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.

Vegetable Aval Vadai( puffed rice vadai)

Vegetable Aval Vadai

 
Ingredients

• Aval (Ppuffed Rice)………….............1cup
• Besan(Chickpea Flour)…….............1/2 cup
• Chopped,Carrot,beetroot,onion
• Cabbage,Peas…….........................1cup
• Green Chili (Chopped)……………2
• Chopped .Ginger…………………1tsp
• Boiled Potato……………………1

Method

• Mix all together(don’t add water) and make small balls and deep fry them. 
• Serve with chutney.

Palak Paneer

Palak Paneer

Ingredients

• Palak........................2bunches
• Cut Onions.................1/2 cup
• Chili Powder............1tsp
• Dhania Powder...........1tsp
• Green Chilies............3
• Panner or Firm Soya......
• Tomatoes..................2
• Garlic.......................4 pearls
• Garam Masala......1/2 tsp
• Salt to Taste
• Oil

Method

• Wash ,chop the palak and cook the palak. 
• Heat a tawa with oil and add garlic,
• onion and tomatoes.Fry them. 
• Grind the cooked palak and fried ingredients.
• Heat a tawa with oil add cumin seeds, cut onions and green chilies.
• Fry them for a minute.
• Add chilies, dhania, salt,onions and ground mixture.Boil for a minute.
• Mix panner cubes and mix well. 
• Sprinkle garam masala.

Palak Dhal

Palak Dhal

Palak Dhal

Ingredients

• Palak........ ......................1bunch
• Moong Dhal.....................1/2 cup
• Onion................................1
• Tomato.............................1
• Ginger Green Chili Paste.... 1tsp
• Mustard Seeds.................1tsp
• Jeera................................1tsp
• Curry Leaves....................few
• Asafoetida......................1/2 tsp
• Salt to taste

Method

• Wash and cut the palak. 
• Cook the dhal adding 1/2 tsp turmeric powder.
• Cut the onion and tomato.Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds and jeera. 
• When the mustard splutter add onion ginger chili paste for a minute.
• Mix tomato, cooked dhal and palak turmeric powder.
• Pour enough water. Boil them.
• Sprinkle curry leaves and hing.

Dosa, Idli,Chutney and Mulakai Podi

Dosa,

Ingredients

Boiled rice..........3cups

Urad dhal.............1cup

Salt to taste

Method.

Soak rice and dal separately for 4 hours.

Grind and keep overnight to ferment. 

Next day make dosas in a dosa tawa or dosakal. 

Apply oil on the dosakal take a big spoon of batter spread evenly into big round and add oil all the sides. 

When one side is cooked turn the other side. 

When it becomes crispy remove from the dosakal. 

Serve hot with chutney or mulakaipodi.

Coconut chutney

Ingredients

Grated coconuts............1cup

Tamarind ......................1/2 tsp

Green chilli.....................4

Dalia(porikadalai )..........2tsp

Salt to taste

Curry leaves....................few

Ginger.................................small piece

Mustard seeds...............1tsp

Urad dhal...........................2tsp

Red chili..........................1

Method

Grind coconut, green chili, tamarind ,salt and dalia into a coarse paste. Heat a tawa with 1 tsp oil add dhal chilli curry leaves and mustard seeds. when it splutters add to the chutney.

 










Mulakai podi

Ingredients

Red chili................. ...........................1cup

Urad dhal...................,.........................1/2 cup

Chana dhal...........................................1/4 cup

Black til.(sesame seeds)...................3tbsp

Salt to taste

Hing..............................................1tsp

Method

Fry all ingredients with 2tsp oil till the dhals become red. 

When it becomes cold, grind them adding salt into powder.
Fry the sesame seeds(til) with out oil. 

Add this til and grind into coarse powder.

This is a good combination for dosa and idli. 

Add little oil with this powder when you eat dosa or idli.

Idli
Idli

 
Idli and chutney is the favourite breakfast of south Indians.

Ingredients

Idli rice.........3cups
Urad dhal...........1cup
Salt to taste

Method

Soak both rice and dhal separately for 4 hours and grind separately into fine paste. Mix both add salt and keep it overnight.. Next day make idlis with the help of a idli vessal,Serve with coconut chutney.

For kids, we make kunju idlis(small idlis) They love the idlis and eat them.

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Cabbage Vada

Cabbage Vada

 
Ingredients

Besan............................1cup
Rice flour......................1/2 cup
Ghee ..............................2 tsp
Chopped Cabbage........1cup
Red Chili Powder.........1tsp
Green Chili.Chopped)...1tsp
Asafoetida (hing).........1 pinch
Salt to taste

Method

Mix all ingredients . Add 1 cup of water to the mixed ingredients to make up the batter.

Heat up the oil till it is time to fry. Make small balls of the batter and deep fry. 

Place the vadas in a paper towel so as to remove excess oil.Serve with chutney.  

Vadas should be crisp.
Additional to the cabbage, you can also add diced carrots/green pepper/onions/spinach/cauliflower to this tasty recipe.

Peanut Chutney

Peanut chutney

Pea Chutney

Ingredients

Roasted Peanuts.......2cups
Red Chilies...................4
Green Chili..................1
Tamarind paste..........1tsp
Onion............................1
Mustard Seeds............2tsp
Curry leaves................few
Salt to Taste

Method

Heat a pan and fry the chopped onion, red chili and green chili.

Grind the peanuts, tamarind salt and onions into a paste. 

Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds curry leaves and 1 red chili. 

When it crackles add to the chutney.

Carrot Halwa

Carrot Halwa 

Ingredients

 

Carrot................................. 1 kg

Milk.....................................1/2 cup

Sugar...................................2cups

Cardamom powder..............1/2 tsp

Almonds and cashew nuts..... 3tbsp

Ghee.....................................3tbsp

Method

Peel the carrots and grate them. Fry them with ghee. 

When it fried add milk, sugar and cook for 15 minutes . 

Fry the nuts in ghee and garnish the halwa. 

Sprinkle cardamom powder. Serve hot or cold

Shrikand

Shrikand

Shrikand

Yogurt(Curd)...........4 cups
Powdered Sugar.....two and half cups
Warm Milk..............1tsp
Pistachio Nuts..........6
Saffron....................few

 


Method

Tie the yogurt in a muslin cloth and hang it for eight hours . 
Remove it add sugar ,salt and mix well till the sugar is dissolved
Sieve this dough through filter (Puran)to remove the lumps and smooth the shreekand.(You can use beater).
Soak the saffron in warm milk. 
Add saffron water,cardamom powder and powdered nuts and mix well.