If you have a fussy child on your hands, he will love this one! this wrap is a great way to ensure that your children eat their veggies without making a long face. Noodles cooked with loads of vegetables in the oriental style and lined with sweet and sour sauce will be devoured by your kids in no time at all! whole wheat rotis and bean sprouts, of course, add an unmistakably healthy touch to the wrap.
Perk up the ever-popular chilli paneer with rice and stir-fried vegetables prepared in oriental style. The spiciness is enhanced by lacing it with sweet and sour sauce. Though elaborate, the experience is definitely worth the effort!
its only the prep time which is more…. The cooking time is very minimal. So finish your pre-preps and leave the actual cooking and assorting when guests arrive as making the chilli paneer too much in advance might render them chewy.
Zucchini and brinjal sautéed with garlic and layered with a tangy tomato sauce, this delectable baked dish acquires a velvety appearance as it is topped with cheese.
A rich tomato pastry base topped with a mouth-watering selection of vegetables and cheese, this delectable dish will excite your taste buds and set your gastronomic juices working in overdrive!
Yummy, low-cal mushrooms and spring onions - a must for the weight-watchers grocery list, now in a delicious filling, ideally suited for pancakes or whole wheat chapatis.
Reads extremely simple and is also equally easy to make, but this is truly a treat for the palate, and healthy too, thanks to a few modifications in the proportions made to make this recipe
diabetics -friendly!
Indulge in this treat, and even consider serving whole wheat rotis instead of pancakes, to boost the health quotient!
Try other recipes like
Paneer Veggie Wrap or
Veggie Stuffed Quesadillas .
Suggested serving size for 100 calories: 1 pancake
iron and calcium rich sesame seeds, garlic and soya sauce – an irresistible combination of ingredients in an oriental style pancake best served piping hot.
Suggested serving size for 100 calories: 2 wraps
make the best use of aromatic basil, tangy lemon juice, spicy dry red chillies and zesty soya sauce in these remarkable lettuce wraps. Antioxidant rich veggies add loads of health as well.
Suggested serving size for 100 calories: 1 serving
this vibrant snack is a riot of colours with coloured capsicum, red cabbage, sprouts and spring onions. Though rice noodles raise the health quotient by several notches than the plain flour noodles, enjoy this snack in moderation.
Wow, that’s a lot of ingredients in one recipe! But do not let that intimidate you. The more of these vegetables you include in this recipe, the more nutritious it is. In fact, you can just make use of whatever vegetables you have readily at home!
Very similar in taste to rice but healthier, kodri can be used for an unlimited variety of recipes Mexican, Indian and others. The uniqueness of this dish is all thanks to the grinding of garlic and red chilli flakes in a mortar-pestle. Not to forget the splash of colours the coloured capsicums bring in.
It is a wholesome dish full of vegetables, kodri and rajma. And together this combination can give you a calcium and folic acid boost. You can add sweet corn too, as a variation.
The walnut vegetable pate serves as an interesting appetiser. Served over toasted bread triangles make a filling starter. Again feel free to experiment with the accompaniment however chose the low calorie options.
Walnut being a dry fruit is high in calories and fat, however the fat in it is beneficial for health so no worries. But anything in excess is not bad so is true for these healthy nuts too…hence limit your serving size and have it once in a while.
Who can say no to
Thai -style noodles, stir-fried with tofu and bean sprouts, laced with a tinge of ginger and garlic?
Peanuts and bean sprouts impart an exciting crunchy texture to this tangy, easy noodle preparation. Tofu, for its part, boosts the
protein and
iron content of this dish.
I have used rice noodles but added other
fibre-rich veggies, bean sprouts etc to make this recipe
diabetic -friendly.