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Zucchini..a low calorie vegetable, really its a versatile vegetable..i tired out thuvaiyal with zucchini, its ressembles very well as puthina thuvaiyal..i didnt peel off as the skin contains more vitamins..we enjoyed with rice as well as with idlies n dosais..
Tired of making usual sambar and looking for an easy-to-cook alternative? Then go ahead and try this simple version of sambar which goes well with any kind of tiffin varieties.
Split roasted gram/pottukadalai is usually used in the preparation of coconut chutney in Tamil Nadu. The same ingredient could be used to make sambar.
Tomato chops is a very tangy south indian type of gravy. its a very nice side dish for chappathi and parota. taste it and see….
I made the Beerakaya pappu day before yesterday and remembered that my Mom and Mil used to make the chutney out of the peeled skin of RIDGEGOURD. I tried my MIL's version and it turned out well. I served it with rasam yesterday and it was heavenly.The left over chutney was served again in dinner with Ven Pongal..thought my hubby would scream for serving the same thing in dinner too but to my surprise he was enjoying it with Pongal.So here goes the recipe of Beerakaya[telugu] | Peerkangai[tamil] | Turai[Hindi] |Ridgegourd[English] Chutney |Thuvaiyal.Hope u will like it.
Hot Spicy Sundal for Tea Time
Some interesting informations about stawberries
Strawberries are the only fruit that grows seeds on the outside.
There are over 200 seeds on every strawberry.
12 ounces of strawberries = 97 calories if no sugar is added. A great food for diets.
The strawberry was a symbol for the Love Goddess, Venice.
Strawberries are high in folic acid, fiber and potassium.
Eight strawberries contain more Vitamin C than a medium sized orange.
One serving of strawberries daily will decrease systolic blood pressure.
Nethili meen is known as Anchovy in english..its one of my fav fish..Seafood is a rich source of protein, vitamins, and minerals; many varieties of seafood are also low in sodium and cholesterol.Fish is also a good source of "B" Vitamins "B-6", "B-12", biotin and niacin. Vitamin A" is found mainly in fish liver oils, but some high fat fish are good sources of Vitamin "A". Fish is a good source of several minerals, especially iron, phosphorus, potassium and zinc.
I bought 3 Hershey's chocolate syrup bottles and i dint know what to make.Referred Hersheys recipe and came out with Chocolate Syrup Swirl cake.It came out Yummy!!! Hope u all will enjoy this.
Birinji or Brinji is basically a mixed vegetable pulao , the difference is that it has coconut and spices ground and fried with oil; the rice is then cooked in the spice paste and coconut milk which gives it a creamy flavor.That is why I think of it as a fried rice and not a pulao. Some people say that the name comes from “birinji elai” – the Tamil word used for Tej Patta – a spice similar to Bay leaf used to flavor this dish.
One of the article says “birinji” or “brinji” is the Persian word for rice.
A traditional Kerala dish made of pumpkin and Ash Gourd.
