Category: Fruits & Vegetables around the world
world, fruits, vegetables
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Kale Kootu
Kale is one tough leafy vegetable with woodsy stalks and chewy leaves similar to Murungai Keerai, leaving us with few recipe options. Cooking this with lentils was considerably easy for intake with minimal effort. Tried this with Bengal gram, following traditional kootu preparation and had no problem with picky eaters. Fresh kale (green or purple) belong to the Wild cabbage…
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Sweet Apple Cider
Freshly squeezed apple juice is also called as sweet cider, mostly this is pasteurised for long life and sold in supermarkets under refrigerated section. Here my recipe is for fresh sweet cider with thick cloudy apple juice which retains most nutrients when compared to filtered store bought juice. There's always a negative factor for unpasteurized…
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Watermelon Agua Fresca
Agua Fresco- literally means Fresh Fruit water in Spanish. This simple thirst quencher is a popular fruit drink in Mexico, though the name looks wierd, its nothing but plain watermelon juice.Watermelon juice / Darboos juice / Sparkling Watermelon / Watermelon Soda / Thirst Quencher / Darboosani Kai
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Mango Lassi
Lassi is a traditional North Indian yogurt based smoothie. Sweetened version of this is made with fruits and honey. Here is one such smoothie with Mango being the highlight.Mango Milk Shake / Mango Smoothie / Lassi / Mango
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Parwal Fry – Kambupudalai Varuval
Parwal / Parval is known as pointed gourd belonging to cucumber family, mostly cultivated in Northern part of India. Little oval veggie, slightly bigger than Tindora and taste similar to it. Good when deep fried, pan fried or even works great with gravy. Here is a simple pan fried version.
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Seppankizhangu Roast Recipe – South Indian Arbi roast
Taro Root (Sepang kizhangu / Chepankizhangu in Tamil / Arvi in Hindi / Chama Dumpa Vepudu / Chaama Dumpa in Telugu / Chamadumpalu Fry / Kilangu / Colacasia)
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Bitter Gourd Soup – Pavakkai Soup – Indian Diabetic Friendly Recipes
If you have diabetes, this is an ideal appetizer for you. When you’re eating too much hot and oily stuff, this soup seems to cool down your body system. It’s a great soup to add to your daily meals or at least twice a week. Wonderful recipe which I happened to learn from my mom. Use your…
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Snake Gourd Poriyal – Pudalangai Poriyal – Snake Gourd Stir-Fry
Dry fry pudalangai poriyal, an authentic dish from Tamilnadu served with plain rice and lentils. (Snake Gourd / Potlakaya / chichinda)
