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Carrot Orange Juice 😛 How about some raw food diet once in a while? Yes, it happened this past week when my sister visited us for the holidays… She is very much into healthy stuff and there was some weird fruit veggie concoctions tried.. and this is one of them. Fresh carrots weds sweet oranges with a touch of ginger…
Varagu Arisi payasam / Varagu payasam is made with kodo millet (வரகு). Quick and an healthy kheer for any festive occasion… recipe is adapted from my friend Kurunji’s blog… followed her recipe but used coconut milk instead of regular milk … it was nothing but Yum! Ingredients Varagu Arisi / Koda Millet – 1/4 cup Water – 1 & 1/2…
Pineapple Rasam is more like a upgraded 😛 version of rasam served during special occasions or festive time. The highlight of this rasam is its flavored with fresh sweet pineapple paired with spicy milagu jeeragam (pepper, cumin) to give a spicy touch is soooo heart warming over pipping hot rice or even simply to drink it up! My version here…
Chana Butter Masala is just another homestyle makhani gravy which pairs well with chapati, roti or paratha… usually i add paneer today that butter masala had chana in it for a change. I’ve used a simple low fat version of butter masala using less butter, no cream and few nuts… 😆 Some veg style gravy recipes to try… Pudina Palak…
Samba Godhumai Rava Upma is a quick upma that you can make under 30 minutes. When you have no time to make a traditional breakfast like idli or dosa or if you run out of idli batter… this can come in handy and also gives you a satisfaction of an healthy filling meal. Broken Wheat, Cracked Wheat, Fada, Dalia, Godhumai…
Spinach Masiyal / கீரை மசியல் – is one of the easiest, healthiest dish that you can make under 15 minutes. It can be a main dish topped over piping hot rice or can be a side for many meal… its our family routine to have some kind of keerai masiyal thrice a week and this is one such preparation. Some similar recipes…
Aval laddu is an easy sweet laddu dish often made during Sri Krishana Jayanthi/ Gokulashmi celebration. Its quite easy and can be made in less time with less ingredients… also its very healthy when made with naatu sarkarai or jaggery/velam and combined with red rice flakes. Today, I have used white aval with jaggery to make this and you may…
Thengai Poondu Podi is an accompaniment for idli, dosa or even can be topped over pipping hot rice and some ghee. Its is more like Andhra pappula podi… just that the coconut dal ratio varies….. My son loves this podi… so make it often, sometimes play with the ingredients hiking one at a time for variety, also it can be…
Vendhaya Kuzhambu is a South Indian tamarind based gravy made with fenugreek seeds. I’m big fan of வத்தல் குழம்பு, kara kuzhambu varieties… its almost a staple at home and shows up atleast twice or thrice a week. Definitely veg days calls for a simple kara kuzhambu with kootu poriyal kind of meal and that’s when this fenugreek kuzhambu made it to the table…
Millets can be used to make upma, dosa, idli, vada, bajjis/pakoras, murrukus/chakkli, nipatlu, pongal, mudda (dumpling), khichdi, pulav/biryani, kheer/payasam, baked products such as bread and biscuits, or just boiled as rice. It can be easily substituted for rice and wheat. Amma makes idli, dosa, pongal, payasam and what not… with these millets as its easily available in India. I’ve already…
