Eating Healthy Does Not Mean Boring: 10 Nutritious Snacks that Won't Compromise on Flavour or Taste (2020)

Ingredients:

• 3 cups puffed rice flakes
• 1 cup ragi flakes
• 4 potatoes, boiled and cut into small pieces
• 2 onions, chopped
• 1 cup mix millet flakes
• ½ cup brown rice namkeen
• ½ cup peanuts, roasted
• 2 spoons chaat masala
• 2 Tomatoes, cut into small pieces
• 4 spoons of lemon juice
• 2 green chillies, chopped finely
• 3 spoons of green chutney
• Coriander – fresh, as needed

How to Make:

• Cut the boiled potatoes into small pieces. Chop the onion, tomatoes, chillies and add the lemon juice. Mix both these well.
• Take a bowl and add the ragi flakes, puffed rice flakes and mix millets flakes. Next, add the peanuts and brown rice namkeen and mix well after putting some chaat masala.
• Add both the mixtures and add the green chutney.
• Put the coriander leaves for garnishing and serve.

Ingredients:

• 200 gram Paneer
• 1 Tomato, chopped
• 1 Onion, chopped
• Ginger, chopped - as needed
• Lemon – half a slice
• 2 Green chillies, chopped
• 1 spoon Red chilli powder
• 1 spoon Coriander powder
• Turmeric powder – as needed
• Cumin powder – as needed
• Salt and sugar – as needed
• Coriander leaves – as needed
• 1 spoon Refined oil
• 1 spoon Butter

How to Make:

• Take a pan and sauté some butter and refined oil.
• To it, add the masala, viz. cumin powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and add some salt to taste. Also, add the onion and ginger.
• Add some water and mix well.
• Next, add the chopped tomatoes and green chillies along with some sugar.
• Crumble the paneer over them and mix well.
• Add some more butter and add some lime. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups of boiled corn
• ¼ cup of lemon juice
• 4 spoons of butter
• ½ spoon of chaat masala
• ¼ spoon of red chilli powder
• Salt – as needed

How to Make:

• You need first to boil the corn in water and medium flame. Add some salt.
• Next, melt the butter and add the ingredients, including the cooked corn. Saute the ingredients for around 5 minutes.
• The corn will turn light brown. You can serve along with some finely chopped onions or tomatoes.

Ingredients:

• Ginger – grated, as needed
• 75 gram green beans
• 50 gram peas, frozen
• 250 gram potatoes, peeled and sliced
• 1 onion, chopped finely
• 2 spoons curry powder
• 2 cloves
• 1 spoon mustard powder
• Garlic, crushed - as needed
• 1 tablespoon refined oil
• 4 filo sheets

How to Make:

• Heat the oil along with ginger, onion and garlic along with the mustard powder and curry powder.
• Add the peas, beans and potatoes with around 400 ml water.
• Cook for twenty minutes till it is soft in the oven at 200oC.
• Take a filo sheet and apply some oil. Cut it into three equal pieces.
• Put some mix at the top of the strip and fold like a triangle. Then put it on a baking tray.
• Once all the mix has been put into the filo strips, bake for around 20 minutes until it turns golden brown.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup paneer, cut into small pieces
• 1 cup moong daal, sprouted
• 1 cup onions, chopped finely
• 1 cup rajma
• 1 cup soya beans, boiled
• 2 tsp chaat masala
• ¼ cup coriander leaves
• Green chillies – chopped, as needed
• 1 cup tomato-deseeded and chopped fine
• Salt – as neededl
• Lemon juice to taste

How to Make:

• Making is easy. The preparation will require you to soak the moong overnight.
• You need to mix all the ingredients. You may add a little curd too.
• The ingredients can be varied according to your taste. 

Ingredients:

• 8 broccoli florets
• 2-3 potatoes - cooked
• 30-40 grams black beans - cooked
• 1 Cup masoor dal - cooked
• 100 Gram papaya – cut into small pieces
• 1 Cup methi sprouts
• Few drops Tabasco sauce
• ½ sweet lime cut into segments

Chaat dressing:

• ½ spoon amchur powder
• 1 spoon olive oil
• 1 spoon vinegar
• ½ spoon chaat masala
• Honey – as needed
• 30 gram onions, finely chopped

How to Make:

• Cut the broccoli florets and season with salt, pepper, and olive oil. Put it into the oven until it gets charred.
• Whisk all the ingredients together and mix well and pour into a bowl.
• Mix the chaat dressing. 
• Pour the dressing on top and mix again.
• Add some methi sprouts and serve.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup potatoes - boiled
• ½ cup cucumber, chopped
• 1 cup green beans - boiled
• ½ cup tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cup rajma – boiled
• ½ cup onions - chopped
• 1 cup chana – boiled

For the dressing:

• Coriander – as needed, chopped
• 2 spoons olive oil
• One spoon chaat masala
• One spoon lemon juice
• Salt and pepper – as needed

How to Make:

• Whisk the ingredients for the dressing together.
• Mix the boiled rajma, chana, green beans in a bowl. Add the chopped tomatoes, potatoes, cucumber and onions to it.
• Combine the ingredients well and refrigerate for as long as needed. Serve chilled. 

Ingredients:

• ½ cup gluten-free oats
• ¼ cup desiccated coconut
• 1 cup peanut butter
• ½ cup of protein powder
• ¼ cup honey

How to Make:

• Take a large bowl and mix the honey and peanut butter.
• Add the oats, protein powder and the desiccated coconut into the bowl.
• Use a wooden spoon to mix the ingredients to form a sticky dough.
• Make small balls out of the dough and roll them over some more desiccated coconut.
• Refrigerate to allow the balls to firm up.

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons Methi Leaves - finely chopped
• 2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
• ¼ spoon hing
• ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
• ¼ spoon Red Chilli powder
• Flip over at regular intervals. Also, avoid any air pockets from forming.
• Remove once it is crisp.  

How to Make:

• Take a large bowl and combine the finely chopped methi leaves and whole wheat flour. Also add the hing, turmeric powder, red chilli powder. The oil and salt to be added as needed.
• Knead the dough as you generally do by adding some water till it is tough. Cover it for some time and knead again.
• Divide the dough into small balls.
• Roll out the balls into thin circles and add some flour to prevent stickiness.
• Heat a pan to medium heat and add a rolled out portion of the dough.
• Flip over at regular intervals. Also, avoid any air pockets from forming.
• Remove once it is crisp.  

Ingredients:

• 2 ½ cups raw mixed nuts.
• ½ spoon ground cardamom
• 1 spoon ground cinnamon
• 2 spoons of garam masala
• 1 spoon honey
• Salt – as needed
• 3 spoons of coconut oil  

How to Make:

• The oven must be preheated to 180oC and place a baking paper on the baking tray.
• Take a bowl and combine the salt, nuts and spices.
• Melt the honey and coconut oil in a bowl.
• Pour this over the mixed nuts and stir for a fine coating.
• Put the nuts on the baking tray and bake for 25 minutes. Flip the nuts for some time.
• Cool it for some time store.