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January 28, 2023 By Urvi Gohil Leave a Comment

Healthy Eating: Vegetable Appam

vegetable appamEating a healthy breakfast ensures a healthy start to the day! But, there’s a good chance that you might not know what to eat or might want a change from the usual. So, we’re here with a tasty, super easy Vegetable Appam recipe! It uses traditional seasoning and can be made quickly! 

What You Will Need 

  • Semolina – 1 cup 
  • Onion – ¼ cup finely chopped
  • Capsicum – ¼ cup finely chopped
  • Carrot – ¼ cup finely chopped
  • Spinach – ¼ cup finely chopped
  • Coriander – ¼ cup finely chopped
  • Ginger Chili Paste – 1 tbsp 
  • Grated Coconut – ¼ cup 
  • Curd – 1 cup 
  • Water – 1 cup 
  • Oil – 2 tbsp 
  • Curry Leaves – 5-6
  • Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp 
  • Garam Masala – 1 tsp 
  • Haldi – ½ tsp 
  • Red Chili Powder – ½ tsp 
  • Salt as per taste 

How To Prepare 

  1. Heat some oil in a pan, add in the mustard seeds and allow it to crackle. Now, add the curry leaves and slide in the chopped onion, capsicum, carrot and spinach.
  2. Sauté this for 3-5 minutes and add the semolina. Roast this for 2 more minutes and remove it in a mixing bowl.
  3. Once the semolina and veggies mixture cool down, add in the ginger chilli paste, coconut, coriander, garam masala, haldi, red chili powder, curd and salt. Give it a good mix.
  4. Now add in ½ cup of water, mix it together and allow it to rest for 15 minutes.
  5. After the rest, check the batter and add another ½ cup of water to make it similar to an uttapam batter consistency.
  6. Grease the appam tray with some oil and put it on flame.
  7. Using a spoon, add a controlled portion of batter in the appam tray and cover it with a lid. 
  8. After 5 minutes check if the sides of the appam look brown. If yes, flip it over and allow it to cook until golden brown and crisp on both sides.
  9. Our healthy, instant vegetable appam is ready! Serve it with coconut or green chutney.

Note: If you do not have an appam tray, you can make it as mini uttapams in any pan and enjoy.

Highlights of the Vegetable Appam Recipe 

  • It’s a quick, easy and healthy breakfast meal loved by everyone. 
  • Gives you the goodness of vegetables, rich in vitamins and satiating.
  • Very good for your gut as it is partially fermented. 

We hope you enjoy this Vegetable Appam recipe. Do try it out and share your experience in the comments below or share it on social media, tagging GOQii! For more healthy recipes, check out Healthy Reads or speak to a GOQii Coach by subscribing for Personalised Health Coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

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January 22, 2023 By Sunita Arora 2 Comments

5 Healthy Hot Winter Drinks to Warm You Up!

hot winter drinks

If you’ve begun feeling the slight chills in the morning, you know that winter is coming – intended GoT reference. While an epic fantasy drama can turn the heat up in an instant, your body needs a little more warmth or spice, depending on what your taste is like, to help you push through those cold mornings. In this article, I’m going to share some of my favorite hot winter drinks that I include in my diet on a regular basis.

These drinks have numerous health benefits. They will help you boost your immunity, increase your brainpower and remove toxins from your body – these are still just a few benefits from the reservoir of goodness they can offer!

You can’t deny that winter beckons warm, hot, spicy and often something sweet as well. Now, if you want to make your drink healthy, then you must try one or all of these hot winter drinks!  

1. Hot Ginger Tea

This brew is quite effective during winter. It promotes good digestion, boosts your immunity, aids weight loss and helps provide relief in Arthritis. This drink is your ally while battling cold and cough as well.

Ingredients: 1 cup of water, 2 tsp of freshly grated ginger and 1 tsp of raw honey (optional)

How to Prepare: Boil ginger in water for 5-10 minutes, strain it, add raw honey if you want to and sip it hot. Simple, isn’t it!

2. Spiced Green Tea

Do you love Green Tea? Let’s spice it up! This aromatic tea is a wonderful blend of taste and good health! It is rich in antioxidants, aids weight loss, boosts metabolism and the best part is that you can consume this any time during winter!

Ingredients: 1 cup of water, a pinch of cinnamon, ½ tsp crushed ginger, 2 tsp of green tea leaf, ½ lemon and 1 tsp of raw honey (optional).

How to Prepare: Add green tea leaf, crushed ginger and cinnamon in hot water. Cover and steep for 5-6 minutes. Pour it in your favorite mug, then add lemon and honey and start sipping immediately!

3. Warm Turmeric Milk

This popular household drink is an excellent remedy for treating inflammation and joint pains. It helps in resolving sleep-related issues as well.

Ingredients: 1 cup of organic milk, ½ tsp of ground turmeric, a pinch of cinnamon powder, 1 tsp of raw honey (optional).

How to Prepare: Mix all the ingredients in a blender for 1 minute. Then, boil it on low flame for a few minutes till it is hot enough. Add raw honey if you want to and serve! The perfect hot winter drink! For sleep disorders, drink this milk 30 minutes before bedtime daily.

4. Spiced Almond Milk

This is a treat for vegans! Purely because it is naturally dairy-free! It can also be consumed by people with dairy allergy or those who are lactose intolerant. Be sure to try this one though, it has an exotic flavor and is quite easy to prepare.

Ingredients: 1 cup of Almond milk, ¼ tsp turmeric powder, ½ tsp of ginger powder, a pinch of cinnamon and a pinch of nutmeg.

How to prepare: Take a saucepan and combine all the ingredients. Slowly bring it to a simmer for a few minutes and serve hot. If you want to make your own almond milk, Click Here.

5. Masala Chai

Everybody’s favourite! If you’re a tea person, this has to be the beverage you wake up to, or the thing that keeps you going late afternoon! If you want to know about the benefits masala chai offers, read my article on The Magic of Indian Masala Chai. To keep it short, it regulates the digestive system, prevents people from gaining weight, stimulates the appetite and boosts the immune system among other benefits!

Ingredients: ½ cup of Water, ½ cup of milk, 1 tsp of loose tea leaf, 2-3 cloves, 1 cardamom, ½ inch cinnamon stick, 1 small slice of ginger, 1 star anise, 2-3 peppercorn, 1 tsp of jaggery powder or brown sugar (optional).

How to Prepare: Crush cinnamon, clove, ginger, star anise, and peppercorn. Add them in boiling water. Then, add the tea leaf and boil for 2-3 minutes. Add the jiggery and milk. Simmer it 2-3 times and then turn the gas off. Pour it in your favorite mug and enjoy the weather!

Whenever you feel like drinking something hot or spicy, these hot winter drinks are your best picks! We hope you enjoy these recipes in the days to come. Try them and let us know your experience in the comments below! 

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January 7, 2023 By Urvi Gohil 5 Comments

Healthy Eating: Savory Muffins Recipe

savory muffinsHave you been swearing off muffins? Want to reduce the amount of sweet in your snacks? Don’t worry! We’ve got you covered with this awesome Savory Muffins recipe which is made using traditional ingredients. It is quick and easy to prepare, very healthy to snack on and has all the goodness of vegetables. These Savory Muffins will fulfill all your micronutrient needs for the day. 

What You Will Need 

  • Whole wheat flour – 1 cup
  • Gram flour – ½ cup
  • Curd – ½ cup
  • Grated paneer – ¼ cup
  • Grated cheese – ¼ cup
  • Chilli flakes – 1 tsp 
  • Mixed herbs – 1 tsp
  • Salt – 1 tsp
  • Baking powder – 1 tsp
  • Baking soda – ¼ tsp
  • Chopped spinach – ½ cup
  • Chopped coriander – ½ cup
  • Grated carrot – ½ cup
  • Oil – 2 tbsp
  • Vinegar – ¼ tsp
  • Water – ½ cup

How To Prepare 

  1. Take a mixing bowl and add all the dry ingredients. Mix whole wheat flour, gram flour, chili flakes, dried herbs, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Then add spinach, coriander, carrot, paneer and cheese. Mix all the ingredients well.
  2. In another bowl, add oil, curd, vinegar and water. Mix the wet ingredients well.
  3. Time to mix the wet and dry ingredients together, the batter will be of medium thick consistency.
  4. Take silicon muffin moulds and fill each mould with 1-2 tbsp of batter.
  5. Bake them at 180°c for 20-25 minutes. Keep checking them after 15-20 minutes.
  6. Your nutritious, savory muffins are ready.

Note: You can also make these in an appam maker and cook both sides with a little oil.

Highlights of the Savory Muffins Recipe

  • Just a perfect savory meal to start the day or eat once for mid meals.
  • Balanced with fiber and protein, it keeps you full for longer. 
  • Has all the benefits of healthy greens. 

We hope you enjoy this Savory Muffins recipe. Do share it with your friends and family and don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments below. For more healthy recipes, check out Healthy Reads or ask your GOQii Coach by subscribing for Personalised Health Coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

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December 30, 2022 By Urvi Gohil Leave a Comment

Healthy Eating: Dates and Walnut Cake

Dates and Walnut Cake

It’s the season to be jolly and nothing is jollier than a freshly baked homemade cake! As we slowly step towards the New Year, it would be awesome to end 2022 on a healthy note. So let’s bake our own healthy and delicious eggless Dates and Walnut Cake! It’s a dense, rich cake which provides you with healthy fats and nutrition.

This is a recipe we’re sure your family will enjoy!

What You Will Need

  • Dates – 1 cup
  • Milk – 1 cup
  • Whole Wheat Flour – 1.5 cup
  • Roughly Chopped Walnuts – ½ cup
  • Coffee – ½ tsp
  • Cinnamon Powder – ½ tsp
  • Olive Oil – 100 ml
  • Baking powder – ½ tsp
  • Baking soda – 1 tsp
  • Salt – ½ tsp

How to Prepare 

  1. Soak coffee in a little water.
  2. Soak Dates in hot milk for 2-3 hours until they soften. Then grind the dates + milk into a fine paste in a mixer.
  3. Take the date paste out in a mixing bowl and add olive oil to it.
  4. Sieve the whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, coffee, cinnamon powder & salt and mix well with the dates puree using whisker.
  5. Now, add the chopped walnuts in the batter and gently fold them within. The cake batter is ready for further process.

From here on, there are two ways you can go. One with a Steamer and the other with an Oven.

a. Steamer

  1. Add a cup of salt in an idli steamer and place a plate or vessel in it and close the steamer.
  2. Preheat the steamer for 10 minutes at high flame.
  3. Transfer the cake batter in a properly greased pan and keep it inside the steamer.
  4. Cook the cake in the steamer at low – medium flame for 30-35 mins.

b. Oven

  1. Preheat the oven for 10 min.
  2. Transfer the cake batter in a greased mould and bake it for 35 to 40 min at 180 degree Celsius.
  3. Your cake is ready! 

Highlights of the Dates and Walnut Cake

  • Definitely, a cake with no unhealthy fats, giving you the satiety of eating a dessert.
  • Dates make it nourishing for the guests as it is packed with a host of heart-healthy nutrients.
  • Most importantly, it is absolutely yummy! 

Before you begin preparing this wholesome dates and walnuts cake, check with your doctor for any allergies you might have. For more tasty and healthy recipes, check out Healthy Reads or ask your GOQii Coach by subscribing for Personalised Health Coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

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