Healthy Egg Recipe- Scrambled Egg with boiled Potatoes

Hi Friends! Welcome to you a fresh new week, will start your week with a healthy egg recipe, you can enjoy any time of the day. It is a very simple & easy recipe.

Scrambled Egg with Boiled Potatoes
Ingredients:
Potato: 1 large
Eggs: 2
Condensed milk: 2 teaspoon (unsweetened)
Onion: 1 medium
Tomato: 1 medium
Cilantro: A few springs
Chili: 1
Dried Oregano: 1/2 teaspoon
Dried Basil: 1/2 teaspoon
Paprika Flakes: 1/4 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Olive oil: 2 teaspoon

Preparation:
1. Boil the potato with skin, cut into half in a bowl with water @ 100% Microwave for 8-10 min
2. Beat the egg with little bit of salt & condensed milk.
3. Pour it into a heated pan  with 1 teaspoon of olive oil & slowly stir it as it condenses to get a perfectly scrambled egg. After finishing keep it aside in a plate/ bowl.
4. Chop the onion, tomato, cilantro & chili finely. Take the boiled potato & cut into cubes of 1/2 inch each.
5. In the same pan add oil. Then add Onion, when it starts getting little light add the cut-boiled potatoes & mix well. Add the spices (dried oregano, dried basil, paprika flakes & salt as per taste). Add half the tomatoes to the same and after a min add the scrambled egg & turn off the burner.
6. Serve it on the plate & garnish it with chili, cilantro & rest of the tomato pieces. And serve it with love!

This can be had any of the meals & is filling for a person. Enjoy this recipe & let me know how you like it. Thanks Friends!

Pranayam (Yoga) for Healthy Life-2

Hi Friends! This post is in continuation to my previous post on Pranayam. I had informed about three ways of doing Pranayam to be healthy & will continue with the rest of the three. To read about the previous ones already discussed & benefits of Pranayam please click here.

Bahya Pranayam
1. Sit with cross legged on the floor or ground.
2. Inhale fresh air & fill your lungs, hold.
3. Exhale the air forcefully (do not make it uncomfortable)
4. Now touch your chin to the chest & pull your stomach in so that it feels that you are trying to touch your back with your stomach.
5. Next lift your chin & breathe in slowly, hold it. Then exhale.
6. Repeat this 5-6 times.

Brahmari Pranayam
1. Close your eyes & start breathing.
2. Close your ears with the thumb & place the index finger above the eyebrow. Place the rest of the fingers on your eyes & face.
3. Keep your little fingers near your nostrils.
4. Now start breathing & fill your lungs with air.
5. Partially close your nostril with your little finger & breathe out with a humming sound like a bee originating from the throat.
6. Repeat thhis 3-5 times.

Udgeeth Pranayam
1. Breathe into fill your lungs with air.
2. Then slowly breathe out chanting "Om" originating from the throat with an emphasis on O and a short M.
3. Repeat this 5 times.

Enjoy doing Pranayam daily & let me know how you feel. Thanks Friends!

Healthy Chicken Recipe: Herb Grilled Chicken Breast

Hi Friends!! Today I present to you the very tasty healthy herb grilled chicken breast recipe. Chicken is high in proteins & has high tryptophan (amino acid) which helps in production of serotonin to help fight depression.

Herb Grilled Chicken Breast

Ingredients:
Chicken Breast (boneless): 3 pieces
Dried Oregano: 1 teaspoon
Dried Basil: 1 teaspoon
Dried Parsley: 1 teaspoon
Lime juice: 1 tablespoon
Garlic: 1 clove grated
Raw Papaya Juice: 1 tablespoon
Olive oil: 2 teaspoon
Salt: as per taste

Preparation:
1. Take the chicken breast pieces, and place it on the slab to tenderize the pieces. Use a tenderizer or the blunt side of the knife & pound it for a while.
2. Take the pieces in a vessel & mix it with the papaya juice (can grate the raw papaya & press it to get the juice). Cover it with a lid & refrigerate for 1 hour. Your chicken breasts will be very tender.
3. To the same vessel add the other ingredients herbs, salt, lime juice, garlic, olive oil. Mix it well & refrigerate the marinade.
4. Grill the chicken for 20 min approx at 300 F. Check if cooked with a fork.
5. Serve it with mustard sauce.

Let's enjoy a healthy grilled chicken today. Thanks!!

Yogurt based Smoothies

Hi Friends! Today I am writing about 3 simple to make yogurt based smoothies with fruits. Make your yogurt taste yum in the summers also perfect for people who can't have milk.

Mango Smoothie

Ingredients:
Mango (Ripe) :1
Yogurt: 1 cup
Cinnamon powder: To sprinkle
Dried Cranberries: few pieces

Preparation:
1. Peel the mango & cut the flesh into pieces.Add it to the mixer grinder.
2. Add the yogurt to the mixer grinder & churn it well to get a smooth paste.
3. Pour it in the glass & sprinkle the cinnamon powder and garnish with the cranberries & your cool smoothie is ready.

Berry Smoothie

Ingredients:
Strawberries: 1/2 cup
Cranberries: 5-6
Blueberries: 5-6
Raspberries: 5-6
Yogurt: 1 cup
Honey: 2 teaspoons

Preparation:
1. Wash the berries & place it in the mixer grinder.
2. Add the yogurt to the mixer grinder & churn it well to get the smoothie.
3. Add the honey & run the mixer once more. And pour it to enjoy the chilled berry smoothie.

Orange Smoothie

Ingredients:
Oranges/ Tangerine:2
Yogurt: 1 cup
Slices of Tangerine: for garnishing

Preparation:
1. Peel of the tangerines or oranges & remove the seeds, then add to the mixer grinder.
2. Add a cup of Yogurt to the mixer & run till a smooth paste is got.
3. Pour it into a glass & keep the slices on the edge to present.

So these super cool ideas for this summer are going to be great as a mid time snack as well.

Healthy Chicken Recipe: Tandoori Chicken

Hi Friends! Today the famous tandoori chicken from India on your platter. It is very tasty & yummy and believe me my variant has less fats too. I will just straight run down to the recipe.

Tandoori Chicken
Ingredients:
One Chicken: cut into 4 pieces
Yogurt: 2 tablespoons
Turmeric: 1/2 teaspoon
Red chili powder: 1 teaspoon
Ginger Garlic Paste: 2 teaspoon
Cashew: 7-8 nuts paste with small amount of milk
Whole Garam Masala: Cloves (4-6), Cardamon (4), Cinnamon (2 inch), Cumin seeds (1/2 tablespoon), Corriander seeds (1 tablespoon), Black Pepper (10), dry red chilies (1-2)
Olive oil: 1 tablespoon
Salt: as per taste

Preparation:
1. Take the chicken pieces & wash them. Make slits on the chicken pieces.
2. In a heated open pan  dry roast till it becomes fragrant. Then grind it well to get a fine powder. If the quantity is too less, just double the quantity & keep the powder for future use.
3. Mix the yogurt, ginger garlic paste, cashew paste, turmeric, red chili powder, garam masala powder & olive oil to get a smooth mixture. Add the salt to the mix as well.
4. Marinade the chicken pieces with this mixture completely & refrigerate the marinade for 2 -4 hours.
5. Now preheat the oven to use for broiling or grilling at 425F or 220C.
6. Place the chicken on an aluminium foil wrapped baking tray & cook in the oven for 20 min- 30 min, turn around the pieces once in between.
7. Check if the pieces are completely cooked by poking it with a fork, if cooked the fork can be inserted easily.

And your tandoori chicken is ready, I have allowed a high time for marinating the chicken because it helps the chicken to become soft & supple. If in a hurry a good 1 hour is fine for marination.You will not also get the traditional red color for the food as I have not used any food coloring agent. You can enjoy this with roti or Indian bread, with a green chutney (a paste of mint & raw mango with yogurt base). I hope this recipe is liked by you.

Healthy Egg Recipe: Deviled Egg

Hi Friends! I would like to share a very simple & tasty recipe today, made by different people in a different way. I will tell you my way with a twist of Indian taste & definitely the food value of eggs ranging from protein, vitamins, calcium, minerals all intact.

Deviled Eggs (Indian Style)
Ingredients:
Eggs: 6
Cilantro: a few springs
Chili: 1
English Mustard paste: 2 teaspoon
Onion: 1 small

Preparation:
1. Boil the eggs in a saucepan with water covering the eggs for 12 mins.
2. Remove from flame & drain the water. Run under cold water. Peel the eggs & keep aside.
3. In the meanwhile when the eggs are cooking, chop the onion, cilantro and chili finely.
4. Take the hard-boiled eggs & cut them into halves and remove the yolks.
5. Take the yolks in a mixing bowl & smash them. Add the mustard paste to the same and mix it well.
6. When you have got a smooth paste add the chopped cilantro, onion & chili and get a homogeneous mix.
7. Now arrange the egg whites on a plate & fill it with the yolk mix.
8. Your delicious Indian Deviled Eggs are ready.

Hope you like this recipe friends. This is a very original idea from my end please let me know your opinion on the taste.

Pranayam (Yoga) for Healthy Life

Hi Friends! Today we are going to talk about Pranayam the ancient technique of breathing exercise. It consists of six breathing exercises out of which we will talk about three of them. At first listing down the benefits of these exercises for you so that you know why you should include it in your daily routine.
1. Improves blood circulation
2. Eases out breathing
3. Healthy heart & other organs with proper movement & blood circulation
4. Increases life expectancy
5. Better mental health

Bhastrika Pranayam:
1. Sit with crossed legs in your lawn or your porch on the ground.
2. Close your eyes & breathe deeply so that your diaphragm goes down & your chest expands.
3. Release your breathe at once.
4. Repeat for 5 mins.
5. Start it slow & with time you can increase your speed.

This technique helps us to ease out our breathing process & improves our concentration and other mental abilities.

Kapalbhati Pranayam:
1. Sit in the same position as mentioned above in open air (lawn or porch).
2. Inhale through your nostrils normally, allowing the lung to expand.
3. Exhale through both nostrils forcefully, assist by pulling in your stomach.
4. Repeat for 10 min

This technique helps us concentrate on forced exhalation & normal inhalation. The contraction of stomach muscles in the process helps you in burning fat around the area & improved digestion.

Anulom Vilom Pranayam:
1. While sitting in the same position, close your eyes & concentrate on your breathing.
2. Close the right nostril with right thumb breathe from your left nose, fill your lungs.
3. Move away the thumb & now close the left nostril with the middle & ring finger of the right hand. Exhale completely from the right nostril slowly.
4. Now inhale with your right nose & fill the lungs.
5. And now move your hand & close the right nostril with the right thumb like earlier & exhale.
6. Repeat the process for 10 min.

This technique of alternate breathing helps improve breathing and also uses both the nostrils & clears any congestion. It also helps people suffering from problems of sinus.

I hope this article gives you an insight on how useful introducing pranayam in your daily routine. It gives a fresh start to your day & shows great results in improving the quality of life. Thank You!

Healthy Vegan Recipe: Aloo Gobhi

Hi Friends! A very blessed Good Friday & Happy Easter to all of you. My friend has asked for this recipe so writing this recipe for her. This is again a simple vegan recipe & very tasty to eat. The preparation varies from people to people but I like it this way.

Ingredients:
Aloo Gobhi (Potato Cauliflower)
Cauliflower: 20 florets
Potato: 1 large
Peas: 1 cup
Ginger: 1 inch grated
Cumin seeds: 1 teaspoon
Mustard Oil: 2 teaspoons
Turmeric: 1/2 teaspoon
Cumin powder: 1 teaspoon
Corriander powder: 1 teaspoon
Kashmiri Lal Mirch or Paprika: 1 teaspoon
Cloves: 4-6
Bay leaf: 2
Black Pepper: 1/2 teaspoon
Salt to Taste
Chili: 1 slit

Preparation:
1. Semi-boil the potato with the skin (cut it into half while boiling). Cut it into 1 inch cubes.
2. Heat mustard oil in a non-stick frying pan. Add the cumin, cloves & bay leaves. Add the florets and mix it well & cover it to cook.
3. Mix the turmeric, paprika, cumin powder & corriander powder and ginger in water to make a liquid paste.
4. Add the sliced boiled potato pieces & peas, mix it with florets. Add the mix of spices with salt to taste. Mix it so that all the veggies are coated with spices.
5. Let it cook for some time, and stand for some time.
6. After complete serve it in a bowl. Sprinkle black pepper powder, & slit chili for garnishing.

The taste it just awesome & the process is simple. It also has benefits of Indian spices like cumin, turmeric, black pepper, corriander, all great for health. Apart from it cauliflower, potato & peas which provide nutrition needed by you. Hope you like it... Thanks!