THANDUKKERAI PORIAL/AMARANTHUS STIR FRY

THANDUKEERAI/Amaranthus greens are packed in calcium, iron and so many minerals. It treats constipation, brain stroke, bleeding and so many diseases.( from the source of google). It is so delicious when it is cooked as stir fry, kootu and with any dal.

How to make Thandukeerai porial/Amaranthus stir fry?

Ingredients:

Thandukeerai two bundles

Cooking oil one tablespoon

Chick peas split one cup

Shallots peeled off and chopped one cup

Curry leaves one sprig

Red chillies split four

Mustard seeds one spoon

Salt required

Shredded coconut one cup

Procedure:

Wash and clean the greens.

Cut the greens with stems.

Heat the pan with cooking oil.

Add mustard seeds to splutter.

Add chick peas to turn golden brown.

Add red chillies, shallots and curry leaves.

Followed by the drained greens and salt.

Stir well to absorb the water for five minutes.

Mix the coconut grates along with greens.

Care should be taken to avoid over cooking.

Five minutes enough since it is a fast cooking greens.

Now ready to serve.

It pairs excellently with hot steamed rice and ghee.

It accompanies with curd rice.

NAVADHANYA ADAI

Ingredients:

Rice 100 gm
Wheat 100 gm
Urad dal 50 gm
Toor dal 50 gms
Whole green gram 50 gm
Chick pea 50 gms
Country beans 50 gm
Sesame seeds 25 gm
Horse gram 40 gm
Fenugreek seeds one. spoon
Asafoetida one pinch
shallots 100gm
Red chilly six
Fresh curryleaves a handful
Cumin seeds one teaspoon
Coriander leaves half cup

Procedure:

Wash and soak all lentils. along with rice for three hours.

Peeled off the shallots and chop

Allow all the soaked ingredients with shallots, curry leaves, red chillies, salt and cumin seeds together to grind coarsely.

Collect the batter into a vessel and allow to ferment for six hours.

Add a generous pinch of asafoetida, finely chopped coriander leaves and mix well.

Heat a tawa over a medium flame.

Spread the batter with a spatula on dosa tawa into a round shaped adai dosai.

Drizzle the oil or melted butter around the adai dosai and over the adai dosai.

Allow to cook until it gets golden brown both sides un a medium flame.

Repeat the process.

The green gram veg (any veg) kootu is a perfect combination to this adai.
If you want sweet taste, pair the adai with jaggery powder.

Serve hot..

BEETROOT ALWA

Beetroot alwa is one of the delicious desserts with quick fix method. Beetroots are good for cardiovascular health and blood purifier. It is highly nutritional with vitamins minerals and fibers unique antioxidants. Beets are low in fats totally a health food titan.Rich in calcium, iron and vitamins A and C. Moreover it is an excellent source of folic acid, manganese and potassium. It is said to be the suppressor of the development of certain types of cancer and lower cholesterol level and regulator of bowel function.

How to make beetroot halwa:

INGREDIENTS:

Three bowls of shredded beetroots

One bowl of sugar

Cardamom six

Edible camphor very little 

One tablespoon of cashews broken

Cow ghee one bowl

PROCEDURE;

Heat a copper bottom wok with one tablespoon of ghee over a medium flame.

Fry the beet grates for five minutes.

Add Sugar and stir again so as to mingle with beets.

Stir well to avoid burning at the bottom of the wok until the sugar+beets thickens.

In this stage add one spatula of ghee and stir again.

Stir continuously in a low flame frequently until the grates become a glossy texture.

Add the fried cashews and cardamom powder.

Mix with the remaining ghee and stir again in a low flame.

Transfer the halwa in a serving bowl.

It is the high time to serve. Enjoy wth guests and your loving family members.

RAW MANGO RICE

Raw mango rice is one of the variety rices. It pairs well with potato chips and curd pachadi.

Ingredients:

Raw mango one

Cooked rice four cups

Sesame oil two spoons

Cooking oil one tablespoon

Mustard seeds one spoon

Urad dal one tablespoon

Turmeric one spoon

Shallots half cup

Red chillies four

Curry leaves one sprig

Hing, a generous pinch

Cilantro leaves chopped half cup

Dry roasted cashew bits one tablespoon.

Procedure with image tutorials:

Pressure cook the rice.

Set aside to cool down.

Pour the sesame oil into the cooked rice and mix well.

Peel off the raw mango and shred the pulp.

Peel off the shallots and chop them longitudinally.

Split the chillies.

Heat the wok with cooking oil.

Add mustard seeds and allow them to splutter.

Add shallots, red chillies, curry leaves and urad dal and hing.

Saute well until the shallots turn translucent.

Add turmeric powder.

Followed by shredded raw mango.

Saute a while to incorporate all the ingredients.

Now add the rice and mix well in a low flame.

Sprinkle salt over the rice and mix well.

Add cilantro leaves and mix again.

Add dry roasted cashew bits further.

Serve hot with potato chips and curd pachadi.

DELICIOUS MANGO SMOOTHEE

The hot summer brings delicious mangoes everywhere in the market, super markets and all departmental stores. There are variety of mangoes such as malgova, banganapalli, sendhur, Nadu Salem, Neelam, Alphonza,Totapuri are some of the varieties.  

Nutritional Profile:

This exotic fruit is one of the delicious seasonal fruit grown in tropics and believed to be originated in the sub Himalayan plains of India. Its scientific name is Mangifera Indica. It is rich in prebiotic dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals. It has polyphenolic flavanoid antioxident compounds. It protect against colon, breast, leukemia and prostate cancers. 

It is an excellent source of Vitamin A and flavanoids like beta carotene, a;pha carotene and beta cryptoxanthin. Fresh fruit has potassium as well. Vitamin B6, Vitamin C and Vitamin E are also available in the fruit.

Hence, we enjoyed  lot of fruits almost all over this season. We make different recipes using raw mangoes as well as fruits. All of us enjoy the mango smoothee. It is so delicious and the most favorite drink to children and adults.

Let us work on the preparation of mango smoothee..

Ingredients:

Mango fruit cubes one cup

Milk one cup

Sugar two or three spoons

Cardamom two pods.

Ice cubes Optional 

Procedure:

Blend all the ingredients together in a mixer.

Serve Chill with ice cubes.

Very easy to make.

Mango smoothee will be loved by all of your family members and guests.

SNAKEGOURD and CHANA DAL KOOTU

This dish is combined with hot rice. This is prepared with chana dal and snakegourd  with very few ingredients. So tasty to have. Let us check how to make this delicious kootu..

Ingredients:

Snakegourd medium size one

Chana dal one cup

Mustard seeds one spoon

Shallots half cup

Green chilly three or four

Curry leaves  a handful

Turmeric one spoon

Cilantro leaves half cup

Fennel seeds one spoon

Salt top taste

Cooking oil one tablespoon.

Image tutorials with procedure:

Wash and cook chana dal with turmeric.

Wash and clean the snake gourd.

Chop the snake gourd by removing the seeds and central pulp.

Peel off the shallots and chop the shallots into small pieces.

Cut the chillies longitudinally.

Heat the pan with cooking oil over a medium flame.

Add mustard seeds.

Wait to splutter.

Add shallots, curry leaves, green chillies.

Add half spoon of turmeric and saute until the shallots turn translucent.

Add fennel seeds to fry.

Followed by the snakegourd cubes.

Saute for two minutes and add cooked chana dal.

Add one cup of water and salt.

Allow to boil until the snakegourd cooked.

Check the taste of salt and adjust if needed.

Garnish with cilantro leaves.

Ready to serve. 

It accompanies with hot steamed rice excellently.

do try..

CRUNCHY VAZHAIPOO VADAI

This is also an authentic delicacy of South India. Banana flowers are main ingredients in this vadai. 

This vadai is so crispy and tasty. The process of making this yummy vadai is very easy. Once you taste it, this crispy vadai will become your most favorite teatime snack.

Ingredients:

Banana flowers one cup

Chana dal  (Vattu paruppu) one cup

Bellary onion two

Curry leaves one sprig

Fennel seeds one spoon

Green chillies four

shredded ginger one tablespoon

Coriander leaves chopped

Mint leaves (optional) half cup

Coriander leaves chopped half cup

Cooking oil to deep fry

Salt to taste

Procedure:

Wash the chana dal and soak for three hours.

Drain water completely. Set aside.

Grease the hands with half spoon of coconut oil to separate each flower from the bunch.

Remove the stigma and transparent petiole of the banana flowers.

Chop the flowers., coriander leaves.

Chop the bellary onions, green chillies, curry leaves, mint leaves .

Peel off the ginger and shred .

Grind the chana dal, banana flower bits with required salt and fennel seeds.

Don't add water. Just blend them coarsely.

Transfer the coarse batter into a bowl.

Add the onions, curry leaves, green chillies, coriander leaves, mint leaves and shredded ginger.

Incorporate them into the batter.

Make them balls. You will get medium sized fourteen balls.

Heat the oil to the deep frying temperature.

Make them flat rounds( vadais) in your palm and drop them gently.

You can fry five to six vadais at a time. 

Deep fry so as to get both sides turn golden brown.

When the oil bubbles ceased to less, drain them and collect them in a bowl.

Yummy crispy vazahipoo vadais are ready to enjoy.

Easy to make..!  So simple...! highly nutritional..! fast cooking..! in the unique method..! Try it and turn back..!