Chia Seeds Recipes

Easy chia recipes

The healthy, tasty and nutritious option for your breakfast, evening snacks, and even for your dessert, Chia seeds. Chia seeds are the edible seeds Salvia hispanica, a flowering plant in the mint family.

Small size nutritional seeds include omega-3 fatty acids, calcium, manganese, phosphorus, iron and antioxidants. Despite being less flavourful, it can be a great option for smoothies, puddings, as sprinkles on top of salad, etc…

Chia seeds contain nourishing health benefits such as

• Get more fiber

• Great source of nutrition such as calcium, iron, vitamin C and magnesium.

• Stronger teeth and bones – Manganese help your bone and teeth getting essential nutrients like biotin and thiamin.

• Belly fat – Chia helps in fighting belly fat and maintain a healthy body.

• Protein – Complete package of protein of chia helps you get better sleep and a bowl of nutrition which can fill your hunger needs faster.

5 easy chia recipes

Before we dig into the yummy and tasty recipe of chia seeds, remember “NEVER have raw chia seeds directly”. It can be harmful and dangerous.

1. Chia pudding

The easiest and safest option to go for is chia pudding. Even beginners can give this a try.

Ingredients-

• Half cup of Milk

• 2 tablespoons of Chia seeds

• 1 Fruit of your choice (Apple or mango or strawberry etc…)

• Pinch of Honey/Sugar

• Chocolate syrup (Optional)

• Nuts (Optional)

Recipe –

• Take a jar or bowl and add a half a cup of milk to it.

• Add chia seeds.

• Add honey for the sweetness. You can add sugar instead of honey if you prefer. Or you can also go without honey or sugar. Stir the mixture.

• Refrigerate the prepared mixture of milk and chia seeds overnight or for 6-8 hours.

• Serve the pudding with fruits, nuts of your choice and top it off with chocolate syrup.

We can make chia pudding with different ingredients in different flavours. Add fruit and nut of your choice and enjoy your own flavour of pudding.

2. Chia smoothie

A beautiful day calls for a cold and delicious smoothie. Here we go,

Ingredients –

• 1 table spoon Chia seeds

• 1 Fruit of your choice (Apple/Banana/kiwi etc..)

• 1 cup of Milk or 1 cup of Yogurt

• 1 teaspoon of cocoa powder

• 1 scoop Protein powder (Optional)

• Ice (Optional)

Recipe –

• Blend all the ingredients until smooth.

• Top it off with choco-chips or any topping of your choice. (Optional)

• Serve it chilled.

3. Chia detox water

While it sounds simple and easy to make detox water, the process is important.

Ingredients –

• Half tablespoon of Chia seeds (raw or soaked)

• 1.5 litre of water

• 1.5 tsp of Apple cider vinegar

• ¼ tsp of Ceylon Cinnamon for flavour

Recipe –

• Add all the ingredients in water and stir it properly.

• Have the detox water during the day.

4. Chia seeds pancakes or chilla

Pancakes sound fun, and if it’s healthy, it’s icing on the cake.

Ingredients –

• 4 tablespoon besan or ragi flour

• ½ grated carrots

• Some finely chopped beans

• Chia seeds powder

• Black pepper

• Salt

Recipe

• Take a bowl and add all the ingredients.

• Add water gradually and mix well to prepare a semi-thin batter.

• Spread the batter on the pan in a circular motion. Add some oil and toast it.

• Serve hot with chutney or pickle or your choice.

5. Chia porridge

Porridge might sound boring, but let’s make it fun, interesting and healthy.

Ingredients –

• ¼ cup oats or millets

• 1 tsp chia seeds

• Ghee (Optional)

• Seasonal vegetables

• Salt

• Black pepper

Recipe

• Soak oats for a few minutes or millets for at least 20-45 minutes in water.

• In a pan over medium flame, heat 1.5 cups of water, add ghee and soaked oats/millets.

• Add finely chopped seasonal vegetables of your choice

• Add a pinch of salt and black pepper according to taste

• Add chia seeds. Cover the pan and cook for a few minutes. Serve hot.

Apart from these recipes, chia seeds can top of your salad, with yogurt or simply soaked in water.

Adding this simple ingredient to your diet can benefit you in multiple ways and can help in weight loss plans as well. So try them out.