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November 13, 2020 By Urvi Gohil Leave a Comment

Healthy Eating: Quinoa Kheer Recipe

quinoa kheer

No Diwali celebration is complete without a spoonful of that tasty, delicious kheer! It is the most versatile sweet and is extremely simple to make. In this recipe, we’re going to add a healthy twist to light up your Diwali with good health! Let’s try the exciting, healthy Quinoa Kheer recipe! 

What You Will Need 

  • Quinoa – ½ cup 
  • Milk – 1½ cup
  • Ghee – 1 tsp 
  • Cashews – 4 chopped 
  • Almonds – 4 chopped 
  • Walnuts – 4 chopped 
  • Pistachios – 4 chopped 
  • Jaggery – ½ cup 
  • Saffron strands – 5-6 

How To Prepare

  1. Rinse and wash the Quinoa thoroughly and cook it in a pan at low to medium heat for 15-18 minutes. Once done, use a fork to mix it up and transfer it to a plate to avoid over cooking.
  2. Heat a pan, add ghee and roast all the chopped nuts for 3-5 minutes until they slightly change the color.
  3. Time to pour the milk. Keep the flame on medium and add the jaggery. Give it a nice mix and wait till the jaggery melts. It will take around 10 minutes.
  4. Now, add the cooked Quinoa and mix it well and allow the kheer to simmer for 5 more minutes.
  5. Soak the strands of saffron in some milk and then add it to the kheer. Give it a gentle mix and you will have the desired color of the kheer.
  6. Your delicious Quinoa Kheer is ready! Serve hot. 

Note: You can use oats instead of quinoa. Just replace the quinoa with oats and follow the same method.

Highlights of the Quinoa Kheer Recipe

  • With the goodness of healthy fats and protein, this sweet will be most loved by all! 
  • It will provide more satiety in less quantity  
  • Ideal for celebrating a healthy Diwali, guilt-free! 

We hope you enjoy this Quinoa Kheer recipe and share the joy of guilt-free sweetness with your friends and family. Do let us know your thoughts in the comments below. For more Healthy Recipes, check out Healthy Reads or tune in to LIVE cooking sessions on GOQii Play. 

Wish you all a happy and healthy Diwali! 

#BeTheForce 

October 25, 2019 By Urvi Gohil 1 Comment

Healthy Diwali Recipe: Anjeer Ki Kheer

anjeer ki kheerBefore I begin with this amazing liquid sweet recipe, did you check out my healthy Diwali recipe on Dates Roll with Seeds? If not, do check and try it out. In this recipe, we’ll be preparing Anjeer (Figs) ki Kheer. If you like kheer, you will most definitely love this recipe. It is quick to prepare, rich in flavor and full of nourishment!

Let’s get started!

What You Will Need:

  • Almonds (Soaked and Peeled) – 10
  • Cashews (Soaked) – 10
  • Figs (Soaked) – 12
  • Almonds (Finely Chopped) – 5
  • Pistachios (Finely Chopped) – 5
  • Walnuts (Finely Chopped) – 5
  • Figs (Finely Chopped) – 2
  • Milk – 500ml
  • Saffron – 10-15 threads soaked in milk
  • Ghee – 2 tbsp.
  • Jaggery Sugar / coconut sugar/ jaggery – 2 tbsp.

How to Prepare:

  1. Soak the nuts for 3-4 hours.
  2. After removing the soaked water, make a dry coarse paste of soaked almonds and cashews using a mixer. Remove it in a bowl.
  3. Now, add the soaked figs along with 2 tbsp. of water and make a fine paste using a mixer, remove it in a bowl.
  4. In a pan, heat 2 tbsp. ghee and add the coarse paste of almonds and cashews. Sauté it on low flame for 4-5 mins until the color has changed and it becomes aromatic.
  5. Now it is time to add the figs paste to the pan. Sauté it continuously for the next 3-4 minutes.
  6. Once done, add 500ml of milk and allow it to boil on medium flame for 5-6 minutes and add 2 tbsp. of jaggery sugar or jaggery to it.
  7. Also add the saffron and chopped almonds, pistachio, walnuts and figs in the kheer.
  8. Give it a boil and your Anjeer ki Kheer is ready to be served.

Highlights of the Anjeer Ki Kheer Recipe

  • Despite being a low calorie dessert, it still satisfies the sweet tooth.
  • Figs are a great source of antioxidants, calcium, iron, magnesium and copper.
  • This recipe is nutritious for pregnant women and children especially.

We hope you enjoy this Anjeer ki Kheer recipe just as much as we enjoyed writing it for you! Wish you and your family a happy and joyous Diwali!

Stay Safe, Stay Healthy and #BeTheForce

October 24, 2019 By Urvi Gohil Leave a Comment

Healthy Diwali Recipe: Dates Roll with Seeds

dates roll with seeds

Diwali celebrations are incomplete without indulging in Indian sweets, right? Sweets add a lot of happiness and enthusiasm to festivals. Just like colorful Rangolis at the entrance of a house, a sweet table is always open at home during Diwali. So, this Diwali, I am sharing 2 amazing sweet recipes to satisfy your sweet tooth which are extremely nourishing at the same time. Let’s begin with this super nourishing Dates Roll recipe with the goodness of seeds!

What you will need:

  • Seedless Dates – 500gm
  • Walnuts (Coarsely Chopped) – 15
  • Almonds (Coarsely Chopped) – 15
  • Cashews (Coarsely Chopped) – 10
  • Pistachios (Coarsely Chopped) – 15
  • Flax Seeds (Roasted) – 1 tbsp.
  • Sunflower Seeds (Roasted) – 1 tbsp.
  • Poppy Seeds/Khas Khas (Roasted) – 2 tbsp.
  • Cardamom Powder – ½ tbsp.
  • Ghee – 2 tbsp.

How to Prepare:

  1. Make a coarse paste of seedless dates in a mixer.
  2. In a pan, heat 1 tbsp. of ghee and add all the coarsely chopped nuts and roast them on medium flame for 3-5 minutes and keep it aside.
  3. In the same pan, heat 1 tbsp. of ghee and add the dates paste in it and cook for 3-5 minutes until it is soft
  4. Then, add the mix roasted nuts, 1 tbsp. of roasted poppy seeds and roasted flax seeds along with sunflower seeds and mix well in the pan itself.
  5. Now, rest the dates and nuts mixture on a flat surface out of the flame.
  6. To make a roll out of it, spread roasted poppy seeds and some chopped pistachio on a flat surface.
  7. Using your hands, make a medium thick cylinder of the dates and nuts mixture and roll it over the poppy seeds and pistachios so that it sticks to the roll very well.
  8. Now take a piece of silver foil or butter paper and cover the roll with it very tightly. Tuck and fold the ends of both sides very nicely and allow this to set for 2 hours in the fridge.
  9. After 2 hours, using a sharp knife, cut medium thick slices and then remove the silver foil from each slice.
  10. Your healthy homemade Dates Roll with Seeds is ready.

Highlights of the Dates Roll with Seeds Recipe

  • Just right to satisfy your sweet tooth.
  • This is a recipe rich in healthy fats, proteins, iron and B vitamins.
  • Safe for diabetes and weight watchers but never forget moderation is the key!

Stay tuned for the 2nd sweet recipe! Any guesses to what it might be? Leave your guesses in the comments below!

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