Tasty Vegetable Jalfrezi February 5, 2008

This is one of the dishes which I usually find in any party. It is easy to make and the adding cashewnut paste makes a big difference to this dish.  

    
Ingredients

Onions- 3
Tomatos-4
Cashewnut-8
Paneer- 500 grams
Carrot (chopped in thin slices)-2
Green bell pepper chopped in thin slices-2
Salt
garam masala
Green chilli -4
red chilli powder
sugar -1 spoon
curd – 2 teaspoons
ghee -4 teaspoons
Coriander- 1bunch
 

Method

• Make gravy mixing cashewnut, tomato, onion , greenchilli.(put cashew in hot water for 10 min before making gravy, this will soften the cashews and easy to blend)
• Put ghee in kadhai and add the puree in it. Let it boil for a while. on other hand put ghee in another vessel and shallow fry all the vegetables and paneer.
• Add red chilli,garammassala, salt,sugar, curd and mix well in the curry.
• Add the fried vegetables in the red gravy. Let it boil for five minutes.
• Sprinkle with coriander leaves. Serve hot with parathas or chapatis.

Tasty recipes for diabetes patients October 31, 2007

Diabetes…it has become a common enemy of humans. The major reason why so many people are getting affected by this disease are today’s sedentery habits and culture, and of course Hereditary phenomen. Diabetes requires strict and stringent rules with regards to lifestyle and eating habits.

I can imagine how hard it is to control when you really want to eat tasty mouthwatering sweets. I have seen my mother go through it and it makes me feel very sad. From now on, I am going to add some diabetes friendly recipes on my website.

Some of the vegetables, fruits and seeds which are good for diabetic patiens are -

• Indian gooseberry
• bittergourd
• tomatoes
• lettuce
• Spinach or palak
• Gongura
• Totakura aaku
• Carrots
• Ladyfinger
• Bottlegourd
• Snakegourd
• Brinjal
• onions
• garlic
• Bengal gram,
• Peanuts
• Soyabean or soya chunks or soya granules
• greengram, (all soaked, or sprouted – not fried)
• Plenty of fruit (they contain simple sugar like fructose), esp. grapefruit, jambul fruit.
• Methi (fenugreek seeds) or menthulu in telugu
• Turmeric powder
• Ginger powder or sonthi podi
• Jamun powder

Those to be avoided: Saturated and polysaturated fats Roots and tubers (potato, sweet potato) rich in carbohydrates Sweet foods, pickles, desserts, chocolates, biscuits, etc. Sucrose containing foods (which requires higher levels of insulin for metabolism).