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Showing posts with label Beans. Show all posts

Daliya Khichdi - Cracked Wheat Upma or Kichdi


Cracked wheat is made by crushing  the whole wheat into small pieces.  Cracked wheat contain relatively less calories but high nutrition values. It will be good source for loosing weight yet get more nutrition values.

1/4 cup of dry cracked wheat serves 8 -10 % of Iron Content and protein contents of daily serving.








Fiber in Cracked wheat :

In addition to keeping your body moving throughout the day, some carbohydrates take the form of fiber, a type of carb your body does not digest. Each serving of cracked wheat has 5 g. Fiber promotes the health of your digestive system and influences your bowel health, helping to decrease your risk of developing hemorrhoids and diverticulitis. Eating a carbohydrate and fiber-rich diet aids in maintaining a steady blood sugar level, preventing spikes that can damage your health.
source : Livestrong.com 


Ingredients:

Cracked Wheat - 1 Cup
Water - 21/2 cups
Green Beans - Finely chopped; ~1/2 cup
Carrots - Finely chopped ; ~1/2 cup
Peas - 1/2 cup
Ginger, garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Onion - Chopped, 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste (optional)
Green Chilly - 1 or more :per your taste bud


Seasoning : 

Butter - 1 Tbs
Musturd Seeds - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Hing a pinch
Turmeric - a pinch

Easy Steps :

Soak the daliya in water for 10 minutes.

Heat Butter in a pan. Add cumin seeds, urad dal, fry for couple of seconds. Add mustard seeds, hing and turmeric. Once the mustard seeds starts to crack add ginger garlic paste and green chilly. Fry until golden brown for few seconds.

Add Vegetables, soaked daliya.  Add salt, sugar and mix it well. Add 1 2/2 cups of water. Cook on a medium heat for 15-20 minutes until the hard cracked wheat's are soft and easy to chew. OR you can pressure cook for 3 whistles. use little less water if using pressure cooker.

Either you can make it like mushy like kichdi or less mushy like upma.

Enjoy this healthy kichdi with raita or yogurt or curd.

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Mac & Cheese , Seasoned Green beans and Fresh Salad with fresh Guacamole dip


The above title was today's lunch!. It is very healthy and delicious meal. I wanted to make Vighnesh and Arushi eat avocado somehow so I tried this guacamole and finally I am successful!.

Below are the recipes of the complete lunch plate. Enjoy and stay healthy.

1) Guacamole Dip :

Ingredients: Serving size 2 adults
Avocado - 1
Tomato - 1/2 finely chopped
Onion - 1 Tbs, finely chopped
Lime Juice of 1/2 lime
Tabasco sauce - 1/4 tbs or less ( optional)

Method:
  •  Cut the avocado in to half; lengthwise.
  •  Run the spoon close to the skin of avocado to remove the flesh of avocado.
  • Remove the pit.
  • Mash the avocado until your desired smoothness. Add the tomato and onion.
  • Add the lime juice, salt and pepper and stir well.
  •  Keep it aside.

Fresh Salad :

Chop all your favorite veggies to get your daily serving of vegetables.
I used : Thinly sliced carrots, couple of lettuce leaves, Thinly sliced red radishes, tomato and zucchini and some sprouted mung beans.

 

Seasoned Green Beans:

Recipe is here

And Finally Mac and Cheese

    Ingredients:
    Macaroni elbows pasta - 1 cup
    Butter - 2 Tbs
    Flour - 2 Tbs
    Milk - 1 cup
    Sharp cheddar cheese; shredded
    Salt and pepper to taste
    Yellow Mustard  - 1 tbs
    Grated Zucchini - 1/2 cup
    Breadcrumbs - 1/2 cup
    Method :
  • Cook pasta according to the package instruction.
  • Meantime, heat butter in a pan, add the flour whisking continuously.
  • Add milk and keep stirring to avoid lumps.
  • Add the mustard, salt, pepper, and 1/2 cup of cheese, Mix it properly.
  • Add the cooked pasta, zucchini.
  • Pour this mixture into baking pan.
  • Heat the oven to 350F
  • Melt 1 tbs of butter and add the crumbs. mix it well until all get wet.
  • Spread this over the pasta in the baking pan.
  • Keep it in the lower rack and bake it for 30 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and let it cook for 5 minutes before serving.
  • You can serve this pasta with pasta sauce.
All put it together :
Our  healthy lunch plate Looked like this 
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Vegetarian Chili with Quinoa


Ingredients: Serves 2 adults

Cannallini beans - 1 cup; rinsed and drained ( from can)
Red Kidney beans - 1 cup; rinsed and drained ( from can)
Black beans - 1 cup ; rinsed and drained ( from can)
1 can  15 oz diced tomato
Vegetable broth - 3 cups
Frozen baby Lima beans - 1 cup
Green bell pepper - 1/2 cup chopped
Onion - 1/2 cup chopped
Chilly powder - 1 tbs or to taste
Minced Pickled jalapeno - 2 tbs
Garlic - 2 cloves minced
Cumin powder - 1 Tbs
Coriander  powder - 1 Tbs
Oregano - 2 Tbs
Quinoa - 1/3 cup
Cheese - 1/2 cup
Salt and pepper to taste
Hot sauce - 1 Tbs
Cilantro - Hand full

Lot of ingredients ? ah! .. don't you worry, it is very easy to make and you will love the taste!


Easy steps :
  1. Combine all the ingredients except quinoa, cheese, salt and pepper
  2. bring it to boil on medium heat for 45 minutes stirring occasionally.
  3. Add quinoa; cover and cook for 10 more minutes
  4. Add salt and pepper according to your taste
  5. Just before serving, add cheese and garnish with cilantro.
Serving options :
  • You can serve with rice
  • You can serve with bread
  • I made bread sandwich with lettuce and cucumber . Stuffed with this delicious chili inside .It was yum!
  • OR you can eat just the chili.
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Kidney beans, Paneer quesadilla / Protein rich beans stuffed inside chapathi


Kidney beans are a very good source of cholesterol-lowering fiber.When combined with whole grains such as rice, kidney beans provide virtually fat-free high quality protein.  In addition to providing slow burning complex carbohydrates, kidney beans can increase your energy by helping to replenish your iron stores. (Source : WHFoods ).

Ingredients:
Kidney beans - Soaked overnight
Paneer - 1 cup Grated
Carrot - 1 cup Grated
Salt and Pepper to taste
Whole grain tortilla (Chapathi)

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