Health is Wealth

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...

Adding a green leaf vegetable once in 2 weeks is my regular habit. After I started cooking, I tried different ways to include green leafy vegetables in my diet. This palak is not a common leafy vegetable in down south. I came to know about palak only after shifting to north. It is easily available in winter season and it’s healthy and easy to clean and chop as compared other spinaches like methi and amaranth leaves. In north Indian people make palak paneer for chappathi and it’s mostly made during winter season. I too have tried and would share with you in future. Here I have used this palak in a pure south Indian way and its easy and healthy way to include in our diet plan. I believe that simple cooking is always healthy. This method is an easy way of adding palak in children’s diet. Let’s see how to make it. Also view: Dal tadka                 Sambhar recipe Ingredients:   1 cup too...

Broccoli is a vegetable which is rarely used in Indian cuisine. To be frank I hadn’t seen broccoli during my school and college days. Later I read in a food magazine that broccoli is same as cauliflower and has more nutrition benefits. So I wanted to try a recipe with broccoli. I got in a local vegetable market near my house. Initially its appearance didn’t attract me well. But still I wanted to give a try keeping in mind its nutrition benefits. It was winter season and my vegetable basket was flooded with green matar. So I got an idea to make broccoli matar sabzi. It came out well and it tasted well with roti/chappathi. Let’s see how to make it. Also view: Cauliflowerstir fry                 Cabbage stirfry Ingredients: 1 finely chopped onion 1 cup broccoli florets ½ cup green peas Salt to taste Seasoning ingredients: 2 tblspn gingely/coconut oil 1 tspn cumin seeds 1 sprig curry...

Aloo gopi matar gravy is a delicious, healthy and lightly spiced gravy with potato, green peas and cauliflower. This is a coconut based gravy. This is my inspiration from North Indian recipe. In North India people love aloo, gopi and matar combination also it is a standard dish in many restaurant menu. Here I have made this combinational gravy with coconut base and it is the best for large families as coconut base increases the quantity of the gravy. Let’s see how to prepare. Ingredients:/serves 4 nos Green mutter 1 cup 1 Potato chopped into cubes Cauliflower 1 cup florets 1 onion finely chopped 1 chopped tomato 4 green chillies 4 garlic cloves Spice powders: 2 tablespoon Chillipowder 2 tablespoon coriander powder ½ tablespoon garam masala ½ tablespoon turmeric Seasoning ingredients: A 1 tspn fennel seed, 2 cloves, 2 cardomom and curry leaves. To grind: 1/2 shell shredded coconut 1 tablespoon cumin seed How to make aloo gopi matar gra...

z Dosa is a traditional south Indian recipe and it has won the hearts of every Indian. This Protein Dosa contains the goodness of urad dhal, green gram, toor dhal and Rice and chickpea. It is rich in carbohydrates and protein and keeps us active and energytic. It satisfies our dosa cravings in an energytic way. Ingredients: ·         ½ cup raw rice ·         ½ cup urad dhal( Black gram) ·         ½ cup green gram ·         ½ cup toor dhal ·         100g chickpea ·         3 green chillies or red chillies ·         1 tspn cumin seeds ·         Oil or ghee ·         Salt as required Procedure: 1.     Soak all the ingredients(ric...