काबुली सींक (Kabuli sink)

पालक स्टफ्ड बाटी (Spinach Stuffed Bati)

क्या चाहिए

बाटी के आवरण के लिए- 250 ग्राम मल्टीग्रेन आटा, 1 छोटा चम्मच बेकिंग पाउडर व सौंफ, 1/2 छोटा चम्मच मीठा सोडा व हल्दी, स्वादानुसार नमक, 1 बड़ा चम्मच घी।

भरावन के लिए- 250 ग्राम पालक, 1/2 कप बेसन, स्वादानुसार नमक, 1 छोटा चम्मच जीरा, धनिया पाउडर व बारीक कटी हरी मिर्च, चुटकीभर हींग, 1/4 छोटा चम्मच लाल मिर्च पाउडर, 1/2 छोटा चम्मच अमचूर व गरम मसाला, 1 बड़ा चम्मच बारीक कटा अदरक व तेल।


ऐसे बनाएं

बाटी के आवरण की सामग्री एकसार करें। इसमें थोड़ा-थोड़ा पानी डालते हुए कड़ा आटा गूंध लें। एक पैन में तेल गर्म करें। इसमें जीरा, सौंफ, अदरक, हरी मिर्च, हींग डालकर भून लें। बारीक कटी पालक व नमक डालकर धीमी आंच पर पकाएं। बेसन व सभी मसाले डालकर थोड़ा और भूनें। मिश्रण कड़ाही छोड़ने लगे, तो गैस बंद कर दें। बाटी बनाने के लिए आटे की लोइयां बनाएं। प्रत्येक लोई को हथेली पर फैलाएं। भरावन भरकर किनारों को समेटते हुए पुन: लोई का आकार देकर हल्का-सा दबा दें। पहले से गर्म गैस तंदूर में सुनहरी होने तक बाटियां सेंक लें।


What 

Bati for the cover - Maltigren 250 grams flour, 1 tsp baking powder and fennel, 1 / 2 tsp sweet soda and turmeric, salt to taste, 1 tablespoon melted butter. 

For filling - 250 grams spinach, 1 / 2 cup gram flour, salt to taste, 1 tsp cumin seeds, coriander powder and finely chopped green pepper, Chutkibr asafoetida, 1 / 4 tsp red chili powder, 1 / 2 tsp dried mango powder and garam seasoning, 1 tablespoon finely chopped ginger and oil. 

Create a 

Bati to shake up the contents of the cover. It sup knead the dough by putting the bike hard. Heat oil in a pan.The cumin, fennel, ginger, green chillies, asafoetida pour Saute. Finely chopped spinach and salt Cook on low flame. Put flour and all spices and fry a little. Mixture began to leave the pan, turn off the gas. Bati Loiyan to make flour. Spread the dough on the palm. Filling to the edges entering the deadly clashes again with dough the size of the light - a little push. The hot gas in the oven until golden bike Batian heat.

मटर के समोसे (Pea samosas)

चिकन ड्रमस्‍टिक (Chicken drumstick)

सामग्री

चिकन ड्रमस्टिक बनाने के लिए हमे चाहिए 5 चिकन ड्रमस्टिक या फिर लेग पीस, 1 टेबलस्‍पून अदरक और लहसुन का पेस्‍ट, 1 टेबलस्‍पून लाल मिर्च पाउडर, 4 हरी मिर्च, 1 टेबलस्‍पून सिरका, 2 टेबलस्‍पून बारीक कटी हुई धनिया पत्ते, 1 बाउल क्रश्‍ड कॉर्न फ्लैग के दाने, थोड़ी कालीमिर्च, 1 कप आटा, फ्राई करने के लिए तेल, नमक स्‍वाद अनुसार

विधी

सबसे पहले चिकन के लेग पीस पर 1 इंच का चीरा बनाकर उसे सिरका में डुबो दे, जब तक चिकन के पीस सिरके में भीगें तब तक पैन में अदरक, लहसुन और हरी मिर्च को फाई कर लें। इसके बाद आटे में लाल मिर्च पाउडर, कालीमिर्च, धनिया की कटी हुई पत्‍ती, नमक, अदरक, लहसुन और क्रश्‍ड कार्न फ्लैग और हरी मिर्च के फाई पेस्‍ट को अच्‍छी तरह से मिला लें।
थोड़ा सा पानी डाल कर पूरे मिश्रण का पेस्‍ट तैयार कर लें ध्‍यान रहें पेस्‍ट कड़ा हो न कि पतला। इसके बाद पैन में तेल को थोड़ा गरम कर लें और चिकन को पेस्‍ट में अच्‍छी तरह से लपेट कर तेल में धीमी आंच पर फाई करें जब तक उसका रंग हल्‍का सुनहरा न हो जाए। जब चिकन क्रिस्‍पी फॉय हो जाए तो उसे टिशू पेपर पर रख दें इससे चिकन के ऊपर लगा एक्‍ट्रा वॉयल निकल जाएगा। इसे आप सॉस और कटे प्‍याज के साथ खा सकते हैं।


Material 
We need to make chicken drumstick chicken drumstick or leg piece 5, 1 Teblspun ginger and garlic paste, 1 Teblspun red chili powder, 4 green chillies, 1 Teblspun vinegar, 2 Teblspun finely chopped coriander leaves, 1 Bowl Krsd corn Flag seeds, a little pepper, 1 cup flour, oil for frying, salt to taste 
Method 
Piece of chicken on the first leg by 1 inch incision to drown it in vinegar until the pieces of chicken to the pan Bigen in vinegar, ginger, garlic and green pepper to make the fi. The flour, chilli powder, pepper, chopped coriander leaves, salt, ginger, garlic and corn Krsd flag and green chili paste fi mix well. 
Put a little water to make paste of the mixture being careful not to toughen the thin paste. Take a little hot oil in the pan and wrap well in paste chicken simmered in oil until its color light-Fi is not golden. Foy is the Crispy Chicken Put it on tissue paper on top of the chicken will get Aktra voile. You can eat it with sauce and chopped onion.

Spicy is the New Hot!! - Avocado Cayenne Dip

Avocado Cayenne Dip

I love avocados!!  They taste amazing, they're easy to prepare, and even with minimal ingredient, they have a wonderful flavor. This Avocado Cayenne Dip needs:

• 2 Avocados cut in small pieces
• ½ Lime - juiced
• 2 tsp homemade Cayenne Pepper paste
• 2 drops Scotch Bonnet hot sauce (for extra spice)
• ½ tsp Black pepper ground
• pinch of salt

All you need now are crackers or chips or bread.

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My all time favorite & Quick Avocado recipe is slicing the Avocado in half, removing the pit. Using a knife, slice the flesh of the avocado in a grid shape (making sure to keep the outer layer in tact - it'll be your bowl). On the side prepare a sauce consisting of, Juice of ¼ or ½ a lemon, (up to) a clove of garlic, and a little sprinkle of salt. Pour the sauce over the avocado flesh and mix it in.  The spoon is the last thing you'll need before you can start enjoying!!

Base-ically Nuts!

Mini Nut Crackers with Spicy Chicken & Tomato Topping

Nuts are a wonderful addition to foods, when in search of a healthy diet. Fiber full - nuts can clean your digestive system, help in losing weight & add plenty of nutrients to the body

To prepare this recipe, you'll need a Handful each ofwalnuts, almonds, pinenuts, coconut powder, and driedfigs. A tablespoon of Kalonji and 2 tablespoons of Flax seed all mixed together and ground into a powder. 


I added some turmeric to the mix and a drop or 2 of water. Now u have a dough like paste. 

Flatten in to crackers and bake until golden.




The crackers taste wonderful as is! Very similar to a nut filled granola bar. You can add a little bit of natural sweetener and you've got yourself a nut filled cookie. I didn't find the need for sugar (maybe because I added dried figs to the mix, which probably gave it it sweetness.)  You can change the recipe to your liking, add more of what you like, or eliminate what you don't like. Plus there are plenty of other nuts that weren't included here, that you can include if you like.




Or you can add any toppings you'd like. 

Here I have stir fried chicken, with fresh tomatoes, fresh purple cabbage and fresh hot peppers. My spices for the chicken consisted of cayenne of course, and Cajun spices.

Wholy Wheat & Nuts

Whole Wheat & Nuts


Great as a snack or a breakfast. This dish is filled with nutrients, vitamins and dietary fibres. It consists of boiled whole wheat (which unlike porridge - keeps it's shape due to the outer layer of the 'whole' wheat)  it's this skin in whole wheat that provides us with the whole wheat health benefits. As for the nuts, a mix of natural raw almonds, raw pistachios, and raw walnuts are added. Take note that they are raw, this is the best way to get all the benefits and nutrients from nuts.  


This dish is beneficial for Digestive Health, Heart health & Mental Health.

 
HOW TO:

This recipe is trés simple. 
Portion size: 2

½ cup Whole Wheat
2 ½ cup Boiled Water

¼ cup Mixed Raw Nuts (Walnuts, Whole Almonds, Green Pistachios)
½ tsp Honey 



You could also add:
2 tbsps of Shredded Coconut (powder)
2 tbsps Dried fruits (Raisins, prunes, apricots, figs, dates)
OR
2 tbsps Pomegranate Arils

 


 DIRECTIONS:

• It's best if the nuts are soaked in water over night, or less - but if you are making it on the spot you can use non-soaked nuts.
• In a pot boil the whole wheat for about 30 minutes.
• Drain whole wheat of water, and let cool slightly
• Mix in nuts (coconut) & Honey
• Enjoy

I have to admit, I sometimes cheat with this recipe, and add sugar instead of honey - Against what I preach since I think sugar is one of the "deadly whites", but I sometimes prefer the taste that sugar adds to this recipe. So since your tastes buds may not be familiar to this recipe, I suggest you train them with a healthier option for sweetening.

Note: With the addition of dried fruits, you could avoid addition of sugar or sweetening agents since they'd provide with the 'sugars'

Wild Purple & Yellow Breakfast

  
Today I woke up with the thought of making breakfast. Initial thought was eggs, but I needed more oomph to the dish. Not having an idea as to what's in the fridge, I opened it to notice some boiled beets, & boiled quinoa.  I felt like I needed more ingredients, so I opened the vegetable drawer to find some yams and orange bell peppers.  All ingredients out of the fridge, now I needed to figure out what to make.



Ingredient List:

Eggs - Quinoa - Beets - Wild Rice - Flax Seed - Raw Almonds - Yam - Orange Bell Peppers - Garlic - Cayenne - Black Pepper - Olive Oil    AND    Blackberries 


Wild Purple Quinoa  
I decided to mix the quinoa with the beets and add some fibre to it. I boiled some wild rice, and also ground flax seed and ground raw almond nuts. 

Yam & Pepper Medley 
For this, I chopped the yam and peppers, (boiled the yams) and then quickly stir fried the with some cayenne and black pepper & garlic. I had accidentally made too much wild rice for the quinoa, so I used the rest here.

Egg
Simple easy sunny side up egg, with a sprinkle of cayenne, blackpepper and salt.

Blackberry Beet juice
to top this all off I made a juice to drink later on as a mini snack. I say snack, because along with the beets and blackberries & orange juice, I added ground flax seed and ground raw almonds. These provide you with the nutrients, without altering the taste of the juice. Please note NO SUGAR was added. Blackberries alone give the sweet taste, and Beets are usually a source of sugar.. so don't add the sugar if you don't need it.

Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple Cider Vinegar


It's probably the last thing one might think of regarding a healthy diet; but apple cider vinegar goes a long way in helping us to sustain our bodies. It's a great aid for weight loss, it improves heart health, eliminate heartburn or acid reflux and, even helps your liver.




Digestion, Weight-loss & ACV: 

• Apple cider vinegar helps control cravings by reducing ghrelin (the 'hunger' hormone that's produced due to an empty stomach). 
• Keeps you feeling full for longer. By having the ability to delay the gastric emptying time, ACV allows you not to get hungry as quickly.  
• ACV can also improve nutrient absorption - helps specific digestive enzymes and beneficial bacteria.
• Helps in breaking down fat.
• Fixes your pH balance.

Cardiovascular 'Heart' Health:

• Helps in reducing the hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis)
• Also helps in reducing high cholesterol and hypertension, without any side effects.
• It has also been reported that a daily dose of apple cider vinegar in water has high blood pressure under control in two weeks! 

Gatorade be Gone.. Electrolyte Boost

•  Apple Cider vinegar has the same effects as all those thirst quenching drinks. Its full of electrolytes.  

Sore Throat? :

• Gargle with two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and a quarter cup (pre-boiled) lukewarm water. It kills what you don't want. Try it and notice the difference.

 Diabetic? Perhaps Apple Cider Vinegar can help:

• Helps in lowering body's need for insulin. By slowing the release of sugar from your food into the bloodstream, ACV can aid in controlling & stabilizing blood glucose levels, in turn affecting insulin production and taking stress off your pancreas. 
• When your blood sugar is balanced, you are less likely to crave carbohydrates.

Protect thy Liver... you need it!! 

• The acetic acid present in apple cider vinegar may have the ability to protect our liver cells.

Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion, Upset Stomach..... oooh

• Apple Cider Vinegar is almost always an immediate relief for all the above. The upside to ACV (as compared to the tums and pink fluids) is that it helps treat and potentially cure long term. While most heartburn relief medications are a cover up that mask the problem, this vinegar also improves nutrient absorption. helps specific digestive enzymes and beneficial bacteria (pro-biotic).

External Use - Cleanse your body:

• Use apple cider vinegar for acne, or even to cleanse your face.
• Soak in a tub of water and some apple cider vinegar to balance your body's pH.
• Can help in reducing dandruff

Be Clean & Green - Household Cleaner:

• With it's anti-viral properties both inside and outside the body - ACV has also proved itself worthy on counter tops too. Replace chemical cleaners (that can be fatal to our hormones) for apple cider vinegar and water to kill bacteria and viruses that can linger on surfaces. Sometimes it may shock you, but these natural product cleaners can sometimes outdo the chemical cleaners. Give it a try!

Although I usually like to write short and sweet, it's a shame not to include all the other known benefits of apple cider vinegar. So here what else it can benefit you with:  cures for allergies (including pet, food and environmental), sinus infections, acne, high cholesterol, flu, chronic fatigue, candida, acid reflux, sore throats, contact dermatitis, arthritis, enhances appearance of complexion, eczema, and gout.

 HOW TO: 

Salad Dressings, Marinades, Sauces, Dips, Juice, or take it as a shot of alcohol (with water).

DRINKS

Recipe 1: My top recipe is a couple tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in a cup of water
Recipe 2: Variation of recipe one is to do my D'tox drink: full lemon squeezed in cup of water with 2tbsp acv.
                   (you could add honey to taste, but it's better without - opt for natural sweeteners like stevia )
Recipe 3: ACV Cocktail - 1 tbsp  apple cider vinegar + 1 cup Sparkling water + ½tsp maple syrup

SALAD DRESSINGS

Recipe 1:  Mustard-Shallot Vinaigrette

1 tbsp minced shallot
1 teaspoon dry mustard
¼ teaspoon dry granulated garlic
¼ cup raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar
¾ cup extra virgin olive oil (more or less depending on how thick you make the vinaigrette)
sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 

Recipe 2:  Pizzeria Style Vinaigrette
¼ cup raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
½ teaspoon dry granulated garlic
½ teaspoon dry mustard
¾ cup extra virgin olive oil – more or less as you like it
sea salt & freshly ground pepper to taste

Recipe 3: Sun Dried Tomato dressing
11/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar 
1/2 lemon - juice
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 tsp honey
1 tsp mustard (powder or liquid)
2 tbsp mixed fresh or dried herbs (choose from basil, rosemary, dill, chives, dried onion bits, thyme, sage, parsley)
2 - 3 cloves fresh garlic chopped
5-6 drops of hot red pepper sauce (or to taste)
2 tbsp. sun dried tomatoes.
Optional:  add 2 tbsp. capers

 

Don't take Apple Cider Vinegar on it's own, the acid can be too harsh on the throat. Mixing & diluting it with a little bit of water is all you need.

Remember Apple Cider Vinegar has a strong taste, if you're not used to it yet, you could always start with a lower dosage, and work your way up.  If you can't go without adding some type of sweetener then opt for something natural. Please avoid the artificial sweeteners at all costs and if possible least for the white sugar last.