Murukku(Kai Murukku)

Murukku

Murukku by hand

Making murukku is an art.In south Indian wedding we prepare plate sized murukkus and display them.This is main item in the wedding.

Kai Murukku

• Ponni Boiled Rice…………….2cups
• Urad Dhal Powder…………….3tbsp
• Melted Butter…………………3 tbsp
• Cumin Seed …………………..2tsp
• Hing………………………….1tsp
• Salt to Taste.

Method

• Soak the rice for 4 to 5 hours and grind finely in the wet grinder. 
• Add salt butter, cumin seeds, hing and urad dhal powder.
• Mix well and knead to a thick dough. 
• First apply oil on your fingers. take little dough and roll them between your palm make spiral form. 
• While twisting press the end with finger and make two or three rounds. 
• By practicing it can be done easily. 
• Heat coconut oil and drop the murukkus when it is hot. 
• And fry them both sides. Remove from the oil and place in a paper towel.

• Murukku with coffee /tea is good combination
• Murukku can be prepared with raw rice flour.
• Soak the raw rice for an hour and remove the water, spread on paper towel to dry. 
• Grind this rice into fine powder. 
• And sieve it Uraddhal powder
• Dry roast the 1 cup dhal for 2 minutes to remove the raw smell, powder it in ablender. 
• Sieve it into a fine powder

Pavakai Pitla( Karela Pitlai)

Pavakai Pitla or bitter gourd pitla ( Karela pitlai) 

Pavakkai Pitla

• Pavakai……………4
• Tamarind………….lemon size
• Red Chili………….6
• Urad Dhal…………..3tbsp
• Grated Coconut……½ cup
• Turmeric Powder….¼ tsp
• Cooked Tur Dhal….. 1cup
• Mustard Seeds…..1tsp
• Salt to taste

Method 

• Wash and cut the pavakai into small pieces. 
• Fry the chili, urad dhal with little oil and grind with coconut.
• Take the tamarind juice adding water. 
• Boil the pavakai with water. 
• Add tamarind water, turmeric powder, and. Salt. 
• When the pavakai is cooked add the coconut paste cooked dhal and let it boil.
• Heat a pan with oil add mustard, curry leaves and urad dhal. 
• When it becomes red, add to the pitla.

Beauty (Home remdies for Acne Scars)

Beauty

Looking for effective home remedies to treat acne scarring? Here are some things that you can concoct in the comfort of your own home to get rid of acne and acne scars:

1. Squeeze the juice out of fresh lemons or limes.

Apply the juice directly on your acne scars using a cotton ball. Let your skin soak up the lemon juice for a while before washing it off with water. Lemon juice improves the appearance of dark acne scars and blemishes by lightening them.

2. Mix sandalwood with a few drops of rosewater to make a paste.

The sandalwood and rosewater paste can be used as a facial mask and can be directly applied on the scarred area. Leave the paste on for more than an hour. Wear it overnight if you can. Wash off completely with water. This is an effective method of how to treat acne scar because of sandalwood's soothing and cooling effect on the skin.

3. Slice up a tomato and place it over your face.

Tomatoes are rich in vitamin A that hinders overproduction of sebum that causes acne. Vitamin A also has antioxidant qualities that refreshes and renews scarred and damaged skin.

4. Olive oil does not only improve the taste of food, but can also improve the appearance of acne scars.

Massage olive oil on the scarred skin. Olive oil has a moisturizing quality that softens the skin's texture and reduces visibility of acne scars.

5. Honey is another natural moisturizer that can help in treating acne scars.

You can use honey as a mask or orally take a specially formulated honey acne scar treatment.

6. To treat acne scars, use this mixture as a face mask:

1 tablespoon of sour cream, 1 tablespoon of yogurt, 1 tablespoon of oatmeal, and a few drops of lemon juice. Pat the mixture onto acne scars, leave on for 10 minutes, and rinse off.

7. A popular way of how to treat acne scar is to use a face mask made out of tomatoes and cucumbers.

These two combined can greatly reduce the visibility of acne scars. Using a tomato and cucumber face mask also tightens the pores of the skin giving it a nice, even texture.

8. To get a quick relief from acne scars.

Rub some ice cubes in a pack on the affected area. This soothes the irritated skin and also shrinks the size of pores.

9. Fenugreek is an effective solution to how to treat acne scars.

You can make a paste out of fenugreek leaves and use it as a face mask. You can also boil Fenugreek seeds in water and use the solution on acne scars after it cools down.

10. lavender oil

Saturate a cotton ball with a few drops of acne-fighting essential oil such aslavender oil.. Apply it on acne scars at least two times a day.

11. Use cucumber juice or fresh cucumber paste as a face mask.

Cucumber soothes inflammation, refreshes the skin, and heals acne scars.

12. Egg whites are a cheap yet effective way of how to treat acne scar.

Dab some egg whites onto acne scars using a cotton ball and leave on overnight to prevent acne and treat acne scars.

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Vazhakai Podimas (Banana Podimas)

Ingredients

Vazhakai…………………….5
Grated Coconut……………..1/3 cup
Chopped Green Chili…………\2 tsp
Chopped Ginger …………….1 tsp
Salt to Taste
Mustard Seeds……………….1tsp
Urad Dhal……………………..2tsp
Curry Leaves…………………..few
Coconut Oil……………………2tsp
 
Method.

Cut the the both side of vazhakai and put them in boiled water.
When they change their color remove them.

Peel the skin and grate them..

Whip the coconut and chili and add this to the grated vazhakai. 

Heat a pan with coconut oil add mustard seeds , urad dhal and curry leaves. 

When the dhal turns its color add the vazakai podimas, coconut, ginger. 

Mix them well. Serve with sambar rice/ rasam rice.

Potato Red Pepper Fry

Potato Red Pepper Fry ( potato pepper curry)

Potato Red Pepper Fry

Ingredients

• Potato............................6
• Red Pepper....................1
• Red Chili Powder...........1tsp
• Turmeric Powder............1/4 tsp  
• Mustard Seeds...............1tsp
• Jeera( Cumin Seeds).......2tsp
• Salt to taste

Method

• Wash and cut the potato into big pieces. chop the pepper in long pieces. 
• Heat a pan with 1 tsp oil, add mustard seeds and cumin seed and when the mustard splutters add the potato and pepper.(you can keep on microwave for 5 minutes and then fry) 
• Add salt and turmeric powder. 
• When the potatoes are cooked add chili powder. 
• Very tasty, this curry goes with chapathi or sambar rice.

Dhudhi Soup (gourd soup)

Dhuthi soup

It is healthy soup with low calorie

Ingredients

Chopped dhudhi................................ 1cup
Celery...................................................1/4 cup
White onion.........................................1
Cooked chick peas.............................1cup
Pepper................................................1tsp
Garlic....................................................1tsp
Tomato.................................................1
Scallion.................................................1
 

Method 

Chop the vegetables
.Heat a pan with oil add onion, dhudhi, celery garlic, chick peas tomato fry them for 5 minutes.
Add pepper and salt add water and cook for 5 more minutes 
Decorate with chopped scallion Serve hot.

Vegetable Hot Garlic

Vegetable Hot garlic

Ingredients

Chopped Cabbage, Carrot and Palak.........2cups

Maida.......................................................2tbsp

Corn Flour.................................................1tbsp

Ginger Garlic Chopped ............................1tsp

Boiled Potato.............................................2 slices

Chopped Onion..........................................1tbsp

Salt to Taste

Chili paste.................................................1/2 tsp

Tomato Ketch up........................................1cup

Sugar one Pinch

Method

Mix maida and corn flour with cabbage, carrot, palak and potato.

Knead them together adding water into thick paste.

Make small balls and deep fry them in hot oil.

Heat a pan with oil ginger garlic,onion and fry them

Add chili paste, salt tomato ketch up and water.

Boil them adding pepper powder sugar and make a desired gravy. 

Add the fried balls into the gravy and boil 2 minutes. 

Vegetable hot garlic ready.

Serve with rice or chapathi.

Broccoli Soup

Broccoli Soup

Ingredients

Broccoli Florets.........1cup

Chopped Onion.........1/4 cup

Chopped.Potato....... 1/4 cup

Garlic.........................3pearls

Salt and Pepper

Vegetable Stock..........3cups

Red Pepper Chopped....1/4 cup

Method

Heat a pan with two tsp olive oil add garlic and onion and fry them . 

Add potato and fry two more minutes. 

Then pour vegetable stock. 

Let it boil, add broccoli, salt and pepper.

After three minutes puree this. 

Take a bowl add this green colour broccoli soup and keep red pepper on the center and serve. 

Very healthy soup.

Chow-Chow Kootu (Chayote. Curry)

Chow Chow koottu

Chow Chow Koottu

Ingredients

• Chow Chow(Bangalore Kathrikai)…..2
• Grated Coconut………………………1cup
• Red Chili……………………………….3
• Cumin Seeds(jeera)…………………..1tsp
• Mustard Seeds………………………..1tsp
• Urad Dhal…………………………….1tsp
• Chana Dhal…………………………..3tbsp
• Salt to tatse

Method

• Cut the chow chow into small pieces.
• Heat a pan with 2 cups of water add the cut pieces, turmeric powder and chana dhal.
• When the vegetable is cooked, add salt..
• Grind coconut, jeera and chili into fine paste and add to the vegetable.
• See that it should be thick. Mix well.
• Heat a pan with 1tsp oil, ,add mustard seeds, urad dhal.
• When the mustard splutters add to the curry.
• This kootu is a tasty dish, eat with sambar/rasam rice or chapathis

Ellu Saadam( Sesame Rice)

Ellu Saadam( Sesame Rice)

Ingredients 

• Sesame seeds……1/4 cup
• Rice…………...... 2cups
• Urad dhal…….......1tsp
• Chana dhal…….....2tsp
• Red chili……….....3
• Salt to taste
• Curry leaves… few
• Til oil(sesame oil)..2tsp
• Jaggery……………..1tsp

Method

• Cook the rice in a pressure cooker. 
• Fry the chilli, dhals and,sesame seeds with little oil
• and cool them then grind them with jaggery. 
• Add oil to the rice and mix the ground powder and mix well . 
• Add curry leaves.