Weight loss: These healthy recipes need 5 ingredients to prepare

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Ingredients: Besan (1 cup), 1 spoon salt, pinch of sugar/ small amount of jaggery, chopped vegetable of your choice (carrot/cabbage/ capsicum) and oil. Transfer the besan to a bowl and add salt. Add water to this and mix it properly till you get a smooth consistency without any lumps. […]

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Ingredients: Besan (1 cup), 1 spoon salt, pinch of sugar/ small amount of jaggery, chopped vegetable of your choice (carrot/cabbage/ capsicum) and oil.

Transfer the besan to a bowl and add salt. Add water to this and mix it properly till you get a smooth consistency without any lumps. Now, add the vegetables to this and mix it well.

Grease a tawa with oil. Pour a ladle of the besan mixture on it. Cook it properly on both sides.

Protein-rich dal recipes to help you lose weight

Ingredients: Oats, finely chopped vegetable of your choice (carrot/ beans/ cabbage/ cauliflower/ peas), salt, oil, peanuts.

In a kadhai, dry roast the peanuts and the oats separately. Transfer them to a bowl.

Add some oil to the kadhai and saute the vegetable. Now add salt to this. Once cooked properly add water. Be careful not to add too much water as it may make the upma soggy.

Once the water begins to boil, add oats and the peanuts to this. Cook until the oats absorb the water completely.

Ingredients: Chopped vegetables of your choice, rava (1 cup), oil, salt and curry leaves

Take some oil in a kadhai and saute the vegetable. Add salt, turmeric and curry leaves to this.

Once the vegetables have cooked properly, add rava and roast it for sometime. Now, transfer the mixture to a bowl and add water to it. Add curd to this and keep it aside for sometime.

Grease an idli mold and pour the mixture into it. Steam it for 30 minutes. Serve it hot with chutney.

Ingredients: Boiled eggs chopped, lemon juice, chilli, vegetables/ green leaves of choice, salt.

You just need to assemble all the ingredients in a bowl and mix them properly. Do not keep it for hours and make sure to eat it soon.

Ingredients: Pre-soaked moong, green chilli, ginger, salt, oil.

Make a fine paste of moong, green chilli and ginger. Add water, if necessary to bring it to a smooth consistency.

Grease a tawa with oil and pour a ladle of the batter. Cook it properly on both sides. Serve it hot with pickle or chutney.

Ingredients: Rice, dal, vegetables, salt, oil

In a pressure cooker take some oil. Add everything to oil and saute it properly for sometime. Add water and salt to this. Cook it for 10 minutes. Serve it hot.

Turmeric is an essential ingredient in all the recipes (except egg salad). In an Indian household, every food item is cooked with turmeric in order to add the medicinal properties of the herb to the food we eat. Apart from this spices like jeera, mustard, coriander and methi seeds are added to the oil before cooking.

The recipes mentioned above are the basic ingredients one needs to make the food. You can customize the recipe as per your choice, taste, requirement and availability of ingredients.

These quick recipes are ideal for those who do not get time to cook and also for those who dread cooking assuming it to be a highly-skilled job.

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