Archive for January, 2009
Sago Kichidi
January 29th, 2009 | 
Author: Ingredients:
- 1 cup of Sago
- 1/2 cup of peanuts
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon of oil
- 1 teaspoon of ghee
- 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
- 3 green chilies
- 2 curry leaves
- Soak the sago in water for overall night. Seine the water from mixture.
- Mash the sago partially. Fry the peanuts without oil.
- Add salt, sugar and peanuts to the sago.
- Heat the pan with oil or ghee and add cumin seeds, finely cut green chili and curry leaves.
- Add the two mixtures. Heat it for ten minutes and switch off the stove.
- Finally add wet chopped coconut and lime juice if interested.
Boiled potato, carrot is made into small pieces and can be added. Honey can be added instead of sugar. This food item can be digested very easily. As it contains fewer vitamins, dry fruits, potato and coconut milk, can be taken as breakfast or evening snacks.
Nutritional values:
100g of Sago Kichidi contains 87g of carbohydrates, 0.2g of fat and proteins.
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A Delicious Green Pea Rice
A tasty and delicious Green Pea Rice can be prepared and served hot by following the below recipe.
- 1 cup of basmati rice
- 2 cups of water
- 1/2 cup of green peas
- 3 tablespoon of chopped onion
- 4 cloves
- 2 cardamoms
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon of ginger garlic paste
- 2 green chilies
- 2 teaspoon of olive oil
Preparation steps
- Soak the rice for half an hour.
- Heat a pan with some oil, add green chili, cloves, cardamom, ginger garlic paste, green peas into it and stir them well.
- Add four cups of water and salt to taste into it.
- When the water gets boiled, add basmati rice and again boil it.
- Delicious green pea rice is ready to serve.
- It tastes good with curd.
Green peas contain vitamin K along with other vitamins. It is rich in fibers, proteins which help in digestion and calcium helps in strengthening of bones. Olive oil contains less amount of cholesterol which helps in giving strength to heart and for maintaining blood levels and is also a good medicine for cancer.
Aloo Tikka
Everyone of us has a wrong idea that eating potato especially the food item prepared from potato leads to increase in cholesterol in the body which in turn leads to obesity problems. The main point to be remembered is that the food item made from potato also has some nutritional value. But eating potato also leads to health problems if eaten too much. It should be kept in mind that anything should be eaten in limit which is always good to health. Now lets see the recipe for preparing the tasty Aloo Tikka.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 of potato
- Salt to taste
- One-fourth teaspoon of black pepper
- Oil required for frying
For stuffing:
- 60g of green peas
- A small piece of ginger
- One-fourth teaspoon of garam masala powder
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon of red chili powder
- One teaspoon of cumin powder
- Slightly mash the boiled green peas, add all the stuffing materials and mix them well.
- Divide this mixture into ten equal parts.
- Mash the boiled potato and add salt, black pepper to it.
- Divide this mixture also into ten equal parts.
- Apply some oil to hands, take each equal part and make into a ball.
- Now, stuff the stuffing material into this.
- Fry them in the oil.
- Now hot Aloo Tikka is ready to serve and serve it with sauce or pickle.
Nutritional values:
- Energy-650kcal
- Proteins-10g
- Carbohydrates-118g
- Iron-3g
Vegetable Pakodi
The vegetable pakodi is a very good snack item which can be eaten at the evening times. The main ingredients used to prepare this item are the fresh vegetables such as cauliflower, cabbage, spinach and so on. Fresh vegetables are rich in many vitamins and minerals which are very good to health. Especially the leafy vegetables helps in maintaining good eye sight. The recipe for preparing Vegetable Pakodi is as follows.
- 1 cup of Bengal gram flour
- Oil required for frying
- Cumin seeds powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 to 2 chopped green chili
- Water as required
- 1 medium sized potato
- 1 small cauliflower
- 100g of cabbage
- 5 to 6 finely chopped leaves of spinach
- 100g of onion
Preparation steps include the following.
- Remove the peel of boiled potato, mash it and keep it aside.
- Cut the cauliflower, cabbage, spinach and onions into small pieces.
- Now blend all these in such a way that they mix equally.
- Now add flour, mashed potato, cumin powder, salt, two teaspoons of oil and water and mix it.
- Fry the mixture in the oil.
- Take out when they get crisp and place it in a tissue paper.
- It tastes good with coriander or mint pickles or with the tomato ketch up.
Nutritional values:
- Energy-464cal
- Carbohydrates-37g
- Fat-36g
- Iron-3g
Vegetable Manchuria
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of chopped cabbage
- 2 cups of chopped carrot
- 2 green chilies
- 4 garlic pieces
- 2 tablespoon of Corn flour
- 1 teaspoon of Soya sauce
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon of black pepper
- 1 teaspoon of sugar
- Oil required for frying
Procedure:
- Take the chopped cabbage, carrot, chilies, one teaspoon of corn flour and salt into a large bowl. Mix them well.
- Make this mixture into small balls.
- Heat a pan which has some oil in it. Fry these balls in the oil.
- Place these balls on a tissue paper after frying.
- Take another pan with two teaspoons of oil and add garlic and chilies.
- After two minutes, add some water, salt, black pepper, sugar and soya sauce into it and cook them.
- Now, add the fried Manchurian balls into the above mixture.
- Finally, garnish this with coriander leaves which is then ready to serve.
Vegetable Manchuria prepared using the above procedure is a delicious food item and is good to health as it is made using the fresh vegetables which always provides healthy benefits. By eating this tasty item we can gain 350 calories of energy.
Watermelon Salad
Watermelon salad is prepared in mostly in summer as the the main ingredient used in it is the watermelon which is very healthy as an average watermelon contains 92% water content, no cholesterol and a source of vitamin C. To prepare the watermelon salad follow the following recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of watermelon
- Half cup of musk melon
- Mint leaves
- 1 tablespoon of curd
- Salt to taste
Procedure:
- This can be prepared very easily.
- Take the pieces of watermelon and muskmelon into a bowl.
- Add mint leaves, curd and salt to them.
- Now, the watermelon salad is ready.You can add onions and other ingredients of your wish to make it even more tastier.
Generally, when watermelon is consumed, seeds are thrown away but the seeds contain many medicinal values. So, it is necessary to intake seeds too. Muskmelon seeds can also be consumed. First, keep them in sunlight and when they get dried these can be made into powder and can be used.
Pomegranate Sweet Corn Salad
Ingredients:
- 1-pomegranate
- 1 cup of sweet corn
- 1/2 banana
- 1 cup of grapes
- 1/2 guava
- 10 dates
Procedure:
- The taste of sweet corn should be sweet. This is also called as American corn.
- This is available at vegetable and fruit markets.
- Mix one cup of sweet corn with one cup of pomegranate seeds.
- Cut the banana and guava into small pieces.
- Now mix this guava and banana pieces with sweet corn mixture.
- Cut the seedless dates into small pieces.
- Mix these dates pieces with sweet corn mixture.
- Pomegranate sweet corn salad is now ready to eat.
The pomegranate sweet corn salad is highly nutritional food as it is prepared out of many fruits which are always good to health. This salad is rich in high levels of antioxidants and reduces cholesterol in the body.
Soya Wheat Dosa
Ingredients to be used
- 1 cup of soya milk
- Half cup of wheat flour
- 1 chopped green chili
- Half cup of chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon of finely chopped coriander leaves
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon of oil
Preparation steps
- Take soya milk into a bowl. Add wheat flour, chili, onion, coriander and salt to taste to the milk. Add water to this mixture.
- Heat the pan with some oil and pour one tablespoon of the above mixture.
- Cook the dosa on both the sides and then take into a plate.
- Now it is ready to serve.
- Ginger or tomato pickle tastes good with this breakfast.
We can add finely chopped carrots, spinach leaves to the above mixture to make it more delicious.
Health benefits we get by eating Soya Wheat Dosa:
Calcium is present in milk in large amount. Soya milk contains vitamin-A, calcium in large amount. If soya milk is not available then dairy milk can be used. Proteins, vitamins, calcium and minerals are available in milk products. Milk is to be consumed daily for strengthening of bones. People with heart related diseases should intake milk with less fat content. Wheat contains fiber and carbohydrates. These help in giving strength and proper functioning of digestive system.
A delicious Salad-Tossed Tuna Salad
Ingredients
- 1 cup of boiled potatoes
- One-third cup of lime juice
- 2 teaspoons of olive oil
- 1 teaspoon of mustard powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 cup of green peas
- 4 pieces of neatly dressed and boiled tuna fish
- 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper
- 1/2 cup of cherry tomatoes
Procedure
- This is an easy salad to prepare.
- Take boiled potatoes, green peas, tuna fish and cherry tomatoes into a large bowl.
- Add some lime juice, olive oil, mustard powder, black pepper and some salt to taste the above mixture.
- Finally, this tasty salad is sufficient for four persons.
Nutritional values
- Energy-427cal
- Fat-15g
- Proteins-40g
- Flour materials-32g
- Fiber-5.5g
- Cholesterol-58g
- Sodium-566mg
In addition to these, it consists of omega-3 fatty acids, B-12 vitamins in large amounts. These helps in improving the memory power.