Black Halwa made with Carrot

July 29, 2021August 23, 2021 | Vandita

Recipe of Black HALWA made with carrot, herbs and nuts

Kids love to eat halwa. Preparing a black halwa made with carrot helps to add nutrition to their favorite foods in a convenient way. Kid’s Nutrition is very important nowadays and preparing healthy food recipes for a child is not an easy task. Iyurved is happy to share lots of children’s food recipe ideas which are not only innovative but also very tasty. The recipes shared here are Kids approved!

Let’s try to make every healthy food recipe for a child more tasty and nutritious with (hidden) veggies, herbs and nuts. Try this recipe of black halwa made with carrot for babies, toddlers and kids.

Black carrot is rich in Anthocyanin (a powerful antioxidant) which helps fight many diseases and aids towards cell regeneration in the body. They have long been used to fight viral infection and high blood pressure.

Ingredients

6 Black carrots
4 tbsp Iyurved’s 7 nuts and 5 herbs spread (order here)
Jaggery (as per sweetness)
1 tsp Cardamom powder freshly grounded
Few chopped almond (optional)
300ml Milk or nut milk
4 tbsp ghee
6 Dates
Few saffron threads

Procedure

Grate carrot. Put it in the cooking pan with thick base. Add Nut Milk/ milk to cover the carrot mixture. Add Iyurved’s 7 nuts and 5 herbs spread (order here), ghee to the mixture and put it on low flame. Soak dates in little milk for 5 min and puree it. Add it to the carrot mixture. Add saffron threads. Let the mixture boil and reduce to a thick paste. Add jaggery as per desired sweetness level. Add cardamom powder. Continue to cook the mixture on low flame, stirring frequently since the mixture might stick to the bottom now. Once the moisture has evaporated and the mixture has become solid, switch off the gas and serve (hot or cold) garnished with sliced almonds and little cardamom powder.

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Kid’s favorite dark chocolate is rich in antioxidants, fatty acids and flavanols that results in glowing and healthy skin. The antioxidants in dark chocolate can help reduce roughness in your skin and protect it against sun damage. Loaded with zinc, iron, copper, and vitamins like A, B12 and K as dark chocolate has cocoa . It also relaxes arteries and increases blood circulation that leads to healthier skin. Good dark chocolate which contain almost 70 % of cocoa is very beneficial for health. It contains flavonoid a naturally occurring compound found in plants which act as antioxidant and help in counteract free radicals in body. (Recipe of a quick sugar free dark chocolate treat). There are more reasons and benefits for including dark chocolate in your diet.

Dark chocolate is great source of prebiotics also. It is high in minerals such as magnesium, iron and zinc. Dark chocolate and cocoa are richest source of gut healthy flavanols. It contains fiber which remains undigested and goes into your intestine and used by probiotic to flourish good bacteria. It helps to maintain gut health which impact on over all health. There are numerous other reasons and benefits for including dark chocolate in your kids diet such as it can also help in cognition and memory.

It’s tough to feed Kids (and ourselves too!) the required nutrition for the day. However, when it comes packed in goodness, it simply fits in the routine.

Hazelnut Dark Chocolate

Dry roast hazelnuts
Melt sugar-free dark chocolate chips
Mix dark chocolate chips with coconut oil (MCT coconut oil is best)
Add Honey to the mixture as much required
Dip hazelnuts in the mixture
Place on a plate and let them harden in the fridge

Hazelnut has selenium which a powerful antioxidant.

MCT Oil Is a great source of energy for the body and brain (should be taken in small quantity only). Most fat from our food gets broken down into triglycerides- Long, Medium, Small chain triglycerides. MCT is basically medium chain triglycerides which are easily absorbed and digested by the body because of their shorter length and hence preferred to be consumed.

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what does antioxidant mean and why Do We Need Antioxidants?

September 14, 2020January 10, 2023 | Vandita

What does antioxidant mean? Antioxidants are compounds produced in your body or naturally found in some foods that scavenge or neutralize the effects of cell damage by potentially harmful molecules known as free radicals. (what are free radicals?)

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Antioxidants are substances which save living organisms from oxidising or reaction with oxygen or aging. In simple words, when any object oxidises, it is becoming bad, over ripe, aging, reducing in nutrients. Take for example apple which when cut turns brown. However, when we apply lemon juice (antioxidant) on the cut fruit, its stops becoming brown or oxidising. When we consume food, along with energy, some free radicals (villains!) are released in the body. Antioxidants help to kill these villains or neutralise their power in order to keep our body healthy and disease free.

Foods with antioxidants

Even by eating 7-8 portions of colourful vegetables and fruits in a day, you might still be lacking in antioxidants. We need to consume almost 10000 units of antioxidants in a day. It is advisable to choose your meals in a way that your ‘nutrition and antioxidant’ content is met and you are at your healthiest.

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Antioxidant is measured by using ORAC units (Oxygen Radicals Absorbance capacity). Below is a list of top most antioxidant foods available in India.

Nuts/ Fruits commonly available in India:

Walnuts 6000 (¼ cup)
Hazelnuts 5000 (¼ cup)
Pistachio 4000 (¼ cup)
Almonds 2200 (¼ cup)
Figs 1500 (¼ cup)
Amla 1000 (1 piece)
Peanuts 1500 (¼ cup)
Chia seeds 500 (1 tbsp)
Apple with skin 3000 (1 piece)
Blueberry 6500 (½ cup)
Orange 2000 (1 piece)

Lentils/Legumes/Veggies commonly available in India:

Rajma uncooked 16000 (1 cup)
Lentils uncooked 15000 (1 cup)
Peppermint, fresh 7000 (50gm)
Ginger raw 1500 (10gm)

Spices commonly available in India:

Cloves powder 6000 (½ tsp)
Cinnamon powder 5000 (½ tsp)
Oregano dried 4000 (½ tsp)
Turmeric powder 3000 (½ tsp)
Cumin seed 1500 (½ tsp)
Ginger powder 600 (½ tsp)
Red chilli powder 500 (½ tsp)
Cocoa powder unsweetened 20000 (2 dark chocolates)
Triphala Powder 3500 (1 tsp)

Recipe for Colourful Paratha (Tortillas)– Beetroot and Moringa with Herbs and Nuts

Let’s try to make every food a child wants to eat more tasty and nutritious with (hidden) veggies, herbs and nuts.

For Pink: Puree beetroot with least or no water. Add 1 cup flour or as little required to make dough. For Green: Take moringa powder. Add flour as little required to make dough.

To each flour, divide rest of the ingredients and add- spread, yeast, husk, seeds, salt. Make firm doughs. Take small balls of dough, roll thin and make paratha/ tortillas.

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1 small beetroot (for pink)
4 tbsp Moringa powder (for green)
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2 cups whole wheat flour or jowar (sorghum flour)
3 tbsp Psyllium husk
Salt
Carrom seeds (optional)
1 tsp Nutritional yeast (optional)

If you don’t have moringa powder, take any leaf- spinach or kale, steam it lightly without water and puree well. Don’t add extra water. Add flour to this puree to make green dough, along with other ingredients.

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