Falahari muffins are a treat especially if your birthday falls during Navratri or during a fast day. You can still enjoy your cake and yet not break the rules. It is eggless ,gluten free and uses buckwheat flour or kuttu ka atta instead of maida or plain flour. You can also make it vegan if you wish too, by replacing milk with almond milk. Gluten free banana muffins are a great way to use overripe bananas too. These muffins are great because they get sweetness majorly from banana and apple sauce. Both these ingredients are great for soft moist muffin recipe.
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I love upvas recipes. Most food recipes for fasting are a delicious mix of gluten free vegetarian and vegan world. It is a whole new cuisine altogether. I have been fasting for many years now. It gives a break to both my tummy and soul from all the mish mash we keep feed the body and mind. Instead of feeling down and out, you end up feeling rejuvenated. Basically, you have to balance the diet on a fasting day. Eating fruits, consuming milk and staying off extra spicy food will help restore the balance in the body. That doesn't mean you cannot have good food! Of course you can.Easy vrat recipes help you restore and cleanse. Read the recipe below to make a muffin you will make whether you fast or not.
Equipment
- Blender
- Grinder
- Air fryer
- or Oven
- Potato masher/fork to mash bananas
Ingredients for gluten free banana muffins
- Buckwheat flour
- Milk/ almond milk for vegan
- Bananas
- Apple sauce
- Coconut sugar
- Oil
- Flaxseeds +Water= flax egg
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- Chopped walnuts
- Pumpkin seeds, pine seeds
- Salt
Instructions
- Grind flax seeds and add it to water to make flax egg. Mix well and Keep it aside for 15 mins.
- Mash the bananas using a fork or a potato masher.
- Peel the apples,remove the seeds,steam them until soft,puree them and keep them aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together coconut sugar, coconut oil and mashed bananas.
- Now, add flax egg and apple sauce.
- Add chopped walnuts and milk to it.
- Now, add buckwheat flour, baking soda, baking powder.
- Mix it until you get a batter with flowing consistency.
- Pour the batter into muffin liners or a greased muffin tray. Garnish it with seeds and chopped walnuts.
For air fryer muffins
- I have used 2-3 muffin liners for each muffin so that .
- Preheat the air fryer at 170 deg C for 5 mins. Use the bake/roast option for 15 mins at 170 deg C. Check with toothpick, it should come clean. Serve warm.
For oven baked muffin
- Preheat the oven for 10 mins at 170 deg C. Bake in an oven for 25 mins or until toothpick comes clean.
Eggless Glutenfree banana muffins
Equipment
- Air fryer/oven for baking
- Whisk, muffin liners, muffin trays for baking
- Grinder to grind flax seeds
- Blender to make apple sauce
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp. flax seeds meal soaked in ¼ cup water for 15 minutes
- 4 tbsp. apple sauce from 1 big apple
- 2 bananas ¾ cup mashed bananas
- ½ cup coconut oil
- ⅓ cup coconut sugar or raw sugar
- 1.5 cup buckwheat flour kuttu flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ cup walnuts chopped
- 2 tbsp. sunflower seeds
- 2 tbsp. pumpkin seeds
- 2 tbsp. almonds roughly chopped
- ¼ cup milk /any vegan milk
Instructions
- Mix powdered flax seeds with water. Mix well and Keep it aside for 15 mins.
- Mash the bananas using a fork or a potato masher.
- Peel the apples,remove the seeds,steam them until soft,puree them and keep them aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together coconut sugar, coconut oil and mashed bananas.
- Add flaxseed mix and apple sauce.
- Add chopped walnuts and milk to it.
- Mix buckwheat flour with baking soda, baking powder and to mixing bowl.
- Mix the batter, until all ingredients are mixed.Do not overmix.
- Pour the batter in muffin liners or a greased muffin tray. Garnish it with seeds and chopped alminds or as per your choice.
In Oven
- Preheat the oven at 170 deg C for 10 mins.
- Bake in an oven for 25 mins or until toothpick comes clean.
In Air fryer
- Preheat the air fryer at 170 deg C for 5 mins.
- Use 2-3 muffin liners for each muffin so that the shape is retained.Use the bake/roast option for 17-18 mins at 170 deg C.
- Check if the toothpick comes out clean,if not, bake for further 2-3 minutes.
Notes
Serving suggestion
You can also serve it with an ice cream scoop.
Substitution
Make it vegan, by substituting milk with almond milk or oat milk (if not eating during fasting). Dairy free cakes can still taste tasty and moist.
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Top tip
- Grind 500 gms of flaxseeds in a grinder and store it in a glass bottle. This will help expedite baking.
- Over ripe bananas are best suited for this recipe
Variations
You can make add some chocolate chips to this above recipe if you do not have seeds at home. During falahar, chocolate is not allowed.
Storage
Store them in an airtight container.
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