What healthy meal did I eat today

I am so glad that you enjoyed brown rice dosa. I personally feel these simple modifications will lead to a healthier lifestyle for the whole family.

Here are some of my healthy dosa versions:

Oats Dosa: I either use Oats flour or grind oats. You can use rolled oats. Soak them for 15 mins and grind it in a blender. I add these to leftover dosa. But you won't get crispy dosas because of oat grains. Its more soft.

Want more fibre?? add oat bran/wheat bran to the dosa batter.

Oats Adai is another favorite. ChitVish has lots of Oats recipes and I love them all.

I make dosas with combination of flours. I just pick whatever flour is in the pantry. My usual combos(mix and match) are Wheat flour, Rye flour, Oats Flour, Soy Flour,Jowar Flour, Urad Flour. I add fruit salt to get soft and fluffy dosas.

You can grind Urad dal alone and ferment it. Later add any flour (Jowar,Wheat,Ragi etc.,) and make dosas.

Enjoy Healthy Dosas!
Aswini

 

Hi Shiva, great thread. Lots of healthy recipes to try.

Hi baby1, I have one version of brown rice pulao recipe:

Soak 1 cup brown rice in hot water for 1 hour. You can use vegetables like carrot, beans, corn, peas and soya chunks. Make them to 2 cups. Heat 1/2 tsp oil in a cooking vessel add 3 cloves, 3 cardamom, finely chopped onion and 3 or 4 green chillies fry well. Add vegetables and fry for 3 or 4 minutes. Add drained rice fry for 2 minutes. Add 21/2 cups water and salt to taste. Bring it to boil then simmer and cook covered until done. Serve with curd raita.

 

Hey Shiva,

I have a Punjabi friend and I loved her aloo gobhi subji which she used to get for lunch. Once we were invited to her home for lunch and I saw how she prepared it. She used to fry both the potatoes and cauliflower florets in oil till they turned crisp. And then add them to the onion-masala combo and they used to taste heavenly! Thats when i realised even though i tried using all the masalas she suggested why mine dint taste as hers. But then seeing the amount of oil consumed i decided even though less tastier mine was definitely the healthier version!
Nice pictures here...The aloo gobhi looks tempting.

 

hi shiva,
thnx for the reply.i vll surely try nd let u know.actually i was going to ask some questions sansam have already asked.so glad to know that u vll upload ur recipes............eagrly waiting for ur yummy recipes
regards
ridha

 

please provide the dalhiya recipe. iam searching and nowhere reaching.:bonk

 

Hi Baby1,

Sorry I missed your post. But sheshin has given a wonderful pulao recipe here. I make a similar one with all masalas. I boil the rice separately and add to the vegetable masala when the rice is 75% done and let the rice blend with the masalas. The problem with brown rice is you will not get fluffy long rice like white rice (Atleast I haven't gotten it).

Thanks,
Aswini

 

Dear Nimmi,


This is the way I make my Dhalia with vegs

Dhalia - 1 cup
Moong dhal - 1/2 cup
Vegs of your choice like carrot, beans etc - 1 cup
Green chilles - according to taste
Salt
Garam Masala pd or Bisi bele bath pd - 1 - 2 tsp
Turmeric pd - 1/2 tsp

to temper

oil 1 tsp
mustartd seeds - 1/2 tsp
Jeera - 1/2 tsp

Fry moong dhal lightly in a dry kadai and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pressure pan and temper. add vegs and fry well. Add the moong dhal & Dhaia and mix well. Add water (1 cup dhalia : 3 cups water). Add green chillies, garam masala pd, salt and allow to boil. Once it start boiling close the pan and put the wieght. Switch off after 1 whistle.

After cools open, add coriander leaves for garnishing and serve with curd or raitha.

This makes a delicious and sumptous meal.