#WhatsInYourDabba
by Food
January 12, 2020

#WhatsInYourDabba with Twinkle Khanna, Akshay Kumar, Malaika Arora and more

Beetroot tikki, avocado on toast and vegan noodles, coming right up

 

Like most Indians, our lives at Tweak India HQ revolve around an ancient sacred ritual of community and harmony: lunchtime. When the microwave queue is longer than the one at US immigration, when Savita didi’s methi aloo is pitted against Yousuf Chacha’s Lucknowi biryani, and when the only question on anybody’s mind is #WhatsInYourDabba.

Returning from our New Year festivities hungover and heavier by a few champagne kilos, we decided to bring the focus back to healthy, home-cooked meals with a little help from our celebrity friends.

Kicking off the #WhatsInYourDabba movement, Tweak India founder Twinkle Khanna shared her favourite healthy snack. Take a cue from her limited edition Vada Pav-ered T-shirt and swap out the batatawada with a healthier beetroot tikki.

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@twinklerkhanna: I may occasionally be a ‘VADA PAV-ERED’ girl but I also carry some healthy treats in my dabba like these yummy beetroot tikkis! I am also nominating @akshaykumar @malaikaaroraofficial and @iamsonalibendre to let me have a peek inside their dabbas. I'd love to know your favourite healthy treats. Share a photo on social media with #WhatsInYourDabba and tag @tweakindia Recipe Corner Wash and grate the beetroot,then sauté in a pan until the water dries out. Add some grated paneer, chat masala, salt, jeera and dhaniya powder and bread crumbs to the beetroot. Add a little oil and mix gently. Then make tikki out of it. Let it rest for 15 minutes, shallow fry in a pan with minimum oil. Go to linkin.bio/Tweakindia and tap on the corresponding image for some vada pav-er of your own ?

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Khanna nominated her husband Akshay Kumar, who gave us a peek into his notoriously healthy breakfast dabba.

“Eating clean is not an option but a way of life for me. Here’s a glimpse at what made me spring into action this morning,” he revealed to his Instagram followers, adding, “Sharing how you can also make my favourite avocado on toast and my chia pudding. It’s healthy, tasty, and keeps you full for hours, not to mention high in protein.”

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@akshaykumar – Eating clean is not an option but a way of life for me. Here’s a glimpse at what made me spring into action this morning ? Sharing how you can also make my favourite avocado on toast and my chia pudding. It’s healthy, tasty, and keeps you full for hours, not to mention high in protein ? *Avocado on toast* Mash a ripe avocado. Add little olive oil, I like to add Rapeseed oil to it. Add a pinch of Himalayan Pink Salt, & a dash of chaat masala if you like things flavoursome. Spread the mashed avocado on two slices of toasted barley bread or any multigrain bread. Garnish with pomegranate. *Chia Pudding* Soak 3 teaspoons of chia seeds in walnut milk, overnight. Add a little honey or cinnamon to it. Top with seasonal fruits of your choice, preferably berries. Voila Bon Appetit ?? Now you know what’s in my dabba, I nominate @katrinakaif @bhumipednekar and @shikhardofficial to give me a peek inside their dabbas. It would be great to know more healthy food options. Don’t forget to share a photo with #WhatsInYourDabba and tag @TweakIndia .

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Fitness inspiration Malaika Arora used her #WhatsInYourDabba reveal to double down on her vegan lifestyle.

Her zucchini noodle recipe might just convince you to break up with that neon orange chopsuey you’ve been coating your gut lining with…

Shikhar Dhawan loves a big breakfast almost as much as he loves sending cricket balls sailing past the stadium walls.

“To begin with I love my fruits, they give me all my natural sugars. In this case, I’m eating papaya and pineapple, pineapple being the fat burner,” he shared.

“Next, there’s baked beans for my protein and avocado toast which is good fat. A tasty masala uttapam with sambar which makes it a carb-loaded breakfast which keeps my energy up the whole day.”

An important part of clean living is cooking with local produce, and Sonali Bendre Behl used her #WhatsInYourDabba moment to tweak an old family favourite: Maharashtrian sabudana khichdi, but made with seasonal sweet potato.

“As they say, you are what you eat. And my mantra has always been to not measure my food… but instead, watch what I eat.”

Katrina Kaif used her #WhatsInYourDabba moment to share with us her healthy-eating mantra – “My mom has always told me that healthy eating should be a way of life and not a diet.”

The actor shared with us a sneak peek of her mid-morning snack – Idli with an assortment of accompaniments.

Sophie Choudry’s healthy cutlets can turn any lunch into a feast. “I’m not a vegetarian or vegan, but I am vegetarian at least twice a week and on those days this is one of my favourites!” she says.

The quinoa can easily be replaced with millet or amaranth, and that side salad itself makes a great snack.

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Thank you my dearest @malaikaaroraofficial & @maheepkapoor for tagging me in the #whatsinyourdabba challenge! And thank you @twinklerkhanna @tweakindia for starting it! Loving all the recipes! I’m not a vegetarian or vegan but I am veggie at least twice a week & on those days this is one of my favourites! Quinoa and sweet potato cutlets with avocado sauce and a carrot, mint and Thai red chilli salad. Do try both recipes and let me know what you think!! Happy (and healthy) eating?? Meanwhile tagging super healthy @rakulpreet @yasminkarachiwala @kritisanon to share what’s in their dabba!! Quinoa & sweet potato cutlets: Half cup quinoa, wash in bowl of water, discard the water, add fresh water and boil for 6-7 mins til quinoa becomes soft & water is absorbed. Take out in a bowl & let it cool. Add finely chopped green chilli, finely chopped ginger, salt to taste, red chilli powder, cumin powder, black pepper and a pinch of chaat masala. One medium sweet potato boiled. Grate and mix into the quinoa. Add 2 tablespoons of roasted channa powder and the soaked Kasturi methi (without the water). Mix everything together and make tikkis. Take a flat plan, add a drop of oil and fry til golden. Avocado sauce: Half avocado cut into chunks, 1 cup fresh cilantro, half a clove of garlic roughly chopped, 1/2 cup Greek yoghurt, 2 tbsp lime juice , sea salt to taste and 2 tbsp water. Blend in a mixer. Carrot salad with mint & Thai chilli: 3 large carrots peel & grate and cover in a kitchen paper towel so that moisture from them is absorbed. Add 20 mint leaves in a bowl, dry roast a few cashews and sesame seeds. Mix with the carrots. Salad dressing: Juice of 3 limes in a bottle, add salt, black pepper, 1 Thai chilli finely chopped, 1 inch of ginger grated. Add everything together, sprinkle a little garlic powder and 2 tbsp of honey, mix it and add to the salad. Voila!! Enjoy!!❤️ #sophiefit #healthyeating #sophstylin

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Bhumi Pednekar’s mantra is simple: Eat well and right. Then there’s no fight. We would love to adapt that approach as well as get inspired by her simple yet wholesome dabba featuring chicken curry, and stir-fried mushroom.

Karela finally find its way into the #WhatsInYourDabba challenge via Tusshar Kapoor’s “healthy, vegetarian lunch”. But it sounds rather promising: Karela roasted in olive oil and then mixed with masala. We’d definitely try that.

Actor Rakul Preet turned vegan two months back, and loves ghar ka khaana for the goodness our Indian cooking has. Her Spinach Jowar Roti, green dal and bhindi masala gives us lunch goals.

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Thankuuuu my darling @sophiechoudry for tagging me in the #whatsinurdabba challenge and thank you @tweakindia and @twinklerkhanna for initiating this !! People who know me know how much I loveeee food and eating clean is a lifestyle for me no matter which part of the world I am shooting in. Every meal is pre planned to make sure it’s nutritious and tasty. I turned vegan about two months back and love basic ghar ka khaana for the goodness our Indian cooking has ❤️ thanku @akshayarora3 for making sure I don’t miss home food ❤️ So My dabba today has spinach jowar Rotis, lady finger and green dal . Spinach jowar Roti Take a cup of jowar flour in a bowl, add 2-3 pinches of salt then add puréed spinach in to the mixture along with one fourth cup of water. Mix and stir incorporating all Ingridients, add some more water if required and knead the dough well. Make dough balls, flatten it with rolling pin or your hand and cook it on the Tavaa. Green lentil Pressure cook a cup of green lentils in a cooker after the lentils have cooked, temper it with ground spices, onions and 1 tea-spoon of organic ghee. Lady finger Chopped and cooked in a pan and tempered with ground spices, onions and 1 tea-spoon of organic ghee. I further nominate @sidmalhotra and @rhea_chakraborty to tell us about their dabbas .. #eatwell #trainwell #indianfood #

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Mallika Sherawat’s vegan dabba gives us enough inspiration to create that delicious looking nachos. Healthy snacks, anyone?

Designer and fashion entrepreneur Pernia Qureshi Gilani’s dabba is “yummy and satisfying” in equal measure. She is also challenging us to try two meals a day instead of three.

Celebrity trainer and Yoga expert Anshuka Parwani turns to the Ayurvedic way of eating for her dabba, incorporating all six tastes or Rasas: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, and astringent.

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Here’s my dabba of goodness, my Ayurveda thali ? and it will always be one of my favourite meals. I love keeping my food and nutrition balanced and stay as close to the Ayurveda way of eating; incorporating all six tastes or Rasas: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, and astringent. I also try and eat as much as I can according to my Dosha. Ayurveda recommends including each of the tastes in every meal. The belief is that incorporating all six tastes in your meals and adjusting the amounts to your personal constitution will help you maintain balanced nutrition and good health, and feel satisfied overall and dam do I feel good ❤️. Thank you @tusshark89 for nominating me to share, ??‍♀️ @lakshmimanchu @perniaq @prernastylefile @jaiswalpragya I now nominate you to know how you eat healthy and share #whatsinyourdabba for @tweakindia ?? @twinklerkhanna . . #eathealthy #stayfit #heathyfood #healthyeating #whatsinmydabba #cleaneating #ayurveda #ayurvedathali #anshukayoga

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Share #WhatsInYourDabba by uploading a photo of your favourite healthy treat along with the recipe to social media, and tag @tweakindia.

Even if it’s lauki. Well… especially if it’s lauki.