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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 tune in to LIVE cooking sessions on GOQii Play. 

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Healthy Eating: The Ultimate Healthy Chivda

healthy chivda

It is common for tea/coffee lovers to indulge in some snacks along with their favorite beverage but most of those snacks are often not healthy. So, here is an amazing alternative with is namkeen and crisp! Your very own Healthy Chivda! This bowl can be a part of your regular evening snacks as it provides satiety and nutrition all in one! 

What You Will Need 

  • Rolled oats – 1 cup
  • Poha – ½ cup 
  • Puffed rice – 1 cup 
  • Makhana – 1 cup 
  • Peanuts – ½ cup 
  • Thin cut coconut – ¼ cup 
  • Ghee – 1 tbsp 
  • Mustard seeds – 1 tsp 
  • Cumin seeds – 1 tsp 
  • Curry leaves – 8-10 
  • Crush garlic cloves – 4-5 
  • Dried red chilli – 1
  • Split green chilli – 2 
  • Turmeric – 1 tbsp 
  • Chilli powder – 1 tsp 
  • Salt 

How To Prepare 

  1. Dry roast the rolled oats for 5-7 mins until it is crisp & a little golden. In the same pan, roast the poha until crisp.
  2. In another pan, heat the ghee, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and broken red chilli. Allow it to crackle, then fry the peanuts.
  3. Once the peanuts turn golden, add the crushed garlic, split green chilli, curry leaves and coconut. Fry this until the curry leaves turn crisp & the garlic is roasted.
  4. Time to add the spices, add salt, turmeric & red chilli powder. Give this a quick mix.
  5. Now add the roasted oats, roasted poha along with puffed rice and makhana. Mix this well and allow to roast for a few minutes.
  6. Store it in an airtight container once it cools down.

Note: You can also make chivda bhel by adding chopped onion, tomato, coriander, along with some salt & lemon to the chivda. Enjoy it immediately before it turns soggy. If you’re allergic to peanuts, avoid them. 

Highlights Of The Healthy Chivda Recipe

  • This Healthy Chivda helps in avoiding unhealthy refined flour biscuit, rusk, and cookies to eat along with tea or coffee.
  • It gives you a punch of protein, fiber and micro minerals all in one.
  • Suits the taste of everyone – be it kids, adults or grandparents.

We hope you try out this Healthy Chivda recipe! Do leave your thoughts and feedback in the comments below. For more healthy recipes, check out Healthy Reads or tune in to LIVE cooking sessions on GOQii Play! 

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Healthy Eating: Oats Sprouts and Vegetable Uttapam

Oats Sprouts and Vegetable UttapamDo you love your traditional uttapam? Well, you’re about to love this healthy twist we’ve added to it more! Quick, easy to prepare and nutritious, the Oats Sprouts and Vegetable Uttapam is a mouthwatering recipe just as it is healthy. As it is made with oats, it provides better satiety too!

Ingredients:

  • Rolled oats – 1 cup
  • Curd – 1 cup
  • Ginger chili paste – 1 tbsp
  • Parboiled sprouts – ½ cup
  • Grated carrot – ½ cup
  • Grated beetroot – ½ cup
  • Finely chopped onion – ½ cup
  • Finely chopped tomatoes – ½ cup
  • Finely chopped coriander – ½ cup
  • Salt
  • Turmeric – 1 tsp
  • Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Lemon juice – 1 tsp
  • Salt as per taste
  • Oil – 1 tbsp

Method:

  1. Heat a pan and roast the oats for 3-5 minutes and grind them into powder.
  2. In a mixing bowl, add oats powder, curd, salt & ginger chilli paste. Mix this well & add some water to make dosa batter consistency. Put it to rest for 20 minutes.
  3. For the topping, in a different bowl add parboiled sprouts, onion, tomato, carrot, beetroot, coriander and lemon juice. Add the spices too and give it a gentle mix.
  4. The oats batter will be thick after 20 minutes, so add some water again to gain dosa batter consistency.
  5. Heat a dosa pan and grease with some oil. Take a spoon full of oats batter & spread it to make a mini uttapam. After it is slightly cooked take a spoon full of sprouts & veggies stuffing to put over the uttapam. Cover the pan with a lid & allow it to cook.
  6. After it turns golden brown on the base, flip it over for the stuffing to cook well too.
  7. Time to serve it hot with coconut chutney.

Highlights of the Oats Sprouts and Vegetable Uttapam

  • This single dish gives benefits equal to that of a whole balanced meal.
  • Improved fiber, nutrients and protein content from the traditional rice based uttapam.
  • A colorful blend of veggies giving us the necessary antioxidants and improving heart health.

We hope you try and enjoy this Oats Sprouts and Vegetable Uttapam recipe! Do leave your thoughts in the comments below. For more healthy recipes, check out Healthy Reads or tune in to LIVE cooking sessions on GOQii Play within the GOQii App. Subscribe now! 

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Healthy Eating: Paneer Stuffed Palak Paratha

Paneer Stuffed Palak ParathaWant to try a recipe that’s balanced, nutritious, quick and easy to make? We’ve got you covered with this awesome Paneer Stuffed Palak Paratha recipe which is guaranteed to be the best meal of your day!

What You Will Need 

  • Blanched Spinach puree: ½ cup
  • Whole wheat flour: 1 cup
  • Paneer (scrambled): 1 cup
  • Carrot (shredded): ½ cup
  • Ginger chilli paste: 1 tsp
  • Salt as per taste
  • Turmeric powder: ½ tsp
  • Red chilli powder: 1 tsp
  • Jeera powder: 1 tsp
  • White sesame seeds: 1 tsp
  • Oil: 1 tbsp

Method:

  1. In a mixing bowl, add paneer, carrot, ginger chilli paste, salt & mix it well. Keep this stuffing aside.
  2. For making dough, in a bowl, add whole wheat flour, palak puree, salt, jeera powder, haldi, red chilli powder & white sesame seeds. Mix them well & make a soft dough.
  3. Now start rolling the rotis, dust some powder and make medium thick roti. Put the paneer stuffing, pack the rotis well & start rolling again.
  4. Heat a pan and start cooking the parathas. Grease the pan with some oil, once golden brown on a side, flip it over & cook again.
  5. Your Paneer Stuffed Palak Paratha is ready! Serve it hot with curd.

Highlights of the Paneer Stuffed Palak Paratha

  • A perfect meal combination having proteins, whole grains & green leafy vegetables all in one.
  • A very nutritional choice for kids, pregnant & lactating mothers too.
  • A recipe rich in Vitamin K, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, copper, folate, etc.

We hope you try and enjoy this recipe! Do leave your thoughts in the comments below. For more healthy recipes, check out Healthy Reads or tune in to LIVE cooking sessions on GOQii Play within the GOQii App. Subscribe now! 

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