Paalak Raita

One more interesting recipe which is extremely healthy and can be included in your daily diet. Extremely simple to make..and tangy !!!

Ingredients:(For 4 people)

Spinach (1 small bunch)
Curd (4 bowls)
Green Chilly (1 nos.)
Chat masala
Cumin seed powder
Salt as per taste

Method:
1. Blanch Spinach in water for a few minutes till they become a little soft
2. Drain the water and let the leaves cool down
3. Grind the leaves with a green chilly and keep aside
4. Beat the curd
5. Mix the spinach paste into curd
6. Add salt and sprinkle a little cummin powder and chat masala as per taste

Awesome tangy Paalak Raita is ready to serve.

Palaak Panner

Here is one of my favorite Paalak Paneer recipe which is simple, yummy and healthy!

Ingredients:

Spinach (1 big bunch)

Cottage Cheese / Paneer (200 gms)

Onion (1 large)

Tomato (1 large)

Oil (1 tbsp)

Garlic (1 tsp)

Ginger (1 tsp)

Turmeric powder

Red chilly powder

Cumin seeds (1/2 tsp)

Coriander powder (1/2 tsp)

Garam Masala (1/4 tsp)

Lemon juice (1 tsp)

Salt (as per taste)

Method:

1. Roughly chop spinach and boil it in a pressure cooker with half glass of water for one whistle
2. Once the boiled spinach is cool, grind it to make a paste and keep aside
3. In a frying pan, add oil
4. Fry cumin seeds, garlic, chopped onions and garlic
5. Once onions turn brown, add chopped tomatoes. Keep frying until tomatoes are done
6. Add turmeric powder and red chilly powder and fry for sometime
7. Put the spinach paste.
8. Add salt, cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and cook on medium flame for 5 minutes
9. Add paneer pieces
10. Delicious Palaak Paneer is ready to serve with rice or chapattis

Benefits of Green Leafy Vegetables

Remember your grandma telling you that its important to eat green leafy vegetables even if you hated the taste of it… well here are some of the benefits of including green leafy vegetables in your daily diet.

1. Leafy vegetables are rich in acid, vitamin C, potassium and magnesium and contain phytochemicals like lutein, beta-cryptoxanthin, zeaxanthin, and beta-carotene. They also are high in dietary fiber and rich in folic acid. Being low in calories and fat, they are ideal for weight management.
2. Being high in Vitamin K, they are an important source of protein and go a long way in maintaining bone health, especially for aging women that are now increasingly prone to osteoporosis.
3. Beta-carotene and Vitamin A improves immune system
4. Vitamin K present in leafy vegetables regulates blood clotting, and also prevent inflammatory diseases like arthritis.
5. Greens are almost carb-free!


These are just some of the reasons that justify the inclusion of green leafy vegetables in your daily diet.

Some healthy green recipes!

Importance of Breakfast

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day they say..

Well..I am sure everyone knows this by now. Too much has been said about the importance of not skipping the breakfast. In fact, breakfast should be the heaviest meal you have during the day. The time gap between dinner and morning breakfast is practically 8 to 9 hours!

A healthy breakfast can include cereals, oats, brown bread sandwiches, salads or even traditional preparations like vegetable paranthas (with less amount of oil applied on it), pohe, upma etc.

There are ways to make even a simple breakfast a very healthier one. Try incorporating simple options like the ones described below to your regular breakfast and notice the improvement in your appetite and overall well being. These are:

1. Add sprouts in sandwiches
2. Avoid sugar, go sugar free
3. Include healthier options instead of butter...like peanut butter
4. Include homemade chutneys like mint chutney, tamarind chutney instead of ready made sauces as they carry preservatives
5. Add apple or any seasonal fruit to your normal breakfast meal
6. A small bowl of sprouts with a few soaked peanuts and jaggery increases hemoglobin level in the body

Simple rules for healthy living

Everyone wants to be healthy. Some of the most common health issues that are heard very often now are indigestion, acidity, viral fever, heart diseases, common cold and even hair loss. Stress is now a part and parcel of our lives and cannot be completely avoided. However, impact of stress can be considerably reduced or even eliminated by maintaining a healthy life style. By incorporating simple and small changes in our lives we can live a healthy life but also improve your immune system to fight diseases. Through this blog we will assist to make such small and simple changes to better your’s and your family’s lives.


There are only two simple and fundamental things that come to our minds when we talk about living healthy lives.


First one…you guessed it ...Eat Right


Next…you again guessed it…Regular Exercise


Let’s admit it. We cannot eat healthy all the time. Marketing departments of snack companies will make sure that junk food items enter our lives. We cannot avoid them completely. Chips, Burgers and Pizzas are now the first thing that comes to our mind when we are travelling, shopping in a mall or watching a movie. Nevertheless, by making small changes in our diet and following them as a rule will save us from spoiling our health by eating junkies. Follow these 5 simple rules:


1. Don’t avoid breakfast


2. Include green and leafy vegetables in your daily diet


3. Avoid carbohydrates in the night


4. Drink an extra glass of water


5. Have a fruit every evening