Cabbage dhal goes well with hot rice topped with ghee, tastes too good, different dhal with cabbage, can be also a side dish for chappathis, will be mildly spicy..give a try friends..
Cabbage sambhar/ Cabbage dal/ Cabbage sambar
This recipe is name English stew because only English vegetables are used in this. ie… Capsicum, carrots, potato, ginger, beans/french beans, green peas, cauliflower [ optional] For the coconut milk – one full coconut can make three levels of milk, the last milk can be generously made with extra water.
A regular in south indian households..
Properties
Pumpkin or white gourd is very good for the heart, destroys the excessive humors of bile and phlegm in the body, very nourishing, semen builder and nourishment to the pregnant woman during their pregnancies and also clears away the constipation during that time.
Uses
A good-looking vegetarian gravy dish with lot of flavor, lotus roots cooked in spicy tamarind based sauce!
Kerala aapam is supposed to be a different version of Dosa. Hope you will all like it. This is usually made in aapa chatti , it can also be made in a thick bottomed usual kadai .Cook the aapam with a lid and remember NOT to turn the aapam [ only one side is cooked]
My latest culinary experiment is Tofu bonda…tried it out with potatoes n carrots with usual spices, its was really yummy, spicy, crispy as well as healthy..a very good appetizier as well as side for any rice dishes..wat u need to make this bonda is extra firm tofu, which is usually used for making main courses, side dishes as well as soups..while choosing ur tofu check it thoroughly whether they r extra firm tofus r silky tofus..Tofus r rich in proteins..here we go..
Beetroot jam-This jam is one of my family's favorite recipe. This recipe is passed to me from my MIL. Hope you would like this simple and yummy veggie jam on ur toast.
Here its peak season for Summer fruits like apricot, peach, watermelon,strawberry, blueberry, raspberry , cerise…i love apricot, those small orange colour fruits r very sweet, tasty n fit well for making fruits salads as well as for juices..Tried out as smoothie with banana..wish to share with u all..
Simple chunky dal preparation with inclusion of one or more veggie, tempered with coconut gratings is termed as Poricha Kuzhambu , a very common dish made with green gram in many Tamilian homes. This is often served with plain rice topped with ghee but also taste good with roti or chapati. You can use a wide variety of veggies for this dish, my pick here is Green Capsicum.
Bell pepper Kuzhambu / Green Bell pepper Curry / Moong dal Kuzhambu / Capsicum Kuzhambu / Split green gram Kuzhambu
Kalakand(milk burfi) is one of the popular Indian Milk sweet, can do this in two ways, one is fresh paneer with powdered sugar n powdered milk r else with sweetened milk..another one is with ricotta cheese n powdered sugar n milk..i did this milk burfi within 20 minutes in Microwave with ricotta cheese, yeah can do this sweet in microwave very easily..u wont believe that its tasty n similar to pedas that we get from sweet stalls.. Its a real feast to Milk sweet lovers…