Category Archives: Healthy Options

SNOW PEAS STIR FRY CHINESE STYLE

Posted on May 2, 2013 by nituchugani

Snow peas, sugar snaps are just so delicious and good for health! They are tender with a sweetish taste and a good source of Vitamin C, iron and magnesium. They are seasonal and not very widely available in my city … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything Vegetarian, Fusion, Gluten Free, Healthy Options, Jain recipes, Quick Recipes, Veg Starters, Vegan | Tagged healthy, stirfry, vegetables | Leave a comment

BAKED SPICY NUGGETS

Posted on April 30, 2013 by nituchugani

Love nuggets but avoid deep fried food? Well try baking them! Yes chicken breast does tend to get tough, hard and dry but with the correct marinating they can turn out quite succulent. Do try this recipe out and let … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicken, Fusion, Healthy Options, Magic Bullet, Nitu´s Spicy Delights, NO OIL RECIPES, Quick Recipes, Snacks | Tagged baked, no oil recipe, nuggets, oven, snacks, spicy | Leave a comment

RAJWADI DAHI WADA

Posted on April 29, 2013 by nituchugani

This lovely dahi wada recipe which fits to be for “royalty” has been sent to me by Raj Kartik and so i have named it “rajwadi” dahi vada. This dahi wada recipe is nice for special ocasions as it has … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Everything Vegetarian, Fusion, Gluten Free, Healthy Options, Indian Restaurant Dishes, Jain recipes, Lentils, Low Cost, Magic Bullet, Sauces and Chutneys, Veg Starters | Tagged dahi vada, dahi wada, lentils, vegetarian | Leave a comment

SWEET N SOUR PICKLED VEGETABLES

Posted on April 23, 2013 by nituchugani

Chinese style sweet and sour pickled vegetables is a nice way to start a chinese meal or serve vegetables to fussy eaters. You can use almost any kind of crunchy vegetable for this such as cauliflower, cabbage, turnips, radish etc … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything Vegetarian, Fusion, Gluten Free, Healthy Options, Indochinese, Jain recipes, Low Cost, Made in China, NO OIL RECIPES, Quick Recipes, Salads, Veg Starters, Vegan | Tagged chinese, gluten free, jain, oriental, sweet n sour, Vegan, vegetables | 3 Comments

FISH PARATHAS

Posted on April 22, 2013 by nituchugani

Fish parathas are basically parathas filled with a smooth fish and potato mixture. This is good for people who dont like fish and yet need to incorporate it in their diet because the flavour of fish is mixed with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Floury Matter, Fusion, Healthy Options, Indian Restaurant Dishes, Low Cost, Something's Fishy, Tupperware Food | Tagged fish, parathas | Leave a comment

FROZEN STRAWBERRY SLUSH

Posted on April 18, 2013 by nituchugani

Spring is here and we have soo many strawberries available in the market! I will write about the benefits of strawberries later, but lets talk about the wonderful things we can do with them. Our versatile strawberry, for cake toppings, … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Cocktails, Everything Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Healthy Options, Jain recipes, Low Cost, Magic Bullet, NO OIL RECIPES, Quick Recipes, Recipes with videos, Vegan | Tagged bullet, cocktail, fruit, juice, mocktail, slush | 6 Comments

PANJABI STYLE CHICKPEAS (CHOLA MASALA)

Posted on April 13, 2013 by nituchugani

On this day of Baisakhi i bring you this typical punjabi recipe from the land of Punjab. Actually i got this recipe from a dear friend of mine Shobha Keshwani`s blog. I took a look at it and wanted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Everything Vegetarian, Floury Matter, Fusion, Gluten Free, Healthy Options, Indian Restaurant Dishes, Jain recipes, Lentils, Low Cost, Magic Bullet, Nitu´s Spicy Delights, Quick Recipes, Veg Starters, Vegan | Tagged bullet, chickpeas, chola, chole, garbanzos, healthy, kulchas, punjab, spicy, Vegan, vegetarian | Leave a comment

CHUTNEY PANEER (PANEER IN FRESH CORIANDER)

Posted on April 12, 2013 by nituchugani

“Chutney Paneer” is a nice tangy, spicy , non creamy way to make paneer. It is easy and healthy because we use a lot of greens in this, contarary to palak paneer which usually has cream and butter in it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Healthy Options, Ideas for meals, Indian Restaurant Dishes, Magic Bullet, Paneer, Quick Recipes, Recipes with videos | Tagged chutney, coriander, healthy, olive oil, paneer | 4 Comments

BAKED URAD DAAL VADAS (MEDHU VADA)

Posted on April 11, 2013 by nituchugani

Why miss out on your favourite snack just because its deep fried? Now…you can enjoy your “medhu vadas” if you are on an oil free diet or need to take care of your heart. I tried this recipe and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, Everything Vegetarian, Fusion, Gluten Free, Healthy Options, Indian Restaurant Dishes, Jain recipes, Lentils, Low Cost, Magic Bullet, NO OIL RECIPES, Sauces and Chutneys, Veg Starters, Vegan | Tagged baked, coconut chutney, healthy, medu wada, oil free, olive oil, vada | Leave a comment

FISH KABABS

Posted on April 4, 2013 by nituchugani

A nice snack to make with white fish which can be a tv dinner or a starter. This is a gluten free recipe. If you have some left over cooked fish you can also make this dish using that. Just … Continue reading →