White Pumpkin Juice

White Pumpkin is very good vegetable and has medicine value too . This is one of the simple and easy juice recipe.Drinking a glass of this juice everyday reduces the acidity.

So Stop taking “ENO” ,start preparing this juice and stay healthy

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Prep time	Cook time	Serves
10mins	Nil	6 persons

 

Cuisine:  Indian

Recipe Type: Drinks

 

Ingredients White pumpkin –Half piece Tomato -2 nos Lemon Juice -2 nos Jaggery -1/4 cup Sukku powder -1 tbsp

 

Method

1. Take the Haplf white pumpkin,peel the outer layer and cut the centre seed portion with those fleshy area.

2. Now cut the white pumpkin into small pieces and keep the tomatoes ready.Heat jaggery,check for impurities and filter it.

In a blender add all the other items with the filtered jaggery water.

3. Blend till smooth.Pour it in a large vessel and mix lemon juice.Now its redy to serve.enjoy your drink.

Notes

Sukku powder is nothing but “Dry ginger powder”.

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Basundi–Indian Dessert Recipe

 

This is a rich milk based dessert. This is usually prepared by reducing milk and garnishing with roughly chopped nuts. For this yummy dessert, you don't have to scrap the fat; instead you can collect the fat layer that forms on the top of the boiling milk. This gave a good texture and a delicious taste.

 

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Prep time	Cook time	Serves
10 mins	40 mins	3 persons

 

Cuisine:  Indian

Recipe Type: Dessert

 

Ingredients Whole Milk -1 litre Sugar -3/4 cup Chopped nuts(Almonds, Cashews ,Pistas)-1/4 cup each Saffron –few strands Cardamom powder -1/2 tsp

 

Method

 

1. Soak almond in hot water for 10 mins and peel the skin. Boil the milk separately.

In a heavy bottom vessel pour the milk and simmer the flame for the first few minutes. Stir constantly.

 

2. Allow the contents to reduce to half the quantity while stirring continuously. The texture of basundi is smooth. The consistency is little thinner

 

3. Add chopped nuts, cardamom and saffron strands. Stir once. Switch off the stove. Let the contents cool. Refrigerate and serve chilled.

 

Served with

Poori/Puri

 

Notes

Adjust the sugar according to your taste.

 

 

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Aloo Capsicum Stir Fry

Aloo Capsicum Dry curry is one of the most popular North Indian dish.It is a delicious curry that can go well with chapatti, paratha & rice. It is very simple to make and needs less ingredients which are commonly available. It is an easy to prepare and quick sabzi which tastes really good.

Learn how to prepare it by following this recipe.

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Prep time	Cook time	Serves
10 mins	15 mins	2 persons

 

Cuisine:  Indian

Recipe Type: Dry curries

 

Ingredients Potatoes(Boiled) -3 no’s into cubes Capsicum -2 chopped Ginger garlic Paste -1 tbsp. Cumin seeds -1/4 tsp Hing –pinch Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp Dhaniya powder-1/2 tsp Red chilli powder -1/4 tsp Garam Masala powder -1/4 tsp Oil -2 tbsp

 

Method

1. Heat 3-4 tablespoons oil in a pan & add potatoes to it.Fry them for a minute or two & then take them out on a paper towel. Keep them aside.

2. In the leftover oil, add asafetida & cumin seeds. As they crackle, add ginger garlic paste. Mix well & add capsicum to it.

3. Mix well & add turmeric powder & coriander powder to it’s the mixture leaves oil, add salt, red chilli powder & garam masala powder.

4. Then add fried potatoes to it.Cover the pan with a lid till the capsicum & potatoes turn soft. Keep checking in between. Once they become soft & well cooked, turn off the flame.

5. Potato capsicum is ready to serve.

Served with

Side dish for rice

Rotis or Parathas

Notes

Actually I did not add tomatoes coz I feel it will change the whole taste.

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Chocolate Milkshake

This Chocolate name itself makes juices flowing in the mouth. Its smooth, creamy and frothy. No milkshake can ever come close to the divine taste of rich and creamy milkshake prepared with this recipe as flavor of its three simple ingredients; milk, cocoa powder (or some chocolate flavors) and ice cream .

What happens if you wake up from a nice nap and experience a craving for a frosty chocolate milkshake? That’s right, you need to make one right then and there. Luckily, there are some great easy-to-make recipes for making a homemade chocolate milkshake that will help to satisfy your thirsty taste buds.

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Prep time	Cook time	Serves
15 mins	Nil	3 persons

 

Cuisine:  American

Recipe Type: Kids Friendly

 

Ingredients Vanilla ice cream -3 cups Milk -3/4 cup Dairy Milk chocolate -5 pieces Hershey’s chocolate syrup -3 tbsp. Cocoa powder -2 tbsp.

Method

1. Add ice cream, 2 tablespoons syrup, cocoa powder and 1/4 cup milk to blender. Blend just until smooth and there are no lumps of ice cream.

2. Taste and add more syrup if needed. If shake is too thick, gradually add milk until it reaches the consistency you like.

3. Scraping down sides as necessary.Pour the milkshakes into the glasses or bottles and savor each mouthful.

4. Enjoy every sip of your chocolaty shake.

Serving Ideas

Dessert for perfect end of your dinner and lunch

Kids -After school recipes

Notes

Increase the quantity of cocoa powder to 4 tablespoons to make chocolatier milkshake.You can also use chocolate drink mix as a replacement of sweetened cocoa powder.

 

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Manathakkali Keerai(Black Night Shade Leaves) Poriyal

It’s an excellent and healthy side dish in any healthy meal. Manthakkali Keerai has lots and lots of medicinal value. I used Manathakkali keerai (leaves of black nightshade) combining moong dal and made dry curry.

They taste good and can be used as a side dish. Moong dal when cooked direct till it is 3/4 done and combined with any green will taste good and give the curry consistency. Manathakkali Plant is very common in South India. It’s a medicinal plant and used widely in Ayurvedic medicine. Leaves of this plant are believed to cure stomach related problems and liver problems.

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Prep time	Cook time	Serves
15 mins	15 mins	2 persons

 

Cuisine:  Indian

Recipe Type: Side dish

 

Ingredients Manathakkali keerai -3 cups Moong dal -3/4  cup Mustard seeds -1 tsp Urad dal -1 tsp Dry Red chilli- 2 no’s Hing –pinch Salt –to taste Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp Onion -1 no Garlic -4 flakes Oil -1 tbsp.

 

Method

1. Pluck the good manathakkali leaves from the plant. Wash them thoroughly and chop them nicely. Soak the Payatham Paruppu in water and cook them separately and keep the cooked dal ready.

2. In a kadai / pan, add oil first. Finish the tempering process by adding hing, mustard seeds, urad dal, and dry red chillies into the pan. Add the chopped leaves into the pan. Sprinkle some water and allow them to cook for 2-3 minutes with the lid closed.

3. When it’s cooked, add the cooked Moong Dal, required amount of salt into the pan and fry for another 2 minutes. Switch off the flame and garnish with some fresh coconut flakes on its top.

4. A healthy side dish is ready to be served.

Served with

Drumstick sambar

Paruppu rasam

Notes

Coconut  gratings can be added while switching off the flame.

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Basil Soup

Very good health drink when you are suffering from cold and cough.In India, the basil (known as Tulsi) is widely used and several myths have grown out of its use both, as a medicinal herb and for religious purposes.

Basil leaves is known as a king of all herbs and is one of the oldest and popular herbal plant that belong to the species of a small mint plant which contain several tiny oil glands with aromatic properties as well as medicinal values which could treat innumerable illness and diseases. Basil leaves also has significant antioxidant properties that could help fight free radicals that could damage cells leading to various illness and diseases. or either of them.

 

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Prep time	Cook time	Serves
10 mins	10 mins	2 persons

 

Cuisine:  Indian

Recipe Type: Soup

 

Ingredients Basil leaves -1/2 cup Water -1 ½ glass Crushed pepper -1 tsp Salt –to taste Chopped ginger -1 tsp

 

Method

 

1. Keep the Basil leaves in a bowl, add pepper powder and salt.Boil for about 10-15 minutes by closing the lid.

 

2. Add ginger to the basil water.Cool and strain the water.Consume it very hot for best results.

 

Notes

 

This soup works really very well to avoid seasonal cough and cold.

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