With Maggi finally being out of our lives most of us have been searching for alternatives. Isn’t it???
Somewhere deep in our hearts, we always knew that Maggi is not really good for us but we were pretending that ‘all is well’ untill scientifically proven, its high time that we explore other healthier options too.
Here is a list of few options that are not only easy to make but are healthy and nutritious too.
2. Chapati noodles
Chapati noodles Make few extra
chapatis or if you have some
leftover chapatis, you can make
chapati noodles. Make thin strips
of leftover chapatis and fry them
in the mixture of onion, tomato,
carrot, green chilli, oil and soy
sauce, also add chilli flakes, a
little amchur powder for great
taste.
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3. Vermicelli or Sevai noodles
These are mostly used as dessert (kheer,
falooda). You can make it the Indian way by
adding loads of vegetables like carrot, beans,
onions, peas and even cottage cheese to make
them healthy. For a Chinese taste add little soya
chilli sauce to it.
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4. Bread Poha or upma
A very famous Indian snack item. This is a
simple preparation of bread pieces (cut
longitudinally) cooked with mixed vegetables
and spices. You can add groundnuts, coconuts,
herbs to garnish.
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5. Spaghetti
Spaghetti is a long, thin, cylindrical, solid pasta.
Like other pasta, spaghetti is made of milled
wheat and water.… A simple preparation with
boiled veggies with or
without scrambled egg,
for taste use garlic
tomato paste, pepper,
basil,parsley.
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6. Pasta
Whole wheat / Semolina pasta.
Pasta is a staple food of
traditional Italian cuisine. Just boil it
for 5-7 minutes and toss lots of
vegetables like corn, capsicum,
broccoli, spinach, with any kind of
creamy sauce or low fat milk and
walnuts or use a variety of healthy
sauces like pesto (spinach-based),
coconut cream, tomato, etc.
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7. Rice noodles
These are most commonly used in the cuisines
of East and Southeast Asia, Tamil Nadu and parts of Kerala, Sri
Lanka, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia. Idiyappam, a type of rice
noodle, santhakai or sandhavai in the Coimbatore region of
Tamil Nadu. A similar mode of preparation called savige is
popular in Karnataka. They are usually served
with a dash of grated
coconut and eaten with
a spicy coconut-based
curry (potato, gourd, egg,
fish or chicken).
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8. Atta (whole wheat noodles )
Atta ( whole wheat) Noodles Made
almost in a similar way or dough
like making rotis additionally
some homebased masalas like dry
coconut and onion paste, tomato
puree or garlic onion powder or
leftover veggies can spice these
aatta noodles up. You can fry
them and toss them with shredded
vegetables and soya sauce for a
quick snack.
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9. Macroni
Macaroni is a variety of
dry pasta in the shape of narrow
tubes, originating from Italy
made with durum wheat. Various
ways it can be prepared like it
can be used in salads or just add
some fresh veggies, few drops of
olive oil, top it off with some
organic and fresh herbs and you
have an amazing, delicious dish
ready.
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10. Khakhra chat
Khakhra Originating from the state of Gujarat. Khakhara’s are
thin crackers made from mat bean, moong or wheat flour and
oil.Crush khakhra or break them into length wise pieces add
tomato, onion, cucumber, capsicum, pomegranate, chat masala,
ginger chilli paste, mint corriander chutney and tamarind chutney
and mix. For another variation instead of chutney add chilli sauce
and cheese.
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11. Sev
Sev is a popular protein
rich Indian snack food. Sev is
essentially small pieces of crunchy
noodles made from chickpea
flour paste. These noodles vary in
thickness. Sev is eaten as a standalone
snack as well as a topping on dishes
like Bhelpuri andSevpuri. It can be
made at home and stored for weeks in
airtight containers. Chat made of thick
sev, tomato, onion, cucumber,
capsicum, sweet corn topped with
chilli sauce, amchur powder is also
tasty and easy to make.
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12. Taste maker
Make your own taste maker simply mix chilli
powder or chilli flakes, coriander powder, chat
masala, aamchur (dried mango powder),pepper
powder, ginger- garlic paste or garlic podwer,
tomato powder and onion
powder . Add this any of
the above mentioned dishes
make it tastier.
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