DIET KITCHEN

Watermelon banana split:

A Healthy Twist to an Old Favorite

Ingredients

2 bananas
1 medium watermelon
1 cup fresh blueberries
1 cup diced fresh pineapple
1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
1/4 cup caramel fruit dip
1/4 cup honey roasted almonds

Instructions

Peel bananas and cut in half lengthwise then cut each piece in half. For each serving, lay 2 banana pieces against sides of shallow dish. Using an ice cream scooper, place three watermelon "scoops" in between each banana in each dish. Remove seeds if necessary. Top each watermelon "scoop" with a different fruit topping. Drizzle caramel fruit dip over all. Sprinkle with almonds. Makes 4 servings.

Salsa:

2 cans corn kernels, rinsed and drained
2 cans black beans, rinsed and drained
1 purple onion, chopped
2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
¼ cup chopped cilantro
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons mild chili powder
Juice from 2 fresh limes
¼ cup olive oil
Salt to taste
3 cups chopped seedless watermelon

Mix together all ingredients except watermelon until well combined. Gently fold in watermelon. Chill. Serves 12 to 18.

dev,
good to see variety of watermelon receipes. i will try one by one. still climate here is very cold, after 2 or 3 weeks i can try.

Also i tried palak babycorn today, i packed it to my friend's house. we had it with rotis. we all liked it.
Brocoli i made as a starter , one pot bryani as main dish. all the dishes are superhit.
thanks dev

glad u all enjoyed the dishes...:) I'm planning to make one pot biriyani using broken wheat... will try & let u know how it turns out...

Dev, very good cooling recipes for the hot season.
All sound very super.
Thanks, dev.
Kugan98

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Originally Posted by dev

This flavourful subzi is adapted from a recipe by Tarla Dalal to suit my taste.

Scrambled cauliflower:

Grind to a paste -5 cloves garlic, 1" ginger, green chillies, 2 each clove & cardamom, 5-6 peppercorns, 1 tsp cumin & red chilli pwd,turmeric pwd.

Heat a tbsp oil. Add 1 medium onion chopped fine. Fry till light brown.
Add in the paste & cook for 4-5 mmins.
Add puree made from 2 tomatoes.Cook till dry & raw smell goes off.
Add in 1 medium cauliflower grated (abt 2-21/2 cups), salt, lil water. cover & cook till done.
Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve with roti or whole wheat bread.

Note:

U can add lil grated paneer also. In that case add it when the cauliflower is 3/4th cooked.

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Dev, I cooked this dish today.
I am fasting today, so the family enjoyed it.
They said , they cannot see it as a low calorie food.
Tastes wonderful was their comment.
Will do it another day to taste.
Thanks. Kugan98


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K, glad ppl at home liked the low calorie food...:D U can grate the cauliflower for this curry so tht it absorbs all the flavours & taste well... Do try it & taste it another time & let me know your feedback too...:)

Devuda

Pesama oru Puthaham ezhuthunga unga receipes - a vachu , balakumaran mathiri famous ahiduveenga :lol2:

suggestionku rombe nandri,PS... but all these recipes are from my recipe file which means most of it are from some cookery show or the other... or maybe from some blogs... so it cant be called my own recipes... only a few r my own creations...

Broken wheat- veg kanji:

3/4th cup broken wheat, 1/4 cup yellow moong dhal- soak both for about 2 hrs in warm water

Heat oil+ ghee- 2 tsp. add in crushed pattai, lavang, cardamom,peppercorns. also add in fennel seeds,jeera. let it turn golden.

Add g.chilly,1 onion chopped, 1 tsp gin-gar paste. fry till flavourful. onions neednt brown.

Adda few curry leaves, 1 tomato chopped, 1/2 handful each of cori & mint leaves(roughly chopped). Give it a good mix.

Add in a bowl or more of mixed vegs(I used carrot,beans,peas). mix well.

Add in the wheat-dhal mix.

Add req water, salt. Cover & cook for 4-5 whistles or till done.

You can add 1/4 cup of low fat milk now & give it a simmer. but this is purely optional.

Now taste it & add more salt,chilly pwd,water if req. Simmer for 5 mins or so.