IF YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT HEALTHY EATING, HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO ENRICH YOUR GASTRONOMIC EXPERIENCE.

Health is the buzzword. With changing lifestyles, every individual wants to stay healthy and look fit. With today’s scalating awareness pertaining to healthy means of living, comes the concept of ’smart cooking’. Gone are those morose days when no oil free food only meant boiled, tasteless and bland khichdi and daliya meant only for patients. We bring you recipes that are wholesome, lower cholesterol, reduce calories and are easy to make.
Come, let’s savour the flavour!

Nugget Satay

Ingredients

• ¾ cup nutri nugget granules - soaked in hot water for 20 minutes, strained and squeezed well
• 1 tsp jeera (cumin)
• 1 tsp ginger - garlic paste (½ inch piece of ginger and 4 flakes of garlic - crushed to a paste)
• 1 onion - chopped
• 1 capsicum - chopped very fine
• ¼ tsp haldi, ¾ tsp salt, ½ tsp red chilli powder
• ½ tsp garam masala, 1 tsp dhania powder (coriander powder), ¼ tsp amchoor
• ¼ cup readymade tomato puree
• seeds of 3 chhoti illaichi (green cardamoms) - crushed
• 1-2 tsp lemon juice or to taste
• 1 green chilli - chopped finely
• ½ potato - boiled and grated
• ½ cup dry bread crumbs
• few wooden or bamboo skewers/sticks

Method

Heat a kadhai (wok), add 1 tsp jeera. Let it turn golden. Add ginger-garlic paste and onion. Cook till light brown on low heat. Remove from fire.
Add masala - haldi, garam masala, red chilli powder, dhania powder, amchoor and salt.
Return to fire. Add tomato puree and chhoti ilaichi powder. Stir. Add nuggets and stir for about 10 minutes. Add 4 tbsp water and cook for 1 more minute. Add capsicums and cook further for 2 minutes. Remove from fire. Cool. Add lemon juice and green chillies.
Add the potatoes and bread crumbs.
Flatten a ball of this mixture on a wooden skewer. Do not keep the mixture on the skewer too broad as it falls, if done so. Cook from both sides on a nonstick pan till brown specs appear. Serve with tomato ketchup or green chutney.