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Aloo Dum, Chhole, Rajma, Paneer curries are all time favorites at home. But too much of these savories make us worry about the effect of so many spices on the health of our family. There are different tips and tricks to follow that add both flavor and nutrients to these dishes. Here are some of them:

1. Add some spinach puree to the ingredients that we add to Dum Aloo, Matar Paneer, Chhole or Rajma. After cooking the veggies for sometime with the spices, the taste of spinach is no longer obvious but instead you have a yummy curry ready with you. Spinach is rich in iron. So if some of the family members are reluctant to have spinach as a part of their diet, this is a perfect workaround to feed them with it.
2. Adding bottle gourd or lauki instead of spinach to the above recipes also serves the same purpose, that is to make spicy cooking healthy. Lauki is rich in Vitamins C and D.
3. When kids just refuse to have lentils as part of their meal, a good solution could be to use lentils like chana, urad, etc in the preparation of fried rice, poha, upma, fried idly and many other dishes. The trick is to add raw lentil to the oil along with other ingredients and then fry till golden brown. The kids usually like the crisp lentils. Adding some peanuts may as well enhance the taste further.
4. Milk is essential for kids and adults alike since its a source of so many vitamins and nutrients. For people who sulk from milk adding flavours from fruit essences apart from health drinks might enhance the appeal. Many fruit essences like pineapple, vanilla, strawberry etc. can be easily found in the market. Milk tastes great even when blended with some dry fruit boosts like cashews, almonds, pistachios along with cardamom. One other thing you can do is to add fruits like apples, strawberries, bananas, blueberries to the milk and blend it in a thick shake garnished with cherries, no artificial flavors added. Adding granola toppings as well might be a good idea. A simple recipe to good health!
5. While cooking the veggies, it might be a good idea to cook some veggies half and thus keeping them half raw. This is good for the metabolism and it also prevents all the nutrients of the vegetables from being lost due to over-cooking. Vegetables that taste good even when cooked half include cabbage, lettuce, spinach, bell-pepper, radish, carrot, beet-root etc. Adding vegetable toppings of lettuce, spring onions, cilanthro, mint, sprouts, etc. to some curries or other savories may help raise the health index as well. Even dry fruits like cashews, raisins, walnut, almonds, etc may be added as toppings to some curries or fried rice.

You can go ahead and try out the tips with these recipes:

Dum Aloo
Chhole
Rajma
Upma
Pohe

We are sure you all have great ways to make the recipes healthier. Don’t forget to share them with our readers…

Deep frying is one of the most popular cooking techniques that gives your food amazing taste and flavor, if done right. You can sauté, you can bake, you can braise and you can even grill; but nothing comes even close to the texture and taste of the deep fried snacks. It surely adds some calories to your diet; but in the end it is all worth it!

You can get the perfect deep fried snacks every time if you follow some simple rules and techniques:

• Deep frying will give you the best results if your oil is at the right temperature. If the oil is not hot enough, the food becomes soggy as it absorbs a lot of oil. If the oil is too hot, food will quickly burn without getting fully cooked. In general, deep frying should be done with the oil at 365 degrees F or 185 degrees C. You can use a simple cooking thermometer of your choice to monitor the oil’s temperature. Adjust your flame to maintain the temperature ones the oil reaches this temperature. If you do not have a thermometer, it is good to reduce the flame before the oil starts smoking. You can also do a small ‘test fry’ to check that the temperature of the oil is correct before you start frying the real batch.

• Use any oil with a high smoking point for deep frying like peanut oil or vegetable oil but not the extra virgin olive oil. It is also good to use plain, unflavored oil.

• Do not overcrowd the pan with your snacks because that will bring down the temperature of the oil making the food mushy and full of oil which is a big no-no.

• Be very careful while in front of the hot oil. Keep your face away from the hot oil whenever you are deep frying. It can splatter very easily and burn you. Keep little children away from it. Also avoid getting any water in the oil. Use dry pans and spoons.

• Use any kind of slotted metal spoon for deep frying. This will help in draining as much oil as possible from the food when it comes out of the oil.

• The best time to season (salt, pepper etc.) the deep fried food is right after it comes out of the oil. Food will be very hot at this point and will absorb the flavors of the seasonings very well.

• Use a cooling rack to cool the deep fried food. It will help in draining some more oil from the food. You can also keep it on the paper towels to get the oil absorbed but make sure the steam does not make the food soggy.

• Avoid reusing the oil for deep frying. If you have to, make sure you remove the food that is left in it from the earlier frying. These food bits can burn when you reuse the oil and affect the flavor.

Follow these simple rules and enjoy your perfectly fried delicacies! Here are some amazing deep fried snacks that are easy to make and super delicious:

Paneer Pakora
Dal Bhajia
Bread Roll
Potli Samosa

FlavorWise is an honest effort to bring together the food lovers and provide them with a powerful platform to share their passion for good food. It is a great community where users can share their recipes and browse through the others’. The Community members also have the facility to invite their friends to join! Apart from these activities users can also search for recipes, share their food thoughts, rate the recipes, comment on the recipes and much more. All in all, it’s an ideal place to linger for all you foodies out there.

However, there are added benefits for spreading the word about FlavorWise! We feature these active and enthusiastic food lovers on our community homepage to acknowledge their efforts. They will be featured on the community and user home pages until they remain on top in their respective category. Here are the three ways you can get featured on FlavorWise:

Top Contributor: FlavorWise provides you a very simple way of sharing your recipes with the other FlavorWise Community members. The more the merrier! If you contribute the highest number of recipes on FlavorWise you will get the ‘Top Contributor’ title. Your picture will show up on the Community and user home pages until you remain on the top.

Top Inviter: The user that sends the highest number of invites to her friends to join the FlavorWise community will be featured as the ‘Top Inviter’.  If you want to remain on the top, keep inviting more and more friends. Your picture will be shown on the community page if you send more invites than all the other users.

Top Visitor: FlavorWise keeps a log of all the important user activity. If you have the highest activity on the FlavorWise site, you will be featured as the ‘Top Visitor’. This includes searching on site, sharing recipes, rating recipes, inviting friends, sharing a flavored thought and any other important action. So, make sure you logon to your account every time you visit FlavorWise.

So grab this golden opportunity for fame and keep browsing!

Has it ever happened to you that your dinner last night was awful? The restaurant you went to was torturous and you would never go there again? And then you want to let other people know about it so that they don’t suffer like you did….?

Or how about the time when you had an amazing fondue night and just want to express your joy? Do you have a place where you can talk about food and flavors without going through any long painful registration process?

Well – we have a solution! Just go to the FlavorWise homepage http://www.flavorwise.com and say whatever you want to related to recipes, cooking, restaurants or anything food. It is easier than ever – you do not have to log in or create account or select location or any other tedious stuff.  Just share your thought and browse through others. There are added benefits to logging in and adding a comment but it is ABSOLUTELY OPTIONAL!

Whenever you feel like knowing what other people and eating, cooking or just feeling about food… this is the place to be! Just browse through the comments and you’ll definitely get a flavor tip or two!

FlavorWise Community is the single best hub for the food lovers. It provides you a powerful platform to share your culinary skills and benefit from the other community members’ innovative cooking ideas. Being a part of this community you can not only browse hundreds of recipes but can also share your own recipes, thoughts, ratings and comments.

So if you enjoy spending time with the FlavorWise Community and making your life more flavorful, your friends should too… Just send them a personalized invitation to join in! It is easier than making an instant coffee and they are gonna love it!!

Here is how you can invite your friends:

Login to your FlavorWise account and go to the invite page:

http://www.flavorwise.com/invite-friends.php

This page will allow you to invite up to five of your friends. Please use their e-mail address in the provided field.

The message to include in your e-mail can be edited or you can keep the default invitation message. As soon as you send the invitation, each of your friends will receive an invitation e-mail.

If your friend is already a member, the invite will not be sent and you will see an error.

To continue inviting friends, just follow the same steps again.

And here is a little something for you - A FlavorWise member is featured on the community page if she invites more of her friends to join the FlavorWise Community than any other member (the highest number of invites). So here is a great chance for you to get recognized in the culinary world J

So what are you waiting for……spread the flavor…… JUST KEEP INVITING!!