Vegetable base thick soup

Pumpkin base Veg Soup

Soup can be prepared with any one of these vegetables as base: Ash Gourd, Bottle Gourd, Pumpkin, Snake Gourd and Chayote (Chow Chow).

Ingredients (for 2 people):

1. Vegetable of your choice for base - 500 grams
2. Vegetables for toppings - carrot, beans, capsicum, green peas  all together 200 grams
3. Ginger - small piece
4. Green chilly - as per taste
5. Tomato - 1 small/ medium size
6. Chopped coriander leaves - 2 teaspoons 
7. Fresh Coconut milk - 200 ml
8. Pepper powder - as per taste 
9. Salt - as per taste

Method:

Base preparation:

1. Wash the vegetable for base thoroughly and cut into big pieces. 
2. Take an idli steamer and steam the base vegetable, ginger and green chilly.
3. Once the vegetable is cooked, transfer it to the wide plate and let it cool including ginger & chilly.
4. When it becomes cool, use mixer grinder and make paste and keep it aside.

Toppings preparation:

1. Chop the vegetables for toppings into small pieces and steam using idli pot. 
2. Transfer the vegetables to a pan. Add little salt and pepper powder and mix all.
3. Cover the pan with lid immediately so that vegetables can absorb the salt and pepper. 
4. Similarly steam chopped tomato as well in steamer for 2 minutes and transfer it to pan.

Soup mixing process:

1. Transfer the base vegetable's paste to the pan of toppings vegetables.
2. Add little water and heat it up for few minutes and turn-off the stove. 
3. Add Coconut milk and stir well. 
4. Add chopped coriander leaves and salt. 
5. Soup is ready to serve.

Note:

1. Extract the Coconut milk while the vegetables are steamed.
2. You can add extra coconut milk, pepper powder and adjust the taste at final stage. 

Snake gourd base thick soup

Simple Steamed Sattvic Stew/Koottu

 

Simple Steamed Sattvic Stew/Koottu

Ingredients:

1. Any vegetable(s) of your choice - 500gms
2. Pumpkin - 300gms
3. Coconut gratings - 1 cup
4. Cilantro / Coriander leaves - 1 cup
5. Curry leaves - 1 spring
6. Cumin seeds - 1 table spoon
7. Black pepper - as per taste
8. Rock salt - as per taste

Optional Ingredients:

1. Ginger - 1 inch cube
2. Green Chili - 4 nos
3. Sprouts - 100gms
4. Tomato - 50gms

Carrot Halwa

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Carrot Halwa

Ingredients (for 2 people):

1. Carrot – 250 grams
2. Ball Jaggery or jaggery powder – 75 grams
3. Water – 50 ml
4. Cashewnuts – 25 grams
5. Cardamom powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Steamed Wheat Cake

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Steamed Wheat Cake

Steamed Wheat Cup-Cakes

Ingredients (for 2 people):

1. Wheat flour – 1 cup (200 grams)
2. Ball Jaggery or Jaggery powder or Palm crystal – 1 cup (200 grams)
3. Water – 1 1/2 cup (approximately 250 ml to 300 ml)
4. Dry Yeast – 1/2 teaspoon
5. Cardamom powder – 1/4 teaspoon
6. Cashew nuts – as per your choice
7. Coconut oil or Sesame oil – 1/4 teaspoon

Pressure Cooker Baked Wheat Cake

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Pressure Cooker Baked Wheat Cake

Ingredients (for 2 people):

1. Wheat flour – 1 cup (200 grams)
2. Ball Jaggery or Jaggery powder or Palm crystal – 1 cup (200 grams)
3. Water – 1 1/2 cup (approximately 250 ml to 300 ml)
4. Dry Yeast – 1/2 teaspoon
5. Cardamom powder – 1/4 teaspoon
6. Cashewnuts – as per your choice
7. Coconut oil or Sesame oil – 1/4 teaspoon

Panchamirtham

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Panchamirtham

Ingredients (for 2 people):

1. Poovan or Rasthali Banana – 2 nos.
2. Dates – 8 nos.
3. Honey – as per taste
4. Jaggery powder - as per taste
5. Cardamom powder – 1 pinch
6. Palm crystals – 1 teaspoon

All Natural Carrot Halwa

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All Natural Carrot Halwa

Ingredients (for 1 person):

1. Grated Carrot – 1 cup (150 grams)
2. Dates – 6 nos.
3. Coconut kernel (tender) – 1/2 coconut
4. Almonds – 4 nos. 
5. Cardamom powder – 1 pinch

Ash gourd Halwa

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Ash gourd Halwa

Ingredients (for serving 2 people):

1. Ash gourd (Peeled & Grated) – 2 cups (400 grams)
2. Jaggery / Jaggery powder / Palm crystals powder – 1/2 cup (appr. 80 grams)
3. Cardamom powder – 1 pinch
4. Cashew nuts  pieces – 2 teaspoon

Sprouted Green gram Pesarattu

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Sprouted Green gram Pesarattu

Ingredients:

1. Green gram – 1 cup (100 grams)
2. Ginger – 1/2 inch piece
3. Cumin seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
4. Pepper seeds – 1/2 teaspoon
5. Big onion – 1 no.
6. Rock salt – as per taste

Barnyard Millet Adai Dosa

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Single protein Barnyard millet
(Kuthiraivaali) adai, Aviyal, Chutney

Ingredients: (yields 8 to 9 Dosas)
To prepare batter:

1. Barnyard millet – 1 cup (200 grams)
2. Chickpeas – 1/4 cup (50 grams)
3. Asafoetida – 1 pinch
4. Pepper seeds – 12 to 15 nos

To add in batter:

1. Curry leaves – 2 springs
2. Coriander leaves – 2 springs
3. Small or Big Onion – 1/4 cup
4. Rock salt – as per taste

Pearl millet (Bajra) Porivilangaai Laddu

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Pearl millet (Bajra) Porivilangaai Laddu

Ingredients: (10 to 12 counts)

1. Pearl millet (Bajra) flour – 1 cup (200 grams)
2. Jaggery – 1/2 cup (100 grams)
3. Cardamom powder – 2 pinches
4. Groundnuts / Whole Roasted gram (Chick peas) – 2 teaspoons
5. Sesame seeds – 1 teaspoons
6. Water – 1/2 cup (100 ml)

Method:

Please refer recipe of Sorghum Porivilangaai Laddu for making Pearl millet (Bajra) Porivilangaai Laddu.

Finger millet (Ragi) Porivilangaai Laddu

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Finger millet (Ragi) Porivilangaai Laddu

Ingredients: (10 to 12 counts)

1. Finger millet (Ragi) flour – 1 cup (200 grams)
2. Jaggery – 1/2 cup (100 grams)
3. Cardamom powder – 2 pinches
4. Groundnuts / Whole Roasted gram (Chick peas) – 2 teaspoons
5. Sesame seeds – 1 teaspoons
6. Water – 1/2 cup (100 ml)

Method:

Please refer recipe of Sorghum Porivilangaai Laddu for making Finger millet (Ragi) Porivilangaai Laddu.

Sorghum (Jowar) Porivilangaai Laddu

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Sorghum (Jowar) Porivilangaai Laddu

Ingredients: (10 to 12 counts)

1. Sorghum millet flour – 1 cup (200 grams)
2. Jaggery – 1/2 cup (100 grams)
3. Cardamom powder – 2 pinches
4. Whole Roasted gram (Chick peas) – 2 teaspoons
5. Sesame seeds – 1 teaspoons
6. Water – 1/2 cup (100 ml)

Pearl (Bajra) millet flour laddu

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Pearl (Bajra) millet flour laddu

Ingredients: (10 to 12 counts)

1. Pearl (Bajra) millet flour – 1 cup (200 grams)
2. Jaggery – 1/2 cup (100 grams)
3. Cardamom – 2 pinches
4. Whole roasted gram (Chick peas) – 2 teaspoons
5. Sesame or Coconut oil – 50 ml

Method:
Please refer recipe of Sorghum flour laddu for making Pearl (Bajra) millet flour laddu.

Finger (Ragi) millet flour laddu

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Finger (Ragi) millet flour laddu

Ingredients: (10 to 12 counts)

1. Finger (Ragi) millet flour – 1 cup (200 grams)
2. Jaggery – 1/2 cup (100 grams)
3. Cardamom – 2 pinches
4. Whole roasted gram (Chick peas) – 2 teaspoons
5. Sesame or Coconut oil – 50 ml

Method:
Please refer recipe of Sorghum flour laddu for making Finger (Ragi) millet flour laddu.

Sorghum (Jowar) flour Laddu

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Sorghum flour Laddu

Ingredients: (10 to 12 counts)

1. Sorghum (Jowar) flour – 1 cup (200 grams)
2. Jaggery – 1/2 cup (100 grams)
3. Cardamom – 2 pinches
4. Whole roasted gram (Chick peas) – 2 teaspoons
5. Sesame or Coconut oil – 50 ml

Sorghum (Jowar) Satvik Idli

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Sorghum (Jowar) Satvik Idli

Ingredients to make 10-12 Idlis:

To make batter:

1. Sorghum – 1 cup (150 gms)
2. Sorghum rice – 1/4 cup (50 gms)
3. Ladies finger chopped – 1 cup (150 gms)
4. Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 teaspoon

To mix with batter:

1. Sprouted Groundnut / Peanut - 3 table spoons
2. Grated Carrot - 3 table spoons
3. Chopped Cabbage - 3 table spoons
4. Rock salt - as per taste 

Barnyard millet Raw Mango Rice

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Barnyard millet Raw Mango Rice

Ingredients (for 2 persons):

1. Barnyard millet – 1 cup (150 grams)
2. Water – 2 1/4 cups
3. Raw mango – 1 (150 grams grated)
4. Mustard seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
5. Urad dal - 1/2 teaspoon
6. Bengal gram (Channa dal) – 1 teaspoon
7. Ground nut - 2 teaspoons
8. Dry red chilly - 1
9. Asafoetida - 1 pinch
10. Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
11. Curry leaves – 2 springs
12. Coriander (Cilantro) leaves – little quantity (chopped)
13. Rock salt – as per taste

Pearl millet Tabbouleh (Salad)

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Pearl millet Tabbouleh (Salad)

Ingredients (for 2 people):

1. Whole Pearl millet (Bajra) – 1 cup (200 grams)
2. Big onion - 1 (medium size)
3. Tomato – 1 (big size)
4. Cilantro/ Coriander leaves – 1 cup
5. Mint leaves – 1 or 2 tablespoons
6. Spring onion – 3 tablespoons
7. Pepper corn – 7 or 8 counts
8. Rock salt – as per taste

Vegetable Aviyal

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Vegetable Aviyal

Ingredients (for 2 people):

1. 5 types of vegetables – 300 grams
2. Coconut – 4 to 5 pieces
3. Cumin seeds – 3/4 teaspoon
4. Green chilly – 1 or add as per its spicy level
5. Curd – 1/2 cup
6. Mustard & Urad dal – 1/4 teaspoon
7. Curry leaves – 1 spring
8. Rock salt – as per taste