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 Beat the summer heat with this cooling,Probiotic cucumber Raita Recipe.  Ingredients: Grated cucumber  250gms  Grated coconut  1tbsp Oil 3 tsp Mustard seeds 1tsp  Urad Dal 1tsp  Green chilli  1 Dry red chilli  1 Chopped Curryleaves,  Coriander and mint  }       1tbsp Leaves Fresh Curd 1cup Jeera 1tsp  Salt to taste  Recipe video link: Method: Heat oill in a pan, add mustard seeds, jeera, urad dal.saute until mustard seeds splatter.  Add Dry Red chilli, green chilli, Chopped greens,sauté few mins. Switch off flame, add Grated fresh cucumber, Grated coconut, salt to taste. Mix well. Add fresh Curd, mix well. Raita is ready,serve with rice or rotis.  Video Recipe link  https://youtu.be/UJjufuS4-4M

 Olan is a mild stew of pumpkin and black eyed beans,cooked in coconut milk .spices are mild just green chilli and ginger.olan recipe belongs to kerala cuisine,it's an essential part of their festivities. A special mention would be that my olan recipe was chosen as winning recipe in kerala International cuisine cooking competition 2021.It was an online competition where participants from across the globe participated.  Ingredients: Red/white pumpkin 1cup Fresh coconut milk 1cup coconut oil 1tbsp salt to taste  Boiled Karamani/blackeyed beans Green chilli 3 Crushed ginger 3inch piece Video Recipe link:

 Flaky,melt-in-mouth Badusha sweet dish  Ingredients : For Badusha: Maida/Allpurpose flour 2cup Salt 1pinch Ghee 3tbsp Fresh Curd 3tsp Baking soda 1/2tsp Ghee/oil for frying For sugar syrup: Sugar 2cups Saffron 1 pinch Lemon juice 1tbsp  Method For Balushahi dough: Mix maida with salt,Baking soda, curd,Ghee into a curmbly dough with adequate water. Donot over knead the dough.Rest the dough for 30-45mins. For sugar syrup: Boil sugar in a thick bottomed pan with 1 glass water.Boil in medium flame for 20 minutes. When sugar reaches single thread consistency, add Saffron, lemon juice.switch off flame ,keep syrup warm .Addition of lemon juice prevents formation of crystals in sugar syrup.  Heat oil/Ghee for frying .keep very low flame . Divide the badusha dough into small portions ,press In center.Fry the balushahi in very low heat.Try and maintain the temperature in the same low heat. When Badusha turns light golden brown remove and soak in warm sugar syrup. Remove and s...

 Rich, creamy melt in mouth softness, garnished with saffron strands and dry fruits... Must have Lauki ka Halwa. Lauki or Bottle Gourd is 80%water and has a bland taste. Hence halwa with Bottle Gourd or Lauki tastes Yummy. Lauki Halwa 

 A easy quickfixrecipe... Red wheat Rava Upma that has medium glycemic index hence diabetic friendly and adding cashewnuts render good fats. 

 Crispy, tasty sizzling Rava Dosa.. Make it your signature recipe. Just follow these simple steps.

 KASHMIRI DUM ALOO.... Baby potatoes cooked in Mustard oil and subtle spices like Saunf powder and Saunt powders imparts the kashmiri flavor and aroma to the dish.

 No onion, No Garlic SATTVIC MEAL PLAN for your hectic day!!! Simple to cook, easy to follow recipe, tastes yummy. SATTVIC meals Enhances your physical and mental health,improves longevity!!!

 Coriander,mint leaves,jeera ... blended with Salt into a coarse green chutney... versatile uses as spread, mix with curd becomes raita,used in chaat recipes...do try!!!

  RAVA IDLI  Ingredients  Suji /Rava 1cup  Semiya /vermicelli 1cup Salt to taste  Curd 4tbsp Water as required  Oil 3tbsp Mustard seeds 1tsp Urad Dal 1/2 tsp Bengal gram dal 1/2tsp Onion 2 Greenchilli 3 Ginger 2inch piece  Asafoetida 1/4tsp Curry leaves few

  Ingredients Broccoli 1 Salt to taste  Pepper as required  Water as required  Chopped Spring onion 2 tbsp Garlic 2nos. For white sauce  Butter 1 tbsp  Maida 1tbsp Salt to taste  Pepper powder as required  Milk 1glass  Method  Heat a Pan, add butter and saute Chopped Spring onion and garlic for 3 minutes.  Add broccoli florets and saute for 2minutes. Add a glass of water and simmer till broccoli is tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. Let the broccoli cool to room temperature.  For making white sauce add a tbsp of butter to a heated pan, add Maida and saute in low flame for few minutes. Add a glass of milk in batches. Keep stirring constantly in low flame to avoid lumps. Finish off white sauce with a dash of salt and pepper.  Blend the cooled broccoli with the white sauce into a smooth consistency. Add enough water to adjust to a soup consistency.  Cover and simmer for few minutes. Serve hot broccolis soup to your lo...

 Garlic bread

  Mixed greens Curry  Ingredients  Spinach 100gms Amaranth leaves 100gms Chopped small onions 1/2 cup Chopped garlic 5-6 Dry red chili 2 Salt to taste  Water as required  Jaggery 1tbsp Jeera 1tsp Urad dal1/2tsp Curry leaves few  Method Heat a Pan add oil, temper with Jeera, urad dal, dry red chili. Add onion, garlic, curry leaves and saute until onions are soft.  Add the Chopped greens, add water about 1/4th cup, close the lid and cook in low heat until the greens are cooked.  Finish off with salt and sugar. Very nutritious and dietary fiber rich keerai poriyal. 

 Perfect mix of flavours, spices and vegetables... finger licking good recipe from the chat Bandar..... Famous dish of Maharashtra!!!  Pav Bhaji Ingredients  Onion 300gms Tomato 250gms Ginger-garlic paste 2tbsp Salt to taste  Dry red chili powder 1 tbsp Mixed vegetable (carrot, beans, Peas, potato, cauliflower) 1 cup Capsicum 250gms Dhania powder 1 tbsp Tumeric powder 1tsp  Pav Bhaji masala powder 2tbsp Coriander 3tbsp Oil 5tbsp Butter 3tbsp Cinnamom 3inch piece Cloves 2 Elaichi 1 Bay leaf 1 Jeera 1 tsp Method  Boil the mixed and Chopped vegetables till tender and mash them coarsely and keep aside. Heat a large and thick bottomed pan. Add oil and butter, Cinnamom, Elaichi, bay leaf, cloves and saute till the flavours release. Keep Medium Flame. Add the ginger garlic paste and saute till Raw smell goes.  Sauteyed ginger garlic paste  Now add the finely Chopped onions and saute till they become tender and golden brown. Add the Chopped capsicum next ...

Homegrown wheat grass juice.... A superfood.... Healthy detox juice to add to your daily diet. It's simple and hassle free to grow wheat grass in your kitchen garden. Wheat grass harvested and juiced fresh when it's 7-10 days old is the sweetest to have fresh and raw. Dilute the wheat grass with water and have it within 1 hour of preparing the juice. It has a natural, mild sweetness and tastes yummy. Wheat grass juice has a whole lot of health benefits... Reduces cholesterol, removes toxins or free radicals from the blood system, aids digestion, heart friendly... Just to name a few!!! Ingredients  Whole wheat grains 100gms Method  Soak whole wheat grains in water overnight.  Soaked whole wheat  Next day, drain the water and tie the grains in a muslin cloth, and keep covered with a sieve for 1-2days. This is done for sprouting the grains. When sprouted remove from muslin cloth. And plant them in container in your kitchen garden.  Sprouted wheat  It may take ...