Nutrition Tips: Recipes for Monsoon Season

Monsoon rains may pose certain health risks, so it is important to be careful about what you eat. We bring you some delicious recipes which everyone must try during the rainy season.

Updated on: 18 January 2024 9:52 am

In our series on nutrition tips for monsoon, we discussed how monsoon rains may pose certain health risks and why is it important to be careful with what you eat.

We bring you few recipes for rainy season

Recipe 1: Tandoori Fruit Bites

Ingredients

For Marination:

바카라�2 tbsp mustard oil

바카라�2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar/ normal vinegar

바카라�1 tsp anardana powder

바카라�1 tsp sugar

바카라�1 tsp black pepper, crushed

바카라�1/4 tsp deghi mirch

바카라�1/4 tsp cumin powder, roasted

바카라�1/4 tsp black salt

바카라�Salt to taste

바카라�1/2 tsp honey

바카라�1 pinch hing

바카라�2 Tbsp chana dal powder/ besan, roasted

바카라�Fruits to be used: Ramphal; pineapple, semi-ripe; guavas; green apples; pears

How to Make Grilled Fruit Chaat Bites:

바카라�Rub mustard oil, vinegar, anardana powder, sugar, crushed black pepper and roasted cumin powder. Keep rubbing the mix for 5-10 minutes to make a good blend.

바카라�To this blend add remaining ingredients. Thicken this mixture with roasted chana dal powder.

바카라�Cut the fruits in bite size pieces. Coat with the marinade and immediately roast on a tandoor or hot oven.

바카라�Serve warm with coriander chutney.

Recipe 2: Gluten-Free Raw Banana Kachori

Ingredients

For outer covering:

바카라�4 large Raw bananas

바카라�3 tbsp Rice flour

바카라�As per taste Salt

바카라�1 tbsp Green chilli paste

For the filling:

바카라�4 tbsp Groundnuts (crushed), roasted

바카라�1 tbsp Green chilli paste

바카라�1 cup Fresh coconut, grated

바카라�10 Curry leaves, finely chopped

바카라�2 tbsp White Til (sesame seed), roasted

바카라�As per taste Salt

바카라�1/2 tsp Zeera

바카라�1 tbsp Lemon juice

바카라�2 tbsp Coriander leaves

바카라�For frying Oil

For the yogurt dip:

바카라�100-gram Yogurt

바카라�As per taste Salt

바카라�1 tbsp Green chilli paste

바카라�Pomegranate (anaar)

Method: Dough Making -

바카라�Take the raw bananas, boil it and mash it.

바카라�Now take a bowl add the mashed banana in it, add rice flour, green chilli paste, salt, 1 tsp oil. Mix it this well and keep aside.

For the filling:

바카라�Take a bowl add grated coconut, green chilli paste, roasted and half crushed groundnuts, roasted white sesame, zeera, curry leaves, lime juice, salt, coriander leaves. Mix it well.

바카라�Take the covering mixture and make round ball of it , apply little oil on your hand and now take each ball and now add the filling in it and give it round shape.

바카라�Apply rice flour and keep it aside. This way make all the kachoris.

바카라�Now heat oil in a kadhai (wok) and on slow flame shallow fry kachoris till golden brown.

바카라�Serve it with yogurt dip or ketchup.

For dip:

바카라�In a bowl whip the yogurt (curd) well. Add groundnuts, salt, sugar, green chilli paste, pomegranate into it and mix well.

바카라�Serve it with kachori.

(Bipasha Das is a certified health coach and nutritionist. She runs a diet and wellness clinic 바카라�Sugati바카라�. She has been awarded Most Recommended Nutritionist of the Year 2018-19 by Brands Impact. She has worked with top hospitals, and is a life member of the Indian Dietetic Association and on the panels of renowned corporate houses like Ericsson, GE Power. Bipasha is working with Municipal Corporation of Delhi - Public Health Department( South Zone) as a consultant, and creating awareness programmes on Women and Children Health, Health for Public Health Workers, Office Sedentary Workers etc.

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