63. FRUIT YOGURT (DIABETIC & HEART FRIENDLY)

INGREDIENTS
1. Home-made curd (made of skimmed milk) or Greek Yogurt - 3 cups
2. Sugar* powder- 1 tbs (as per taste)
3. Nutmeg (Jaiphal) powder - 1/4 tsp
4. Apple - 1 cut into small cubes
5. Papaya - 2" cut into small pieces
6. Cherries - 6-8 or Pomegranate 1 tsp 
7. Almonds- 8
8. Walnut/Pecans - 6

METHOD
1. Drain curd of the water by holding it in a muslin cloth for 10 minutes, if you are using home-made curd. Alternately, use Greek Yogurt.
2. Beat the curd smooth with a spoon and mix with sugar powder and nutmeg powder.
3. Peel and cut apple and papaya into small bite-size pieces.
4. Cut or crush almonds and walnuts/pecans into small pieces.
5. Mix cut fruit in the thick curd and put in a bowl.
6. Sprinkle and decorate with crushed nuts and cherries/pomegranate.

Serve cold.

   
* Sugar to be avoided or replaced with sugar substitutes for diabetic patients.                                         
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62. SPICY GRILLED FISH (DIABETIC & HEART FRIENDLY)

Apply the mix on fish stakes and leave them for half an hour

INGREDIENTS
1. Large stakes of Fish (Surmai) 2
2. Ginger-Garlic Paste 1 tbs
3. Salt 1/4 tsp (as per taste) 
4. Eastern Fish Masala 1 tsp
5. Lemon Juice 1 tbsp
6.Black Mustard Seeds 1/2 tsp
7.Oil 1 tsp (optional) 

METHOD
1. Wash fish and pat it dry with a kitchen paper towel.
2. Mix together all  ingredients (except fish stakes) into a thick paste.
3. Apply the paste on fish stakes on both the sides and keep aside for half an hour.
4. Heat a heavy bottomed/ non-stick pan, place both the fish pieces in the pan and cover it with the lid.
5. Reduce the heat to minimum and let it cook slowly for ten minutes; keep checking that it does not get burnt.
6. After ten minutes, flip over the pieces and let them cook from the other side too.

Serve hot 

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