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Broccoli Corn Milagu Jeeragam
Ingredients Broccoli flowered - 1 medium or big Corn organic(fresh or frozen) - 1/2 cup to 1 cup Pepper & Cumin Powder - 1 teaspoon Salt. - as needed Oil. - 1 teaspoon Instructions Just steam broccoli and corn in a Idli vessel or in your way but don’t do over cook just five minutes to seven minutes enough. Then take a pan add one teaspoon oil add half teaspoon pepper jeera powder(if it’s mixed together you have) or add quarter spoon each and quarter spoon salt add steamed vegetables to spice. Now you can enjoy as veggie snack in evening or anytime as a salad. We all love it in our family.
Chappathi Omelette roll
Ingredients Chapati. - 2 Egg. - 2 Onion(chopped) - one handful Red capsicum(chopped) - one handful Mushrooms(chopped) - one handful Black pepper powder - 2 pinch Jeera powder - 2 pinch Salt - 2 pinch Oil - 1 teaspoon Instructions Make Chapati first or use left over Chapati or store bought Chapati. Store bought chapati size is perfect to make a roll with omelette. First chop or cut all the vegetables as thin slices. Then take a pan and...
Barnyard Millet Curd Rice
Ingredients Barnyard Millet - 1/2 cup Thick Curd. - 1/2 cup Milk - 1/2 cup Cooked rice - 1 cup Sour cream. - 1 tablespoon(optional) Seasoning. - Mustard, red chilli(1) & Curry leaves, asafetida. Oil. - 1 teaspoon Salt - 1/2 teaspoon Instructions Take a half cup of millet and wash it and soak it for an hour. Then take a small pressure cooker. Add millet with one and a half cup of water to pressure cooker. Let them cook( put high medium flame till first whistle then put medium flame for two to three ...
Foxtail Millet Pongal
Ingredients Foxtail millet. - Half Cup Moong Dal. - 1/4 cup or 1/3 cup Seasoning - whole black pepper, Jeera & Cashews, Ginger(grated), Black pepper powder & jeera powder(optional) Oil 1 tablespoon Ghee - 1 tablespoon Salt - Half teaspoon Instructions First you take half cup foxtail millet and moong dal in a bowl and wash it then soak it an hour. Make a coconut chutney or sambar in the meantime. Next take a small or medium pressure cooker. Add oil and a...
Varagu/ Kodo Millet kichadi(Uppuma)
Ingredients Varagu/Kodo millet. - 1/2 cup Green beans(chopped) - one handful Carrot(chopped) - one handful Peas. - one handful Green bell pepper - one handful Salt. - 1/4 teaspoon Oil. - 1 or 2 tablespoons Seasoning. - Mustard and Urad dal, Channa dal, Jeera(cumin), Curry leaves. Instructions Take Kodo millet and wash it well then soak it for an hour. In the meantime cut all the vegetables and make a chutney or sambar. . Take a small pressure cooker add oi...
Little Millet Sambar Rice/சாமை சாம்பார் சாதம்.
Little millet - 1/2 cup Thuvar Dal - 1/2 cup Cooked rice - 1 cup Vegetables - onion, tomato, carrot, green beans & peas or கத்தரிக்காய், முருங்கைக்காய் or zucchini Tamarind pulp - 2 tablespoons Chilli powder - 1/2 teaspoon Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon Homemade chilli powder - 1 tablespoon Gram masala powder - 1 teaspoon Salt - one teaspoon Instructions Take a half cup of little millet, Wash it and soak it an hour. Cook dal in a pressure pan. Keep it aside. Then cook little millet in the same cooker with one & a half cup of water. Allow three whistles then switch off. In the meantime cut the vegetables, add those to cooked dal. You can pressure cook or you can cook in open wide stockpot(2 to 3 quart). Once the vegetables cooked well add homemade chilli powder and separate chilli...
Roasted Channa Dalia chutney/ பொட்டுக்கடலை துவையல்
தேவையான பொருட்கள் தேங்காய் துருவல் - ஒரு கிண்ணம் பொட்டுக்கடலை. - அரை கிண்ணம் வரமிளகாய் - 2 அல்லது 3 பூண்டு - 1 அல்லது 2 உப்பு - கால் டீஸ்பூன் செய்முறை ஒரு மிக்சி ஜாரை எடுத்துக் கொள்ளவும். அதில் மேலே கூறியுள்ள பொருட்கள் அனைத்தையும் சேர்க்கவும். அரைக்கவும். கால் கப் தண்ணீர் சேர்த்து அரைக்கவும். சரியாக அரைபடாமல் இருந்தால் இன்னும் கொஞ்சம் தண்ணீர் சேர்த்து அரைக்கவும். இப்பொழுது துவையல் ரெடி. இதை ஒரு கிண்ணத்திற்கு மாற்றிக் கொள்ளவும். இந்த துவையல் ரசம் சாதம் மற்றும் தயிர் சாதத்துடன் சாப்பிட அருமையாக இருக்கும். It’s good for making quick lunch in a busy schedule and especially when we are in sick 🤒 🙂
சோள குழிப்பணியாரம் வெள்ளை சோளம் - 1 கிண்ணம் இட்லி அரிசி. - 1 கிண்ணம் பச்சரிசி - 1 கிண்ணம் Brown rice - 1 கிண்ணம்(optional) உளுந்து - 1/2 கிண்ணம் உப்பு - ஒரு டேபிள் ஸ்பூன் வெங்காயம் - ஓன்று பச்சை மிளகாய் - மூன்று கொத்தமல்லி தழை - ஒரு கைப்பிடி Instructions சோளத்தை 6 அல்லது 7 மணி நேரம் ஊற வைக்கவும் அரிசி எல்லாவற்றையும் ஒன்றாக கலந்து 3 மணி நேரம் ஊறவைக்கவும். உளுந்தை 2 அல்லது 3 மணி நேரம் ஊறவிடவும். நான் முதலில் உளுந்தை நன்றாக நைசாக அரைத்து எடுத்துக் கொள்வேன். பிறகு ஊறிய சோளம் அரிசிகளை சேர்த்து அரைத்துக் கொள்ளலாம். அரைத்த அரிசி சோள மாவுடன் உளுந்தையும் தேவையான உப்பையும் சேர்த்து அரைத்துக் எடுத்துக் கொள்ளவும். இந்த அரைத்த மாவை 5 மணி நேரம் வைத்து லைட்டாக புளிக்க வைத்துக் கொள்ளவும். ஒரு வாணலியில் சிறிது எண்ணெய் விட்டு கடுகு உளுத்தம்பருப்பு போட்டு தாளித்து கொண்டு நறுக்கிய வெங்காயம் பச்சை மிளகாயை வதக்கி கொண்டு இதை மாவில் சேர்த்து நன்றாக கலந்து கொள்ளவும்....
Murukku sticks
Murukku sticks Rice cup - 2 cups Poha/ அவல்/ flatten rice - 1 cup Roasted Dalia/ பொட்டுக்கடலை - 1 cup Omam(Ajwin) - 1/2 teaspoon Chilly powder - 1/2 teaspoon Sesame seeds - 1 teaspoon Salt - 1 teaspoons & little more if needed Oil - 1/2 litter for deep frying Water - 4 cups Instructions First grind poha and roasted Dalia as fine powder. Next boil four cups water on stovetop or microwave(lukewarm) Take a bowl then mix rice flour and poha, Dalia powder with all spices. Add water gradually. Add three cups water with one tablespoon hot oil. Mix it with utensil(karandi)/Spatula well. if you need more water add the remaining one cup water and knead well with your hand and make a dough. Take a deep pan and pour oil in that pan. Take a murukku achu(mullu murukku) and apply oil or water(show it in running tap water) after draining water, fill with dough while oil getting hot. Press it in oil carefully. Wait to get crispy(when the bu...
Healthy snacks/Vegetables snacks Steamed Broccoli & corn - need to steam or roast Add only black pepper, jeera powder and salt Just and cut as thin slices and eat Sliced Cucumbers 🥒 Sliced Carrots & Celery Stir fry Onion Asparagus Carrots Broccoli Mushrooms Brussels sprouts Cauliflower. Capsicum Zucchini With little salt and pepper jeera powde...
Pav Bhaji with Cabbage
Ingredients Cabbage. - 1 to 2 cups(finely chopped) Potato. - 1 big Onion - 1 small Tomatoes. - 1 (optional) Peas. - 1/2 cup Pav bhaji masala - 2 tablespoons or Gram masala - 1 tablespoon Chilly powder - 1teaspoon Coriander powder. - 1teaspoon Salt. - as needed(2 teaspoons) Instruction Take a pan and add 2 tablespoons oil and add jeera in it. Once spluttered add onion when it gets transparent add chopped cabbage and peas. Sauté and let them to evaporate the water then add boiled potato with half cup water and all spices. Mash it all and combine well. Add salt and check the taste. Note: if you add 2 tablesp...
Green Beans Paruppu Usili
Ingredients Toor dal - 1/2 cup Green beans - 1/2 kg Red chilli - 5 Fennel seeds - 1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon Salt - as needed Oil - 1 to 2 tablespoons Seasoning - mustard & Urad dal, fennel seeds(a pinch of each) Instructions First soak toor dal for two hours. After two hours chop green beans then take a non stick pan. Add oil once it’s heated add mustard and Urad dal, fennel seeds as seasoning then add chopped green beans. Sauté well for ten minutes on medium flame. We can close the pan with lid for few more minutes to cook beans well. Meanwhile drain water from soaked toor dal and do pat dry the dal. Add it to mixie, grind as a coarse with fennel seeds, cumin and red chilies. Add this paste to cooked green beans. Add half salt before adding toor dal mix. Mix well with green beans. Stir fry for few minutes continuously. You can see the dal mixture getting color change once it’s cooked. It takes five to ten minutes. At tha...
Beetroot Gravy for Chapathi
Beetroot - 1 Medium or big one Onion - 1 Medium Tomato - 1 Medium or big Green chilies - 2 or 3 Channa flour. - 1 tablespoon Curry leaves - few Salt - as needed Oil - one tablespoon Seasoning - Mustard, Urad dal, whole black pepper & Fennel seeds, channa dal Instructions Chop onion and beetroot, tomato finely. Slit the green chillies. Take a pan add one tablespoon oil add seasoning when it splatter add onion and green chilies. When it gets transparent add chopped beetroots. Sauté for at least five minutes then add chopped tomatoes. Sauté till it get mushy after that add one cup of water. ...
Apple Pickle
Ingredients Granny Smith apples - 2 Gingelly oil - 1 tablespoon Red chilly powder - 1 teaspoon Salt - 1 teaspoon Curry leaves - few Mustard - 1 teaspoon Asafetida - 1/8 teaspoon Preparation It is an instant Apple pickle. Cut the apples into a small pieces then add salt and red chilly powder. If it is extra hot chilly powder add half teaspoon only. Next take a pan add gingelly oil. Once heat it up add mustard, asafetida and curry leaves. Once splattered switch off the flame add apples mixture. Mix it with seasoning. It goes well with curd and lemon rice.
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Vegetable Fried Rice
Ingredients Basmati rice. - 2 cups Water. - 2 and 1/2 cups Green beans. - 1/2 cup Carrots. - 1/2 cup Mushrooms - 1/2 cup Capsicums - 1/2 cup Red onion - 1/2 cup Sriracha Chilly sauce - 1 tablespoon Ginger garlic paste. - 1 teaspoon Soya sauce - 1 tablespoon Pepper cumin powder - 1/2 teaspoon Salt - as needed(1/2 tablespoon) Oil - 2 tablespoons Instructions Take 2 cups of basmati rice in a bowl then wash and soak it for 20 minutes. Meanwhile chop all vegetables as small pieces. Cook basmati rice in a Pressure cooker or in instant p...
Eggplant(Brinjal) Fry
Very easy recipe Ingredients Brinjal. - 3 to 5 medium Onion - 1 small Tomato - 1 Turmeric. - 1/4 teaspoon Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon Salt as needed Seasoning Gingelly oil - one tablespoon Mustered - 1/8 teaspoon Urad dal - 1/8 teaspoon Fennel seeds - 1/8 teaspoon Instructions: First cut the onion and tomato, Brinjal lengthwise. Then Take a pan add one tablespoon oil and fry sliced Brinjal well till it turns little brown it’s edges. Take it out from oil & Keep it aside in a bowl. In the remaining oil add seasoning(mustard, urad dal & fennel seeds).when it’s splatter add onion. Add tomoto slices when onion gets transparent. Sauté well then add Chilli powder and coriander power, turmeric powder with one cup of water. When it’s all get thicken add Brinjal & salt. Keep the flame Simmer ...