Use goodness of almonds, walnuts in food, say experts

Indulge in healthy yet nutritious delights with the goodness of almonds and walnuts, suggest experts.

By: Agencies | | Updated: June 25, 2018 11:28 am

Celebrity chef Vicky Ratnani suggests almond recipes:

Toast the almonds with sea salt and olive oil. Set aside.
In the same pan, dry roast the red chilli, channa dal and toor dal on a medium flame until the dals are golden in colour.
Transfer to a plate to cool.
Roast the coriander seeds and pepper until fragrant. Add the jeera at the end, and roast it till it starts popping. Let all the ingredients cool completely.
Powder them to a fine powder in a mixer and it to the almonds and then store in an airtight container.

Celebrity Chef Sabyasachi Gorai, on behalf of California Walnuts, has curated walnut recipes:

Read: 5 delicious and healthy almond recipes

Tropical mango, walnut and turmeric smoothie bowl

Ingredients

Flesh from half a mango (reserving a few slices to garnish)
1 small piece of fresh turmeric
Half a banana
200 ml coconut milk
Squeeze of lime juice (plus a little zest to garnish)
8 walnut halves
A handful of raspberries and blueberries
1 passion fruit
1 tbsp of coconut flakes

Preparation

Place the mango, turmeric, banana and coconut milk into a blender and blitz until smooth. Add lime juice to taste and blend again until combined.
Pour the smoothie into a bowl and garnish with the reserved mango, berries, walnuts, passion fruit, lime zest and coconut flakes.

Walnut Mango Bowl

Ingredients

300 g of the flesh of a mango
800 g of natural, sugar-free yogurt
40 ml of milk
4 ice cubes
1/4 teaspoon of cardamom
60 g walnuts

Preparation

Grind the mango together with half of walnuts, the yogurt, the milk, the ice cubes and the ground cardamom.
If the mixture is too thick, can add water or milk until the desired consistency is achieved.
Pour the mango lassi into four bowls and decorate with the rest of the California walnuts, some of them grated, grated cocoa, sheets of mango and ground cardamom.

Source: IANS

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Published : June 25, 2018 11:27 am | Updated:June 25, 2018 11:28 am

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