Sunday, 14 July 2024

Mappillai Samba Kanji

 

Mappillai samba kanji
Mappillai samba kanji

Mappillai samba rice health benifits:

  •  It contains fiber, zinc, magnesium, iron, protein etc
  •  Improve digestive health.
  •  Immunity booster.
  •  Good for Diabetic disorder people due to low Glycemic index value.
  •  Suitable for weight loss
  •   It can prevent cancer.
  •  Good for fertility issues 
  • ·Regulate the blood pressure level.  

Ingredients:             

Mappillai samba rice

1 glass

Cumin Seeds

3/4 tea spoon

Fenugreek Seeds

10 to 12 seeds

Garlic

4 to 5 lobes

Water

5 1/2 to 6 glass (with soaked water)

 Preparation Method:

  • Wash the Mappillai samba rice 2 to 3 times
  • Soak the rice with 1 1/2 Glass of water for 7 to 8 hours.
  • After 7 to 8 hours, remove the rice from water and use the same water while boiling the rice.
  • Add the mappillai samba rice in mixer grinder jar and blend it finely.
  • Pour soaked water in cooker, add blended rice and mix well. there should be no bumps while mixing, so mix well.
  • Then pour 4 glasses of water and mix well..
  • Add salt as required
  • Cumin seeds 3/4 tsp; fenugreek seeds :10 no's smash well then add 4 to 5 garlic lobes, and smash all ingredients.
  • Add the smashed ingredients to the cooker and mix well.
  • Let the mappillai samba rice mix and all smashed ingredients boil well in low flame and it should turn to a semi liquid state.
  • Then let the cooker cook for 3 to 4 whistles.
  • Once the Pressure comes down , your mappillai samba kanji is ready to serve.
  • You can serve the kanji with mint & Coriander thuvayal.
Mappillai Samba Kanji
Your Mappillai Samba Kanji is ready.




Friday, 5 July 2024

Vendakkai || Lady's Finger Poriyal

Vendakkai || Lady's Finger Poriyal
Vendakkai || Lady's Finger Poriyal


Vendaikkai Poriyal, or Lady's Finger Poriyal, has an amazing taste with rice and any gravy . This is very simple and easy dish to prepare.

Lady's Finger is also known as Okra and Bhindi in Hindi.

It contains approximately 100 grams of lady's finger.

  • Carbohydrate : 7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.5 g
  • Protein: 2 g
  • Fat : 0
  • Calcium: 30 kcal

It also contains sodium, potassium, calcium, vitamin C, vitamin B6, folate, manganese, etc.

Benefits of the Lady's Finger

  • Reduces the Cholestrol in the Blood
  • Controls the blood sugar
  • It helps with weight loss.
  • The first day before taking a meal, take one cup of lady's finger and then take a meal.
  • The next day, take a meal along with the lady's finger.
  • Then, if we compare both days, when we had a lady's finger before a meal, that day's meal level will be lower compared to the next day.
  • Because our hunger hormone is ghrelin, that will be suppressed, so we will eat less compared to the next day.
 
  • Good for constipation
  • Enhance the brain memory
  • Improves immunity.

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Ingredients:

Vendakkai / Lady's Finger       

  1/2 Kg

Turmeric Powder                     

  1/2 Tea Spoon

Chilli Powder                           

  1 1/2 to 2 Tea Spoons

Mustard                                     

  1 Tea Spoon

Urad Dhal                                 

  1 1/3 Tea Spoons

Oil                                             

  2 to 3 Table Spoons

Garlic                                         

  10 to 12 Lobes

Curry Leaves                             

  As Required

Salt                                             

  As Required

 Preparation Method:

  • Wash and dry the lady's finger by using a kitchen towel.
  • Chop the lady's finger into small, rounded pieces.
  • In a pan, heat oil, add mustard and urad dhal, and let the lentils splutter.
  • Now add the garlic and mix well.
  • Then, add the chopped lady's finger, fry it on medium heat, and sauté well.
  • When it starts becoming sticky to the pan, then turn the flame to high and keep sautéing       until it becomes non-sticky and dry.
  • Stay near and keep on mixing it.
  • Once the lady's finger is fried 3/4th, it is time to add turmeric powder and chili powder         and mix well.
  • Fry until the raw taste of turmeric and chili powder goes away.
  • Now reduce the flame to medium or low.
  • Now add salt as required and mix well.
  • Once the lady's finger is fried till it becomes soft, check for taste and add salt if                     required.   Mix well and fry.
  • Add curry leaves as required and mix well.
  • Now Lady's Finger, or Vendakkai Poriyal, is ready to serve.
  • Now we can serve the Vendakkai Poriyal as a side dish for rice and any gravy or curry.

  • Vendakkai || Lady's Finger poriyal

    Your Vendakkai or Lady's Finger Poriyal is Ready!