2 ripe bananas, mashed

 

 

Preparation

 

 

In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and sugar.

 

and thats exactly why..we add in the apple and mashed banana and mix it well with more apple, but the juice.

 

And once mixed, tha batter looks like this. 

Good to know...



*     About 80 percent of the weight of a banana is water...but...you need nuclear science to extract juice from bananas .

It's awfully hard to do so. Agree ? Have you ever tried squeezing one?

Their molecular structure is just not very squeezable. The currently available banana juice is blended banana, not squeezed banana.....which is obviously cheating...hummmm

 

 

Spray some cooking oil on the paniyaram pan and pour the batter into the holes.

 

Let it cook on either sides ( a few minutes)

(the original recipe was to preheat the oven to 325 degrees F and
bake in a lightly greased muffin tin for 35-45 minutes, or until they raise and are golden brown).

 

 

Well..the obedient me did so too..but.. sadly...

....it was a flop-show. The paper lining just wouldnt peel off the muffin . :(
 Wonder y...or y not ?

  

Anyways, the paniyaram pan was there for the rescue. Just couldnt be throwing the batter away. And, back to smiles....they cooked in very less time compared to the 40 mins required for the muffin, were extremely soft,  and yes ! healthy too !!
Best when taken hot.

 

Good to know..

 

Apples ,  Bananas  and even Watermelons float in water. Statistics state that approximately 25% of an apple's volume is air hence making it less dense than water. When you place the banana in water, it will sink at first, then it will rise to the surface and float as they too have tiny air pockets in them.

 

 



 

But..just be very clear on the question . Life of Pi .... clicks ?

 

The question isn't whether bananas float, it's whether they float with a 100+ pound adult orangutan sitting on top of them, and the answer is almost certainly NOOO !!!.



 :)

Original recipe source - from here .