Grilled Zucchini and Carrots is an elegantly flavoured and healthy snack that cooks instantly. A simple snack of veggies drizzled with olive oil and seasoned with sea-salt and pepper, this is a good way to benefit from the goodness of zucchini.
A low-calorie food with over 95 per cent water content. Zucchini is ideal for those on a diet. It is a powerful antioxidant , which meets around 45 per cent of your daily vitamin C requirement.
This not only boosts your immunity but also protects the lining of your blood cells and lowers blood pressure. Carrot, as we all know, is a common but beneficial veggie. Loaded with Vitamin A , it improves your vision, and also has antioxidant compounds that prevent cancer and cardiovascular diseases.
To top it all, olive oil gives you a good dose of good fat. Indeed, this snack is great health in a tasty package — not to be missed!
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Makes 2 servings
Ingredients
1 cup diagonally cut parboiled carrots
1 medium sized zucchini
2 1/2 tsp olive oil
sea salt (khada namak) and freshly ground black pepper (kalimirch) to taste
Method To Make Grilled Zucchini and Carrots
- Cut the zucchini into halve and cut them into thick vertical slices to get 8 slices.
- Heat the olive oil in a griller pan or a pan, place the zucchini sprinkle little sea salt and pepper powder cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes. While turning it twice in between.
- Add the carrots, little sea salt and pepper powder and toss on a medium flame for 2 minutes.
- Grilled Zucchini and Carrots is ready. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Value
Value per serving | % Daily Values | |
Energy | 96 cal | 5% |
Protein | 1.4 g | 3% |
Carbohydrates | 9.1 g | 3% |
Fiber | 3.6 g | 14% |
Fat | 6.3 g | 10% |
Cholesterol | 0 mg | 0% |
VITAMINS | ||
Vitamin A | 1322.1 mcg | 28% |
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) | 0 mg | 0% |
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) | 0.1 mg | 9% |
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) | 0.7 mg | 6% |
Vitamin C | 13.2 mg | 33% |
Vitamin E | ||
Folic Acid (Vitamin B9) | 29 mcg | 14% |
MINERALS | ||
Calcium | 61.9 mg | 10% |
Iron | 0.9 mg | 4% |
Magnesium | 0 mg | 0% |
Phosphorus | 0 mg | 0% |
Sodium | 29.7 mg | 2% |
Potassium | 243.1 mg | 5% |
Zinc | 0.4 mg | 4% |