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April 10, 2021 By Neha Goyal Leave a Comment

Healthy Eating: High Protein Hariyali Appe

Green veggies are available throughout the year and these veggies can really help you boost your mood. But, apart from boosting your mood, what if these greens gave you a high protein boost? Let’s try making these delicious, crispy on the outside yet warm and tender on the inside, high protein Hariyali Appe that will help kickstart your mornings!

What You Will Need

Semolina (Suji) – 1½ cup
Green peas – 1 cup
Curd – ¾ cup
Cashews – 8-10
Oil for tempering – ½ tsp
Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp
Asafoetida – 1 pinch
Chopped green chilly – 1 tsp
Grated ginger – 2 tsp
Baking soda (optional) – ½ tsp
Salt to taste
Water as required

How To Prepare

Soak green peas and cashews for 10 minutes, then grind these using ¼ cup water.
In a bowl, take semolina, add curd, green peas paste, green chilly, ginger and salt. Mix everything together to make a smooth batter using water as required.
Heat the oil in a tadka pan and add the cumin seeds. When it starts crackling, switch the flame off and add asafoetida.
Add this tempering in the batter and mix everything together. Keep this batter aside for 15-20 minutes.
Check the consistency of the batter once again and add more water if required.
Heat the appe mould on medium flame. Pour a spoonful of batter in each cavity and cover the pan to let the Appe steam nicely while getting crisp from the bottom.
Flip & cook the other side as well but don’t cover it this time.
Remove from the pan and serve hot with green or coconut chutney.

Highlights and Tips For The Hariyali Appe Recipe

This recipe is high in protein and fiber – it makes a perfect choice for those who are looking for vegetarian recipes providing enough protein.
Just like regular Appe, you can add more chopped veggies of your choice to make it more fiber rich.
You can also use ⅓ Dalia powder or multigrain atta to replace semolina in this recipe.

We hope you enjoy this high protein Hariyali Appe 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 tune in to LIVE cooking sessions on GOQii Play.

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March 27, 2021 By Urvi Gohil Leave a Comment

Healthy Eating: Vegetable Appam

Eating 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

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.
Sauté this for 3-5 minutes and add the semolina. Roast this for 2 more minutes and remove it in a mixing bowl.
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.
Now add in ½ cup of water, mix it together and allow it to rest for 15 minutes.
After the rest, check the batter and add another ½ cup of water to make it similar to an uttapam batter consistency.
Grease the appam tray with some oil and put it on flame.
Using a spoon, add a controlled portion of batter in the appam tray and cover it with a lid.
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.
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 tune in to LIVE cooking sessions on GOQii Play.

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February 13, 2021 By Aruna Bhatia 2 Comments

Healthy Eating: Masala Gur – The Best Winter Dessert

Winter is the favorite season for many of us but it brings the challenge of keeping our bodies warm and staying healthy enough to fight off infections. On the other hand, it also leaves the body craving for food. You’ve noticed being hungrier during winter, especially for something sweet. Keeping this in mind, let’s look at a recipe that can help us satisfy that sweet craving, keep warm and boost immunity. Let’s learn how to prepare Masala Gur (Jaggery)!

What You Will Need

Jaggery – 100 gms
Makhana (fox nuts) – 10 to 12
Ghee – ½ tsp
Sonth (dry ginger powder) – 1 tsp
Ajwain (carom seeds) – ½ tsp
Pinch of Black Salt
Raw Peanuts – 2 tbsp
Almonds – 10 to 12 (roughly chopped)
Jeera – ½ tsp

How To Prepare

Grate the Jaggery into a bowl and keep it aside
Take a pan, add half a tsp ghee and roast the makhana in it till crisp. Move them to a bowl.
Next, dry roast peanuts and rub their skin off.
Now, add the grated gur into a non stick heavy bottom kadai and let it melt on medium flame.
When you feel the gur is melted and is in a semi-liquid state, add the ajwain, sonth, jeera and black salt one by one into this melted gur. Stir well so that the spices blend well with the melted gur.
Next, add the makhana, peanuts and roughly chopped almonds to it. Switch the gas off and mix well.
Grease a thali or a plate and pour this hot gur mix in it and let it cool. Once it cools down and gets hard again, break it into small pieces. Your Masala Gur is ready!

Benefits of the Masala Gur Recipe

This masala gur can be a healthy substitute to high fat and refined sugar desserts
The saunth, jeera, ajwain and black salt aids good digestion, improves metabolism and provides heat to the body
This treat should be enjoyed in small candy size pieces

We hope you enjoy making and eating this tasty Masala Gur winter dessert. Do try it and let us know your thoughts in the comments below! For more healthy recipes, check out Healthy Reads or tune in to cooking sessions on GOQii Play.

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January 16, 2021 By Urvi Gohil Leave a Comment

Healthy Eating: Dates and Nuts Custard

The festivities might be over but that doesn’t mean you can’t treat yourself to some tasty, healthy and absolutely delicious dessert! Here’s a dates and nuts custard that you can eat guilt-free. It is easy to make and completely sugar-free. This recipe can be made with basic ingredients in your kitchen. Let’s get started!

What You Will Need

Seedless dates – 1 cup
Hot boiled milk – 1 cup
Cold milk – 2 cups
Banana – 1
Vanilla essence – 1 tbsp
Mix dry fruits (cashew, almonds, walnuts, pistachios) – 1 cup
Raisins – ½ cup
Sliced strawberries – ½ cup
Corn flour – ½ cup
Desiccated coconut – ½ cup
Cinnamon powder – 2 tbsp

How To Prepare

Soak 1 cup of dates in boiled milk for 30 minutes.
In a blender, add cold milk, 1 banana, soaked dates along with milk and vanilla essence. Blend till smooth.
Strain the contents in a big bowl to get rid of unwanted lumps.
Now, add in the corn flour and mix it very well to a fine batter.
Heat a pan and pour the contents, stir continuously until it is thick and reduces the moisture but is still a little runny.
Place the serving bowls and let us start plating.
First layer the bowl with dates and milk custard, sprinkle some cinnamon powder, add the desiccated coconut, place the mix nuts generously. Add a few raisins and top it up with 3-4 slices of strawberry.
Allow this to set in the fridge or even outside if the temperature is cool, for 20-30 minutes. Your Date and Nuts Custard is ready!

Highlights of the Dates and Nuts Custard Recipe

The custard has zero sugar and hence, it is a very healthy, guilt-free dessert.
It has the goodness of nuts and fruits.
A cup of this custard is rich in fiber, calcium, iron and healthy fats.
Great for weight watchers to indulge in.

We hope you enjoy this Dates and Nuts Custard recipe. Do try it out and leave your feedback in the comments below. For more healthy recipes, check out Healthy Reads or tune in to cooking sessions on GOQii Play.

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