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Oat & Whole-Wheat Pancakes

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Oat & Whole-Wheat Pancakes Stacked up pancakes are one of my favorite breakfast, the drizzling syrup, the dollop up butter with your favorite fruits it's both soothing to eyes and cheering for the tummy. Here, I have prepared an oat and whole wheat flour pancakes which makes its way to my son's lunch box too. Nutritional value This recipe serves six small pancakes with max 88 calories each. It has oat, whole wheat flour, egg and milk in it. So the pancakes are packed with protein, magnesium, good fiber and vitamins. Whole Wheat- 202 kcal Oat Flour-196 kcal Egg-70 cal Sugar= 60 kcal Total Calories- 528 kcal calories per pancake- 88 kcal Servings- 3 Ingredients Dry 1/2 cup - Whole Wheat flour 1/2 cup -Oat Flour 3 tablespoon sugar (any kind) 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder A pinch of salt and baking soda Wet 1/2 cup warm milk 1/4 teaspoon- Vanilla Essence 1 Egg Other 1 tablespoon oil/butter for preparing Preparation time-20 mins Cooking...

Aam Panna

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Aam Panna  Aam Panna (raw-mango drink), is a delicious thirst-quenching delicacy for summers. I tried to keep the flavors as simple and authentic as mom used to make. Made from boiled raw mangoes the flavors are balanced by adding either sugar or jaggery with black salt. Aam Panna Nutritional Value Raw mango has Vitamin-A and Vitamin C in it. It also has mild percentages of Magnesium, Vitamin B-6, and Calcium As the pulp is mixed with sugar and salt so this recipe will make 4 glasses of Panna with 150 calories each. The calories can be varied if we add more water and less sugar. Calories -150 kcal/ per glass Ingredients Raw mango- 5 Sugar or Jaggery- 1/2 cup (adjust to taste) Black salt- 2 teaspoon (adjust to taste) Cumin powder- 1/2 teaspoon Chili powder- 1/2 teaspoon Method Boil the raw mangoes in a pressure cooker for two whistles and if you are boiling in a vessel it will take around 40 to 45 minutes. Next, peel the skin off and take all the pulp out i...

Mushroom Mattar Curry

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Mushroom Mattar curry is a perfect vegetarian main course dish for the non-meaty days and its vegan too! It has a creamy cashew, almond and onion base. The main recipe is called Mushroom Malai Matar but I opted-out cream to make it more health-friendly and regular on my dining table. Nutritional Value Calories*- 150 each Mushroom-  22 kcal Peas-  80 kcal ( 1/2 Cup) Cashew- 80 Almond- 70 Protein- 8gm *calories are an estimation of my cooking. *The oil or butter we use to prepare makes a real difference in calories. Servings- 3 Ingredients Main: 1 -cups peas 1 cup sliced button mushroom For Gravy/Base 1- Large red onion (chopped roughly) 8- Cashew (chopped roughly) 8- Almond (chopped roughly) 4- pods of garlic 1-inch ginger 2 bay leaves 2 tomato 1 small cinnamon stick 2 green cardamom 1 clove 2 green chilies (optional) 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder 1 tablespoon salt (adjust to taste) 1 teaspoon Red ch...

Vegetable Manchurian

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My sister and I always look for Manchurian and chili potatoes whenever we eat out, any hotel or restaurant if it's on their menu it will be on our table. So after eating it in zillion of places here is my version of Indo-Chinese fusion food 'Vegetable Manchurian Dry', have it dry or with gravy, with noodles or fried rice, it will never disappoint you. Nutritional Value These Veg Manchurian balls are shallow fried which cut lot of calories, and basically, this dish is made of only vegetables which fill our daily dose of nutrition. It has Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, iron, because of vegetables and its good for kids too. The oil or butter we use to prepare makes a real difference in calories. Calories*- 1500 (whole dish) *calories are an estimation of my cooking. Servings- 3 Ingredients For Vegetable Balls 2 cups of squeezed shredded vegetables (cabbage, bell pepper, carrot, green onions) 1- Red onion 2 heaped tablespoons of cornstarch and all-...

Pav Bhaji

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Glopping a mouthful of Pav Bhaji with a sip of lassi the thought itself makes me drool. To indulge my taste buds with the spicy and savory taste of bhaji with less guilt I tried to cut down on calories by using canola oil over butter and lastly added ghee on top for taste. Here, the recipe is only for bhaji, I have used store bought bun/pav to complete the dish. This dish serves four people with max 170 calories each. Steamed vegetables- 100 calories per cup Canola oil- 240 ( 2 tablespoons) Clarified butter - 230 ( 2 tablespoons) Bhaji is rich in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, iron, because of vegetables and its good for kids too. Tip- Try to steam vegetables rather than boiling as it helps the vegetables for not losing it vitamins in water. Ingredients 2 - boiled potatoes (mash it) 2 cups of mixed steamed vegetables (mash it) (cabbage, capsicum, carrot) 1- Large red onion 5- pods of garlic 2 bay leaves 2 tomato 1 small cinnamon stick 1 green cardam...