Looking for recipes that will help you lose weight, are tasty and easy to make as well? These vegetarian recipes are a delight and your answer to the hunt. All of them can be made within 30 minutes and the ingredients are also easily available in most kitchens or kirana stores.
Sabudana Khichdi
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Ingredients:
- 2 cups sabudana
- 1/2 cup roasted peanuts powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 2 green chillies
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 2 tsp jeera
- 2 cubes small potatoes
- coriander leaves chopped for garnishing
- 4 drops of lemon juice
Method
- Wash and drain the sabudana or tapioca pearls. (Water should be just enough to wet the sabudana but not to soak them. Keep soaked for 4 hours or overnight.)
- To the sabudana, add half a cup of peanuts powder. Add red chilli powder and salt, and mix thoroughly.
- In a kadai, heat ghee, add jeera. Add green chillies once it starts sizzling.
- After frying the chillies, add the cubed potatoes and fry until golden.
- Next, add the sabudana mixture. Toss and cook for 10 minutes until the sabudana becomes golden brown.
- Sprinkle the lemon juice and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve with curd.
Cucumber Raita
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber
- 1 cup whisked curd
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- ½ tsp roasted cumin powder
- Salt to taste
- Some chopped coriander leaves for garnishing
Method
- Grate the cucumber and in a bowl add whisked curd as well.
- Now add the red chilli powder, salt and coriander leaves.
- Mix well and sprinkle the roasted cumin seeds as well.
- You can either serve it as a side dish or make a good enough amount as your dinner delicacy.
Oats Idli
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Ingredients:
- 1 cup oats
- 1/2 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp chana dal
- 1/2 tsp urad dal
- 1/5 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 green chilli
- 1/2 cup chopped carrot
- 1/4 Cup chopped coriander leaves
- Salt as per taste
- 1 cup curd
- A pinch of fruit salt
Method:
- First, make the oats powder by dry roasting the oats in a pan until golden brown. Let it cool down and then grind.
- Next, take a non-stick pan and heat oil on a medium flame along with adding add mustard seeds. Let them crackle.
- Now add the two dals, turmeric powder and green chilli. Saute until light brown.
- Add the carrots and coriander leaves. Mix well and cook for a minute with some salt in it.
- Let the mixture cool down. Meanwhile, make the idli batter.
- For idli batter: In a large bowl fold in the oats powder that we made in the first step and mix in some salt.
- Add the curd and mix thoroughly with a pinch of fruit salt.
- Make a thick consistency and keep it aside with a cover.
- Now grease the idli moulds with ghee and pour in the batter.
- Put the mould in the steamer on a medium flame for 15 minutes.
- Serve with coconut chutney.
Tandoori Gobhi
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Ingredients:
- 500 gms gobhi
- 4 cloves
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 stick cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp cardamom seeds
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg powder
- 1/2 tsp dry ginger powder
- 1/2 tsp methi seeds
- 1/2 tsp ajwain
- 1 tsp ginger and garlic paste each
- 2 tbsp dry roasted besan
- 1 tsp oil
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- 1/2 cup curd
- 2 tbsp ground masala
- Salt to taste
Method:
- First prepare the masala by grinding together cinnamon, cardamom seeds, coriander powder, cloves, nutmeg powder, cumin seeds, dry ginger powder, methi seeds and ajwain.
- Now, take a large bowl and mix in ginger garlic paste, curd, oil, roasted besan, chilli powder, salt and black pepper powder. Whisk thoroughly.
- Add tandoori masala to the paste and mix well.
- Fold in the gobhi and coat it with the mixture.
- Marinate for 30 minutes.
- After marinating it, grill the gobhi for about 20-25 minutes at 220 degrees C.
- Serve with green chutney.
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Looking for recipes that will help you lose weight, are tasty and easy to make as well? These vegetarian recipes are a delight and your answer to the hunt. All of them can be made within 30 minutes and the ingredients are also easily available in most kitchens or kirana stores.
Sabudana Khichdi
View this post on Instagram
Ingredients:
- 2 cups sabudana
- 1/2 cup roasted peanuts powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 2 green chillies
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 2 tsp jeera
- 2 cubes small potatoes
- coriander leaves chopped for garnishing
- 4 drops of lemon juice
Method
- Wash and drain the sabudana or tapioca pearls. (Water should be just enough to wet the sabudana but not to soak them. Keep soaked for 4 hours or overnight.)
- To the sabudana, add half a cup of peanuts powder. Add red chilli powder and salt, and mix thoroughly.
- In a kadai, heat ghee, add jeera. Add green chillies once it starts sizzling.
- After frying the chillies, add the cubed potatoes and fry until golden.
- Next, add the sabudana mixture. Toss and cook for 10 minutes until the sabudana becomes golden brown.
- Sprinkle the lemon juice and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve with curd.
Cucumber Raita
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber
- 1 cup whisked curd
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- ½ tsp roasted cumin powder
- Salt to taste
- Some chopped coriander leaves for garnishing
Method
- Grate the cucumber and in a bowl add whisked curd as well.
- Now add the red chilli powder, salt and coriander leaves.
- Mix well and sprinkle the roasted cumin seeds as well.
- You can either serve it as a side dish or make a good enough amount as your dinner delicacy.
Oats Idli
Image courtesy: archanaskitchen
Ingredients:
- 1 cup oats
- 1/2 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp chana dal
- 1/2 tsp urad dal
- 1/5 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 green chilli
- 1/2 cup chopped carrot
- 1/4 Cup chopped coriander leaves
- Salt as per taste
- 1 cup curd
- A pinch of fruit salt
Method:
- First, make the oats powder by dry roasting the oats in a pan until golden brown. Let it cool down and then grind.
- Next, take a non-stick pan and heat oil on a medium flame along with adding add mustard seeds. Let them crackle.
- Now add the two dals, turmeric powder and green chilli. Saute until light brown.
- Add the carrots and coriander leaves. Mix well and cook for a minute with some salt in it.
- Let the mixture cool down. Meanwhile, make the idli batter.
- For idli batter: In a large bowl fold in the oats powder that we made in the first step and mix in some salt.
- Add the curd and mix thoroughly with a pinch of fruit salt.
- Make a thick consistency and keep it aside with a cover.
- Now grease the idli moulds with ghee and pour in the batter.
- Put the mould in the steamer on a medium flame for 15 minutes.
- Serve with coconut chutney.
Tandoori Gobhi
Image courtesy: joskitchenlarder
Ingredients:
- 500 gms gobhi
- 4 cloves
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 stick cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp cardamom seeds
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg powder
- 1/2 tsp dry ginger powder
- 1/2 tsp methi seeds
- 1/2 tsp ajwain
- 1 tsp ginger and garlic paste each
- 2 tbsp dry roasted besan
- 1 tsp oil
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- 1/2 cup curd
- 2 tbsp ground masala
- Salt to taste
Method:
- First prepare the masala by grinding together cinnamon, cardamom seeds, coriander powder, cloves, nutmeg powder, cumin seeds, dry ginger powder, methi seeds and ajwain.
- Now, take a large bowl and mix in ginger garlic paste, curd, oil, roasted besan, chilli powder, salt and black pepper powder. Whisk thoroughly.
- Add tandoori masala to the paste and mix well.
- Fold in the gobhi and coat it with the mixture.
- Marinate for 30 minutes.
- After marinating it, grill the gobhi for about 20-25 minutes at 220 degrees C.
- Serve with green chutney.
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