Mug Dal Gur Laddus-Tasty and Healthy Recipes to Enjoy in Diwali 2019

Diwali is one of the popular festivals of Hindus and it is celebrated all over India. Also, Diwali is also a popular festival in other countries of the world. Irrespective of the way to celebrate Diwali, everyone of us loves to lit the earthen maps, have plenty of sweets and burst fire crackers.

What would be better than celebrating this Diwali with one of the nutrition rich tasty healthy recipes i.e. Mug Dal Laddus. The best thing is that unlike other laddus, we have used jaggery i.e. gur instead of boora or tagar (powdered form of sugar) and desi ghee. Thus, even you are on diet plan, you may still have these laddus, as jaggery not only satisfies your cravings towards sweets but also triggers weight loss and balances the nutritional deficiency.

Ingredients Required-

·         1 cup of mug dal

·         1 cup of jaggery or gur powder or 250grams of jaggery (depending on sweetness you want)

·         Desi ghee to fry

·         Cardamom powder

·         Dry fruits i.e. almonds, raisins and cashews (optional)

Recipe in Detail-

Preliminary Steps

·         Soak mug dal overnight or at least 4 hours

·         Drain out the extra water

·         Grind the dal into fine powder without water

·         Grind the almonds as well

·         Simultaneously, cut the cashews into small pieces

Frying Method

·         Heat the ghee in a frying pan

·         Add the grinded dal and stir for a while

·         Add jaggery powder and stir again for sometime

·         You should make sure that the mixture does not contain any water

Making Laddus

·         Place the mixture in a plate and let it cool for 2 to 3 minutes

·         Add powered almonds, cashews’ pieces and raisins

·         Add cardamom powder

·         Grease your hands with ghee or oil

·         Make small balls of laddus

·         Place them in an air tight container

Whole Wheat Rajma Samosas-A Perfect Way to Enjoy Samosas for Fitness Freaks

Every one of us likes to have samosa with hot cup of tea in breakfast or as an evening snack. However, people on strict diet plan may hardly think about having such snacks as breakfast or refreshment. Nevertheless, the question that comes in mind is what one should do to satisfy his/her craving towards tasty but oily samosa. To resolve this difficulty, we have come up with whole wheat rajma samosas, which every fitness freak may enjoy easily. Other than cutting your cravings, rajma samosas give you a high value of protein to your daily diet.

About Whole Wheat Rajma Samosa

As the name highlights, whole wheat rajma samosa has its outer covering made of whole wheat, popularly called Atta and the stuffing consists of protein-rich spicy rajma curry.

Ingredients Required

·         1 handful of rajma

·         1 small potato

·         Slices of onion, green chili and tomato

·         Cumin seeds

·         Ginger garlic paste

·         Salt to taste

·         Turmeric powder

·         Chili powder

·         Garam masala

·         Mango powder

·         Cumin powder

·         Coriander powder

·         1 cup of Atta

·         Oil to fry and prepare the stuffing

Preparation of the Rajma Stuffing

(Preliminary Step-Soak Rajma over the night or at least 6 hours.)

·         Boil rajma in a pressure cooker with 8 to 10 whistles

·         Add two tablespoon oil in a heating pan

·         Add a few cumin seeds

·         Add chopped onions, chilis and tomatoes, while fry for some time

·         Add ginger garlic paste and other spices, including the salt

·         Finally add boiled rajma and stir for sometime

·         Leave the stuffing to cool for sometime

Preparation of Samosa’s Outer Covering/Dough

·         Add 1 cup of whole wheat, 1tablespoon of oil and water to prepare the dough.

·         You should make sure about firm texture of the prepared dough via proper kneading

·         Cover the dough for about half an-hour period.

Preparation of Whole Wheat Samosas

·         Take a small piece of the dough (similar to that of poori)

·         Flatten the dough pieces with your hand and later on, by using a rolling pin

·         You have to give round shape to the dough and cut it into two halves

·         Apply oil or water at the edge of each semi-circle and fold it to make a conical shape

·         Fill the rajma stuffing properly and press its edges by using your fingers

·         Finally, you should deep fry the samosa until and unless it turns golden brown color. Only, you have to prepare samosas by flipping them consistently.

Hari Lal Pakodas-Tasty and Healthy Snack Recipe to Enjoy in the Monsoon Season

We know that monsoon or rainy season is the most awaited season of India. Reason for this is that India is one of the agriculture dependent countries and about 60percent of the agricultural fields depends on rainwater for harvest.

Indeed, monsoon is must for farmers for the growth of crops. However, monsoon is equally an exciting season for foodies, as develop their cravings to have varieties of hot and crispy snacks with the arrival of monsoon or rainy season.  

However, do you know you can also avail tons of health benefits along with having snack-based tasty recipes? If no, you should give your valuable time to have a look at our Hari Lal Pakodas, categorized as one of the snack-based tasty and healthy recipes.

Hari Lal Pakodas

As the name highlights, while making hari lal pakodas i.e. green red pakodas, we have used the combination of cabbage and coriander leaves i.e. green vegetables and red tomatoes. In addition, as similar to any pakoda, we have used the gram flour to prepare the batter. In this way, you will not only get the chance to enjoy tasty recipes in the form of pakodas, but also get tons of health benefits from tomatoes, cabbages and coriander leaves. Along with this, as the recipe does not involve the usage of gram flour i.e. relatively low carbohydrate diet, you may have these healthy pakodas at least for once in a week even you are on your weight loss diet plan. 

Ingredients Required

·         1 small cabbage in grated form

·         Handful of chopped coriander leaves

·         1 big tomato or 2 small tomatoes in chopped form

·         Turmeric powder and chili powder

·         Coriander and cumin powders

·         Crushed peanuts (optional)

·         Garam masala and

·         Mango powder

·         Finely chopped green chili

·         Cumin seeds

·         Salt to taste

·         Oil to prepare the stuffing and fry the snacks

·         Water if required

Preparation of the Stuffing

Combine the grated cabbage, chopped coriander leaves and chopped tomatoes in a mixer jar and grind it to make a semi solid paste.

·         Heat the oil in a pan

·         Add a few cumin seeds

·         Add the semi-solid paste and each of the aforementioned spices

·         Add the peanuts and stir for a while

·         Add salt to taste and stir for a while

·         Your stuffing is ready and hence, you should leave it for a while to cool.

Preparation of the Batter

Now, to prepare the batter for tasty pakodas, you should mix the stuffing with gram flour. Depending on the consistency of the batter, i.e. neither too thick nor too thin, you have to add water and salt to give the required taste.

Preparation of the Pakodas

·         Heat the oil in a pan

·         Take the batter in small pieces in your hand and place them gently into the heating oil. Alternatively, you may use a spoon to make small pieces.

·         You have to fry them until the pakodas turn golden brown and should make sure flipping them regularly.

Thus, your hari-lal pakoda is ready to serve hot with your favorite chutney.

Celebrate Your EID with Our Gluten-free Paneer Biryani-A Step to Tasty Healthy Recipes

EID i.e. Eid al-Fitr is one of the popular festivals of the world. The festival indicates the end of fasting month i.e. Ramadan and hence, people belonging to the Muslim community celebrate it with a popular dish called Biryani with their friends, relatives and other near and dear ones.

Even though EID is a religious festival of Muslims worldwide, today, a large numbers of non-Muslims also love to have Biryanis at their homes or a few of them opt to parcel Biryani from their nearby restaurants.

However, what will you do if you are on a strict diet plan? How will you control yourself when other members in your family or your friends are having tasty and delicious Biryani? To resolve your problem, our tasty healthy recipes are introducing Gluten-free Paneer Biryani made with Millet Oats Noodles. In this way, you will be able to enjoy Biryani even without breaking your regular diet plan.

Preparation of Gluten-free Paneer Biryani in Detail

Ingredients Required

·         Millet Oats Noodles of one small cube

·         100grams of paneer

·         250 grams of curd

·         Finely chopped onions, tomatoes and green chili

·         Dry ingredients to make the biryani, including bay leaves

·         Ghee or oil (ghee preferable)

·         Hot water

·         Turmeric powder, chili powder, coriander powder, biryani masala and mango powder

·         Freshly chopped coriander leaves

Procedure

Preparation of the Millet Oats Noodles

·         Boil the water and add millet oats noodles along with dry biryani ingredients.

·         Cook for a while (here you may opt to cook the noodles half or full)

·         Drain out the excess water and set the oats noodles aside

Marinating the Paneer

·         Shallow fry the paneer cubes

·         Take the curd in a bowl

·         Add chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, biryani masala and mango powder

·         Add salt to taste

·         Mix each of the ingredients well

·         Place the fried paneer cubes and marinate properly

Preparation of the Biryani

·         Heat the ghee in a pan

·         Add bay leaves, cardamom, cinnamon, cumin and other dry biryani ingredients.

·         Add finely chopped onions, green chili and tomatoes (you should not over fry them)

·         Add ginger garlic paste

·         Add the marinated paneer stuffing and cook for a while

·         Add dry fruits of your own choice and again cook for sometime

·         Once the spices become half cooked add the millet oats noodles

·         Close the pan with a lid and wait for 1 minute.

·         Finally you should mix the oats noodles with marinated paneer

·         Add fresh coriander powder

·         Serve hot with raita

Rawa Veggie Baked Tikkis-Tasty Healthy Tikki Recipes to Try at Teatime

Whether you are a kid, a teen-age fellow or an adult, you hardly the one does not love to have tasty and crispy tikkis. However, most of us overlook the fact that tikkis contain a huge amount of oil even though (most of the tikkis) do not contain the harmful Maida. Thus, with the aim to provide you one of the tasty healthy recipes with less oil, we have come up with Rawa Veggie Baked Tikkis.

About Rawa Veggie Baked Tikkis

As the name highlights, Rawa Veggie Baked Tikkis contains the base of rawa and a combination of green veggies of your own choice stuffed properly with varieties of Indian spices. However, the difference in this diet recipe is that the tikkis are baked in a microwave instead of deep-frying them in a pan.

Ingredients Required

·         Rawa in roasted form

·         Green veggies (at least 2 to 3 veggies required)

·         Peanuts

·         Tomato

·         Green chili

·         Varieties of Indian spices i.e. turmeric, cumin, coriander and chili powders, along with mango powder and garam masala

·         Salt to taste

·         Finely chopped corianders

·         Oil to prepare the stuffing and to make the surface of cake tin/baking tray oily

Preliminary Steps

·         Chop and grind each of the veggies of your own choice, along with tomatoes, green chili and peanuts

·         Dry roast the rawa or semolina without oil (avoid over frying it)

·         Prepare ginger garlic paste

Preparation of the Stuffing

·         Heat the oil in a pan

·         Add a few cumin seeds

·         Add the chopped and grinded mixture and fry for sometime

·         Add ginger garlic paste

·         Add salt, turmeric powder and red chili powder

·         Add cumin and coriander powder

·         Add few peanuts (optional)

·         Fry for a while

·         Add mango powder and garam masala powder

·         Again fry for a while

·         Switch off the flame and add a few coriander leaves to garnish

·         Leave the stuffing for some time to cool

Preparation of the Pieces

·         Mix the roasted rawa with the prepared stuffing in a well manner

·         Add some salt if required

Preparation of the Tikkis

·         Preheat the micro oven at about 180degree Celsius

·         Meanwhile oil the base of the baking tray or cake tin prior to add the mentioned mixture

·         Add the mixture of stuffing and the roasted rawa and bake for 15minutes or for the time until the toothpick comes out clear.

·         Once you find the tikkis are prepared, you should leave them outside for 5minutes.

·         Remove the tikkis from the tray/tin gently.

·         Serve hot with your favorite sauce and make your teatime enjoyable.