Vegan Carrot Shake

This is another filling and nutritious shake, tastes absolutely divine and packed with the power of protein rich almond milk, almond meal and carrots. Very easy to make and you can make this even more filling by adding chia gel and hemp protein. The thicker you make, it fills you up for hours and will be a perfect breakfast, lunch or dinner replacement. One important thing in making all these smoothies and shakes is to have a good quality blender. Which will make a perfect puree of the fruits and vegetables and there is no need to strain and discard the fiber from the veggies and fruits. Try this out and let me know, how you liked it. Preparation Time - 10 Minutes Cooking Time - Nil Serves - 4 Ingredients Carrots - 4 Almond Milk -...

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Mung Bean/Moong Daal Dosai-Crepe

Mung (moong) beans are small, cylindrical beans with a bright green skin. In ayurvedic cooking, they areused whole or, more commonly, split and hulled. Split and hulled mung beans are small and yellow and called mung (moong) dhal. You can find Mung Bean in the Asian Indian Store or in International foodsection in your grocery store. Mung beans offer 14 gms of protein per cooked cup and a good sourceof dietary fiber. They also contain thiamin, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and copper, and are a good source of folate. This is a very easy to prepare and very nutritious breakfast dish. Good for vegetarians looking for a highprotein food, growing children, pregnant women and people looking for low glycemic diet. Prepartion Time – 20 minutesCooking...

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Almond Milk

Are you looking for vegan alternate for Cow's milk and stack up on cartons of Almond Milk from the food store. Try this ultra easy home made Almond Milk recipe once at home and i am sure you will not buy those card board boxes any more. The best part in making almond milk is trying to come up with creative recipes to use up the ground almond meal residue. Look for more recipes in this website to make use of this ground almond meal, instead of discarding this healthy meal. Preparation Time - 10 Minutes Cooking Time - 0 Serves - 4 Ingredients Almonds - 1 cup Water - 3 Cups(You use 4 cups to too, but i prefer a thicker version) Method 1) Soak the almonds over night. 2) Rinse, drain and transfer the soaked almonds along with 3 cups of water to...

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Eggplant Curry(Katharikai Curry)

Eggplant, aubergine, brinjal there are the different names and there could be many more names for this super tasty and nutritious vegetable. Eggplant comes in different shapes, sizes and colors in purple, jade green, lavender, yellow-white and orange. No matter what name is called and what color it is this is one of my favorite vegetable . This curry is very simple to make and for any eggplant lover this recipe is a keeper. Preparation Time - 10 Minutes Cooking Time - 20 to 30 Minutes Serves - 4 Ingredients Small Purple round eggplant - 10 to 12 Salt - 1 1/2 tsp or to taste Tamarind - Gooseberry sized ball Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Curry powder - 1 Tbsp(as per taste and spice level of the curry powder) Grated Coconut - 1 Tbsp Coconut oil...

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Milagu Rasam(Indian Spicy Pepper Soup)

Rasam is South Indian Dish prepared with tamarind or lemon juice, flavored with spices and made either with or without the addition of cooked Toor Dal. It is normally mixed with rice and eaten or you can relish as a soup too. To somebody who is used to the taste of this dish it is surely a comfort food, very simple to make and with an awesome taste to entice your taste buds. Do try this rasam out and let me know what you think. Preparation Time - 10 Minutes Cooking Time - 20 Minutes Serves - 4 Ingredients Tamarind - a small lemon sized ball Water - 3 to 4 Cups Tomato - 1/2 chopped into small pieces Coriander Seeds - 1 Tbsp Black Pepper - 1/2 Tsp Salt - 1 1/2 Tsp or according to your taste Dried Red Chili - 3 or more as per taste(this purely...

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Berry Cherry Orange Jelly

Dessert is not part of our daily meal at all. Dessert is something which we have on special occasions or when we have guest at home. Anything sweet either cookie, bars or sweets i serve in small portions during snack time and not after meals(Why to unnecessarily add up on calories). I made this dessert when my kids asked for a cold ice cream treat, it tasted good and definetly a healthier alternate to icecream. Also it is all natural without any additives, refined sugar and all the goodness of fruit. You can also try this guilt free dessert and let me know how you liked it. Preparation Time - 15 Minutes Cooking Time - 15 Minutes Serves - 8 Ingredients Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice - 2 Cups( I used 4 Juice Oranges) Agar agar powder -...

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Kollu Sundal (Horse Gram Snack)

Sundal is a typical South Indian Snack which is made of legumes. The legumes are soaked, cooked and sauteed with spices and onions or spices and coconut. They not only taste great but are a guilt free, protein rich and very satisfying snack or meal i would say. This is good for people with diabetes, for growing children, people with celiac and for all who are looking for a high protein snack. Very simple and easy to make. Include a pressure cooker in your cooking gadgets and these kind of meals are very easy to make without any hasslesTry to include this in your daily meal to get a sense of fullness and this will also bring down your carb intake.Preparation Time - 2 MinutesCooking Time - 30 MinutesServes - 4IngredientsKollu(Horse Gram) - 1...

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Sweet Almond Balls

Craving for sweets, but looking for a high protein and low carb, low sugar snack? Then try this out and i am sure you will include this in your list of favorite snacks. After reading about all the health benefits of xylitol, bought this and i am trying to come up with recipes using this as sugar substitute. One drawback about xylitol is it gives a cool effect to the tongue when consumed. Apart from that it pretty much tastes like sugar, looks like sugar and no bitter after taste. Do try out this recipe and let me know, how you liked it.Preparation Time - 15 MinutesCooking Time - 2 MinutesServes - Makes around 10 to 12 ballsIngredientsOrganic Raw Almonds - 1 cupXylitol - 1/4 cup (more if you have sugary tongue, you can also use raw sugar instead...

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Eggless Vegan Whole Wheat & Oats Peanut Butter Criss Cross

Cooking with unrefined flours are not that difficult and also they taste great with the mix and match of these ingredients. With the added protein from the peanut butter and fiber from the whole wheat flour and Oats, they are a good after noon snack. Better than a store bought one with all the refined flours, sugars and additives. Preparation Time – 15 Minutes Cooking Time – 15 Minutes Serves – Makes around 18 Cookies Ingredients 3/4 c Whole wheat flour 3/4 c Whole Oat Flour 1/2 Tsp Salt 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda 1 Cup Organic Smooth Peanut Butter 1/2 Cup maple syrup 1 1/2 Tsp Ener-g Egg Replacer 1 Tsp Vanilla 1 Tbsp Warm Water Method 1) Combine the whole wheat flour, oat flour, salt and baking soda.2) In a wide bowl, add warm water to the ener-g...

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Eggless Fat Free Apple Upside Down-Banana Nut Cake

How many versions of Banana Nut cake do you make? I have been baking these banana nut bread, muffin cake for the past 10 Years and each and every time i make i try out something new. I love the flavor of banana in these baked goods so much, and never get tired of them. This is a lovely banana cake recipe. Bake it in a bundt pan and make little bit of icing and of course it is a cake. This recipe doesn’t use oil or butter and the only fat comes from the nuts used. So try out, enjoy and let me know how it came out.Preparation Time – 15 MinutesCooking Time – 35-40 MinutesServes – 10 IngredientsBananas - 7Whole wheat flour – 1 1/2 cupWhole Oat flour – 1 1/2 cupEner g- 3 TspBaking soda – 1 TspBaking powder - 2 tspVinegar – 2 tbspRaw sugar – 1 cupChopped...

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Pavakkai Curry(Bittermelon Curry)

Bitter Melon, also known as Balsam pear is a truly unique and bitter ingredient that is not yet well known in the United States. It is used widely in Indian cuisine, lot of people peel the upper portion to reduce the bitterness. But this bitterness is so good for health and recent researches have shown it stimulates the production of insulin and recommends a regular intake of this vegetable. The following recipe is slightly bitter and i haven’t added any sugar or jaggery to reduce the bitterness. You cook a bitter vegetable and what do you expect sweet taste? So enjoy this slightly bitter dish.Preparation Time – 5 MinutesCooking Time – 25 MinutesServes – 4IngredientsBitter Melon/Karela/Pavakkai – 3 big onesSalt – 1 Tsp or to tasteTamarind –...

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