World Vegan Day 2021 recipe: Kickstart Monday with yummy Soya Chunk Lollypop
World Vegan Day 2021: Attention vegans, vegetarians and food lovers in general! Check out this scrumptious yet easy homemade recipe of Soya Chunk Lollypop and om nom nom your way out of Monday blues
A vegan diet means giving up on consuming animal products including meat, eggs and even dairy and other animal-derived substances and to promote its health benefits, World Vegan Day is celebrated every year on November 1. The benefits of a vegan diet include lower risk of cardiovascular disease, better digestion and clearer skin.
Veganism is a growing trend across the world with individuals becoming more conscious and concerned about their eating habits over a period of time. This World Vegan Day, as we kickstart a new work week, check out the scrumptious yet easy homemade recipe of Soya Chunk Lollypop and om nom nom your way out of Monday blues.
Ingredients:
100 gm soya chunks soak and strain
2 boiled potato, peeled and grated
2 tbsp. onion, finely chopped
10 sugarcane stick 4 inch each
3 tbsp. corn, fresh / frozen
½ tsp. Kashmiri red chilli powder
¼ top Garam masala powder
Salt to taste
½ tsp. chaat masala
½ tsp. ginger-garlic paste
¼ cup bread crumbs
2 tbsp. maida
2 tbsp. corn flour
¼ tsp. pepper, crushed
½ cup water
Sunflower Oil for deep frying
Method:
In a large mixing bowl take chopped soya chunks (soak and strain) boiled potatoes - peeled and grated, add in onion, corn, chilli powder, garam masala powder, chaat masala, ginger-garlic paste and salt to taste.
Add bread crumbs and mix well. Make maida paste, keep aside. Roll balls from the mixture dip in the paste. Insert a sugarcane stick and coat the balls with breadcrumbs.
Deep fry in oil on medium flame till the veg lollipop turns golden brown. The oil will help to give a nice bright colour to the soya lollipop. Serve with schezwan sauce.
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Vegan dishes come packed with benefits of a plant-based diet. According to a study published in the 'Journal of the American College of Nutrition', it was found that a low-fat vegan diet has better outcomes for weight, body composition, insulin sensitivity and cholesterol levels as compared to a Mediterranean diet.
As per another clinical study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, postmenopausal ladies who consumed plant-based diet had lower risks of sudden death, cardiovascular infection and dementia-related demise as compared with ladies who ate fewer plant proteins.
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