JOWAR RAVA AND VEGETABLE NUTRI UPMA

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JOWAR RAVA Upma

  • Author: subrata
  • Prep Time: 15-20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10-15 minutes
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Cuisine: Indian

Description

Jowar Rava Upma is a delightful concoction that marries the earthy essence of jowar rava with the vibrant flavors of peas, carrots, tomatoes, and spices. The process begins with roasting the jowar rava, enhancing its natural aroma, and then sautéing a mix of onions, tomatoes, and boiled peas and carrots. The blend of these ingredients, seasoned with a tempering of cumin, mustard seeds, green chili, and grated ginger, creates a symphony of tastes. Adding water to bring it to a boil, allowing the flavors to meld, and finishing it off with a garnish of freshly grated coconut, green chilies, and coriander elevates this dish to a delightful culinary experience. It’s a quick and nutritious meal, perfect for anyone seeking a flavorful yet healthy option in under 30 minutes.


Ingredients

Ingredients

Jowar Rava : 30 gm

Peas: 15 gm

Carrot: 15 gm

Tomato: 10 gm

Onion: 10 gm

Oil: 5 ml


Instructions

  • Dry roast the jowar rava for 4-5 minutes till a nice aroma emanates and keep aside.
  • Heat oil and temper with jeera, mustard, green chilli and ginger grated
  • Add finely chopped onion and fry till translucent.
  • Add chopped tomatoes, boiled green peas, carrot and fry till raw smell disappears
  • Add 1.5 cups water to the above mixture and bring to a boil.
  • Once it comes to a rolling boil add salt and roasted jowar rava.
  • Cover and cook on low flame for 5-7 minutes.
  • Check and cook till water evaporates and jowar rava is cooked.
  • Garnish with freshly grated coconut, green chilies, coriander, tomato and serve hot.


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1
  • Calories: 172.6 K.CAL
  • Fat: 5.7 GM
  • Carbohydrates: 27.4 GM
  • Fiber: 3.6 GM
  • Protein: 2.3 GM

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khandvi

Moongdal Khandvi

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khandvi

Moongdal Khandvi

  • Author: Rajeshwareeba Jadeja
  • Prep Time: 5 min
  • Cook Time: 15 min
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 20 Min 1x

Description

Khandvi is a gluten-free healthy snack option that is low on calories good in protein. It is a healthy and tasty breakfast/ snack option.


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Ingredients

1/2 cup yellow moong dal (split yellow gram), flour, 1/2 cup low fat curd (Dahi), 1 tsp ginger. -green chilli paste, a pinch turmeric powder (Haldi), 1/4 tsp asafoetida (Hing), Salt to taste, oil for greasing,

For the tempering, 1 tsp mustard seeds (rai / sarson), 1 tsp sesame seeds (til), 1/4 tsp asafoetida (hing), 2 tsp oil
For the garnish, 2 tbsp chopped coriander (dhania)


Instructions

  1. Combine the moong dal flour, curds, ginger-green chilli paste, turmeric powder, asafoetida andsalt and ¼ cup of water and whisk well. Heat the mixture in a non-stick pan and cook for 3 to4 minutes, while stirring continuously. The mixture is ready when it leaves the sides of the pan.
  2. Spread the mixture evenly on the back of three200 mm. (8″) diameter thalis using a flat katori or a palette knife to form a thin layer. Allow to cool for five minutes.
  3. Smear the khandvi evenly with oil. Cut into 50 mm. (2″) thick strips. Carefully roll up each strip. Keep aside. For the tempering, heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds.
  4. When they crackle, add the sesame seeds and asafoetida and pour over the prepared khandvis. Serve garnished with the chopped coriander.


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1
  • Calories: 97 kcal
  • Fat: 2.8 gm
  • Carbohydrates: 12.7 gm
  • Fiber: 0.9
  • Protein: 5.3

Keywords: healthy recipe, healthy breakfast recipe, quick snack recipe, protein recipe, traditional food

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Rava Appam

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Rava Appam

  • Author: Shampa Banerjee
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 30 minutes
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Cuisine: South Indian
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

Instant Rava Appam is a healthy and tasty breakfast solution for busy mornings. It’s nutritious as well as easily digestible. Peanut chutney as accompaniment enhances the taste of the dish. It is one of the most popular foods in South India.


Ingredients

For Appam

  1. Rava-1/2 cup / 60g
  2. Curd: 1/2 cup/ 60g
  3. Fruit salt:1/2 tsp.
  4. Salt: As per taste

For chutney:

  1. Peanut:1 tbsp./ 15g
  2. Roasted chana:1 tbsp./15g (without skin)
  3. Garlic:2-3 pods
  4. Curry leaves:2-3 no
  5. Salt: As per taste
  6. Green chili:2 no

Instructions

For Appam:

  1. First, put 1 cup rava or suji and 1 cup curd in a mixer
  2. Add ½ cup of water and salt into it.
  3. Blend them to a fine paste and pour into a mixing bowl.
  4. Add ½ cup water and mix well until a smooth, flowing, and consistent batter is formed.
  5. Now add ½ tsp. fruit salt and mix gently and keep the bowl aside.
  6. Next take a Tawa and heat it on medium flame.
  7. Pour Appam batter on it and make round-shaped ravas.
  8. Keep the flame on medium and cook until the top of the appam is cooked completely.
  9. Serve hot with peanut and curry leaves chutney

For Chutney:

  1. In a mixer grinder take roasted peanut and roasted chana.
  2. Add garlic, green chili, salt and 1-2 tablespoons of water. Make a smooth paste. Keep aside.
  3. In a frying pan add ½ tsp. oil and curry leaves. Heat well for seasoning.
  4. In a bowl add curry leaves seasoning into the paste and stir well.
  5. Serve with Appam.

 

 



Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1
  • Calories: 147
  • Fat: 4.7
  • Carbohydrates: 24.5
  • Fiber: 2.91
  • Protein: 5.6

Keywords: Rava Appam

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Rava appam-Healthy and tasty south Indian snack

Rava appam(Paddu)

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Rava appam-Healthy and tasty south Indian snack

Rava appam (Paddu)

  • Author: Shampa Banerjee
  • Prep Time: 40 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Category: Breakfast/Snacks
  • Cuisine: South Indian
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

Rava Appam (Paddu) is a healthy and tasty South Indian snack that is often consumed as breakfast, or as an afternoon snack. These are tasty vegetable balls that require very little oil to make.


Ingredients

  1.  Semolina : 1 cup (75 g)
  2. Curd: 1/2 cup
  3. Carrot: 1 (Finely chopped).
  4.   Capsicum: 1 (Finely chopped).
  5. Onion: 1 big (Finely chopped)
  6.   Cabbage: 1 cup(Finely chopped) (Optional)
  7.    Green chilli: 2-3 nos.
  8.    Black mustard seeds: 1/2tsp.
  9. Curry leaves: 6-7 no
  10. Baking powder: 1/2tsp.
  11.   Oil: 2 tsp.
  12.    Salt as per taste

 

 


Instructions

  • To prepare Rava Appam mix 1 cup Semolina (suji) with half cup curd in a bowl. Add half cup water, half tea spoon baking soda and salt, and mix the batter well.
  • Cover the bowl and keep the batter for 30 minutes.
  • Chop carrots, capsicum, onion, chilli, cabbage into tiny pieces.
  • Now put some oil in a pan, along with some mustard seeds and curry leaves and heat the oil.
  • Once the oil has been sufficiently heated, put the vegetables on the pan and fry them.
  • Once the vegetables come to normal temperature put the fried vegetables into the batter and mix them well.
  • Brush a little oil along the surface of the appam maker and put the batter inside.
  • Heat the appam maker pan for 5 minutes. Turn appam upside down and heat for another 2 minutes.
  • Make small balls of delicious appam and serve with coriander chutney.

Notes

Rava Appam will keep you healthy and leave a good taste in your mouth


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 4
  • Calories: 436 kcal
  • Fat: 13g
  • Carbohydrates: 60g
  • Protein: 12g

Keywords: Instant rava appam (Paddu)

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Oats idli

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Oats idli

  • Author: Meenu Agarwal
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Cuisine: South Indian
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

These Oats idlis are not only healthy and tasty, but can be made  instantly as they require no fermentation with just oats, semolina, curd and some herbs and spices to add the extra flavour.  The beta glucagon in Oats helps in managing both blood sugar and cholesterol levels, so this recipe is great for Diabetics and anyone with elevated cholesterol levels. Serve these idlis with any home made chutneys or sambhar.


Ingredients

  • Oats – 100g
  • Rava – 50g
  • Curd – 200g
  • Chana daal – 50g
  • Cashew nuts-20g
  • Curry leaves- 8-10pcs
  • Salt to taste
  • Red chilli powder -1/2 tsp
  • Ginger – 1tsp finely chopped
  • Green chili – 1 tsp finely chopped
  • Baking soda-1 tsp. or eno powder 2tsp
  • Oil – 1tsp

Instructions

  1.  Dry roast oats and rava in a pan till they turn golden brown.
  2. Add curd to this mixture in a bowl.
  3.  Add salt to taste.
  4. Heat oil in a frying pan, add mustard seed till they splutter, add curry leaves, hing, chana daal and cashew nuts.
  5. Saute till golden brown.
  6.  Add this tadka to oats and rava mixture.
  7.  Add chopped ginger and chilli.
  8. Add baking soda or eno (i use eno) and oil to the batter.
  9.  If required add water to get the consistency of idli batter.
  10.  Fill the greased plates with batter.
  11. When the water in the idli cooker began to boil place the idli stand inside it and steam for around 14-15mins.
  12.  Allow them to cool down. Remove from the plates with the help of greased spoon.
  13. Sprinkle chilli powder on top of the idlis.
  14.  Serve them hot with chutney and sambhar.
  15.  Sprinkle chili powder on top of the idlis.
  16.  Serve it with coconut chutney and sambhar.


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 2
  • Calories: 248Kcal
  • Fat: 7g
  • Carbohydrates: 36g
  • Fiber: 3g
  • Protein: 11g

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Oats banana pancake

 

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Oats banana pancake

  • Author: Sanjana
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 mins
  • Category: breakfast
  • Cuisine: Continental
  • Diet: Gluten Free

Description

Delicious gluten free Oats banana pancakes are wholesome, heart friendly and nutritious breakfast  choice for the whole family. Quick and easy to prepare dish, an great way to kickstart your day!!!


Ingredients

  1. Oats Flour: 1/2 cup
  2. Ripe banana small mashed: 1
  3. Milk: 50ml
  4. Cinnamon Powder: 1/4th tsp

Instructions

  1. In a mixing bowl, add all ingredients and whisk well to form a batter of a pouring consistency.
  2. Heat up a non stick tawa, add a ladle full of batter and spread a bit into a thick circle.
  3. Flip over and let it cook on other side.
  4. Serve hot

Notes

  1. You can make the batter a night before and refrigerate.
  2. For garnishing, you can use nuts or berries of your choice
  3. For egg lovers, you can use one whole egg and whisk it along with the batter

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1- Makes 2 pancakes
  • Fat: 7.4g
  • Carbohydrates: 39.7g
  • Fiber: 3.9g
  • Protein: 9.4g

Keywords: Gluten free, Oats, easy breakfast ideas, continental, pancakes

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