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Showing posts with label healthy recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthy recipes. Show all posts

Friday, November 29, 2013

Baked sweet potato



INGREDIENTS:
  • Sweet potato -  1 (large)
  • Pepper powder -  1/2 tsp
  • Garlic ( crushed) - 2 nos
  • Oil - 1 tbsp
  • Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Scratch off the potato skin and wash it.
  • Cut it in to small wedges.
  • Add garlic, pepper powder, oil and salt into the potato wedges.
  • Mix them together.
  • Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
  • Grease the pan with oil.
  • Spread the marinated wedges in the pan.
  • Bake for 5 to 7 minutes in the oven.
  • Turn the other side and bake  for another 5 mins.
  • Remove it from the oven when it turns light golden color.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Healthy Juice





This is a healthy juice made with fruits and vegetables, very suitable for juice diets.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Pineapple pieces – 1 cups
  • Chopped Carrot - ¼ cup
  • Chopped Beetroot - ¼ cup
  • Chopped Banana - ¼  cup
  • Chopped Apple - ¼ cup
  • Sugar – 1 tbsp 
  • Water – 1 cup

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Blend pineapple pieces, carrot, beetroot, apple, banana and sugar smoothly.
  • Add water and blend it together. 
  • Filter it and serve.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Mango Salsa



INGREDIENTS:
  • Ripe Mango - 1 no
  • Finely chopped onion - 1 tbsp
  • Finely chopped Cilantro - 1 tsp
  • Chopped bell pepper - 2 tbsp
  • Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
  • Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Peel and chop the mango.
  • Mix chopped mango, onion, cilantro, bell pepper and salt together.
  • Add lemon juice into it and mix well.
  • Now it is ready to serve.

Recommended Combination: Serve with tortilla chips.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Pineapple Juice




INGREDIENTS:
  • Pineapple pieces – 2 cups
  • Sugar – 1 tbsp 
  • Water – 1 cup

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Blend pineapple pieces and sugar smoothly.
  • Add water and blend it together. 
  • Filter it and serve.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Beetroot Halwa



A variety dessert prepared by using Beetroot.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Grated Beetroot -2 cups
  • Milk - 2 cup
  • Sugar - ½ cup to 3/4 cup  (or as needed)
  • Ghee - 3 tbsp
  • Cardamom powder - ¼ tsp 
  • Almond slices - few
  • Pista slices - few
PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Heat ghee in a Pan.
  • Add the grated beetroot and saute on medium heat for 5 minutes.
  • Add milk and cook till the milk gets completely absorbed.
  • Add the sugar and stir well.
  • Add the cardamom powder and cook in low heat till the ghee oozes out.
  • Remove from fire and let it cool.
  • Garnish with almond slices and pista slices and cut it in a desired shape.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Pineapple Payasam



A Sweet and tangy dessert. Its a variety payasam which has a distinct sweet and tangy taste.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Finely chopped pineapple - 2cup
  • Sugar- 1 cup
  • Jaggery - 1 cup
  • Thin coconut milk - 3 cup
  • Thick Coconut Milk - 1 ½ cup
  • Dried Ginger powder - ¼ tsp
  • Cardamom powder - ¼ tsp
  • Ghee  - 3 tbsp
  • Cashew nuts- 10 nos
  • Raisins - 1 tbsp
  • Sesame - 1 tsp
  • Cumin seed - 1 tsp

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Add little water in jaggery, let it dissolve and filter it.
  • Heat a heavy bottomed pan, add ghee into it.
  • Add chopped pineapple into it and saute well till it becomes soft. 
  • Add sugar and  filtered jaggery into the cooked pineapple and mix well.
  • Stir continuously and allow to cook.
  • When the pineapple absorbs the jaggery, add thin coconut milk.
  • Stir well and let it boil.
  • When it begins to boil, add thick coconut milk, mix well and boil for a minute.
  • Turn off  the stove and add cardamom powder and ginger powder.
  • Heat 1 tsp of ghee in a pan.
  • Fry cashew nut, raisin, cumin seed, sesame.
  • Add this seasoning into the payasam and mix well.



Monday, August 13, 2012

Strawberry Watermelon Juice / strawberry Thanni mathan Juice




INGREDIENTS:
  • Strawberry – 15 nos
  • Sugar – 1 Tbsp 
  • Water Melon – 2 cup

PREPARATION METHOD: 
  • Blend  Watermelon, Strawberries and Suger smoothly.
  • Pour into a glass and serve.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Grape Juice / Munthiri Juice



INGREDIENTS:
  • Seedless Grapes – 2 cups
  • Sugar – 1 Tbsp 
  • Chilled water – 1 cup
PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Blend grapes and suger smoothly.
  • Add water and blend it together. 
  • Filter it and serve.




Thursday, August 9, 2012

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Strawberry Juice





INGREDIENTS:
  • Strawberry – 15 nos
  • Sugar – 1 Tbsp 
  • Water – 1 cup
PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Blend  Strawberries and suger smoothly.
  • Add water and blend it together. 




Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Almond Dates Milk Shake / Badam Dates Milk Shake



A healthy drink

INGREDIENTS:
  • Almonds - 10 nos
  • Dates - 6 nos
  • Milk(chilled milk) - 1 cup
  • Sugar - ½ tsp
PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Soak bedam in water and remove the skin.
  • Blend  badam, dates, suger and ¼ cup milk smoothly.
  • Add the remaining milk and blend the mixture together. 




Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Strawberry Milk




It is made with fresh strawberries and whole or skimmed milk. It is a healthier drink for adults and kids.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Strawberry – 12 nos
  • Sugar – 1 Tbsp 
  • Milk – 1 cup

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Blend  Strawberries and suger smoothly.
  • Add milk(chilled milk) and blend the mixture together. 




Saturday, June 9, 2012

Cheera Thoran / Spinach Stir fry



Cheera / Spinach Thoran is a simple and nutritious dish which is good for health.

INGREDIENTS:

  • Finely Chopped Red Spinach (chuvanna cheera) - 2cups
  • Grated coconut - ½ Cup
  • Chilly Powder - ½ tsp
  • Red Chilly -2 nos
  • Rice - 1 tsp
  • Garlic - 1 nos
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  • Oil - as needed
  • Salt - to taste


PREPARATION METHOD:

  • Heat Oil in a pan.
  • Add Mustard seeds and Red chilli and let it splutter.
  • Add Rice and fry it.
  • Once rice becomes crispy add Spinach / Cheera,salt,turmeric powder.
  • Cover the pan and cook for 2 mins.
  • Crush Coconut,Garlic and chilly powder and add to it.
  • Mix well and slow down the flame and stir well till the water dries up completely.
  • Remove from fire.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice.

Friday, February 10, 2012

Gothambu / Wheat Ottada




Wheat Ottada can be served during breakfast or at snack time.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Wheat flour  - 2 cups
  • Grated coconut - 1cup 
  • Sugar - 1/2 cup
  • Salt to taste
  • Water  - As required
  • Banana Leaves

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Mix the Grated Coconut and sugar for filling.
  • Add Water and Salt to Wheat flour and make a dough.
  • Make the dough into small balls.
  • Flatten the dough on a rectangular banana leaf using finger tips and little water. 
  • Put a some coconut mix and spread it in one half of the ada.
  • Fold the banana leaf in half. 
  • Heat a Pan / Thava / Chatti.
  • Put each ada in it and sprinkle some water.
  • Cover it with a pan and cook in medium heat.
  • Roast the ottada on both sides till the banana leaf turns brown and the ada detaches from the leaf.


Saturday, February 4, 2012

Mambazham Pachadi / Mango Pachadi



Ripe Mango can be used to make Mambazha Pachadi.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Ripened Mango(Finely chopped) - 1 cup
  • Grated coconut - ½ cup
  • Green chillies(roundly cut) - 4 nos
  • Cumin seeds - ¼ tsp
  • Curd - 2 cup
  • Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  • Red chilly - 2 nos
  • Sliced Shallot - 1 tbsp
  • Fenugreek Powder- a pinch
  • Water - ¼ cup
  • Curry leaves - A few
  • Salt - to taste
  • Coconut Oil -1 tsp 

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Cook chopped mango and green chilly in water along with salt. 
  • Mash the cooked mango with a spoon.
  • Grind the coconut and cumin seeds to a fine paste.
  • Add this paste to the cooked Mango.
  • When it starts boil, turn off the stove and allow to cool.
  • Add curd to the mixture and stir well.
  • Heat oil in a Pan.
  • Add mustrard seeds and red chillies into it, allow to Splutter.
  • Add sliced shallot and fry it.
  • Pour the seasoning over the pachadi and add curry leaves .
  • Sprinkle fenugreek powder and mix well.
Recommended Combination: Serve with Rice.


Monday, January 30, 2012

Ottada



Ottada can be served during breakfast or at snack time. Ottada is a traditional food, ada wrapped in banana leaf roasted in 'cheena chatti'. The smell of roasted banana leaf takes me back to my childhood days.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Roasted rice flour  - 2 cups
  • Grated coconut - 1cup 
  • Sugar - 1/2 cup
  • Salt to taste
  • Water  - As required to make dough
  • Banana Leaves

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Mix the Grated Coconut and sugar for filling.
  • Add Water and Salt to rice flour and make a dough like chappathi dough.
  • Make the dough into small balls.
  • Flatten the dough on a rectangular banana leaf using finger tips and little water. 
  • Put a some coconut mix and spread it in one half of the ada.
  • Fold the banana leaf in half. 
  • Heat a Pan / Thava / Chatti.
  • Put each ada in it and sprinkle some water.
  • Cover it with a pan and cook in medium heat.
  • Roast the ottada on both sides till the banana leaf turns brown and the ada detaches from the leaf.


Sunday, January 29, 2012

Cabbage Vada




It is a quick and delicious snack. It tastes similar to parippu vada.

INGREDIENTS:
  • Finely Chopped Cabbage - 1½ cup
  • Finely chopped shallot - 10 nos or  Onion - ½ cup 
  • Besan Flour / Gram Flour / Kadala Maavu  -  1½  cup
  • Finely chopped Ginger - 1 tsp
  • Red Chilly - 3 nos
  • Curry Leaves - 1 stem
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Mix chopped shallot, chopped Ginger, chopped Red chilly, Curry leaves, Cabbage, salt and gram flour/ Kadala maavu.
  • Make a thick batter using little water (like parippu vada consistency).
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Take small amount of the mixture and make a ball. 
  • Flatten the ball in to a round shape using hand.
  • When the oil is hot put each one slowly and fry both sides to a golden brown colour.
Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Black Coffee or Tea

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Mint Chutney / Pudina Chutney




Mint leaves have a pleasant warm, fresh aromatic flavour with a cool after taste.Mint leaves can be used to prepare teas, syrups and side dishes like chutney or chammandi.Mint leave's extract is good for stomach.

INGREDIENTS:

  • Mint leaves - ¼ cup
  • Grated Coconut - 1 cup
  • Green chilly - 1 nos
  • Tamarind - 1 gooseberry ball size
  • Pearl Onion - 1 
  • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
  • Red Chilly-2 nos
  • Channa Daal - 1 tsp
  • Urad Daal - 1 tsp
  • Oil - 2 tsp
  • Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

  • Heat 1 tsp Oil  in a Pan.
  • Add Channa Daal, Urad daal and fry it.
  • Add Mint leaves and saute for a minute.
  • Grind Mint leaves, fried daal, Tamarind, Green Chilly, Pearl Onion, Coconut and Salt together to a fine paste.
  • Heat  1 tsp Oil and splutter Mustard seed and Red Chilly.
  • Add this to the Chutney. 

Recommended Combination: Serve with Idli / Dosa.




Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Chicken Pakora




Pakoras are delicious snacks , often served as appetizer.Bone chicken pieces can be used to prepare delicious Chicken Pakoras.

INGREDIENTS:

  • Boneless Chicken Pieces - 250 gm or  ½ lb
  • Besan Flour - 3 tbsp
  • Corn Flour - 2 tbsp
  • Ginger & Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
  • Corriander powder -  ½  tsp
  • Red chilly powder -  ½  tsp
  • Garam Masala Powder -  ¼   tsp
  • Egg - 1 nos
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Pepper Powder - ¼ tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

  • Mix all the ingredients together .
  • Marinate the chicken and keep it aside for 5 minutes.
  • Heat Oil in a Pan
  • When the oil is hot put each pieces slowly and deep fry both sides to a golden brown colour.

Recommended Combination: Serve with sauce.


Sunday, January 22, 2012

Apple Banana Milk Shake



This ia  variety and tasty milk shake prepared using apple and banana.

INGREDIENTS: 
  • Chilled Milk - 1 cup
  • Rippened Plantain - 1 no
  • Apple - 1 no
  • Sugar - 1 tbsp
  • Cashewnut - 5 nos
  • Almond - 5 nos

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Peel the Skin of  the Apple and cut it into small pieces.
  • Chop the Plantain. 
  • Blend Plantain, apple, sugar, cashewnut and almond smoothly.
  • Add chilled milk and blend together.
  • Pour it into a glass and serve.