Balanced Diet Vegetable Upma Part I: Ingredients

Watch this video to learn what ingredients are necessary to make vegetable upma, an Indian recipe that makes a balanced diet.



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Curry Recipe - Bataka Powa - Potato and Flattened Rice

Healthy Curry Recipe - Nutritious Bataka Powa - Potato and Flattened Rice

Diba's Healthy Tomato Soup

Here is another great recipe from Diba, my friend :)

Tomato Soup

You Need:

- 5OO gm Tomato, coarsely chopped

- 250 gm Onion,

- 1 clove of garlic

- 3 tb spoons of Olive Oil

- Salt to taste

- Black Pepper

- crushed dry Marjoram

- 8 cups of water

This is how you make it

Take three tb spoons of oil in a large pan and warm it over medium heat.

Add chopped onion and tomato and stir well.

Add water and bring it to a boil.

Simmer for half an hour.

Blend in a blender.

Strain from a colander.

Bring it to boil again.

Add salt to taste.

Boil for a few more minutes.

Add freshly ground black pepper and dry Marjoram.

Serve with Crutons.

Make this today and share with Diba and me your experience :)

Diba's Healthy Cheese Whey Recipes

This healthy recipe is sent by my friend Diba.

You can make cheese at home and use the whey water for another recipe. Whey is very healthy.

How to make cheese?

To make unprocessed cheese at home you need milk and rennet.

[Vegetarians add a tea spoon of lemon juice to boiling milk to make cheese.]

Diba says:

I warm the milk to 38-40 c , mix rennet with a little water , mix with milk, stir for a minute and then remove from heat.

When set and cool, I transfer the milk to the fridge, let stay for 12 hours and then strain in a cheesecloth.

I get around 1 1/2 litre whey.

I add salt after straining. You can add caraway, if u like.

[Rennet is the additive which sets the cheese , curdles milk. You can also add 1/4 cup yoghurt and keep on fire for 1 miute and stir , but rennet is better.]

I always make cheese at home and use the whey water in cakes, breads.

How do you use Whey to make bread?

Diba made paneer (cheese) for her guests and used the whey to make her bread.

Take 1 litre of Whey.

Add 1 tb spoon of salt.

Add 1 tb spoon of yeast.

Stir well.

Add 2 cups of bran.

Add 2 cups of whole wheat flour.

Leave it for 3 hours, let it rise.

Grease 30 x 40cm x 3cm pan.

Spread the wheat flour mixture with a spoon.

Let it rise for 15 mts.

Bake at 180 C in the oven.

You will see it turn wonderfully light :)

You can also add dried aromatic herbs.

Diba says, "This bread is mixed with spoon only, no knead, that's why i invented it !!!"

Try this and let me know if you have any questions. I will get you the answers from Diba.

Thanks Diba for the great recipe!

Balancing Elements In Indian Cooking

Indian food menus are becoming more popular the world over. Indian recipes are known for the healthy ingredients the use of which are based on ancient texts and this knowledge is passed on from one generation to another. What is more important is that these recipes are now being improvised to suit modern needs.

In most Indian food menus, the food item has a pair of ingredients - one working to compensate the side effects of the other.

Read the rest of the article at: Healthy Food Recipe - Balancing Elements in Indian Recipes

How to Make Dal in Minutes

To make dal you need lentils (yellow dal), tomato, curry powder, salt, cooking oil and mustard seeds.



In Indian cooking we always garnish dishes by popping mustard seeds in warm oil. When they pop up they emit a good smell and add a nice flavor to the dish. You can make dal without this garnishing, if you like.

Just roast some tomatoes in warm oil. Add cooked dal, curry powder, and salt to taste. Boil for minute. Dal is ready.

To cook dal you can use a pressure cooker. Or you can cook it in the micro oven.

This cooked dal has to be boiled on medium flame over a stove with curry powder and salt. This part cannot be done very well in the oven.

Dal is very nutritious as it is full of protein. It is non-fatty and healthy. But the best part is: It is easy to cook and delicious to taste!

Instant Food

My mother is an expert in cooking and I hate to spend time in the kitchen.

What a combination, don't you think?

It is best for me because she couriers me things that I can eat right off the pack or prepare in minutes.

I love instant food, especially my mother's home cooked instant food.

I am going to share with you some of the wonderful recipes she has prepared just for me.