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Broken wheat khichdi is very traditional and simple recipe. It is one of the healthy recipe too.  The broken wheat khichdi can make quickly so i am calling this is one pot meal for any busy days. https://youtu.be/oWE-Q0e5P34 Usually khichdi are mixing of rice and other lentils, but i am using broken wheat, traditional moong dal, green peas and spices. For khichdi no need any side dishes or appetizer. We can serve with ghee or curd or raita or pickle. I started the recipe with soaking the daliya or broken wheat and yellow moong dal for few minutes. Then prepared simple tempering, added spices and sprouted green peas to it. Then add soaked daliya and moong dal to it. Finally add the water to the dish, as khichdi needs little more water than rice baths. Because khichdi texture should...

The raw papaya salad is one of the delicious appetizers. The papaya salad is crunchy and mild sweet. Raw papaya salad is completely vegan recipe. I’ll not be adding any sauce or syrup. https://youtu.be/uPE4TGLouxo   The recipe of papaya salad is made from green papaya. The only thing is we need to select raw papaya. The papaya must be in green colour. In early stage of green papaya, it will have mild flavour of sweet and tangy. The raw papaya is not juicy therefore we can easily grate. So always a green coloured papaya is most suited for the salad. I started by selecting a green colour raw papaya, then made slices and peeled the skin. Then grated the papaya or you can also chop the papaya into very small pieces. Then i have added chopped onion, coriander leaves and green chilly...

Homemade Cocoa Powder is made by roasting cocoa beans; grind nibs to a powder texture. Cocoa Powder made by processing the cocoa naturally. https://youtu.be/PyiSLw1nQho   Cocoa is one of the different fruit in world. Cocoa trees are grown in West Africa, South America and Asia. Pods grow directly from the trunk or large branch in the tree. Cocoa pod is rough and leathery rind. This fruit filled with mild sweet and white layered or mucilaginous pulp inside. Cocoa powder is key ingredient for the preparation of chocolates. Cocoa powder is unsweetened chocolate product. So it gives various health benefits to our body like antioxidants, vitamins, minerals. For cocoa powder, Yellowish and light greenish colour from outside of cocoa pods are preferred. When i get the cocoa pods, I...

Cocoa juice is very easy and simple to make. Usually if cocoa grown homes do this juice because we can't store fresh cocoa beans. For cocoa fruit juice i prefer yellowish and light greenish colour from outside. It will be tastier than other pods. Cocoa is one of the different fruit in world. https://youtu.be/C0EoAU6kD2o   In my native most of them cultivate cocoa fruit. The people are growing middle of the secondary crop between arecanut trees. Therefore i am much familiar with this fruit. In my childhood and now too when I get cocoa fruit, i like to eat as raw. One of my grandmother prepared this juice in my childhood. Recently i got cocoa fruit from our farm, on that time i remembered to do this awesome drink. I introduced this juice to my in laws and to my husband, they tast...

Banana dosa is a very traditional and healthy recipe too. The banana dosa is easy, simple to make, and taste-wise also good. Banana is a versatile fruit and we can easily mix it up with many dishes. Banana is a common ingredient in every home so we can easily make this dosa. https://youtu.be/kppnuHve9GE   This recipe can be done for breakfast or as an evening dish. The good ripen banana gives more softness and sweetness to the dosa. A few tips for this recipe is if ripen banana added more you can't spread the batter very thin. For making this recipe I soaked the rice and grind along with riped bananas. Adjust the consistency with water and for taste added salt. You can add elachi / cardamom for flavor and jaggery for sweetness. Dosa’s are usually served with chutney or sambar. ...

Chakli or murukku is one of the great snacks for coffee and tea. The murukku is giving crunchy snack originating in India. Actually, Murukku is made from rice flour and urad dal flour. This snack is called murukku, Chakraborty, jantikalu, chakli, etc. This is a very easy recipe for beginners. https://youtu.be/eT0JrD8PU9A   Murukku can make on Diwali, Navratri, or any other functional occasions in your home. And you can make chakli anytime. We can add red chilly powder, cumin powder, Hing, ajwain, etc. to enhance the taste of chakli. You can variation to this simple chakli recipe. Soft murukku is liked by everyone. Kids love it because they can easily eat a soft and crunchy snack. We can easily store a month at room temperature. But you should keep it in an airtight container, i...

Ivy guard huli menasina kodilu is a famous recipe in the Mangalore region. This curry has a special space in the South. The ivy guard huli menasina kodilu is a very traditional and authentic recipe. Thondekai huli menasina kodilu is a combination of sour and spicy. https://youtu.be/gRZb-Uug8HA   For this curry usually, we crush the ivy guard. Don’t cut ivy guard. If you cut the taste will be different. So this is a unique recipe too. We can use the same procedure for other vegetables but crush and prepare only be done in this vegetable. While cooking the ivy guard added little spiciness with red chilly powder, sweetness with jaggery, salt. Grated coconut, red chilly, tamarind, turmeric powder with these ingredients, I prepared masala for the curry. Once ivy guard cooked add the...

Cucumber paratha is soft, flatbread like other parathas. Paratha is north Indian cuisine I gave a twist to nativity to India. This is a simple combination but tastes so good. https://youtu.be/quL6BA-rvxc   Paratha is a very common breakfast in the northern part of India but it also serves for lunch and dinner. It is a healthy stomach filler and food good for your diet too. We can have it as it is or have it with dahi / curd or pickle. Usually, paratha stuffed with boiled vegetables and outer cover from wheat flour. This paratha is not stuffed inside the dough, instead of mixed with flour directly when preparing the dough. So dough will be not taken much time to make. The simple method i have followed for this paratha by grating cucumber and added to the flour with masalas like ...

Mangaluru Buns is a famous breakfast in South Canara. This is also served as evening snack too. Buns have been always served with Sambar, Chutney or dal as side dish to accompany with. Also this can be served without any side dish. In Mangalore / Mangaluru region it is very popular recipe. In this region everyone knows this recipe so can be found in every hotel, restaurant, Tea shops, café’s, etc. https://youtu.be/wSnoyj5y3SM   The mangaluru buns are like sweet poori but texture is different. Buns are like soft, rubbery and fluffy texture which is something similar to a banana cake or bread. Well ripended bananas are good for this recipe and part of the texture, also gives natural sweetness to the recipe. Ingredients for this recipe include bananas, flour, curd and sugar. All i...

Bendekayi Kayirasa is one of the traditional and authentic recipe in South Canara. Usually here its calling Ladies finger.  Okra, Bindi are different names for this vegetable. In Kannada we call bendekayi. https://youtu.be/97PYOlhNyv4   Bendekayi Kayirasa is not a sambar recipe. Kayirasa is semi thick gravy. Ladies finger is most suitable vegetable for this recipe. Most of the people don’t like this vegetable. Ladies finger clingy in nature so we need to handle this while doing dish from out of it. Otherwise dish turns very bad and people will hate it. The okra kayirasa is simple recipe and not in need of many ingredients. The Bendekayi need to cleaned well and cut the edges and do thin round slices. The ladies finger is cooked with red chilly, turmeric powder, salt, Jaggery an...