Carrot chutney

Carrot 🥕Chutney
Carrots are the second most popular type of vegetable after potatoes.

Carrot chutney makes a good accompaniment to a breakfast or a meal. This chutney pairs well with most Indian breakfasts and even with rice 🍚 roti or chapathi or dosa, uttapa or bread🍞spread.

Ingredients needed

Oil – 1 1/2 – 2 tbsp
Carrots – 1 cup grated firmly packed or 3 medium carrots
Onions – 2
Garlic – 4 cloves
Green Chillies – 2-3
Ginger – 1 inch piece
Tamarind – a small piece or 1/4 tsp paste
Salt as per taste

Method
Wash, peel the skin and grate or chop carrots. Peel the skin of ginger and chop it. Keep it aside. Peel onions chop into small pieces.

Heat oil in a pan, add onion, garlic, ginger, green chilli and saute until the rawness of the onion goes and it turns pink.

Add grated carrot, salt needed and saute for a few minutes.

Then add tamarind and saute until the carrots are well cooked, stirring from time to time. If required you may add 1-2 tbsp of water. Avoid adding too much water.

Once the carrots are soft, switch off the heat and leave it to cool.

Then grind it to a slightly coarse paste (not too smooth) with little water.

(Or I made this with OPOS method
In a pressure cooker
Layer 1- 1tsp oil
Layer 2- 2tsp water
Layer 3- onion chopped
Layer 4- carrots, garlic, ginger, green chillies, salt, tamarind

Close the lid, cook on high for 2 whistles, released the pressure, cool and grind to a smooth paste.)

Mix well and enjoy!

Carrot pickle

Carrot 🥕Pickle

So it’s the season of carrots right……besides carrot halwa esp for weight watchers this is a unique way of having carrots.

Chop carrot 🥕lengthwise, slit green chillies also lengthwise, add finely chopped fresh hara🌱 lehsun (green garlic) add salt, mustard seeds(grind a little), lemon 🍋 and a few drops of olive oil and mix well. This can stay in fridge for 10-15days. Pickled crunchy carrots make a terrific accompaniment for just about any meal.

Carrots will give you vit 🅰️ n addition of oil will ensure good absorption of the same. Also this is Pickle gastrointestinal treat... for good bacteria.

#digestion
#eathealthy #antioxidantrich #carrotpickle #carrots #haralehsun #shilpsnutrilife

Carrots the power crunch

Carrots 🥕 The Power Crunch
Carrots are one of the most popular, versatile vegetables in the world. They can be eaten raw, cooked or juiced.

There are more than 100 species of carrots 🥕

Some are big, some are small, and they come in a variety of colors including: orange, purple, white, yellow and red.

While carrots🥕 are known for their signature orange color, Carrots get their color from antioxidants called carotenoids. One of these carotenoids is beta carotene, a precursor to active vitamin A that is responsible for many of the carrot benefits that we know about today.

Many studies have shown that beta carotene is crucial for improving immunity in the body, protecting skin and eye health, and fighting free radical damage that can cause various forms of chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease.

The nutrition in carrots🥕are bound to the cell wall “matrix” of the vegetables that have to be broken by heat (cooking) or mechanical action (grinding, juicing, proper chewing).

Cooking the carrots 🥕in fat, oils or pureeing, juicing them increases the availability of carotenoids.

Fats help the absorption of carotenoids into the blood as carotenoids are fat soluble.

#shilpsnutrilife #antioxidants #cancer #eyehealth #vision #skin #antiaging #immunity #vitaminA #carotenoid

Amla - the Indian gooseberry

Amla or the Indian gooseberry🍏

Amla or 🍏the Indian gooseberry is a super fruit packed with 20 times more vitamin C than oranges 🍊

🍏Awla has been used as powerful antioxidant agent that also boosts immunity.

🍏Amla restores the vitality and rejuvenates all bodily systems and therefore is used in maintaining good health of skin and hair.

🍏It has cooling, diuretic and laxative properties.

🍏It also has antibacterial properties and helps in preventing infections and healing ulcers.

For Indians Recommended daily allowance for Vit C is 40mg and 100gm of awla contains 600mg of Vit C…..so just ½ a piece of fresh, raw awla a day is sufficient to meet your Vit C requirement.

#amla #vitaminC #coldcough #immunity #indiangooseberry

Don't break the habit

Are you still in the festive🎉 and vacation mood.... Come back... Now
Don’t Break the Habit ! Start....
The easiest way to keep things going is simply not to stop.

Avoid long breaks in exercising 🏃or rebuilding the habit will take some effort. For example diwali has just gone. ..if you haven't started yet. ...start now🏋🏌🍎🍆🍄🍅

Even people who consistently stick to an effective health and fitness routine can sometimes fall out of the exercise habit from time to time. Getting back on track can be challenging so, don’t drop it at the first sign of trouble.

If you need help please connect with us at www.shilpsnutrilife.com or call us at 9870404042

#eathealthy #dontbreakthehabit #habit #exercise #healthylifestyle #shilpsnutrilife

International men's day

International Men's 👨Day

It's that time of the year to recognize and honour the contribution and sacrifices they make for their families and societies.

Nutrition is a vital foundation for good health overall and a healthy diet can help to reduce your disease risk.

Did you know men’s nutrition needs change at different times of the lifespan👨‍👨‍👦‍👦?

However here are 4 Must have essential Nutrients 🍅🍎🍊🍄🍆

🍉Fibre:- is good for your heart and digestio, research reveals fiber may help slow the progression of prostate cancer.

🍋Vitamin D -Promotes muscle strength and integrity, also improves testosterone levels.

🧀Protein - building muscles💪 , immunity, regulations of various enzymes and hormones.

🍐Calcium- optimum bone health, also for muscle contraction and nerve function.

Along with this Men's please take a note📋 of the following
✔️Watch your waist size
✔️Limit alcohol
✔️Reduce smoking
✔️Share your stress
✔️Be physically active

Wishing you a happy and a healthy Men's👨day
#november #menshealth  #mensnutrition #shilpsnutrilife

Sprouting Methi seeds

Sprouting methi seeds

As requested by many here is the procedure to sprout methi seed…..

Sprouting the methi seeds is simple.

🍀Take half a cup of dry methi/fenugreek seeds.
🍁Wash well and soak in water for at least 24 to 36 hours.
🌼Drain water completely and transfer the content to a colander.
🍀Cover with wet cloth or you can tie them in a thin muslin cloth and hang  in the kitchen.
🍁I used a wet kitchen towel. Keep it aside undisturbed. Make sure you keep the cover moist at all times.
🌼Within a day or two, you will notice small sprouts shooting out. I left it for two days until the sprouts were 1 cm long.

Remember to  wash them and drain water completely daily else they can become slimy and give a foul smell.

Keep the sprouts in a airtight box in the refrigerator,easily stays well for a week.

Half cup of dry methi will yield approximately two cups of sprouted methi.

#diabetes #methi #fenugreek #winters #shilpsnutrilife #methisprouts