Avocado Roti

My friend poorna told me that, she prepared this avocado roti and it came out very good. And I tried them yesterday in my home and wow! it so soft and tasty and off course healthy!. Thanks  poorna for the idea :)

This is how I prepared.

Ingredients:

1 ripened Avocado
Whole wheat flour - 21/2 cups (adjustable)
Salt - 1 Tbs
Sugar - 1 Tbs
Yogurt - 1/2 cup
Oil - 1 Tbs
Garam Masala - 1 Tbs
Water - Couple of Tbs

Steps:

1. Cut the avocado into half and takeout the big pit or seed.
2. Scoop the inside flesh and mash them smoothly.
3. Add salt, sugar, yogurt,Garam masala
4. Add the wheat flour and start kneading with a clean hand
5. Keep on adding little bit of water as required.
6. Do not over-do with water.
7. Make tough dough
8. Add oil and kneed once again.
9. Keep it covered for half an hour.
10. Take a small ball from the dough and roll from center with a rolling pin.
11. Roll it  to make roti.
12. On a hot pan, cook on a medium high flame on both side. Apply some ghee or clarified butter on both sides.
13. Cook until you see the golden brown spots on both sides.
14. Enjoy the hot and healthy roti.
15. I served with sauteed pumpkin chunks.

 Sorry, I could  not take pictures of these yummy roti.

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Avocado Roti

Healthy, lemony red lentil soup

 



This is a very healthy and filling soup which will take less to no efforts to cook but you will get most of your daily nutritious going inside your body. I was thinking if arushi is going to like it or not, but ahh! she loved it. This is going to be regular soup variety dinner in our home!.

Ingredients: (Serving size 4 adults)
Red lentils - 2 cups
Potato - 1 big pealed and cubed
Carrot - 1, chopped
Peas - 1/2 cups
Paneer - cubed (optional)
Corn - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1/2 cup, chopped
Cumin powder - 1 tbs
Lemon - 1 whole, zested and squeezed
Garlic and ginger paste - 1 tbs
Dried herbs like - parsley, oregano, marjoram.
Salt and pepper to taste
Oil or butter - 1 tbs
Water or broth

Easy Steps:

• Rinse the lentils, add 4 cups of water or broth, add a pinch of salt
• Pressure cook lentils and potato ahead of time.
• Once the lentils are cooled down,
• Heat oil or butter in a thick bottomed pan
• Add onion, garlic and ginger paste until translucent.
• Add other vegetables and saute it for a minute.
• Add the cooled down lentils and potato mix.
• Cook on a low flame
• Be sure to stirr frequently, otherwise lentils stuck to the bottom .
• Add the salt, pepper, dried herbs, cumin powder, cubed paneer if using.
• Add the lemon zest, and lemon juice.
• Give it a nice mix.
• And all set to eat.
• Roast a piece of bread and dip in the soup and enjoy!.

 

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Healthy, lemony red lentil soup

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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Daliya Khichdi - Cracked Wheat Upma or Kichdi