Embrace the joy of delicious, healthy vegan foods.

Farming is not about growing crops, it's about nurturing life from the blessings of mother Earth. Let we Nourish our health by cultivating Paddy , wheat and all crops naturally.

Here I have explained  Seven such types of natural foods for our healthy breakfast.

1.Lemon Aval Kichdi – a simple Vegan breakfast :

Lemon aval upma  or Kichdi is one of the easiest and healthy breakfast options and can be prepared with beaten rice, lemon and mild spices. Aval is the Tamil word for beaten rice or flattened rice. It is also known as poha in North India.

Cook time: 15 minutes.

Cuisine style: South Indian 

To serve: 2 people 

Type: Breakfast 

Ingredients:

Smooth Aval ( poha or Flattened rice] – 1 cup

Peanuts – ¼ cup [roasted, peeled] or Cashew nuts – ¼ cup

Coconut – 6 tbsp [grated] or grated Carrots 

Onion – 1 [sliced]

Green chilli – 1 [sliced or chopped]

Curry leaves – 1 spring

Ginger – 1 ½ tbsp [finely chopped]

Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp [roughly chopped]

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp Hi

Lemon juice – 1 lemon

Olive Oil or Ghee – 2 tbsp

Required Salt to taste.

Instructions:

Add one cup of smooth Aval in a bowl to rinse in water and drain water completely.Don’t soak aval for a long time but keep aside for 5 minutes.

Heat a pan with oil and add peanuts or cashew nuts. Then add onion sauté well then add ginger, green chilli & curry leaves.

Add grated coconut or grated carrots and turmeric powder sauté gently.

Add aval and salt mix gently . Then add lemon juice and mix well.

Add chopped coriander leaves and stir well. Cut off heat and serve hot with coconut chutney.

2. COCONUT CHUTNEY:

Cook time: 5 minutes 

To serve.  : 2 people 

Coconut chutney  is a semi liquid substance served with food to add moistness and flavour.

This simple recipe is for a basic South Indian coconut chutney, perfect for beginners.

Ingredients (for grinding):

• 1 cup fresh grated coconut

• 2 green chilies, or to taste

• 2 tbsp  cashews

• A small piece of ginger (an inch)

• 2 cloves of garlic and onion 

• A few curry leaves and coriander leaves 

• Salt, to taste

Water, as needed for blending

Ingredients (for tempering): optional 

• 1 tbsp Olive oil 

• ½ tsp mustard seeds

• ½ tsp urad dal (split black gram)

• 1–2 dry red chilies, broken

• A few curry leaves 

• A pinch of asafoetida (hing)

Instructions:

Grind the ingredients: In a blender or food processor, combine the coconut, green chilies, cashews, ginger , garlic, onion , curry and coriander leaves and salt. Add a little water to help it blend.

Blend to a paste: Grind the mixture into a smooth paste. Add more water as needed to achieve our preferred consistency. Taste and adjust the salt if necessary.

Now it's ready to serve as it is. Tempering is the process to enrich the taste of the chutney. So it is optional.

To prepare the tempering, heat oil in a small saucepan . Add the mustard seeds and let them splutter.

Sauté spices: Add the urad dal, dried red chilies, curry leaves, and asafoetida. Sauté for a few seconds until the dal turns golden and the leaves are crisp.

Combine and serve: Pour the hot tempering mixture over the ground coconut paste and mix well. Serve immediately as a sauce for any kind of dish.

It is good for digestion and a quick nutritious source of diet in a natural way.

This is a simple way to make coconut chutney, enjoy the natural taste.

3.Aval Sweet balls or Sweet Aval :

Cook time: 15 minutes 

To serve : 2 people 

In the same way we can prepare the sweet Aval in a simple way.

Ingredients:

• Smooth Aval - 1 cup

• Cashew nuts - 1/4 cup 

• Grated coconut or carrots - 1/2 cup

• Brown sugar - 1/2 cup 

• Ghee - 2 teaspoons 

Optional:

One cardamom or 1 teaspoon vanilla essence for flavour .

Instructions:

Add one cup of smooth Aval in a bowl to rinse in water and drain water completely.

In a Saucepan add ghee in a medium flame to roast the cashews and then add grated coconut or carrots for 5 minutes to fry. Then add the sugar and mix well for 3 minutes. Now add the Aval and stir well for 5 minutes in a medium flame with the desirable flavour.

Now transfer it to a bowl and serve hot.

Also, if we make this into sweet balls with our hands, children will love it.

4.Vegan Sweet dry fruits nut balls with no added sugar:

Cook time: 10 minutes 

To serve : 4 people 

Dry fruits are known as a powerhouse of nutrients.  Consuming dry fruits provides our body with vitamins, minerals, fiber, protein and more.

Ingredients:

• Any kind of dry nuts - 1 cup

• Any kind of dry fruits - 1/2 a cup 

• Seedless Dates - 6

• Honey - 2 teaspoons 

Instructions:

1.We can add any kind of dry nuts like almonds, pista, cashew, walnuts, peanuts and Hazel nuts as a mixed quantity of 1 cup.

2.And add some dry fruits like raisins, figs,  and prunes  as a mixed quantity of ½  a cup.

3.One cup of nuts and half a cup of dry fruits with 6 Seedless Dates is enough for natural sweetness.

4.In a mixture jar add all kinds of desirable dry fruits with dates and grind it into a paste.

5.Now add all the chopped dry nuts and grind for a few seconds just to mix it with the paste.

6.Transfer it to a bowl or tray to form sweet balls, and add a little honey if it's needed for more sweetness and moisture to make it into a ball.

Now the dry fruits laddu are ready to serve.

Even diabetics can eat this for their sweet cravings.

Such a nutritious balls for everyone.

5. Vegan Banana muffins:

Banana is one of the most nutritional and healthy fruits. These banana muffins are filled with the goodness of bananas and crunchiness of walnuts with Hazelnuts and a perfect nutritious treat for our family as breakfast.

Cook Time :40 minutes

Ingredients:

All purpose Flour - 3/4 cup

Ripe Bananas - 2 small ones

Sunflower Oil or Olive oil - 1/4 cup

Brown Sugar - 1/4 cup

Baking powder - 1/2 tsp

Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp

Walnut - 1/2 cup finely chopped

Hazel nut - ¼ cup finely chopped 

Instructions:

1.Sift all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda in a bowl and keep it aside.

2.Preheat the oven at 180 degree Celsius. 

3..Peel the skin of bananas and mash it well.

4.Add oil, mashed bananas, vanilla essence in a mixing bowl and mix well. 

5.Fold in sugar and mix well until sugar completely dissolves.

6.Now add all purpose flour (sifted with baking powder, baking soda) slowly to the mix and fold. Do not over mix. The flour must get moistened.

7.Keep 2 tbsp walnuts and Hazel nuts separately and add remaining chopped walnuts in the mix and give a quick stir.

8.Grease the muffin cups with some oil evenly or use liners and add the batter to it. Make sure to fill each muffin cup till 3/4 cup and sprinkle some nuts on top.

9.Bake at the same temperature for 25-30 minutes or till it turns golden brown.

Once it has cooled down, remove from the muffin cup and enjoy!!!

6.Vegan Papaya Honey Muffins.

Vegan Papaya and Banana 🍌 mixed with Honey Muffin is very nutritious.These healthy, papaya banana honey muffins, made with whole wheat flour, are perfect for enjoying breakfast with our whole family as Breakfast.

Cook time:40 minutes 

Ingredients:

1 cup Whole wheat flour

1/2 cup Ripe papaya

1 Ripe banana

1/4 cup Olive Oil

1/4 cup Honey

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp Vanilla extract

Instructions:

1.Sift all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda in a bowl and keep it aside.

2.Peel the skin of bananas and blend it with papaya to make a puree.

3.Add oil, banana-papaya paste, vanilla essence in a mixing bowl and mix well. Fold in honey and mix well until sugar completely dissolves.

4.Now add flour slowly to the mix and fold. Do not over mix. The flour must get moistened.

5.Grease the muffin cups with some oil evenly or use liners and add the batter to it. Make sure to fill each muffin cup till 3/4 cup and sprinkle some nuts on top.

6.Preheat the oven at 180 degree Celsius.

7.Bake at the same temperature for 25-30 minutes or until it turns golden brown.

Once it has cooled down, remove it from the muffin cup and enjoy the delicious muffins with everyone!!!

7.Mixed cucumber salad with bean sprouts:

The fresh vegetable salad is a pure and light meal that follows a specific dietary principle that boosts our immunity and renews our health throughout the day.

Ingredients:

1.cucumber - 1

2.bean sprouts - ½ a cup 

3.tomato ( sliced) - 1

4.carrot. - 1

5.spring onions or red onion - 200g 

6.cabbage. - 200g

7.bell pepper - 1

8.Coriander and mint leaves 

9.olive oil - 2 teaspoons 

10.Ground Black pepper - 1 teaspoon 

11.Sea Salt to taste.

12. Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon 

To make bean sprouts with cucumber salad, mix olive oil, lemon juice, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to make a dressing. Keep aside.

Put all the finely chopped vegetables in a bowl and mix the salad well.

Chill salad in the fridge by covering with a cling wrap till we want to serve.

Just before serving add the dressing with some mint and coriander leaves and toss well.

Refreshing, tasty, and healthy,

A perfect protein-packed power food.

With good planning and an understanding of what a healthy, balanced vegetarian diet is, we can get all the nutrients our bodies need.Let us embrace the healthy vegan diet that involves focusing on whole, plant-based foods to get a wide variety of essential nutrients.

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