Food, friends, and recipe inspiration: November 2009

Indian Coconut Rice

Coconut Rice is a very simple recipe and can be done even by those who do not know cooking, provided they know how to cook rice. Those who do not know to cook rice can refer here. In this coconut rice, I have added finely chopped ginger and little cumin seeds to give it a special taste. Moreover ginger aids in digestion. If you want your coconut rice to taste yummy, be generous in adding coconut.

Vegetable Upma

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Vegetable upma is very easy to prepare and it is also healthy as we are adding load of vegetables. It is colourful, tasty and healthy also. When I say, I am going to prepare upma for breakfast, I will get lot of objection from my kids, but when I say it is vegetable upma, they will be happy. Today we will learn how to make vegetable rava upma following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

Pineapple Juice

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Pineapple is loaded with vitamins, minerals, fibre and enzymes and is good for the digestive system. It has a good source of vitamin C and has a soothing effect on the throat. It has very less fat and sodium with no cholesterol. Home made fresh pineapple juice is healthy without added preservatives. It is easy to prepare at home and tastes very delicious. Today we will learn how to make

How to compost naturally?

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As I have mentioned earlier, that my blog is not just to share recipes but also to create awareness on subjects which I am passionate about. Now-a- days most of the food we eat consist of traces of chemical fertilizers and pesticides which is very harmful for our health. It causes diseases like cancer and other chronic illness. It is difficult to source organic products and mostly the price is

Protein and Iron rich Adai recipe

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Adai is made of lentils and rice. It is usually prepared for breakfast and is filling and healthier than dosa. I have added a handful of drumstick leaves to increase the nutritional value. So this adai is rich in iron also. It is very simple to prepare and does not need much planning as for dosa. It goes well with avial, chutney, jaggery and butter. You can grind a handful of soaked chick peas

Shoo Penguins near my Brinjal Tomato Gravy

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Are you back from the office tired and exhausted? You do not feel like spending much time on cooking, Huh! Then this is just the right gravy for you. This is a quick and easy gravy prepared with brinjals and tomatoes using a pressure cooker. It goes well with chapatis and parathas.

Hey! What are these penguins doing near my brinjal tomato gravy

Brinjal Tomato Gravy for Chapati

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Simple Vegetable Pulav

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It is raining here heavily for the past 4 days. My family wanted hot vegetable pulao for lunch. So I prepared this easy pulao with potatoes in tomato gravy as side dish, the recipe for which I will be blogging soon. If you have the vegetables ready, this pulao can be done in a few minutes time. It is less spicy and tastes awesome. Since I do not like spending long hours in the kitchen, my

Simple Chocolate Cake

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Hurray! I have completed 50 posts. So I wanted to celebrate it with a Chocolate cake. Before that I would like to share with you all, a few things. I started blogging just to keep a record of all my recipes. Another reason - may be when my kids grow up they can refer their mom's blog from wherever they settle down. Isn't it? But now I got hooked to it and I have also learnt many things after

Simple Steps to make Aloo Parathas

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Just as North Indians love South India's idly, dosa, chutney and sambar, I love their Aloo Paratha, Dal Makhani, palak paneer, bhindi masala, dhoklas, shrikhand etc. Out of interest, I learnt many North Indian dishes from my north Indian friends. Aloo Paratha is one of my favourites. Initially, when I tried aloo paratha, all the stuffing used to come out and my kitchen will become a total mess.

Coconut Chutney and Idly faces

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This recipe is so common and is prepared in almost all South Indian homes at least once in a week. But I still wanted to post this, mainly for the sake of the new ones to the kitchen. But to make this boring chutney post more interesting, I have given suggestions and tips on getting children to eat healthy foods. Kindly let me know if you all liked this, so that I can rake my brains and come

Special Curd Rice

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Thinking of curd rice, I remember my younger days when I used to eat curd rice just for vadu manga. Curd rice with vadu maga-wow! I just love it so much. It is so comforting and heavenly. Today we will learn how to make seasoned curd rice with added vegetables following this easy recipe.

Curd Rice

Prep Time : 10 mins

Cook Time : 15 mins
Serves:1
Recipe Category: Rice

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