Category Archives: Starters
Baked golden baby corn fingers – Vegan
About:
Baby corn fingers are refreshing and healthy change for potato crisps. Baked baby corn fingers is quick to make and healthy to eat. It can be served as a starter/mid-meal snack.
They are usually deep fried as a variation have Baked them. For baking different methods are used like marinating etc., for crispiness have used Rice and corn flour. As a vegan options have used coconut milk. This version is similar to Golden fried baby corn hence no spices are used.
Serves: 2-3
Preparation time: 15mins
Cooking time: 15mins (For Babycorn)
Baking time: 25mins
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Okra stuffed with Chickpeas – Baked or Cooked
About:
Stuffed/bharwa bhindi is a spicy delicious dish filled with the spices and cooked which makes a lovely side dish/appetizer. Here in this recipe have stuffed mashed chickpeas and spices which will gives a delicious nutlike taste and texture that is buttery and pasty.
Health Benefits:
Chickpeas or garbanzo beans have a lot of health benefit as they are filled with fiber, protein and iron and lowers the bad cholesterol.
Okra is a popular vegetable in many countries; Okra pods has a slimy feel due to presence of mucilage, it can be reduced by drying it well and sauting with tamarind paste, lemon juice, curd.
Okra mucilage contains soluble fiber and helps to bind the bile acids, cholesterol and toxins in the digestive tract, preventing their absorption and facilitating their removal-thus lowering cholesterol.
Okra acts as a natural diuretic for the kidneys and reduces the toxins in the blood.
So enjoy this stuffed okra as a healthy dish.
Yields: 2-3 servings
Preparation time: 20mins
Cooking OR Baking time: 20mins
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