Eat Healthy with Millets, Palm Jaggery and Cold Pressed Oils
Let’s celebrate diwali, holi and many more in a healthy way! All of these snacks and sweets will remind you of your childhood without compromising on taste!
Omapodi is a delicious snack with the goodness of carom seeds/ajwain/omam. Rice flour and besan are generally used to make this thin sev variety. Since Janmashtami is fast approaching, I thought of sharing this recipe using bajra flour. Millets absorb less oil and stay crisp for a long time.
Manjal Pongal is offered to goddess during Tamil month of Aadi. This is a very simple and unique prashad offered along with Thalagam, a mixed vegetable stew. The pongal is generally prepared in grainy consistency. This is a traditional dish of Thirunelveli District, Tamilnadu. I used Kodo Millet for this recipe.
Happy Holi to all!
Gujiyas are the speciality of this festival. Instead of making the gujiyas with refined flour and sugar, I made a healthy version using ragi flour and natural sweeteners. So, these gujiyas are low in calorie and tastes very good. Try these healthy delicacy and I am sure, you will never like to prepare them the way it is usually done! Enjoy this festival of colours with natural colours and healthy snacks.
This is the 200th Post! Thanks all of you for encouraging me with your comments, validations and motivations. Without your support, this is not possible. I am sharing a sweet dish to celebrate this achievement. Sweet vermicelli or vella semiya is a simple sweet dish made out of millet vermicelli and jaggery. Nowadays all kinds of millet vermicelli are available in the market. This dish can be made easily in a few minutes. I used Foxtail millet vermicelli for this recipe.
Aval or poha Puttu is a traditional dish which can be prepared within 10 minutes. A simple easy and healthy dish which even children would love to indulge. I used Finger Millet or Ragi flakes for this recipe.
