Opt for a Healthy Lifestyle(2020): Ditch Your Junk Food with Healthy Evening Snacks and 8 Recipes to Get You Started

Ingredients

• 1 cup fruit juice
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 2 cups frozen fruit
• 1 small banana(optional)

Method

• Take all the ingredients and put them in a blender.
• Blend it on high speed
• You can add some fruit juice and ice in it if you want
• Serve them chilled

Ingredients

• ½ small onion
• 2 medium tomatoes
• ½ - 1 mild red chilli pepper
• 2 tbsp fresh cilantro (coriander)
• 1 cup salted peanuts
• 1.5-2 tbsp lemon juice to taste (around half a lemon)
• 1 tsp chaat masala powder

Method

• Chop onions, tomatoes, coriander, and chilli pepper
• Toss them in a bowl with peanuts
• Squeeze lemon juice and mix well
• Sprinkle chaat masala and mix again
• Serve with a hot cup of coffee or tea

Ingredients

• ¾ cup thick curd / hung curd / yogurt
• ¼ cup mayonnaise, eggless
• ½ tsp pepper powder
• ¼ cup carrot, finely chopped
• salt to taste
• ¼ cup cabbage, finely chopped
• ¼ cup capsicum, finely chopped
• ½ tsp ginger, finely chopped
• ¼ cup corn
• 6 slices bread white / wholegrain
• 2 tsp butter
• 1 tsp sesame seeds

Method

• Take hung curd or thick curd in a bowl (you can add mayonnaise if you like to it
• Add crushed pepper in it
• Add finely chopped vegetables of you choice, mix well and keep it aside
• Take bread and cut the edges of them
• Spread the mixture in between two slices of bread
• Heat the tawa or sandwich maker and put some butter over it
• Sprinkle some sesame seeds and place the sandwich over it
• Cut it in half and serve it hot with tomato ketchup or mint chutney with tea or a smoothie

Ingredients

• 2 cups besan / gram flour
• 1 tsp oil
• 1 tbsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• 1/2 tsp ginger, grated
• 1 tsp green chillies
• 1 tsp sugar
• salt to taste
• 1 tsp fruit salt / baking soda
• a pinch of turmeric
• 1 cup water

Tempering

• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp urad dal
• 2 chillies , halved (optional)
• 8 curry leaves

Garnishing

• 1 tbsp grated coconut (optional)
• cilantro, chopped

Method

• Put flour, lemon juice, ginger, green chillies, oil, salt, sugar, and water in a bowl and mix it into a smooth batter.
• Add fruit salt or baking soda to it and whisk until it gets bubbly
• Grease the mold and pour the batter in it. You can use a pressure cooker to steam it or bake it in the microwave.
• Remove it from the mould and heat oil in a small pot.
• Add the tempering ingredients in it and pour it over the dhokla
• Let it cool for 10 minutes and garnish with cilantro or shredded coconut
• Cut in pieces and serve warm with mint chutney.

Ingredients

• 1 cup besan / gram flour / kadle hittu
• ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
• ¼ tsp caraway seeds
• salt to taste
• ½ cup water, or as required
• ½ onion, finely chopped
• 2 tbsp coriander leaves, finely chopped
• ½ tomato, finely chopped
• 1 inch ginger, finely chopped
• 1 green chilli, finely chopped
• 5 tsp oil, for roasting

Method

• Take one cup besan in a large bowl
• Add turmeric, ajwain, salt, and water to it and mix to create a batter
• Let it rest for 30 minutes
• Add onion, tomato, coriander, ginger and green chilli to it and mix well
• Take a ladleful of the batter and spread on a heated Tawa
• Pour oil over it and cook on medium flame
• Flip and cook on both sides serve with green chutney

Ingredients

• 2 slices - bread
• 1 tbsp - jam
• 1/2 tbsp - peanut butter

Method

• Spread a generous amount of jam on one side of bread.
• Spread peanut butter on the other slice and put them together. You're done

Ingredients

• 3 boiled eggs
• 1 Tbsp tomato ketchup
• 1 tsp tomato chilli sauce
• 3 tsp tamarind extract
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp roasted cumin
• Salt to taste
• 1 green chilly
• 1 chopped spring onion
• 2-3 Tbsp boondi

Method

• Take tomato ketchup, tomato chilli sauce, tamarind extract, lemon juice, roasted cumin, green chili and salt in a bowl
• Boil eggs and cut them into two
• Spread the chutney over it and sprinkle chopped spring onions, garam masala, and boondi over it.
• Serve warm.

Ingredients

• one cup poha
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• Salt to taste
• few mustard seeds
• 1/2 cup peanuts
• medium onion chopped
• 2 green chillies
• handful of curry leaves
• 1/2 cup green peas
• 1 tsp sugar
• 2 tbs oil

Method

• Put poha in a strainer and run it under water till it turns soft. Press it between two fingers to see if it breaks easily
• Add turmeric and salt in it and toss it well
• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard oil, wait till it pops and add peanuts in it. Cook till it turns brown
• Now, add chopped onion, green chilly and curry leaves to the oil and cook until onions soften up
• Add green beans and cook till they are done
• Now add the rinsed poha to it and toss well. You can sprinkle some water and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add sugar and cilantro, cover the pan with a lid and turn heat to low then turn it off
• Serve hot with tea