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Indian Pennywort(Centella asiatica)| Vallarai keerai Masiyal

Vallaarai keerai, commonly known as Indian Pennywort is loaded with vitamins and minerals B, K, calcium, zinc and magnesium. It has cooling properties which helps in balancing the body heat. It also helps in increased memory power and is highly recommended for kids. In today's recipe, we shall see about making a quick curry with vallarai keerai. You can have it with rice, jeera rice.  Here are few other healthy recipes from our blog- do check it out if any of it interests you :) Mix veg paneer subzi Hot and Sour Soup Bean kootu Poha payasam Tomato Garlic Soup Onion Rava Dosa Beet Milkshake Okra stir fry ' Curry leaves Buttermilk Detox juice/green juice Greens Stir Fry Ingredients: a big bunch of Indian pennywort/vallaraik keerai 3 dry red chillies - adjust as per taste 2 medium sized onions, roughly chopped 2 medium sized tomatoes, roughly chopped 3 garlic pods How to make vallarai keerai masiyal: Clean the spinach by removing the stem. This variety of greens are actually cuter...

Stuffed Mirchi Bhajji

Mirchi Bhajji - a most common snack at Marina beach. The peppers are beautifully tied up in a twine and they decorate the carts in which the vendors sell the hot mirchi bhajji. So today, we shall see about stuffed mirchi bhajji - it is totally healthy as it is not deep fried in oil. Just a shallow fry is enough to get it cooked. Ingredients: 4 tbsp oil salt to taste 1/2 tsp mustard seeds 1 large onion, finely chopped 1 green chilli, finely chopped 1/4 cup broccoli, cut into small pieces 1/4 cup diced carrots 1/2 cup crumbled paneer 5-6 long mirchi/bhajji molaga(in tamil) 1 tsp paneer tikka masala or (1/2 tsp red chilli powder and 1/2 tsp garam masala powder) How to make stuffed mirchi bhajji Heat a pan. Add a tsp of oil, mustard seeds and saute the vegetables of your choice. i have used carrot, onion, broccoli. Once the vegetables are cooked 70% then add crumbled paneer to the pan. Mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes on high flame. Have used homemade paneer. Add salt. Add paneer tikka ma...

Beans Paruppu Usili

 Beans paruppu usili is a very common dish in TamBrahm families. I got to know about this dish from my college friend who is a kannadiga Brahmin. We infact made her mom write all of her drool worthy and got each of us a copy.  This dish goes well with sambar rice and curd rice. It needs a little preparation ahead of time though for soaking channa dhal. Other vegetables that can be used in place of beans are cluster beans, carrot, beans, broccoli, banana stem, beetroot and radish. Do try out this recipe and share your valuable feedback. Happy Cooking! You guys must be interested in few other recipes listed here:  Chicken uppu kari Butter Garlic Prawns Potato Fingers Dhaba Style chicken gravy Paneer Sticks Bitter Gourd Curry Chilli Mushroom Fry Egg Fry Tangri Kabab Malai Paneer Ingredients: 100 gms of channa dhal/bengal gram 2 dry red chillies 1 large onion, finely chopped 1 tsp mustard seeds 1 tsp urad dhal/split black gram 250 gms of french beans salt to taste a pinch of ...