In this fast world, everybody wants to finish their tasks quickly and to carry on with other task. In a family if both husband and wife is working then it is very difficult to prepare variety of dishes, why to go for variety we may feel difficult to prepare just a simple breakfast, It happened in my family too. Not always but sometimes we both use to get up late, no time to prepare breakfast and so we have breakfast and lunch in hotels/cafeteria. (There are some people who use to skip their breakfast because of no time)
In those days no one is there for me to tell some tricks / tips to follow to avoid visiting hotels at least for breakfast.
Have you ever thought of preparing curry with Green gram ( Mung Dhal)? This curry can be used as side dish with Steamed rice, Chappathi and Dosa. It has many nutritional values you can see it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mung_bean also it is very easy to prepare. If no vegetables in your home lentils are your excellent choice to prepare some dish.
From some article I read that consuming a cup of cooked lentils everyday in your meal provides plenty of health benefits. I am not able to add lentils in everyday meal but I try to prepare dishes which contains lentils 4 to 5 days per week.( A single serving (1 cup of cooked lentils) provides 90 percent of the
recommended daily amount of folate, 22 percent of thiamin and 18 percent
of vitamin B6, making lentils an excellent source of B vitamins.http://experiencelife.com/article/luscious-lentils/).
Carrot Halwa is a traditional Punjabi dish. I don't know why but my mom never made this is in home, so i tasted this in buffets along with Ice cream and it tastes awesome. I liked it very much but I never thought of preparing it in home. Here in Sweden they are selling large amount of root vegetables ( like beet root, potato, carrots, turnip) and frequently they are giving offers on these vegetables but a single pack contains 2 Kg to 5 Kg of vegetables not less than that. Now you can guess why most of my posted recipes are related to carrot :). Yes I always have more than a Kg of carrots in my kitchen, I thought of finishing it soon and so comes the delicious recipe Carrot Halwa, I prepared this for the first time along with my neighbors and we had it hot hot during day time chit chat. ( I know it is very hot summer in India, but here in Sweden it is just a 3 degree) Yeah of course DH surprised to see a new recipe when he is back from office ;)
Here comes the recipe,
Adai Dosa a healthy breakfast recipe, which is made of Rice and Lentils. Lentils are rich in soluble fiber, which also lowers blood cholesterol as it
gives you that full feeling you need to avoid temptation and help with
weight loss. Not only healthy but also a very tasty and easy recipe. It can be prepared very easily and you can give a different variety recipe to your family.
Spicy Mutton Kuzhambu, a very delicious and authentic South Indian curry that tickle your taste buds and makes a perfect pair with steamed rice. You can also enjoy this kuzhambu with Idli, Dosa or Chappathi.
Today I am sharing a recipe which can be prepared with fresh Idli or left over Idli. Usually we prepare Idli Uppma with left over idli's, so for a change I tried this recipe and it came out very well. Kara Podi Idli can be prepared with very limited Ingredients. Best snack for evening hunger I hope. Mouthwatering when I think of picking each Idli with fork & munching it accompanying with hot tea or coffee while watching TV. Try it in your kitchen and provide me a feedback :)
Whenever I think of Arisi Paruppu Sadam the first thing which comes to my mind is, getting up early in the morning, preparing dishes for whole family, packing in a banana leaf covered with news paper or packing in boxes & carrying plastic plates, I am sure most of us where seen this while our mother's busy doing this and ourselves getting ready with full expectation about summer vacation / Outing / Picnic / Family trip. Whole day playing with friends/Cousins and with full hunger having those dishes hmm ...tastes like heaven.
Today I am sharing a recipe for Naan, we usually have this in Restaurants, never thought that I will make Naan at Home :) but I did it now. The preparation is very easy but you should be clear with the exact proportions to get a nice fluffy Naan. There is more than one way of preparing Naan, Ingredients can also differ. Here in my recipe I used Yeast and Curd to prepare Naan , Yeast can be replaced with Baking powder and Curd can be replaced with Egg.
Sweets/Desserts who says NO to this? It plays a vital role in Indian Cuisine. There are many sweet dishes available in Indian Cuisine. One among those is Halwa, this can be prepared with fruits, vegetables , Corn flour, Maida, Wheat flour and also with Bread. I already tried preparing this dish with some fruits and vegetables.
One of my neighbor / friend prepared and offered Bread Halwa few days ago, that is the first time I had Bread Halwa and I liked it very much. I thought of giving it a try, my friend prepared it with maida bread but only wheat bread was available in my kitchen so I tried with that, and it came out very well with different taste. Sri returned back from office and very much surprised to see a new recipe :)
In this fast world everybody's expectation is to get everything instantly, no one is ready to think whether it is good or bad. Most of us advice others to intake fruits, vegetables and juices to become healthy, but we will not follow this.How many of you agree this? Mostly everyone. I am not an exception. I have a habit of reading articles, forums and news related to healthy life. Few months ago I had a chance to read an article about Miracle Drink. It was amazing, am very much surprised to know how much benefits we are getting from this drink.
You can read the article in the below link ,
http://humannhealth.com/miracle-drink-apple-beetroot-and-carrot-juice/180/
My DH's favorite recipe, I need to cook some extra rice than usual when I prepare this Chickpeas/Sundal Kuzhambu and that is what finally a wife is looking for. agree?
Carrot beans poriyal - one of the low fat, healthy and colorful dish. It is very easy to prepare. I usually prepare this dish when I have only few carrots and beans which is not enough to cook each separately. It suits well with chapati, steamed rice & any curry/Kuzhambu.
One of my most favorite dessert. I always ask my mom to prepare this for me. I love the combination of Semiya and Milk, it tastes too good.I prepared this for the first time and came out very well same as how my mom prepares.
Here comes the recipe,
This is an
item which is often served in South India for all functions and
festivals. A most favorite item for many of us, suits well as side dish
with Breakfast, Lunch and also can be used as evening snack.
A spicy, crunchy & tasty authentic traditional appetizer Paruppu Vadai.
Very simple & nutritious breakfast recipe, which can be prepared in few minutes.The kids will also love it because of its shape & color when it is served with Ketchup.
Here goes the recipe & method for Egg/Omelette Roll,
Vinayagar Chathurthi, the first thing which comes to our mind is Kozhukattai :). Lord Ganesha's Favorite dish, not only for him Kozhukattai is most of our favorite dish.You may think, this is not Ganesha festival season then why she is talking about Kozhukattai.Yes, In many homes they prepare Kozhukattai only on Vinayagar Chathurthi day.But my mom prepares Kaara (Spicy) Kozhukattai as breakfast recipe on normal days and serves it with coconut chutney,it tastes very good.
I added few more ingredients with Kara(spicy) Kozhukattai recipe and prepared Masala Kozhukattai, the aroma, flavor and taste was too good.We had this Kozhukattai as tea time snack So I didn't prepare any chutney. But you can have this for breakfast along with coconut chutney.
Last week I posted a recipe for Chicken Kuzhambu, if we cook Chicken Kuzhambu in the way I mentioned in that post then preparing Chicken Varuval would become very easy, same kuzhambu gravy can be used to make Varuval.
Here comes the recipe for Chicken Varuval,
Carrot is all time favorite vegetable for many of us. Few years ago when I was in Chennai, I went to Andhra mess along with my friends. There they served us a fry and it was very crunchy & tasty but we were not able identify which vegetable it was, So we inquired and got surprised to know that it was made using carrot.
I searched in many websites to know the recipe of this fry but I didn't find it. I tried to replicate it by myself, At first try it didn't come as expected :( and so tried it once again by adding few more ingredients & It came out very well :)
So, here comes the recipe,
This post is for Rava Cake and Laddu recipe. One of my favorite sweet. My mom taught this recipe to me, and this is the first time I tried. She use to do it as Rava Laddu but I thought of doing it in different shape and color.Here you can see the usual Rava Laddu & Colorful Rava Cake.
Here comes the recipe,
Hi all,
This is my first post ever. I thought of starting with any sweet recipe but I came up with my Mom's special as my first recipe. Please provide your valuable Comments and Feedback the dish.
I prepared Chicken Kuzhambu and Chicken Varuval as Sunday special . For past few weeks I was preparing Briyani or Fish curry for Sunday special. But this week suddenly I started to feel like eating chicken dishes which my mom use to prepare and got the memories of my school days where every weekend my mom prepares non-vegetarian dishes and I was eagerly waiting to taste that :) How many ever restaurants we go and have different dishes it cannot compete with our mom's preparation.
For breakfast itself I prepared Kuzhambu and it came out very well :). My husband was saying that the kuzhambu smell is very good and it is making him hungry and he started to peek his face inside the kitchen before the cooking is done.
So here comes the recipe of Chicken Kuzhambu
