Now crave for healthy food

You can have crunchy, munchy, yummy snacks when you have those bouts of food craving and yet stay healthy! Here’s how! Have creamy rabdi that can be made in a jiffy, the delicious rice and corn crouquettes, simple to make and tasty baby corn with paneer subzi

Quick Rabdi

Preparation Time: 10 mins,

Cooking Time: 15 mins,

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Full-fat milk 3 cups

Fresh bread slices 2

Condensed milk 1/2 cup

Sugar 1 tbsp

For The Garnish

Cardamom (elaichi) powder 1/4 tsp

Method

• Remove the crusts of the bread slices and discard. Grind the bread slices in a food processor to make fresh bread crumbs and keep aside.
• Bring the milk to boil in a broad non-stick pan.
• Add the fresh bread crumbs, sugar and condensed milk, mix well and cook on a medium flame for approx. 8 to 10 minutes, while stirring continuously and scrapping the sides of the pan.
• Allow it to cool completely and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours.
• Serve chilled garnished with cardamom powder.

Quick Tava Rice

Preparation Time: 10 mins,

Cooking Time: 10 mins,

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Kashmiri red chillies 3

(whole dry)

Garlic cloves (lehsun) 3

Oil 3 tbsp

Onions (thinly sliced) 1/2 cup

Capsicum (thinly sliced) 1/2 cup

Chopped tomatoes 1/2 cup

Turmeric powder (haldi) 1/4 tsp

Fresh curds (dahi) 2 tbsp

Cooked rice 2 cups

Salt to taste

For The Garnish

Grated processed cheese 2 tbsp

Method

• Combine the red chillies and garlic along with 1 tsp of water and grind in a mortar-pestle (khalbhatta) to a smooth paste. Keep aside.
• Heat the oil on a non-stick tava (griddle), add the onions and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
• Add the chilli-garlic paste and sauté on a medium flame for another 30 seconds.
• Add the capsicum, tomatoes, turmeric powder and curds and sauté on a medium flame for 1 more minute.
• Add the cooked rice and salt and toss well. Cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes,while tossing once in between.
• Serve immediately garnished with cheese.