BROWN CHANA, BLACK CHANA SUNDAL, CHUNDAL

During Navarathi, this is another variety of Sundal, chundal made with black chana, brown chana, konda kadalai for the neivedyam to Devi.  This can be had on normal days also as a snack with chopped tomatoes and onions and little nylon sev on top of it.  Navrathri pooja begins on 5th of October, varieties of sundal, chundal recipes are here for you.

SOYABEAN SUNDAL, CHUNDAL

During Navarathri, we make varieties of Sundals/Chundals for neivedyam to Goddess Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati.  Vada and Payasam is also a part of that.  The recipe is more or less same method.  Here I am presenting varieties of sundals for you to prepare for this Navarathri which begins in the first week of October 2013.

MANGO GINGER RICE (MANGA INJI SADAM)

Mango ginger rice or manga inji sadam or ambe halad bhath is prepared with mango ginger which is available in south side.  In north side also it is available and is called ambe halad (you get orange colour and white colour orange colour is used for preparing haldi powder after due process and white colour is used for pickle).  It is similar to the ginger but have a different taste.

Mango ginger pickle, thokku, manga inchi urugai, manga inchi thokku

Mango ginger pickle is made with mango ginger or ambe halad (white) or manga inji it is called.  Basically, we chop the same and add to the lime and green chilli with salt and make the pickle.  we can also add chilli powder and make it.  Le us see how to make this

Mango ginger pickle, thokku, urugai, achar, uppilittathu

youtube : mango ginger thokku, pickle

DUDHI HALVA, BOTTLEGOURD HALVA, LAUKI KI HALVA

Lauki halva is made with  milk and sugar.  you can add sugar free for making it diet friendly.

The bottle gourd is low in fat and cholesterol yet high in dietary fibre. It contains 96% water and 100gm of it contains around 12 Kcal. It is rich in iron and also has vitamins C and B complex.  Its high water content makes it very cooling. The cooked Bottle Gourd is cooling, calming, diuretic and easy to digest. It is also effective against constipation and other digestive disorders.  It carries the potential to break the calculi (stones).  A glass of juice with lime juice consumed is quite beneficial.  

ASHGOURD HALVA, POOSHNIKA HALVA, KUMBALANGA HALVA, SAFED BOPLA HALVA, sugar free, diet friendly

Ashgourd halva is made out of grated ashgourd, milk and sugar.  It is a very easy preparation and a very nice sweet dish.

Beetroot sago kheer, beetroot javarisi payasam

Beetroot sago kheer is a delicious kheer made out of grated beetroot, sago and milk.  If loaded with dry fruits,it is awesome.

     Beetroot’s amazing range of vitamins and nutrients have been shown to boost your immune system, helping you better fight off infection. These nutrients help stimulate the reoxygenation of cells and the production of new blood cells.  health-benefits-of-beet-root.html

Let us have a look at the recipe now:

Beetroot sago kheer

BEETROOT VADA

Beetroot vada is made with beetroot, tuvar dal, chana dal & curry leaves.  Beetroot is a super-storehouse of both vitamin C and iron.   Both are essential elements for health. 

Beetroot vada

EASY BISCUIT CAKE l Cakes/bakes

Biscuit cake is made easily with parle glucose biscuit, sugar and cocoa powder.  whenever we want to celebrate birthday of our children in the building, we make this easy cake and they love it.  It is easy, healthy and  tasty too.

Easy Biscuit cake

GOOSEBERRY CHUTNEY, NELLIKKA CHUTNEY, AMLA CHUTNEY, AVLA CHUTNEY

Goosberry contains a lot of Vitamin C.  It is eaten by everybody in the form of raw, or pickle or chutney or gooseberry rice etc.  It is also used for ayurvedic medicines since it has got lot of medicinal values. If one avla taken in the morning  is good for diabetic people.

Gooseberry chutney