When I was a kid my mother used to make barley water for my grand mother since it has many health benefits. But I used to hate the smell when barley is being cooked. With that I never tried any recipes with barley. Since I started cooking healthy home made lunch meals for work, I…
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Bottle Gourd White Curry
Ingredients: 1 cup cut bottle gourd 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup coconut milk 3-4 shallots 1-2 small green chilies slit lengthwise 1 teaspoon cooking oil 1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds 1 teaspoon urad dhal 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed Curry leaves Salt to taste Method: Slit bottle gourd length wise and remove seeds. Cut bottle gourd into…
Gourd in Tomato Coconut Sauce
I have posted a gourd recipe earlier – Bottle Gourd in Almond Sauce. But this earlier recipe was with “bottle gourd”. The one I am using for this recipe is slightly different from bottle gourd. The flesh of bottle gourd is softer and has bigger seeds. I came across this vegetable for the first time when…
Broccoli with Kidney Beans
Broccoli with kidney beans, sounds strange. I had a small bunch of broccoli which needed to be cooked since it started wilting. So I thought of many ways to cook a new dish with broccoli. I thought of potatoes and broccoli, tofu and broccoli, and kidney beans and broccoli. For some reason I thought of…
Curry Leaves Powder (Kariveppilai Podi)
Ingredients: 1½ cups curry leaves 2 tablespoons Urad dhal (Black gram dhal) 4 tablespoons Channa dhal (bengal gram dhal) 2 dried red chilies a pinch of hing salt to taste Method: Wash curry leaves and dry in paper towel Dry roast the curry leaves until leaves are dry and crisp but still retain the green…
