Dietary / Health

2013 recipes
Recipe Ginger, tomato and carrot goodness

Ginger, tomato and carrot goodness

Starter Very Easy 15 min
Ingredients: 1 carrot, roughly chopped 2 tomato, quartered 1″ piece ginger 3/4 cup (+) orange or tomato juice or water 1/4 beet, sliced 1 apple or pear, diced 1...
Recipe Potato curry for chapathi, dosa and puri

Potato curry for chapathi, dosa and puri

Starter Very Easy 25 min 15 min
Ingredients: Potatoes - 2 nos Onion - 1 big Tomato - 1 no Green chillis - 3 nos Curry leaves - few Chilli Powder - 1 tsp Besan - 2 tbsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp...
Recipe Plantain stem soup/vazhaithandu soup

Plantain stem soup/vazhaithandu soup

Starter Very Easy 5 min 20 min
Ingredients: Plaintain Stem/Vazhaithandu - 1 (clean,wash and cut into small cubes) Water - 5cups Garlic(finely chopped) - 1pod Ginger(Finely chopped) - a small...
Recipe Sabut moong dal (whole green gram)

Sabut moong dal (whole green gram)

Main Dish Very Easy 45 min 30 min
Ingredients: 1 Cup Moong Dal 1/4 Cup Chana Dal 1 Medium Onion (finely Chopped) 1 Small Tomato (finely Chopped) 1 Medium Green Chilly (finely Chopped) 3-4...
Recipe Delicious spiced red lentil & carrot soup

Delicious spiced red lentil & carrot soup

Starter Easy 1 h 30 m 1 hour
Ingredients: 1 onion finely chopped 2 carrots, peeled and chopped 3 gloves garlic, finely chopped 1 tablespoon finely grated ginger 2 cups canned tomatoes 1 cup...
Recipe Buttermilk or matha or chanch...

Buttermilk or matha or chanch...

Other Very Easy 10 min
Ingredients: 250 g curd 1/2 cup chilled water 1 teaspoon white salt 1 teaspoon black salt 1 teaspoon cumin powder (jeera) 1 teaspoon mint powder 1 teaspoon...
Recipe Vegetable soup

Vegetable soup

Starter Easy 20 min 30 min
Ingredients: 1 large (abt 170g) potatoes - cut into small cubes 1/2 (abt 100g) zucchini - cut into small cubes 100g button brown mushrooms - cut into pieces of...
Recipe Aloo gobi pulao

Aloo gobi pulao

Main Dish Easy 10 min 30 min
Ingredients: Cloves - 2 pods Bay Leaf - 1 Rice - 1 1/2 cups Cauliflower - 1 cup Potato - 1 cup Onion - finely Jeera Powder (Cumin Powder) - 1 tsp Garam Masala -...
Recipe Braised egg tofu with mushroom

Braised egg tofu with mushroom

Main Dish Very Easy 10 min 20 min
Ingredients: 300 g egg tofu (about 2 tubes) one small canned mushroom (cut into smaller pieces) a few slice of carrot 1 egg spring onion for garnish (optional)...
Recipe Healthy vegetarian biryani (soya chunks biryani)

Healthy vegetarian biryani (soya chunks biryani)

Main Dish Very Easy 18 min 35 min
Ingredients: Rice- 200 g (1 cup) Soya Chunks (Nutrela brand is famous)- 15 Red chilli powder- 1-2 teaspoon Onion- 2 Ginger- garlic paste- 1 teaspoon Pudina-...
Recipe Ishtu-traditional potato stew of kerala!

Ishtu-traditional potato stew of kerala!

Main Dish Very Easy 30 min 15 min
Ingredients: Potatoes - 1.5 Small Carrots - 2 sliced to small strips Green Bell Pepper(Capsicum)- 1 chopped Big white onion - 1 Garlic cloves - 3 chopped...
Recipe Honey cornflakes

Honey cornflakes

Appetizer Very Easy 15 min 10 min
Ingredients: * 60gm butter * 50ml honey * 1 tablespoons sugar * 1/4 teaspoon salt * 150 gm corn flakes * 60 gm groundnuts (toasted) * 3 tablespoons white sesame...
Recipe Flourless honey almond cake without eggs

Flourless honey almond cake without eggs

Dessert Very Easy 15 min 15 min
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 cup white colored flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp vanilla substance 3/4 cup milk or as required few almonds and honey
Recipe Spicy gobi fry(stir fried cauliflower)

Spicy gobi fry(stir fried cauliflower)

Starter Easy 15 min 25 min
Ingredients: Cauliflower 1 no Chopped Onion 2 nos Chopped Tomato 2 nos Chilli powder 2 tsp Garam masala powder 1 1/2 tsp Curry leaves 12 to 15 nos Salt to taste...
Recipe Murungai keerai (drumstick leaves) soup

Murungai keerai (drumstick leaves) soup

Main Dish Very Easy 10 min 20 min
Ingredients: Murungai keerai(drumstick leaves) - 2cups Tomato-2 Small onion-10 Garlic-5 pods Green chilly-2 Water-4cups Salt and Pepper-to taste
Recipe Besan aur sooji ka cheela/semolina pancake

Besan aur sooji ka cheela/semolina pancake

Other Very Easy 25 min 20 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Besan 1 Cup sooji/Semolina ½ teaspoon kasoori Methi leaves-finely chopped Green chillies-finely chopped to taste 1/4 teaspoon asafetida...
Recipe Soya chunks cutlets / meal maker cutlets

Soya chunks cutlets / meal maker cutlets

Starter Easy 20 min 10 min
Ingredients: Yield : 12 medium sized cutlets (approx.) Soya Chunks / Meal maker – 2 cups Potato – 2 medium sized (boiled and mashed) Onion – 1 big (finely...
Recipe Tom yum seafood soup

Tom yum seafood soup

Main Dish Easy 30 min 40 min
Ingredients: 6-7 medium size prawns - Clean as your usual way but leave the head and skin on. 5 fish balls 2 medium size squids - cut into rings 1/4 Chinese...
Recipe Green tea chocolate chip muffins

Green tea chocolate chip muffins

Dessert Easy 15 min 20 min
Ingredients: Green Tea Chocolate Chip Muffins Yield 4 cups (according to the muffin case I used or 8 standard muffin size) All purpose flour 130 g. Top flour/...
Recipe Cauliflower & coriander curry

Cauliflower & coriander curry

Main Dish Easy 20 min 25 min
Ingredients: To blend/ground 1/2 inch ginger 5 garlic 6 shallots 2 stalks coriander leaves Other ingredients 1/2 (about 280g) cauliflower - cut into bite size...
Recipe Potato and spinach curry (alor palak)

Potato and spinach curry (alor palak)

Main Dish Easy 20 min 30 min
Ingredients: 3 medium (abt 400g) potatoes - remove skin 1 tbsp turmeric powder 1 bunch (abt 200g) spinach (the smaller ones) - remove the roots, soaked in water...
Recipe Fish maw soup

Fish maw soup

Starter Very Easy 10 min 15 min
Ingredients: Cooked crab meat 1/2 bowl Fish maw 1 tube, soaked to soften and cut into fine strips Young ginger 2 slices Garlic 2 cloves Chicken stock 2 bowls...
Recipe Healthy homemade french fries

Healthy homemade french fries

Appetizer Very Easy 15 min 45 min
Ingredients: 5 Large Roasting Potatoes 2 Table spoonsOlive Oil Salt and Pepper to Taste