Radish Stir Fry | Healthy Seasonal Recipes

Radish Stir Fry| Healthy Seasonal Recipes

By
Sandhya Khattri
Radish stir fry is a healthy seasonal vegetable, it is served as a side dish and can be prepared within 10 minutes., radish roundels are stir fried along with its leaves some basic spices are used in this stir fry, it is seasoned with lemonjuice. In north india it is commonly known as mooli ki bhujia. Radish stir fry goes well with dal and rice, some people like it with kadhi chawal, you can have this with any gravy dish. I prefer to cook it in Lunch.
Ingredients required and detailed instructions for the recipe are as follows
Preparation Time : 5 minutes | Cooking Time : 8 minutes | Serves :2
Recipe Category: Stir Fry Vegetables | Recipe Cuisine: North Indian

Ingredients:

Radish -1
Radish leaves-1 cup
Green chillies-2
Black mustard seeds-1/2 teaspoon
Turmeric powder-1/4 teaspoon
Salt-to taste
cumin seeds-1/4 teaspoon
Fenugreek seeds-1/4 teaspoon
Mustard Oil-2 teaspoon

Method:

Peel radish and cut it into roundels.
Roughly chop radish leaves along with their soft stems.
Soak it in salted water for 5 minutes, wash it thoroughly under running water

In a pan heat oil, add cumin,fenugreek seeds,green chilies and mustard seeds as they crackle add chopped radish along with turmeric powder and salt mix well.

Cook it on high flame for 3-4 minutes, you can see radish has released all its moisture, simmer the flame and let it cook for another 5-6 minutes, at this stage you can cover the lid, check radish if there is moisture content in it, let it dry on high flame.
Radish stir fry is ready, just before serving squeeze lemon juice over it

Notes:

Radish leaves and stems give a nice crunch to this side dish and are healthy too, you can also make this recipe without these if you don’t like slightly bitter taste of these.
It is prepared with mustard oil, you can prepare it with any vegetable oil.
You can also try some  other stir fry recipes of my blog: beans potato stir fry, amaranth leaves sabzi and aloo parwal

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Methi Ka Cheela | Fenugreek Savory Pancakes

Methi ka Cheela| Fenugreek Savory Pancakes

By
Sandhya Khattri
21 Nov 2013
Methi cheela is a diabetic friendly recipe made from bengal gram flour, wheat flour and fresh fenugreek leaves. These savory pancakes are ideal for breakfast, you can have these as a teatime snacks too.
This simple recipe doesn’t require any preparations except cleaning fenugreek (methi) leaves and can be served within minutes. I prefer to serve methi ka cheela with amla (gooseberry) chutney, you can have this with any other chutney of your choice.
Usually chelas are prepared with bengal gram flour, but in this recipe I have used 1:1 ratio of wheat flour and bengal gram flour, as besan is slightly heavy to digest adding wheat flour makes these cheelas light and easy to digest. Normal besan ka cheelas are crisp and firm but these pancakes (cheelas) are crisp from outside and soft from inside. Ingredients required and detailed instructions for the recipe are as follows:

Preparation Time : 5 minutes | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves :4
Recipe Category: Breakfast Recipes | Recipe Cuisine: North Indian

Ingredients:

Bengal gram flour- ½ cup
Wheat flour-1/2 cup
Salt-to taste
Fenugreek or methi leaves-1/2 cup
Turmeric powder-1/8 teaspoon
Green chillies-2
Water-3/4 cup
Oil-1 -1 tablespoon

Method:

1. clean, chop and wash fenugreek leaves.
2. Chop green chilies
3. In a bowl add bengal gram flour, wheat flour, salt, turmeric powder, fenugreek leaves green chilies and water. Mix it well, batter should be of pouring consistency, you can add more water if required.
4. Heat griddle or pan, apply some oil over it.
5. Before pouring batter over it, stir the batter once, and pour one tablespoon of batter over hot griddle, spread it with the help of spoon in circular motion to give the shape of cheela.

6. Let it cook for a minute on medium heat, you will see batter is drying up, and pancake's side are leaving the surface of pan, pour some drops of oil on the sides of pancake and few drops over it.
7. With the help of spatula turn methi cheela from one side and let is cook from other side.
8. Repeat the same process with the remaining batter to make pancakes.
Delicious fenugreek pancakes are ready to serve.
If looking for other breakfast recipes, you can also try green moong dal paratha, tomato onion uttapam and pudina paratha.

Notes:

Batter should be of pouring consistency, stirring once before pouring it over pan helps even distribution of fenugreek leaves.
If it is cooked properly and is golden in color from one side than turn it else pancakes will break.
You can also add some soya leaves along with fenugreek leaves for flavorful pancakes.

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Chilke Wali Moong Daal

Chilke wali Moong Dal
By Sandhya Khattri
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Serves: 4 servings
Chilke wali moong dal is very light, healthy & full of fibre, this recipe is simple and easy to prepare, I usually cook it with any dry vegetable like karela or bhindi or with pakodas for hubby’s tiffin. This does’nt requires any preparations hence it can be cooked quickly. Ingredients required and detailed instructions for the recipe are as follows:
Ingredients:
Moong dal-1 cup
Tomatoes-3-4
Green chillies- 3-4
Grated ginger-1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder-1/2 teaspoon
Salt-to taste
For tempering:
Ghee-1 tablespoon
Cumin seeds-1/2 teaspoon
Crushed garlic-1 teaspoon
Red chilli powder-1/2 teaspoon
Instructions:

Wash and soak moong dal for 15 minutes.
In a pressure cooker add dal, tomatoes, ginger, chopped green chillies, turmeric , salt and one glass of water.Pressure cook till one whistle on high flame, adjust the flame to medium, let it cook for another 6-8 minutes(2 more whistles).
Let it cool completely , check dal is soft and cooked completely.

Mix it with wooden churner, adjust the consistency of dal according to your taste by adding more water.
Place the pressure cooker on high flame let it boil.
In a tadka pan heat ghee add garlic to it, as it turns to pinkish in color add cumin seeds, as they crackle add red chilli powder to it , immediately pour tadka on dal, as red chilli powder burns quickly( you can switch off the flame before adding red chilli powder to it, as ghee is hot enough to cook red chillies.
Notes: After pressure cooking if you think that dal is not soft accordingly, after adding tempering to it, cover the lid and pressure cook till one whistle, this way aroma of garlic properly blends with dal.

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Honey Banana Shake

Honey Banana Shake
By Sandhya Khattri

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 0 seconds
RecipeYield2 servings
Honey Banana Shake is a healthy breakfast drink recipe, loaded with the richness of honey, banana & milk. A whole some drink that boasts your energy levels instantly.Ingredients required and instructions for the recipe are as follows.
Milk- 2 glasses
Bananas-4
Honey-1tablespoon
Ice cubes-1/2 tray
Instructions:

Peel bananas and chop them.
In a blending jar add banana pieces, milk, honey & ice cubes.
Blend till smooth.
Serve immediately.
Notes Prepare it just before serving as due to oxidization color of shake darkens after few minutes.
If you using hand blender don’t add ice cubes as hand blender’s motor is not strong enough to crush the ice, add ice cubes after preparing the shake.

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