Salad Mixed Yoghurt Dip

9th recipe for Diet Week is Salad Mixed Yogurt Dip / Raita.

Before I have discussed with u the following recipes during diet week:

Fruit Mix - Diet Dessert

8th recipe of diet week is Fruit mix or fruit chaat!! 

Extremely healthy n yummacious!!

Before I have discussed with u the following recipes during diet week.

Diet Tea

Half Fry without Oil

Chicken and Lentils soup - Diet Haleem

Strawberry Smoothie
Baked Fish
Baked Drumsticks

Chickpea salad

Chickpea Chaat

Iceberg Salad

Ingredients:

Honey                                                              2 tbsp.
Melon                                                              3-4 slices chopped
Banana                                                             2 cut into small pieces
Apple                                                               1 Chopped, not peeled. Guys u r on diet! So please get                                                                                    some energy
Watermelon                                                      8-10 small pc
Chaat Masala                                                   1 tsp

Procedure:

           Mix all the above mentioned ingredients and enjoy! 

P.S. Guys no sugar please.. u r on diet :) And every processed food is bad for u :) Honey tastes much much better. Just close ur eyes and mix :) Believe me it tastes sooo great! My family is like, u r enjoying even when u r on diet lol!!

Thanku for stopping by! Hope u enjoy this recipe :)

Chickpea Salad - Diet recipe

7th diet recipe is Chick pea salad.. remember not to exceed 1 cup per meal :) Enjoyyy!!

Tip.. Make green tea ur habit :) Aids in wt loss.

Before I have discussed with u the following recipes during diet week.

Diet Tea

Half Fry without Oil

Chicken and Lentils soup - Diet Haleem

Strawberry Smoothie
Baked Fish
Baked Drumsticks

Chickpea Chaat

Iceberg Salad

Ingredients:

Chickpeas                                            1 cup boiled
Iceberg                                                1 bunch (Chopped)
Tomato                                                2  chopped
Onion                                                   1 chopped
Cucumber                                            1 peeled, chopped
Parsley/ Coriander leaves                      1 bunch (Chopped)
Lemon                                                  2 tbsp.
Olive Oil                                               3 tsp.
Salt                                                       1/2 tsp
Black Pepper                                        1/2 tsp
Chaat Masala                                        1/2 tsp

 Procedure:

 Mix all the above mentioned ingredients & serve :)

Thanku for stopping by! Hope u enjoy this recipe :)

Baked Chicken Drumsticks

Today again m gonna discuss main meal for diet, which is the 6th recipe for Diet Week.. 

Baked Drumsticks

Chicken is one of the important and wonderful meal u can have for diet.. there are different ways for cooking chicken. Deep frying- of course forbidden during diet. Grilling - allowed. Pan fry - allowed.. u can use 2tsp/person olive oil for frying. But today I am going to discuss how to bake chicken-drumsticks. 

Before I have discussed with u the following recipes during diet week.

Diet Tea

Half Fry without Oil

Chicken and Lentils soup - Diet Haleem

Strawberry Smoothie
Baked Fish

Baked Drumsticks

Chickpea salad

Chickpea Chaat

Iceberg Salad

This recipe is both for diet and non-diet frnds :)

Serves : 4 ppl on diet lol. Yes on diet ppl can have only 1 drumstick per meal, of course accompanied by healthy salads :)

Baked Fish

Lets now again discuss main meal for diet, which is the 5th recipe for Diet Week.. 

Baked Fish

Fish is one of the important and wonderful meal u can have for diet.. there are different ways for cooking fish. Deep frying- ofcourse forbidden during diet. Grilling - allowed. Pan fry - allowed.. u can use 2tsp/person olive oil for frying. But today I am going to discuss how to bake fish. 

Before I have discussed with u the following recipes during diet week.

Diet Tea
Half Fry without Oil
Chicken and Lentils soup - Diet Haleem
Strawberry Smoothie

This recipe is both for diet and non-diet frnds :) 

Serves : 2

Ingredients:

Fish                                                 1/2 kg

Garlic Paste                                     1 tbsp.

Red chili powder                              1 tsp.

Turmeric Powder                             1/2 tsp

Salt                                                  1 tsp. 

Cumin Powder                                 1 tsp.

Lemon Juice                                     3-4 tbsp.

Oil                                                   1 tbsp.

(Olive or coconut Oil for those on diet)

Procedure:

Pre-heat oven at 220 C.

Remove scales, wash the fish properly, make deep cuts by knife, marinate the fish by above mentioned ingredients except oil, cover and refrigerate for 4-5 hrs or preferably overnight. I used whole fish. U can use any type. I used Rahu :)

Brush it with oil on both sides of the fish.

Bake for 20- 25 minutes or until the fish is done. Enjoyyy !!

Before I have discussed the following varieties of fish:

Fish sticks (Shashlick)
Speedy Fired Fish
Qasoori Fried Fish

Thanku for stopping by! Hope u enjoy this recipe :

Strawberry Smoothie

Today I am going to share with u a smoothie to soothen ur nerves while I have kept u on diet!

4th recipe of  DIET WEEK!!

Today's tip

Chicken and Lentils Soup - Diet Haleem

And here we go for our 3rd recipe for the Diet week for lunch..U can have a bit healthy lunch.. so that dinner goes light :) 

Chicken and Lentils Soup - Diet Haleem

Haleem is actually a stew made with meat, lentils, rice, wheat and barley. As rice and wheat should be avoided as much as possible, so I discovered a diet version of this haleem. Which almost tastes as yummacious as the original haleem :)

Before I have discussed with u :

Diet Tea

Half Fry without Oil

Today's tip for diet is .. to control the portions u are having for meals.. Don't eat to full ur stomach properly. Eat only when u are hungry.

Completely cut off junk food!

Now lets move on to the recipe: 

Ingredients:

Chicken                                               250 gm (Boiled, shredded)

Gram Lentil (Chanay ki daal)               1 cup (washed and soaked for 4-5 hrs)
Split red Lentil (Masoor ki daal)
White Lentil (Maash ki daal)
Split yellow Lentil (Moong ki daal)

Onions                                               1 large sliced 

Tomato                                              2 medium chopped

Green Chili                                         2-3

Red Chili powder                               ½ tbsp.           

Turmeric Powder                               ¼ tsp.

Garlic Paste                                        1/2 tbsp.

Ginger Paste                                       1/2 tbsp

Salt                                                    1 tsp. or to taste

Cumin Powder (Zeera)                       ½ tsp.

Coriander Powder                              1/2 tsp.

Clove (Long)                                      1

Whole Black Pepper                          2-3

Cardamom Pod (bari ilaychi)              1

Cinnamon (Daar Cheeni)                    1 Stick

Lemon                                               1-2 tbsp

For tempering

Onions                                               1 large sliced 
Olive Oil (Best for dieting)                  Shouldn't exceed 2 tsp per serving, as this dish will serve about 4-6
                                                          ppl so u can use 6 tsp accordingly

Procedure:

1st of all wash the lentils and soak them all in water for 4-5 hrs.

2nd ly wash chicken and keep it on medium heat for boiling. U can add 2-3 pinch of salt and black pepper. Once boiled, shred the chicken pieces.  

Next take a pan and add the soaked lentils, leftover chicken stock and about 3-4 glasses of water, quite enuf to soak the lentils. Keep them on low heat for 4-5 hrs. Until the lentils are properly boiled and done. When the lentils are about to get done, add onion, tomatoes and rest of the spices mentioned above. Keep stiring it properly with the hand blender. When all the lentils have been in the form of thick paste.. add shredded boiled chicken too. Keep stirring and stirring. U can also blend the lentils in blender. 

(P:S: I havent added rice and wheat and barley as we should avoid them while trying to lose weight)

Now keep on stirring for 15-20 minutes on low flame, until the soup or haleem is done. 

When ready.. sprinkle whole spices powder on top. Garnish with coriander and mint leaves.

Serve with:

Chopped ginger

Fried onions (in very little olive or coconut oil)

Chopped green chilies

Lemon Juice

Chaat Masala

Believe me its extremely tasty.. fill it with lemon juice, that aids weight loss too :)

Thanku for stopping by! Hope u enjoy this recipe :)

Half Fry Egg without Oil

My first recipe of diet week was Diet Tea!

Okiee guys second recipe of diet week is ' Half fry without oil ' ... Oay!! How is it possibleee!! yeshh it is my dear.. :) Although I discourage the yolk during diet, cox it has a high cholesterol and calorie content.. but let u beginners have it lol :) 

Today's tip!

Don't Sit.. Stand up, walk, exerciseee!!

Lets move on to the recipe:

Diet Tea - Breakfast - Brown Sugar Tea

From today I am starting diet week. Some tips I wanted to share for ur diet:

1. Control ur cravings.

2. Cut down carbs.

3. Drink as much water as u can before eating anything.

4. Avoid sugar as much as u can. Replace it with brown sugar.

Lets leave rest tips for the next post :P

Chick peas Rice (Chana Palao)

My lovely Readers! Today I am sharing my Rice or palao recipe with my lovely friend Shazzy of  He chops she cooks.. Shazzy is from Malaysia and she recently introduces herself in the previous guest post she shared with me. She has shared with me the recipe of  Nyonya Curry Mee. Her blog truly depicts her passion for cooking and her efforts for it. Now today I have done a guest post for her.

Nyonya Curry Mee (Malaysia's Cuisine)

Salam n hello.. my sweet friends!! Today is another guest post by my sweetest new friend,  Shazzy.  I met her few days back on blogger and she is from Malaysia. She is such a sweet champ <3 Her humbleness has really impressed me. She as a great passion for cooking and have a wonderful blog. She is currently blogging on He chops She Cooks.  As u knw I rarely try recipes out of my cuisine, I asked her for her traditional recipe- to which she agreed  :) Thanx a lot Shazzy!! Am soo happy to have a recipe of urs on my blog :) Lets see what Shazzy has to say to us <3

Mince Rice (Qeema Biryani)

Rice is one of the mostly admired foods consumed by the majority of cuisines. It is also a popular main dish that is most widely consumed in South Asia. It is very healthy and nourishing food. It contains so many vitamins & minerals. It has been likely that world's half population lives mostly on rice, where as 90% of the world's outcome is developed & used in Asia. It can be used to cook both sweets or savory.

Pomegranate Potato Salad

Salad is a most wanted, ready to eat side-dish made of several healthy ingredients. It is mostly served chilled or can also be served at room temperature. It has many nutrients essential for us like iron, proteins, minerals, vitamins, fibers etc. Most raw vegetables are really good for health. Because cooking actually destroys the real vitamins in them. Although vegetables can also be cooked or boiled. It is one of the favorite dish for diet watchers!! Guess what?? A simple one cup of green salad has ONLY 16 calories.. Oh yesss!!! Dieting is very easy with salads!! Yuppie ;) I love to have this refreshing salad, when I get weight conscious : ( Eating raw vegetables makes me feel very clean and healthy. Mostly salads are made of raw vegetables but fruits & other boiled and cooked things can also be used. Some salads are served with dressing & sauce. One of the favorite seasoning is also of the olive oil. They can be served at any point during meal. 

Peas Rice (Mattar Palao)

Rice is one of the mostly liked foods consumed by the majority of people. It is also a popular main dish that is widely consumed in South Asia. It is extremely healthy and nourishing food and an essential healthy diet that contains so many vitamins & minerals. It has been likely that world's half population live entirely or partly on rice, where as 90% of the world's outcome is developed & used in Asia. It can be used to cook both as Savory & Sweet. 

Butter Lentils / Punjabi Daal Makhni

So... my sweet friends!! Today is another guest post by Monu. 

Lets see what she has to say to us <3

Pom - Banana Smoothie

The delicious recipe which I have sent to Monu is a smoothie :) Pom - Banana Smoothie. It consists of pomegranate, banana and nuts and of course milk :) A smoothie is a sweetened and a great beverage made from really fresh fruits and in some cases can contain chocolate, maple syrup & peanut butter. In addition to fresh fruits, many smoothies contain crushed ice, yogurt, milk, ice cream, frozen fruit, honey, cream, nuts or can also contain ice ingredients & syrup. They have actually  milk-shake like consistency which is much thicker than slush drinks.