Tasty and Easy Recipes

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2. Don’t skip breakfast.

3. Eat more breakfast than you think you should. Reduce some of your dinner calories for more calories at breakfast.

4. Don’t allow yourself to get hungry. Eat at least every four hours.

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8. Enjoying fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Minimize the amount of processed foods you eat.

9. Resist fast food!.

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Ingredients:
2 cups Poha (Beaten Rice)
1 Potatoes
1 Onions
2 Green Chillies
1 tsp Chana dal
1 tsp Urad dal
1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds
1 sprig Curry leaves
2 tsp Peanuts
4 tblsp Oil
1 pinch Turmeric powder
1 Lemon
Few Corainder leaves
Salt to taste

Method:
Soak the poha in water. Wash and drain all the water.
Add some salt , turmeric powder , keep aside.
Peel and cut the potatoes into small cubes, chop the onions, chillies, corainder leaves.
Heat oil and put chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, peanuts, curry leaves and fry until they crackle.
Add potatoes , saute for few minutes, then add chopped onions, chillies.
Cook till they are done. Add the poha, corainder leaves and stir.
Keep it on slow flame for 5- 7 minutes.
Let it cool for sometime and add then lemon juice.

Ingredients:
1 sliced Onion (Pyaj)
1 tsp Turmeric (Haldi)
1 tblsp Oil
1 tsp Fenugreek Seeds (Methi)
1 tsp Cumin Seed (Jeera)
1 tsp Aniseed (Saunf)
1/2 tsp Onion Seeds (Kalonji)
200 gms Brinjals (Biangan)
10 gms chopped Green Chilly (Hari Mirch)
100 gms Red and Yellow Capsicum cut into strips
500 gms chopped Cabbage (Pata gobi)
1 tblsp Vinegar
150 gms French Beans (Flas Beans)
Sugar To Taste

Method:
Heat oil in a pan and fry the onions till they turn transparent.
Add fenugreek, cumin, aniseed and onion seeds and fry for a minute.
Add turmeric and chillies.
Stir in cauliflower, cabbage and sugar.
Cover and cook on a low flame for 5 to 7 minutes.
Add pepper strips and sprinkle vinegar on top.
Cook for a further 5 minutes till the vegetables are tender.