Thursday, November 10, 2022

Slow Cooker Kheer - Slow Cooker Rice Pudding

For many people traditional Indian food seems time consuming to make. However, using slow-cooker you can make many exotic Indian dishes very simple. 

Here is one example of such adaptation. Rice Pudding or Kheer is available in most Indian Restaurants during buffet in US. Usually, it takes 2-3 hours of constant stirring on stove-top to make Rice Kheer know as Milk and Rice Pudding. 


Using Slow-Cooker this time will increase to anywhere from 6-7 hours, but it is in-active time. You can go run some errands or just sit and watch TV while Kheer is cooking! 

There is no worry about making sure constantly that Kheer is not sticking to bottom of the vessel. Here is the recipe of making Rice Kheer or Rice and Milk Pudding using slow cooker.

Slow-Cooker Kheer

Ingredient
1. 1 liter (34 Oz) whole milk
2. 1/2 liter(16Oz) half and half milk
3. 1/2 cup rice
4. 2/3 cup sugar
5. 1/4tsp cardamom powder
6. Almond and pistachio for garnishing

Method
1.Wash rice and soak in a 1/2 cup water for one hour
2.In a heavy saucepan, boil milk on medium-high heat on stove-top. (If you have a slow-cooker bowl that will go on stove-top as well as in slow-cooker then you can use same bowl. If you do not want to boil the milk on stove-top, directly put it in slow-cooker. This will just increase the cooking time by another hour or so.)
3.Set slow cooker on high.
4. Transfer milk and sugar in slow cooker bowl.
5. Drain water in the rice and break the rice little bit and transfer it to slow-cooker. (This will reduce the cooking time.)
6. Do not cover slow cooker
7. Every one hour stir the milk to make sure layer of cream is breaking and mixing well with kheer.
8. After 6-7 hours kheer will be ready.
9. Transfer Pudding/Kheer in a serving bowl, add cardamom powder and mix it well. Garnish with almond and pistachio.
10.Put it in refrigerator to let it cool. Enjoy.

Please check out my blog (IndoGlobalFood) for more such Indian Slow-Cooker/Crockpot recipes.


Monday, October 31, 2022

Healthy Snack Ideas: Energy Ball Recipe

Looking for back to school healthy snack option or trying to satisfy your sweet tooth. Whether looking for a healthy snack option or after workout snack, these small little Energy Balls made from dates and nut satisfy multiple needs. They pack lot of healthy ingredients including beneficial sweet honey. 

Ready More: Healthy Snack Ideas: No Bake Granola 

Ingredients: 

1 cup slightly roasted oat

1/2 cup chopped dates 

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter 

1/4 cup Honey

2 tbsp slightly roasted almonds, 2tbsp cashews, 1tbsp sun flower seeds, salt 

      

Process:

In a food processor grind oat to fine powder. 

Add Nuts and Dates one at a time and grind to fine powder. 

Add peanut butter , salt , honey and process everything until dough comes together .

Make small balls and enjoy.

Store these balls in cool place for longer shelf life.

See Process Video Here:      



Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Healthy Breakfast Ideas: Sunshine Peach Papaya Smoothie

  Welcome friends. Today I am sharing amazingly refreshing 3 ingredient breakfast smoothie made with goodness of papaya and peach. Even if you are not a big fan of papaya I encourage you to try this smoothie. It is great for detox and weight loss.

Read More: Everyday Zen Habits for happy and healthy life 

Other Smoothie Recipes: 3 Ingredient Blueberry Smoothie, Pina Colada Smoothie

This is very simple recipe with Peach, Papaya and coconut water.  

You can add shredded coconut for additional taste. If you are using this a meal replacement, you can add 2 table spoon of overnight soaked peanuts during blending.






Ingredients: 1. 1 Cup Peach 2. 1 Cup Papaya 3. 1 Cup Coconut Water 4. Overnight soaked peanuts (optional) if using it as meal replacement Method: 1. Blend all ingredients to desired consistency 2. Serves 2






 

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

No Bake Snacks for Kids: Granola

 It back to school time and we all need easy to make snacks. So lets try this No Bake Snack loaded with nuts , seeds and dry fruits that every one will love. - No Bake Granola .



Ingredients:

1. 1 cup old fashion oats

2. 2tbs brown sugar or jaggery.

3. 1 tsp gee ( clarified butter )

4. Slightly roasted nuts chopped in small pieces( almond , cashew ,  walnut ) quantity as per your choice 

5. Mix Seeds  - Sunflower seeds , Pumpkin seeds etc ( quantity as per your choice )

6. 2 tbsp Dry Cranberries 

7. 2 tbsp Raisins

Process:

In a pan put oat and butter ( Ghee ) and roast for five minutes on stove top .

Add sugar and roast until sugar melts. Roast for few more minutes until raw smell goes away. 

Now switch off the stove.  

Transfer in a big plate. 

After granola cools down add all nuts , seeds and dry fruits.

Store in air tight container .

Granola is ready to serve .



Read More: Cookbook for Kids 



Tuesday, August 16, 2022

3 Smoothie Mistakes Making them Unhealthy

 Smoothies and Smoothie Bowl are latest fad in diet and considered healthy. However there are some common mistakes you might be making that are making your smoothies unhealthy and infect causing weight gain.



1. Adding Ice or drinking smoothies cold:

All the smoothie videos I see,  add ice to the smoothie, or freeze the fruit and then blend them to make smoothies creamy. However do you know that this cold smoothies are dousing your digestive fire. 

Per Ayurveda (age old and time tested Indian health science) digestive fire is the building block that helps you digest food properly and help body absorb nutrition properly. 

When your smoothies are ice cold, they are choking this digestive fire and hence it is not getting digested. Which causes inflammation and in-turn gut related disease. 

2. Mixing Yogurt/Milk or other improper combination in fruit based smoothies:

Fruits are supposed to be eaten with fruits since they take lowest time to digest. When you add dairy, protein powders, nuts or vegetables to fruit based smoothies, it makes it difficult to digest fruits and causes digestive issues.

To make smoothies heavier you can add various seeds like flax seeds, chia seeds etc. 

3. Mixing too many different fruits:

Fruits should be eaten with same type of variety. So alkaline fruits should be mixed with alkaline variety and acidic fruits should be added with acidic for most benefit. 

So keep your smoothies simple with 2-3 similar fruit varieties.  

Hoping these simple tips will help you make your smoothies healthier. 

Read More:  3 Ingredient Blueberry Smoothie

Check out more health and wellness content on my other site Simply Cheerful Life

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Detox Smoothie - Pina Colada Smoothie

 Welcome friends. You must have read that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. So what kind of breakfast you eat will define your entire day. Breakfast or any meal containing fresh and unprocessed food will help increase your energy level and vibrancy.

Read More: Everyday Zen Habits for happy and healthy life 

As mentioned in my last post about 3 Ingredient Blueberry Smoothie, here is another healthy breakfast smoothie. This smoothie along with pineapple and coconut cream will detox your body and at the same time add good fat in your system.  

This is very simple recipe with bananas, pineapple and coconut milk.  

You can add shredded coconut for additional taste. To make it more filling you can top with overnight soaked chia seeds.




Ingredients:
1/2 Banana
1/2 cup Pineapple
1/4th cup Coconut Milk
1/4th cup Pineapple Juice
1 Tbsp soaked chia seeds (optional to make it more filling)
  
Method:
Mix and blend all ingredients well. Top is with shredded coconut for additional taste.
Serves 1.






 

Friday, July 8, 2022

Healthy Breakfast Ideas: Blueberry Smoothie

Welcome friends. You must have read that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. However if we are eating salty, oily and process breakfast then instead of helping us, it becomes more harmful and makes us lethargic.  

Read More: Everyday Zen Habits to happy and healthy 

This is 1st post in series of posts I will create about various healthy breakfast ideas. Most of these breakfasts will be live food that will detox your body and make it energetic without coffee or tea.  

This is very simple recipe with bananas, blueberry and coconut water. If you do not have fresh coconut water available you can use little water just to make it easier to blend or you can purchase these cartons shown at the bottom of this post. 

You add shredded coconut for additional taste. To make it more filling you can use peanut butter or overnight soaked peanuts during blending.


Ingredients:
1 Banana
1/2 cup Blueberry
1/2 cup Coconut Water
1 Tbsp Peanut Butter/1 Tbsp Soaked Peanuts (Optional)
  
Method:
Mix and blend all ingredients well. Top is with shredded coconut for additional taste.
Serves 2 for light breakfast or 1 for filling breakfast





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