the ultimate catalogue of healthy food recipes
Pongal Recipe – Ven Pongal – Brown Rice Pongal – Khara Pongal – Pongal the ceremonial first dish of the Tamizh harvest festival will make a chronic insomniac sleep like a Koala. Every household makes their own version of pongal. There are thousands of recipes out there, each claiming to be comforting and soothing in their own…
Pepper Rice – Milagu Sadam – Brown Rice Recipe – Stir Fried Rice Recipe We make a lot of curries. Each time we make a fantastic curry, we make a simple stir fry of rice or millet. This way we get to eat something new and at the same time introduce you to a new recipe. Otherwise, pairing…
Brown Rice Pilaf – Hara Dhaniya Pulao With Brown Basmati Rice Hara Dhaniya means green coriander in Hindi. This brown rice pilaf is fairly simple to make. You will not be adding condiments directly to the rice. Instead, flavour a pot of boiling water with spices to create a fragrant steam. The resulting aromatic steam cooks…
Turmeric Rice Recipe Turmeric pilaf or fried rice. Call it whatever you want. Of late we have been making a lot of curries. Pairing them with a garden variety flat bread or plain rice is monotonous. This is when recipes such as the turmeric rice fetch a refreshing change. We ate this with chicken xacuti. You do not…
Bisi Bele Bath Recipe Bisi Bēle Bhāt is a popular staple in Karnataka. In Kannada, the vernacular of the land of its origin, ‘Bisi’ refers to ‘heat’ (temperature & not the spice level), ‘Bēle’ is lentil and ‘Bhāt’ is rice. Besides Karnataka, this comfort dish is quite popular in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh as well….
Jeera Rice Recipe – Cumin Pilaf With Brown Rice Our jeera rice recipe is made using brown rice and two varieties of cumin. The most commonly used white cumin seeds and the very fragrant caraway seeds (shahi jeera). In India if someone were to be unsure of a restaurant’s menu or the chef’s skill, they…
Barley Risotto With Roasted Baby Potatoes Our barley risotto employs three of our homemade stuff. Our very own BBQ sauce, mayonnaise and peanut butter. The baby potatoes are roasted and tossed in our homemade mayonnaise. Vegetarians can substitute hung curd for mayonnaise. Barley is smothered with a divine mess of BBQ sauce and peanut butter….
Zafrani Pulao Zafrani pulao is a saffron based pilaf reserved for special occasions. We wonder why? It such a simple dish and takes hardly any effort to make. Traditionally zafrani pulao is made with basmati rice, but our version of this pilaf replaces basmati with barnyard millet. Feel free to use any light coloured millet of your choice. Barnyard…
Brown Rice Pilaf Brown rice pilaf, pulao, call it whatever you want. Our brown rice pilaf brings all the healthy ingredients into one pot of unparalleled comfort. Should you make it once, you are guaranteed to make it again. This healthy recipe of brown rice pilaf will yield 4 servings, with 339 kilocalories in each….
Quinoa Pilaf – Quinoa In Ridge Gourd Curry Our Quinoa Pilaf in ridge gourd curry is an unusual pairing, but is a clear winner in terms of palatability and energy supply. How annoying must it feel to read another post, by another blogger, professing their new found love for quinoa. Teaching you to pronounce, flexing…
