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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 ask a GOQii Coach by subscribing for personalized coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

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Healthy Eating: Vegetable and Paneer Kathi Roll

Vegetable and Paneer Kathi Roll

Still wondering what to do with all that leftover chapati from lunch or last night’s dinner? Don’t let it go to waste. Try this amazing Vegetable and Paneer Kathi Roll. If you don’t know, a Kathi is basically an Indian style wrap made with different stuffing. This recipe adds a protein twist to the traditional Kathi recipe making it healthier for you! 

What You Will Need 

  • Leftover chapati – 3 
  • Onion – 1 medium, sliced 
  • Tomato – 1 medium, sliced 
  • Carrot – 1 medium, sliced 
  • Capsicum – 1 medium, sliced
  • Cabbage – 1 cup, shredded 
  • Paneer – ½ cup, shredded 
  • Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp 
  • Haldi powder – 1 tsp 
  • Red chilli powder – 1 tbsp 
  • Garam masala powder – 1 tsp 
  • Jeera powder – 1 tsp 
  • Chat powder – ½ tsp 
  • Coriander mint chutney – ½ cup 
  • Curd – 2 tbsp 
  • Salt to taste 
  • Oil – 1 tbsp 

How To Prepare 

  1. Heat some oil in a pan, saute the garlic ginger paste for a while and then add onions (keep some uncooked, sliced onions away). Once the onions start to get soft, add all other veggies like carrot, tomato, capsicum and cabbage.
  2. Once the veggies are soft, it is time to add in all our spices. Mix it well and add the paneer.
  3. Cover the pan with a lid and allow it to cook for 3-5 mins.
  4. In a small bowl, mix the coriander mint chutney and curd, add some salt too.
  5. Take the leftover chapati, apply the chutney and curd paste on it.
  6. On one side of the chapati, place 1 big spoonful of the hot stuffing and place a few raw onion slices on it as well. Sprinkle some chat powder over it.
  7. Now start folding the chapati very tightly.
  8. Serve it hot along with green chutney.

Highlights of the Vegetable and Paneer Kathi Roll 

  • It’s a fiber rich meal, giving you satiety in less quantity.
  • Great meal idea for weight watchers, diabetics & everyone in the family.
  • Plus points are the high Vitamin A, Vitamin C, magnesium, potassium and folate from the roll.

We hope you try and enjoy this delicious Vegetable and Paneer Kathi Roll recipe. Do you have a special way of making this? Is there a recipe you’d like to see next? Let us know in the comments below! 

For more healthy recipes, check out Healthy Reads or ask a GOQii Coach by subscribing for personalized coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

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Healthy Eating: Vegetable Bajra Uttapam

vegetable bajra uttapam

Uttapam is quite a popular dish! How about we add a twist of health and nutrition to it with Bajra? That’s right! Today let’s prepare Vegetable Bajra Uttapam. Bajra, as you know, is rich in fiber, it is gluten-free and helps one manage blood sugar, lose weight and it also reduces cholesterol levels.

Let’s get started!

What You Will Need

  • Whole Bajra – ¼ cup (soaked for 8 hours and drained)
  • Bajra Flour – 1 cup
  • Rice Flour – ¼ cup
  • Carrot – ½ cup (grated)
  • Onion – ½ cup (finely chopped)
  • Tomato – ½ cup (finely chopped)
  • Coriander – ½ cup (finely chopped)
  • Salt to taste
  • Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tsp
  • Chilli powder – 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
  • Lemon Juice – 1 tbsp
  • Oil 

How to Prepare

  1. Combine whole Bajra with ½ cup of water and some salt. Put it in a pressure cooker and cook for 5 whistles. It will take time to cook, so be patient.
  2. Once done, drain the excess water and keep the cooked Bajra aside.
  3. Combine Bajra flour, rice flour, whole cooked Bajra, all vegetables, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice & spices along with 1-1.5 cup of water in a mixing bowl, mix them well.
  4. Heat a nonstick griddle and grease it lightly with oil.
  5. Using a spatula pour the batter on the tawa and spread it lightly to make a medium thick circle. Allow it to cook on medium flame.
  6. Once golden brown, flip it over and allow it to cook on the other side.
  7. Serve it hot with freshly made green chutney.

Highlights of the Vegetable Bajra Uttapam

  • Vegetable Bajra Uttapam is rich in fiber and iron, giving you satiety with just 1-2 Uttapam.
  • Best for any meal of the day, and very colorful with all the veggies.
  • Will give you a change from the regular Uttapam and is super healthy! 

We hope you enjoy this delicious and nutritious Vegetable Bajra Uttapam recipe! Do share your thoughts with us in the comments below. For more healthy recipes, check out Healthy Reads or ask a GOQii Coach by subscribing for personalized coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

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Healthy Eating: French Beans Khichdi

French Beans Khichdi

If you are on your weight loss journey, you must have heard the advice of keeping your dinner light, low in carbs and high in protein and fiber. But do you feel that this simple tip is actually one of the most difficult to follow? As the entire day goes chasing work, after a tiring day, dinner feels like the only meal we can eat with all the time in the world and actually indulge in. Even if we decide to eat healthy, there are very few meals that support the low carb and high protein idea, especially for vegans. So, I want to share one of my favorite recipes which is not just good when you are chasing your weight loss goal, but diabetes friendly, vegan and gluten free too. Let’s learn how to prepare the delicious French Beans Khichdi! 

What You Will Need 

  • Yellow moong dal – ¼ cup, soaked for 2 hours 
  • French beans – ½ cup, chopped
  • Carrot – ½, grated 
  • Onion – 1 medium sized 
  • Green chilly – ½ tsp, chopped 
  • Ginger – ½ tsp, grated 
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp 
  • Garam masala – ¼ tsp 
  • Ghee – 1 tsp
  • Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp 
  • Lemon juice – ½ tsp 
  • Green coriander – 1 tbsp, chopped
  • Roasted sesame seeds – 1 tsp 
  • Hing – 1 pinch 
  • Salt to taste 

How to Prepare 

  1. Heat ghee in a pan and add cumin seeds. As the seeds start crackling, add hing powder, onion & sauté for 2 minutes. 
  2. Drain soaked dal and add it to the same pan. Sauté with onion for 2 more minutes. 
  3. Now, add ½ cup water, salt, turmeric powder, green chilly, ginger ,garam masala, beans & carrot. Mix everything & cover the pan. Let it steam cook for around 10 minutes and stir 1-2 times in between.
  4. After 10 minutes, turn the flame off and let it team in the hot pan for another 5 minutes. 
  5. Take the lid off and add lemon juice, fresh coriander and sesame seeds over it. Mix everything together and your French Beans Khichdi is ready! 

Highlights of the French Beans Khichdi Recipe 

  • Being Low in carbs & high in fiber, protein & good fats, it is a good dinner option for people suffering from diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, thyroid, PCOD or even high uric acid levels.
  • It is weight loss friendly as it is low in calories but still very filling.
  • It is gluten & lactose free, so people who are allergic to gluten or are lactose intolerant can also enjoy it.

Do give this healthy, delicious and simple French Beans Khichdi recipe a try and let us know your feedback in the comments below! For more healthy recipes, check out Healthy Reads or ask a GOQii Coach by subscribing for personalized coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

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