Healthy alternatives for the festive season, Check Here

NEW DELHI: India is a land of different cultures and traditions where festivals play an important role in bringing people closer. The contagious festive spirit witnesses a surge of a different level as soon as the month of October and November approach and the incredible diversity of the country can be seen in the wide array of religious and cultural festivals, celebrated differently all across the nation.

However, amid all the fun and enjoyment, festivals are also the time when people overindulge in different delicacies which can lead to weight gain and other issues. Thankfully, there are plenty of healthy alternatives which can help your maintain your health goals. Sushma P S, Chief Dietician — Jindal Naturecure Institute, Bengaluru, shares few easy recipes to keep in mind:

Sattu laddu

Ingredients: Sattu powder (Barley powder: roasted, lala channa powder; 1:2): 200gms, organic jaggery: 150gms, elaichi powder: 1tsp, refined sunflower oil: 60ml, seasame seed roasted: 1tbsp.

Method: Heat the pan and add Sattu powder, roast till it's brown, when it is done, add organic jaggery to the Sattu mixture along with Elaichi powder and oil for binding, make the mixture into round shapes and coat them with sesame seeds.

Spruots dahi Vada

Ingredients: Moong/ mixed sprouts: 100gms, onion : 1 chopped, coriander leaves: few chopped, chilli powder: i½ tsp, dhania powder: 1½ tsp, salt to taste, chutney, tamarind and dates chutney; green coriander chutney.

For Dahi Vada: Thick curd: 1cup, urad dhal: 100gms, salt: 1 pinch.

Method:

For Dahi Vada: Soak urad dal and grind it to a fine paste. Make the batter into small vadas. Steam the vada stuffed with sprouts. Dip this steamed vadas in curd and garnish with the above ingredients and chutney.

Chatpati Chutney

Ingredients: Green capsicum- 2 nos, onion (chopped) - 1 nos, ginger -2 tsp, tamarind-50 gm, salt & green chilli - to taste

Method: Steam capsicum, onion, ginger, tamarind juice. Then add the other ingredients to it. Grind them together into a fine paste

Green Vegetable Pancakes

Ingredients: Wheat flour: 100gms, Besan: 50gms, Methi and Palak leaves: 150gms, tomato: 20gms, green chillies: 1 no, onion: 2, garlic: 4 cloves

Method: Mix all the ingredients and make them into small pancakes.

Oats Porridge

Ingredients: oats: 200g, flax seeds powder: 10gms, sunflower seeds powder: 10gms, salt and pepper: to taste, sesame seeds (white): 1½tsp, water -1/2 litre.

Method: Cook the oats with the ingredients in water for 20 minutes and serve. (IANS)

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