Here are five healthy yet scrumptious Holi recipes you can make for your family and friends!
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- Sprinkle cumin power, red chili powder, black salt and tamarind chutney over it.
- Garnish with grated carrot and coriander leaves.
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Broken Wheat (Dalia) Kheer Recipe
A tasty and nutritious dessert made of broken wheat (dalia) cooked in milk. Broken or cracked wheat is an excellent source of fiber.
Good For: Heart disease, women's health, post-menopausal health
Health Factor: High in fiber, vitamins, iron and minerals
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Ingredients (Makes 2 servings)
- Broken wheat (dalia): 1 cup
- Coconut milk: 1 cup
- Cardamom (elaichi) powder: 2 tsps
- Jaggery (gur): 1 cup
- Corn flour: 2 tsps
- Water: 2.5 cups
Instructions
- Grind the wheat in a dry grinder.
- Transfer the grinded wheat into a pressure cooker and add water.
- Cook till it becomes very soft (normally takes 7-8 minutes).
- Add jaggery to nearly boiling cooked wheat and simmer for one minute. Stir continuously to avoid burning.
- Remove from the flame. Mix corn flour with coconut milk and add it to the porridge.
- Add cardamom powder and serve it hot or cold.
Lauki Barfi
Have you been avoiding sweets because you are conscious of your weight? Then Lauki Barfi is for you, try it.
Good for: Diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, weight loss
Health factor: Low sugar, low fat, high fiber
Preparation time: 35 minutes
Ingredients (Makes 10 Barfis)
- 2 cups Lauki (bottle gourd) grated
- 1 litre milk
- 1/2 cup khoya
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp cardamom (elaichi) powder
- 1/4 tsp green colour
Instructions
- In a pan, boil the milk.
- Add the grated lauki in boiling milk and stir.
- When half of the milk is left, add khoya, sugar with color and stir.
- When the froth starts leaving the side of the vessel, transfer the mixture in a pre-greased aluminium tray.
- Add cardamom powder and garnish with dry fruits. Set aside for an hour.
- Cut into pieces and serve.
Moong Dal Cheela
Traditionally a Cheela (also called chilla, puda, pudla) is made with besan (chickpea flour), but there are several variations (with bajra, whole moong etc.). Using moong dal is a delicious way to include high amounts of protein in your diet.
Good for: Weight loss
Health factor: High protiens
Calories: 132 per 1 serving
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Ingredients (Makes 2 to 4 serving)
- Split green gram (dhuli moong dal), soaked for 5 hours: 1 cup
- Cumin (Jeera) powder: 1/2 tsp
- Ginger chilli paste:- 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Drain and grind the split green gram in a mixer or on a stone slab. Add the remaining ingredients (except oil) and mix well.
- Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan; drop in a ladleful of the green gram batter and spread it evenly with the back of the spoon.
- Sprinkle some oil around the sides and lift the edges, so that the oil can slip under. Turn the pancake over, drizzle some more oil and cook till brown on both sides. Remove and repeat the same of the rest of the batter.
- Serve with green chutney or Tomato chutney.
Optional stuffing
- Make a mix of grated paneer (50 gms), grated carrot (1/4 cup), finely chopped capsicum, grated cabbage, salt, chili power and garam masala.
- Stuff the cheela with the above mix.
Thandai
A cool and refreshing milk based drink, Thandai is traditionally made in India during Holi.
Health factor: High in calcium, protiens, minerals and vitamins
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Ingredients (Makes 6-7 glasses)
- Milk: 1 litre
- Water: 2-3 cups
- Sugar: 1/2 cup
- Aniseed (saunf): 1/2 tbsp
- Almonds (badam): 1 tbsp
- Peppercorns (kali mirch): 10-12
- Cardamom (elaichi) powder: 1/2 tsp
- Watermelon seeds, dried - 1 tbsp
- Poppy seeds (khuskhus): 1/2 tbsp
- Fresh rose petals: 1/4 cup
- Saffron strands (kesar): a few
Instructions
- Boil the milk in a pan and allow it to cool.
- Soak aniseed, watermelon seeds, almonds, poppy seeds and rose petals in 2 cups of water. Keep aside.
- Grind all soaked ingredients to make a very fine paste.
- Pour remaining water into this paste and strain through muslin strainer extracting the liquid into a vessel.
- Add sugar, powdered cardamom, peppercorns, saffron to the extracted liquid. Mix well.
- Blend the above-made mix with milk.
- Chill for about an hour before serving.
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