Healthy Recipes

Jowar vegetable chilla is extremely nutritious, wholesome and scrumptious to have in your breakfast, mid-morning or dinner snack which can satiate your hunger at any time.

When it comes to cooking something quick, there are many options to choose from. But one of them that definitely tops our list is the humble chilla. You can easily make this low-calorie chilla with few ingredients and satiate your hungry stomach in no time. 

Jowar, which is also known as sorghum, is considered one of the healthiest ingredients that one can indulge in. This grain is known to have many health benefits like improving digestion, boosting immunity. It also improves heart health, controls blood sugar, and it can also help to improve your skin and hair as well. 

There is no end to the variety of chillas. But if you want to give your regular chilla a high protein twist, then you have to try our Jowar vegetable chilla recipe. It is super easy to make and will perfectly satiate your cravings. 

It is an indeed ideal recipe for all the weight watchers out there as it contains lots of protein and fibre. This helps to provide satiety to our stomach. So, let’s quickly dig into the recipe for this nutritious and delicious chilla.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Total time: 25 minutes

Serving: 2

Ingredients for Jowar vegetable chilla:

1 cup jowar flour

2 chopped small capsicum

1 chopped onion

1 tomato

1/2 tsp black pepper

2 chopped green chilli

red chilli powder(1/2)r

1 tsp coriander powder

1/2 tsp grated ginger

to taste Salt

Oil – 1 Tsp

Method of preparation:

1. Firstly, take a bowl and add jowar flour, chopped capsicum, onion, tomato, green chilli and grated ginger in it.
2. After mixing is done, add masalas like red chilli powder, pepper, salt and coriander powder and then add water in the bowl and mix it well with your hands.
3. Also, make sure that the consistency is not too thin.
4. Further, take a non-stick tawa and put batter on it and spread it.
5. Now, put in some oil and cook from both sides.
6. Lastly, cook at low flame till golden brown and crispy.
7. Finally Jowar vegetable chilla is ready .
8. Serve it with green chutney or tomato ketchup..

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(Amaranth) Tikki has always been the aroma and sights of street food. People not love its crispy but also its crusty taste.

Who would have thought that Tikki can be nutritious and delicious at the same time as it is considered one of the most popular fast foods of India but Tikki made with amaranth seeds and stir-fried vegetables is sure to please our taste buds as it is crispy, crusty and deliciously good?

Amaranth, also known as ‘Rajgira’ or ‘Chaulai’ in North India.

Tikki made with amaranth seeds is not only good but is nutritious and healthy which is sweet, earthy, gluten-free grain, packed with protein power. It also has additional benefits of iron, calcium, protein, manganese, and fiber.

For more varities of tikki, check out our beetroot tikki and I assure you that it is delicious.

When served with famous imli chutney or chutney of your choice, it’s taste becomes heavenly. So, without any further due, let’s dig into the recipe of this delish and flavorsome dish.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Total time: 30 minutes

Serving: 4

Ingredients for Amaranth Tikki:

• 1 cup amaranth (chaulai) seeds
• 3 cloves garlic, finely minced
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup finely chopped bell pepper
• Salt, to taste
• 1/4 Tbsp chilli powder
• A pinch of amchoor powder
• 1 Tbsp garam masala
•  1/2 tsp coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp lemon juice
• Lots of freshly ground black pepper
• 2 Tbsp oil to pan fry
• Amaranth flour or breadcrumbs for dusting

Method of Preparation:

Cooking the amaranth seeds:

• Use a heavy base, high pot to pop amaranth seeds and add a spoon full of amaranth seed to the hot wok, keep stirring and it starts to puff up immediately.
• Once you see they start to pop, turn off the flame and keep stirring, then quickly transfer them to another clean bowl.

(Pro Tip: Roast amaranth seeds in tiny batches)

Cooking the amaranth tikki:

• Firstly, in a large bowl, combine all the ingredients and masala and mix well using your hands. Do check the seasoning.

• Secondly, make patties and coat them with amaranth flour or bread crumbs.

• Now, immediately pan fry them on a good quality non-stick pan using 2 Tbsp oil until golden.

• Finally, serve hot with chutney of your choice.

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Ragi idli is steamed cakes with vegetables that are nutritious and delicious. It is made with finger millet flour called nachni or ragi flour. This Ragi idli coupled with coconut chutney makes the best breakfast which is the wholesome, delicious, and nutritious food needed for our body.

It is indeed an excellent source of protein, calcium, potassium, iron, and dietary fiber.

Ragi has so many health benefits like prevention of bone health, controlling sugar levels, increasing our hemoglobin levels.

In addition to being nutritious, it helps in the reduction of bad cholesterol. Ragi gives benefits for kids and adults likewise. 

Also try our amazing ragi dosa. Ragi dosa

Coconut chutney is popular in India and very easy to make as well. This perfectly spiced chutney has a flitting hint of sweetness and is served as an ideal accompaniment with Indian meals. Furthermore, it has its own health benefits like improving your heart health, weight loss, and digestion.  

Ragi idli coupled with coconut chutney is enough to satiate your appetite altogether. You can enjoy this delish and flavorsome dish with your friends and family. Now, let’s look into its recipe.

Vegetable ragi idli

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Total time: 25 minutes

Serving: 2

Ingredients for Ragi idli:

1/2 cup ragi flour

1/2 cup suji

2 tablespoon curd

Salt as per taste

1/2 teaspoon Eno/baking soda

1 tablespoon chopped onion

1/2 tablespoon chopped capsicum

1 tblespoon chopped tomato

1/2tablespoon grated carrot

2 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves

Method of preparation:

1. First, in a mixing bowl, take ragi flour and suji then add curd and mix it
2. Secondly after that, add required water and mix well without any lumps.
3. Next, cover with lid and rest for 15 minutes for fermentation.
4. Thereafter, mix again after its fermentation and add water if required. 
5. Later, mix the batter, add all veggies, salt and mix well. 
6. Next, add fruit salt/Eno, add 1 teaspoon of water on it and rotate in one direction to avoid forming any lumps.
7. Meanwhile, heat water in idli cooker, grease idli plates with oil
8. At last, pour batter into greased idli mould and steam it for 12-15 minutes.
9. Finally, serve hot idli with coconut chutney.

Coconut chutney:

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Total time: 15  minutes

Serving: 2

Ingredients:

1/2 cup coconut

2 tablespoon chana dal

1/2 tablespoon refined oil

2 small green chili

1 pieces ginger

1 1/2 pinches salt

1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds

4 curry leaves

Method of preparation:

1. First, grind grated coconut, chana dal, ginger and salt in a blender and make sure that the consistency is thick and not too thin. If you feel that the chutney is too thick then in that case you may add a little water to loosen it up.
2. Meanwhile for the tempering, heat oil in a small pan over a medium flame. After the oil is hot enough then also add the mustard seeds, split black gram dal and curry leaves.
3. Therefore, when they start to splutter then immediately bring them off the flame and pour the tempering over the chutney.
4. Now finally mix the ingredients properly before serving. 

Tip: In case to make this coconut chutney more flavorful, you can add mint, lemon juice, garlic, and even coriander leaves in the chutney.

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Chili- Grilled Pineapple Crunch is a nutrient also antioxidants that can fight inflammation. Pineapple is also Ananas comosus. This has loads of health benefits that can aid in good digestion also boost our immunity. This fruit is helpful in improving your hair, skin, also bones.

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This grilled pineapple is sweet, juicy, also delicious! You can serve it also a sweet dish as this have its natural sweetness.

The Chili- Grilled Pineapple Crunch recipe is such simple to make it. Health benefits follow.

• Low in calories and fat
• Good source of fiber
• Packed full of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants
• Excellent source of vitamin C which supports immune health
• Excellent source of manganese which supports bone health
• Contains Bromelain, a group of enzymes that may ease digestion
• As part of a plant-based diet, may decrease the risk of chronic disease
• It also decrease inflammation
• May suppress the growth of cancer
• This May also help to speed recovery after surgery or strenuous exercise

Ingredients for Chili- Grilled Pineapple Crunch

• 1 fresh pineapple
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 tablespoon honey 
• 1-1/2 teaspoons chili powder
• Black salt
• Sasson seed 

Prepare-15 minutes

Directions

1. Firstly Peel pineapple, Secondly removing eyes from fruit.
2.  Cut pineapple lengthwise and remove the core from it.
3. Take a bowl add brown sugar, olive oil, honey, chili powder,  line juice, also add pinch of salt mix all the material completly.
4. Soked the pineaple for 1hour or over night . When you soaked this for over night taste it will become too taste .
5. Grill pineapple, covered, over medium heat 7-8 minites heat them from both sides. gradually will turn into golden blown.
6. According to your taste add seed astopping on it.
7. Hence you can enjoyed it.

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Ragi Coconut Laddoo in good nutritional value. Ragi is a high source of protein also minerals.

Now the festive season is already here! We all have a craving for sweets. To make your festival enjoyable, we have bought some amazing recipes for you. you can enjoy this recipe without any guilt and enjoy the festival also.  

Finger Millets or ragi are grown in the Himalayas. Hence, It is usually intercropped with peanuts. Since Ragi is rich in fiber contents. This recipe gives us nutritional value also tastes both.

Coconut is a rich source of potassium that is brimming with the goodness of other nutrients and minerals. 

Ragi and coconut are an amazing combination of health and taste. both. In this recipe, we are using jaggery in the place of refined sugar to make it iron-rich too. Try this easy recipe in the festive season which is guilt-free. After eating this you will not have that guilt feeling. At the same time, you can enjoy sweets at this festival. But keep in the mind taking this in limited quantity

This ragi ladoo makes an amazing snack for kids, men, and women. Therefore, I have made this many times for my family. All of them love to eat it. After eating it you will feel full for a long time.Home made Sweets- Dry fruit laddoo in 10 mins:

Let’s get started with the recipe

Ingredients to make Ragi Coconut Lado

• 1 cup finger millet flour (ragi)
• 1/4 cup jaggery, powdered
• 1 cup peanuts, roasted
• 1/4 cup coconut, grated

• Total Cook Time30mins
• Prep Time25 mins

Method to make Ragi Coconut Laddoo

1 First Take a non-stick pan roast the ragi flour. Do this on the low flame. Transfer it to a plate and keep it aside.

2 In the same pan add coconut powder dry roast it. Gradually, the color get changes into golden brown. Turn the flame off and transfer to the plate where we kept the ragi flour in the plate.

3 Jaggery to be added to the same plate.

4) Mix all of the ingredients in a pan like Ragi flour, Coconut, cardamom powder also roasted peanuts. Now make a ball from these Ingredients and make ladoo from it. After making this laddo keep it some time as mentioned Because it to soft it will get a break. It is equally important to keep the laddus at room temperature for 15 minutes. Afterward, then store it in a container.

• Shelf life of ladoos is 5 days. So do not make in large quantity.

This festive season, let’s choose healthy and guilt-free food options! That is too yummy…

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Best Dipawali Jalebi is the ultimate answer to your sweet cravings for this Diwali. Diwali also called Divali or Deepavali, is a “festival of lights”. That celebrates the triumph of light over dark and good over evil, and the blessings of victory, freedom, and enlightenment. 

In Sanskrit Dipawali, means “row of lights.”  On the night of Diwali. There is celebrants’ light in dozens, candles also clay lamps. We going to place them in throughout our homes and in the streets to light. 

Diwali celebrates Rama’s eventual defeat of the evil spirit Ravana, and his triumphant return to his home. Because of this, during Diwali night,  Hindus offer prayers to Lakshmi, and goddess of wealth, and Ganesh, the god representing good fortune and wisdom for the coming year. 

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Why oats jalebi is important for your good health as compare to normal Jalebi?

In Diwali, pooja jalebi is the most important. Round jalebi is too yummy and crisp to eat. This jalebi is served with milk dip in it. This is the main part of prasad in the pooja.

The actual form of jalebi is made with the made deep-fried maida which is a refined form of carb this not good for health. we should not consume maida and deep-fried food was it give a spike to blood sugar and heart problems.

You can enjoy this jalebi because Oatmeal contains fiber, which can help you stay full for a long time. This you can enjoy jalebi in this festival session because this is a more healthy form of Indian dessert.

Ingredients for this Dipawali Jalebi

1. 1 cup oats powder
2. 1/4 cup sooji
3. 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda 
4. 1 pinch cardamom powder
5. 1 teaspoon Oil and(for frying)
6. 2 drops orange food color (optional)
7. Water- mixing the better
8. For Sugar syrup
9. 1/2 cup Jackery
10. 2-3 crushed saffron threads
11. 1 teaspoon lemon juice
12. Rose/Kewra essence syrup (optional)-for flavoring
13. 1 pinch cardamom powder

Method 

Firstly take a bowl add oats powder, and sooji 1 pinch, cardamom powder also 1 teaspoon oil mix it well and transfer this all in the blender and blend them all.

Now add water to it and mix it properly also add a few drops of food color and keep this batter for 30 minutes for fermentation. 

Take another pan add water into it and boil it now add jaggery into it. Later on, we will see jaggery will become melt and become thicker also too sticky. pls, note that takes a nonstick pan otherwise this will get stick with the pan.

Now add saffron Color, cardamom, Rose syrup, and lemon juice mixed all of them. Slow the flam for a few minutes and add rose essence also after a few minutes off the flame. Mixed it properly.

After 30 minutes see the oats and sooji batter become thinker add water to it to check the consistency should be normal, otherwise it will not become properly.

Now take a squeezable bottle with a nozzle fill the batter till up in the bottle squeeze the batter out of the nozzle.

Take a pan -5-6 tablespoons of oil, Make jalebi in the round shape and also do shallow fry in it.

Put jalebi in jaggery syrup. So that Jalebi soaked jaggery and it has that sweeping taste in it.

Now garnish with dry fruit over it as a topping.

Now you can serve in try. Enjoy this too yummy jalebi.

Eat according to your body preference and practice mindful eating.

Don’t consume more than 2-3 pcs.

Tip for this Dipawali Jalebi:

• Traditionally, the Jalebi batter is fermented for 10-12 hours in warmth. But, if you live in a cold place, you must ferment it for 24 hours.
• While frying the Jalebis, make sure the flame is on low. High heat will leave it uncooked from the inside. This will also give you ample time to give your Jalebis the best shape.

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We love pulses, and not only because they are tasty, but also they are loaded with the goodness of proteins and minerals. In India, we get a whole variety of pulses and each state has its own special dal. Also, different regions in India make different types of recipes with pulses like dal makhani, dal tadka, dal palak, and one of the most amazing dal recipes that we are going to share today- Amti Maharashtrian dal.

This dal is easy to make and also, a bonus for you all, it is very healthy, let me repeat it, it is very healthy. For this dal, you need chana dal (Bengal gram dal), peanuts, cashew (as per choice), arbi leaves, coconut, and tamarind pulp. The list of ingredients itself is very interesting and brimming with nutrients.

Let’s dig into the recipe really quickly!

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Total time: 15 minutes

Serving: 3

Ingredients to make Maharashtrian Amti Dal:

Chana dal (Bengal gram dal)- 1 katori

Arbi leaves (Colocasia leaves)- 1 bowl (chopped) (can also add beetroot leaves and spinach along with arbi leaves)

Besan- 1 tablespoon

Peanuts: handful

Cashew nuts: a handful

Coconut: 2 tablespoons (grated)

Tamarind pulp: 2 tablespoons

Goda masala: 2 tablespoons

Green chili: 1-2 (chopped)

Curry leaves: ¼ cup

Jaggery: ½ tsp

Mustard seeds: ¼ tsp

Cumin Seeds (Jeera): ¼ tsp

Fenugreek seeds (methi): ¼ tsp

Turmeric, Dhaniya, Red chili powder, and salt: as per taste

Oil: 1-2 tsp

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Method of preparation to make Amti Dal:

1 Firstly, soak a handful of chana dal, a few cashew pieces, and a few peanuts in hot water for about 20-30 mins.

2 Meanwhile, clean arbi leaves and chop it up.

3 Secondly, in a Kadai, add 1 tsp oil and let it heat, to it add mustard seeds, jeera, Methi seeds, curry leaves, and a slit green chilli, mix well and immediately sauté.

4 Furthermore, drain soaked items and add to the tadka. Also, add chopped arbi leaves, (can also add beetroot leaves and spinach to it along with arbi leaves).

5 Now, Sauté everything for a couple of mins. Now add salt, haldi, Mirchi as per taste, and daniya powder (1/4 tsp) plus 2-3 tsp of Goda Masala (Maharashtrian garam masala kind). Then, stir everything well.

6 Lastly, add plenty of water and 2 tbsp of tamarind pulp and let it all cook till dal and leaves are cooked.

7 Further, add 1 tbsp Besan to a cup and dilute with water. Immediately, add this paste to the dal and let it come to a quick boil.

8 Then, add 1-2 tbsp of grated coconut.

9 Finally, add a little jaggery and switch the gas off.

Your Maharashtrian Amti Dal is ready to serve. It goes really well with chapatis, so serve hot with soft chapatis and enjoy!

Recipe and Picture credits: Shoba Natarajan

Shoba is one of our clients at FitPiq. Shoba Natarajan loves food and even more than loving food, she loves to cook. She is a healthy foodie and likes to try new dishes. She loves Maharashtrian food and shared this amazing recipe of amti dal with us!

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