Doctors and nutritionists always say that if we want to eat better, we should prepare our own meals. Lili Lajman has three recipes you can try out
To mark World Food Day last month, Philips Malaysia teams up with cookbook author and celebrity chefMarina Mustafa (right) to whip up some delicious recipes.
The recipes are customised by Marina to be healthier but without compromising on taste. These include substituting coconut milk with soya milk and using little or no oil. Yes, it is possible to lead a healthier lifestyle by eating healthy food that can still leave you drooling for more.
Indulge in these versions of your favourite dishes.
PENGAT UBI (serves four)
This recipe replaces coconut milk with soya milk and white sugar with palm sugar.
Ingredients
1 medium-sized yellow sweet potato, skinned and cubed
1 medium-sized orange sweet potato, skinned and cubed
2 pandan leaves, twisted into a knot
½ cup palm sugar
1 cup soya milk
1 cup water
Method
1. Place the sweet potato, water, pandan leaves and palm sugar into the Philips Electric Pressure Cooker pot.
2. Press Soup and then Start. The vent must be pointed towards pressure cooking.
3. Once it stops cooking, open the lid and pour in the soya milk. Stir well .
4. Served hot or cold.
AYAM PERCIK KEBAB (serves four)
This recipe uses no coconut milk or oil.
Ingredients
2 pcs skinned, deboned chicken breast
½ tsp ground cumin
½ tsp ground coriander
½ tsp salt to marinade
2 large red onions, sliced
2.5cm ginger, sliced
5 cloves garlic
3 stalks lemongrass, sliced
5cm of galangal, sliced
2.5cm turmeric root, sliced
½ cup chilli paste
½ cup palm sugar
½ cup tamarind juice
1½ tsp salt
16 cubed onions and 10 cherry tomatoes for inclusion on the meat skewers
Method
1. Place the red onion, ginger, garlic, lemongrass, galangal and turmeric root into the jar of the Philips Cooking Blender.
2. Turn the dial to the right and blend all the ingredients till fine and smooth.
3. Open the lid and pour in the chilli paste, palm sugar, tamarind juice and salt.
4. Turn the dial to the left and cook the ingredients for 25 minutes.
5. To make the kebabs, cut the chicken breasts into 2.5cm cubes.
6. Sprinkle with the ground cumin, ground coriander, ½ teaspoon salt and three tablespoons cooked percik sauce.
7. Pierce an onion cube at the top of the skewer stick, followed by three pieces of the chicken cubes. End with a whole cherry tomato on the top.
8. Repeat with more skewers until you use up all the chicken pieces.
9. Set the Philips Airfryer TurboSstar at 190ºC and place four ayam percik kebabs into its basket.
10. Airfry for six minutes or until just cooked.
11. To serve, drizzle percik gravy over the kebabs and use the remainder for dipping.
CILI PADI SPINACH PESTO OVER SPAGHETTI (serves four)
This recipe replaces heavy cream with low-fat milk and uses low-fat cheddar cheese.
Ingredients
1 bunch (160g) spinach, cleaned and plucked
6 cloves of garlic, roasted in the Philips Airfryer for 10 minutes at 160ºC
1 onion, sliced
2 tbsps cashew nuts, roasted for five minutes at 160ºC in the Philips Airfryer
6 cili padi, cleaned
¼ cup water
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp ground pepper
¼ cup low-fat fresh milk
½ cup olive oil
1 serving of spaghetti
¼ cup grated low-fat cheddar cheese, for sprinkling
2 tbsps chopped parsley
2 tbsps chopped roasted cashew nuts
2 cups plain flour
1 egg, beaten plus water equals to 180g liquid
Method
1. Place the spinach, cashew nuts, onion, garlic, cili padi and water into the Philips Cooking Blender.
2. Turn the knob anti-clockwise to cook for 20 minutes.
3. Once ready, open the lid and put in salt, pepper, olive oil and milk.
4. Close the lid and blend for 10 seconds until the pesto is smooth.
5. Pour the pesto over boiled spaghetti and mix well.
6. Sprinkle chopped parsley and chopped cashew nuts over the pesto when serving.
NUTRITIONAL VALUES OF EACH DISH (Calculation based on one serving)
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