Keep Your Foodie Vibes In Check With These Nourishing Recipes

A nutritious, well-balanced meal will help boost your energy levels during the festivities and give you a radiant glow. And while we are talking about wholesome food, it's neither complex nor dull. Don't you believe us? Here we have got a full array of three surprisingly nutritious recipes by Ms Subiya Baiganpalli and Ms Shikha Dwivedi - Msc. Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, in-house nutritionists at OZiva, packed with nutritional ingredients to impress both the foodie and fitness enthusiast in you. 

Sabudana Khichadi - Upvas Special

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Sabudana / Sago
• ½ cup peanuts
• 2 medium-sized boiled potatoes
• 1 inch of ginger
• 2 green chillies
• 1 lemon
• 1 tbsp of vegetable ghee
• 1 tsp jaggery powder
• Few curry leaves
• Pinch of pink salt
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp OZiva Organic Plant Protein 

Method:

1. Rinse sabudana / sago pearls thoroughly
2. Use 1 cup of water to soak for 30 minutes.
3. Drain the water and soak in a fresh cup of water for 4-5 hrs. Strain well
4. Roast peanuts for 8-10 minutes
5. Heat ghee and add cumin seeds, curry leaves, ginger and green chillies.
6. Fry boiled potatoes
7. Add pink salt (as per taste)
8. Add OZiva Organic Plant Protein
9. Add sabudana / sago
10. Mix lightly and cook it for 1-2 minutes
11. Garnish with lemon juice and coriander leaves

Ghugni / Matar Chaat - Bengali Style

Ingredients:

• 2 cups yellow peas
• ½ cup sliced onions
• ½ cup tomatoes (roughly chopped)
• 2-3 dried red chillies and bay leaves
• 2 slit green chillies
• ½ tsp turmeric powder, coriander powder, Kashmiri chilli powder, black pepper powder
• 1 tsp bhuna masala and ginger garlic paste
• Salt as per taste
• 1 tsp OZiva Plant-Based Collagen Builder

Method:

1. Soak yellow peas overnight
2. Put 5 cups water, add turmeric and salt along with soaked yellow peas in a pressure cooker for 5 whistles
3. Heat oil in the pan and add dried red chillies and bay leaves
4. Fry sliced onions until translucent
5. Add all spices and mix with water
6. Add tomatoes and sauté until mushy
7. Add all spices
8. Add OZiva Plant-Based Collagen Builder
9. Add cooked yellow peas and mix well
10. Add 2 cups of boiled water and cover.
11. Cook for 5-6 minutes
12. Garnish with onions, green chillies and lemon juice

Grapes Banana Protein Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 1 cup seedless black/red grapes
• 1 frozen banana
• 1/3rd cup curd
• 1/4th cup skimmed milk
• One scoop OZiva Protein and Herbs

Method: Put everything in a blender, mix till smooth and serve.