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Weight-loss recipe - Ragi Upma RAGI  is also a very rich source of minerals & proteins.  Ragi Upma  can be an especially good source of protein for vegetarians because of its methionine content that constitutes about 5% of the protein. Ingredients:   Dry Roasted Ragi vermicelli  - 1 packet Onion - 1 Chopped Coconut - Grated 1/2 cup Curd - 1 TSP Mustard Seeds- 1/4sp Urad dal - 1/2sp Hing powder - little  Curry Leaves Chopped Green Chillies - 2 Salt Instructions:   Heat water in a pan in high flame and swiftoff it. Add ragi vermicelli in hot water. Leave for one minute and drain it completely. Now heat oil in a pan. Temper mustard seeds, curry leaves,onion, green chillies . Saute all of them well. Add the mixture( ragi mixture) we made in first step in this pan. Now add curd then give it a good mixture , atlast add coconut mix it well for 1 minute switch off the flame . Its ready to enjoy. Tried this recipe, Take a picture and Tag me  @illavarasi_kitchen on Instagram Subscr

Vinayagar chathurthi special - sweet Kozhukattai with coconut filling 📝   Ingredients : Rice flour - 1 cup Water - 1 1/2 glass Jaggery - 1/4 cup coconut (grated) - 1 1/2 cup Ghee Cardamom - 1/2 tsp. Coconut Filling: In a frying pan, add the jaggery and grated coconut.After jaggery is melt out stir well ,add the flavour of cardamom powder ,ghee and keep the stove in low flame in 5 minute to Set the coconut filling poranam (when it turns in light brown in color) it is set well, and keep aside. Flour preparation : In a pan add 2 glass of water, salt and bring to a boil. Leave a little bit of rice flour in the boiling water and stir with a spoon and switch off the flame.  Leave it for a while and allow to cool the flour.And shape the kozhukattai with coconut filling.   Add a little water to the idli pot and let it boil. Apply the ghee on the fingers, take a lemon sized dough and roll it out, holding the ball with both fingers, lightly pressing it between the balls with the thumbs,

  Ghee flavour Mutton Liver Masala Today i have cooked Lamb Liver Fry / Masala with my mother , she is very nice in non veg cooking .Just watch and try this recipe at your home . Ingredients Soaking the Mutton Liver : Mutton Liver - 1/2 kg pepper/cumin powder - 1/4sp , vinegar 1/4 sp , curd - 1sp Turmeric - little To cook Oil - 2 Tsp Fennel Seed - 1 sp Cumin seed-1/4 sp Cinnamon Cloves - 2 Methi leaves-1/4sp Bay leaf - 2 Dry red chilies - 8 Shallot - 20 Tomato - 1 Turmeric powder ginger garlic paste - 1 1/2 sp gram masala - 1/2 sp Kulambu Masala powder / kulambu milagai thool-1 1/2 Tsp Salt - 1/4 sp Rice flour - 1 sp (add water little in flour and make paste and keepaside) Coriander Leaf Ghee - 2 Tsp Method to do : First wash the liver and soak with the ingredients pepper/cumin powder , vinegar ,curd ,Turmeric and start cooking. Add oil in cooker ,once oil is heated add all spices(fennel seed ,cumin seed, Cinnamon, Cloves, Methi leaves Bay leaf ) which i have mention in the

                 Ven  pongal  Pongal is a delicious South Indian food made with rice and yellow moong lentils. It can be made sweet or savory.Today i shared you Kara pongal / Savory version of pongal which will be coked in the flavour of ghee ,cumin seed , asafoetida , curry leaves and also nuts cashew.  Ingredients :  1. Raw Rice - 1 1/2 (iam using 1/4 padi for measuring) You can use glass or measuring cup of your choice. 2. Moong Dhal - 200 grams ( or ) little one which i used same vessel measurement for this. 3. Water - 3 1/2 padi 4. Turmeric powder - little 5. salt - 1 1/2 sp For Fry : 1. Ghee - As required ( if you add more it gives much taste ) 2. Jeera - 1 sp 3. Pepper - 1/2 sp 4. Cashew nuts 5. Curry leaves - 1 arch 6. Ginger - chopped little one How to cook  Wash and boil the rice and  Moong Dhal with the mention measuring Water cup in cooker for 3 whistle. cook 2 whistle for high flame , 1 whistle for low flame.Then allow to steam out after the stove is switched of

Brown Rice  Brown rice is a whole grain that contains the bran and germ. These provide fiber and several vitamins and minerals.  These provide fiber and several vitamins and minerals.  White rice is a refined grain that has had these parts removed, for more quick-cooking. Brown rice is high in magnesium and fiber, both of which help control blood sugar levels. Brown Rice - reduce heart disease risk Rich in antioxidants, Aids weight control Why you need to Soak brown rice for 30 minutes before cooking?       Anti nutrients  are plant compounds that may reduce your body’s ability to absorb certain nutrients. Brown rice contains an antinutrient known as phytic acid, or phytate, that makes it more difficult to digest. While phytic acid may offer some health benefits, it also reduces your body’s ability to absorb iron and zinc from food. Soaking rice before cooking can help retain some of the nutritional value. Ingredients Brown basmathi rice - 1 glass water - 3 glass S

  TEA / GINGER FLAVOUR TEA This post is Available In Tamil / தமிழ்  Basically normal tea is vary from ginger ,because you can add ginger flavour on milk tea during the rainy season. It is an ideal beverage during the monsoon or winter season as it provides necessary warmth with it.   Ingredients Milk – 1 tumbler Sugar – 2 sp Ginger – small one Tea dust – 2 1/2   sp (iam using  small spoon) Water - ½ tumbler METHOD TO DO Heat the water , here iam using I nduction stove . Once the water is heated keep the stove in low flame and add tea dust ,let it boil in low flame , along  that add crushed ginger(here iam using ginger to crushed in small pestle kitchen grinder). Add sugar and milk and let them it to boil in medium flame to spread the tea decoction in milk. After milk is boiled switch off the stove and enjoy the tea.                                                     

                       Tasty and Easy              coffee making tricks  ☕☕ Coffee - If you are a coffee lover 😊 then do make like this step .The smell of coffee will lift the house fully.OK then lets us started with ingredients. 📝 Ingredients  Boiled Milk -1 cup Sunrise instant coffee - 2 sp Sugar - 1 and 1/2  sp Water  Add  Water little and heat in medium here iam using induction stove. After water is gets hot now add instant coffee powder iam using sunrise instant coffee powder this powder is simply good .Do not feel dizzy if you use this sunrise instant coffee powder.  After heating the water then just add  Instant Coffee powder  along with sugar   . Then just mix it , when the coffee aroma come little then add milk . Turn off the stove when the milk gets boils. Note: (Most important thing here to know is don't boil the coffee powder too much ,if you boil long it doesn't give a good aroma taste in milk) That's it now serve a cup of coffee and enjoy with your

Masala Tea /  Chai is a South Indian morning or evening milk tea drink on every home in india Here I have included some spices .This masala spices make it very tasty and healthy too.If you feel cold coughs or fell allergies in  coughs or want to sip some tasty tea .  Just make this tea and drink you will relief  soon and yes you too will enjoy more tasty masala chai . OK now will get started to make this recipe. 📝 Ingredients 1.crushed this Spices ( Ginger 1/2 small piece , pepper 7 , clove 2,  cardamom -2) pic down 2.Milk - 1 glass bigone 3.water - 1/2 glass 4.Any brand of tea dust 1 and 1/2 sp 5.sugar for sweetness - 1 sp Methods to do  Take a milk boiler pan first add water , allow to heat on high flame in stove , here iam using induction stove. After water is well heated just add all crushed spices and add tea dust it became quite good aroma and tea decoction also became well , just spell the spices make more aroma too in this stage..   Add sugar and milk . After milk

How to make #Almondbutter at home using #wetgrinder | 100% Natural | oil free & sugar free | #DIY #Recipe Almond butter is high in monounsaturated fats. Monounsaturated fats mean it helps to  lower LDL (bad) cholesterol and raise HDL (good) cholesterol . It's basically rich in Calcium , potassium ,iron and magnesium .                   Almonds are a bone-building food. Almond butter also provides good dietary protein. OK Let's see how to make smooth and tasty almond butter at home now. ✔ Ingredients : 1. Badam - 3cups  2. salt - little Place a Iron rich kadai in stove in high flame add almond to fry. Fry well all the almond should become in brown colour , and it should be broke like broken shape. Just adjust the stove flame occasionally ,to make sure allmond shouldn’t get over fry. Add salt little is enough butter. After frying all almonds should be broken like this (see picture down).This is a good fry , for making a tasty almond butter.You don