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Oats puttu recipe | Indian weight loss recipe | Oats recipes

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Oats puttu recipe | Indian weight loss recipe | Oats recipes

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Servings 1
Oats puttu is an easy gluten free breakfast which you can include in your diet for a healthy weight loss journey.

Equipment

  • Steamer

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Instant oats
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1/4 cup Scraped coconut (Freshly scraped)

Instructions 

  • Take oats, scraped coconut and a pinch of salt in a bowl.
  • Sprinkle little water and make the oats flakes damp.
  • Steam in a mould or flat steamer about 6-8 minutes in low to medium flame.

Video

Notes

  1. Don't add too much water just damping oats flakes is enough.
  2. Steaming time may vary deepening on the heat of the flame and type of the mould/ steamer.
Author: Anishya
Course: Breakfast, Main Course
Cuisine: Indian, Kerala
Keyword: easy breakfast, gluten free recipes, healthy weight loss recipes, indian weight loss recipes, kerala weight loss recipes, Oats puttu, oats recipes, weight loss breakfast recipes
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Mushroom pepper fry recipe | Side dish for Cahpati/ Roti

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Mushroom pepper fry is easy to make and delicious.

How to make the best Mushroom pepper fry

Here I’m explaining the ingredients and method of making the best mushroom pepper fry

Prepare time: 5 min
Cook: 10 min
Ready in: 15 min
Cuisine: Veg side dishes
Serves: 2

Ingredients

  1. Sliced button mushroom – 200 gm
  2. Sliced onion – 1 medium
  3. Turmeric powder – 1/8 teaspoon
  4. Pepper corns – 3/4 teaspoon
  5. Garlic – 3 small cloves
  6. Curry leaves – 1 sprig
  7. Coconut oil – 2 teaspoon
  8. Salt – to taste

Method

  1. Cook sliced mushroom, slices onion, turmeric powder and salt on a low flame, pan covered. Stir in between, no need to add water as mushroom and onion release water while cooking.
  2. Crush peppercorns and garlic well.
  3. When water almost absorbed, add curry leaves and crushed peppercorns & garlic.
  4. Keep it covered and cook till the water is fully absorbed.
  5. Add coconut oil when the water is fully absorbed and mushroom is cooked well.
  6. Stir fry on low flame till the raw smell of garlic subsides.

Pro tips & tricks by Anishya

  1.  Don’t add water while cooking mushroom as mushroom and onion release water while cooking on low flame.
  2. Fresh peppercorns are best but you can use pepper powder also.

Variations you can try

  1. You can use other mushroom varieties like oyster mushroom, milky mushroom etc too for this recipe.

Storage/ Serving tips

  1. Serve warm.

Best serving combos/ eating suggestions by Anishya

  1. Rice
  2. Indian breads or any breads
  3. As a diet meal
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Breakfast recipes

Sweet millet rice recipe | Healthy kodo millet sweet recipe

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Sweet millet rice can be made with any millets. Here I’m sing unpolished kodo millet.

How to make the best healthy kodo millet sweet recipe

Here I’m explaining the ingredients and method of making a healthy kodo millet sweet.

Prepare time: 10 min
Cook: 15 min
Ready in: 25 min
Cuisine: Millet recipes
Serves: 4

Ingredients

  1. Unpolished kodo millet – 1/2 cup (any millet except finger millet and pearl millet can be used for this recipe)
  2. Water – 1.5 cups
  3. Jaggery powder – 1/2 cup
  4. Cardamom powder – 1/4 teaspoon
  5. Roasted cumin powder – 1/4 teaspoon
  6. Scraped coconut – 1/2 cup
  7. Ghee – 1 teaspoon
  8. Salt – a pinch

Method

  1. Wash and soak the kodo millet overnight or at least for 4 hours. If you are using kodo millet the water color while rinsing and washing will change to brown but it’s okay.
  2. In a pan cook the kodo millet with water. 1:3 is the ratio of kodo millet and water.
  3. After the millet is well cooked, add jaggery powder, cardamom powder, roasted cumin powder, scraped coconut, ghee and salt one by one and combine well.
  4. Switch off the flame and serve the sweet millet rice.

Pro tips & tricks by Anishya

  1.  Soaking millet is mandatory for the complete health benefits.
  2. Discard the millet soaked water after soaking, don’t use it for cooking.
  3. Adding ghee helps to absorb the nutrients fast from millets.
  4. Add more jaggery if you want more sweetness.

Variations you can try

  1. You can use any millet except finger millet and pearl millet can be used for this recipe.
  2. You can add little ginger powder for this recipe along with cardamom powder and cumin powder.
  3. You can make this recipe with any one of the spices, cardamom or cumin powder too.

Storage/ Serving tips

  1. Serve hot or warm
  2. Serve chilled

Best serving combos suggested by Anishya

  1. As it is
  2. With banana
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Kids Recipes

Grilled pineapple recipe | Barbeque nation style grilled pineapple recipe

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Grilled pineapple is juicy and very delicious. This is the best pineapple recipe I ever had.

How to make the best healthy grilled pineapple

Here I’m explaining the ingredients and method of making a healthy grilled pineapple

Prepare time: 10 min
Cook: 20 min
Ready in: 10 min
Cuisine: Healthy party dishes
Serves: 4

Ingredients

  1. Thick pineapple slices – 4 nos.
  2. Red chili powder – 1/4 teaspoon
  3. Cinnamon powder – 1/4 teaspoon
  4. Chaat masala powder – 1/4 teaspoon
  5. Jaggery powder/ brown sugar – 1 teaspoon
  6. Black salt/ normal salt – 1/8 teaspoon
  7. Butter – 1 tablespoon

Method

  1. Marinate the sliced pineapple with all other ingredients except butter.
  2. Heat butter in a pan and sear roast both sides till they changes the color to brown.

Pro tips & tricks by Anishya

  1.  Use sweet and juicy pineapple.
  2. Cook in medium to high flame for making a juicy grilled pineapple.

Variations you can try

  1. You can use either slices pineapple, cubed pineapple of long pineapple wedges for this recipe.
  2. You can substitute jaggery with sugar.
  3. I used the inner stem of the pineapple in the recipe but you can discard the stem.
  4. Use normal salt if black salt is not available.
  5. You can try making this recipe with just chili powder and salt too.

Storage tips

  1. Serve hot or warm
  2. Serve chilled

Best serving combos suggested by Anishya

  1. As a side dish to grilled non veg
  2. With vanilla ice cream
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Millet/ Gluten free

Healthy millet snack for weight loss | Kodo millet snacks | Kodo millet poha, aval, flakes snack

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Kodo millet phoha snack is very easy to make and a delicious and nutritious snack.

How to make the best healthy Kodo millet poha snack

Here I’m explaining the ingredients and method of making a healthy kodo millet poha snack

Prepare time: 5 min
Cook: 0 min
Ready in: 5 min
Cuisine: Healthy snacks
Serves: 2

Ingredients

  1. Little millet flakes or any millet flakes – 1/2 cup
  2. Chopped onion – 2 tablespoons
  3. Deseeded and chopped tomato – 1 tablespoon
  4. Chopped green chili – 1/2 teaspoon
  5. Salt – to taste
  6. Coconut oil – 1 teaspoon

Method

  1. Dry roast the millet flakes in low flame, stirring continuously.
  2. Take out the millet flakes from pan when it’s aromatic, light brown color and crispy.
  3. Add chopped onion, tomato, green chili, salt and coconut oil and toss well.
  4. Enjoy the crispy millet snack.

Pro tips & tricks by Anishya

  1.  Use any millets of your choice.
  2. Make it fresh and consume immediately so it will be crunchy.

Variations you can try

  1. You can add roasted peanuts or any roasted nuts.
  2. You can try this recipe with chopped cucumber, coriander leaves etc also.

Storage tips

  1. Serve immediately before it become soggy.

Best serving combos suggested by Anishya

  1. As a snack with tea or coffee
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Breakfast recipes

Moringa leaves omelette | Moringa leaves recipes | Healthy breakfast recipes

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Moringa leaves omelette is very easy to make and a delicious and nutritious breakfast.

How to make the best healthy Moringa leaves omelette

Here I’m explaining the ingredients and method of making a healthy moringa leaves omelette

Prepare time: 5 min
Cook: 4 min
Ready in: 10 min
Cuisine: Healthy breakfast
Serves: 2

Ingredients

  1. Moringa leaves – 1/4 cup
  2. Eggs – 2 nos.
  3. Chopped shallots – 2 tablespoons
  4. Green chili – 1/2 teaspoon
  5. Turmeric – a pinch
  6. Salt – to taste
  7. Scraped coconut – 2 teaspoons (optional)
  8. Crushed pepper – a pinch
  9. Gingelly oil – 1 teaspoon

Method

  1. Wash and clean moringa leaves first and collect only tender leaves and stems. Discard the hard stems.
  2. Beat eggs with all other ingredients till fluffy.
  3. Heat gingelly oil or coconut oil in a pan and pour the egg mixture.
  4. Cook the omelette in low flame till done. If you want you can flip and cook both sides.

Pro tips & tricks by Anishya

  1.  Use only tender leaves and stems. Discard the hard stems and yellow leaves.
  2. Wash the moringa leaves before plucking it from the stem, else the moringa leaves will stick to each other while washing.
  3. Gingelly oil is the best for this recipe. If not available use coconut oil or any other healthy oils.
  4. Don’t eat moringa leaves in large quantity it may cause stomach illness.

Variations you can try

  1. You can make scrambled eggs with moringa leaves with the same recipe.
  2. You can try this recipe without coconut also.

Storage tips

  1. Serve immediately or the same day.

Best serving combos suggested by Anishya

  1. As a breakfast
  2. With rice
  3. Chapati/ Roti
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