ShareFresh, delicious, healthy and bursting with peach flavor!
There’s nothing like a sweet creamy peach milkshake to cool off those summer nights. A couple days I went to the grocery store and found huge, beautiful peaches for an amazing price. Lucky me!

• Peaches -6
• Ice -4 cups
• Honey-to taste

Peel the peaches, chop them and place them in a blender with ice, and blend. To serve, pour the glass half way with the smoothie, add a dash of honey, pour the glass to the top, and top it with one more dash of honey.

ShareKiwi fruit, is one of the top healthy fruits.
Kiwi fruit is rich in vitamins, minerals and protective phytochemicals that promote health and longevity of human life.
What more can one ask for? This amazingly tasty drink is an amazing health drink,a heat buster and an excellent cocktail drink for parties.

• kiwi fruit, diced with some larger chunks for garnish-1cup
• Juice of lime, freshly squeezed-1
• Finely minced ginger-1/4tsp
• Dash of salt- optional
• Sugar syrup-3tbsp
• Ginger Ale(carbonated soft drink flavored with ginger)-8 oz.
• Ice

In a mixing container, add sugar syrup, dash of salt, minced ginger, diced kiwi, and lime juice; mix well.
Pour ginger ale into a chilled serving glass.
Pour juice mix over soda, making sure to swirl minced ginger and kiwi.
Garnish with kiwi and lime rind. Enjoy!

Share have been longing to try baking spring rolls insted of frying them.Finally,I tried it and they turned out to be perfect.

• Chicken boiled and shredded-2cups
• Carrot cut into juliennes-1cup
• Capsium cut into juliennes-1cup
• Cabbage shredded-1cup
• Sliced onion-1cup
• Black pepper powder-to taste
• Salt-to taste
• Ajinimoto- a pinch
• Soy sauce-1tsp
• Oil-to brush rolls

Let it cool.

Filling the spring rolls:

Thaw the spring roll pastry as per the instructions in the package.
Carefully remove a sheet and cover the rest with a moist cloth to prevent drying.
Brush them with oil and bake at 350F for 30-35 minutes or until they are golden brown.
Flip the rolls after 15 minutes and flip them back again after 30 minutes.
The spring rolls were very crispy and tasty.
You would never deep fry your spring rolls again, once you taste this.
These spring rolls can also be made using phyllo pastry sheets,but the fat content is more.

ShareThis is really a simple, quick,healthy and tasty treat that makes a great tv time/ movie time snack.
I have been making this in the microwave and find that it tastes just as good and is just as crunchy as the deep fried ones without the guilt associated with frying and minus the calories of course.

• Raw Peanuts – 1 cup
• Besan – 2tbsp
• Rice flour – 2 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Asafoetida-a pinch
• Crushed garlic-3cloves
• Salt
• Oil – 4-5 tsp

Mix all dry ingredients well.
Sprinkle over the moist groundnuts & mix well for them to get a uniform coating.
Add oil and mix well.
Seperate the peanuts from one another and spread evenly.
Allow to stand for 5 mts.
Remove onto absorbent tissues for the oil to be absorbed completely.
Cool.
Enjoy the crunchy & tasty gultfree peanuts!

ShareI like potatoes in all forms, but if I had to pick a favorite, this healthy baked version would easily be it.
Potatoes are good for you as long as they're cooked in a healthy manner. For those longing to indulge on potato wedges and not feeling guilty,this is a must try.

Ingredients:

•  Medium sized  potatoes, peeled and washed-5
• olive oil-3tbsp
• Garlic powder
• Chilli flakes
• Salt
• Pepper
• Mixed herbs(optional)

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Slice the potatoes with the skin on into even wedges toss well with the other ingredients.
Spread in a single layer on lined baking tray and bake at 375 degrees F until lightly browned and tender.

ShareLight, fluffy and fruity, these pancakes are the perfect special breakfast. Serve them stacked high, with fresh/dry fruits and honey/maple syrup.
In Ramadan, the best and most nutritious "Sohour" is a plate of pancakes with honey and a cup of milk

Ingredients

• All-purpose flour-1 1/2 cups
• Baking powder-2 1/2 tsp
• Salt-1/2 tsp
• Sugar-1tbsp (optional)
• Milk-1 1/4cup
• Egg-1
• Melted butter-2tbsp

SharePongal – a savory pudding made with beautiful combination of lentils and rice tempered with spices and nuts sauteed in Ghee

• Moong Daal -1 cup
• Rice -1 cup
• Cashewnuts -10
• Cumin Seeds- 1 tsp
• Pepper Powder -1tsp
• Curry leaves-5-6
• Chopped Green Chilli -2
• Grated coconut- 3tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Water -4 cups
• Oil/ghee-2tbsp

Take a cooker and heat oil/ghee in it.
Wash moong daal and the rice and keep it separately.
Roast cashew in the oil and keep aside.
Now, add mustard seeds and cummin seeds and curry leaf.
When the mustard seeds start to crackle, add green chilli and fry for a few seconds.
Now, add the moong daal and fry for a minute.
Add water and the washed rice.
Also add coconut, salt and turmeric powder.
Close the cooker and allow it to whistle thrice.
After the cooker cools down, add the pepper powder, cashews and chopped cilantro leaves.
Add more water if required to get a pudding like consistancy.
Serve hot as it is or with  coconut chutney/onion chutney/sambar

ShareA very healthy and tasty milkshake to bust off the heat this summer.
Very simple,can be made in minutes.

Ingredients:

• Milk-1 1/2cup
• Bananas-2, sliced and frozen
• Honey-2tsp
• Vanilla extract-1/2spt
• Ice cubes

Combine all the ingredients together in the blender, blend until smooth.
Add ice cubes if desired.
Serve fresh immediately!

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Ingredients:

• Cumin seed powder-2tbsp
• Mint(pudina) leaves paste-11/2 tbsp
• Corriander leaves paste-1/2 tbsp
• Dry Mango(Amchur) powder-1 tbsp
• Black Salt-1/2 tsp
• Lemon Juice-2tbsp
• Sugar-1/2tsp
• Water(normal/chilled)-2 glasses
• Salt-to taste
• Salted Boondi for garnishing

ShareI'm really fond of soups because it fills me up quickly which means less room for the main course.
One of my favourites is this Chinese restaurant standard - sweet corn soup. It can also have a variety of meat in it.

• Chicken/Vegetable stock cube-1 or 1 liter chicken stock
• Sweet corn kernels-1cup
• Spring onions-few strings
• Cornstarch-2tbsp
• Egg-1(optional)
• Soy sauce-1tsp
• Salt-to taste
• Pepper powder-taste

Dissolve the chicken stock cube in a liter of water
Add the corn kernels to it and pressure cook till creamy and soft.
Chop spring onions and saute for a minute and add the cooked kernels with stock.
Add soy sauce,salt and pepper powder to taste.
Mix together the cornstarch and 1/4 cup water. Set aside.
Whisk the egg until frothy.
Stir in the cornstarch mixture until smooth and bring to a boil.
Add water if required to get desired consistancy
Taste and adjust seasoning with extra salt and pepper if needed.
Serve garnished with chopped green onions on top.

SharePoha chivda is a wonderful healthy snack alternative to the fried ones. This poha chivda recipe has a great shelf life and is so easy to make.

• Thin poha (thin/dry flattened rice)-2cups
• Unsalted peanuts without skin-1/2cup
• Cashew nuts-2tbsp
• Raisins-3tbsp
• Thin slices of dry coconut-10
• Skinned split roasted Black gram(bhuna chana)-1/2cup
• White sesame seeds-1tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Coarsely powdered sugar-1tbsp
• Asafetida-a pinch
• Dried whole red chilies-2
• Turmeric powder-1/2tsp
• Red chili powder-1/2tsp
• Green chilies chopped-6
• Curry leaves-8
• Cooking oil-1/4cup

Serve as teatime snack.

ShareThe Crispy Baked Cauliflower has a nice blend of spices and they are really crispy. A great finger food and healthy snack.It has become such a hit in my house

• 4 cups cauliflowerets
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons cornflour
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
• 1 teaspoon chilli powder
•  Coarse Bread crumbs
• 2 egg whites(optional)
• Red food colour(optional)
• Salt to taste
• Oil

Blanch the cauliflowerets in salted boiling water for about 2mins.
Mix all the ingredients except the oil,cauliflower and bread crumbs.Add enough water to form a thick paste.

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•  Maida (All purpose flour)-1 1/2cups
• Rice flour-1/2cup
• Semolina(sooji)-2tbsp
• Groundnuts-1/2cup(roasted,and coarsely ground )
• Warm water-1/4cup or as required
• Sesame seeds -3tsp
• Oil-1/3 cup
• Melted butter-4 Tbsp
• onion(finely chopped)-1big
• baking soda-1tsp
• green chillies (finely chopped)-3
• Red chilli powder-1/2tsp
• chopped coriander leaves-1/2cup
• Chopped curry leaves-1/2cup
• Sugar-1tsp
•  Salt-to taste

Cover and let it rest for 1/2 an hour.

Divide the dough into equal small balls
Flatten each ball in between your hands and arrange them on the baking tray.Dip fingers in water while flattening the balls.This prevents the nippattu from sticking to hands.
To get really crispy nipattus, flatten the dough really thin