When I tell my friends/relatives that I like to eat brown bread/bun, museli, tuna etc; they tend to give me a weird look and ask how do you manage to eat them. There is generally a misconception that healthy stuff and taste doesn’t go hand in hand. I should say it doesn’t apply to all healthy stuff though I know some people who eat it, irrespective of its taste. I believe am not included in that category, I prefer healthy stuff, provided it gives some treat to my taste buds as well.
Pasta is liked by many, mainly because of the creamy sauce and cheese in it and hence its usually considered as a junk food. For a change, you can make something healthy with the pasta, without compromising on the taste. I was introduced to this salad by my mother in law. This is very refreshing especially for summer time since the dressing is made of yogurt.
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Its been three years that am living in Bahrain and this is the first time am trying an Arabic dish at home. We usually have Arabic food on weekends and I always have pita bread and some spreads like hummus, moutabel etc; My husband always asks me why I have the same dish again n again and the answer is I don’t know why…but I just love these spreads and hey its healthy too 
. So when I wanted to try Arabic dish I decided to go with hummus. I am not sure whether this is the authentic recipe , but it came out well for me. Hope you will also like it.
Here is the recipe….
- Dried chickpeas (garbanzo beans) - 1 cup
- Tahini - 1/4 cup
- Lemon juice - 1/4 cup
- Olive oil - 1/4 cup
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Cumin powder - 1 tsp
Chili powder - 1/2 tsp
- Salt
Soak the chickpeas in water overnight. Cook the chickpeas till it is done. Let it cool. Reserve a bit of cooking water. In a food processor combine all the ingredients except cumin powder. If the mixture is too thick add reserved cooking water and adjust the consistency. Its usually made in a paste form and not watery, hence adjust the texture accordingly. Sprinkle cumin and chili powder on top and drizzle some olive oil. Serve with warm pita bread.
Note: I have changed the quantity of ingredients to suit my taste, so you can also adjust it after referring the sites listed below.
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This cake can also be called a guilt free cake, yes it doesn’t have eggs, butter and not even white flour. This is one of the best ever low cal/fat stuff that I ever had and believe me the taste is too good for a low fat stuff. This is pretty moist also. So all in all this is a must try for all those cake lovers who are worried about the high calories in the normal cake. I got the recipe from one of my friend’s. She got it from the internet, but she doesn’t remember the site, I googled it hoping to find the site, but couldn’t. Anyways here goes the recipe of this amazing low carb cake.
- Atta/Wheat flour - 2 cups
Cinnamon - 2 teaspoon
Jaggery/Brown sugar - 2 cups
Soda bicarbonate - 1 1/2 teaspoon
Baking powder - 1/2 teaspoon
- Curd - 1 cup
Water - 3/4 cup
Cooking oil - 2/3 cup
- Chopped nuts - for garnishing
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Blend curd,water & oil in another bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and blend well. Bring it into dripping consistency. Add more water if required. Finally add the chopped nuts. Oil the bottom of s baking dish and pour the batter to the prepared tin. Bake for half hour. It can be stored in fridge for more than a week. Enjoy it!
