Fasting Food

Kaddu ki sabzi Fasting Recipe

2011-04-05T02:01:00.000-07:00

Kaddu ki Subzi is one of the popular recipes prepared on Navaratri.It is a perfect subzi for Navaratri Fast. Navaratri food is incomplete without Kaddu ki Subzi. It is a popular subzi of North India. Learn how to prepare Kaddu ki Subzi in this Navaratri period.

Ingredients of Kaddu ki Subzi

Kaddu [pumpkin] – 500 gms [peel and cubed]

Fenu greek seeds – ½ tsp

Cumin seeds – ½ tsp

Red chillies – 2 [cut into 2]

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Coriander powder – 1 tsp

Asafoetida – 1 pinch

Red chili powder – 1 tsp

Raw mango powder [amchoor] – ½ tsp

Salt to taste

Sugar – ½ tsp

Oil – 1 tbsp

Method of the Preparation of Kaddu ki Sabzi

Heat oil in a pan and add red chillies, fenugreek seeds, asafoetida, cumin seeds and fry for 2 minutes.

Add turmeric powder, coriander powder and red chili powder and mix well.

Add cubed kaddu pieces and salt. Mix well and cover the pan with a lid and cook for 15—20 minutes.

Add sugar and raw mango powder when the pumpkin becomes soft.

Cook another 2 minutes and garnish with coriander leaves.

Pumpkin sabzi is ready.

Navaratri Raita Recipe

2011-04-03T01:52:00.000-07:00

Navaratri is the time to eat variety of healthy foods . The ideal fasting diet should contain a balance of protein fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Learn how to prepare healthy Raita for this Navaratri fasting.

Ingredients for Navaratri Raita

Potato – 1 [boiled, peeled and chopped]

Sweet potato – 1 [boiled, peeled and chopped]

Cucumber – 1 [peel and chopped]

Water chestnuts – 4 [peeled and chopped]

Curd – 1 ½ cups

Green chillies – 1 [chopped]

Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp [chopped]

Roasted peanuts – 1 tbsp [chopped]

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp [roasted and powdered]

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Senda namak [rock salt] to taste

Sugar to taste

Oil – 1 tsp

Method of the Preparation of Navaratri Raita

Beat the curd well.

Add roasted cumin seeds powder, chopped green chillies, sugar and salt and mix well.

Add all chopped vegetables and mix gentely.

Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds and allow spluttering, then add to Raita.

Navaratri Rita is ready. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve.

Khus Khus Aloo [Poppy Seeds with Potato] Fasting Recipe

2011-03-28T04:15:00.000-07:00

Khus Khus Aloo Is a simple and delicious dish. The aroma of Khu Khus is very attractive . Learn how to prepare this easy fasting recipe.

Ingredients for Khus Khus Aloo

Potatoes – 4 [peel and cut into square pieces]

Khus Khus – 1 tbsp

Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Green chillies – 2

Water 1 ½ cups

Dry Red chillies -- 2

Salt to taste

Oil – 2 tbsp

Method of Preparing Khus Khus Aloo

Grind the green chillies and Khus Khus by adding little water and make a fine paste. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan and add the potatoes and fry on low flame until it becomes light brown.

Drain and keep aside. Heat the remaining oil in a pan and add the red dry chillies and turmeric powder.

Add the Khus Khus paste and fry again on low flame for 5 minutes. Add potatoes, salt and water to the paste and mix nicely and cook for 10-15 minutes on low flame.

Remove from the flame and garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

Sweet Lassi Fasting Recipe

2011-03-28T04:11:00.000-07:00

Lassi is a good energizer at the time of fasting.Made with curd and some natural flavors. Rose water is a common ingredient, which adds a good flavor to Lassi It is a common drink of northern India.Learn how to prepare good and easy lassi.

Ingredients for the sweet Lassi

Curd – 500 ml

Sugar – 4 tbsp

Crushed ice

Water -- 250 ml

Rose water -- 1 tsp

Green Cardamom -- 1[crushed and remove the outer side]

Mint leaves -- 3

Method of Preparing Sweet Lassi

Blend the curd, sugar, rose water and water in a hand blender, until the froth appears. Transfer into a serving glass and garnish with mint leaves and serve

Sukha Aloo Fasting Recipe

2011-03-22T08:58:00.000-07:00

Sukha Aloo is a popular recipe. It is a easy recipe for fasting. Learn how to prepare this easy fasting recipe.

Ingredients of Sukha Aloo

Potatoes—4 [boiled]

Green chilies – 4

Pepper powder – ½ tsp

Sendha Namak to taste

Dry Mango powder – ½ TSP

Coriander leaves – 2 tsp [chopped]

Oil – 2 tbsp

Methods of preparing Sukha Aloo

Peel and cut the potatoes into cubes. Heat oil in a pan. Add green chilies and mix well.

Add potato cubes and fry the potatoes, till it becomes light brown.

Add Sendha namak, pepper powder and dry mango powder and mix well. Fry the potatoes become crisp and golden brown. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves Serve hot.

Khoya Burfi Holi Recipe

2011-03-20T07:37:00.000-07:00

Khoya Burfi is authentic Indian dessert recipe. It is tasty and healthy. Learn how to make easy way of preparing Khoya Burfi.

Ingredients for Khoya Burfi

Milk – 2 liter

Sugar – 250 gms

Cardamom powder – 1 tsp

Pistachio – ½ cup

Silver sheet – 1

Method of Preparing Khoya Burfi

Heat the milk in a thick bottom pan on high flame and stirring occasionally. When it stars boiling reduce the fame. Stir continuously. When the milk gets thick, remove it from the fire.

Add the powdered sugar and mix gently till the sugar dissolves and allow to cool.

Add cardamom powder and chopped pistachio and mix well.

Press silver sheets on the thickened milk mixture. Cut it into small square shape, when it becomes cool.

Khoya Burfi is ready.

Broken Wheat Kheer Holi Recipe

2011-03-19T19:55:00.000-07:00

Broken Wheat Kheer is a popular recipe, The combination of coconut milk and jaggery is very delicious.Try to learn the easy way of preparing Broken Wheat Kheer in this Holi day.

Ingredients of Broken Wheat Kheer

Broken wheat – 1 cup

Coconut milk – 2 cups

Jaggery --1 cup

Water – 2 cups

Cashew nuts –4 [roasted]

Cardamom powder – 1 tsp

Ghee – 1 tbsp

Method of Preparing Broken Wheat Kheer

Grind the wheat in mixer grinder coarsely. Heat ghee in a pan and add the broken wheat and sauté it turns light brown color.

Take the fried broken wheat and put in a pressure cooker and add water, then cook 5—8 minutes or till it becomes soft.

Add jiggery and cook again on low flame, stir occasionally. Add coconut milk and cook till the kheer become thick consistency.

Remove from the flame and add cardamom powder.

Wheat Kheer is ready. Garnish with cashew nuts and serve.

Puri Holi Recipe

2011-03-19T11:08:00.000-07:00

Puri is a popular Indian dish, In this festive season every Indian kitchens are busy to Prepare Holi Pakka Kahana Puri with subzi. Try this easy way of making tasty puris

Ingredients for Puri Recipe

Wheat flour – 2 ½ cups

Water – 2/3 cup

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying

Method of Preparing Puri

Mix salt and flour and add the water slowly. Use one hand to mix the flour with water in a rotating motion till the dough becomes elastic and smooth.

Cover the dough with a wet towel and keep aside for 30 minutes.

Make small balls and dip in oil and rollout 4 inches round. Repeat the same process and make all puris.

Fry the puris in very hot oil. Put one puri immediately and start flickering hot oil over the top of it.

The puri will swell up like a ball Fry the both side until golden brown.

Drain the puris and put on kitchen towel.

Serve hot with Aloo tomato curry or kadhu curry.

Matter Karanjis Holi Recipe

2011-03-19T09:31:00.000-07:00

Mattar Karanji is a popular recipe. Learn how to prepare Mattar Karanji in this Holi time.

Ingredients for Mattar Karanjis

Maida – 2 cups

Green peas – 2 cups [crushed]

Salt to taste

Oil – 2 tbsp

Mustard seeds –1 tsp

Green chilies –3 [chopped]

Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp

Oil for frying

Method of the preparing of Mattar Karanjis

Mix the maida salt and 2 tbsp of oil and knead to make stiff dough and cover with a wet cloth and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan and put the mustard seeds when mustard seeds start spluttering, add chopped green chilies, crushed green peas, salt and chopped coriander leaves.

Mix well and cook for 5—8 minutes and put off the flame.

Divide the dough into small equal sized balls. Rollout round shaped puris of 3 inches. Place 2 tsp of filling on one half of puri and wet the edges with fingers and fold over. Lightly press to seal.

Heat oil in a pan and fry the Karanjis until crisp and golden brown.

Drain excess oil on kitchen towel.

Serve hot.

Aloo Chaat Holi Recipe

2011-03-19T01:32:00.000-07:00

Aloo chaat is popular Indian recipe, made by spicy potatoes. In this Holi season try the easy way to prepare tasty Aloo Chaat.

Ingredients for Aloo Chaat

Potatoes – 4 [peel and cut into square pieces]

Tomato – 1 [diced]

Onion – 1 [chopped]

Red chili powder – ½ tsp

Chat Masala a Powder – 1 tsp

Roasted cumin seeds – 1 tsp[powdered]

Lemon juice – 2 tsp

Tamarind chutney – 2 tsp

Green chutney – 2 tsp

Pepper powder – ½ tsp

Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp [chopped]

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

Method of the preparation of Aloo chaat

Heat oil in a pan and fry the potato pieces on low flame until light golden brown. Drain and put on kitchen towel.

Place the fried potatoes in a bowl and add chopped onion, diced tomatoes, red chili powder, chat masala, cumin seeds powder, pepper powder and salt.

Add tamarind chutney, green chutney over the aloo chaat. Aloo chat is ready.

Make individual plates. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve.

Thandai Holi Recipe

2011-03-19T00:28:00.000-07:00

It is a popular drink in India.Thandai is a milk based sweet drink.Thandai is one of the traditional drinks of India. It is mostly prepared during Holi. It is a good energizer also.Learn how to make delicious drink in this Holi day.

Ingredients of Thandai

Milk – 1 liter

Water – 2 cups

Sugar – ½ cup

Aniseeds – 1 tsp

Cardamom powder— ½ tsp

A few Saffron strands

Pepper corns – 8

Almonds – 1 tbsp

Watermelon seeds – 1 tbsp

Rose petals – ½ cup

Poppy seeds – 2 tsp

Method of Preparation of Thandai

Soak the almonds, aniseeds, Poppy seeds, water melon seeds and rose petals in 2 cups of water.

Boil the milk and allow it to cool.

Grind the soaked ingredients in a mixer grinder to a smooth paste. Add the water into the paste and mix well. Strain it through muslin strainer.

Extract the liquid into a bowl and add the pepper corns, sugar, and saffron and cardamom powder. Mix well

Add into the boiled milk and blend nicely.

Thandai is ready. Chill and serve.

Mal Pua Holi Recipe

2011-03-18T06:24:00.000-07:00

Mal Pua is a popular and traditional recipe of India. In this Holi festive time learn how to prepare mal pua in easy and tasty way.

Ingredients for Mal Pua

Maida [plain flour] – ½ cup

Semolina [suji] – ½ cup

Cardamom – 5 [powdered]

Sugar – 1 cup

Oil for frying

Method of Preparing Mal Pua

Boil the milk on low flame until it becomes thick and pink in colour. Remove from the flame and keep aside.

Roast the semolina [suji] till light brown. Add cardamom powder and milk along with maida and mix gently. It should be a smooth batter.

Heat the oil. Pour the batter with a round shaped serving spoon and make small pan cakes. Take care that it does not become hard and crisp.

Make sugar syrup of 1 thread consistency and dip the malpuas in the sugar syrup.

Mal pua is ready to serve.

Meetha Poodas Holi Recipe

2011-03-18T00:53:00.000-07:00

Ingredients for Poodas

Wheat flour – 2 cups

Sugar – 1 cup

Yogurt – ½ cup

Method of Preparing Meeta Holi Poodas

Mix all the ingredients into thick dough by adding little water. Cover and keep aside for2 hours. Make small oval shaped balls and deep fry in hot oil on low flame until golden brown.

Take out on Kitchen towel to absorb excess oil. Serve it with yogurt.

Papri [Papdi] Chat Holi Recipe

2011-03-18T00:49:00.000-07:00

Ingredients for Papri Chat

For Puris

Wheat flour – 1 cup

Maida [plain flour] – 2 cups

Oil – ¼ cup

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Ajwain seeds – 1 tsp

Chili powder – 1 ½ tsp

Turmeric powder -- ¼ tsp

Asafetida – ¼ tsp

Oil for deep frying

Salt to taste

For Green Chutney

Coriander leaves – ½ cup

Green chillies – 2

Lemon juice – 2 tsp

Onion – 1

Salt to taste

For Sweet Chutney

Tamarind Juice – 2 tbsp

Dates – 4

Red chili powder

Salt to taste

For Curd Mix

Curd – 3 ½ cups

Sugar – 3 tbsp

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp [roasted and powdered]

Salt to taste

Potatoes – 2 [boiled]

Chat powder – 1 tsp

Method of Preparation of Chat paprii

Mix wheat flour, maida, ajwain seeds, cumin seeds, ¼ cup oil, chili powder, turmeric powder, asafetida and salt.

Knead a little hard dough by adding sufficient water. Roll out very small even sized puris and deep fry till golden brown. Keep aside.

Grind the coriander leaves, green chilies, onion and salt in a mixer and mix with lemon juice.

Make the sweet chutney by boiling the dates in tamarind juice and little water, till they are cooked and grind in a mixer grinder.

Mix the sugar and salt in curd and beat nicely. Add Roasted cumin seeds.

Peel and coarsely mash the potatoes and add salt and mix ½ tsp chat powder. While serving lightly crush the puris add mashed potatoes. Add curd mix, green chutney and red sweet chutney over it.

Sprinkle little red chili powder and chat powder.

Papri chat is ready to serve.

Badam puri Recipe

2011-03-16T03:03:00.000-07:00

Badam puris very popular recipe. Learn how to make Badam puri in this easy way.

Ingredients for Badam puri

Maida [plain flour] – 2 cups

Rice flour- 1 cup

Badam paste – ½ cup

Milk – 100 ml

Saffron – 1 gm

Sugar-- 2 cups

Cardamom powder – 1 tsp

Oil for deep frying

Water – ½ cup

Ghee – 20 ml

Method of Preparing Badam Puri

Mix maida, rice flour, badam paste and milk to knead smooth dough. Heat water in a pan and add cardamom powder and saffron. Stir it to make sugar syrup.

Make small balls from the dough and rollout small puris, apply ghee on the puri and stack one on the top of the other with three puris in each stack. Roll and cut each stack into small pieces.

Roll again and make round shape and deep fry until golden brown.

Drain and put the puris into sugar syrup. Leave it for 8—10 minutes. Badam puri is ready to serve.

Matti [Mathri] Holi Recipe

2011-03-14T00:59:00.000-07:00

Matti [Mathri] popular Rajsthani recipe, In this Holi season just try how to make delicious and easy matti.

Ingredients for Matti.

Maida [plain flour] – 2 cups

Ajwain– 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Warm Oil – 2 tbsp

Oil for deep frying

Method of Preparing Matti

Add warm oil and salt to the flour and mix well. Add sufficient water and make smooth dough. Make small thin rounds on your palm and prick both sides with fork or knife. Allow to dry for 10 minutes.

Heat oil in a pan and fry the Matties, till it become pale golden color. Drain on kitchen paper and allow to cool. Fill in an air tight container.

Enjoy Matti with tea or coffee.

Kanji Ke Vade Holi Recipe

2011-03-14T00:52:00.000-07:00

Holi is a spring festival, it brings lots of colors with happiness In this Holi season every Indian women were busy in their kitchen to make deliciouis sweets and scrumptious Pakodas and vadas. Kanji ke Vade made of urad dal, this is a special vada for Holi,If you also relish on vadas , bhallas and pakodas you just try the Kanji Ke vade. It is very easy to make.

Ingredients of Kanji Ke Vade

Urad dal – ½ kg

Rai – 1 tsp [grounded]

Red chilies – 2 [pounded]

Pieces of afoetida [hing] – 2

Salt to taste

Water—3 cups

Dry red chilies –3

Method of Preparing Kanji Ke Vade

Soak Urad dal 3—4 hours. Grind to make fine paste. Heat oil in a pan, wet your palms and put little portion of mixture on to your wet palm and flatten it. Let it slide one by one on to the hot oil.

Deep fry the vadas till golden brown. Put a griddle on the flame and put few hing pieces on it. Take an earthen pot and turn it upside down on the griddle, so the hing starts emitting an aroma.

Take it off the fire and fill it with warm water. Mix the red chili powder, rai, red chillies and salt and add to the water.

Put the vadas into the pot and cover with a muslin cloth and tie it. Keep this vada pot in the sun, during the day time for 7-8 days.

Lauki [bottle gourd] Burfi Holi Recipe

2011-03-12T03:26:00.000-08:00

Lauki Burfi is a delicious dessert recipe. Learn how to prepare easy Lauki Burfi in this festival season

Ingredients for Lauki Burfi

Lauki – 3 cups [grated]

Khoya – 1 cup

Milk – 1 ½ litre

Sugar – ¾ cup

Cardamom powder – 1 tsp

Green color – ¼ tsp

Method of Preparing Lauki Burfi Recipe

Boiled the milk in a thick bottomed pan and add the grated lauki, till the lauki become soft. Add the khoya, sugar and color.

Stir continuously, when the froth starts leaving the side of the vessel, transfer it in a pre greased plate.

Add cardamom and allow to cool. Cut into pieces

Lauki burfi is ready for serve.

Aloo Kachori Holi Recipe

2011-03-12T03:21:00.000-08:00

Aloo kachori is a famous recipe in North India. Learn how to make Aloo kachori in easy way for this Holi festival.

Ingredients for Aloo Kachorie

Potatoes – 500 gms

Green chilies – 3

Cardamom seeds – 1 tsp

Lemon juice – 2 tsp

Arrow root Powder – 100 gms

Coconut – 1 cup [grated]

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying

Method of Preparing Aloo Kachori

Boil, peel and mash the potatoes well, mix it with 50 gms arrow root and salt and knead it into stiff dough.

For the filling, mix the grated coconut with chopped green chilies, salt, lemon juice and crushed cardamom seeds.

Take a small portion of the dough and pat between the palms, and fill with 1 tsp of coconut mixture and give the shape of kachori.

Repeat the process and make all kachories.

Heat oil I n a pan and deep fry the kachories until golden brown.

Serve hot with Tamarind chutney or green chutne

Kichdi for Diabetics

2011-03-11T06:21:00.000-08:00

Ingredients for Kichadi

Broken wheat – 1 cup

Yellow Moog – ¼ cup

Green chillies –2[cut into 2]

Cumin seeds— ½ tsp

Turmeric Powder— ¼ tsp

Asafoetida— ¼ tsp

Oil – 2 tsp

Salt to taste

Method of Preparing Kichdi for diabetic

Soak the whet in water for 2 hours. Heat the oil in a pressure cooker and add the cumin seeds, green chilies, and asafoetida. When the cumin seeds crackle, add the wheat and moog dal and sauté for 3-4 minutes.

Add turmeric powder, salt and sufficient water and pressure cook for 10—15 minutes on low flame until the wheat is cooked.

Serve hot.

Tomato Shorba Healthy Diabetic Drink

2011-03-09T23:56:00.000-08:00

Ingredients for Tomato Shorba

Masoor Dal – 1 tsp

Pepper – ½ tsp

Kashmiri Red Chilies – 2

Coriander seeds – 1 tsp

Chana dal – ½ tsp

Cumin seeds – 1tsp

Curry leaves – 2 strings

Tomatoes – 4 [pureed]

Arahar dal [toovar dal] cooked – ½ cup

Lemon Juice – 1 tsp

Oil – 2 tsp

Chili powder – ¼ tsp

Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp [chopped]

Salt to taste

Method of Preparing Masala

Roast the pepper, ½ cumin seeds, Kashmiri red chilies, coriander seeds, curry leaves 1 string, chana dal and masoor dal ingredients in a pan, on medium flame for 5 minutes and keep aside. When it cool blend in a mixer and make a fine powder.

Method of Preparing Tomato Shorba

Heat oil in a pan and add the cumin seeds, when cumin seeds crackle add the curry leaves, tomato puree, chili powder, 2 cups of water, salt to taste and prepared masala. Mix well and bring to boil for 5 –7 minutes.

Remove from the flame and add lemon juice. Serve hot garnished with coriander.

Ragi Balls Diabetic Recipe

2011-03-08T09:28:00.000-08:00

Ingredients for Ragi Balls

Ragi flour – 1 cup

Water – 2 cups

Salt to taste

Method of Preparing Ragi Balls for Diabetics

Heat the water with salt in a wide opening vessel. When it starts to boil add the ragi flour slowly and stirring continuously. Cook the flour for 10 minutes.

Remove from the heat and mix well, taking care to remove all lumps. When the mixture is still warm, applies some water to hands and shapes the cooked flour into big balls.

These mudde balls usually served with chutney, sambar, bissaru

It is a good food for diabetes

Moog Dal Pakore Holi Recipe

2011-03-03T23:40:00.000-08:00

Ingredients for Moog Dal Pakore

Moog dal [yellow dal] – 1 cup [soaked in water for 2 hours]

Green chillies – 5

Asafoetida -- 1 pinch

Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp [chopped]

Coriander seeds -- 1 tsp [crushed]

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp [roasted and powdered]

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

Method of Preparing Moog Dal Pakore

Drain the moog dal and gind coarsely in mixer grinder. Mix all the ingredients except oil.

Heat oil in a pan and drop pakores with wet hand or a spoon.

Fry on medium flame until crisp and golden brown. Drain and place into a tissue paper.

Serve hot with green chutney

Bhang ke Pakore Holi Recipe

2011-03-03T23:37:00.000-08:00

Bhang ke Pokore is an integral recipe of Holi festival. Learn How to make tasty Bhang ke Pokore in this Holi festival.

Ingredients for Bhang ke Pakore

Potatoes – 200 gms

Onions – 150 gms

Califlower—200 gms

Spinach – 100 gms

Basen – 250 gms

Soda bi-carb – 1 pinch

Bhang seed powder – 10gms

Ajwain – 5 gms

Asafoetida – 1 pinch

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

Method of Preparing Bhang ke Pakore

Peel and cut all the vegetables. Mix the flour with soda bi-carb, ajwain, salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder and bhang seed powder.

Add enough water to make a thick batter. Heat the oil in a pan. Dip the vegetables in the batter and deep fry in hot oil on medium flame until golden brown.

Serve hot with green chutney

How to Make Barley Soup for Diabetics

2011-03-03T22:53:00.000-08:00

Barley is a low fat cereal. It is good for diabetic patients. It is however a great source of protein, iron and fiber.

Ingredients for Barley soup

Brown barley – 1 cup

White stock-- 2 cups

Carrot –1 [chopped]

Onion – 1 [chopped]

Fresh mint leaves –1 sp [chopped]

Butter – 1 tbsp

Milk – 1 cup

Salt to taste

Pepper powder to taste

Little fresh parsley

Method of Preparing Barley soup

Cook barley, in white stock for 1 hour on low flame. Add chopped vegetables and cook for further 20 minutes.

Sieve and reheat in a pan with milk and butter. Add salt and pepper Stir gently and transfer into soup bowls and garnished with chopped parsley leaves.

Serve hot