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  Yellow milk or golden milk is a drink which can be consumed by anybody before going to bed. This milk gives us sound sleep. Only in recent days I've started taking this milk. Initially I started drinking just by adding only turmeric powder. This turmeric powder is home made turmeric powder. Then later to add sweetness to the milk, I started adding powdered jaggery or Honey. Also in this drink, I have added cardomom and cloves which gives a rich flavor to the milk. Lets see how I prepared: Ingredients:(1 nos)  1 cup of milk 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 1 tableapoon honey 2 cardomom 2 cloves How to prepare yellow milk? Boil milk in a milk pan When milk boils, add 1/2 teaspoon turmeric, 2 cardomom, 2 cloves. Boil it until the raw smell of turmeric disappear. Switch off the flame and transfer the milk to a cup. Wait for the milk to cool down a little When it attains luke warm stage, add 1 tablespoon honey and stir it. Yellow milk is ready. Check out my video How to make Yellow milk Alt...

  In my childhood, I was not aware of this vegetable Ivy gourd/ kovakkai. We started making kovakkai only after knowing that it is very much good for diabetes. Here I have made ivy gourd as a simple stir fry and I have also sprinkled coconut scrapings which is very common in down south. Lets see how to make it. Ingredients : Ivy gourd..250g 1 finely chopped onion 3 green chillies Coconut scrapings...1/4 cup Salt as required. Spices : 1 teaspoon red chilli powder For seasoning: 2 tablespoon coconut oil 1 tablespoon mustard seed 1 strand curry leaf Pre-preparation for Ivy gourd stir fry: Wash the Ivy gourd in water Chopp the Ivy gourd into slices Finely chop the onions and the green chillies. How to make the kovakkai poriyal? Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. It splutters. Then put the curry leaves, finely chopped onions and green chillies and saute it. When the onions are half cooked, add the sliced ivy gourds and saute it. Keep the flame in medium and saute it. Add red chill...

Egg omlette paniyaram While using kuzgipaniyaram pan for cooking, I feel like a kid playing with a toy. In this blog I used this pan for making egg omlette. It was funny and Interesting to make egg omlette in kuzhipaniyaram pan. Lets see how I made it. Ingredients : 2 eggs 1 finely chopped onion 1 chopped green chilli 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder Salt as required. How I made this egg omlette paniyaram? Add all the ingredients in a bowl. Beat the mixture with a spoon or egg beater. Now heat oil in each mould of the kuzhipaniyaram pan. Spoon the beaten egg mixture in each mould and cook for 2 minutes. Then turn the eggs in each mould upside down. Cook for 2 or 3 minutes. When it is cooked, transfer the omlette from the mould to a plate. Egg omlette paniyaram is ready. Children will love this egg paniyaram since it is different from the normal omlette. Health benefits of egg omlette paniyaram: This egg omlette paniyaram is healthy as we are using pepper. Eating egg with pepper protects from...

 This is a simple and different method of making tomato gravy. I got this recipe from my MIL. Its her method of making tomato gravy which I tried and came out fantastically. I used to make coconut chutney, tomato chutney for dosa Idli. But it was boring to repeat these chutneys and hence tried this method. This gravy is very simple and easy that any body can try out. Lets see how I made it. Ingredients : 3 tomatoes 1 onion 2 green chillies 3 tabespoon sambar powder 2 cups of coconut milk extracted from 1cup(200g cup) grated coconut.. Seasoning : 1 tablespoon Mustard 1 sprig curry leaf 5 tablespoon coconut oil. How will you make coconut milk? Take 1 cup grated coconut in a bowl. Add 2 cups of water in the bowl. Squeeze the coconut scrapings well with the hand so that it releases the milk. Squeeze it well and strain the milk in another bowl Now the coconut milk is ready. We can also grind the coconut in a mixer jar and squeeze it to get the milk more thicker. How to make tomato gravy...

 Take a glass jar and add 2 tablespoon of honey. Then add one cup of luke warm water and stir it well. Stir it well otherwise honey gets deposited at the bottom of the juice jar. Then drink it by sipping the honey water slowly. This honey water has enormorous benefits which I would like to share with you. The main tip to be followed to  get better result is that this drink must be taken in empty stomach early morning. I have experienced all these benefits and so I wanted to share with you. Clean and clear skin           In my teen age, I always wanted a clear skin which I was lacking. One of my friends gave me this secret tip which I started following the very next day. And yes, drinking this warm water honey in empty stomach gives us clean and clear skin. Our skin becomes silky and shining. It gives us even skin tone throughout the body. Weight loss elixir Honey with warm water is an excellent weight loss recipe. It improves the body metabolism and ai...