A compilation of 33 colorful food prepared with natural food color; fruits and vegetables.
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Why Colorful Food?
Fruits and vegetables are a good source of nutrients and, color of the fruit/vegetable signifies the main nutrient(s). Each color of a fruit and vegetable signifies the presence a particular vitamin and mineral.
A single fruit or vegetable does not provide all the nutrients our body requires. Hence it is essential to include a range of colored fruits and vegetables in our diet.
Though most of us are aware of the health benefits, often times, food prepared with some of these super healthy fruits/vegetables is unappealing. So, the best way is to sneak in these fruits and vegetables into food.
Food with sneaked in fruits & vegetables is colorful and tempts a fussy eater as well. Second, some of the fruits and vegetables are natural food colors, making the food healthy.
33 Colorful Food with Natural Ingredients
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Breakfast
Acai Smoothie Bowl with Chia Seed
Acai Yogurt Bowl is packed with super food power - made with acai, matcha and chia! #acai #breakfast #healthybreakfast #chia #matcha #superfoods
Get Mireille's Acai Smoothie Bowl Recipe
Snacks
Deepavali Marundhu|Legiyam| Ayurvedic Medicine
Deepavali legiyam/marundhu, a traditional ayurvedic medicine made for deepavali festival. This medicine contains more than 12 medicinal herbs.
Get Priya's Legiyam Recipe
Spinach Murukku | Palak Chakli | Murukku Recipe
Spinach Murukku, a delicious and colorful snack made from the rice flour and spinach puree.
Get Sandhiya's Spinach Muruku Recipe
Red Cabbage Potato Tikki Recipe
Tikki is very common and popular road side snack which easy available in North India. You can serve this tikkis with green chutney or meethi chutney like aloo tikkis.
Get Preeti's Red Cabbage Potato Tikki Recipe
Condiments
Madras Palak Chutney | Pasalai Keerai Thogayal
Madras Palak Chutney or Pasalai Keerai Thogayal is made with the Spinach that’s available in South India. This chutney version makes a wonderful side dish.
Get Valli's Madras Palak Chutney Recipe
Green Chutney | How to make Kothamalli Chutney
Kothamalli Chutney or Green Chutney is a simple and easy condiment. This can be served with Idli or Dosa. This chutney tastes wonderful with soft hot Idlis.
Get Valli's Green Chutney Recipe
Omavalli Chutney | Karpooravalli Chutney | Ajwain Leaves Chutney
This delicious Omavalli Chutney or Karpooravalli Chutney made with Ajwain leaves also known as the Mexican mint or Cuban Oregano. If you are looking to incorporate more herbs in your cooking, this Ajwain Leaves Chutney is a great recipe to start with.
Get Sandhya'a Ajwain Leaves Chutney Recipe
Beets Labneh/Beetroot and chilies spiced Curd Cheese
Beets is my favorite veggie, infact our favorite veggie. I love to make Beets thogayal atleast twice a month and beets lassi whenever i feel like having a chilled drink. At home, my younger one loves the beets rasam and beets pachadi. Even my elder one who doesn’t prefer beets curry much, loved th…
Get Priya's Beets Labneh Recipe
Beetroot Raita | How to Make Beetroot Raita | Simply Tadka
Beetroot raita recipe is one of the delicious raita recipes made of beetroot and curd. This raita is healthy and delicious. Adding onion and green chilies in beetroot raita makes more flavorful and crunchy. This is optional. This raita goes well with any rice recipe such as pulao or biryani.
Preeti's Beetroot Raita Recipe
Carrot Hummus
Carrot Hummus - Flavored hummus is a healthy appetizer or snack to keep around. Quick, easy & cost efficient. Great for game day parties!
Mireille's Carrot Hummus Recipe
Salsa Verde - Tomatillo Salsa
Salsa Verde - Tomatillo Salsa - Make Taco Tuesday better with your own homemade Salsa Verde. This version is quick and easy but with the freshness that the bottled versions won’t have!
Mireille's Salsa Verde Recipe
Soups
Instant Pot Vegetable Soup
Instant Pot vegetable soup is easy to prepare and tastes delicious.
Instant Pot Vegetable Soup Recipe
Side Dishes
Char Dal Tadka | How to make Yellow Dal Tadka
Char Dal Tadka or Yellow Mixed Dal Tadka is a simple and easy dal that can be served with pulkas. The dal is mild on the stomach and tastes wonderful.
Valli's Dal Tadka Recipe
Purple Cabbage Thoran/Kerala Style Red Cabbage Stir Fry
Thoran is a fabulous side dish to relish with hot piping rasam or flavourful sambar rice. With loads of coconut, trust me, everyone at home enjoyed thoroughly this flavoursome rich thoran.
Purple Cabbage Thoran Recipe
Rajma Aloo Masaledaar/Kidney Beans & Potato Tomato Curry
Masaledaar is one of the delicious side dish to serve along with some Indian flatbreads.
Priya's Rajma Aloo Masaledaar Recipe
Breads
Palak Puri | Spinach Poori | Deep Fried Spinach Flatbread
Palak Puri | Spinach Poori | Deep Fried Spinach Flatbread - Breakfast, Entree, Poori, Vegan Palak Puri
Sandhya's Spinach Poori Recipe
Beetroot Poori
Beetroot poori is a puffed and crisp poori’s made of Atta / whole wheat flour with beetroot puree and some spices. These vibrant crimson c...
Sushma's Beetroot Poori Recipe
Beetroot Poori | How to Make Beetroot Pooris | Simply Tadka
Beetroot puri is an attractive and colorful Indian fried bread with full of nutritious value. To make this puri, you have to just combine beetroot puree with whole wheat flour and spices to knead stiff dough. You can serve this beetroot pooris with mango or chili pickle and Indian curry of your choi…
Preeti's Beetroot Poori
Rice
Karuveppilai Sadam | Spiced Curry Leaves Rice
Karuveppilai Sadam / Spiced Curry Leaves Rice tastes even better when made with fresh homegrown curry leaves. A great lunch or dinner option.
Sandhya''s Spiced Curry Leaves Rice Recipe
Healthy Palak Khichdi/ How to make nutritious Palak Khichdi - Annapurnaz
Khichdi, a healthy medley of dal and rice, is a one pot comfort meal that finds its place in every cuisine in India. Bisi bele bath in Karnataka, Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Khechidi in Orissa, Pulagam in Andhra etc are some of the popular variant of khichdi.
Ritu's Healthy Palak Khichdi Recipe
Coriander Flavored Vegetable Rice Recipe
Today was the day ‘The Manchester of South India’ was born way back in 1804! Coimbatore was established as a district headquarters on November 24th 1804.Yes, Happy birthday Coimbatore!! I moved down to this beautiful city way back in 1992!At first everything was new and I could not adapt myself to t…
PJ's Coriander Flavored Vegetable Rice Recipe
Gongura Pulihora ~~ Sorrel Leaves / Roselle / Sour Leaf Rice
Gongura is a plant grown for its edible leaves in India. Gongura comes in 2 varieties green stemmed leaf and red stemmed leaf. The red stem...
Sushma's Gongura Pulihora Recipe
Sweets & Desserts
Mango Coconut Ladoo | Quick & Easy Dessert
Mango coconut ladoos, an instant dessert made with mango pulp and coconut, sweetened with condensed milk, a quick dessert to celebrate any occassion.
Priya's Mango Coconut Ladoo Recipe
Double Decker Milk Powder Burfi | Vanilla Chocolate Burfi | Diwali Sweet
Double Decker Milk Powder Burfi / Vanilla Chocolate Burfi, a two layer burfi made from the milk powder !!
Sandhiya''s Vanilla Chocolate Burfi Recipe
Sweet Potato Halwa | Sakkaravalli Kizhangu Halwa | Deepavali Sweet
Sweet Potato Halwa, a delicious and easy to make halwa with sweet potato,milk,sugar and ghee.
Sandhiya's Sweet Potato Halwa Recipe
Tomato Halwa/ Sweet & Tangy Tomato Halwa - Annapurnaz
The tomato halwa is made just from tomatoes and no flour is added to the halwa.
Ritu's Tomato Halwa Recipe
Jamun Yogurt Popsicle Recipe
The climate is cloudy and dull. Looks like there will be downpour within a few hours.But here I am posting a popsicle recipe!This Jamun Yogurt Popsicle recipe was prepared during the jamun fruit season ,around May-June.And I am posting this for the Blogging Marathon theme – Colorful dishes. Like I h…
PJ's Jamun Yogurt Popsicle Recipe
Carrot Sago Kheer
Today I have a very simple kheer / Payasam recipe using carrot and Sabudana or Sago. This Carrot Sago Kheer Recipe was one of those dishes that Lil Dude ate willingly in spite of knowing that there is a vegetable in the dish! Apparently his Science Mam had mentioned that carrots are good for the eye…
PJ's Carrot Sago Kheer Recipe
Carrot Payasam ~~ Carrot Kheer
Carrot payasam or carrot kheer is one such healthy and delicious Indian dessert combined with wonderful flavors of carrots and cardamom po...
Sushma's Carrot Kheer Recipe
Instant Pot Sabudana Kheer ~ Tapioca Pearls Puddings
Carrot sabudana kheer is a quick, easy and yummy Indian dessert. Preparing it in Instant Pot is even more easier.
Get Instant Pot Carrot Sago Kheer Recipe
Strawberry Shrikhand ~ Strawberry Yogurt
Semihomemade strawberry shrikhand is Indian version of strawberry flavored yogurt
Get Strawberry Shrikhand Recipe
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Ritu Tangri says
Such a good compilation Usha, dividing all the entries in different cuisine. Well done!
MySpicyKitchen says
Thanks Ritu
Priya Srinivasan says
Such a colorful compilation Usha!!
MySpicyKitchen says
Thanks Priya
Srivalli Jetti says
Fantastic compilation Usha, so colourful as the name and useful too..thanks for the efforts!
MySpicyKitchen says
You are welcome, Valli!