Healthy Oats Breakfast - A weight loss recipe

Oats are good source of fiber and are nutritionally rich. Mostly considered tasteless, oats can consumed much beyond a porridge. Here is a simple healthy oats breakfast recipe of oats pancakes. These pancakes are colourful, low calorie and are as nutritious as well as innovative.

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Ingredients:

Oats - 1 cup

Semolina - 1/2 cup

Curd - 1/2 cup

Chopped Vegetables (Carrot, beans, capsicums, onions) - 1 cup

Fresh chopped coriander leaves - 2 tsps

Salt, Red chilly powder - As per taste

Mustard oil - 1 tsp

Method:

1. Coarsely grind oats in mixer grinder to form oats flour. 

2. Prepare a batter of grounded oats, semolina, curd and water to make dosa like batter. Rest for 15-20 min.

3. Add all vegetables and spices in batter and mix well. If the batter becomes too thick, add little more water. 

4. Heat non-stick pan or tawa and grease with few drops of oil. Pour ladder full of batter and spread with back of ladder to form mini pancakes. Cook the pancakes on medium flame till crisp from both the sides. 

5. Serve oats pancakes with coconut chutney, coriander chutney or even ketchup. 

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Homemade Chocolate Chips

An easy 1 ingredient recipe to make your own dark chocolate chips! They have all of the richness & are indulgent too. Use these in your favorite cookie recipe, or grab few as a snack :) 

                                      

(Piping these dots is a fun process :))

                                       

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Below is the detailed written recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Chocolate Compound - 100 gms 

Method:

1.  Melt chocolate compoound using double boiler method or microwave with a interval of 20 sec till chocolate melts completely. 

2. Cool down melted chocolate a bit till the texture gets little thick.

3. The chocolate should be warm but not hot. Spoon the chocolate in piping bag or plastic bag. Snip through the tip.

4. Pipe small chocolate blobs on a butter paper/ parchment paper or even foil paper. Once done completely, place it in freezer till the chocolate harden completely. 

5. Once set all the chocolate chips will very easily remove from the butter paper. Store these in an air tight container in refrigerator. Use these homemade choco chips to prepare your cookies, cakes and more :)

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Black Carrot Kanji - A healthy digestive drink

Kaanji is a healthy drink made using black carrot (also called kaali gaajar). Kanji is an Indian probiotic drink which is very good for health, it helps in digestion. It can be made very easily prepared by natural fermentation of black carrots. Usually kanji is made during #holi festival in India or in winter months. 

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Below is the detailed written recipe as well:

Ingredients:
Black Carrots - 0.5 kg
Mustard seeds Powder (Rai powder) - 2-3 tbsps
Salt - 1-2 tbsp
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tbsp
Filtered Water - 5 liters

Method:
1. Wash the carrots well. Peel the skin and cut into long pcs.
2. Crush the mustard seeds in mixer grinder or use ready made powder.
3. Combine all the ingredients in a glass jar/ mason jar. Half fill the jar with water and mix well. Cover it with lid or muslin cloth.
4. Keep the jar in direct sunlight for 3-4 days. Stir it with a wooden spoon in between.
5. Once the kanji develops a tangy flavor, that means the drink is fermented. Strain the drink, save the pickles to enjoy later.

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Digestive Amla Goli

Learn how to make sweet amla candy/ Gooseberry candy or Amla Goli. These amla candy are very healthy and are very digestive, good for stomach. Store these amla candy in an air tight box and enjoy anywhere.

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Below is the detailed written recipe as well:

Ingredients:
Amla/ Gooseberry - 250 gms
Jaggery powder - 150 gms
Rock Salt (Kala Namak)- 1 tsp
Black Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
Asfoetida (Hing) - 1/4 tsp
Roasted Cumin seeds powder - 1/2 tsp
Carom Seeds (Ajwain) - 1/2 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Powdered Sugar - 2 tbsp

Method:
1. Grate amla and remove the seeds.
2. Heat a non-stick pan, saute grated amla n medium flame for 5-7 min. Add jaggery powder in amla and cook for 5 min. Add all spices and cook till moisture reduces in the mixture.
3. Saute till the mixture becomes a lump.
4. Cool down the mixture a bit. Prepare small balls and coat with powdered sugar. 

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Crispy Khus Khus Paratha

Make your breakfast more healthy and nutritious with healthy paratha recipe. Khus khus or poppy seeds are rich in dietary fiber and good source of iron, proteins. Khus khus paratha is a simple way to include it in daily diet.

                                    

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Ingredients:
Whole Wheat Flour (atta) - 250 gms
Poppy Seeds (Khus Khus) 2 tbsps
Fresh Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup chopped
Ginger - 1 tsp Chopped
Black Sesame Seeds - 1 tbsps
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Salt, Red chili powder. Garam Masala - As per taste
Oil/ ghee - for cooking paratha

Method:
1. Soak khus khus in 3 tbsp water for 15-20 min. Grind it in mixture grinder along with ginger pcs to prepare khus khus paste.
2. Except for sesame seeds, add all the ingredients in flour and prepare a soft and firm dough using required quantity of water. Rest the dough for 15 min.
3. Roll out khus khus paratha using oil and garnish the top of paratha with black sesame seeds, khus khus seeds along with few coriander leaves.
4. Cook the paratha on heated girdle or tawa using minimal oil till crisp from both the sides.
5. Serve hot and healthy khus khus paratha with curd or pickle.

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Healthy Spinach Pasta Recipe

Learn how to make simple green spinach pasta at home. Spinach pasta is healthy and easy to cook. This is a nutritious and wholesome meal where taste and flavour has been further enhanced by using Nilon's Pasta and Noodle Masala.

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Ingredients:

Boiled Pasta – 200 gms

Spinach – 200 gms

Processed Cheese – ¼ cup

Garlic pods – 5-6 pcs

Almonds/ Cashew nuts – ¼ cup

Oil – 2 tbsp

Salt, Black Pepper – To taste

Nilon’s Pasta Noodle Masala – 2 tsp (quantity will vary as per taste)

Roughly Chopped Vegetables (carrot, capsicum, broccoli, tomatoes etc) – 1 cup (optional)

Method:

11.     In a mixer grinder jar, add fresh spinach leaves, cheese, garlic pods, nuts, oil, salt, black pepper and 1 tsp of Nilon Pasta Noodle Masala. Blend in all the ingredients into a fine smooth paste. Add little more oil, if required.

22.      In a pan, heat little oil and sauté all the vegetables. Add in boiled pasta, freshly prepared spinach sauce, some pasta water to get little gravy and 1 tsp of Nilon’s Pasta Noodle Masala. Toss the pasta for few min.

33.    Serve freshly prepared spinach pasta. Garnish with little cheese on top. 

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Homemade Chocolates with Cocoa Powder

Learn how to make quick 3 min chocolate at home using 4 simple ingredients - cocoa powder, milk powder, butter and castor sugar. Mostly #chocolates are made using chocolate compounds but it is not available everywhere so one can make these simple homemade chocolates. Enjoy this #Valentine’s day with this simple homemade chocolate recipe :)

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Below is the detailed written recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Milk Powder - 2.5 tbsps

Cocoa Powder - 1.5 tbsps

Powdered Sugar/ Icing Sugar - 3 tbsps

Butter - 2.5 tbsps

Vanilla Essence - 1/2 tsp

Chopped Nuts - 2 tbsp (optional)

Method:

1. Boil water in kadai and place a glass bowl in the center. Melt butter in bowl and switch off the flame. Keep the bowl in the hot water throughout the process.

2. Add powdered sugar in melted butter and mix well.

3. Mix cocoa and milk powder together and add in sugar butter mixture. Mix well all the ingredients till the cocoa absorbs butter and becomes a thick mass. 

4. Add vanilla essence and mix well. Chocolate mixture is ready. Remove the bowl from the kadai.

5. Immediately add the chocolate mixture in plastic/silicon molds. Press it gently in each mould. for setting, place the filled molds a refrigerator for 1 hour or in fridge for 1/2 hour. 

6. Un-mold the chocolates and enjoy these cocoa powder chocolates. These chocolates are quite fuggy.

Note - to prepare smooth silky chocolate, mix 3 tbsps milk powder with 1 tbsp cocoa powder. Also use cocoa butter rather than plain butter. 

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Healthy Sugar Free Dates Rolls | Khajur Barfi Recipe | Dates and Nuts Barfi

Check out this yummy and simple sweet dish recipe which is healthy, sugar free made of dates and dried fruits. Crunchy date and nuts rolls are simple to make dessert recipe. It tastes divine.  Dates and poppy seeds are very healthy so enjoy the health benefits of both with these rolls or barfi recipe. 

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Below is the detailed written recipe as well:

Ingredients:
Seedless dates - 500-600 gms
Chopped Almonds, cashew nuts, pistachios - 1 cup
Melon seeds - 1 tsp (optional)
Poppy seeds (Khus Khus) - 3-4 tbsps
Desi ghee - 2 tbsp

Method:
1. Roughly grind dates in mixture grinder jar. pulse for 3-4 times if dates are soft, if dates are hard, pulse for 5-6 pulses.
2. in a non-stick pan, dry roast poppy seeds for 2-3 min on medium to high flame to remove the rawness of seeds. Remove it from the pan.
3. Heat 1 tbsp desi ghee and roast chopped nuts along with melon seeds for 3-4 min till crisp. Remove from kadai/ pan.
4. Heast balance quantity of desi ghee and cook grounded dates mixture. Cook for 3-4 min till soft on medium to high flame. Add in roasted crisp nuts and mix well till it become whole mass and mixed nicely.
5. Remove the mixture from kadai and allow it to cool down a bit. After 5 min, roll out the date and nuts mixture to form a cylindrical roll. Alternatively date ladoos can be prepared. Coat the roll/ ladoos in poppy seeds. Cover the roll with aluminium foil and keep in fridge for 1 hour .
6. Once set cut pcs of date and nuts roll and store in air tight container. 

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Kachalu Achar

See how to make simple, unique and delicious Kachalu ka achar or Kachalu pickle recipe. Kachalu is basically big sized colocasia or arbi. This is a unique pickle recipe which does not involve too much effort to make.

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Below is the detailed written recipe as well:

Ingredients:
Kachalu (Colocasia) - 250 gms
Lemon - 1.5 pcs
Mustard seeds/ Rai - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds/ Methidana - 1 tsp
Salt, Red chili powder, Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp each
Mustard oil - 3/4 cup
Green chili - a few

Method:
1. Boil, peel and cut kachalu into small pcs.
2. Heat oil in non-stick pan and splutter mustard seeds along with fenugreek seeds. Switch off the flame and cool it down a bit.
3. Add all spices along with kachalu pcs, green chili. Now switch on the flame and cook for 2-3 min.
4. Switch of the flame and cool it down. Add lemon juice and mix well. Transfer the achar in glass jar and keep in sunlight for 1-2 days.
5. Store at room temperature.

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