Non Fried Sabudana Vada

Try these healthy sabudana vada in appe pan and enjoy guilt free healthy snack recipe for your fast/vrat days. These are non-fried sabudana vada which are best for tea time snacks or can be packed for kids lunch box.

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Ingredients:

Sago/ Sabudana - 200 gms / 2 cups

Potatoes (Boiled and mashed)- 1 cup

Coriander - a few

Lemon - 1 

Salt, Red chilli powder - As per taste

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Coriander powder, Garam masala - 1 tsp

Peanuts (roasted and crushed) -1 tbsp

Method:

1. Wash sabudana and soak it in water for 3-4 hours or overnight. Water level should just cover sabudana.

2. Drain the water, if any and spread soaked sabudana in a sieve for drying up. Dry the sabudana on flat surface for 1 hour.

3. In a bowl, add all the ingredients and mix together to get a dough. Divide the dough into small lemon sized balls to prepare sabudana vada. 

4. Prepared sabudana vada can be deep fried or can be cooked in appam pan, which is a healthy way to cook these with minimum oil. 

5. Heat appam pan, and grease all cavaties with oil. Place all sabudana vada in each cavity and cook vada from all sides by flipping continuously, till sabudana appe become golden brown and crispy.

6. Serve healthy sabudana appe immeditely with chutney or sauce. 

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Garlic Atta Naan on Tawa

See how to make Garlic naan without oven, tandoor and even without yeast. These are perfect whole wheat naan made on tawa, Garlic butter is simple to make at home. Do try making these soft and yummy naan.

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Ingredients:
Whole Wheat flour - 2 cups (300 gms)
Salt - 1 tsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Baking soda and Baking powder - 1/4 tsp
Curd - 1/4 cup
Milk 3/4 cup
Crushed garlic - 2 tsps
Butter - 2 tsps
Coriander chopped - A few
Black Sesame Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Method:
1. Make a soft dough using all flour, salt, sugar, baking powder, baking soda. Add curd and milk in batches and add only the required quantity of milk sufficient to kneed a soft dough.
2. Cover the dough with wet cloth and keep side for resting for 2 hours till it doubles up in volume.
3. When the dough ferments well, knead for 2-3 more times and make small balls to make naan. Roll the naan in oblong shape. Spread a coating of butter, sprinkle garlic, coriander and sesame seeds. Press it gently.
4. Flip the naan and apply water on the back side of the naan. Place the naan on heated gridle/ tawa. Flame should be medium to high while cooking. Naan will start to puff up. Allow it to cook for 2-3 min and then flip the tawa onto the gas flame directly. Keep a little distance from flame, in case the naan tends to burn.  And cook the front side of naan.
5. Remove the naan from the tawa and apply little butter before serving.
6. Serve garlic naan with pickle or dal makhani and enjoy freshly prepared garlic naan made on tawa.

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Roasted Garlic Potato Wedges

Potato wedges are a great side dish which can be easily prepared and is much healthy alternative to chips. These are flavored potato wedges and easy snack recipe for kids. Few simple ingredients are required to make these flavoured chips.
You can even try making Air fried homemade potato chips.

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Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Potatoes - 3 pcs

Garlic Chopped/ crushed - 1 tbsp

Salt - As per taste

Red chili powder/ Paprika - 1/2 tsp

Black Pepper - 1/2 tsp

Oil - 2 tbsp

Method:

1. Wash the potatoes nicely. Pat dry it. Cut potato wedges keeping the skin on. Do not peel the potatoes. 

2. Prepare marinate by adding all other ingredients together. Mix nicely and add in potato wedges. Coat the wedges nicely with marinate. 

3. Preheat the airfryer at 180 degrees for 5 min and line the basket with aluminium foil to avoid sticking at base of basket. 

4. Place all marinate coated wedges in the basket. Ensure that the wedges should not overlap.  Airfryer these at 180 degrees for 15 min first. One one side is cooked, then flip the side of the wedges and air fry for another 15 min till wedges are crispy golden brown. 

5. Sprinkle oregano before serving and serve immediately. 

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Chopped Aam ka Achar

See how to make aam ka achar in different way by chopping raw mangoes. Chopped aam ka achar is unique way to put this pickle. Mango pickle is a spicy and tangy condiment which goes best with stuffed paratha. Almost every Indian household has their own favorite recipes for Mango Pickle. 

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Ingredients:

Raw Mango / Kachha Aam - 2 kgs

Salt - 300 gms

Fenugreek Seeds (Methi Dana) - 200 gms 

Fennel Seeds (sauf) - 200 gms

Turmeric Powder, Red chili powder - 100 gms

Mustard Oil - 1/2 liter

Method:

1. Wash all the mangoes nicely and peel of the skin. Cut into small pcs and discard the seed. Chop the mango pcs in a chopper.

2. In to the chopped mangoes mix all the ingredients. Transfer into a glass jar and keep in direct sunlight for 4-5 days till pickle is ready.

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Whole Wheat Pasta in Red Sauce

Pasta is one of the most famous Italian dish. Here is an Indian version of the same. Learn how to make quick and easy red sauce masala pasta recipe. Red sauce pasta is simple to make. This is a delicious and healthy pasta recipe, using whole wheat pasta made using Kent Noodle and Pasta Maker. I had prepared fresh, healthy and homemade pasta which is free from any kind of preservatives. All thanks to this wonderful appliance by KENT. Look at my pasta..doesn't it look sooooo good and healthy!!

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Ready Made Whole Wheat Pasta - 500 gms

OR

For Homemade Pasta

Whole Wheat Flour - 1 cup (250 gms)

Bottle Gourd puree - 2 tsp (optional, Pumpkins/ spinach/ beetroot puree)

Red Pasta sauce
Chopped Ginger - 1 tsp
Red Chili powder/ Chili Flakes - 1/4 tsp
Tomato puree - 150 gms
Tomato sauce - 1 tbsp
Salt, Black Pepper - As per taste
Vegetables (sliced onions, capsicum, corns) - 1/2 cup each

Method:
1. Use ready made pasta or make homemade pasta using Kent Noodle and Pasta maker. Boil water with 1 tsp salt and oil. Boil pasta for 3-5 min till semi cooked. Drain pasta and wash with cold water. Apply little oil to avoid sticking pasta together. Allow it to cool down.
2. Red Sauce - Heat 1 tsp oil in a kadai or pan, saute crushed garlic, add red chili powder, tomato puree, salt, black pepper. Cook on medium flame for 5-10 min till red sauce thickens up. Add 1 tsp tomato
3. In separate pan, heat 1 tsp oil and saute all vegetables along with little salt. Do not over cook the vegetables. Maintain the crispness.
4. Once the red sauce is ready, add boiled pasta along with vegetables. Cook for 2-3 min. Garnish with grated cheese and and serve immediately. 

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Instant Chocolate Burfi

Chocolate barfi is quick and easy Indian festive dessert recipe which takes no time to prepare. Simple need few basic ingredients and a yummy Indian sweet is ready to serve to your guest. 

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Ingredients:

Cocoa Powder - 1 tbsp

Milk - 1-2 tbsp

Condensed Milk - 200 ml

Butter - 1 tsp

Dessicated Coconut - 1/2 cup

Biscuits Crushed - 1 cup (70 gms, I had used Rs 5 Parle-G Glucose biscuits)

Chopped Cashewuts

Dark Chocolate Compound - 50 gms

Method:

1. In a non-stick pan, mix cocoa powder and milk to get a paste. DO NOT switch on the flame. Add condensed milk and butter and mix everything well. Once all 4 ingredients mix well, then switch on the flame. 

2. Cook the mixture on medium-high flame till it starts to boil. Once boils, then switch off the flame.

3. Add biscuits and coconut in mixture and mix well. Switch on the flame and cook the mixture for 2-3 min on medium flame.  

4. Transfer the mixture in greased box and press down to set the mixture nicely. Top it with melted dark chocolate and sprinkle with chopped cashews. Keep the chocolate burfi mixture in refrigerator for half hour so that it sets.

5. Once set, cut into small pcs and store in air tight jar.

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Healthy Oats Cake (NO flour, oil, butter)

Oats cake is the perfect recipe for those who can't have flour and yet want to have a healthy tea cake. This cake is healthy treat for all cake lovers. Oatmeal cake goes best with a cup of tea. This is less sweet cake but sweetness can be altered according to taste.

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Serving - 4 people

Ingredients:
Rolled Oats - 400 gms / 2 cups
Curd - 200 gms / 1 cup
Desiccated coconut - 150 gms/ 3/4 cup
Powdered Sugar - 2-3 tbsp ( cna be increased to 1 cup as per taste)
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Black currants - 1/2 cup
Sesame seeds - 1-2 tsp
Any nuts can be added as per choice (Flaxseeds, sunflower seeds etc)

Method:
1. Mix all the the ingredients except curd to get a stiff batter. Add curd gradually into the batter. Few nuts can be kept aside to add to the base of cake.
2. Grease baking dish and line it with butter paper or aluminim foil. On the base add few nuts ad sesame seeds. Top with prepared batter and press it down to level the cake. Add few black currents on top as well.
3. Place the baking dish in preheated airfryer and bake at 160 degrees for 12 min. Check the cake with knife or toothpick. It should come out clean once cake is baked.
4. Cool down the cake completely and cut it into small pcs. Serve it with evening eat and enjoy a light cake recipe :)

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Vegetable Quesadillas - Popular Mexican Food

Learn how to make the popular Mexican dish vegetable Quesadilla. This is healthier version of Mexican Quesadilla as whole wheat tortillas have been used with paneer instead of cheese. 

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Serving - 4 pcs

Ingredients:

Tortilla Sheets/ Half cooked Chapati/ Roti  - 2 

Cottage Cheese / Paneer - 200 gms 

Sweet corns - 100 gms/ 1/2 cup

Sliced onions, beans, carrots, capsicum - 100 gms / 1/2 cup each

Tomatoes Diced - 1 tomato

Salt, Red chilli powder, Cumin seeds powder - 1/2 tsp each

Butter - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Heat 1 tsp oil in non-stick pan. Add all vegetables and on medium flame for 5-10 min. Do not over cook the vegetables. 

2. Once cooked, reduce the flame to low and add all the spices along with corns. Mix and saute for 1 min. Switch off the flame and cool down the mixture completely.

3. Once cooled, add crushed paneer along with tomatoes. Mix nicely. Stuffing is ready.

4. Apply a coating of butter on half cooked roti. Spread the stuffing on half of the roti and fold it. 

5. Preheat griller toaster or pan. Apply a coating on butter on top and grill for 5 min. Once done, cut into 2 halves and serve immediately with tomato ketchup. 

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Stuffed Capsicum Slices

Watch how to make stuffed capsicum slices which can be served as a perfect side dish with main course. Bharva shimla mirch is easy to make, crispy to eat for brunch. 

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Ingredients:
Capsicum – 3 pcs (250 gms)
Potatoes – 4 pcs boiled
Chopped onions- ½ cup
Salt, Red chilli powder, Turmeric powder – As per taste
Carom seeds – ½ tsp
Coriander seeds powder – ½ tsp
Dry mango powder (Amchur powder) – ½ tsp

Method:

1. Cut capsicum into slices, just like rings.
2. Stuffing – mash potatoes, add all the ingredients. Mix properly.
3. Stuff the potato mixture into each capsicum ring. Stuff from back side as well.
4. Heat 3-4 tbsp mustard oil in a non-stick pan for shallow frying. Place all capsicum rings and sauté till both the sides turn brown. It will take 15-20 min.
5. Serve hot as a side dish.

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Vegetable Vermicelli Upma

Vermicelli upma or seviyan upma is simple but healthy Indian breakfast recipe. Learn a very simple way to make vermicelli upma. 

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Ingredients:

Vermicelli/ Seviyan (Plain) - 2 cups/ 400 gms

Onions, carrots, capsicum, beans Chopped - 1/2 cup each

Sweet Corns - 1/2 cup

Salt, Garam Masala - As per taste

Cumin seeds - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a non-stick pan or kadai. Splutter cumin seeds. If using plain vermicelli, then roast it till light brown for 2-3 min on medium flame. If using roasted vermicelli, then add directly, do not roast it. 

2. Add all vegetables and roast along with vermicelli for 5 min.

3. Add salt along with garam masala. Add water. The ratio of vermicelli: water should be 1:1.5, so add 3 cups for water for 2 cups of vermicelli. This ratio of water is very important. This ensures that the vermicelli does not turn soggy or sticky.

4. Cover the kadai with plate or lid and let it cook for 10 in on medium flame. Sit once in between.

5. Once cooked, uncover the lid and let it rest for 5 min in open kadai. Serve hot. 

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