Healthy low calorie recipe: Amrut ki subzi

Mumbai: For all those who believe that low calorie food can’t be tasty, maybe it’s time to change your perspective because ‘healthy low cal’ food can be delicious and mouth-watering.

This recipe is especially for people who are health conscious and want to keep a tab on what they eat and how healthy it is.

This dish is not just nutritional but also recommend for diabetic people.

 “Keeping in mind how people are becoming so health conscious, we decided to make this dish for our ‘Diabetic Food Trail’ initiative. Guava is itself sweet so we didn’t use any artificial sweetner to make it. In fact even to make its gravy we have used low fat curd,” Chef Saumitra - Regional Chef, West , Barbeque Nation.

Recipe: Amrut ki Subzi

Ingredients

• 250 gms Amrut (guava)
• 75 gms Curd 
• 75 gms Tomato
• 2 gms Saunf powder
• 2 gms Amchur powder
• 1 gm Turmeric powder
• 2 gms Coriander powder
• 0.5 gms Hing powder
• 5 gms Green chillies
• 5 gms Ghee
• 5 gms Cumin seeds
• 1 gm Coriander leaves for garnishing
• Salt as required

Method

• Take Amrut (Guava) medium riped, remove the seeds & cut it slightly in bigger cubes.
• Heat the ghee, temper it with hing powder and cumin seeds. Once the seeds start spluttering, add finely chopped green chilies, & the powdered masalas. Cook it for a while.
• To the above mixture add the beaten curd & mix well. Cook it for a while till oil is left from the sides of the pan.
• To this add cubes of Guava & cook for a while. Check for the seasoning.  Serve hot garnished with coriander sprig.

Nutritional value per serving: Kcal: 90, Carbs: 14.3g, Fat: 3.5g, Protein: 2.6g

The recipe has been shared by Chef Saumitra - Regional Chef, West, Barbeque Nation.

This recipe is designed especially for Diabetic Food Trail.