LEMON PICKLE, NARANGAI URUGAI, NIMBU KA ACHAR, NIMBU LONCHE

Lemon pickle is a part of Sadhya or a regular pickle used at home.  I make it in small quantities and finish it off within a week or two.  However, the pickle is allowed to keep for a long time, it tastes more better than the instantly made and consumed.

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HEALH BENEFITS OF LEMON

HEALTH BENEFITS OF LEMON

Lemon is one of those super foods with a myriad health and cosmetic benefits. There are a few persons

for whom it is an allergen, so make sure you are not allergic to this natural product, before you start enjoying the many benefits.

Lemon

PULI INJI, INJI PULI

Puli inji is a kind of pickle made and served during Sadhya (feast).  For any festival like Onam, marriage etc. it is a part of the feast.  It is served on the left hand side corner of the Plantain leaf along with other pickle like naranga (lime), mango.    This tangy  pickle tastes good with curd rice.

Basically, it is made with the old tamarind i.e. slightly blackish in colour, however, you can use the fresh tamarind also but the colour differs.

STUFFED CAPSICUM BASKET

CAPSICUM,  SHIMLA MIRCHI, KUDAMULAGU  is also known as bell pepper, pepper, jalapeno and chili, the capsicum is rich in beta carotene, capsaicin and vitamins A and C, which are good for preventing a host of diseases, including live disease and impotency. This tangy vegetable is not only used for its medicinal properties, but the strong, spicy flavor is a great culinary ingredient. Chopped into narrow slices, this vegetable tastes great as pizza topping, can be cooked into curries and can be used as seasoning.

Capsicum stuffed basket is prepared  with the filling  made out  of onion, tomato, paneer (home made with less fat milk) and masalas like chilli powder, garam masala.  It is a diet friendly subzi for chapati  as very less oil is used and cooked in microwave. 

The speciality of this dish is very less oil is used in it.



stuffed capsicum

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OLAN

Olan is a simple and easy recipe to make with ash gourd and red pumpkin.    It can be made with or without  Karamani, (van payaru, cow pea, lal chowli).    Some people add the fresh chowli (pacha payar, )Normally it is made as a side dish without any masalas,  but I love to eat the same with Chapati and plain white rice along with some pickle. (specially vadu mangai, tender mango pickle). Normally it is a part of the varieties made  for Sadya (feast) for festival like onam and for the marriages too.

It tastes good with some coconut milk in it and drizzling some coconut oil, yummy it is.  whichever way you make, it is a lovely side dish.

I am presenting here the way I made it simply because consumption of coconut and coconut products are  restricted to us but I have mentioned below the recipe with coconut milk too. Pictures of two varieties  made are given here.

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TAPIOCA WITH ONION CHUTNEY (KOLLI, MARACHEENI, KAPPA)

Tapioca   is a root vegetable and a healthy source of carbohydrates. In many countries, it serves as a main dish because of its high starch content.  It is low in cholesterol and unhealthy fats. Tapioca can be included in dietary plans to promote healthy weight gain.

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We make chips, subzi instead of potato you can use this,  boil with salt and turmeric powder,sun dry the same and keep it. later, you can make subzi out of it.  We also make puttu with this.  

This simple  dish is prepared in Kerala  for breakfast and served along with Onion chutney and black tea. (kattan chaya or kadu chaya means black tea).

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DADPE POHE (beaten rice, poha, aval)

This dish is the speciality of Maharashtra.  My colleague used to bring this in the office and I  used to grab the tiffin box of hers  as I love to eat this.

Dadpe pohe is made with thin poha (beaten rice). In this no cooking is involved only mixing up of all the ingredients and serve garnished with nylon sev and roasted papad.  Since we are mixing onion, cucumber, carrots, peanuts, coriander leaves etc. it is a  healthy breakfast for everyone.

CHOCOS SHAKE

Chokos shake is made out of kellogs chocos, hide and seek biscuits and milk.  This can be prepared by children too under the supervison of an elderly person as usage of mixer is involved.  A healthy drink for the children at any time.  Within 10 minutes you can make this and serve.

MASALA ROTI (BEST OUT OF WASTE)

Normal masala papad is enjoyed by everyone. But for health conscious people, it is little bit alarming as it is a fried item.  Masala  Roti  is  made out of left over roti is not only good for health but also healthy for everyone for munching over a cup of tea, before lunch, dinner as a starter.  

This is the contribution of my daughter Aishwarya.

ROTI PORIDGE (BEST OUT OF WASTE)

This recipe is shared by my daughter Aishwarya.  This healthy porridge is made out of left over Rotis along with milk, sugar, fruits and nuts.  Fruits, nuts and milk are essential for the growing children but some children are allergic to all these things.

Mummy I do not want to drink milk, I do not want to eat fruits.  How will they get the benefits of fruits, milk and nuts.  Here is an easy way to feed the children milk, dry fruits, fruits etc.

A best out of waste recipe for all.

                                        ROTI PORRIDGE (BEST OUT OF WASTE)