Recipes by Gita Jaishankar

Masala oats by Gita Jaishankar

Healthy snacks - Roasted red poha and coconut palm sugar coated peanuts by Gita Jaishankar

One pot rasam rice (with oats) by Gita Jaishankar

Whole Wheat Eggless Banana Cake by Gita Jaishankar

A low-fat and low-sugar cake and is one of our favorite cake recipes, especially which comes in handy when you have to use some overripe bananas right away. The texture of this cake is very soft and the sweetener that I have used here is coconut palm sugar, which has low sugar content. You can use brown sugar if preferred. This is an…

Millet dosa by Gita Jaishankar

Barnyard millet and moong dhal Kanji by Gita Jaishankar

LOW CALORIE CHOCOLATE CHIPS PANCAKES by Gita Jaishankar

I wrote this recipe from a cookbook long time back. The original recipe used buttermilk, eggs, and all purpose flour. I tried to lower the carbs and calorie a little bit from the original recipe by substituting all purpose flour with white whole flour and used nonfat yogurt instead of buttermilk. Nonfat yogurt gives a nice white color…

Greens beans and soya granules stir fry/poriyal by Gita Jaishankar

This is a different take on the regular green beans stir fry or poriyal. It goes well with rice and chapathis.Ingredients:1. Green beans, cleaned and chopped into small pieces, 1 cup.2. Soya granules, 1 cup.3. Onion, medium size, 1, sliced thinly.4. Ginger-garlic paste, 1 teaspoon.5. Chili powder, 1/2 teaspoon.6. Coriander powder, 1…

Rice substitutes for diabetics by Gita Jaishankar

Rice substitutes for diabeticsaround 10 minutes. Keep cooking until all the water is evaporated.

Saamai / Little Millet Kichadi by Gita Jaishankar

This is a very easy and simple recipe and healthy as well. Millets are rich in protein and low in carbohydrates and ideal choice for a light lunch or dinner. I am big fan of kichadi and pongal dishes and I usually make these kind of one-pot dishes just for me when everybody else in my house are in a "pizza or burger for dinner" kind…