Diabetic- friendly Cabbage Stuffed Parathas

Time is a major reason why we sacrifice our health. The canned foods that come in handy, that tomato sauce and that luscious looking chickpeas, the Buy Your Lunch Today and oh yes, the frozen processed foods is nothing but Health sacrificed at the altar of Time. High sodium, high cholesterol, Less nutrition.

Here is a recipe with quick method of cooking for school/office lunches and healthy too.



Why cabbage? Why not alu/potato parathas , which is so universally popular? Well. Because potato translates to sugar! The high carbohydrate/starch content of potatoes converts to sugar in the body thus elevating sugar levels in the body.Cabbage does not translate to sugar as much as potato.

For the dough:
1 cup atta or whole wheat flour
¼ cup jowar flour(BOTH ARE TYPES OF MILLETS)(if unavailable substitute with whole wheat flour)
¼ cup bajra flour (AVAILABLE AT ALL INDIAN STORES)(if unavailable substitute with whole wheat flour)
pinch salt
mix the above flours into a dough with hot water. Keep aside.
For the stuffing:
Chop cabbage finely. Mix with 4 teaspoons of water and microwave for 5 mins.
Mix with pinch of salt, chilli powder, cilantro leaves(kothmir).

Take A little bit of dough and roll into a disc .Place some stuffing in the center, bring round the edges to close and make a packet.
Dust with flour and roll lightly again. Bake on a hot griddle on both sides.. Touch with smearing of oil.
This is very quick to make. Chop the cabbage and nuke them in the microwave, and while the cabbage is cooking, make the dough. The whole grain millet flours used make this very nutritious and the hot water to knead makes it easy to digest

Variation: can add low fat paneer to this cabbage mixture and add diced green chillies.

Winter Warmer Soup

Who does not like a hot soup on those cold, snowy wintry days!? Here's a recipe for some soup to warm your hearts. Keep warm and have some soup!

2 potatoes, cubed
2 onions, chopped into quarters
2 carrots,chopped to 1/2" peices
2 cloves garlic
1 1/2" peice of ginger
cracked pepper
salt
1/2 tsp chilli powder
A few sprigs of dill or parsley
1 tbsp olive oil
6 cups water

Heat oil, add the garlic, onions, carrots, potatoes and ginger.Saute for a while
and close the lid and cook on moderate heat for 5 minutes.Open, add 3-4 cups of water and boil till vegetables are tender.Take off fire and cool.
Blend the above to a thick puree, adding rest of the water water.
Bring to a boil again, add salt, chilli powder and cracked pepper. Serve garnished with dill or parsley along with warm bread and butter.

Home Remedy for Colds and Coughs

Winter brings with it the usual seasonal colds,coughs and sore throats. I have found some relief by taking ginger juice mixed with honey, with powdered clove and pepper added on. Not only does my cold and cough get better, I find myself getting better faster. THIS RECIPE IS FOR ONLY THOSE WHO CAN HANDLE SPICY FOOD. PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS IF YOU ARE NOT USED TO SPICY HOT FOOD!
Grate a peice of ginger and squeeze the juice into a cup
Add a teaspoon of honey to this.
Powder 2 cloves and add
Powder 2 peppercorns and add
Mix well and take a spoonful about 3-4 times a day.

THIS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR ANTIBIOTICS OR IF YOU HAVE FEVER.
WARNING: VERY VERY HOT AND SPICY.If you cannot handle spicy hot, omit adding the pepper and clove.It still works!

Celery, carrot and pineapple juice for Hypertension

Here's something to perk up your mornings and at the same time keep your blood pressure behaving. Yes, celery is known to normalise raised blood pressure, so if you or your near and dear ones have hypertension, this works to lower blood pressure.
At the same time, maintains good cholesterol levels. Carrots and pineapple add to elevate the goodness of this morning drink to rev you up for the day.

4 stalks of celery, cut into 1" peices
2 carrots, cut to fit in your juicer
Few bite size peices of pineapple
(If you dont have pineapples, can add oranges, or apples)
1" peice ginger
1tbsp honey
1 tsp raw sugar
few crushed peppercorns
Blend all in your juicer and enjoy.

Hello Again.

Hi folks,

Here I am again. I had a long line of visitors from India and had a great time showing them around and generally having a good time but here I am again with my TIP OF THE DAY and my Healthy Option recipe of the day.

ORGANIZING TIP OF THE DAY:: Never throw out shoe boxes; they come in handy to organize anything from CDs to DVDs to video cassettes, sewing things, small boxes and other paraphernalia.