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EVENING TIFFIN 1

SAGO (JAVVARISI VEGETABLE UPMA: Ingredients: Onion-1small cut into small pieces sago (Javvarisi) big one-2 cups beans cut into small pieces-1/4 cup carrot small pieces-1/8 cup coriander leave-2 tbsp curry leaves few potato cut into small pieces-1 Asofoetida a pinch salt-as needed cumin seeds-1 tsp turmeric a pinch or optional oil as needed mustard seeds-1/2 tsp green or red chillies as needed coconut grated-3tbsp optional lemon juice-1 tbsp optional curd or buttermilk-1/2 cup Method: Soak sago in little water and curd for 1 hour. Heat pan and pour little oil and when oil heats up add mustard seeds. After musterd seeds pop up add onion and fry till transparent. Then add all vegetables and fry till they are cooked well. Add turmeric powder, salt. Once the vegetables are done add soaked sago and asofoetida, grated coconut, little coriander, curry leaves, cumin seeds and mix it and sprinkle little water . Then cover the pan and cook till the sago is soft . Remove fr

MILLETS

Generally we don't much care about the health in our busy schedule and finally we struggle to make our health into shape. We concentrate on earning money but ignore our health. Only after middle age we tend to look back and feel how we spoiled our health and spend our so called hard earned money in curing our illness. Instead why don't we concentrate on our health? We have tremendous foods that act as a food, a cure to our illness and a good strength and stamina builder.  Just think about  MILLETS ...... These millets can give us good amount of proteins, fiber, calcium, vitamins, minerals....... So here i am going to talk about each millet and recipes made using them...... Millets are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains. Millets are known as "Small Grains" or "Siru Thaaniyangal" in Tamil.Millets are one of the oldest foods known to humans and possibly the first cereal grain to be used

SWEETS n PUDDINGS

Generally sweets are though gives basic nutrients but gives tons of energy.... so i m nt giving nutritional values of each and every sweets n pudding recipes... limit your intake and have fun..... AVAL URUNDAI Ingredients Red aval-50grams Rawa (sooji)- 2tbsp Ghee-4 to 5 tbsp Boiled Milk little Powdered sugar-1/2 cup as u wish Method: Slightly roast aval and sooji in a pan. Powder them and add ghee and add powdered sugar little milk and mix nicely in the consistancy that you can make them a ball. Apply ghee in you hand and make the mix into balls. If you are planning to keep it for longer dont use milk instead increase ghee. Nutritional Info: Good amount of carbohydrates and fat . Very good snack for kids and elders with sweet tooth . Diabetic and high bp and cholestrol persons please take only one;-) RAVA LADDU Ingredents  Rava - 200 gms Sugar - 200 gms Cashew Nuts and Raisins - 5 Tablespoons (Make it into small pieces) Ghee - 50 gms Boiled Milk - As