Vegan Peas Gravy and Vegan Coconut Milk Rice

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Natural Herbal Tooth Powder Recipe / Homemade Tooth Powder Recipe / Herbal Tooth Powder Recipe

 

Homemade Tooth Powder

Ingredients

Dry mint powder - 1 tbsp

Amla powder - 1 tbsp

Cloves powder - 1 tbsp

Cinnamon powder - 1 tbsp

Neem powder - 1 tbsp

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tbsp

Essential oil few drops of your choice (optional)

( peppermint, tea tree, cloves , cinnamon oil )

Method

Take a coffee grinder add all above mentioned ingredients and grind to a fine powder.

Sieve the mixture to get a fine powder. If using any essential oils add few drops and mix.

Store it in a clean jar.

How to use?

Using a clean spoon take some tooth powder into your palm, wet your brush and dip it into the powder and brush your teeth. Rinse your mouth later.

Note:

a) You can also add baking soda and a bit of stevia but i usually avoid.

b) You can mix some coconut oil to the mixture mix till you get a paste consistency and store it in a clean jar. Take a small portion and brush your teeth.

c) Do not put your brush directly into the bottle, take a small portion using a spoon and then brush your teeth.

d) There are many ingredients you can add into this tooth powder like Oak Gall Powder ( Masakai ), Triphala Powder . Alum Powder , Babool Bark Powder ( Karuvelam Pattai ). 

e) Avoid salt in your tooth powder they act as an abrasive and can damage your tooth enamel.

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Simili Urundai Recipe / Ragi Simili Recipe / Ragi Simili Urundai Recipe / A Healthy Ragi Laddu Recipe / Ragi Peanut and Sesame Laddu Recipe - Millet Recipes

 

Ragi Simili Urundai

Ingredients

Slightly dry roasted ragi flour - 1 cup

Ghee - 2 tsp

Salt a pinch

Powdered jaggery- 3/4 cup

(add more or less according to your taste)

Dry roasted and coarsely crushed peanuts - 1/2 cup

Dry roasted and coarsely crushed black sesame seeds - 1/4 cup

Cardamom powder - a pinch

Method

Add ragi flour and salt into a bowl, pour water little by little and form into a soft dough. Divide the dough into 2 parts.

Wet your fingers and flatten the ragi dough on a banana leaf or plastic sheet press to form a semi thick roti.

Transfer the roti to a tawa and cook both sides with little ghee applied till the roti well cooked. Repeat the same with the other portion too.

Let the roti cool and break it into small pieces and add it into a blender. Powder the roti into a coarse mixture.

Take a wide bowl add all the above ingredients together and mix well, take small portion and shape it into tight balls.

Enjoy this healthy snack!

Note:

1. Instead of jaggery you can use nattu sarkarai.

2. Adding cardamom is optional.

3. Instead of making roti and powdering you can sprinkle water to the flour till they look as bread crumbs then steam and use.

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Kongnamul Muchim Recipe / Korean Soy Bean Sprout Side Dish Recipe - Korean Recipes

 

Korean Soy Bean Sprout Side Dish

Ingredients

Bean sprouts - 2 cups

Sesame oil - 2 tsp

Salt to taste

Spring onion chopped - 1

Chopped garlic - 2

Korean red chilly powder / Gochugaru - 1 tsp ( heaped)

Sesame seeds as needed for garnish

Method

Boil water in a pan add the bean sprouts and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold water , transfer to a bowl.

Mix all the above mentioned ingredients in a bowl using your fingers mix well taste and adjust according to your taste.

Add the bean sprouts and gently mix till combined. Garnish with sesame seeds and enjoy!

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Garam Masala Recipe / South Indian Garam Masala Recipe / Homemade Garam Masala Powder Recipe

 

Garam Masala

Ingredients

Coriander seeds - 3 tbsp

Fennel seeds - 3 tbsp

Pepper - 1 tsp

Jeera / Cumin - 1 tsp

Cloves - 15

Cardamom - 8

Cinnamon stick -1'' size 5 pieces

Marathi Moggu - 4 small size

Star anise - 1 and 1/2

Javithri / Mace - 1

Kalpasi - 1 tsp (heaped)

Bay leaf - 2

Nut meg - a generous pinch

Method

Dry roast all above ingredients till just hot, do not over fry. Cool the ingredients completely.

Grind to a fine powder and store it in a clean airtight jar.

Use this for any curry or gravy.

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Rice Flour Appam Recipe / Appam With Rice Flour Recipe / Quick and Easy Appam Recipe / Palappam Recipe / Vellayappam With Rice Flour Recipe / Appam With Yeast Recipe / Aapam Recipe

 

Rice Flour Appam

Ingredients

Rice flour - 1 & 1/2 cups

Soaked poha /aval / flattened rice - 1/4 cup

Dry yeast - 1 tsp (heaped)

Sugar - 2 tsp

Salt to taste

Thick coconut milk - 1 cup

( I used the tinned milk)

Warm water as needed

Method

Take a mixi jar add soaked poha , rice flour and coconut milk blend well and transfer to a bowl.

To this add the yeast, salt, sugar and warm water and dilute the mixture. The consistency must be little thinner than a dosa batter.

Cover and let it ferment for 3 to 4 hours, before making appam check the consistency add more coconut milk if needed and mix.

Heat a appam pan grease with some oil pour a big ladle of batter gently swirl the pan around so that a thin layer of batter covers the sides and thick layer collects at the bottom. 

Cover and cook for 1 minute till the edges become golden crisp and center is soft. It is only required to cook on one side of the appam. remove & serve it with any spicy gravy you wish.

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Rose Lemonade Recipe / Refreshing Rose Lemonade Recipe / Rooh Afza Lemonade Recipe / Rooh Afza Lemon Sharbat Recipe

 

Rose Lemonade

Ingredients

Cold water - 2 & 1/2 cups

Ice cubes as needed

Soaked chia / Sabja seeds - 4 tsp

Lemon juice - from 1/2 of a large lemon

Rooh Afza / Rose Syrup - 2 tsp

Sugar - 4 tbsp or according to your taste

( you can add simple syrup instead of sugar )

Chopped mint leaves - 6

Method

Take a bowl and add all the above mentioned ingredients.

Mix everything well pour into glasses and serve immediately.

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Carrot Top Pesto Recipe / Carrot Greens Pesto Recipe - Easy Pesto Recipe

 

Carrot Greens Pesto

Ingredients

Carrot greens - 2 cup

(discard tough stems)

Basil leaves - 4 (optional, i add just for a flavor)

Garlic - 6

Pecan - 3/4 cup

Parmesan cheese - 1 cup

Salt and Pepper to taste

Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Olive oil - 1/4 cup

( add more or less accordingly )

Method

Take a food processor and add the pecan ,garlic, salt, pepper powder, parmesan cheese and carrot leaves pulse them.

While blender is in process slowly add the olive oil into the mixture.
Once everything is well combined add the lemon juice and switch off.
Store them in a clean glass bottle and keep it in refrigerator.
Note:
a) Pulse according to the texture you want smooth or crunchy.
b)Mix it with pasta,spaghetti or use as a  spread on bread for your sandwich.
c) Make sure your drizzle some oil on top of pesto to keep it green.

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Gajar Matar Sabzi Recipe / Carrot Peas Sabzi Recipe / Carrot Peas Stir Fry / Gajar Mutter Sabzi Recipe - Easy Sabzi Recipes

 

Carrot Peas Sabzi

Tempering

Ghee - 2 tsp

Jeera - 1 tsp

Hing - 1/2 tsp

Chopped garlic -3

Other ingredients

Chopped carrots - 2 cups (heaped)

Fresh peas - 1 cup

Salt to taste

Red chilly powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Chopped Coriander leaves for garnish

Method

Heat ghee in a pan and temper it with above ingredients.

Add the carrots and peas saute for a minute, add the dry masala powders and saute till raw smell has disappeared.

Pour some water cover and cook till vegetables are cooked.

Lastly add the garam masala and mix well and switch off the stove.

Garnish with coriander leaves and enjoy as a side dish for rice or roti!

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Easy Bread Malpua / Bread Malpua Recipe / Malpua Recipe

Bread Malpua

Ingredients
White bread slices - 6
( remove crust and cut the bread slices into circles)
Sugar - 1 cup
Water 1 cup
Fennel seeds crushed - 1/2 tsp
Saffron strings few
Chopped almonds and pistachio - 1 tbsp
Oil - 10 tsp
Ghee - 10 tsp

Method
Dissolve sugar in water and boil till you get a sticky syrup.Add fennel seeds and saffron mix and keep it aside.Do not make a very thick syrup then the fried bread slices will not absorb the syrup.
Heat ghee and oil together in a pan add the bread slices and deep fry in medium high flame till crisp and light brown on all sides.
Dip each fried bread into the sugar syrup and remove it to a plate.Do not dip for too long then bread will become soggy.
Sprinkle the nuts on top and enjoy eating it warm.


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