2025 is almost upon us, and as we gear up for the grand celebrations and merriment ahead, there’s also a need to plan the party menu carefully. In this context, if you’re resolving to start the year on a healthy note, then choosing some New Year recipes for the big day is essential. Here’s a closer look at some recipes worth considering in this case.
Top Healthy New Year Recipes that You Can Try
Here are a few recipes that are both healthy and delicious.
Healthy Chocolate Cake –
Ingredients:
- 1 cup yoghurt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 1 + ¼ cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¾ cup honey/brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup milk
- ½ cup walnuts
- 1 tbsp coffee powder
How to Prepare:
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and coat the baking pan with coconut oil.
- Mix the baking soda and yogurt.
- Add eggs and sugar before whisking them and adding vegetable oil, milk, and vanilla essence. Blend all these ingredients carefully.
- Mix baking powder, whole wheat flour, coffee powder, and cocoa powder in a separate bowl.
- Blend the wet and dry mixture in batches slowly and without the formation of any lumps.
- Put the walnuts into the mix and add to the baking pan.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes approximately and check consistency with a toothpick.
This will be a healthy chocolate cake recipe that you can choose for your New Year celebrations. There are several other Happy New Year cakes available at Ferns N Petals, including popular choices like the Fruit Overload Cake for a healthier touch and pineapple cakes. You can also opt for delicious mixed fruit or date and walnut cakes for the right blend of health and taste.
Healthy New Year Wrap –
For your New Year party snack, you can make this healthy wrap easily at home.
Ingredients:
- ¾ cup of mixed sprouts (mashed and boiled)
- 4 whole wheat rotis
- 1 chopped and small onion
- 1 boiled, grated, and peeled large sweet potato
- ½ tsp chopped ginger
- ½ tsp chopped garlic
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- 2-3 chopped green chillies
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp corn flour
- 1 tbsp blanched spinach puree
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- Oil for shallow frying
- Pickled carrot and iceberg lettuce leaves as required.
- Toppings
- Rajma Humus for applying
- Salt to taste.
- Other optional ingredients include pickled English cucumber, pickled white radish, pickled beetroot, crushed black peppercorn, and 4-5 pickled Gherkins.
How to Prepare:
- Put mixed sprouts in a bowl and then add onion, ginger, garlic, sweet potato, chaat masala, coriander leaves, turmeric powder, corn flour, spinach puree, green chilies, salt, and red chili powder. Mix everything well.
- Divide this into eight equal portions and make each portion into a ball, fattening it like a Tikki.
- Heat oil in a non-stick pan.
- Put these Tikkis into the pan and shallow-fry them until they turn golden brown and crisp on both sides.
- Put the whole wheat roti with Rajma hummus and evenly spread it. Then put lettuce, and 2 Tikkis, and mash them lightly. Put the pickled white radish, carrot, beetroot, Gherkins, and English cucumber. Sprinkle the crushed black peppercorn and roll it tightly.
- Cut the roll diagonally in half and serve it with the salad.
Soya Kebab-
This is another tasty yet healthy recipe that you can also use to whip up an awesome New Year snack!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup dried soya chunks
- 2 tbsp chopped onion
- Chopped mint and 1 chopped green chilly
- 2 tsp coriander seeds
- 2 tbsp Sattu
- 2 tbsp mashed and boiled potato
- Chopped coriander
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 2 tbsp mustard oil
- ½ tsp garam masala
- 2 tsp chopped ginger
- 2 tsp chaat masala
- Oil and salt
How to Prepare:
- Keep the soya chunks for 30 minutes in hot water before squeezing out the water and putting it in the blender.
- Add chopped onions, Sattu, mint, mashed potato, green chilies, coriander, coriander seeds, cumin, chili powder, turmeric, ginger, mustard oil, garam masala, salt, and ginger.
- Mix everything neatly and divide it into ball-sized portions. Heat the pan and then add ghee before shallow-frying the kebabs until they turn brown.
These are some healthy yet delicious recipes that will be wonderful options for your New Year party. Here’s to welcoming 2025 with good health and happiness!
