21 Healthy Recipes For Weight Loss

21 Healthy Recipes For Weight Loss

Losing Weight Is a Challenge. Many people often makes it too complicated. This way a person feels boredom and lose its interest to achieve the target. However when we make this journey interesting we feel quite happy and love to Challenge our selves. Losing weight becomes easy when we follow some easy set of rules and regulations and follow the healthy weight loss recipe. Diet plays an important role in weight loss. Diet not only makes the journey easy but also makes the person healthy and active.

Here are some easy weight loss recipes which are not only tasty but also very convenient to prepare. These recipes incorporates healthy ingredients which helps a person to fulfill the requirements of vitamins and minerals along with weight loss. Let’s view them.

1. Lemon And Coriander Soup:

Take a pan and about one tea spoon of oil to it. Then add half and half tea spoon of crushed ginger and garlic to it. Then add 3 tablespoon of chopped spring onion to it. Add also regular onion in a chopped manner. Then add 3 tablespoon of grated carrots, capsicum, cabbage and beans to the mixture.

Then add in salt, black and white pepper powder. You can also add some tomato sauce about 2 teaspoon. Sauté well for 5 to 10 minutes until all the ingredients achieve a roasted flavor. Then add water to the prepared mixture. Mean while add in 3 teaspoon of corn flour in a bowl and add some water to it.

Then add the prepared corn flour mixture to the veggie mixture. This helps to thicken the soup and helps In achieving the right consistency. This is a good and healthy recipe for weight loss. Then add one handful of chopped coriander leaves and squeeze a juice of lemon to it. Immediately switch off the flame. Serve soup hot.

Conclusion: This soup gives about 100k.calories per serving. This soup is rich in vitamin C as it has the goodness of coriander and lemon to it.

2. Diet Soya Pulao:

For this recipe you will need about 15 grams of Soya chunks and 45 grams of rice. First soak Soya chunks in hot boiling water for about 15 minutes. Then squeeze excess water from Soya chunks and keep aside. Marinate the Soya chunks with 2 tablespoon of curd, half teaspoon salt, half teaspoon red chili powder, half teaspoon coriander and zeera powder.

 Mix everything well and keep aside. In a pressure cooker add about one teaspoon of ghee. Then add one bay leaf, zeera, cinnamon stick. Saute until splutters. Then add one onion chopped along with tomato.

 Then add the mixture of Soya chunks and cook everything well. When everything is well cooked then add rice to the mixture and saute. Add 2 green chilies as well. Add some water to the mixture about 1 and half cup and give about 2 whistles. Release the mixture and add chopped coriander leaves to it. Serve in your plate. You can accompany this pulao with curd raita.

Conclusion:

This recipe gives you about 330 calories. It is a rich source of protein along with carbohydrates. Soya chunks helps to meet protein requirement.

3. Sprouts And Paneer Salad:

Take about one cup of sprouts and steam then. Do not boil the sprouts as the vitamins and minerals will be lost. After steaming then keep aside. Take about 40 grams of low fat Paneer and saute in pan with all the required spices.

Add about salt, black pepper powder, garam masala powder to the Paneer. Then add chopped coriander leaves to it. Remove paneer from pan and keep aside. In a bowl add steamed sprouts then add the mixture of sautéed Paneer to the mixture.

Then add in chopped onions, tomatoes, chopped capsicum to it  squeeze in a juice of lemon along with half tea spoon of mixed herbs to it. You can sprinkle some pumpkin seeds as well. Serve as you like.

Conclusion:

This recipe gives you an average about 290k.calories. It is very light on stomach but very full filling. This recipe can also be made in oil free manner as well. Salad helps in fast weight loss because it is rich in protein.

4. Black Chana chat recipe:

Take about one cup of black Chana and soak it over Night. Then pressure cook for about 5 whistles until the Chana turns soft. Then release the pressure and then remove excess water from the Chana and then keep aside. In a blender add boiled Chana along with few cloves of garlic and 3 green chilies.

 Blend out into a smooth mixture. Remove the mixture in a bowl then add in chopped onions, coriander leaves, salt, red chili powder, garam masala powder and mix everything well. If the mixture feels wet on side then add 2 tablespoon of besan to it.

You can add some water of boiled Chana if mixture becomes dry. Shape the mixture into tikkis and then saute in a pan and keep aside. Then two tikkis in a plate and then add beaten curd onto them. Then add green chutney. Sprinkle dash of salt, red chili powder, chat masala onto the mixture of curd. Enjoy.

Conclusion:

2 tikkis gives you about 300k.calories. This recipe is not only healthy but very tasty on side. It can be a part of main meal as well. It is also rich in protein too. Thus best healthy recipe for weight loss.

5. Chana dal And Spinach Dumplings:

Take about 2 table spoon of Chana dal and 2 tablespoon of towar dal. Wash them and soak for about 30 minutes. Pressure cook them until soft. Now release the pressure and then remove the dal. Blend out the dal mixture in a blender.

 Remove in a bowl then add in chopped coriander leaves, salt, chopped green chilies, red chili powder, zeera powder etc. Now add in handful of chopped spinach and Methi leaves to the mixture. Mix everything well and if the mixture becomes too dry then add some water to it.

 Shape the mixture into Dumplings and steam them in a idly steamer. Grease some oil in moulds and then place Dumplings. Steam for about 5 to 7 minutes until the tooth pick comes out clean. Now remove them and saute in a pan in order to achieve the roasted flavour. Sprinkle some sesame seeds while roasting them. Enjoy with your favorite chutney.

Conclusion:

This recipe is a kind of oil free recipe and has very less calories. Each dumpling gives you about 50 calories. It’s very light and healthy recipe for weight loss to the stomach. Being rich in protein it has the goodness of vegetables also into it.

6. Jowar And Urad Dal Dosa:

Take one cup of Urad dal and soak it for about 5 hours. Then remove water from it and then blend out into a smooth paste. Keep this mixture aside. On other side take about 4 tablespoon of Jowar flour and then add 2 tablespoon of curd to it.

Then add some salt, chopped coriander leaves to it. Then add the paste of Urad dal mixture of about 3 tablespoon of Urad dal mixture to it. Mix everything well and some water to adjust Dosa batter like consistency. Spread some oil on iron cast tawa and prepare Dosa out of it. Enjoy with your favorite chutney.

Conclusion:

This Dosa gives you about 150k.calories. It is nutritious as the Jowar flour is rich in nutrients and very healthy for digestive system. This Dosa is not only different in taste but good source of protein as well.

7. Chole And Spinach Tikkis:

For this recipe blanch a bunch of spinach leaves with one fourth tea spoon of salt. Blanch for about 3 to 4 minutes and then pour ice cold water into Spinach in order to retain the green color. Keep it aside.

In a blender add the blanched spinach but make sure to remove all the excess water. Then add in garlic cloves and 2 to 3 green chilies according to taste. Blend well. Soak Chole Chana overnight and then wash them well. Pressure cook them to soft. Add the boiled Chole Chana to the spinach mixture.

Blend everything well and then aside. Add chopped onions, salt, red chili powder, amchur powder, garam masala powder to the mixture and mix everything well. Shape them into tikkis. If the mixture is loose adjust it by adding gram flour to it. Pan fry them. Enjoy with your favorite chutney.

Conclusion:

Each tikki gives you about 120k.calories. This recipe is a good combination of protein along with goodness of spinach. This recipe is a good source of iron and vitamin A, so one of a healthy recipe for weight loss too.

8. Oats And Spinach Khichdi:

In a pan heat about one teaspoon of oil and then add crushed ginger garlic paste, chopped green chilies, zeera. Allow all the seasonings to splutter. Then add in chopped onions, tomatoes, capsicum and chopped spinach to it.

Then add in salt, red chili powder and some zeera powder as well. Cool until vegetables are cooked to an extent. Then add in one cup of oats to it and give a stir for about 5 minutes. Then add the required water to cook oats. Once cooked everything sprinkle coriander leaves on top. Enjoy hot.

Conclusion:

This recipe per serving gives you about 320k.calories. It is fiber and protein rich recipe. It can be a part of main meal either lunch or dinner. Helps us in keeping full for long.

9. Oats And Poppy Seeds Laddu:

For this recipe you will need 100 grams rolled oats or regular one can also be used. Then take about 30 grams of peanut, 10 grams almonds, 30 grams Poppy seeds, 10 grams of flax seeds and 73 grams of fresh dates which are approximately 18 in number.

First dry roast oats on a low flame till a pleasant smell is obtained for about 5 to 7 minutes. Then slowly dry roast other ingredients such as peanuts, almonds and Poppy seeds. After cooling down add all the dry roasted ingredients along with fresh dates blend everything well. Do not add any water to the mixture. Once blended roll out the Laddus.

Conclusion:

With this recipe 15 Laddus  can be prepared. Each Laddu weighs about 15 grams. 2 Laddus gives about 120k.calories. These Laddus can be taken during mid morning or during evening time. They are rich source of protein and fiber as well.

10. Paneer And Mushroom Rice:

In a pan add about one teaspoon of ghee then add one bay leaf, zeera and ginger garlic paste. Saute in ghee and then add half teaspoon of green chili paste. Then add in half teaspoon of salt, turmeric, garam masala powder to the mixture. Then add about 40 grams of mushrooms to the masala mixture. Then add in chopped onions and tomatoes to the mixture. Then cook till mushrooms are cooked well. Once mushrooms are  cooked then add in 40 grams of Paneer to the mixture. Give a mix to the masala mixture. Then add in 30 grams of rice to the mushroom and Paneer mixture. Then add some water and chopped coriander and mint leaves to the mixture. Cook till rice is cooked. Serve the rice hot.

Conclusion:

This recipe gives you about 350k.calories per serving. This recipe is a rich source of protein and calcium. Its quite filling and helps in meeting the requirements of vitamins as well.

11. Multigrain Dosa :

For this recipe you will need various kinds of pulses. Take about 2 tablespoon of Urad dal, 2 tablespoon of Masoor dal, 2 table spoon of green moong dal, 2 tablespoon of chickpeas, 2 tablespoon of rice, 2 tablespoon of Chana dal. Soak all the pulses for good about 6 to 7 hours. Then blend them.

 While blending add in ginger pieces, half tea spoon salt, 2 green chillies and few curry leaves to it. If water is needed then you can add little bit. Adjust the consistency like Dosa batter. Grease an iron cast tawa and prepare Dosa out if it.

Conclusion:

This recipe will give you 150k.calories per Dosa. It is extremely rich source of protein, calcium and iron. This Dosa will make you feel full for a longer period of time.

12. Pumpkin And Carrot Soup:

Take about 150 grams of pumpkin and 50 grams of Carrot. Wash then well and chop finely. In a thick bottom pan add in chopped pumpkin and carrots. Then add in few cloves of garlic along with some salt. Cook until the carrots and pumpkin turns soft. Blend them in a blender along with some black pepper balls.

 Now after blending if you want you can strain the mixture. But if you want to make the recipe more fiber rich consume the soup without straining. Add some water in order to adjust the consistency and allow it to boil. You can add some chopped coriander leaves to add some flavor. Serve hot. Additionally you can add half teaspoon of ghee in order to enhance the taste

Conclusion:

Per serving this recipe gives you about 100k.calories. It is completely free of calories yet very filling to consume. Pumpkin is very good for health as it is a rich source of vitamin A. This pumpkin recipe is really a healthy recipe for weight loss.

13. Millet Khichdi:

Take about 2 tablespoon of dal and soak them for 20 hours. You can use any dal combination of your type. In this recipe we will use Chana dal and towar dal. Soak Bajra for good about 5 to 6 hours and keep aside.

In a pan add about a teaspoon of ghee. Then add in chopped onions and tomatoes. Saute well then add in zeera, ginger garlic paste along with some salt and turmeric. Then add in chopped green chilies and half tea spoon of black pepper powder to it.

Then add in peas and chopped bottle gourd to the mixture. Cook until bottle gourd is cooked. On other side pressure cook the dals and Bajra separately. Once everything is cooked now add in Bajra and dal mixture. Cook till all spices are well absorbed into dal and Bajra. Sprinkle coriander leaves on top.

Conclusion:

Per serving this recipe gives you about 330k.calories. It is a good combination of pulses along with carbs. This recipe is rich in proteins along with vitamins and minerals. Try this healthy recipe for weight loss.

14. Sabudana Khichdi:

Take half cup Sabudana Pearls and wash then for 3 to 4 times until the water comes out clear. Now add in water just above the Sabudana and leave it overnight. Next morning in a pan add in a teaspoon of oil, then add some zeera and curry leaves to the oil. Then add in one fourth tea spoon of mustard seeds.

Then add in 4 tablespoon of peanuts to the oil. Saute everything well until peanuts are nicely roasted. Then add in one fourth tea spoon turmeric, salt and red chili powder. You can add chopped green chilies as well. Then add in the soaked Sabudana Pearl’s along the mixture of peanuts and seasonings. Give a good stir until everything is well combined. Finish it off with chopped coriander leaves.

Conclusion:

This recipe per serving will give you about 320k.calories. It’s very easy to prepare in mornings once you have the soaked Sabudana ready. It’s quite healthy and filling to the stomach.

15. Chicken And Sweet Potato Side Dish:

For this recipe you will need 50 grams of chicken and 30 grams of sweet potato. In a pan add a teaspoon of oil then add in crushed ginger and garlic paste. Then add curry leaves, zeera and chopped green chilies to the oil.

 Saute well then add in chopped onions to the mixture. Once onions gets transparent add in one chopped tomato. Then add turmeric powder, salt, coriander powder, zeera powder to the mixture. Then add chopped chicken pieces to the onion and tomato mixture. Saute for about 5 minutes and then add chopped sweet potato to the chicken mixture. Cook until everything is well cooked. Garnish with chopped coriander and mint leaves.

Conclusion:

This recipe gives you about 200k.calories per serving. Sweet potatoes are rich sources of vitamin A, calcium, iron and phosphorus. On other hand chicken is a good source of protein. This combination makes an ideal fulfilling healthy recipe for weight loss.

16. Mix Vegetable And Methi Paratha:

For this recipe you will need different kinds of Vegetables. Finely chop green beans, carrots, potato, capsicum. Then steam them for about 5 minutes until they becomes soft. Mash all the steamed vegetables and keep aside. Chop in finely chopped Methi leaves. Add the chopped Methi leaves to the mixture of vegetables.

 Now add the paste of garlic paste along with other seasonings. Add in salt, chopped green chilies, garam masala powder and roasted coriander and zeera powder. Mix everything well and then add finely chopped coriander leaves and spring onions. Take wheat flour dough ball and fill in the required prepared vegetable stuffing. Now close the Paratha and roll it out. While cooking the Paratha add in half teaspoon of ghee to it. Cook well and serve hot.

Conclusion:

This Paratha gives you about 200k.calories. It is very nutritious try very healthy and filling to the stomach. Helps us in meeting the requirements of vitamins along with fiber.

17. Peanuts And Chana dal Chat:

For this recipe take about 2 handful of Chana dal and soak it for about 4 hours. Pressure cook the dal and remove water from it. Allow it to cool down. Then take handful of peanuts and roast them on a flow flame. Then add one fourth tea spoon of oil in  a pan and then add the roasted peanuts.

Add a dash of salt, turmeric and red chili powder to them and keep aside. Now take the boiled Chana dal then add sauteed peanuts to it. Then add in chopped onions and tomatoes. Remove the seeds of tomatoes before adding. Then add in chopped pineapple and orange chunks to the mixture. Now for an extra punch add in black salt and pepper powder to it. Finish it off with finely chopped parsley.

Conclusion:

This recipe gives you about 170k.calories per serving. It is an oil free recipe which is not only healthy but also very tasty side. It has a combination of dal along with peanuts and fruits. It is rich in proteins, vitamins and minerals. Perfect healthy recipe for weight loss to snack on.

18. Dry Fruit And Makhana Chat:

Add one fourth tea spoon of ghee in a pan. Then add about 30 grams of Makhana in a pan and then dry roast it on a low flame until they turns crispy. Then take 10 almonds, cashews and pistachios, raisins in a bowl and chop them into pieces. Then mix the Makhana and dry fruit mixture. Then add in 2 teaspoon of pumpkin seeds along with chopped tomatoes. Remove seeds from tomatoes. Then add in dash of salt, red chilli powder, amchur powder, chat masala to the mixture. Then add in pomegranate seeds about one cup. Then mix everything well and add chopped onions to the mixture. Serve it in a bowl.

Conclusion:

This recipe gives you about 200k.calories per serving. Makhanas are rich in calcium and dry fruits are rich sources of protein and iron. It is a oil free healthy recipe for weight loss along with the goodness of fruits.

19. Tofu And Cheese Sandwich:

Take about 30 grams of tofu and crumble it. In a pan add oil and then add chopped onions, crushed ginger and garlic and saute it in oil. Then add in salt, turmeric and black pepper powder to the mixture.

 Then add in crumbled tofu to the onion and seasonings mixture. You can also add any grated and chopped veggies of your choice. Spread the mixture on a multigrain sandwich bread and add in a slice of cheese. Sprinkle some herbs on cheese slice and then grill the sandwich by covering it with another slice of bread.

Conclusion:

This recipe gives you about 250k.calories. It is rich in calcium and protein. It is very easy to prepare and requires hardly about 5 minutes to prepare the sandwich.

20. Healthy Grilled Fish Recipe With Beans And Corn Salad:

Take one piece of fish fillet and marinate with a seasonings slurry. For preparing seasonings slurry take half teaspoon of crushed ginger garlic paste, salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, soya sauce and a teaspoon of vinegar. Mix everything well and apply the seasonings mixture on a fish fillet. Then pan grill the fish with a teaspoon of oil. Cook well on both sides.

Salad preparation:

Take half cup of beans and corn in a pan and steam for about 5 minutes. In another pan add about half teaspoon of oil and then add crushed garlic into it. Then add in some salt, red chilli flakes and turmeric to the mixture. Then add in steamed beans and corn to the seasonings mixture. When completely done add in freshly grated coconut on top of them. Serve this side dish along with grilled fish.

Conclusion:

This recipe serves you about 250 calories. This recipe is a good combination of protein along with vitamins and minerals. Fish is a rich source of omega 3 fatty acids as well.

21. Healthy Chicken And Egg Soup:

Take about 60 grams of chicken in a pot and add in about 3 cups of water. Then add in half teaspoon of salt, whole black pepper balls and crushed garlic cloves to the water. Cook until the chicken turns soft. Then remove the chicken from water and shred it and keep aside.

Now to the stock of chicken add in one cup of corn and half cup of grated carrot. Then add one teaspoon of vinegar, one teaspoon of soy sauce and red chili sauce. If water is less then you can add water to adjust the consistency. Allow it to boil. On other side beat an egg and keep aside. When water boils add in egg mixture.

Do not add the egg mixture at a time. Add in slowly by continuous stirring. In a bowl add 2 teaspoon of corn flour along with some water. Add the corn flour mixture to the soup to adjust the consistency. Finish it off with chopped coriander leaves. Serve hot.

Conclusion:

This recipe gives you about 170k.calories per serving. It is an oil free recipe and also a rich source of protein. Chicken is low In fat and calories.

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