Canned Coconut milk is the greatest thing to have in my kitchen..I love it. It adds a richness to almost any dish. And, it is a fairly healthier option when it comes to adding heavy cream. It contains half the amount of calories and fat when compared to heavy cream. This coconut milk pulav is … [Read more…]
Did you know that the herb cilantro is actually grown from coriander seeds? In fact, the herb cilantro is referred to as coriander leaves in a lot of places including India. I was introduced to this nomenclature only when I came here to the US. I made a carrot soup yesterday with a double dosage … [Read more…]
To go with my spicy kuzhambu, I made a quick and easy Snake gourd stir fry with channa dal. Its quick, easy and nutritious too. Ingredients: 1 snake gourd, insides removed, quartered and sliced 1 small onion chopped 2 red chillies broken 1/4 cup channa dal 1 tsp oil 1/2 tsp mustard 1/2 tsp split … [Read more…]
Fiber – thats the new health term, that we’ve started looking out for. Fiber in cereal, fiber supplements, foods high in fiber…its all over the place. What is fiber? and why do we need it? Basically, the term fiber refers to carbohydrates that cannot be digested. There are two types of fiber—soluble and insoluble. Some … [Read more…]
Whenever I make a pulao or briyani, I love something cool and refreshing to go with it. The obvious choice is raitha. Pulaos are also my favorite dish for a lunchbox, given that its a one pot meal that you can make quite nutritious with the addition of veggies/meat or legumes. But I usually skip … [Read more…]
Flax..the first time I heard of this was in a recipe for Vegan cakes. Then it kept appearing in a lot of blogs I frequent and the fact about how healthy they were made me look for it in the store. I was telling myself that it must be some kind of expensive ingredient that … [Read more…]