Drumstick sambar

Drumstick sambar: Sambar  is one of the most loved dishes in South Indian cuisine. It accompanies almost every meal. In South India, there are variations in the way of preparing sambar recipe, Any vegetable can be made into sambar with the following drumstick sambar method. Drumstick has a unique flavour and aromatic to enhance the…

Kalkandu Vadai-Chettinad special

Kalkandu Vadai / Sugar Candy Vadai: We scored a century in our blog postings with all your great support. We celebrate this success with Kalkandu vadai. Recipe origin Chettinad this sweet appetizer is a very very delicious and yummy. Which can be served as an appetizer or as a sweet.  This sweet vada is a very famous chettinad…

Gooseberry -Amla pachadi

Gooseberry Pachadi : Goose berry provides remedies for many diseases, so it is widely used in Ayurvedic treatment. Gooseberry is rich in Vitamin C, and contains many minerals and vitamins like Calcium, Phosphorus, Iron, Carotene and Vitamin B Complex. Amla is also a powerful antioxidant agent. Method to prepare  Pachadi: Wash 7 nos of gooseberry  wipe…

Vazhaithandu salad-Healthy recipes

Vazhaithandu is very good for health because it is full of fibre.Banana stem is known as Vazhaithandu in south India,has a lot of health benefits and having it regularly helps one prevent kidney stones,lower blood pressure and improve immunity. It is fibre  rich and gives a feeling of fullness helping one in weight loss.We can…

Corn Salad-Healthy recipe

Corn salad:   Making one simple change to your diet – adding a salad almost every day can pay off with plenty of health benefits.moreover,  salads are cool, crunchy, and fun to eat (lots of textures, colours, and flavours). Most people enjoy eating salads–even kids!  Eating a high-fibre diet can help lower cholesterol levels and prevent…

Ginger salad for Digestion

Ginger is very good for digestion  it controls cholesterol level, helps to reduce weight it can be used as dry Ginger,ginger oil and fresh ginger it has lot of medicinal values.A simple recipe to have as such is salad. Ingredients: Ginger-50 gms( Mango ginger also can be used)   Lemon-1 Salt-1 tsp Oil-1 tsp Mustard…

Salads- healthy recipes

Salad-1 Mixed vegetable Raitha: Salads are a mixture containing specified ingredients served with different type of dressing according to our taste and climate.Dressings can be sauces, oil.fresh cream mayonnaise or as simple and healthy lemon juice and yoghurt. This Raitha can be served with Biryani or any variety rice.     Capsicum-1 small Cucumber-1 no…

Indian Republic day – breakfast

Let us celebrate,Our Republic day with healthy breakfast, Dosa spread with mint chutney  and grated carrot mixed with lemon juice and salt spread. Instant Mint Chutney: Wash hand full of Mint leaves or Coriander leaves grind with Salt-1/2 tsp Green chillies-2 nos Tamarind extract-2 tsp Garlic – pods 2 or onion shallots 3 nos,grind in…

Egg poriyal-scramble

Egg scramble: I feel Quick recipe can be done mostly with Eggs .When we feel hungry this can fill our hunger with ease.White rice with this and pickle is enough sometimes rasam  makes good combination. Ingredients: Egg 3 nos Onion-1 chopped Green chilli-2 chopped Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp Salt 1/4 tsp oil-1 tsp Fennel seeds=1/4 tsp…

Kathirikkai stuffed Kuzhambu -Egg plant or Baby brinjal curry

Kathirikkai Stuffed Kuzhambu- Baby brinjal is used for this spicy tangy rich taste curry it is easily available in stores and markets, in villages we get fresh from farm in different colours purple,light green,white and purple with white lines on it.Purple coloured baby brinjal is good for this curry. 1..Brinjal is  very nutritious. 2.Brinjal helps…