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Saturday, November 9, 2013

Green Peas Thoran / Green Peas Stir fry



INGREDIENTS:
  • Dried Green peas - 1 cup
  • Green Chilly (slit) - 3 nos
  • Chopped Onion - 2 tbsp
  • Grated Coconut - 1 cup
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Chilly powder - ½  tsp 
  • Cumin seeds- pinch
  • Garlic pods - 1 nos 
  • Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  • Red Chilly- 2 nos
  • Curry leaves - 1 stem
  • Coconut Oil - 1 tbsp 
  • Salt to taste
  • PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Soak dried green peas in water for 6 hour. 
  • Wash the soaked peas.
  • Add salt, green chilly, turmeric powder and water to the soaked peas.
  • Cook well until the water dries up. 
  • Mix coconut, cumin seed, chilly powder and garlic and crush it well.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Add mustard seeds, red chilli and let it splutter.
  • Add chopped onion and saute it till translucent.
  • Add crushed coconut mix, curry leaves and cooked peas into it and mix well.
  • Saute it for a minute and remove from the fire.
  • Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice / Chappathi / Dosa


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.

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Simple Vegetable Biriyani




INGREDIENTS:
  • Chopped Carrot - ½  cup
  • Chopped String beans - ½  cup
  • Chopped Cauliflower - ½  cup
  • Chopped Green peas- ½  cup 
  • Chopped Potato - ½  cup
  • Chopped onion - 2 cup
  • Chopped tomato - 2 no
  • Curd - 1 cup
  • Basmati rice - 2 cup
  • Ginger and garlic paste - 1 tbsp
  • Slit green chillies - 4 nos 
  • Coriander powder - 2 tbsp
  • Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
  • Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Fennel seed powder - 1 tsp
  • Pepper Powder - ½ tsp
  • Cinnamon – 3 one inch stick
  • Cardamom – 4 nos
  • Cloves – 4 nos
  • Bay leaves – 2 nos
  • Finely chopped coriander leaves - ½ cup
  • Mint leaves (Pudina ila) - ½  cup
  • Ghee - 1 tbsp
  • Thinly sliced Onion - 1 cup 
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for frying


PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan.
  • Add Onions, green chillies, ginger and garlic paste.
  • Sauté onion till it turns transparent.
  • Add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala Powder,  fennel seed powder, pepper powder, salt and sauté .
  • Add tomato and sauté well.
  • Add all vegetables into it and saute well.
  • Slow down the flame and cover the pan and let it cook for  5 mins.
  • Add corriander leaves and pudina leaves into it and cook for a minutes.
  • Add curd into it and mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes.
  • Turn off the stove.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Fry thinly sliced onions (for garnishing) until golden brown and remove it and keep it aside.
  • Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a heavy bottomed Pan.
  • Fry cinnamon, cardamom and cloves together for a minute. 
  • Add drained rice and mix well.
  • Add water and salt (to taste) and mix well.
  • Cover the pan with a lid and let it cook.
  • When the rice is half cooked, add cooked vegetable masala and mix with the rice.
  • Let it cook until the rice is cooked and all water has been absorbed.
  • Garnish the biryani with fried onion and chopped corriander leaves.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with raita / pickle/ pappadam.

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, May 29, 2013

Mushroom Rice / Mushroom Biriyani




INGREDIENTS:
  • Mushroom - 20 nos
  • Basmati rice - 2 cup
  • Chopped onion - 2 cup
  • Chopped tomato - 2 no
  • Ginger and garlic paste - 1 tbsp
  • Slit green chillies - 4 nos 
  • Coriander powder - 1 tbsp
  • Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
  • Garam masala powder - 1 tsp
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Fennel seed powder - 1 tsp
  • Cinnamon – 2 one inch stick
  • Cardamom – 3 nos
  • Cloves – 3 nos
  • Bay leaves – 2 nos
  • Finely chopped coriander leaves - ½ cup
  • Mint leaves (Pudina ila) - ½  cup
  • Ghee - 1 tbsp
  • Thinly sliced Onion - 1 cup 
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Clean and cut the mushroom into half and keep aside.
  • Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan.
  • Add Onions, green chillies, ginger and garlic paste.
  • Sauté onion till it turns transparent.
  • Add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala Powder,  fennel seed powder, salt and sauté .
  • Add tomato and sauté well.
  • Add mushroom into it and mix well (no need to add water).
  • Slow down the flame and cover the pan and let it cook for  5 mins.
  • Add corriander leaves and pudina leaves into it and cook for a minutes.
  • Turn off the stove.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Fry thinly sliced onions (for garnishing) until golden brown and remove it and keep it aside.
  • Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a heavy bottomed Pan.
  • Fry cinnamon, cardamom and cloves together for a minute. 
  • Add drained rice and mix well.
  • Add water and salt (to taste) and mix well.
  • Cover the pan with a lid and let it cook.
  • When the rice is half cooked, add mushroom masala and mix with the rice.
  • Let it cook until the rice is cooked and all water has been absorbed.
  • Garnish the biryani with fried onion and chopped corriander leaves.
Recommended Combination: Serve hot with raita / pickle.

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.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Carrot Pickle




INGREDIENTS:
  • Sliced Carrot - 2 cup
  • Lemon Juice - 2 tbsp or Vinegar - 1 tsp
  • Chopped Ginger - 1tbsp
  • Garlic(sliced)- 2 nos
  • Red Chilly -  2 nos
  • Chilli powder - 2 tbsp
  • Fenugreek powder - ¼ tsp
  • Asafoetida Powder - ¼ tsp
  • Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
  • Gingely oil -¼ Cup
  • Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Put mustard seed and red chilly into the oil and let it splutter.
  • Add ginger and garlic and saute well.
  • Add chilly powder to the hot oil and saute for a minute.
  • Add carrot and salt and saute well.
  • Sprinkle little water to it and mix well.
  • Cover the pan with a lid and cook for 5 minutes in medium fire.
  • Add fenugreek powder and asafoetida powder and mix well.
  • Remove from fire and add lemon juice or vinegar and mix well.



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.

Monday, September 3, 2012

Carrot Broccoli Mezhukkupuratti / Carrot Broccoli stir fry




INGREDIENTS:
  • Sliced Carrot (length wise) - 1 nos
  • Sliced Broccoli - 1 cup
  • Sliced Onion - 1 nos
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Crushed Chilly - ½ tsp
  • Mustard seeds - 1  tsp
  • Red chilly - 2 nos
  • Curry leaves - A few
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil - 1 tbsp

PREPARATION METHOD:
  • Put carrot, broccoli and onion into a pan.
  • Add turmeric powder, salt and little water into it and mix well.
  • Cover the pan with a lid and cook.
  • Heat oil in a pan.
  • Add mustrard seeds, curry leaves and red chillies into it, allow to Splutter.
  • Add cooked vegetable, crushed chilly and mix well.
  • Fry utill it becomes golden colour.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice / Chappathi



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.