Healthy Indian Vegetarian Recipes

Ingredients :  Flaxseeds - 1/2 Cup  Sesame seeds -  1 Cup  Dry coconut powder -1/2 Cup  Jaggery - 1 Cup  Wheat flour - 1/4 Cup  Ghee - 1/2 Cup  Cashew  nuts - 50 gms  Almonds -50 gms  Cardamom powder - 1 pinch  Method : 1.  Dry roast flaxseeds, sesame seeds , dry coconut powder , almonds, cashew nuts  and wheat flour separately. 2.  Make jaggery into powder. 3.  Later make powder of all ingredients. 4. Then add melted ghee and cardamom powder and  make them into Laddus. Nutritional values : Flax seeds contains  omega3 essential fatty acids , lignans which have both plant estrogen and antioxidants , fibre. Sesame seeds  helps in keeping heart healthy, improves bone health,prevents cancer, controls diabetes.

Ingredients :  Ginger mango -  150 gms  Tamarind pulp - 1 Tablespoon  Salt as per taste  Seasoning -  Chana dal,  urad dal , mustard seeds, jeera , methi seeds, each  one teaspoon ,  red chillies  Jaggery - Little Turmeric powder - One pinch Method of preparation : Soak tamarind in water. Clean ginger with and cut into small pieces.  Make seasoning with the above ingredients. Add ginger, seasoning,  salt , turmeric powder , tamarind pulp into a mixi jar and grind it coarsely.

Ingredients :  Mixed vegetables  -  Drumstick , carrot, beans, raw banana, ash  gourd  ,  snake gourd , yam each half a cup of pieces  Sour yogurt - 2 Tablespoons  Salt as per taste  For paste - Green chillies -2,  Jeera  -1Teaspoon, coconut - Few pieces , curd , make all these ingredients into a fine paste.  Coconut oil -2 Teaspoons  Curry leaves - Few Method of preparation : 1.  Clean all the vegetables with water and cut them into even shape , and boil them in water. 2. Then add the paste , salt , turmeric powder, curry leaves soaked in coconut oil . 3. Seasoning is not compulsory, without seasoning too tastes good . 4. Add one teaspoon of coconut oil to the curry. 5. If you  want to add seasoning, put coconut oil in a pan add mustard seeds, jeera each of one teaspoon . It is a healthy and nutritional curry.

Ingredients :  Ladies finger - 1/2 kg  Salt as per taste  Chilli powder -2 Teaspoons   Besan -100 gms  Oil for frying  Jeera powder - 1 Teaspoon   Coriander powder -1Teaspoon Method of preparation : 1. Clean the ladies finger with water , then cut into pieces. 2. Take a bowl and add besan, chilli powder, salt, jeera powder, coriander powder, besan with little water. 3. Put the pan on the stove add little oil and add ladies finger  and let it get half cooked . 4. Then add the besan mixture to the vegetable and fry till the besan turns the colour. 5.  Serve with hot rice.

Ingredients :  Moong dal - 1/2 Cup  Salt as per taste  Carrot , peas, beans cut into pieces  Curry leaves ,coriander leaves for garnishing  Seasoning - Chanadal, Urad dal,  jeera, mustard seeds,each one teaspoon,dry red chillies two, asoefitida or garlic  Slit green chillies - 2  Turmeric powder one pinch  For the paste : coriander seeds, jeera, pepper, dry coconut scrapped, one teaspoon each green chilli one, ginger one small piece( Grind all the ingredients into a fine paste) Method of preparation :   1. Wash the moong dal with water, cut veg into small pieces ,cook  dal ,veg, slit chillies , in a pressure cooker. 2. Put seasoning , add turmeric powder, salt , curry leaves , coriander leaves and add the paste to it , cook for few mins and serve hot with rice. Nutritional values  :  Moong dal contains protein. dietary fibre ,vit B, calcium , potassium and it is easily digestible food.

Ingredients : Coconut  - 1/2 piece of the coconut Jaggery - 1 Glass Cardamom powder one teaspoon  Raw Rice -  1/2 Glass Water - 2 Glasses Cashew nuts , kismiss one Tablespoon each Saffron  - 2 strands Method of preparation :  1 Cut the coconut into pieces. 2. Soak rice in water for few hours. 3. Grind the rice and coconut pieces into a fine paste. 4. Put a steel bowl on the stove and add water to it , let it boil for few minse . 5. Add the paste to the water and stir it continuously. 6.  Add cardamom powder ,saffron to the payasam 7. Mix jaggery too and stir it well. 8. Till it become semi solid put on the stove, later take out from the stove and add dry fruits fried in the ghee. 9. Serve it hot. Nutritional value : Coconut contains fibre , contains healthy fats, protein, sand various vitamins and minerals. Jaggery acts as a detox,  contains antioxidants and minerals like zinc and selenium, it builds strong immunity.

Ingredients :   Aakakarakaya (Teisel gourd)  - 200 gms   Onions - 3   Dry red chillies - 3   Salt as per taste   Jeera - 2 Teaspoons   Oil for frying   Turmeric powder  one pinch   Curry leaves -  Few leaves   Coriander leaves  - small bunch Method of preparation : 1. Clean the veg with water and cut into circles. 2. And boil them with water till is cooked. 3. Meanwhile grind onions, dry red chillies, curry leaves and jeera  in a mixi jar. 4. Put a pan and add little oil and add the vegetable into it , then add the gravy , salt , turmeric powder into it till it is cooked well. 5. Lastly add coriander leaves to the curry. Nutritional values : Teisel gourd contains fibre and anti-oxidants and very useful for easy digestion. It contains lutein which prevent various eye diseases, cardio vascular diseases and cancer. And it helps in controllling diabetes, seasonal cough, cold and other allergies . ...