Nendram Pazham Pachadi

Nendram Pazham Pachadi 

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Nendram pazham Pachadi is a sweet tangy side dish served for Onam Sadhya. This can also be served with roti, rice, dosa etc.

A simple, delicious side dish which takes hardly 15 minutes to prepare. 

Ingredients:

Nendram pazham- 2 nos

Tamarind juice- 2 tablespoons 

Jaggery- 2 tablespoons 

Grated coconut- 1/2 cup

Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp

Green chilli- 1 

Turmeric powder- 1 pinch

Salt to taste

Tempering:

Oil- 1tsp

Fenugreek seeds- 1/4 tsp

Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp

Red chilli- 1 no

Curry leaves few

Method:

# Slice Nendram pazham....add tamarind juice and 1/4 cup of water, salt and turmeric and cook well.

# Grind grated coconut, cumin seeds and green chilli to a fine paste.

# Once Nendram pazham is cooked well add the grinded paste, jaggery. Let it boil well. Switch off the flame.

# Temper with mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, curry leaves, red chilli. 

Serve this super delicious dish with rice/ roti/ Dosa.

Please do try and provide your comments.

Ragi Porridge

Ragi Porridge 

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Ragi / Fingermillet is an excellent source of iron, calcium, fiber and vitamin D which can be included in our regular diet. Ragi Porridge is an easy and comfort food for all ages....with minimum ingredients.

Ingredients:

Ragi flour- 2 tsp

Milk- 1/2 cup

Water - 1/4 cup

Jaggery powder- 1.5 tablespoons 

Cut fruits of your choice 

Method:

# Boil milk and water together.

# Add Ragi flour and stir constantly until it cooks well and becomes thick.

# Add Jaggery powder stir well and switch off the flame.

# serve with cut fruits of your choice.

If you try this easy and healthy recipe.

Banana Kaju katli Smoothie

Banana Kaju katli Smoothie 

Kaju katli is a thin fudge dessert made with cashews and sugar...which is very popular during Festivals specially Diwali, Navaratri, etc. 

Ingredients :

Kaju katli- 7-8 pieces

Bananas - 3 medium size 

Milk - 1 cup

Water - 1/2 cup

Method:

# Soak kaju katli in warm milk for 1 hr.

# In a blender add milk, soaked kaju katli, bananas and water and blend well.

# Pour the Smoothie in glasses and serve.

Foxtail millet/ Thinnai Urundai/ Ladoo

Thinnai Urundai/ Foxtail millet Ladoo 

A healthy, delicious easy ladoo recipe with Foxtail millet. Festivals are all around the corner...try this easy and healthy ladoo recipe with few Ingredients.

Ingredients:

Foxtail millet- 150 gms

Powdered sugar- 100gms

Cardamon powder- 1 tsp

Melted butter/ Ghee - 3 tablespoons 

Few cashews.

Method:

# Wash and rinse Foxtail millet and soak for 3-4 hrs.

# Rinse the water and dry roast well until you get a nice aroma.

Dry roast on medium flame.

Let it cool down completely.

# Make a fine powder of Foxtail millet.

# Mix powdered sugar and Foxtail millet flour together.

# Heat a pan add ghee... fry cashews. Mix fried cashews with powdered sugar Foxtail millet flour.

# Mix well. It will be  very hot...leave it for 2 minutes and start  making Ladoos.

Store them in an airtight container.

Foxtail millet ladoo is ready to serve.

Kuthiraivalli/ Barnyard Millet Dates Smoothie

Kuthiraivalli/ Barnyard Millet Dates Smoothie 

Kuthiraivalli / Barnyard Millet Dates Smoothie is a healthy, delicious, easy and also a perfect recipe served during fasting days.

Ingredients:

Kuthiraivalli/ Barnyard Millet- 3 tablespoons 

Milk - 1/2 cup

Seedless Dates - 10 nos

Banana- 1 no

Water - 1/2 cup

Fresh fruits 

Method:

# wash and soak Barnyard Millet for 3-4 hrs.

# Cook the Barnyard Millet well.

# In a mixer jar add cooked millet, dates, Banana and grind until smooth.

# Add milk mix well...serve with fresh fruits.

Panchamrit/ Panchamritam

Panchamrit/ Panchamritam

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Panchamrit/ Panchamritam is offered as a neivedhayam. Panchamrit literally means 5 foods in Sanskrit. The five foods such as, cow milk, ghee, curd, jaggery / honey with bananas, dry fruits, raisins etc. You may also add chopped dates and some edible camphor. It takes hardly 5 minutes to prepare this recipe.

It's a concoction of these ingredients mixed to form a Panchamrit.

Ingredients:

Cow milk - 1/4 cup

Ghee - 1 tablespoon 

Curd - 1 tablespoon 

Bananas- 6 nos (medium size)

Honey- 2 tablespoons

Jaggery - 1/4 cup

Dry fruits - 1/2 cup 

(A mix of cashews, almonds, raisins, pistachio)

Crushed cardamon- few

Method:

# Mash bananas, chopped dry fruits, cow milk, ghee, curd, honey, jaggery, crushed cardamon.

# Mix everything well.

Panchamrit is ready for neivedhayam.

Do try this easy, simple and provide your comments.

Thank you.

Barley whole wheat Roti

Barley whole wheat Roti 

Good morning!

A delicious healthy easy to prepare this Barley whole wheat flour rotis.

Ingredients:

Barley flour- 1/2 cup

Whole Wheat flour- 1/2 cup

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Water to knead 

Method:

# Mix barley,  whole wheat flour, salt, sprinkle water and knead a soft dough. Rest the dough for 10-15 minutes.

# Make marble size balls.

# Dust some whole wheat flour and with the help of rolling pin start rolling to make this roti.

# Heat a tawa...put the rolled roti and cook for 40 seconds.

# Flip the roti cook on other side for 30 seconds.

# With a slight wet cloth press on the corner so that it puffs well....or can directly put in the burner.

# Can smear some ghee / butter and serve hot with some spicy sabji.