Bottle Gourd Rice-Lauki Pulao Recipe-Sorakkai Rice-Healthy One Pot Meal

Bottle gourd is known as sorakkai in Tamil, lauki or doodhi in Hindi and chorakaa in Malayalam.  It is commonly used in Indian cooking. You can make a variety of  dishes both sweet and savory with bottle gourd like kootu, dal, halwa, kheer etc. This is one of my favorite dish and I make this simple lauki pulao quite often and pair it with a spicy gravy. Today we will learn how to make Bottle

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Beetroot Chutney-Beetroot Thogayal Recipe

Beetroots are high in iron, immune-boosting vitamin C, fiber and essential minerals. It is low in fat and is packed with powerful antioxidants. Beets are said to be good for heart health. Beetroot chutney is an easy way to include beets in our diet. This is a very healthy and nutritious chutney which can be had with rice and also with idli and dosa. If you love beetroot, you can have it even

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Narthangai Oorugai-Citron Pickle Recipe-Easy Pickle Recipes

Narthangai is known as citron or bitter lemon in English. This pickle is extremely easy to make and taste very delicious with curd rice. Today we will learn how to make Narthangai Oorugai/citron pickle following this easy recipe with step wise pictures. 








Narthangai Oorugai-Citron Pickle




 Prep Time : 20 mins

 Yields:1 1/4 cup
 Recipe Category: Pickle
 Recipe Cuisine: South

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Drumstick Leaves Soup Recipe-Murungai Keerai Soup

Drumstick tree botanically known as "Moringa Oleifera" offers many health benefits. Drumstick leaves are a storehouse of nutrients and antioxidants. It has approximately 90 nutrients and 46 natural antioxidants as well as anti-inflammatory compounds. It has all the essential amino acids needed for the body and is said to treat more than 300 diseases. No wonder it is called the "Miracle Tree".

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Easy Blueberry Muffins Recipe

These delicious blueberry muffins are great for breakfast or as a snack any time of the day. Fresh blueberries are best for this recipe but as I could not get fresh ones, I have used dry blueberries for this recipe. Let us learn how to make blueberry muffins following this easy recipe.








Easy Blueberry Muffins




 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 25 mins 
 Yields: 8 Big Blueberry

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Mushroom Bruschetta Recipe-Easy Mushroom Recipes

Mushroom Bruschetta (pronounced as brusketta) is easy to make and is wonderful as an appetizer and as a light breakfast. Learn to make Mushroom Bruschetta following this easy recipe.








Mushroom Bruschetta Recipe




 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins 
 Serves: 1-2
 Recipe Category:  Appetizer
 Recipe Cuisine: International
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Fresh

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Vazhaipoo Thuvaiyal-Banana Flower Chutney Recipe-Vazhaipoo Health Benefits

Vazhaipoo thuvaiyal/banana blossom chutney is very healthy and goes well with rice. Banana flower known as "vazhaipoo" in Tamil has numerous health benefits. Let us see some of its health benefits before going to the chutney recipe.

Health Benefits of Banana Flower

Cooked banana flower is said to be good for diabetics.

Banana flower is used to treat ulcers and dysentery.


It helps to

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