Daal Palak

Daal is a rich source of proteins and is extremely easy to cook. Adding Spinach to it makes it more healthy.

Nutritional Information  (Approx)
(per serving)
Energy	290		Calories
Fat	11		%
Carbohydrate	14		%
Dietary Fiber	60		%
Sodium	28		%
Vitamin A	15		%
Vitamin C	8		%
Calcium	10		%
Iron	20		%
Protein	14		Grams
Sugar	5		Grams

Ingredients
Yellow Moong dal	1 cup
Spinach/Palak chopped	1 cup
Turmeric powder	1/2 tsp
Ginger grated	1 tsp
Garlic grated	1 tsp
Green chillies split	3
Salt	to taste

To Temper
Oil	2 tsps
Mustard seeds	1 tsp
cumin	1 tsp
Red chillies	3

Cook the Yellow Moong dal till they are soft. In a Sauce pan, heat oil and add Mustard seeds, cumin and Red chillies and fry for 2 minutes. Add chopped palak and fry for another 2 minutes.

Add Ginger, Garlic, Green chillies and fry for another minute. Then add cooked daal, Turmeric and salt, cover the lid and bring to boil.

Serve hot with Roti or Rice.

Homemade Pizza Base

Actually, making Pizza at home is really easier than we think it is. You will never go out for a pizza if you

tried this at home once.

Nutritional Information  (Approx)
(per serving)
Energy	300		Calories
Fat	15		%
Carbohydrate	11		%
Dietary Fiber	11		%
Sodium	7		%
Vitamin A	19		%
Vitamin C	40		%
Calcium	21		%
Iron	12		%
Protein	11.3		Grams
Sugar	4.2		Grams

Ingredients
Wheat flour	2 cups
Active dry yeast	3 tsps
Sugar	2 tsps
Salt	a pinch
Oil	2 tbsps
Water	1&1/2 cup

Warm 1/2 cup of water and put it in a bowl, add sugar and mix it. Add dry yeast to it and keep it in a warm place  15 minutes for the yeast to get active.

In a new bowl, add flour, salt, activated yeast, oil and mix it. Add water to make it a dough and knead it for a while. Dust the dough with some more flour if required and knead it to the consistency of a roti dough.

Place the dough in the bowl and keep it in a warm place for at least 2 hours.

The dough will rise to its double in size. Cut the dough into small parts to use it for the pizza.Roll out each part of the dough into a pizza base and sprinkle with some flour while rolling the dough, if required.

Make sure to poke the base with fork or toothpick and bake it for 3 minutes before placing the toppings.  You can also make thin crust out of this dough.