5 healthy ways to upgrade your instant noodles

1 We’re not encouraging you to eat packaged noodles. After all , packaged instant noodles are full of empty calories, are highly processed and mainly composed of refined flour (maida). These do not contain any essential vitamins and minerals and thus lack nutritive value. They also contain trans fats, high levels of sodium and MSG. But no one can deny the fact that packaged noodles are delicious, quick to make and an easy way out when you are really pressed for time or just lazy to cook a whole meal. Thankfully, there are a few tweaks you can do to your regular brand of packaged noodles to make it slightly healthier. Try making your noodles in these different ways. Just try replacing half of the packet with these healthy ingredients.2 Give it a dose of protein by adding 1 soft boiled egg. Noodles mixed with a bit of egg yolk taste incredibly delicious. After soft boiling the egg, season it with salt and pepper and place it on top of the noodles and dig in!3 Go all veggie. Chop a couple, or more of vegetables –carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, sweet corn and mix it together with noodles while they are cooking.4 Cut a chicken breast into cubes and stir fry with a bit of seasoning. When adding chicken to noodles, don’t forget to a few veggies as well.5 Paneer tastes great with instant noodles. Toss paneer with salt and pepper and stir fry it in some olive oil. Just add this to noodles after cooking them.shutterstock_220776001_1 Pulses, sprouts and peas will boost the nutritive value of noodles. Remember to cook these before adding them to noodles.