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The spinach cigars are easy, simple and perfect snack for coffee or tea. The spinach cigars are instant snack for evening. The kids absolutely love this. The spinach cigars are good in taste, homemade and healthy too. https://youtu.be/-wX7GJGX-pA   The spinach cigars look attractive in colour and filled with potato masala. I mixed mashed potatoes with some seasoning and tempered with cumin. The coriander powder, aamchur powder, turmeric powder gives nice aroma to this dish. Chilli flake added for spicy flavour and oregano gives strong aroma to this snack. Potatoes are always good. Malabar spinach is thick leaves so it will not break easily while doing stir fry. When we have fresh spinach leaves we can easily keep potato masala over it and wrap it. It doesn't need much time to c...

Coconut chutney is one of the famous south indian side dish. It is very simple and easy to make. This is one of traditional, healthy and delicious chutney too. Coconut chutney can serve for breakfast like idli, dosa etc. and evening snacks like pakoda, buns etc. https://youtu.be/oZzqRZoEIdg   The coconut chutney is blended with coconut, green chilly, and tamarind. This recipe not followed many ingredients.  Spicy people can add more green chillies. Coconut and tamarind will be nice combination for this chutney. Tampering gives nice aroma to this simple recipe. Usually chutney shelf life is one day. If it is hot place you can serve within half day. If tamarind is added to chutney it will increase the shelf life. If tamarind is hard you need soak five minutes with hot water. I pr...

Urad dal payasam is very traditional recipe of South India. It is easy to make and healthy too. It is also called as ulundu payasam or urad dal kheer. It is filled with nutrients and added with healthy ingredients. Urad dal payasam is one of the energy booster for our body. https://youtu.be/azHfhWwnGXc   For urad dal payasam, I have added both milk and coconut milk. The saffron gives nice colour and aroma. Jaggery is added for sweetness when it melts the aroma will be so good.  While having payasam added fresh grated coconut feels good for the taste. Coconut milk doubles the taste and also add creaminess for the payasam. For this payasam, I have roasted urad dal and made it to a powder and mixed with the milk. When you roast and prepare the powder of urad dal aroma makes you feel ...

The cucumber pachadi / kochusalli is simple and easy to make. We also call this dish as cucumber kochusalli. This is one of the famous traditional recipe of South India. Cucumber pachadi / kochusalli / raita is done in many festival occasions. https://youtu.be/42SXr84hQUg   The cucumber kochusalli recipe is a less spicy one. Cucumber, fresh coconut, mustard flavour adds a super combination for this recipe. The cucumber raita is serve with plain rice. You can serve with chapati or Roti's too. The cucumber Raita is very tasty. Cucumber has low calories and high water content compared to any other vegetable. So this will be one of the best recipe for summer. Every generation will like this recipe for sure. The cucumber is very good to our body. This is completed vegan recipe. T...

The moong dal halwa is traditional and authentic recipe. The moon dal is very good for health. It is famous halwa is north India. Moong dal halwa is a sweet which is prepared in winter season, weddings & also during the festival occasion. https://youtu.be/noA8_WhcWTE   For doing halwa simple rule must follow which is patience. Because once started to do halwa stirring is the major task till the completion of it. Don’t follow any shortcuts for making the halwa. If you do so, the taste of halwa will be ruined. Making of the moong dal halwa is from simple ingredients. Started with preparation of the moong dal paste. I used sugar for sweetness, cardamom powder for aroma, desi ghee for taste. Finally I added roasted dry fruits to halwa. Desi ghee is very good for our body. It giv...

The ridge gourd peel dry chutney is very healthy and delicious. The ridge gourd is dark green, white scalp and white seeds inside and Outer cover is little harder than other parts. This recipe is simple and easy to make. I’m calling this vegetable as zero waste vegetable. https://youtu.be/pLsQrJjjAU4   Everyone use ridge gourd for stir fry, curry and other recipes. While doing recipes we will be removing outer harder layer later it’s discarded as waste. I tried this recipe from outer harder layer of ridge gourd.  Every part of ridge gourd is used for cooking. We can call it delicious recipe from discarded vegetable. By using peels of ridge gourd we can prepare chutney, stir fry and more recipes. Ridge gourd peel dry chutney is served with dosa, idli, rice and more. We need to c...

Normally we drink tea or coffee in our daily life. Here I am presenting this recipe which is very good for our health. Hibiscus tea is delicious and simple to prepare at home. Everybody knows about the hibiscus plant and beautiful flower. Consuming hibiscus tea is best addition to our body system. https://youtu.be/GVlw86N8og4   Many people use this plant and flowers as medicine and for food or for puja. This is one of the herbal tea. This is best tea for decreasing our body temperature, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart diseases. Hibiscus flower tea include in our diet because it reduces our weight. Also it is natural and calorie free. Pregnant ladies and whoever is planning to become pregnant please avoid this tea because hibiscus flowers produces oestrogen hormone ...

The ridge gourd dosa is easy to make, tasty to everyone, healthy to body. This recipe is unique but one of the popular in South Canara.  It can have it for breakfast or in the evening. https://youtu.be/nFSbzDb4aLc   Ridge gourd is a vegetable which is a dark green colour from outside, white pulp and white seeds embedded in spongy inside. Before cutting the ridge gourd removes the harder outer layer. The ridge gourd dosa is instant recipe prepared from normal rice dosa batter, added with coriander seeds, red chillies, jeera, jaggery, grated coconut for masala. Coconut and jaggery gives sweetness, chillies for spiciness. So that outcome of batter has been colourful.  Once peeled cut the ridge gourd into thin round slices. Put the slices and individually take slices and form a dos...

Raw Tomato Capsicum Majjige Huli, A Traditional Mangalore Style, South Indian recipe prepared with Raw Tomato, Capsicum, Butter Milk, Coconut Masala. It is also called as mor kuzhambu / yogurt curry. Majjige Huli is a must in every festival or any other special occasion in the Brahmins family. https://youtu.be/YX-9gMhxPaA   The raw tomatoes and capsicum are a very good and old combination for majjige Huli. This is simple to make without many spices. It is less spicy compared to sambar, rasam, or other gravy. I prepared this recipe from raw tomato and capsicum using buttermilk. I added turmeric powder to gives the extra flavor to it. Fresh coconut gives a good texture to the majjigehuli. Green chilly helps to maintain the spiciness. Sour Buttermilk or curd enhances the beauty or...

Usually vegetable Biryani made in pot or cooker. But I have done the vegetable biryani in bamboo. The name of this recipe is different and tastes too. Bamboo veg biryani is a unique and age old recipe. Bamboo Veg Biryani needs living coal and bamboo for cooking. https://youtu.be/e_75KT2PpiU   This beautiful idea came from one of my WhatsApp friend. She did vegetable pulav using bamboo. She shared her experience, recipe and some photos. By the inspiration, I got interested and enthusiastic to develop a recipe around it. In this COVID19 Pandemic, I was in native and also had a chance to get bamboo. With the help of my husband and brother, I planned for setting up a simple outdoor kitchen for making this delicious recipe. Bamboo Veg Biryani is packed with nutrition, protein, fiber...