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Healthy Snacks and Recipes - Weekly Meal Plan with Nine different Whole Grains

11/7/2013

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Day by day I have started to feel the importance of our age old food habits and their medicinal benefits. We have totally forgotten about our grandmom's home remedies and we are heading to the Hospital everytime ending up having a big hole in our pockets!! Someday I would want to make a collection of these age old Indian Ayurveda and Vedic remedies to common ailments and even modern diseases. The ancient scripts which mention these remedies are not less than 1000 years old...!!!! They are the real jackpot we should aim for!!

So How many of us have heard about Navadhaniyam (Tamil word) or the Nine Cereals (Nava means Nine and Dhanya means grains)? It is mentioned in the ancient vedas, and is still used in India for all auspicious rituals. But we do not know the real importance of these cereals, it was supposed to be used as our staple food for leading a healthy life.

We are either having more rice or wheat in India now... South indians started having a lot of Wheat thinking it is better than having carbohydrates in Rice. But that's not true!! Wheat has gluten (Glue-like property) which is hard to digest. Another point Wheat will never suit South Indians... Having lots of wheat will create heat inside the body, which is only required to those who live in extremely cold places. And we have also started having a lot of Maida/flour nowadays in the form of Pizza, Paratha, Bread, etc. We have totally forgotten about the other healthy options!!

What are the Nine Differet Grains or Cereals?
Pigeon Peas (Toor dal/Thuvarai)
Wheat
Horse Gram (Kollu)
Green Gram (Moong Dal)
Paddy/Rice
White Beans (White rajma/Avarai kai)
Black Sesame (Til/Ellu)
Chickpeas (Channa/Konda kadalai)
Black gram (Urad dal/ Ulundu)

Auspicious Significance of the Nine Grains:
Each of these grains represents one of the nine planets, and hence they are used in performing Hindu rituals like Grahapravesham or House Warming Pooja, Navaratri Pooja, etc.

Suriyan (Sun) – Wheat
Chandiran (Moon) -  Paddy/Rice 
Chevvai (Mars) - Tuvarai (Toor)
Bhudhan (Mercury) - Greengram (Moong)
Guru (Jupitor) - Chickpeas (Channa) 
Sukiran (Venus) - White Beans (White Rajma or Motchai or Avarai seeds) 
Sani(Saturn) -  Black Sesame (Til)
Rahu – Black gram (Ulundu or Urad) 
Kethu – Horse gram (Kollu)
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Navadhaniyam - Nine whole grains
These grains are a very good source for minerals like potassium, magnesium, vitamins, fibre and protein content. They also help in keeping you fit and strong... suggested in weight loss diets too!!
I have tried to make a collection of all the recipes using these nine healthy grains. Bookmark this page and choose to cook any one of the recipe everyday, to have a balanced and a healthy diet!! Make your meal planning easy with these healthy recipes.
Most of the Indian recipes commonly use rice, wheat, toor and urad dal - like Idli, Dosa, Roti, Sambar, Dal, etc. So try to use other whole grains in the list too.
Healthy Snacks/Appetizers:
Nine grain/ Navadhaniya Sundal (Salad)
Multigrain Sundal (Salad)
Horse Gram/ Kollu Sundal
Sprouted Moong and Bulgur Wheat Salad
Sprouted Moong Dal and Carrot Salad
Green Gram Soup
Sprouts Kozhukattai
Green Gram Vadai
Sprouted Moong and Oats Kunukku (Fritters)
Sprouted Chickpea Bread
Sprouted Moong Tikki/ Patties
Multigrain Crispies with Chickpea Hummus
Soya Sesame Khakhra

Healthy Lunch/ Main Food:
Navadhaniya Biriyani
Navadhaniya Kanji (Porridge)
Black Sesame/ Til Porridge
Horse gram/ Kollu and Garlic Rice
Horse gram/ Kollu Poriyal
Horse Gram/ Kollu Rasam
Kollu Paruppu Masiyal
Ellu/ Til Rice

Healthy Breakfast / Dinner Recipes:
Navadhaniya Adai
Navadhaniya Dosa
Pesarattu Dosa with whole moong dal
Sprouted Chickpeas & Brown Rice Dosa
Navadhaniya Idli
Horse gram/ Kollu Idli
Navadhaniya Vadai
Chickpeas, Corn, Rajma Wrap

Healthy Sidedish Recipes:
Navadhaniya Health Mix Powder
Chickpea Hummus
Musabbaha-Whole Chickpea Hummus Syrian Style
Chickpeas Romesco Sauce
Health Drink Mix with Mixed Sprouts
Horse Gram Kadaiyal
Mixed Beans Gravy   
Sprouted Horse Gram Gravy 
Green Gram Dal Curry
Green Gram Pepper Masala
Ulndu / Urad dal chutney
Ellu / Sesame Chutney
Horse gram/ Kollu Thuvaiyal
Ellu/ Sesame Thuvaiyal
Ellu Podi / Sesame Powder
Fibre rich Refreshment Mixture

Sweets/ Desserts:
Sesame Laddu
Black Sesame Cookies
Black Sesame Macarons
Ellu/ Sesame Urundai
Sweet Wheat Poli
Look out for more recipes to be added in this section.
Please comment about any link to healthy recipes you would want to add to this list.
Happy Cooking!!
2 Comments
healthy desserts link
4/14/2015 05:47:11 am

It is mentioned in the ancient vedas, and is still used in India for all auspicious rituals. But we do not know the real importance of these cereals, it was supposed to be used as our staple food for leading a healthy life.

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Angela Ter-Zakarian link
12/20/2017 06:22:59 pm

Hi,
It is worth mentioning the quality of the Indian foods. Even though the foods being popular early days have lost its quality with the passage of time. This is mainly because of intermixing of culture especially Chinese and more addicted to western food habit. This leads to a number of heath issue. In order to sort out be issue, be specific with rich and hygienic Indian food.
Cheers!!
Angela

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