Cucumber Mint Yoghurt Dip - dairy free!
Yoghurt based dips are versatile condiments that are enjoyed in many households - either with snacks, as a salad dressing or even just like a chutney along with meals! And what if you could continue to enjoy your favourite dips without dairy! Yes, this recipe uses non-dairy curd along with cucumbers and mint and just about 15 minutes of your time! You may end up replacing your regular curd with peanut curd in more recipes. Enjoy dual benefit - avoid dairy and add the nutrition of peanuts to your diet.
Tomato Basil Salsa - homemade, preservative free!
The irresistible combo of basil, garlic, and fresh tomatoes come together in this flavorful salsa. It is a versatile preparation that goes well as a condiment with Indian and western cuisine alike. A wonderful way to add the goodness of raw tomatoes to your meals. It is also a good way to jazz up otherwise boring meals! Fresh salsa is so easy to make and it only takes a few minutes. If you have fresh tomatoes and basil on hand, this only adds another 10 minutes to your prep time.
Tiranga Salad - happy, healthy independence day!
It's now an established fact that raw living foods are the best source of nutrition for humans. Making a salad need not always mean exotic ingredients. Try this simple salad with a simple dressing thatwill enliven your taste buds. It can be made oil-free just by skipping the oil. Do add a handful of sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds instead.
Home Made Mango Pickle
Pickles are part of our traditional cultural hand-me-down wisdom on how to preserve foods naturally! Unfortunately, with the commercialization, pickles are no more your healthful side dishes. Market bought pickles are: high on chemical salt high refined oil have additives & preservatives stabilizers acid regulators It is infact a toxic overload on our bodies! If you love your pickles, best is to go back to basics. Here is a quick 15 minute oil free recipe for our favorite mango pickle.
Ready-to-eat Savory Poha – Travel-friendly!
Here is one fast food, that's unbelievably simple and so good to have handy especially while traveling. My mother follows a satvik lifestyle and doesn't eat at regular restaurants when she travels. Eating out means only eating at specific temples only on specific occasions. Along with thriving on fruits most of the time she always carries this ready to make poha. All you need to do is add hot water to it and wait for a while and voila you have a warm meal ready!
Black Chana Tikki (cutlets) - Easy Way To Add Whole Foods On Your Plate
Black chana is you whole natural foods, nature's powerhouse which provides perfect body building material for growing kids. Why have kala chana only as a curry? Here is a simple healthful snack. Offer to kid's in lunch box or as evening time. Serve it with homemade green chutney or sugar-free imli chutney.
Beet & Potato Rosti - quick, kid friendly snack!
Dairy-free, oil-free, quick to make, no fuss, kid-friendly, snack. Tricks to introduce veggies into the meals. Rosti usually has egg for binding, but even without the egg the rosti binds together as the starch from the potatoes start cooking. Beetroot gives the sweet tinge and the aroma of cooked potatoes has kids asking for more.
Rajkot Chutney (Raw peanut chutney) - get your proteins naturally!
I was introduced to this chutney by my Gujarati buddy, Ujwal. It was a delight to have such a tasty dip recipe with such few ingredients. Apparently, it originated in Rajkot, Gujarat and is served with the many famous fried delicacies of Gujarat. This chutney is also sold commercially. Dairy-free, oil-free and raw. Ready in a jiffy. Packs quite a punch.
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!
Mexican Corn Curry - get your dose of fibre & vitamins
Corn is a whole-grain and as healthy as any cereal grain as it is rich in fibre and many vitamins. In this recipe, steamed corns are used to prepare simple Mexican style curry. Steaming of vegetables ensures that maximum water content and nutrition of vegetable is retained. Enjoy this light corn curry steaming hot!
Raw Banana and Sweet Potato Tikkis
The exotic combination of raw banana with potato is a pleasure to taste and health# rich in FIBRE#
Lobhiya (raungi/black Eyed Pea) Dosa / Chilla
Raungi/Lobhiya chillas are delicious, packed with protein & a great replacement for wheat rotis. They are also very close in taste to a dosa. If you have kids in the family who don't like raungi kee sabzi, you can surely try these chillas. Works well for adults too!
Urad Dal Sama Rice Idli - incorporate the highly nutritious millets in your recipes!
It's delightful to discover the ample variety we have in nature when it comes to grains - a major ingredient of our daily food intake! Millets for one is a wonderful option! Whether you choose to be gluten-free or simply want to incorporate the high nutritional content in your diet, Sama rice is a great option. Try making the much-loved sama rice idli recipe, this time using sama rice paired with urad dal! Wellcure Soaking tip:When in a hurry do the following: Soak the Urad dal and Sama rice in morning. In evening just before sleeping, grind the two. Mix and keep in a patila with cover (utensil). Let it ferment. Idli batter is ready to cook in the morning.
Baingan Tilli Phalli - add variety to your vegetables!
Eggplant always elicits mixed responses. There are those who swear by it and those who won't even mention it. This style of cooking it, in a sesame and peanut gravy gives it the name (til and moongphali) It's largely inspired by the Hyderabadi bagara baingan. Oil- free and yummylicious.
Lemony peppery millet rice - with raw veggies
Millet rice is a good option to add diversity to the grains you eat. Mostly we end up eating just wheat and rice. But when nature has given so much choice, why not add some spice in life!! Millets are rich in fibre. This recipe is oil free and the veggies are largely raw and give a good crunch. You can have this alone or with a soup or curry. You can also serve this as a salad in parties. If you are ok to eat raw veggies, you can reduce the quantity of millets and increase the veggies.
Veggie broth - Use your vegetable scraps
What to do if you are someone who uses lot of fruits and vegetables and that too its all organic? You can compost them but the other alternative is to use them to make a broth. Collect all your veggie scraps and once in 3 days or so make this broth and store in a glass bottle. 1) Drink it to beat false hunger cravings in the evening 2) Add it to soups, dals, pulaos, etc for added flavour and nutrition 3) Use it as a base to sweat vegetables for oil-free cooking. 4) Use it in chutneys and dips instead of water
Andhra Spice mix for vegetables - add the goodness of nuts & seeds!
My daughter came back after a short stay at my sister's house and couldn't stop waxing eloquent about this magic powder that grannygaru, my sister's mother-in-law , added to vegetables that makes them taste so sooooo good. So I asked aunty to share the recipe of the magic seasoning that she adds to all vegetable preparations. It smells and tastes amazing. And you must try it to be able to enjoy the aroma and the flavours. It has some of the most power packed ingredients. I only made a small change of adding mustard seeds to the mix as I have been reading a lot about the benefits of mustard.
Sambar Masala - homemade, no artificial colors or preservatives!
Most packaged food items are highly processed and loaded with artificial colours and other additives. The commercially available masalas are one such example. Masalas do enhance the flavour of food and are a must have in every kitchen. But instead of using the store bought ones, most of these can be prepared at home. Try this simple, recipe of homemade sambar masala for instance!
A Tasty Way to Eat Natural Fats - Tender Coconut & Almonds Ice-cream
We may consider ‘Ice-creams' as cheat meals in our daily routine, so may not go the extra length to the healthful version. However, enter kids, and our perception changes. The market bought versions have so many synthetic stabilizers, emulsifiers, preservatives and additives, that the question would be why not a healthful way! Here is a simple version of Ice-cream. If you feel the icy-frozenness of the ice-cream is too much, you may add coconut milk or churn once in a mixer before resetting again.
Fusion Twin Tower Millet Pulao
Great way to add the nutritious millets to your diet.
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