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Healthy Food In Less Oil: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to Indians to reduce the consumption of seven things, one of which is to reduce the use of edible oil by 10 percent. If this happens during the ongoing crisis in Western Asia, then not only is there scope for economic improvement, food prepared with less oil is also beneficial for our health.

Consuming less oil will make food more digestible. Will help in weight loss. For this these cooking tips can be followed.

choosing the right vessel

By choosing the right utensils, good food can be cooked even with less oil. Experts believe that using proper cast iron utensils, non-stick cookware and ceramic coated utensils prevents food from sticking, making cooking easier. Besides, eating food cooked in iron utensils also increases the amount of iron in our body.

Choose roasting instead of frying

Deep fried items can also be roasted to reduce oil consumption. This will give good smoky flavor to the food. In Indian homes, food has traditionally been prepared by baking or steaming. For example, by roasting potatoes, brinjals, tomatoes, zucchini etc., many dishes like chokha and bharta are made from it. One spoon of oil is enough for vegetables like gourd, zucchini, pumpkin.

Roasting (Ms. Social Media)

Change the way of adding oil

Usually we pour Indian oil directly from the can or bottle into the vessel. Instead, a small spoon can be used or a kitchen brush can also be used. It can be used to grease cooking utensils.

Cooking with less oil (Ms. Social Media)

To make gravy, add curd instead of tomato.

Tomato is mostly used for gravy and more oil has to be used to roast it. Instead, if curd is used in gravy vegetables, then oil consumption will be less. Curd contains natural fat, which reduces oiliness.

Enhance the taste of food by using these things

By reducing the cooking oil, some such things can be added to the food instead, which will give a different aroma and taste to the food. For example, peanuts or coconut can be ground and added to vegetables. This will give good texture. Use Kashmiri chilli in food. To enhance the taste, aromatic things like garlic, bay leaves, mace, Kasuri methi can also be used.