Showing posts with label healthy breakfast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthy breakfast. Show all posts
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Special Dates Milkshake



Here is the secret to a creamy, silky yet healthy Milkshake!
Dates, known to be the most ancient fruit, are jam-packed with iron and loaded with fiber. 

They are considered to be natural weight-loss food. 
Dates Milkshake is an Arabic recipe.



Now, the good news for kids is that, in this recipe, I have added 1 tbsp Nutella.
So, you can imagine how divine a milkshake it has turned out to be! All of you must try this.

Ingredients for a healthy, kids favorite breakfast item:


Milk -2 cups
Dates- 8 nos chopped
Nutella- 1 tbsp (Optional)
Almonds-
Ice cubes- 4-5 (Optional)

Preparation:

Blend all ingredients with milk until smooth. Serve Chilled Topped with almonds.




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Falafel Recipe

healthy breakfast,falafel

Another simple recipe for weight loss ....

The word Falafel means fritters itself or sandwich filled with it.
Falafel is common not only in Middle East,but also in Greece,Iraq,Egypt,Sudan,Yemen etc.
You can make it very easily and can serve with Pita bread and Hummus, along with any vegetables.

This snack is made with Chick peas, so it’s really low in fat and high in Protein and fiber.
Chick pea contains no Cholesterol.
Key nutrients are Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Vitamin C, Thiamine, Pantothenic acid, Vitamin B and Folate.

Falafel is often recommended for use in weight control programs.
Here ,I have given the full dinner/Breakfast combo recipe.
For Hummus recipe,please click on the pic.


healthy arabic food

Ingredients
Chick Pea or Garbanzo beans- 1 cup
Onion-1 large
Garlic- 1 clove
Flour-2 tsp
Cumin-1tsp
Coriander-1tsp
Salt
Pepper-1/2 tsp
Method of Preparation
Soak Chick peas or Garbanzo beans overnight.
Combine the  ingredients in a food processor. Make it a coarse paste.No need to boil the chick peas.




Form the mixture into small balls, about the size of a Lemon. Slightly flatten.

Fry in 1 tbsp  oil until golden brown (5-7 minutes).
Serve hot with Cucumbers or Lettuce.
You can even fill Falafel in a burger bun if you like instead of Pita bread.
Arabic Bread,Pita Bread ,Falafel



Falafel;Healthy Arabic Food


Serve hot.

Eat Healthy...Live Healthy...






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Butter Milk Scones.


butter milk scones easy
Scones

Scones hail from Scotland.This is a quick breakfast bread recipe.Add 1/4 cup wheat flout to 1 cup Plain flour to make this recipe healthy.You can substitute wheat flour with oatmeal/flax meal or whole meal.
Adding buttermilk also makes it rich in nutrients.Quick and yummy breakfast in 20 minutes.
Ingredients
Flour-1 cup
Wheat flour-1/4-1/2 cup
Powdered sugar-4 tbsp(Only lightly sweetened)
Cold unsalted Butter-25 g
Buttermilk-3-4 tbsp
Baking powder-1/4 tsp
Method of preparation
Mix flour,wheat flour and baking powder well.Now mince cold unsalted butter to the dry ingredients and mix it well with fingers;Now the flour will resemble breadcrumbs.
Now add in sugar and mix once again.Slowly add buttermilk and mix everything into a ball.
Flatten the dough (in to 1 inch thick) and cut round or triangle shaped scones using a cookie cutter/scone cutter.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
Serve with cream//fruit jam.
(Add raisins or blue berry for variations.)

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Palak Paratha(Spinach Bread)

Spinach Paratha


India is famous for its varieties of flat breads called Chapatis or Parathas.We can make this in many ways.Here I am showing a very simple version of Spinach Paratha.This is similar to Spinach pie.
Ingredients
Whole wheat flour-2 cups
Warm water-2 tbsp
Salt
Spinach leaves-1 bunch
Coriander powder-1tsp
Cumin Powder(Optional)-1/2 tsp
Method Of Preparation
1. Boil water after adding some salt.Wash the spinach leaves and when water starts boiling ,add spinach into this and turn off the heat.
After 2 minutes take spinach from the water and allow it to cool.
2. Make a smooth paste with spinach,add in the coriander and cumin powders,mix well.
3. Make a smooth chapati dough with Wheat flour,salt,spinach paste and warm water.Add the water only if it is needed.
Now make small balls from the dough and roll it flat into Parathas.
Place it over a skillet and cook on both sides.Add butter as needed.
Serve it with Paneer Butter Masala.Recipe here.
ENJOY!


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South Indian Breakfast

 Thattil Kutti Dosa with Garlic Chutney

Ingredients
for dosa batter
Raw Rice-3 cups
Urad Dal-3/4 cup
Fenugreek Seeds-2 tbsp
Soak these ingredients in water for 5-6 hours.
Grind into a thick batter.Add salt and keep it for fermentation (8-10 hrs).If you want to prepare this instantly you can add Eno fruit salt.
Make small dosa on a tawa.
For the chutney
Coconut grated-1 cup
Green chillies-2-4 no
Garlic -2 cloves
Ginger -1 small piece.
Salt -to taste
Shallots-2 nos
Coconut oil-2 tsp
Method of preparation
Fry shallots and garlic in coconut oil.Add some curry leaves to this.Now grind all ingredients together.Very special delicious chutney is ready to serve with the dosa.
Some chickpea curry is also great healthy combination with these.



















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Mixed Fruit Jam



Ingredients
Fruits-Apple,pear,kiwi,pineapple and orange.-2 cups
Sugar-1 cup
Lemon juice-1tbsp
Vanilla essence/nutmeg powder-
Method of Preparation
Blend all the fruits to a paste in a blender.
Heat a pan.Pour the fruit puree into the pan.Stir well after adding sugar.
Add 1 tbsp lemon juice to prevent crystallization of sugar.You can add vanilla essence or nutmeg powder for more flavor.
Cook until it thickens to dropping consistency.

Once its cooled,it gets more thick and you can store it in a sterilized jar.
Serve this with home made whole meal buns for a very healthy breakfast.



ENJOY!!!

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Fruit Salad with Yogurt and flax meal dressing~Diabetic Friendly.

Wishing All My Readers A Very Happy and Colorful ' HOLI '!!

Today,8th March is the first Anniversary of this blog ~ Deepsrecipes. 
My heart felt acknowledgment of appreciation to each and every one of you,who takes time to read and try out my recipes.
Today,I assure you that deepsrecipes will try to ameliorate in future.
This is a sequel to my previous post-if you haven't read it yet,take a peek here.
As I said earlier,there are dual reasons to fete today.So,here is a dessert recipe (Diabetic friendly). I have tried to include multiple food groups into this tasty no-sugar sweet,so that you can enjoy the luscious taste of a dessert ,still adhering to your diabetic diet.
This contains flax seed,which is good source of Omega3 fatty acids .

Ingredients
1.Plain Low fat Yogurt-1/2 cup(If needed,make it thin by adding some water)
2.Honey or Maple syrup-to taste
Apple-2 no(Cut into small pieces)(Use mixed fruits instead of just apple)
(Fruits are natural sugars,but contains micro nutrients essential for you.So those with high blood sugar level, consume fruits in small portions)
3.Whole Flax seeds-1 tbsp(Grind it before adding to the salad.If you are using flax meal,its already powdered so add 2 tbsp)
4.Vanilla essence-1tsp
5.Unsweetened chocolate sauce-
6.Crushed Almonds-1tbsp
Method of Preparation
Beat the yogurt well with all the ingredients other than fruits.Pour the dressing over the apple or mixed fruits.
If you like chocolate,you can top the dessert with unsweetened chocolate sauce and almonds.
3-4 minutes after mixing this fruit salad,flax seeds gets soggy and dessert turns to creamy and divine,you all must try this to get the real taste!!


ENJOY THIS BLESSED DAY WITH THIS NUTRITIOUS FRUIT SALAD.





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Diabetes~Some Basic Information.

Diabetes is not a pleasant condition. But if you are one with a high blood sugar level, don’t get disheartened.
This is not the end of the world. If you give a little forethought before planning the diet,also change the cooking methods,then you can definitely control Diabetics.
Today,let us hash out  a thoughtful meal planning  for Diabetes-
Diet plans for diabetic patients.
1.       Reduce the intake of Protein, carbohydrate and Fat. These three food groups are not good for diabetic patients. This doesn’t mean that you ought to eat only boring food; instead follow a healthy and interesting diet plan. Deepsrecipes is trying to share some diabetic friendly recipes .I will continue sharing, if I am getting positive reviews.
2.       Limit the intake of milk and milk products.
3.       Include high fiber diet; like whole meal bread/flax seeds/Broccoli etc.
4.       What you can have in plenty is vegetables. So include raw salad vegetables as a snack even.
5.       Fruit intake should be limited and according to dietitians menu plan; since fruits are natural sources of sugar.
6.       Consume small meals throughout the day; avoid the normal 3 big meals in a day system.
7.       Diabetic cooking methods are very effective. This includes baking, steaming, poaching and stir frying.
8.       Use olive oil for stir frying and reduce the salt and fat contents.
9.       Use Avocado paste instead of mayonnaise.
10.   Eat fish (contains Omega 3 fatty acids) twice a week.
11.   Avoid Coffee; substitute with Green Tea.
112.   Drink plenty of water.

Keeping these points in mind let’s make a diabetes friendly dessert item to celebrate the Indian festival Holi and our blog’s first anniversary.
 Please read the next post about a diabetic friendly dessert for our blog Anniversary.
Till then,EAT HEALTHY...!!!








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Flax seed Idly


Flax seed or Linseed is of two varieties; Brown and yellow. Both have equal nutritional values.
Flax seed is tiny; but it contains highest amounts of fibre, vitamins, minerals, and Omega3 fatty acids.
Low in carbohydrates, it is said that flax seed even reduces or stabilizes blood sugar levels for a long period.
It’s always better to consume flax seed in small quantities. This will benefit you in lowering cholesterol.
Storing flax seed is another important aspect.

 It is said that,its better to store flax seed in the refrigerator or freezer.

Another amazing use of flax seed is that we can use this as egg substitute while baking.

So sprinkle  flax seed to your salads, cheese, cakes, pan cakes, shakes or to almost anything, to make it a complete diet.
Today’s recipe is flax seed Idlis.Flax seed has got no special taste, so it’s the best thing to add to our idly batter to get fluffy, nutritious idlis.
Enjoy it with your favorite side dish.

Whole Flax seed is the best than flax seed meal,but I could find only powdered flax seed (flax seed meal).

Anyways,here we go...
Soak and grind whole flax seed with other ingredients for the Idly batter.
I added flax seed meal to the normal Idly batter.

Now make Idlis.

You'll find these Idlis are more fluffier and softer than usual.

Enjoy it with the curry or Chutney of your choice!!!
Now,this is the basic method to prepare Flax seed Idlis,go on and make masala Idlis,veg Idlis and other innovated varieties and please let me know about your experiments.
You can check out the Flax seed Muffin recipe,another break fast item Here.

Healthy & Happy Eating --!!!

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Veg Pizza recipe

Homemade veg pizza

This is a simple version of Vegetable pizza,you can try at home.
I have made it as thin crest with a bit of Arabian Flavor .An interesting Arabian version of Pizza is  available in the Pizza-Hut  here in Middle east,an amazing twist to the traditional Italian Pizza.
Most of  my recipes are my experiments with a basic recipe which we try from restaurants.
Anyways,here are the
Ingredients
For the Pizza dough
1.All purpose flour-2 cups
2.Dry yeast -5g
3.sugar -2tsp
salt-to taste
Add 2 tbsp warm water to the yeast and 2 tsp sugar.Keep aside for 5 minutes.
Make a smooth dough with flour,yeast and salt by adding water carefully.
Keep aside for 30 minutes.
Now after 30 minutes beat the dough with the back of your hand .Make big balls out of this and keep aside for 10 more minutes.Now these balls will become double in size.
Ingredients for the Topping.
Olive oil-
Pizza sauce-
Veggies-Onion,Bell peppers,corn etc.
Mozzarella Cheese-Shredded
Salt-
Dry Oregano
Sumac(Optional)
Paprika -2tsp

Now we can start preparing the Topping.
Flatten one of the dough balls into thin/thick crest.Dust the surface with some flour before you do this.

Now heat a pan and cook the bottom side of the Pizza base for 2 minutes.Now its very easy to cook in the oven and also to handle the Pizza .This is a must step since we are not using Pizza stone(baking stone) to bake Pizzas.
Now,apply some Pizza sauce first.Then the Mozzarella.

Next the chopped veggies.Sprinkle Paprika,salt and Sumac(optional:Sumac is an Arabian spice ) on to these veggies.
Finally Mozzarella again.
Drizzle Olive oil on top.
Now pizza is ready to go to the oven.
Bake for 10 minutes (at max Oven temperature) until the color of the cheese is light brown.
For an interesting Sumac Chicken recipe,Click Here













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Carrot Cake Pancake


Carrot Cake Pancake(Eggless)




This is an easy, very nutritious and more than anything, VERY TASTY breakfast for you and family.
I was experimenting with Carrot ,wanted to make an easy Bread.. Then suddenly thought, why dnt use our normal Pan instead of Oven?And so,here it is..!
This pancake has got a new flavor and its a quick breakfast. Just wanted a change from  those boring side dishes with Carrot.
Guys, if you find this interesting, please try and tell me how you like it.
This is tasty when it’s still hot and with maple syrup. Hope you have noticed the steam on my Pan cake. :-)
Ingredients
All Purpose flour – 1cup
Finely Grated Carrot- 1 cup
Milk- 2 tbsp
Oil- 2 tbsp
Vanilla essence -1 tsp
Baking Powder – 1 tsp
Baking soda- ½ tsp
Salt – ¼ tsp
Sugar- 1-2 tbsp
Method of preparation
Make a cake batter as follows. Beat oil with Sugar, add in salt. Now add milk and Vanilla.
Sieve flour and baking powder, and soda .Add in to the above mixture.
Finally add grated Carrot, incorporate well.
Heat a Pancake Griddle or normal Pan. Apply butter on the pan.
Pour in one  ladle of batter .Make pancakes and serve with Maple syrup.


Happy Eating!!!!






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Bread Pudding




Ingredients    
 Bread Slices – 6no

Milk – 2 cups
Sugar – ½ cup
Eggs- 2 no
Vanilla essence – 1 tsp
Method of Preparation
Soak Bread slices in milk and mix well.
Beat 2 eggs with ½ cup sugar and vanilla essence until smooth and fluffy.


Add the milk-bread mixture and beat again for a minute.
Pour in to baking dish and bake at 350 for 35 minutes.


(Until golden brown crest on top. Inside should be very soft.)
Bread Pudding with Maple Syrup


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