Musk Melon Juice

Ingredients: ½ medium-sized musk melon – chopped 1½ tbsp honey (or ½ tsp sugar can be added) Juice of 1 small lemon 1 lemon slice for garnishing ½ cup water Method: 1. Grind all the ingredients in a mixer jar till it becomes liquid. 2. Add some ice-cubes and a lemon slice in the serving [...]

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Methi Mutter Malai

Ingredients: 2 cups fenugreek leaves (chopped) ½ tsp cumin seeds ½ cup green peas ¾ cup milk 2 tbsp cream ½ tsp sugar 2-3 tbsp oil Salt to taste For making the paste: 1 onion – chopped 1 green chilli – chopped ½ inch piece ginger 2-3 garlic cloves 12-13 cashew nuts 2½ tsp poppy [...]

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Healthy Pasta and Fruit Salad

Ingredients: 1 bowl Conchiglie whole wheat pasta (boiled) (even maccheroni can be used) 1 carrot – finely chopped 1 capsicum – finely chopped 2-3 baby corn – chopped ½ cup sweet corn kernels ½ apple – peeled and chopped ½ cup grapes 3-4 cloves of garlic (in a paste) ½ tsp pepper powder Juice of [...]

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Almond Banana Shake

Ingredients: 2 bananas (Sliced) 10-12 Almonds (Soaked in warm water for 2-3 hours & ground to a smooth paste) 1½ cup milk  2 pinches of cinnamon powder 1½ tbsp honey (or as required) 1-2 drops Vanilla essence (Optional) Method: In the mixer jar, add banana slices, almond paste, cinnamon powder, honey & vanilla essence. Grind [...]

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Eggless Dates & Walnut Cake

Ingredients: 20-22 Dates (soaked in ½ cup water for 15-20 min) 50 gm Walnuts – chopped 120 gm Sweetened condensed milk 65 gm Plain Butter ¾ tsp Baking Soda 1¼ tsp Baking Powder 1¼ cups maida (plain flour) 2-3 tsp Milk Method: Sieve plain flour along with Baking Powder and Baking Soda. Make a paste [...]

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Kesari

Ingredients: 1 cup soji rava ¾ cup sugar 2 cups thick coconut milk 1¼ cup water 2 pinches saffron (kesar) soaked in 1 tbsp water 10-12 cashew nuts 10-12 raisins 5-6 almonds (chopped) ½ tsp cardamom powder 3-4 tbsp ghee Method: Heat ghee in a pan. Fry raisins and cashew nuts in it till golden [...]

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Healthy Sprout tikkis

Ingredients: 1 bowl boiled mixed sprouts 2 tbsp grated tofu/paneer (Optional) 1 tbsp ginger-chilli paste ½ tsp pepper powder 2-3 tbsp brown toast crumbs 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves ½ tsp garam masala Pinch of turmeric powder Salt to taste Method: Crush the sprouts in a mixer roughly. In a bowl, add all the other [...]

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