Category Archives: International
Green mung and Cabbage – Soup
About:
This soup is not only flavourful and amazingly comforting on a freezing cold days. Its packed with health boosting ingredients like lentils, cabbage and the spices adds flavour to the soup.
Health benefits:
Lentils are a healthy and versatile food. They are also inexpensive, making them a great staple for anyone interested in healthy, frugal living. They are probably the fastest cooking of all the legume family, and they don’t require much soaking. Rich in antioxidants, which boosts the immune system. They are also packed with protein, high in iron and folate and very high in fiber, which is good for your digestive and heart health.
Steamed cabbage:
Steaming your cabbage offers health benefits over other types of cooking, such as boiling, because it minimizes nutrient loss during the cooking process. Consuming steamed cabbage boosts your intake of vitamin C and K.
Yields: 4-6 servings
Preparation time: 30-35 minutes
Cooking time: 30-35 minutes
Soaking time: 1 hour
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Stir fried Purple carrot bulgur topped with toasted seeds
About:
This is a simple and flavourful rice dish where i used bulgur and purple carrots as main ingredients. I was attracted by the colour of these carrots, they are not only beautiful in it elegant purple colour, packed with nutrients and have a sweet flavour.
I have made this real super dish using onion and the aromatic flavour from fennel seeds, cinnamon and clove with fresh lime juice and topped with toasted seeds, which adds a crunchy taste to the dish.
This dish would be great for breakfast, lunch and can be served with your favourite curry/gravy.
I served this with chilli sweet potato (recipe to follow soon)
Health Benefits:
Purple carrots aren’t simply a novelty. Their unique color reflects their healthy phytochemical constituents. Not only does ‘purple haze’ have the vitamin a and beta-carotene of ordinary carrots—evident in its orange center—it’s also rich in anthocyanins, the antioxidant compounds that give blueberries their distinctive color and superfood health benefits. Studies have found that these blue and purple pigments can improve memory, enhance vision, protect against heart attacks, act as anti-inflammatories, and even help control weight.
Serves-2
Preparation time-10 minutes
Cooking time-30 minutes
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