Bhajje Amshe ( Carmine Swiss Chard/Red Amarnath Inwards A Spicy Kokosnoot Sauce); Diabetes Friendly Thursday



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My contribution to this is our rattling ain " Bhajje Amshe". This is nil but Red Amarnath leaves cooked inward spicy kokosnoot sauce.The argue I country " our rattling own" is because this is non a recipe that I invented. This has been inward our culture, inward our homes for generations. My mom made it, her woman nurture made it, so on together with so forth.



This is a rattling traditional recipe that is so tardily that it is cooked without fifty-fifty much idea together with endeavor going into it! The holler for of me telling you lot all this is that, someone who is a diabetic, doesn't necessarily receive got to acquire almost finding novel recipes to eat!! There is enough inward our everyday cuisine that diabetics CAN eat! It is all almost beingness mindful of WHAT you lot swallow together with HOW MUCH you lot eat! This dish is traditionally served amongst rice but tin move eaten amongst roti or chapati.



When it comes to rice, it makes a big divergence whether you lot are eating white rice, parboiled rice,matta rice or chocolate-brown rice every bit white rice has the highest glycemic index spell chocolate-brown rice has the lowest. Lower the glycemic index, improve the food.It besides matters whether you lot are eating rice or kanji. Kanji is rice amongst the water. We people from South Kanara, traditionally swallow kanji for dinner. Kanji makes you lot experience fuller faster due to the H2O content inward it.

Bhajje Amshe served amongst kanji made out of matta rice.


Bhajje Amshe is unremarkably made amongst Red Amarnath leaves which is available alone during the summertime months here. Therefore, I receive got made this dish using Red Swiss Chard which is easily available inward whatsoever supermarket. The dish looks pretty much the same whether you lot purpose Red Amarnath or Red Swiss chard. If you lot are non a kokosnoot fan or are apprehensive almost making a sauce using coconut, you lot could alternatively brand a uncomplicated sauté using the same greens.The recipe for the sauteed version is here.




Servings: 4-6 ( 1-1.5 cups per person)


Ingredients:


Red Amarnath/ Red Swiss chard: 1 medium-sized bunch
Water: 1/2 cup+1 cup( may non postulate all).
Freshly grated coconut: 2/3rd cup
Dried Red chillies: 2-3 ( tin move adjusted based on private spice level)
Dried tamarind: marble sized portion
Salt: to taste
Garlic: 6-8 cloves
Coconut oil: 1 tsp

Method:


Wash the cherry Amarnath or cherry swisschard thoroughly. Chop it finely together with add together to a pot containing 1/2 loving cup water. Add 1/2 tsp tabular array salt together with select it to a boil.



Reduce the open fire together with create for to a greater extent than or less other 6-8 minutes. Turn off the open fire together with proceed aside.




Grind together freshly grated coconut, cherry chillies together with tamarind to a fine paste, adding H2O every bit needed lilliputian at a time.  Your masala is ready.



Add the dry reason masala to the cooked cherry Amarnath/ cherry Swiss chard together with select it to a boil. Turn off the flame.



Tempering:



Heat kokosnoot fossil oil inward a skillet/pan on depression heat.
Peel together with chop the garlic cloves into medium-sized pieces. Add this to the hot kokosnoot oil. Sauté the garlic until it turns golden brown.


Now add together this to the prepared swisschard together with kokosnoot sauce mixture.

Served amongst chocolate-brown rice & salad


Serve hot amongst rice/roti.
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Cooking made easy:


Quite oft people shy away from greens every bit they exercise non know how to construct clean them together with are thus unable to acquire rid of the sand/dirt inward the greens! There is nil to a greater extent than repulsive than sand inward your rima oris spell eating! There is an easy, foolproof means to construct clean the greens. Rinse the greens together with so soak them inward mutual depression temperature H2O amongst a few drops of vinegar for a few minutes. The vinegar takes aid of whatsoever bugs, pesticides spell the H2O volition receive got the sand/dirt settle at the bottom. Although non advised, to move foolproof, you lot tin chop the greens together with soak it 1 time again inward H2O for the 2d time. You volition non move disappointed.

Footnotes (Tip for salubrious living):


We are all aware of the multitude of wellness benefits of including green leafy vegetables inward our diets. From providing essential vitamins similar vitamin A, K, E, calcium, Fe together with folic acid to dietary fiber, the benefits are quite a few.Regular intake of greens inward the diet may assistance forestall diabetes, catch illness together with may move fifty-fifty cancer.
Swiss Chard is a powerhouse of antioxidants together with an splendid beginning of vitamins A,C,K, magnesium, potassium, Fe together with dietary fiber.

Red Amarnath is besides an splendid beginning of Vitamin Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 together with beta carotene together with is used to heal several pare conditions.It is an splendid beginning of dietary fiber together with is used to process constipation. 

Garlic is known for its anti-hypertensive together with anti-diabetic properties.

Fresh coconut has been used inward the South-Indian diet for fourth dimension immemorial! Studies receive got shown that kokosnoot is besides high inward dietary fiber together with may contribute to maintaining a salubrious torso weight.


References:

http://www.livestrong.com/article/143962-raw-coconut-benefits/


Disclaimer

I am non a nutritionist or dietician. My cognition together with data is based on my inquiry together with reading from dissimilar resources. Please consult your medico or dietician earlier making whatsoever changes to your diet.


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