Atta / Whole Wheat Fruit Muffin
An easy to bake healthy muffin made out of atta turns out as golden and fluffy as the regular muffin and doesn’t require much tending either.
Ingredients
Dry ingredients -
- Whole wheat flour: 2cup (Can use 1cup atta & 1 cup maida)
- Baking Powder: 2tbsp
- Salt: one-fourth tsp
- Sugar: half a cup
- Cinnamon Powder: 1 tsp (optional)
- Sesame seed: 1 tbsp
- Carrot: 1 no. (grated)
- Dry fruits: 2tbsp (raisins, almonds)
- Egg: 2 (can be substituted with 2 tbsp fruit vinegar)
- Essence: 1tsp
- Milk: one-fourth cup
- Oil: 1 cup (Can be substituted with butter)
- Water: three-fourths of a cup
Method
In a blender or with an electric beater beat all the wet ingredients well along with sugar till it dissolves and is fluffy or frothy.
In another bowl sieve all the dry ingredients except dry fruits, grated carrot and sesame seed. Now mix the dry ingredient to the wet gradually, but at the same time being fast to ensure the baking powder does not lose its effect. Once mixed well, a thick yet pourable batter should be ready.
Line greased muffin cups with butter or oil. To the batter now mix the dry fruits and grated carrot and pour in the muffin cups and bake at 250 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
Note: If using vinegar instead of egg, ensure the quantity of milk and oil increases by one-fourth of a cup. Else the batter would turn out too dry and will result in a hard cake. Grated carrots and dry fruits are optional. It can be substituted with any fruit of choice. The cake as such will not have much difference in its color or texture
But it depends on the brand of atta that’s used. Some atta have a certain amount of maida mixed in it. The oil can be reduced to half a cup and buttermilk can also be used. It might bring a slight change in the taste, but it would not make much of a difference.
