Moog Dal Pakore Holi Recipe

Ingredients for Moog Dal Pakore

Moog dal [yellow dal] – 1 cup [soaked in water for 2 hours]

Green chillies – 5

Asafoetida -- 1 pinch

Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp [chopped]

Coriander seeds -- 1 tsp [crushed]

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp [roasted and powdered]

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

Method of Preparing Moog Dal Pakore

Drain the moog dal and gind coarsely in mixer grinder. Mix all the ingredients except oil.

Heat oil in a pan and drop pakores with wet hand or a spoon.

Fry on medium flame until crisp and golden brown. Drain and place into a tissue paper.

Serve hot with green chutney

Bhang ke Pakore Holi Recipe

Bhang ke Pokore is an integral recipe of Holi festival. Learn How to make tasty Bhang ke Pokore in this Holi festival.

Ingredients for Bhang ke Pakore

Potatoes – 200 gms

Onions – 150 gms

Califlower—200 gms

Spinach – 100 gms

Basen – 250 gms

Soda bi-carb – 1 pinch

Bhang seed powder – 10gms

Ajwain – 5 gms

Asafoetida – 1 pinch

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp

Salt to taste

Oil for frying

Method of Preparing Bhang ke Pakore

Peel and cut all the vegetables.  Mix the flour with soda bi-carb, ajwain, salt, red chili powder, turmeric powder and bhang seed powder.

Add enough water to make a thick batter. Heat the oil in a pan. Dip the vegetables in the batter and deep fry in hot oil on medium flame until golden brown.

Serve hot with green chutney

How to Make Barley Soup for Diabetics

Barley is a low fat cereal. It is good for diabetic patients. It is however a great source of protein, iron and fiber.

Ingredients for Barley soup

Brown barley – 1 cup

White stock-- 2 cups

Carrot –1 [chopped]

Onion – 1 [chopped]

Fresh mint leaves –1 sp [chopped]

Butter – 1 tbsp

Milk – 1 cup

Salt to taste

Pepper powder to taste

Little fresh parsley

Method of Preparing Barley soup

Cook barley, in white stock for 1  hour on low flame.  Add chopped vegetables and cook for further 20 minutes.

Sieve and reheat in a pan with milk and butter. Add salt and pepper Stir gently and transfer into soup bowls and garnished with chopped parsley leaves.

Serve hot

NamakPara Holi Recipe

Namakpara is the traditional Indian snack. Learn, how to make easy Namakpara in this Holi festival.

Ingredients for NamakPara

Flour [maida] – 1 cup

Semolina [sooji] – ½ cup

Warm Ghee or Refined Oil – 2 tbsp

Curd Beaten – 1 tbsp

Ajwain – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Method of Preparing NamakPara

Mix flour, ajwain, salt and warm ghee or refined oil. Add enough water and knead tight dough. Cover this dough with a wet cloth for 20 minutes.

Make balls from the dough and roll them into ½ inch thick chapattis. Now with the helped knife cut vertically and then into horizontally to get diamond shaped strips.

Heat oil in a pan and fry the diamond shaped strips on medium flame, till they are crisp and golden brown.

Drain out the excess oil and place them in kitchen towel. Fry all the strips in the same way. Allow to cool and store in an air tight container.

It can be stored for 2-3 weeks.

Bhang Tandai Holi Recipe

Ingredients for Bhang Tandai

Milk – 1 cup

Almond – 1 tbsp

Sugar – 1 ½ cups

Melon seeds – ½ tsp [dried and skinned]

Poppy seeds – ½ tsp

Ani seeds – ½ tsp

Pepper corns – 1 tsp

Bhang Leaves – ½ cup

Cardamom powder – 1 tsp

Water – 1 ½ liter

Fresh rose petals – ¼ cup

Method of Preparing Bhang Tandai

Soak all the dry ingredients in a2 cups of water for 2 hours. And grind in a mixer grinder to make a fine paste. Put ½ liter water and mix the sugar in it.

Add the remaining water into the paste and strain with a muslin strainer to extract the liquid in a bowl, till the residue become dry

Add the milk into the strained mixture. Mix sugar syrup and cardamom powder. Garnish with chopped almonds and rose petals

Chill before serving. 

Ragi Popcorn Diabetic Recipe

Highly nutritious cereal, good for  mainly diabetic patients, which is rich in calcium, protein and iron.It is good for physical hard working people also. Learn how to make easy Ragi pop corn

Ingredients for Ragi Popcorn

Ragi – ½ kg

Jaggery – 100 gms

Dry coconut –100 gms

Milk or water

Method of Preparing Ragi Popcorn

Clean and roast the ragi in a pan without oil, until it popup like popcorn. Grind the roasted ragi in a mixer grinder.

Grate dry coconut and jiggery. Add the grated jiggery and coconut into the ragi powder and mix well.

It can be stored in an airtight container for a month.

Whenever required take ½ cup of ragi mix and add water or milk. Mix well and serve

This is a good food for diabetic patients

Ragi Health Drink Diabetic Recipe

Ingredients for Ragi Health Drink

Ragi – 100 gms

Wheat – 50 gms

Chick Pea – 50 gms

Barley – 10 gms

Maize – 10 gms

Almond – 15 gms

Cashew nuts – 10 gms

Cardamom Powder – ¼ tsp

Poppy seeds – 10 gms

Method of Preparing Ragi Health Drink

Roast all the ingredients except cardamom without oil. Powder these in mixer grinder. Add the cardamom powder and mix well. Fill in a air tight container.  This powder can be used for a month.

Whenever required, mix 2 spoonfuls of ragi mix powder in a glass of water and boil. Add ½ glass of milk and sugar [optional] to taste.

This Ragi mix drink is very healthy and nutritious.