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!!

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!

A Healthy Veggie Recipe: Gobhi Methi

This is a simple new recipe my mother tried yesterday. There are ingredients present which will help your body. Let's go to this recipe directly:

Methi Gobhi (Fenugreek Caulifower)

Ingredients:
Cauliflower:500 g (florets)
Fenugreek Leaves: 250 g (chopped)
Tomato: 1 Large
Curd: 2 tablespoons
Ginger: 1 inch
Cumin seeds whole: 1 teaspoon
Fenugreek Seeds: 1/2 teaspoon
Green chilies: 2
Olive oil: 1 tablespoon
Pinch of turmeric
Salt to taste

Preparations:
1. Puree the tomato, ginger, chilies & curd. Keep the paste aside.
2. Take a bit of olive oil & saute the cauliflower florets till half cooked in a frying pan (kadhai). Keep the same in a separate bowl.
3. Add oil to the frying pan, add the cumin seeds & fenugreek seeds. Add the Fenugreek leaves, let it cook for sometime.
4. Add the cauliflower & the puree & mix it well. Add a pinch of turmeric & salt as per your taste. Let it cook you will experience an excellent smell of fenugreek.

This is an Indian recipe with very less spices & an excellent combination of fenugreek and cauliflower. Fenugreek is known for its extremely good properties which includes controlling cholesterol & stomach related problems like constipation, gastritis etc. Also it has shown excellent benefits on bronchhitis & tubercolosis and other lung related infections. So friends this can be enjoyed with bread (roti, chapati) and has good nutritious values. I hope you would like this recipe. Awaiting your comments & suggestions. Thanks!