Try These Amazing Recipes Using Almonds, Cauliflower And More By Chef Manish Mehrotra
Image Credit: Almond and Cauliflower Rice Salad

With all of us focusing on our health these days, we see a lot of recipes being tweaked to fit our taste and body. Making significant changes from guzzling unhealthy food to a much healthy lifestyle surely brings  better physical and mental strength and endurance.

And keeping the same in mid here are some recipes of Almond- sweet potato toast, Almond and Cauliflower rice salad and Almond Amaranath kebab recipes by none other than renowned Chef Manish Mehrotra

Recipes

Almond and Amaranth Kebab 


Ingredients 

•    For almond kebab

•    Whole almond ¼ cup

•    Amaranth flour ½ cup

•    Almond flour ½ cup

•    Chopped ginger 2 tsp

•    Chopped garlic 1 tsp

•    Chopped green chilli 1 tsp

•    Chopped red onions 3 tbsp

•    Boiled potato mashed 2 tbsp

•    Salt to taste

•    Red chilli powder ½ tsp

•    Garam masala powder ¼ tsp

•    Freshly chopped coriander leaves 1 tbsp.

•    Oil (for grilling)

Method

•    Roast almond in preheated oven at 180 degree celsius for 4 minutes and cut them roughly once cooled

•    In a bowl, combine amaranth flour, almond flour, roughly chopped almonds, chopped ginger, chopped onion,

•    chopped green chili, mashed potatoes, salt, red chili powder, garam masala powder and chopped coriander leaves. mix thoroughly

•    Portion the mix in 25 gm size and keep aside in plate

•    Heat oil in pan on medium flame, pan fry kebabs to golden and crisp

•    Serve hot kebabs with chutney

Almond and Cauliflower Rice Salad


Ingredients:

•    Almond with skin 1 cup

•    Pulsed cauliflower 2 cups

•    Sea salt to taste

•    Black pepper powder ½ tsp

•    Chopped fresh coriander 1 tbsp

•    Lemon juice 2 tsp

•    Chopped root ginger 1 tsp

•    Chopped green chilli 1 tsp

•    Cumin seed ½ tsp

•    Olive oil 2 tbsp

Method

•    Roast the almonds with skin in preheated oven at 180 degree celsius for 4 minutes and cut into slivers, once it is cooled

•    In a pan, heat olive oil and crackle cumin seed, add chopped ginger, chopped green chilli and saute for 10-15 seconds

•    Stir-in pulsed cauliflower and cook for a minute or till tender

•    Take off the pan from flame and finish up with lemon juice, freshly chopped coriander and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper

•    Add roasted slivered almonds to it

•    Serve fluffy textured pulao

Almond & sweet potato toast


Ingredients 

•    Ingredients

•    Almond with skin ¾ cup

•    Bread slice 3-4 no

•    Diced roast sweet potato 2 cups

•    Sea salt to taste

•    Black pepper powder ½ tsp

•    Chaat masala ½ tsp

•    Chopped fresh coriander 2 tsp 

•    Lemon juice 2 tsp

•    Chopped root ginger 1 tsp

•    Chopped green chilli ½ tsp

•    Green chutney 1 tbsp 

•    Olive oil 1 tsp

•    Mayonnaise 1tsp

Method:

• Roast the almonds with skin in preheated oven at 180 degree celsius for 4 minutes and cut into slivers once it is cooled

• In a bowl, add dices of roast sweet potato with salt, pepper, chaat masala, lemon juice, chop ginger, chop green chilli, green chutney and mayonnaise. toss it well to mix evenly

• Toast the bread till golden colour. 

• Layer the mix of diced sweet potato over toasted bread and drizzle olive oil over it.

• Sprinkle the almond slivers on it and serve.

• Toast the bread till golden colour. 

• Layer the mix of diced sweet potato over toasted bread and drizzle olive oil over it.

• Sprinkle the almond slivers on it and serve.