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White coconut chutney. A simple and easy sauce for dosa, idli, pongal, vada, somas, bajji, etc. Now a days people are using ready- made sauce varieties as side dish for samosa, vada, bajji and other snacks items. It’s neither tasty nor healthy. It’s dangerous too due to the preserving ingredients added in the sauce. But these homemade chutneys are healthy and tasty. It’s also easy to prepare. We only need very few basic ingredients to prepare this chutney. So, put down the western sauce culture and turn to these chutney recipes. There are a variety of chutney recipes and I would like to share one by one. Since only green chilli is added for spiciness, the color of the chutney is almost white. So we call it is white coconut chutney. But if we add red chilli, the chutney has light red tint and it’s called red coconut chutney. Ingredients: (2 nos) ·         Half of half shell coconut (cut into pieces) ·      ...

Almond facepack is an excellent beauty recipe. It contains various vitamins, proteins and minerals which when applied on the skin nourish the skin. Almonds are rich in vitamin E which leaves the skin soft and supple. It also gives a young looking skin. Also saffron in this face pack soothes the skin. Saffron is known to lighten the skin. We have seen many beauty products that use saffron as ingredient to lighten the skin. Here in this face pack we have used almond paste and saffron strands which gives a blemish free cute skin. Also View:  Home Remedy for stubborn acne Home remedy for hemorrhoids Ingredients: ·         Badam-10 nos ·         Saffron- 5 to 6 strands How to prepare the face pack? ·         Soak badam in water for 12 hours . ·         After 12 hours, peel the skin of the almond. It can be easily pe...

Bhindi Stir fry: Bhindi is a healthy vegetable and easy to cook. This bhindi stir fry which I have made is simple and lightly spiced. It can be had as a side dish for sambhar rice, rasam or else it can also be served with roti.         It can be flavoured with different ingredients like coconut and different spice powders. It can also be stir fried without any spice powders and simply adding salt and turmeric powder.         Here I have added only salt, turmeric and chilli powder and just used cumin seeds and curry leaves for seasoning. Though it looks simple and easy, Bhindi fry may not come out well for beginners due to the sticky juice in it. But this sticky nature comprises numerous health benefits. Also view: Cabbage stir fry Cauliflower stir fry Potato stir fry. Ingredients: ( serves 2 nos) ·         20 bhindi/okra/lady’s finger ·    ...

Sundal/ seasoned Chickpea are often given as prashadham in South Indian temple. We also used to have this as evening snack with tea. I have posted masala tea , butter tea in this blog which is an excellent combo to sundal. You can check it out here. Chick pea is rich in protein and very beneficial for growing children. Chana/ chick pea is one of my favourite legumes and I often make chana masala , kadala curry/chana gravy for chappathi, rice, and also for puttu, idli and dosa. I have posted chana masala for chappathi in this blog. You can check it out here. Also view: Chana Masala Ingredients: 1 cup boiled chickpeas 1 teaspoon mustard seeds 2 red chillies 1 sprig curry leaf Asafetida powder ½ cup shredded coconut. 2 tablespoon gingely oil. How I prepared boiled chick peas for sundal? Soak one cup of chickpeas in water for 7 to 8 hours. After 8 hours drain the water and put the chickpeas into the pressure cooker and also add little salt. Add 2 cup...