Kale chips

Kale Chips

Did you ever think you could nibble on your salad greens ?  Well, your search ends here. 

I love munching in between the meals and that’s the reason why I am not able to lose weight. Since the realisation has kicked in, I’m trying to make a healthy batch of snacks at home.

I am quite happy today because instead of picking up those packets of chips, I stuck out with my will power and picked up fresh kale to make my very own chips at home. 

My new year resolution was to avoid anything that comes out of a packet and we’ll I succeeded in doing that. These are crispy, super yum and total health hub.

Preparation Time : 5 minutes
Cooking Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 1

Ingredients :

100 grams American kale
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp Black pepper
1/2 tsp Himalayan Pink salt

Method :

1) Wash the Kale leaves properly and pat them dry.

2) Chop the kale leaves in small portions of edible size.

3) In a Bowl add kale leaves, olive oil, salt and pepper and give it a nice mix.

4) Line the Baking tray with Olive oil and place the chips next to each other.

5) Bake this at 180'c for about 15 minutes on pre-heat convection mode in microwave or Oven.

6) Let them cool down completely and store in a n airtight container.

P.S - Its advisable to eat them freshly baked because moisture tends to set in super fast and makes them not so crispy later.


Keep cooking, Keep loving :)

One Pot Burmese Khao suey

Khao suey is a Burmese noodle dish stew and is also a staple food. It has gained quite the popularity in the recent years. 

It is a one pot soup meal which has noodles, rice, vegetables and lots of condiments. However since its an elaborate dish not many prefer to cook it at home hence people prefer eating out. 

I am not a great fan of eating out because we don't know what is being added apart from the ingredients to make it taste good and lets be honest you really don't want to spend everyday on your favourite food.

Since I was experimenting with Keto diet, I was on lookout for foods that are tasty at the same time fall into my low carb high fat macros. This is a perfect dish for that. 

Macros :

Carbs : 14.3 grams

Protein: 4.6 grams (you can add meat / paneer for more protein )

Fat: 44.7 grams 

Fibre : 4 grams

Ingredients :

200 ml Dabur coconut milk

4 tbsp coconut oil 

1 cup chopped carrots 

1 cup Mushrooms

1 medium onion 

1/2 cup Broccoli / cauliflower

1 cup Mixed bell peppers

1/3 cup crushed peanuts

1 full bulb of Garlic

1 small onion

2 tbsp fresh coriander

1 lemon juice

4-5  dried red chilly 

1 tbsp salt

1 tbsp Cumin powder

1 tbsp red paprika / chilly powder

1 tbsp coriander powder

2 tbsp Ginger

 

Method :

1) Add ginger, peeled garlic bulb, medium onion in a mixer and keep the paste in the bowl.

2) Heat the coconut oil in a pan on medium flame and then pour it on the ginger garlic paste.

3) Add cumin powder, coriander powder, red chilly and salt in the bowl and mix it well to infuse the flavours well.

4) Pour the paste into the pan and cook the paste for at least 10 minutes.

5) Now add coconut milk to the Paste and stir well. Add 1 cup of water to it.

6) Add all the vegetables to the mix and cover with the lid for 10 minutes.

7) In a small Pan add 2 tbsp coconut oil and fry peanuts, chopped garlic, onion and red chilly flakes until golden brown.

8) Once the gravy is cooked, pour the fried stuff on it and sprinkle some fresh coriander and lemon juice.

9) Serve this with Noodles or Boiled rice.

P.S - If you want strong coconut flavour then don't add water instead add more coconut milk. 

Keep Cooking, Keep Loving :)