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Horse Gram / Kollu seeds are generally known to us as cattle feed but its also good for our health. Great remedy for cold, cough and body aches. Good source of protein and iron. Most of all helps in loosing weight. Lets steal atleast few of those good qualities by including it in our diet atleast once a week. Rasam will be one good choice to start with when you introduce this legume to your family.
Kollu Rasam / Kollu Chaaru / Ullavu Rasam / Horse gram Rasam / கொள்ளு / Ulavalu Charu
Kollu(horsegram)Paruppu podi, easy to prepare with less ingredients, can have with hot rice topped with hot ghee r else simply with hot rice, good for health n very useful while dieting..can also add while making curries with any sort of vegetables..here we go..
Horsegram with sausage a typical french food..a very good dinner , good while dieting…with toast bread slices this horsegram with chicken sausage tastes awesome…
Ingredients:
kollu-1 cup
jaggery-1/4 cup
grated coconut-1/4 cup
elakai-2 No.
Method:
soak kollu in water for 5 hours.
cook the soaked kollu in pressure pan.
Drain the water(drink it..which reduces weight)and smash the cooked kollu.
Add grated coconut,powdered elakkai and jaggery to the smashed kollu and mix them well.
make that as kozhukattai and cook it in idly pan for few minutes.
Kollu is known as horsegram n it will helps to reduce unnecessary fats from ur body..its well recommended to have horsegram recipes twice r more than that in a week while dieting…i did sundal with horsegram n would like to share with u guys..
Horse gram is called kollu in tamil. It will help to reduce fat from the body. Horse gram is an excellent source of iron. This kurma goes well with rice & dosa.
