Showing posts with label jaggery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jaggery. Show all posts

Wednesday, 17 December 2014

Muesli jaggery Chikki : (Muesli Nutrition Bars) : Low cholesterol food

Muesli Jaggery Chikki: (Muesli Nutrition Bars) Low cholesterol food:


Ingredients:
10-12 chopped almonds
1 cup of cranberry
2 cups muesli
1 cup jaggery
1 tsp. ghee or butter

Method:
1. In a pan, roast almonds, cranberry and chop unevenly, keep aside.
2. In another pan, add ghee and jaggery, let it melt (it should melt nicely with just bit dark color) and add the almonds, cranberry and muesli and stir continuously.
3. In a greased flat plate, pour the mixture and roll it evenly with a rolling pin, cut it when hot and       serve when it gets cool.
Tip: Jaggery or Gur is a healthy sweetener as it's a good source of iron, calcium and other minerals, you can use for tea or coffee too. 

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Rainbow Healthy Salad

Rainbow Healthy Salad: 

Salad Dressing: 
Ingredients:
1 cup olive oil
1/4 tbsp. sesame seeds roasted
¾ cup vinegar
¼ cup of sugar or jaggery (I have used honey)
1 tsp. salt (or to taste)
1 tsp. pilled split mustard seeds 
¼ tsp. garlic paste
½ tsp. fresh black pepper powder

Method:
1.Take one tsp. of olive oil.
2. Add roasted Sesame seeds.
3. Then add all the above ingredients.
4. Let it get cool. Blend till smooth.
5. Keep it in the bottle and keep in the fridge.
6. Your salad dressing is ready. Enjoy whenever you want to eat nice and yummy low calorie salad.


Rainbow Salad ingredients: 
1 cup baby corns sliced into 1 inch
1 cup yellow bell papers sliced into 1 inch
1 cup red bell papers sliced into 1 inch
1 cup green bell papers sliced into 1 inch
1 cup European cucumber bell papers sliced into 1 inch
1 cup of peeled pomegranate
1 cup green  sprouts 
1 cup red sliced tomato
1 cup sliced red cabbage 
1 cup above dressing 
1 tbsp. lemon juice
salt to tasted 

Method: 
Mix all the above ingredients with dressing and keep refrigerate for two hours and serve chilled.