By Bornika Das
If you’re on a strict diet plan and don’t to what to eat when you’re craving for more food, bhel will come to your rescue. If you choose the right and healthy ingredients, then bhel is one of the most nutritious food that can be added to your diet. It is delicious and wholesome can will you full for quite some time.
Makhana are high in protein, magnesium and other nutrients. It also has low glycaemic index as well as calorie count. You can have makhana in different ways ad one of the ways is make bhel out of them. To make makhana bhel, roast fox nuts, with peanuts, potatoes, lemon juice and spices.
If you’re looking for juicy and refreshing bhel, then corn bhel is the one. This lightly spicy bhel contains corn, onions and potato mixed with a tamarind-coriander chutney and topped with sev.
Take your poha to next level by making wholesome poha bhel. In the chidva poha add a special tadka and pour over an onion-coconut mixture.
Homemade bhel puri is full of vitamins, minerals and nutrients. As long as you limit the use of fried sev and papdi, you can have it on a weight loss diet. It is made using murmura, peanuts, potato, onion, etc. mixed with imli/date chutney and hari chutney.
An interesting way to give a nutritious twist to bhel is by adding boiled egg to it. This dish is rich in protein and the unconventional ingredients. All you have to do is mix the boiled egg with the regular bhel.
If you want to make something very nutritious, you can try mixed millet bhel. It has several health benefits and can be added to your diet. Ragi flakes, mixed millet flakes and poha are combined with chopped veggies, spices and other ingredients to make this recipe.