Oat Cinnamon Recipe

                       Oat Cinnamon Buns

By Sagnik Sarkar

We hope you had a wonderful Diwali with your friends and family and loved our recipe. This week we have come up with another dish to serve your platter and keep you healthy and fit. 

In today’s world, we have limited time to prepare for every task. We rush and end up skipping our meals to save us time and focus on our work. This causes us to have urges to eat unhealthy foods.

That is why we have brought you Oat Cinnamon Buns that is straightforward to prepare and loads your belly in a hearty way.

Ingredients : 1/2 cup oats, 1tsp milk, 1/2 mashed bananas, 1tsp baking powder, 1tsp nutmeg, 1tsp cinnamon, melted coconut oil, 1tsp sugar

Procedure : 

• Make dough using the ingredients mentioned above, melted coconut oil, sugar and cinnamon would be needed for filling.

• Kneed the dough thoroughly and, using a roller, roll the dough.

• Cut the dough into segments and start dressing it with melted coconut oil, sugar, cinnamon (for taste). 

• Roll the strips in the shape of a bun and microwave it for a few minutes.

• Garnish it with some yogurt and sugar.

Nutri Boost

It’s that time of our blog where we discuss the nutritional value of the ingredients used for the recipe: 

Oats

• Incredibly Nutritious containing Manganese, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Copper etc.

• Rich in Antioxidants

• Reduced blood sugar and insulin response

  

Banana

• Moderate rise in blood sugar levels in the body

• Improves Digestive Health

• Helps in High Blood Pressure Control

• Provides better bone strength

  

Nutmeg

• Has anti-inflammatory properties

• Boosts mood

• Improve blood sugar control

  

Cinnamon

• Contains antioxidants with anti-inflammatory effects

• Reduces blood pressure

• Lowers blood sugar and risk of type 2 diabetes

• Relieves digestive discomfort

  

                                                            ( By Sagnik Sarkar, Volunteer, Editorial/Research Dept. Advanced Healthcare Foundation)