Feeling great
to be back after a long break…it is new year with new hopes, new dreams, new
commitments…new resolutions. Leaving the blog aside for a while was inevitable
due to our busy schedule and official tours… but it makes us happy to see that
we have new members and supporters added to our Facebook follower list. We both
have decided to bring out some healthy recipes this year…hope we will able to
keep up that promise.
First in the list for this month is a nice simple
sweet turned snack item…packed with iron, taste locked in. the traditional
Kerala ‘Aval Vilayichath’ comes here with a healthy twist. We incorporated oats
along with rice flakes…thereby increasing the fibre content and health quotient
of this mere sweet recipe. Try it out and scoop up health in every spoon you
have.
*Health tip: A glass of lemonade or a bite into a
juicy gooseberry suits best with this dish…not just to complete your evening
snack but also because a dose of vitamin C helps speed up iron absorption. J
Oat-flake
delight
Ingredients
1.
Oats ¼ cup
2.
Rice
flakes ½ cup
3.
Grated
coconut 40g
4.
Jaggery 50g
5.
Milk 50ml
6.
Cardamom 3nos
7.
Ghee 5g
Method of preparation
1.
Cook
oats in 50ml of milk for 2-3 minutes. Then remove from fire and mix rice flakes
till they are well moistened.
2.
Heat
jaggery with 1 tbsp of water such that it melts completely. Strain to remove
impurities.
3.
Add
jaggery syrup to the oat and rice flake mixture.
4.
Then
add crushed cardamom, grated coconut and mix well.
5.
To
this add 1 tsp of ghee and blend well.
6.
Garnish
with roasted cashews or almonds and serve hot/cold.
Serves 3
Nutritional
Information:
1
serving gives 18.7 g of protein, 28.4 g of fat, 165.2 g of carbohydrates, 329.4
Kcal of Energy, 41.4 mg of calcium and 7.4 mg of iron.
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