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Raw lauki halwa – Cook-free! Dairy-free!
Desserts are most irresistible and the most damaging to our health. That's if they are made the usual way, with the usual ingredients like refined sugar, flours, dairy or unhealthy fats. What if we could have a vegetable based dessert, with healthful nuts and jaggery? What if you don't have to really stop at one serving? That's what this halwa is all about.
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Oil-free Ridgegourd and Bottlegourd dal
This dish is a combination of ridge, bottle gourd, moong dal and toor dal cooked along with spices. It's a common dish in South India and is commonly known as "Tovve". This dal can be enjoyed as a side dish with unpolished rice or a gluten-free roti. Alternatively, cucumbers or squash can also be used as a vegetable here.
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Jacket potatoes with Sour Cream - simple, oil-free meal!
Dairy free, oil-free way to eat baked potatoes. Who doesn't like potatoes? Here is a way to make a dish in a meal or a meal in a dish. Simple recipe with minimum risk… high satisfaction recipe. Cooked in its own skin it retains its natural goodness.
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Oil-Free Chaat-Style Millet Bhel!
Evening times are when we usually crave something spicy, tangy and snacky. What if we had a chatpata chaat-style dish without any fried or oily additives to it? What better if you could make a meal out of it!
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Sama Uttappam - add diversity to your grains!
The south Indian cuisine is loved much across the whole of India. It's our own traditional wisdom of incorporating fermented foods and it's yummy too! Eating millets is also not new to India. Millets are a diverse set of grains high on fibre and nutrition. Here's a recipe to make those ever loved uttapams for breakfast, using the millet power. Try these Sama rice uttappams instead of regular rice and you won't be disappointed!
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Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate Ice Cream
All summer-time desserts end up having refined sugars or dairy or both. Here's a creamy frozen dessert that's absolutely natural, sweetened with dates. Dairy-free, kid-friendly.
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Cabbage Potato Caspicum sabji - Oil-Free!
Cabbage is one of the most common vegetables. Easy to cut, cook and very flexible to use in any dish as a filler or a dish by itself. Mix with other vegetables and it envelopes the dish in its flavors. Try this combination cooked with little tomato for the right amount of tang.
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Sama Peanut Curd Rice - dairy-free, grain-free version!
No south Indian meal is complete without a serving of curd rice. It's been the go-to dish whenever the stomach is in distress. The probiotics in the curd help to improve the gut bacteria. It is a fantastic cooling dish to beat the heat. It has also been believed to be brain food. It is traditionally made with cooked rice and dairy yoghurt. Here's introducing you to a healthier, dairy-free, grain-free, curd rice made with peanut curd and steamed Sama/ little millet and a mildly flavoured tempering.
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Sugarfree Bel Juice
Wood apple or bel is rich in nutrients and a great source of fiber, vitamins, calcium, and phosphorus. It is also nature's wonder fruit for any stomach troubles. This recipe to prepare bel juice with jaggery as a sweetener makes it a great sugar-free summer cooler. Bel has a cooling effect on the body and is good for the stomach as well. Serve this homemade bel sharbat to your guests in place of aerated drinks or packaged juices, they may end up following you for the recipe!
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Mustard Pumpkin Gravy - add healthy fats to your diet!
'Sasve' as known for in Karnataka, this dish is quick to make when you have pumpkin at home. The highlight of this dish is the mustard. The subtle flavour of raw mustard gives a unique taste to this tangy dish. This has fresh whole coconut that brings in healthy fats, unlike the oils. Since most of the dish is raw or steamed, it's far more healthy than a excessively cooked dish.
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Raw Mango Cucumber Salad - An Easy To Make Salad
This Thai style cucumber and raw mango salad, is a no-cooking involved recipe and practically takes no time to be put together! The tangy raw mangoes along with fresh cucumbers and onions make for a crunchy, flavourful dish, with the nutrition of raw vegetables!
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White Petha Cucumber Juice - a simple, homemade healthy juice!
Another quick to do juice, one can simply just chop a variety of veggies, blend in a mixie and your juice is ready. This recipe is an example of including a range of vegetables in your diet. Do try to get a fresh petha to combine with cucumber, curry leaves and ginger to create a healthylicious drink! In some households, the daily menu revolves around the same 4-5 vegetables as per the taste preference of the family members. Nature, however, provides ample variety be it fruit, vegetables, spices or nuts. In our transition journey, we explored and experimented with even the “unconventional” vegetables, white petha for instance! Whitepetha, also known aswhite pumpkin, is a very popular veggie down south, and is recommended by most naturopaths as a must-have when recovering from an illness.
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Guilt-Free Moong Dal Halwa Recipe
I have not met anyone who dislikes moong dal halwa. The texture feels like khova and the subtle blend of tastes are so good that one cannot stop at one spoon. Traditionally this halwa is made predominantly after roasting it in ghee or cold-pressed coconut oil. However, I have created this recipe to get the same beautiful flavours without the need for any oil or ghee. Any form of oils is not natural to consume. Hence, I have also used some nut butter in this recipe which is totally optional but is a whole form of plant fat with all its nutrition intact. Do try this and enjoy this healthy recipe.
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Dairy- Free Mango Softy
What do you do when you want to eat ice-cream but you don't want the dairy products and artificial colours and flavors and chemicals that they are made of?? Make yourself a wonderful sugar free, dairy-free, natural, homemade mango ice cream with simple ingredients. Make sure you use the bright coloured and sweetest mangoes you can lay your hands on. You can't go wrong with this one! And just four ingredients.
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Raw Mango Rasam - oil-free!
Mango rasam is a variation of lemon rasam made in south India. The recipe is very quick and does not need any special powders. This is an oil-free version. Rasam has a watery consistency. If the quantity of water is reduced, the same can be used as dal with roti. Do try and enjoy this simple dish. The simple flavours make this dish very inviting.
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Watermelon Rind Juice - keep yourself naturally hydrated!
Most people do know about the refreshing watermelon juice. It certainly is a perfect summer cooler. But did you know that just as the red flesh of watermelon can be juiced, you could juice the thin white layer (rind) as well? And it is rich in water as well as nutrients. It also makes up for a highly alkaline drink!
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Chilli Pepper Chowli Beans - Oil-Free!
Legumes are a storehouse of nutrients. They are filling and can be used in many ways. Here is a simple way to serve chowli beans or cowpeas as a snack or as a dry sabji side dish with meals.
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Yam and Peas Kebabs - Oil-free! Dairy-free!
Evening snacks can be devoid of deep-frying and can be healthy and satisfying. We just need to get a little innovative. Try this Yam and green peas Kebabs for the perfect evening snack fix.
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Crunchy Chickpea (Baked Snack)
Snacking on crunchy and savoury foods is a weakness for many. However, the ones people opt from the market are typically made from refined flour, fried in refined oils, loaded with refined salt and sugar. This healthy version is oil-free and can be made by anyone who has an option to bake at home. Having some frozen chickpea in advance can save time too. I am sure all mothers are cracking their heads to supply healthy and guilt-free snacking options to their kids during this period
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Jowar Kodubale (Spicy Rings) - oil-free!
Kodubale as known in Karnataka is a deep-fried most desired savoury snack made with rice flour, spices and heated oil for that extra crisp. This recipe is not only oil-free and also uses Jowar flour. This can also be replaced with rice flour and the process would still be the same. It's actually better than its deep-fried counterpart because this remains crispy even after a day whereas the fried ones become soft
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