HEALTH IS WEALTH. There is nothing more crucial than health. When we are healthy we can smile, be happy, enjoy food and sleep well. If we eat healthy, we can stay healthy and fit forever. We all are familiar with the famous quote by Mahatma Gandhiji that “It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver”.
As we celebrate World Health Day today, here we have some healthy recipes for all the health conscious people out there..
- Multigrain Pancakes
Ingredients:
1 cup rice flour , 1/2 cup semolina or suji, 1/2 cup gram flour or besan , 1/4 tsp black pepper
Salt to taste , 4tbsp sprouted green gram or mung beans, 4tbsp green peas , 4tbsp sweet corn , 2tbsp capsicum
Pancakes Recipe:
Take rice flour, gram flour or besan , semolina or suji , black pepper , salt in a bowl and prepare a dosa like batter but slightly thick than it (like uttapam batter). Mix all vegetables and sprouted green gram or mung beans with the batter. Grease a non-stick pan with oil. Pour six to seven small circular parts of the batter at a time and cook on medium flame. When the batter starts drying pour few drops oil on it and flip it over. Wait till it becomes golden brown and than serve it with green/schezwan chutney.
- Easy Suji Snack
Ingredients:
1 cup suji/semolina, ¼ tsp carom seeds, ½ tsp black pepper powder, ½ tsp kasuri methi , ½ tsp salt
Water as per requirement, 2 tbsp of ghee or butter, Oil for frying or bake it in microwave or Oven
Suji snacks Recipe:
Take a large bowl and mix the semolina/suji, carom seeds, black pepper powder, kasuri methi, salt, ghee or butter and knead a soft dough and let It rest for 20 minutes as suji will absorb water. After few minutes again knead it well and then from the small balls make square shaped or diamond shaped or bow shaped snacks and then fry them or bake them.
- Green Pasta
Ingredients:
For green sauce
2 bowls/cups of spinach , 1 bowl of coriander leaves, Add some cheese , Chilli flakes , ½ tsp black pepper powder
½ tsp oregano /Italian herbs [ make paste of spinach and coriander], 2 bowl/ cups of boiled Pasta
Veggies
1 chopped onion, ½ chilli, ¼ broccoli, 2-3 french beans , ½ capsicum [ all veggies par boiled except onion], Salt to taste
Green Pasta Recipe
Take some oil in a pan and sauté the chopped onion and the add all the veggies. You can add more veggies of your choice. Now add the green paste or sauce and sauté well and add chilli flakes, black pepper powder, oregano, cheese and salt to taste and mix well and cook it well for 2-3 minutes. Healthy green pasta is ready to serve.
- Full on Protein Sandwich
Ingredients:
1 Multi grain bread, ½ bow Hung curd, Some small pieces of Paneer or grated paneer , Some Cheese , 2 tbsp of Mayonnaise , 2-3 tsp Green mung sprouts, ½ Chopped capsicum, 1 Chopped onions, ½ Chopped tomato , ½ Chopped cucumber
Salt and red chilli powder and other masalas of your choice
Green coriander and mint chutney
Protein Sandwich Recipe
Mix all the ingredients and add the masala and salt as per your taste. Then spread the chutney on bread slice and then spread the mixture and the cover it with another slice of bread and grill it properly. It is a full on healthy recipe.
- Grilled Bakhri Sandwich
Ingredients:
Make 4-6 bakhri’s from wheat flour or multi grain flour
For the filling
3-4 Boiled and mashed potatoes , ½ Boiled green peas, ½ finely chopped carrot [par boiled], Chopped coriander , Some mint leaves , Salt to taste , ½ tsp red chilli, ½ tsp cumin /jeera powder , ½ tsp chaat masala
Grilled Bakhri Recipe
Take some oil in a pan and sauté all the ingredients of filling. Now take one bakhri and spread the filling made on it and cover it with another bakhri and grill it on tawa or a griller or in a microwave. One more healthy recipe to eat and enjoy.
Inputs by- Rashee Bhagwanani
