Healthy N Nutritious Snacks-4

Nuts N Seeds-1-Sun Flower Seeds-2

Here is a glimpse the seeds with stripes...

            Sun Flower Seeds

These are not that costly when compared other nuts like cashews or pistachios and have more plus points then them.

Here are some recipes. In all these recipes, you have to used roasted and shelled sun flower seeds:

1. Carrot Sunflower Seeds Salad

          Grated Carrot

Ingredients:

Carrots grated        1cup

Sun flower seeds    1-2 Tbsp

Lemon juice           2 tsps

Olive oil                2 tsps

Pepper Powder      To taste

Salt                       To taste

Method:

• Clean scrape and grate carrots. The quantity should be one full cup. Sore it in fridge till it is time to serve but don't keep for long that they loose their nutritional values
• In bowl mix lemon juice, olive oil, pepper powder and salt thoroughly.
• Just before serving, add grated carrots and seeds to the bowl, mix well or toss and serve
• Adjust the lemon juice and pepper powder according to your taste.
• You can add a little of castor sugar if you like it to be a bit sweet. Though I feel that carrots would fill in for sweetness.

2.Carrot -Tomato -Seeds Salad

      Chopped Tomatoes

Ingredients:

Carrots grated        1cup

Tomatoes               2-3 Tbsps

(chopped  fine)

Sun flower seeds    1-2 Tbsp

Lemon juice           1 tsps

Olive oil                2 tsps

Pepper Powder      To taste

Salt                       To taste

Method:

• Mix or toss together grated carrots, tomatoes and seeds along with all other ingredients and serve immediately

3. Cool Cool- Summer Salad

         Cucumber or Kheera

         For Tempering

I have used Mustard, cumin, curry leaves and asafoetida in this recipe

Ingredients:

Carrots grated        1cup

Cucumber              1/2 to 1 cup

(chopped fine)
Tomatoes               1/2 cup     

(chopped fine)    
Sun flower seeds     a fistful

Green chilli          1

(chopped fine)   

Coriander Greens     1 tbsp

(chopped fine)   

Sugar                     1-2 tsp

Salt                       To taste

For Tempering:

Refined or sunflower oil     1 Tbsp

Mustard seeds                    1 tsp

Cumin seeds                      1 tsp

Asafoetida                         a pinch   (optional)

Turmeric                           a pinch

Curry  leaves                     one sprig

Method:

• I have used long green cucumber known as kheera in Hindi.  Peel the skin and remove seeds if they are too hard.
• Mix in or toss together grated carrots, chopped tomatoes and cucumber in abowl and keep in refrigerator till it is to be served
• Just before serving, add the seeds and coriander greens, slat and sugar and toss well
• Heat oil to a smoking point in a pan, add mustard seeds, fry for a minute. Add cumin seeds, green chilli, curry leaves. when the seeds start spluttering add asafoetida and turmeric. Remove from fire and pour the mixture into the bowl. Close with a lid, toss well for a minute and serve
• Reduce the quantity of spices especially green chilli according to your taste as it is quite spicy

Note:

Adjust the ingredients and spices according to your taste. These can also be eaten as an afternoon snack or any time snack as these are healthy .

You can avoid oil or use very less quantity of oil as per you requirement.

Watch my blog for more recipes in next post......