Low Fat/Low Cal Break fast items.

krishnaamma · Feb 28, 2007

Veg. Rava Uppma

Ingredients.

Fried rava 1 cup
Mustard seeds 1spoon
Udath dal 1 spoon
Channa dal 1 spoon
Turmeric powder 1 spoon
Curry patha a few leaves
Onion 2 medium size
Green chilies 4 - 5
Tomato 1 (optional)
Vegetable shortening or oil to prepare uppma. 1 – 2 spoons
Salt to taste.
Carrot 2 -3
French beans 10 - 12
Potato 1 big
Brinjal (egg plant) 1small
Peas a hand full
Green Pepper 1 big
(Ginger and Garlic also optional)

· First make seasoning; add green chilies, onions and curry patha.
· Fry well and add rava and fry.
· In another pan cook the veg. with little water and add with rava onion mixture
· Add water if you need and allow rava to cook well.
· That is all. Now rava vegetable Uppma is ready.
· You can serve this with coriender chutney or sambar.

krishnaamma · Feb 28, 2007

Rava Kitchadi

Ingredients.

Fried rava 1 cup
Mustard seeds 1spoon
Udath dal 1 spoon
Channa dal 1 spoon
Turmeric powder 1 spoon

Curry patha a few leaves
Onion 2 medium size
Green chilies 4 - 5
Garlic 4 - 5 flakes
Ginger 2 inch piece
Tomato 1 (optional)
Vegetable shortening or oil to prepare uppma. – 1 – 2 tea spoons
Salt to taste.
Carrot 2 -3
French beans 10 - 12
Potato 1 big
Brinjal (egg plant) 1small
Peas a hand full
Green Pepper 1 big
Tamarind a small lemon size.

· First make seasoning with mustard seeds, Udad dal , Channa dal ,add green chilies, garlic, ginger, turmeric powder and cashew nuts.
· Add onions add rava, salt and fry them.
· Cook all other vegetables in Tamarind water in another pan with little salt.
· Add cooked veg. in raw onion fried mixture and mix well
· Cook rava well and remove it from the fire.
· For this the best side is coriender chutney.
· You can taste the RAVA KITCEDDI now.

krishnaamma · Feb 28, 2007

Puffed Rice Uppma

Ingredients :

puffed rice 1/4 kg
green chillies
roasted bengal gram 1/4 cup
salt
curry leaves
oil 1tsp
onion 1

Method:

Soak puffed rice in water after they become tender remove them from water .grind
roasted bengal gram and chillies with salt
Add that powder to puffed rice .cut onion into small pieces length wise .heat oil and add
mustard seeds and urad dhal
Add curry leaves after they cook add some turmeric .add onions after they turned into
reddish color add puffed rice
Mix it and cover the pan after 5 minutes upma is ready .

Nandhita · Feb 28, 2007

Re: Less oil/Oil free/Low Calories Break fast items.

Dear Krishnamma,
You've started a superb thread. Many dishes you've mentioned are not just healthy and light, but very easy to make and that is the best part of it. I had recently bought oats and was wondering what to do with it other than making upma (I don't like the oats-milk combination), and you've given me the answer. I'll try your oats recipes and let you know.
Thanks

krishnaamma · Feb 28, 2007

Re: Less oil/Oil free/Low Calories Break fast items.

Hi Nandhita,

Thank you ya, I got the first FB fromyou. I want to know how you prepare Uppma out of oats? Can you share your recipe here with us?

As you said prepare some oats recipes and give me your FB. I will wait.:yes:

Nandhita · Mar 5, 2007

Dear Krishnamma,

Tried Oats with Buttermilk and oats with carrot. Tasted good, was easy to make and can be had either as breakfast, or in the early evening. Was really filling too.

Well Oats upma recipe is as follows:

Ingredients
Oats - 1 cup
Water - 2 1/2 cups
Salt - as per requirement
To temper:
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard , Hing, Urad Dal, Chana Dal, Green chillies, Curry leaves, Ginger

Method:

Roast oats without oil for a couple of minutes.
In a Kadhai, add 2 teaspoonful of oil and temper Mustard, asafoetida (hing), urad dal, chana dal, curry leaves, green chilli, ginger. Now add water, salt and once water boils, slowly add the oats and keep stirring till completely cooked .

Optional:
1.You can roast some cashews in ghee (if you're not all that calorie conscious) and add it as as final garnish.
2. Once the tempering is done, you can add chopped onions, saute them and then add the water and oats and blend.
3. You can also add vegetables of your choice to make it tastier.

samayal · Mar 6, 2007

Dear Krishnamma,

Happy to see your thread. My problem is i'm very hungry in the afternoons and evenings say between 2pm to 5pm and i try eating fruits and low fat milk but unable to control my hunger. Do you think you can suggest me with something?

krishnaamma · Mar 6, 2007

Hi Nandhita,

thank you for your fb. Let me try Oats uppma and tell you my fb. ok?

krishnaamma · Mar 6, 2007

Dear Samayal,

I too fell like that. First of all what are you taking for lunch. Have heavy lunch. (with in the calorie of your calculation) That is, you have to fix what you are going to take for break fast, mid day snack, lunch,evening snack and dinner. So according to that if you feel hungry during 2 to 5 take more quantity of lunch which includes cooked veg. and salads.

For example, for morning you are having 200 ml Orange juice and one orange or apple. For mid day snack have 2 - 3 salt biscuts( calculate the calories from the cover and arrive for each bis. for 'Time Pass' salt biscut, it is 6 - 7 calories each. Like that you calculate for marie biscut or which you are going to take.) with one cup of coffee.

It is your wish to have it with or without sugar according your plan. Then for lunch one or 2 chappati or 1 cup rice and have varitey of vegetables. Like have one cooked veg. one salad, one raitha, one cup greens/keerai and a cup of butter milk.

So the calorie will not go up but if you have these type of lunch at 1 or 1.30pm, you will not feel hungry till evening 4 or 5.

I am going to give some model diet programme in a couple of days which will be use ful to you.

I think this is enough for you now, to over come your problem?:2thumbsup:

krishnaamma · Mar 28, 2007

Macaroni Masala

Macaroni : 1 cup (boiled and drained)
Onion : 1 (Chopped in long slices)
Capsicum : 1/2
Cabbage : 1 cup (finely chopped)
Tomato : 1
Vinegar : 1tsp(optional)
Tomato sauce : 1 tsp
Chili sauce : 1tsp
Salt & Pepper : as per taste
Oil : 1 tea sp.

1. In a pan, take oil, and then put onion. Fry it for 2 min.
2. Now add capsicum. Fry it again for 2 min.
3. Now add cabbage and let it cook on medium heat till it become tender.
4. Add tomatoes and saute it till oil is separated.
5. Now put vinegar, tomato sauce & chili sauce, salt and pepper.
6. Let extra water evaporate and serve hot.