Avocado Milkshake Recipe-Butter Fruit Milkshake

Avocado is known as "Butter Fruit" in India. Avocados are extremely delicious, versatile and nutritious. You can make variety of dishes with avocado like avocado dip, sandwich, guacamole, salad, avocado egg sandwich, pasta etc. It's creamy texture makes it a great spread for bread. You can use it instead of butter. Avocados are extremely high in good fat. They are good for the skin and the

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Sambaram Recipe-Kerala Style Spiced Buttermilk-Moru Vellam-Pacha Moru

Sambaram is Kerala style spiced butter milk. It is flavored with ginger, green chillies, shallots and curry leaves. I love all types of spiced buttermilk whether it is neer mor or masala chaas or sambaram. It is refreshing and very delicious. As Onam is just a few days away, I wanted to share this moru vellam recipe. Today we will learn how to make Kerala style Butter milk/Pacha moru following

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Carrot Milkshake Recipe-Carrot Recipes

Carrot milkshake is delicious, easy to make and very nutritious. Carrots have amazing health benefits. Carrots are best known for its high vitamin A content and high levels of beta carotene. Including carrots often in our diet improves eyesight, digestion, boosts immunity, helps to prevent cancer and premature aging of skin. Carrot is known for its anti-inflammatory properties also. Apart from

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Vellari Pazham Milkshake-Cucumber Fruit Juice Recipe

Cucumber Fruit known as "vellari palam" in Tamil is available abundantly during summer. This fruit is very nutritious and has many health benefits. As this fruit is high in water content, it helps prevent dehydration. Though I am not a big fan of vellari pazham, I love the milkshake prepared using this fruit.








Cucumber Fruit(Vellari Pazham) Milkshake




 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Serves: 1

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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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Dry Fruits Milkshake Recipe

Dry fruits milk shake is a very healthy and nutritious drink with the goodness of dry fruits like dates and figs and nuts like almonds and cashew nuts. It is very easy to make and tastes very delicious. Kids and adults alike will love this milk shake. It also makes a perfect fasting food. It is commonly taken as fasting food during Navratri. Today we will learn how to make dry fruits and nuts

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Green Tea-How to make Green Tea

We all know that green tea has numerous health benefits. It is rich in antioxidant which helps to reduce the risk of cancer.The antioxidant present in green tea protect cells from damage, reduce the risk of heart attacks, help lower cholesterol level and boost immune system. It can aid in weight loss by improving your metabolism, which in turn allows your body to burn fat faster. The vitamin C

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Veppam Poo Rasam-Neem Flower Rasam Recipe

Neem is well known for its medicinal properties. It has been used in Ayurveda since a long time. Every part of the neem tree including bark, leaves, fruits, roots, flowers is beneficial to our health. Neem flower has many medicinal properties.The flowers are used in treating intestinal worms. They are said to purify blood and remove toxins from the body. It has the ability to improve the immune

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Keppai Koozh-Ragi Porridge Recipe-Finger Millet Buttermilk Porridge

Ragi also know as finger millet is a rich source of calcium, protein, fiber, iron and other minerals. I usually drink oats porridge or multigrain porridge or ragi porridge after I come back from my morning walk. Ragi being a very good source of calcium is great for bone health. Being rich in iron, ragi consumption helps to improve the hemoglobin levels. I sincerely want to bring back these

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Easy Carrot Soup Recipe-Carrot Ginger Soup-Low Fat Healthy Soup Recipes

I am taking easily digestible, low calorie food like soups, salads, steamed vegetables, fresh fruits, juices and fresh vegetables once in a week for dinner. I am doing this to avoid rice and wheat and also to reduce the strain on my digestive system. So henceforth, you will also be finding lot of low calorie recipes in this space. This carrot soup is very healthy, simple, easy to prepare and

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Pomegranate Beetroot Juice Recipe-Healthy Summer Coolers

Pomegranates and beetroots, both contain plentiful amount of antioxidants and nutrients and they are also rich in vitamin C. Many do not like beetroot juice, so to make it more palatable, I have mixed pomegranate juice with it. I read an interesting fact about beetroots which I would like to share here. According to whfoods "Beets, frequently consumed either pickled or in borscht, the

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Carrot Orange Juice-Juice Recipes

I love fresh fruit juices and I always stock my fridge with fresh fruits and vegetables. Whenever I feel like drinking something cold or when I feel hungry in between meals, I opt for fresh juice.I do not stock any aerated drinks or colas in my fridge nor do I encourage my children as they are mostly loaded with sugar and devoid of nutritional value.Today we will learn how to make fresh orange

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Lemonade Recipe-Lemon Juice Recipe

I always prefer to make fresh juice than preparing lemon squash as I do not like adding chemical preservatives to my juice recipes. This lemonade does not have any preservatives and stays fresh for 2-3 days if refrigerated. Lemon juice has lot of health benefits. It is a good sources of vitamin C which helps in increasing body immunity. Today let us learn how to make fresh lemon juice following

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Grape Juice-Homemade Grape Juice-Summer Cooler Recipes

Most of the ready made juices we get in the market is not pure, so I always prefer to buy fresh fruits from the market and prepare juice at home.It is not going to take much time. Moreover the commercially available juices have preservatives to increase their self life. So in my opinion, it is always better to go natural. If you can buy organic fruits and vegetables, it is even better. Grape

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Pasi Paruppu Payasam-Payatham Paruppu Payasam-Moong Dal Kheer Recipe without coconut milk

This is a very traditional Tamil Brahmin style of making paruppu payasam. It does not require coconut milk. I have already posted the Kerala style of preparing Paruppu payasam with coconut milk. I love jaggery based dishes, so naturally love both these payasams very much. I wanted to post something special for Tamil New Year/ Tamil Varusha Pirappu, so decided to post my most favorite payasam.

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