Healthy Subzis

Tarla Dalal

Jan 2006 · Sanjay & Co

About this ebook

No Indian meal is complete without one or more subzis. Whether lunch
or dinner, the subzis play important roles in balancing the meal, not
just in taste and texture but on the nutritional front too. Vegetables
are nature's gift to us - low in calories but in rich in vitamins,
minerals and antioxidants that help fight diseases. Nutritionists
suggest that we should eat at least three to five servings of
vegetables daily to fulfil our nutrient requirements.

Unfortunately, traditional methods of cooking vegetables often use
oodles of oil and unhealthy practices, drowning the goodness of the
veggies in rich gravies or too much fat. This book on “Healthy Subzis”
is a tool to avoid this! It shows you how to make a range of
nutritious, low calorie and appetising subzis, which taste fabulous
while still retaining the health benefits.

The 36 recipes in this book are clubbed into four interesting
sections: Subzis with Gravies, Subzis with Leafy Vegetables, Semi-Dry
Subzis and Subzis using Beans or Sprouts. They feature a variety of
vegetables, from the most commonly used ones like onions, tomatoes,
French beans, spinach and green peas to more uncommon ones like chawli
bhaji, red pumpkin and ridge gourd.

Unhealthy cooking practices are replaced with healthier alternatives
like steaming, roasting, baking and pressure-cooking, which are
convenient and quick methods to retain the nutrition and reduce the
amount of oil used. You will be surprised by recipes like Radish
Muthia and Green Peas Subzi and Chana Soya Masala, which are not only
healthy but also easy to prepare. In other recipes like Cauliflower
Methi and Carrot in White Gravy, the healthy twist comes about by
replacing high-calorie ingredients like full-fat milk and milk
products with their low fat counterparts.

Opting for interesting ingredients like soya, sprouts and guavas
further improves the health quotient of recipes like Peru ki Subzi and
Tendli aur Matki ki Subzi. Each recipe is also accompanied by a
nutritional value table highlighting the nutrients it contains.

Once you start trying out these recipes, you will find your cooking
style adapting favourably. Healthful cooking will soon become a way of
life, and whatever you cook – not just the recipes in this book – will
be wholesome and nutritious.

Cook healthily, live happily!

Welcome to the digital version of Tarla Dalal’s Healthy Subzis! You can now carry your cookbook with you wherever you go. Although this book contains the same delicious and inspiring recipes as the print version, you might find the look-and-feel a bit different, due to the changes we have consciously implemented, to make using this eBook easy and interesting for you. 

All the items in the menus are directly linked to the relevant pages, making navigation a breeze. Just click on any chapter in the Table of Contents, and you will be taken to a list of recipes in that chapter. Just choose, and click on any of those recipes, and you are ready to start cooking it, with the clear recipes and lovely images to inspire you. If you are in doubt about any of the ingredients, worry not… just click on it and you will be taken to the glossary section of our website, tarladalal.com, to view a simple description and easy explanation of the culinary usage of that ingredient. Many recipes are enhanced with their video links, so you can even enjoy watching your favourite recipes being prepared right in front of you.

Ratings and reviews

From gravies to dry subzis to leafy veggies and sprouts...this healthy subis has it all...no one will be disappointed with this book for sure...the best I loved was broccoli and zucchini in red capsicum gravy....

I tried a few out of this book and they all came out really well.. the rest also looks delicious.. My family is more health conscious, so this book has helped us alot and added great taste to our everyday food..

Subzis are imp part of our lyf...n to mk it healthy is lyk a task..this book gives some scrumptious yet healthy n full of nutrients subzi...images also luk very appetising.

About the author

Padma Shri (Late) Mrs. Tarla Dalal continues to be India’s best-selling cookery author to date with over 170 cook books published. Her website, www.tarladalal.com, is India’s largest food site with over 3 million monthly users. The online content is intensified by the Tarla Dalal recipe App, an easily searchable collection of 17,000 + multi cuisine recipes, + 700 recipe videos and thousands of glossary terms, covering amateur and expert cooking, traditional and exotic as well as health oriented cooking. In short, you get all you need to continue your culinary quest. Her legacy continues with her team creating new cookery books and food videos on a daily basis. You can follow her on You Tube, Tarla Dalal’s Kitchen https://www.youtube.com/user/TarlaDalalsKitchen and on facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/TarlaDalal/207464147348 Her Ebooks are available kindle and google books.