Mixed Vegetable Salad – Desi Style
- 09
- October
- 2008
Ingredients 1/2 radish 1 carrot 1 purple onion 1/2 cucumber 100 gm cabbage 3-5 green chilies salt lemon juice cilantro leaves mint leaves spring onions Method Slice and shred the vegetables and add salt to it. Mix well and squeeze few spoons of lemon juice. Serve to go with your meals.
Kollu Saadham
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- September
- 2008
Kollu Saadham: Horse-Gram Rice Dish. Can you beleive it….horse-food is eaten by humans! There is a saying in Tamil language ‘ ellaichavanukku ellu, kozhuthavanakku kollu’…oh what a rhyming! Means….a slim person should take a diet based on sesame(it helps to put on healthy weight)and a fat amn should go on horse-gram diet(yeah it helps to […]
Aatu Kaal Soup
- 09
- September
- 2008
Aatu Kaal Soup:(Country Style) Goat’s Leg Soup. Aatukaal Soup. Aattukaal Soup. Ingredients: To be Toasted Each Seperately and Powdered Together: Coriander seeds 1 fistful Whole peppercorns 2 spoons Cumin seeds 2 spoons Coarsely Wet-Grind These: Chilies 1-2 Onion 1 small bulb Ginger 1-2″ piece Garlic 2-3 beads Tomato 1 Curry leaves few Coriander leaves few […]
Mudakkathaan Keerai Puli Kuzhambu – Baloon Vines Greens!
- 09
- September
- 2008
Mudakkathaan Keerai Kara-Kuzhambu: Mudukku-Atraan = Mudakkathan. Mudukku – Rickets, Atraan – remover. As the name says the greens could be good for one’s bone and promotes bone stegthenning! Tamil name of this greens is Mudakkatran keerai. The Sanskrit name is Indravalli. English common name is Balloon Vine….as its pods are in triangle shape, air-filled with […]
Murungai Keerai Sambar
- 09
- September
- 2008
Murungai Keerai Sambar: Also known as : Drumstick Greens sambar, Moringa sambar, Moringa leaves sambar. The Botanical name of this tree is Moringa oleifera. The Sanskrit name is Shigru patram. In Tamil we call it Murungai Maram. I googled some benefits of eating this greens for you’ll(listed below). As for as I know…its rich in […]
Agathi Keerai Sambhar – Hummingbird Greens!
- 08
- September
- 2008
Agathi Keerai Sambar: Agathi Keerai(Tamil) is known as Agathi leaves in English. The botanical name of this tree is Sesbania grandiflora and common name is Hummingbird tree. It is also called as Agasthiya in sanskrit. Medicianal Value: Balances pitta and kapha, Bitter in taste and has to be taken occasionally.It is not advised during medication […]
Raagi – Murungai Keerai Adai
- 09
- August
- 2008
Murungai Keerai Adai:Greens Adai. Raagi Adai. Today’s Special : Raagi (Finger Millet) Our brain’s primary fuel is Glucose and its a glutton for it! It uses up to 25% of the body’s total resources. So if you rigorously diet(or over exercise) as your muscles get fatigued….and so does the brain too! Only thing is muscle […]
Curry Leaves Curry
- 01
- August
- 2008
Power Foods: Curry Leaves Curry: Karivepilai Kuzhambu. Karivepagu Pulusu. Kari-Patha ka Salan. To Boost Iron: Few weeks ago….I went to donate blood. They rejected my blood….as it had very low platelets count. Generally Haemoglobin counts should be around 12%….but I had just 7. I felt very bad on the other day. We all think we’re […]
Joyweed Greens Fry
- 09
- April
- 2008
Ponnanganni Keerai Poriyal: Keerai Poondu Poriyal. Keerai Kadalai Paruppu Poriyal. The Botanical name of this greens is ‘Alternanthera sessilis’. Sanskrit name is Matsyakshi. The common English name is Dwarf copperleaf/ Joyweed/ Sessile joyweed. Well…we call that “Ponanganni keerai” in Tamil. I googled some of its medicinal Value: It is body coolant. It gradually induces a […]
Therapeutic Crab Soup
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- March
- 2008
Ingredients: To be Toasted Each Separately and Powdered Together: Coriander seeds 1 fistful Whole peppercorns 2 spoons Cumin seeds 2 spoons Coarsely Wet-Grind These: Chilies 1-2 Onion 1 small bulb Ginger 1-2″ piece Garlic 2-3 beads Tomato 1 Curry leaves few Coriander leaves few To chop: Crab (with shells) Scalion 1 Tomato 1 Cilantro leaves few […]
