Panagam Recipe / Panakam Recipe /Traditional Indian Drink (Summer Cooler) - A Sri Rama Navami Recipe

Sri Rama Navami Recipe

Panagam

Ingredients

Water-2 cups
Grated jaggery -2tbsp
Crushed cardamom-2
Pepper powder-a pinch
Edible camphor -a pinch
Salt a pinch
Grated ginger -1/4tsp
(Use can also add dry ginger powder/sukku/chukku)
Lemon juice-1/4tsp

Method

Mix all above ingredients together.
Filter if you like,but usually i don't.
Serve them cold!
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Vada Paruppu Recipe / Vadapappu Recipe / Vada Pappu Recipe / Moongh Dal Salad - Sri Rama Navami Recipe

Sri Rama Navami Recipe

Vada Paruppu

Ingredients

Yellow moongh dal -1/4 cup
(soak in water for 1 hour & drain out the water completely)
Salt to taste
Grated coconut-2tsp
Chopped green chillies-1 or 2
Chopped coriander leaves-few
Lime juice-1tsp

Method

Mix all above ingredients together.
Adjust chilly & salt according to your taste.
Serve!

Note:

Chopped cucumber or raw mango can also be added.
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Kerala Parippu Curry / Cheru Parippu Curry / Traditional Kerala Parippu Curry Recipe / Paruppu Curry Recipe

Kerala Parippu Curry

Ingredients pressure cooked till soft
Yellow split moongh dhal / pasi paruppu/cheru parippu-1/2 cup
Water-1 & 1/2 cups
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder-1/4tsp
Ingredients ground to a smooth paste
Grated coconut- little less than l/4 cup
Small onions-1
Green chillies-1
Jeera/cumin-1/2tsp
Tempering
Coconut oil-1tbsp
Mustard-1/2tsp
Jeera-1/4tsp
Red chillies-2
Curry leaves -few
Chopped small onion-1
Method
Mash the cooked dhal,add the ground masala, in low flame cook till raw smell disappears.Add water to get the required consistency.
Heat oil in a pan & temper it with above ingredients.
Pour this into the dhal ,stir & serve with rice.

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Pineapple Pachadi Recipe /Kerala Pineapple Pachadi Recipe / Kaithachakka Pachadi Recipe

Ingredients ground to a smooth paste
Fresh coconut-1/4 cup
Mustard seeds-1/2tsp
Jeera/cumin seeds-3/4tsp
Green chillies-1
Tempering
Coconut oil-1tsp
Mustard-1/2tsp
Red chillies-1
Curry leaves-few
Other ingredients
Fresh pineapple cubed-1 cup
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder & Red chilly powder-each 1/8tsp
Sugar/Jaggery-1/4tsp
(add this only if your pineapples are not that sweet,i added )
Curd-1/2 cup
Method
Cook the pineapple,salt,turmeric & red chilly powder with very little water till soft & water has almost evaporated.
Add the ground paste & give a nice stir,switch off the stove & let it cool.
Heat oil in a pan & temper it with above ingredients.
Pour this tempering & curd into the cooked & cooled pineapple,mix & serve as a side dish.

This is a sweet & tangy side dish served in onam sadya.

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Watermelon Avocado Smoothie Recipe - A Summer Drink Recipe

Watermelon Avocado Smoothie

Ingredients
Chopped seedless watermelon-4 cups
Avocado-1 small
Ginger-1tsp
Lemon juice-2tsp
Sugar/honey to your taste(optional,I did not use)
Ice cubes
Method
Blend all above ingredients together to a smooth liquid.
Serve it cold with ice cubes.

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