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Healthy Eating: Fruit and Chia Salad With Nuts

healthy eatingIs preparing evening snacks a challenge for you? If you haven’t figured out what you’ll be eating today, this Fruit and Chia Salad with Nuts is perfect! This healthy recipe is filling and it will satisfy your sweet tooth as well. It can also be served as a cold dessert to beat the heat!

Ingredients:

  • Apple/Banana/Ripe Mango – 1 medium size chopped
  • Strawberries – 5-6
  • Kiwi – 1 medium size chopped
  • Chia seeds – 1 tbsp
  • Almond milk/ Coconut milk/ Low-fat milk – ½ cup (100 ml)
  • Honey – 1 tsp
  • Walnuts (4 halves), almonds (5), Pista (5), Cashews (4)
  • Cinnamon powder

Method:

  1. Chop all the nuts roughly
  2. Heat a pan and roast the chopped nuts for 3-4 minutes on low to medium flame to make them brittle and crunchy
  3. Take 100ml low-fat milk/ coconut milk/ almond milk, add 1 tablespoon of chia seeds, pinch of cinnamon powder and 1 tsp of honey in it
  4. Allow this mixture to stay in refrigerator overnight or for 8-10 hours to allow the chia seeds to swell up
  5. Take a mason jar or a glass and start layering
  6. Add chopped mangoes to base and add milk + chia seeds mixture on it to cover the mangoes
  7. To this, add the chopped kiwi and again add milk + chia seeds mixture on it
  8. Top this with chopped strawberries and again some milk + chia seeds mixture
  9. Add the roasted nuts on top

Please Note: If you’re allergic to nuts, replace them with seeds.

Highlights of the Fruit and Chia Salad Recipe 

  • Chia seeds are very rich in omega 3 fatty acids and fiber which makes this snack very filling
  • You can add seasonal fruits of your own choice and get all the seasonal nutrients
  • This will give a variation to your normal fruit intake

Did you like this fruit and chia salad with nuts recipe? Have you already tried it out? Share a pic on social media or the GOQii Arena and tag us! For more healthy recipes, check out Healthy Reads or tune in to cooking sessions on GOQii Play.

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Healthy Eating: Sweet Potato Sprouts Tikki

sweet potato sprouts tikki

If you’re all out of breakfast ideas or are tired of the repetitive choices you have, let’s take your breakfast or evening snacks up a notch with this Sweet Potato Sprouts Tikki recipe! This mouthwatering delight is rich in healthy carbs and protein – just the kind of kick you need to get your day started! 

What You Will Need 

  • Sweet potato – 1 cup (mashed)
  • Boiled sprouts – ½  cup
  • Broccoli – 1 cup (cut into florets) 
  • Grated homemade  Paneer (chenna) – 3 tablespoon
  • Sattu powder- 2 tbsp
  • Chat masala – ¾th tsp
  • Turmeric – ¼  tsp
  • Ajwain or carom seeds – ¼ tsp 
  • Roasted cumin powder – ½  tsp
  • Black pepper powder – ½  tsp
  • Coriander – 2 tsp
  • Salt – as per taste
  • Olive oil – as needed.

How To Prepare

  1. Place sweet potato in a pressure cooker and cook it for 3-4 whistles. 
  2. Meanwhile, boil water and add broccoli florets to it. Cook for 2 mins and drain the water completely (or you can steam it for 5-7 min). 
  3. Grind the broccoli in a blender coarsely (just for a few seconds. It should not be like a paste). Squeeze the excess water from the ground Broccoli. 
  4. Take one peeled potato in the mixing bowl and mash it well without any lumps. 
  5. Then, add the grounded broccoli, grated paneer (chena), sattu powder, turmeric, chat masala, boiled sprouts, cumin powder, black pepper, ajwain, coriander and salt.
  6. Mix well into a dough and divide into equal portions. Make equal sized balls and flatten them into tikkis. 
  7. Heat a pan with a few drops of oil and place the tikkis over it. Cook it on medium to low flame from both the sides till it turns golden. 
  8. Serve hot with green chutney!  

Highlight of the Sweet Potato Sprouts Tikki

  • The Sweet Potato Sprouts Tikki is rich in healthy carbs, protein, fiber and low in fat. It’s a complete meal.
  • Good choice for kids, pregnant & lactating mothers too. 
  • It is made up of sweet potato, which has several health benefits. It is rich in Antioxidant called beta carotene, which helps increase Vit A . 
  • It has a good amount of soluble and insoluble fiber along with vitamins and minerals like Vit C, Potassium, Manganese, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B5 and Vitamin E.
  • The added sprouts, homemade paneer (chenna) and sattu are good sources of protein.
  • The added broccoli and coriander adds a good amount of fiber content.

We hope you enjoy this recipe! Do share your thoughts in the comments below. For more Healthy Recipes, check out Healthy Reads or get them directly from your GOQii Coach by subscribing for personalized coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

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