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Chyawanprash is one of the best immunity boosters for kids. This is one of the Ayurvedic foods. For chyawanprash, gooseberry is one of the main ingredients. In India almost every kid eats chyawanprash. https://youtu.be/JVPDZ0HtdJ4 I always prefer homemade food for myself and my kids. So I am always experimenting with the recipes because I love homemade food and it gives one extra joy to eat. For preparing the chyawanprash all ingredients are easily available in the kitchen. Trust me this is the best recipe and kids will love this. In my childhood my parents gave me chyawanprash for immunity, brain development and many purposes. They are not prepared at home, they buy from the markets. When I was thinking about chyawanprash to give to my son, I wondered why we can't do it at home. ...

Chana salad is an easy recipe and packed with a lot of nutrients. This salad is colorful and flavourful. The salad is very good for our health. I am always ready to prepare salads because it is healthy, colorful, tasty and stomach filler for long hours. So this salad helps to reduce weight loss. https://youtu.be/CqmEZxgvteE   Chickpea salad is great with a simple dressing of mixing lemon juice, olive oil and crushed pepper. Olive oil gives amazing taste to our taste buds and it have lot of health benefits. If you don’t have olive oil you can use sesame oil or other oil instead of coconut oil. Coconut oil does not give that much taste to the salads. My suggestion for salads is when you are tempering then coconut oil is fine otherwise i prefer olive oil. The chickpea salad is ver...

Tamarind paste is very easy to prepare at home. This is a lot of time saving recipes when you start to cook. Sometimes, while cooking we forget to soak the tamarind, then face difficulty preparing the recipes. For all these reasons or difficulties prepare tamarind paste beforehand. When we prepare the south Indian recipes, tamarind is must. For that we need to soak or prepare the tamarind pulp. Everyday taking some Tamarind pulp is quite difficult and challenging too. In our busy schedule this process is always annoying. In the market we will get plenty of tamarind paste easily. My opinion is always that Homemade is best. Homemade food does not have any kind of preservatives. That's why I will prepare tamarind paste at home. Preparing the tamarind paste does not have any difficult ta...

Methi Pulao is one of the healthy recipes and also tastes delicious. It is very easy to prepare and packed with a lot of nutrition. Methi pulao is great flavoured rice, a balanced meal and also considered one pot meal. It is served with plain curd or raita. https://youtu.be/72RCQJwZu7Y   I personally like methi leaves and many recipes made out of these leaves. Simple methi leaves pulao or adding vegetables for this recipe. Two versions of pulao are my favourite and healthy too. But this is simple methi leaves pulao and this is a completely gluten free and vegan recipe. This recipe is made in a pressure cooker adding all the ingredients together so this is one pot meal. You can try this recipe with leftover rice or making separate rice and masala then adding together. We can pre...

Chat is everyone's hot favorite. Every evening we crave for chat. Today I'm sharing a very healthy chat. It is one of the ideal chat for evenings. Peanut chat is a simple and instant snack. This recipe is completely oil free so easily we can add in our diet list or our healthy lifestyle. This recipe can be called chat or salad. https://youtu.be/rA71wAKOCTs   This chat is prepared with boiled peanuts and some of a few ingredients. Anything is added to the recipe for spicy or sweetness. It is served to almost all the generations and liked by everyone. In addition you can add grated carrot and beetroot, chopped capsicum and corn too. I have not added any vegetables because I love simple peanut chat. Peanuts are boiled by pressure or in a vessel. Both types of cooking can be used, ...

Ash gourd sambar is one of the traditional and authentic recipes. This sambar is very tasty and easy to prepare. This recipe is made without any dal or lentils. The Ash gourd is very good for health and everyone can have this vegetable. The south Indian people never complete their lunch without having sambar. https://youtube.com/shorts/w1PAOWBhJ54   This sambar is made with Ash gourd and some spices. The spices are freshly roasted along with red chilli and grinded, without adding any preservative or any readymade powder. The aroma of roasted spices is not matching with any readymade sambar powder. I usually prefer freshly roasted spices for making sambar rather than readymade. The roasted spices are blended with coconut and tamarind which always gives the best masala taste for ...

Veg Fried rice is one of the staple foods which includes vegetables and few ingredients. It is a flavourful rice item and also tastes delicious. It is also called street food recipes. Everyone loves fried rice. It is best for kids because it has a lot of vegetables and it looks attractive. Here, Vegetables are the star in these recipes. https://youtu.be/O1pbu3yvRTE   Vegetable fried rice is an easy recipe with few ingredients. It is loaded with vegetables, you can add more or less vegetables and your desired vegetables too. Vegetables should be crunchy so don't cook more. If the vegetables are cooked more like a mushy fried rice taste will ruin so carefully cook the vegetables. Choice of vegetables is also important because adding mushy vegetables is not a good choice to prepare t...

Paratha is always good for health and easy to prepare but it is little time consuming. I love Paratha because it is filled with nutrition, healthy and can add veggies and no need for any side dish. So today's recipe is methi leaves Paratha. https://youtu.be/-jcMsAi8FuY   Paratha is always the best option rather than chapathi or roti. Paratha is a flatbread and it is made with wheat flour. Methi leaves are helpful to control the sugar level and get rid of constipation. This is best to add in our diet. Many recipes can be tried with methi or Fenugreek leaves. The methi leaves of Paratha are easy to prepare. This Paratha is a combination of wheat flour, methi leaves and some spices. The curd helps to soften the Paratha. Instead of crushed green chilli you can shift to chilli powde...

Banana flower chutney is one of the authentic and traditional recipes. It is one of the very old recipes. From banana flower, various versions of chutney are prepared, here is one version of the recipe for you. This chutney is very tasty and healthy too. This recipe of Banana flower chutney is very simple. https://youtube.com/shorts/XiYyhdILLM8   I learnt this recipe from my grandmother, she cooks very well. Most of Traditional cooking I learnt from her. She is making a different type of chutney from banana flower. In our home we are preparing a lot of recipes from banana flowers. Banana flower is good in fiber, antioxidants, iron, potassium, calcium and other benefits. It is called bale moothi or poombe or bale hoovu, banana blossom. While making the chutney take a small banan...

Bisibele bath is a very traditional and authentic recipe. This recipe is very famous in Karnataka. The aroma of bisibele bath is tremendous because it combines all the aroma of spices, including vegetables, lentils. We can prepare this recipe which is spicy, sour and sweet. https://youtu.be/sqiJm8fge2Y Generally, bisibele bath is made with rice, lentils and some vegetables. Bisibele bath is defined as Bisi - Hot, bele - lentils bath- rice item. But Here, I tried thick poha instead of rice. This combination also hits like for recipes. I love this recipe because it is healthy, stomach filling and tastes also just awesome. Preparing the poha bisibele bath does not take much time. Poha required less cooking time. On fasting or festival days you can prepare this recipe by just avoiding...