Healthier Butterless Eggless Whole Wheat Pistachio Cookies. The store-bought cookies and most homemade cookie recipes too are filled with saturated fat and sugar making it calorie dense and poor in nutrition. But who doesn’t love cookies? I do! 🙂 So, I tried this version of cookies using whole wheat, coconut oil and pistachios with controlled…
Carrot (Greens) Millet Rice This is a great way to use carrot greens in a recipe. Before, I was usually trashing these beautiful carrot greens without knowing how to use it. One day, while making carrot rice, I thought I could experiment using them. Because, all I knew was green leafy vegetables are nutritious. I…
Healthier Idly with Millets and White Sorghum/ Vellai Chollam (Ver 3) Healthier idlies version 3 is made by adding Millets and Sorghum to the traditional idly recipe. They are rich in Iron, Fiber and many other vitamins and minerals. Adding these will not only make it more nutrition rich but also make it even more…
Whole Wheat Idiyappam/ String Hoppers Serves: 3 Calories per Serving:271; Carb- 58g; Fat- 1g; Fiber- 10g; Protein – 11g Preparation time: 15 M Cooking time: 5 M Total time: 20M Difficulty: Very Easy Ingredients: 2 Cups Wheat Flour 2 Cups Water ½ tsp Salt Oil to grease Method: Dry roast wheat flour for 5 minutes…
Bruschetta Using Whole Wheat Rusk Bruschetta is a starter dish from Italy where the bread is grilled, rubbed with garlic and topped with olive oil and salt. Lot of variations are done by topping with tomato, cheese, different vegetables, meat etc. Usually Italian Ciabatta bread or French loaf is used for the recipe which is…
Ragi Idly| Finger Millet Steamed Cake Ragi/ Finger Millet is one of the most healthy cereal available and sometimes it is referred to as ‘ Super Cereal’ helping to control diabetes, prevent osteo porosis and fight cancer. Finger millet originated in Africa and then the cultivation started spreading world wide. Like other millets, finger millet…
Palak Chapathi/ Spinach-wheat Flat Bread Chapathi/ Roti/ Indian Flat bread made of whole wheat flour is a staple of Indian kitchen especially North India. Adding greens like Spinach boosts the nutrition value to a very great extent. Read the nutrition facts to find out how much vitamins and minerals it provides in just one serving….
Black Eyed Beans Curry | Alasande kalu gojju Black eyed beans is so rich in nutrition and this curry is a traditional recipe of Karnataka ( a South Indian State). It is a great way to add this beans to your weekly food menu. Look for the Nutrition facts below you will be amazed! Serves:…
Mushroom Mint Pulao I tried Mushroom Mint Pulao as a no onion no garlic recipe by using mushrooms instead of onions. Turned out to be an extremely flavorful dish and of course very healthy as well. Since it is loaded with vegetables, you need not worry about making veg side for this recipe. May be…
Wheat Rava Kesari Serves: 6 Calories per Serving:335; Carb- 68g; Fat- 6g; Fiber- 0g; Protein – 7g Preparation time: 3M Cooking time: 12M Total time: 15M Difficulty:Very Easy Ingredients: 2 Cups Broken Wheat 1 Cup Sugar (Organic) 6 cups water 4.5 tsp Ghee (Clarified Butter) A handful of Cashews 2 tbsp Raisins A pinch of…
