Health Fitness Food

dal paneer pakoda Pakodas pakodas everywhere, but I can't dare to eat! Oh yes! DEEP FRIED stuff is a big no this side. Pakodas or fritters are dreaded for their oil content. Yes, they are deep fried. This is the reason I rarely make pakodas. But thanks to the invention of appe (paniyaram) pan, you can fry just about anything with just a drop of oil. Yes, this is absolutely true. Appe pan is such a multi-utility vessel that has cut down on the frying time while also reducing the oil needed for frying things. Does't that sound good? Indeed. To me, it is a miraculous pan. When I bought this vessel, I would try something or the other every day so much so that hubby dear got bored of it. Then I had to lay my appe pan to rest for a few days. Then again began my experimentation spree - I use it even for roasting nuts, such as almonds, garlic cloves, and potatoes for curries. So this time I tried making dal pakoda, unlike the quintessential besan (chickpea flour) fritters

paneer-alloo kofta Navratris have already started. It is that time of the year when most of you observe fasting for nine days. While some fast for ashtami, some others observe Navmi. My mom follows her mother in law when it comes to observing Navratris. So my mom's family fasts for Ashtmi, so do I and hubby dear. Traditional Navratri recipes were kuttu parantha and potato curry. Today, we have some many brains working to include falahari or fruit-based navratri recipes. Navratri Fast Recipes I am a big admirer of appe pan because it gives me health food. Of course, it saves me time and offers me unmatched health benefits, since I can make non-fried versions of fried recipes. While fasting last ashtami, I wanted to change my traditional navratri recipe of having only potato curry with kuttu roti. So I decided to prepare paneer at home by adding 2 tbsp curd in 2 cups of boiling milk. The milk curdled quickly and whey separated from paneer. Sieve paneer from whey.

suji kachori When you are a health freak, you tend to experiment more. This is exactly what I am doing these days. In my endevor to create health food, I tried making suji (semolina) kachori, that too, in appe pan.  The kachoris really turned out awesome. semolina kachori Recipe : 1 cup suji 2 cups water 1/4 tsp cumin seeds (jeera) 1/4 tsp carom seeds (ajwain) 1/2 tsp oil +1/4 tsp for greasing (more or less depending on your preference) Salt Take oil in a pan. Heat on medium flame. Add jeera. Let it splutter. Add carom seeds. Stir. Add salt and water. Mix well Add suji. Keep stirring on low flame until it forms a lump. suji kachori in appe pan Filling ingredients 2 Boiled potatoes 1/8 cup Boiled peas (more or less) salt green chilly ginger paste coriander powder jeera powder Any other vegetable you may wish to add Mix everything well. You may want to fry potatoes. suji kachori in paniyaram pa