Amla(Nellikai) Juice

Amla ( Gooseberry) is rich in Iron and Vitamins. The season of Amla begins in December . Gooseberries are like a  healthiest stuff which most of them stay away from. But it has millions of health benefit packed in them. You should have a portion of this in your diet every day in some form.You can take out Amla Juice and can even store and preserve it to use after the season.

Prep time	Cook time	Serves
15 mins	nil	6 persons

 

Cuisine: Indian

Recipe Type: Beverage (Drinks)

 

Ingredients Fresh amlas -4 no’s Sugar  -2 cups (people who prefer) Panakalkandu(Crystal sugar) -1 cup Cardamom powder – pinch Water -8 cups (1 amla =2 cups app depends upon the amla variety)

 

Method

 

1. Cut Amla into small pieces and take out the seeds.Now put as many pieces as you can in a mixing jar and make a paste. Add more pieces of gooseberry into the blender with water.

 

2. Filter the juice in the bowl and keep the pulp portion aside.Take crystal sugar(pankalkandu) in a bowl and boil it. Strain the impurities and mix it with the amla filtered juice.Add a pinch of cardamom powder .

 

3. Enjoy your healthy, homemade and refreshing amla juice.

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Notes

Agreed that any juice tastes great when there is salt and sugar in it, but since we are drinking the juice for health reasons, you could avoid the seasoning. If you must use it, then use the salt and sugar in moderation

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Guava&Banana Custard

Kids love to have dessert after school hours.So just plan for something energetic and tasty.You'll love the creamy deliciousness of my Banana and Guava Custard.This is a fairly simple dessert that my friend mom used to surprise us.I still have fond memories of having this dessert at my friend place. As a child, I think this was one of my favorite desserts. It is so simple to make, yet tastes divine. This dessert is served refrigerated, so it’s lovely for the summer months when you need to take an edge off the heat.

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Prep time	Cook time	Serves
10 mins	5 mins	3 persons

 

Cuisine: Indian

Recipe Type: Dessert

 

Ingredients Ripe banana -2 no’s Ripe Guavas -3 no’s Vanilla custard powder -1 tbsp. Milk -1 cup Sugar – 3 tbsp.( check acc. to ur taste) Raisins –handful Pistachios -2 tbsp.

 

Method

1. Mix the custard powder and the sugar with the cold milk. Place on a medium flame, stirring continuously till it has thickened. Cool and refrigerate.

 

2. Wash and cut the guavas in half. Cut off the brown parts near where the stem appears. The ripe guavas are delicious even by themselves.

Chop all the bananas into small pieces.Take a bowl and put everything into it.

3. Then pour the chilled custard powder over the mixture. Throw some handful of raisins and pistachios in to the mixture. Stir nicely and serve to kids. After a heavy or spicy meal, this custard with be heavenly.

Enjoy your day.

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Notes

Eating fruit only when it's ripe is super important for us healthy eaters because only then are the flavors and the vitamins are retained.

Unripe bananas taste and smell starchy, have little flavor and are hard to peel. Ripe bananas smell and taste sweet and they peel easily.

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Kara Pori (Spicy Puffed rice)–Karthigai Deepam recipes

Kara pori is one of my favorite snack. I always have it prepared at home, so that when ever I feel like eating something, I snack on this. Today I have made a simple snack called Kara Pori .The flavorful roasted garlic which adds beauty to this dish. Spicy Puffed Rice a very simple evening snack. This is a wonderful tea time snack. This can be prepared in large quantity and can be stored in air tight container.Today we will learn how to make spiced puffed rice following this easy recipe. This is easy to prepare, tastes delicious.

Prep time	Cook time	Serves
5 mins	1o mins	3 persons

 

Cuisine: South Indian

Recipe Type : Festival (Snack)

 

Ingredients Puffed rice – 3 cups Peanuts -3 tbsp. Pottu kadalai(fried gram) – 2 tbsp. Oil - -4 tsp Mustard seeds -1/4 tsp Dry red chillies -4 nos Garlic pods  -4 nos Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp Red chilli powder -1/2 tsp Hing – pinch Curry  leaves – few Salt and chilli powder – to taste Long mixture -1 cup

 

Method

1. Heat oil in a pan, fry peanuts and fried gram separately. Keep it aside.Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds.Add garlic,hing and curry leaves.Fry for few minutes

2. Next add peanuts and pottukadalai giving a few seconds. When the peanuts and fried gram turned  golden brown add the spice powders and sauté for a minute. Finally add the puffed rice and turn off the flame.Mix gently until the puffed rice gets coated with the spice mixture.

3. Add long mixture at last for some special taste.(My friend  shared this method to me).Store it in an air tight container. Enjoy this guilt free snack whenever you want.Quick and easy snack ready.

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Served with

Ginger Cardamom tea

Notes

Cashews can be added along with peanuts for those who prefer.

 

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Cabbage(Purple) Vada

Vadas are crunchy outside and soft inside which is just perfect. Red cabbage vada makes a great snack with coffee or tea. Chana dal and red cabbage are the main item you need to make this side dish.  If you want to finish making the vadas quickly, prepare large vadas. This type is usually served in restaurants.You can eat the masala vadas / chana dal vadas without any side dish.  

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Prep time	Cook time	Serves
15  mins	20 mins	20 vadas

 

Cuisine: Indian

Recipe Type: Snacks (Vada)

 

Ingredients Chana dal -1 ½ cups Purple cabbage – 1 cup Onion -1/2  Green chillies – 3 no’s Dry red chillies -2 no’s Fennel seeds -1/2 tsp Ginger -1/2 “ Salt –to taste Curry leaves – 1 sprig Cilantro -5 sprigs Hing –pinch Cooking soda – pinch Oil – to deep fry

 

Method
1. Wash and soak channa dal in water for 2 hours, drain water.Grind dal with green, red chillies, fennel seeds, and ginger into coarse paste.  Sprinkle water only if required. Finely chop onion, curry leaves and cilantro, add with grinded dal, mix everything well with salt, soda, asafetida and reserve 1tbsp whole channa dal.

2. Make small lemon size ball from dal mixture and flatten between both palms to shape it like vadas.In a pan, heat oil for deep frying, drop carefully 4-5 vada in oil and cook in medium heat until both sides becomes nice golden brown.  Serve hot with tea or with some rice.

Notes

You can add mint leaves, it adds good flavor to these vadas.

Served with

Masala  chai

Dosakaya Pappu(Yellow Cucumber dal)

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Radish Raita (Mooli ka Raita)

Raita is a side dish with served with parathas or rice. Today I am preparing a simple dish of Radish in chilled yogurt and tempered with aromatic spices.

Raitas are usually served with any fiery hot Indian curries and flavored rice or Indian flat breads. They are simple, quick and easy to make..The end product is one of the best tasting raita with crunch from radish, sweetness from onions and the spicy note from chillies.

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Prep time	Cook time	Serves
15 mins	o mins	4 persons

 

Cuisine: Kashmiri

Recipe Type : Raita

 

Ingredients White radish -2 cups Curd -2 ½ cups (whisked and beaten) Chopped green chillies -2 long Chopped onions -1 medium Cilantro chopped -3 tbsp. Salt -  to taste Roasted jeera powder -2 tsp Paprika (red chilli flakes) -1 tbsp. Seasonings Oil -2 tsp Mustard seeds -1 tsp Curry leaves -1 sprig Hing –pinch (optional)

 

Method

1. Take a bowl and grate radish and chopped onions, green chillies and cilantro.Beat the curd until smooth and thick consistency. Now mix it with the grated radish.

2. Heat oil in a pan and add all the seasonings listed above one by one. Mix it in the prepared grated radish mixture .Check out for salt.

3. Add little more yogurts if needed to get desired consistency. Lastly add all the spice powders. Serve it chilled with any plain or flavored rice or with any Indian flat bread

Notes

You can use any vegetables (raw or lightly cooked) that’s available at home to make these raitas

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