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Green Apple & Oats Smoothie

Posted March 28, 2013 By Maria John

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Smoothies are always one of the best options for breakfast as its filling and at the same time healthy too. This gives a wonderful creamy texture which can be made with any seasonal fruit. I’m sure even the kids will love this.

Ingredients:

  1. Green Apple – 2,
  2. Cooked Oats – 1/2 Cup
  3. Yogurt – 1/2 Cup
  4. Milk – 1 Cup
  5. Sugar/Honey – 2 tsp

Green Apple & Oats Smoothie (1)

How to Prepare:

  • Wash, peel and cut the green apple roughly.  Blend it along with oats, yogurt, milk and sugar until smooth. Serve immediately.

Notes:

  • You can also use any variety of Apples for this smoothie. Make sure you serve immediately otherwise the colour of the smoothie changes if you keep it for long.
  • If you feel the smoothie is too thick add a little milk to get required consistency.
  • You can also replace sugar with honey for a healthier option.

Green Apple & Oats Smoothie (1)

 

 

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Instant Oats Dosa

Posted December 28, 2012 By Maria John

Oats are considered as a very healthy food. Oats porridge is sometimes boring or tasteless. You can try this version of instant oats dosa, it’s not only healthy but easy to prepare. Instant Oats Dosa

Ingredients:

  1. Oats – 1 cup
  2. Semolina/Rava – 1/4 cup
  3. Rice Flour – 1/4 cup, heaped
  4. Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
  5. Onion – 1 finely chopped
  6. Green Chillies – 3 finely chopped
  7. Salt to Taste
  8. Oil as required
Instant Oats Dosa

How to Prepare:

  • Roast oats for 3-4 minutes until the colour of the oats is slightly changed and a nice aroma is out. Allow this to cool down and make a fine powder.
  • In the same pan, add 1 tsp of oil and sauté the chopped onions and green chillies for a minute or two.
  • In a large bowl add powdered oats, rice flour, rava, onions, cumin seeds,salt and green chillies. Add required water and mix to combine well. The batter should be thinner than the normal dosa batter.
  • Heat the dosa tawa, pour one laddle of the batter starting from the corner of the tawa and ending in the center. Drizzle little oil and let it cook. Slowly flip the dosa and cook drizzling oil if required until golden brown. When cooked transfer it to the plate and serve with any chutney or sambar.
Instant Oats Dosa

 Notes:

  • If you want crispy dosa, pour a very thin layered batter on the tawa. This makes the dosa crispy. My dosas are not crisp as we love to have soft ones.
  • You can dry roast oats and store them. So that this saves time the next time you prepare them.
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Yogurt Carrot Salad

Posted October 1, 2012 By Maria John

Vegetables are considered to be very healthy food to maintain a healthy body. These contain lots of essential nutrients which are vital. At times we don’t like to consume just raw vegetables. So here’s the much healthier way to consume vegetable giving a little flavor and taste.

Yogurt Carrot Salad is a very simple, quick and most importantly healthy salad.

Yogurt Carrot Salad

Ingredients:

  1. 2 Large Carrots
  2. 1 Cup Yogurt (beaten)
  3. 1 Small Tomato
  4. 1 Green Chilli
  5. 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder
  6. 1/4 tsp Chilli Powder (optional)
  7. 1 tbsp Coriander leaves (optional)
  8. Salt – As per Taste
Yogurt Carrot Salad

How to Prepare:

  • Peel and coarsely grate the carrots.
  • In a bowl, add the beaten yogurt, salt, chopped tomato, chopped green chilli, cumin powder, salt, chilli powder and mix well.
  • Now, add the grated carrot and garnish with coriander leaves.
  • Salad is ready to serve.
Yogurt Carrot Salad

Notes:

  • You can also serve this salad with any briyani dish or pulav

Yogurt Carrot Salad

 

 

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Chikku Milkshake

Posted September 7, 2012 By Maria John

Chikku/Sapota fruit – a delicious tropical fruit are rich in nutrients which are beneficial for our health. These contain good amount of anti-oxidants, vitamins and minerals.

Here’s the drink…

Chikku Milkshake

Ingredients:

  1. 6 Chikku(peeled & deseeded)
  2. Sugar(adjust to taste)
  3. 2 Cups Milk
  4. 1 tsp Honey(optional)

Chikku Milkshake

How to Prepare:

  1. Add all the ingredients in a blender and blend till it becomes smooth.
  2. Serve chilled.

Chikku Milkshake

 

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Oats Banana Smoothie

Posted August 22, 2012 By Maria John

Oats Banana Smoothie is a very refreshing beverage filled with lots of energy. I try to include banana as a fruit or as a beverage everyday as this has many health benefits. Bananas are a good source of vitamin C, vitamin B6 and also contain a good amount of soluble dietary fiber.

So here’s the healthy energy drink..

Ingredients:

  1. 1/2 Cup Yogurt
  2. 1 tbsp Roasted Oats
  3. 1 Banana, 2 tsp Honey

How to Prepare:

  1. Cut banana into small slices. Roast oats and powder them in a blender.
  2. Now, add the remaining ingredients blend until smooth.

Notes:

  1. Add some ice if necessary.

Oats Banana Smoothie

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Sprouted Green Gram Salad

Posted June 14, 2011 By Maria John

Sprouted Green Gram Salad

Sprouts are highly healthy and very easily digestive food. Sprouts are said to be one of the nutritious foods rich in digestive energy, vitamins, minerals, proteins and amino acids. Sprouted green gram can be had either raw or cooked.

Sprouts can be prepared at home or these are also readily available in markets. But, I prefer preparing it at home. It is very simple to prepare spouts at home.

Ingredients:

1 Cup Sprouted Green Gram, .1 Medium Tomato, 1 Carrot, 1/2 tbsp Pepper Powder, 1 tbsp Lemon Juice, 1 tbsp Coriander, Salt to Taste

How to Prepare:

Fine chop the tomato and carrot.

Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

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