A well balanced diet always helps us keep our health in the best form. So, there is nothing like some recipes that can stop those extra kilos trying to accumulate around the belly while you don’t deprive yourself of hearty meals.

This week, we have three new useful recipes. Indulge yourself without bothering about calories.

Oats pan pizza

Serves: 1

Preparation time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

2 tablespoon of quaker oats

1 bell pepper

Few olives

Few mushrooms

Salt (half teaspoon)

Pepper (half teaspoon)

1 egg white or whole egg (beaten)

Half teaspoon ginger-garlic paste

Beat all ingredients in a bowl and fry in 1 teaspoon olive oil in a preheated non-stick pan (on a low flame) for a minute. Cover the lid for a minute. Remove the lid and flip it till it turns light brown and your oats pan pizza is ready to be served.


Chicken minced savory cake

Preparation time: 20 mins

Serves: 1

Ingredients

Half kg chicken mince meat (washed and strained)

1 teaspoon salt

1 onion sautéd in a teaspoon of olive oil till golden brown

1 teaspoon red chili powder

1 teaspoon coriander powder

1 teaspoon garam masala

1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste

1 tablespoon chopped mint leaves

1 tablespoon chopped cilantro leaves

1 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice.

Chop the above ingredients along with the minced meat in a chopper for a few minutes and keep aside.

Vegetables for stuffing;

2 baby carrots

1 small bell pepper (red, green color)

Green peas.

Maggie cube

Boil the veggies in one cup of water, add salt and half a Maggie cube. Once they are boiled, strain out its water. Keep the veggies aside, chop them on cooling.

Now take a round and deep dish of medium size. Grease it with 1 tsp of olive oil, place minced meat as a bottom layer, now place the veggies as the middle layer, again cover it with leftover minced meat. Once it’s done, it’s ready to go in a grill oven. Bake it at 180 C for 15 minutes till the meat is completely cooked.

Let it cool down for a while, place a round plate over the baking dish and roll the plate downwards holding it tightly from both sides, the dish would be displayed on the plate. Cut it like a cake and garnish it with leftover veggies.


Apple pie

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1 cup barley flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

2 teaspoon coconut oil

Half teaspoon of salt

Grounded flax seeds (a pinch)

1 tablespoon brown sugar (dissolved in 2 tablespoon of water and 2 teaspoon yeast for 2 minutes)

Water to knead

Knead all well with water in a large deep bowl and cover it with a clean cotton cloth and keep it in a warm place for a few hours to rise.

Apple sauce ingredients:

1 apple

Half cup water to boil

A pinch of cinnamon powder

Method

Boil apple in water till it softens and becomes like a sauce. Add cinnamon too.

After the flour rises, knead more and make small balls. Roll them like a roti and cut into long stripes.

Make another small ball, roll it and cut like an apple shape. And place it in a greased baking dish.

Pour jam in it and place the stripes over it.

Make another long stripe to give an outer covering of an apple shaped pie.

Once it’s done, it’s ready to go in the grill oven.

Bake it at 170 C for 20 minutes. Keep checking it in between.

You can enjoy it with a cup of coffee or tea.

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