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Diet Snack: A Healthy Evening Snacking Option

diet snack To me, diet food or diet snack is simple, easy, and healthy. When it comes to making health food, this unique blend of ingredients comes in handy. You would not stop at eating the mixture that contains poha, murmure, roasted almonds, sprinkled with chaat masala and tempered with carom seeds, with the flavor of curry leaves just enough to tinkle your taste buds. Make this easy diet snack for Diwali and serve it to your guests. You are ready to receive compliments. Did I say this makes a great Diwali gift or for that matter a good presentation to a foodie friend or a health freak? No, this may not be counted as diet snack for weight loss, but it certainly can satiate your cravings when you experience hunger pangs. Yes, this may qualify as a low-carb snack - a healthy snack for those on diet. If you are looking for healthy evening snacks or for that matter best healthy snacks for work, this dry roasted mixture is for y

Besan Paneer Peda

besan peda We all love besan ladoos and burfi. After having made different types of ladoo and burfis with besan, this time I have tried using paneer (cheese) to make besan (gram flour) ladoos or pedas. Ingredients 1 cup- besan 1/2 cup- paneer/khoya 3 tbsp - rice flour 2 tbsp-sugar (as per taste) - I added 2 tbsp melted jaggery (gur) as well green cardamom/elaichi 2 tbsp- ghee (clarified butter) Almonds or any other nuts 2 tbsp - milk Take milk in a pan and add rice flour. Add crumbled paneer and switch on the flame. Heat on low flame and keep stirring Add sugar and mix well. Add elaichi. Meanwhile take another pan and add ghee. Roast besan (preferably thick besan)on low flame. Keep aside. Now add paneer mixture into the roasted besan. Keep stirring. Add gur and stir very well. Switch off the flame when done. Roll out into small balls and flatten them with your palm. Delicious besan paneer pedas are ready.

Wheat Custard Cookies: Perfect Christmas Gift

I am not fond of custard, unlike hubby who loves it. Nevertheless, while browsing through a food group, I came across Soniya Saluja's whole wheat custard cookie recipe . The cookie clicks tempted me into trying out the recipe myself. Here's the recipe: 1 cup - wheat flour 1/4 cup - custard powder 3 tbsp- powdered sugar (as per taste) 1/4 cup - olive oil (or any vegetable oil) 2 tbsp -milk 1/4 tsp - baking soda 1/4 tsp- baking powder Cardamom/cinnamon (or any essence of your choice) pinch of salt Custard cookie procedure: Preheat oven (mw convection) at 180 degrees for 10 mins. Sieve wheat, custard, baking soda, and baking powder. Add sugar. Next, add cardamom or cinnamon. Now add oil and mix well. Add milk if the dough feels dry. Roll out into small lemon-size balls and press them gently with your palm. Use a fork or knife to make design on the cookies. Grease a baking tray. Place cookies at a distance from each other. Bake wheat

Kuttu Crackers (Savory Buckwheat Crackers)

buckwheat crackers All of us love snacks. But some of us are always on the lookout for healthy snacks. I have come up with a healthy snacking recipe for you all, using kuttu atta (or vrat atta). Kuttu/Buckwheat snacks 3/4 cup- kuttu atta/vrat ka atta (Buckwheat flour) 1/4 cup- besan (gram flour/roasted chickpea flour) 1/2 tbsp- oats (optional) 2 tbsp- olive oil (or any vegetable oil) 4-5 tbsp- cold water 1/2 tsp-sesame seeds 1 tsp- flax seed powder (roasted) red chilly powder salt as per taste 1/4 tsp- kasoori methi (powdered with hand)/ dried fenugreek leaves 1 tsp- cumin seeds 2 pinches- carom seeds (ajwain) 1/4 tsp- baking soda Procedure Preheat oven at 180 degrees for 6 mins. Sieve kuttu atta, besan, and baking soda. Add powdered oats. Add all the spices and herbs (you may choose any herbs you want). Add salt. Now add, olive oil. Rub the flour with your hands. It's time to add chilled water to make a dough. Do not knead. Just gather the

Easy Way To Make Homemade Whole Wheat Cookies Flavored With Pistachio

healthy cookies with atta How do you make crunchy homemade whole wheat flour cookies ? You are here, so it's understood that you are looking for a healthy cookies recipe, isn't it? Of course, given the amount of disadvantages of refined flour or maida or white flour, whole wheat flour certainly makes a healthier alternative. After having read and understood how maida affects our bodies, besides providing it no nutritional value, I have quit including it in my grocery. I can proudly say, maida finds no place in my home! All my baked goodies are healthy, for they use healthy grains and cereals, including whole wheat flour, oatmeal, barley, chickpea flour, almond meal, and what not! So, let's come back to the healthy whole wheat cookies recipe. I prepared this batch of healthy cookies when mom and dad were here last year. I wanted to send a batch of fresh cookies for my dearest brother.So did I , for  home-made cookies have no match in terms of taste a

Toyota Hydrogen Car ‘Mirai’ Makes Dream US Debut, 30k Cars Annually by 2020

Toyota hydrogen fuel cell car runs 312 miles after 5-minute refuelling Toyota’s hydrogen car “Mirai” has made an immensely successful debut in the United States with 34 cars sold last month. Elated at the popularity of this fuel-cell sedan, world’s No. 1 car maker now plans to produce 2,000 vehicles in 2016 and raise it to 30,000 in the next five years. The delivery of the car priced at $58,335 began on Oct. 21, 2015. Toyota selected California, as the state leads in building hydrogen stations. The car maker has plans to sale at least 100 of these cars dubbed as the future of transportation this year.  It is available for both buying and leasing. Toyota has plans to start selling Mirai hydrogen car in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Mirai – “future” in Japanese – is the third hydrogen car to be available after Honda FCX Clarity and Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell. While Honda discontinued its model and is planning a new version, Hyundai

Megan Fox Perfect ‘New Girl,’ Max Greenfield Hails Her Funny, Wonderful Attitude

Megan Fox as the new "New Girl" impresses sitcom costars  Actress Megan Fox has made a big impression on her “New Girl” caste Max Greenfield, Jake Johnson, Lamorne Morris and Hannah Simone behind the scenes with her vivacious, grounded and humorous attitude. Greenfield described the “Transformers” actress a perfect fit for the show and wonderful co-star to work with. Greenfield, 35, told People that Fox was a “perfect roomie” in an apparent reference to her role as the new roommate of Jake Johnson, Lamorne Morris and him on the popular Fox sitcom. The television actor, who acts as Schmidt, a ladies man, on the show, also praised the actress and her comedic chops on the “New Girl” set. "Oh my God, so great," was the response of the actor when asked about Fox’s camaraderie with costars at Hollywood premiere of The Big Short, comedy-drama movie made about the 2007 recession. 'It's hard to keep a straight face,' Greenfield quipped to emphasize o

Winter Sweets Indian Recipes: Nutty Gur Badam Chikki, Murmura Laddu With Jaggery

murmura laddu recipe with jaggery We used to call these thick jaggery-puffed rice bars as marunda in Punjabi. I must admit these were a childhood favorite. Rarely did I know that turning simple murmure or puffed rice into these sweet crunchy jaggery bars was such a breeze until a couple of years back when I started experimenting with food. But this murmura post gets inspiration from Parul Bansal's murmura gur laddoo. The moment I saw her post in a food group, I wanted to give the recipe a try. Finally, I did try the recipe with a slight change. The change was the introduction of lime juice -surprised, are you? Murmura Laddu /CHikki I have grown up eating Marunda or murmura chikki and this has been my childhood favorite. I remember my dadi making one sweet or the other for her grandchildren everyday. Reliving those days with my MIL (Gitanjali Mishra) who recreated these chikkis and laddus for me. murmura laddu recipe Punjabi marunda recipe Yes, I added

Moong Dal Recipe: No Oil Moong Dal Vada & Curry

moong dal vada curry Looking for moong dal recipe? Moong dal is a versatile ingredient. Moong vadas taste delicious. From moong dal curry to moong vadas and snacks and even sweets, you have plenty of options to try out moong dal recipes. As you know by now, I am always looking for healthy recipes. Whether it is snacks or main coarse meals, my focus remains on health food. I was always a health freak and the lethargic lifestyle of today has cautioned me further, though we go for regular morning walks. But it is always best to be cautious than to trouble our tummies, hearts, and kidneys with too much oil and sugar. What do you say? Okay so let's get back to the moong dal vada recipe. Moong Vada Ingredients 1 cup moong dal (yellow lentils) 1 Fat pinch of baking soda 1 pinch turmeric Salt as per taste Roasted sesame seeds (til) Cumin seeds (jeera) 1/4 tsp Oil for greasing appe pan 1/8 tsp fenugreek seeds (methi daana) 1 tsp Ginger-chilly paste A Guil

Diet Food; Crispy Crunchy Digestive Cookies Healthy

diet crackers Looking for a healthy oatmeal cookie no sugar recipe? This one can fit in easily! This post is for diet food lovers. If you are on diet and are looking for diet snacking, you're at the right place. Here, you will learn how to make diet cookies. This is a perfect diabetes friendly snack idea. After having successfully baked  besan crackers , oats-wheat salty crackers , ragi (millet flour) crackers , the next was the turn of diet cookies. These whole wheat crackers are exactly what you're looking for. Easy to make, these healthy diet cookies for weight loss will satisfy your cravings for something sweet, though I have limited the amount of sugar to just 1 tbsp. This is a guilt-free wheat crackers recipe. Enjoy the crispy crunchy diet cookies with a hot cup of tea or just like that. Digestives are gaining in popularity. thanks to their health quotient. As more and more people turn health freaks,the demand for diet snacks is growing. While nuts