Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Know what you eat !!!


Did anybody wondered what percentage of fat,carbohydrate and protein a normal adult should consume. Well here is the calculation. Please follow this and stay healthy. It proved very effective to me.

Every person burn some amount of calories and consume some amount of calories in the form of food. If the consumed calorie is very high , then he becomes fat. To maintain the same weight amount of calorie burnt should be same as calorie consumed on average. In a balanced diet the following percentage of carbohydrate,fat and protein should be present.

If Calorie consumed - 1500kcal/day(Breakfast+lunch+Dinner)

% of carbohydrate = 57% = 855kcal(57%of 1500) = 214gms per day
(1gm of carbohydrate = 4kcal)
% of fat = 25% = 375kcal(25% of 1500) = 42gms per day
(1gm of fat=9kcal)

% of protein=18% = 270kcal(18%of 1500) = 67.5gms per day
( 1gm of protein=4kcal )

If you want to calculate how much calorie you are burning you can use this site
http://www.stevenscreek.com/goodies/calories.shtml

If you want to calculate how much calorie you can consume each day you can use this site
http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

Stay healthy !!!!!!!!!!!

Veg. Rice – Pressure Cooker method

Hi ladies , Getting tired of making veg.rice. Here is the easy way to make that. It will take just 10 minutes. Ofcourse excluding vegetable’s “cutting” time . You can give that job to your husband :) . Try it out and leave your comments.

Ingredients (for 2 persons):

Carrot – 1
Beans- few bunch(10-15 pieces)
Green Peas – 1cup(or as per your requirement)
Onion – ½
Garlic – 2 cloves
Oil/ghee – 1 tablespoon
Corriander – optional
Sambar Powder – ½ table spoon
Five Spice powder-1/2 table spoon
Uncooked Rice – 1 cup
Salt – as per your requirement

Method:

In the pressure cooker add little oil and fry onion and garlic. Then add carrot,beans,green peas and fry until it turns brown.Then add sambar and five spice powder. Wash the rice and add that to the vegetables and pour 2 cups of water and salt.You can add little ghee to make it non-sticky. Add coriander leaves and cover the pressure cooker with lid. Keep it in high mode for one whistle and simmer mode for 8 minutes. Veg rice is ready. You can make cucumber or onion raitha and have it with veg rice. Tastes delicious

Monday, September 14, 2009

Easy Chutney

This chutney is fast and easy to make.This is my own recipie.Try this everyone and please leave your comments.

Peanut chutney:

Ingredients :

Peanut – 1 cup
Yogurt – 1/4cup
Red chilli- ½(Based on you spice level)
Salt,asafetida powder
Corriander - optional

Method:
Fry peanuts in tawa until it turns brown. Grind peanut,corrainder,yogurt and salt together and add asafetida powder. Chutney is ready. You can have it dosa or u can also use it as bread spread.

Simple Breakfast

Hi guys, I found this recipie in internet and was very useful for me . Please try this in your home and leave your comments on my blog
Oats Dosa :
Ingredients: 250gm Quaker Oats(old fashioned)
50gm upma sooji(Rava) 1-2 green chillis
small piece of ginger
Method:
 Soak Quaker oats for 30 mins. Drain all the water. Grind it with 1-2 green chillis and a little bit of ginger, without adding much water. Dough should be around the idli-dough consistency. Add around 50gm upma sooji to the grinded dough, and add salt to taste. Thats it! You will have a ready-to-use dough... no need to ferment. Make thick dosas with the oats dough. Serve hot, with mint or coconut chutney.