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Healthy Indian Pressure Cooker Veg Recipes

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Healthy Indian Pressure Cooker Veg Recipes

Healthy Indian Pressure Cooker Veg Recipes

Cooking in the Pressure Cooker preserves the nutrients and is thus considered as one of the healthy options.

Pressure Cooker Healthy Indian Soup

Soups are very easy to make, especially when a pressure cooker is handy. Chop the veggies or wash the beans, add some water and pressure cook. It is so simple…

Explore a few healthy beans and dals to make soups. Nourishing Moong Soup is one such recipe, which cannot fail to please you. It is made of pressure cooked moong which is then boiled with water and cooked, subtly flavoured with curry leaves and lemon juice. Gain in 6.9 g of protein by way of one bowl of Nourishing Moong Soup.

Nourishing Moong Soup ( Weight Loss After Pregnancy )

This fabulous Drumstick Soup recipe with the strong aroma and flavour of drumstick, is surprisingly easy to make because it bypasses the cumbersome process of peeling the drumstick. Half a cup of milk helps to balance the overwhelming flavour of the veg drumstick soup and to improve its texture too, while a dash of pepper acts as the classic and final stroke in this masterpiece. Try it out.

Drumstick Soup, Veg Drumstick Soup

Pressure Cooker Healthy Indian Khichdi

A warm bowl of khichdi with some curd is most soothing. Although the list of ingredients in Dahiwali Moong Dal Khichdi seems long, you will find that they are all common, everyday ingredients that you are sure to find in your Indian kitchen.

Dahiwali Moong Dal Khichdi

A combination of 5 pulses with rice is another example of good quality protein for vegetarians. Try the recipe of Panch Dhan Khichdi. Onions and masalas are sautéed, soaked rice and pulses are drained and transferred to a pressure cooker, water is added and it is pressure cooked for 3 whistles. Serve it with fresh dahi and your healthy dinner is ready!

Panch Dhan Khichdi

Pressure Cooker Healthy Indian Dals

Every region has its own unique way of making dal. You surely need a pressure cook to cook it. It’s easy, convenient, fuel saving and moreover time saving. How about trying Palak Chana Dal? Most kids and adults like palak. Learn how to make is a step-by-step manner and gain in lots of vitamin A.

Palak Chana Dal

Also try Easy Masoor Dal. With a host of masalas, the masoor dal can be cooked in a pressure cooker, tempered to perfection and served as an everyday dal. Tomatoes also add a dose of lycopene – an antioxidant required to enhance immunity. Ready about Other Foods Rich in Lycopene.

Masoor Dal, Easy Masoor Dal Recipe

Green Dal Fry is another nourishing recipe worth trying. This spicy Green Dal Fry is pressure cooked and then cooked along with yummy green paste in a pan.

Green Dal Fry

Pressure Cooker Healthy Indian Sabzi

A pressure cooker would be one of the healthiest accompaniments to rotis / chapatis. It is cooked in less time and thus preserves nutrients. Moreover, less oil is required as there isn’t too much of sautéing and cooking.

Learn how to make Healthy Tendli and Matki ki Subzi in a pressure Cooker. It is a brilliant combo of ivy gourd and sprouted matki is pressure-cooked with onions, tomatoes and spice powders, to make a mouth-watering subzi.

Tendli and Matki Subzi, Pressure Cooker Tendli Aur Matki ki Subzi

Sai Bhaji, a combonation of khatta bhaji and palak, is another nutritious subzi to feast on. Loads of antioxidants with flavours enhanced by the addition of masalas, it is difficult to resist this subzi

Sai Bhaji ( Subzi Recipe)

Pressure Cooker Healthy Indian Snacks

Surprised about this? Yes cook healthy ingredients in a pressure cooker, add fresh and dried herbs and make a healthy snack.

A simple and protein brimming recipe is Garlic Hummus. Serve it with Vegetable Crudités and you are sure to not feel hungry till your next meal.

Garlicky Hummus

Broken Wheat Upma, is a breakfast option for healthy mornings. Top up your daily dose protein, fiber, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus with this South Indian style recipe. Bulgur wheat contrasts very beautifully with veggies like green peas, carrot and onions. The best part is that it stays fresh even when pack in a tiffin box. So go ahead and enjoy it home and work with family and friends!

Broken Wheat Upma