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Brown Rice Vegetable Pulav
Vegetables are integral part of our meal. It is recommended to have 2½ cups of vegetable serving per day for a person with a daily energy requirement of 2,000 calories. But as a south Indian I used to have lots of white rice with small amount of vegetable curry along with stew and yogurt. In my weight reduction program, I made it a habit of eating lots of vegetables with minimum carbohydrates and good amount of protein. In this recipe you can observe that I used equal measurements of cooked rice to vegetables.
Oats Daddojanam ~ Spiced Curd Oats
I use oats almost every day as hot cereal in my breakfast or oat bran in Wholegrain Roti , but using oats in Indian recipes is not common at my home. So, Yesterday I wanted to include this whole grain in Saddula Bathukamma prasadam and tried simple recipe with rolled oats, low fat yogurt and seasoned with Indian spices. Next time I will try more Indian tiffins with oats.
Barley Pongal ~ Barley Katte Pongali
When I was thinking of 5 whole grain prasadam , I remembered that I bought hulled barley recently. I made barley, sprouted moongdal soup couple of times, it goes well with beans/ dal’s in soups. From there I got the idea of semi solid savory pongal with mung dal.
After making this dish, I searched in web for Indian barley recipes and got few more interesting ideas . I will try those ideas and hopefully will come out with some interesting and healthy recipes with this high fiber ingredient.
Wheat Rava (Ravva) Idly ~ Bulgar Wheat Idly
Low fat, steam cooked Idly is a famous breakfast option in most of the South Indian homes. Protien rich urad dal mixed with High Carb Rice rava get along very well to make fluffy white Idlies.
In my home we have reduced white rice intake and replaced with Quinoa, Wheat rava and Whole grains. I dont want to miss the enjoyment of having hot idlies just because I cant have white rice, so what options do I have then to replace Idly rava? Then I thought Why don’t I make idly with whole grain. Good Idea, Interesting and Healthy !!!!!!. Immediately soaked Urad dal and wheat rava for next day’s Lunch. Ok good with Idly then what options do I have for Chutney to stick to a healthy menu??? Quickly thought about Carrot Chutney. So finally today’s lunch came out to be High fiber, Protien rich Wheat Idly with carrot chutney and salad. Yummy and healthy ….
Egg Drop Soup with Vegetables
Egg drop soup is traditionally a Chinese soup but has been modified by different regions of people to suit their taste. Soup is prepared by dropping the beaten egg into boiling broth and hence the name egg drop. Main ingredients for this soup are Chicken broth, eggs, spring onions, salt and pepper. In my version I used egg whites instead of whole eggs and added more vegetables like carrot, peas and corn for making it more healthier.
Challa Charu ~ Spicy Buttermilk
Challa charu or Majjiga pulusu is an authentic South Indian recipe of spiced thick buttermilk or Kadhi(In Hindi). Flavors or spices varies upon region. We can use vegetables such as Snake guard, Spinach, Onion or bottle guard as an ingredient with this Recipe. In this post I am going to describe just the mustard and garlic flavored recipe which is most popular where I grew up.