Tomato Soup

Ingredients needed: 

• Ripe Tomatoes - 4
• Onion - 1
• Beetroot - 2 piece
• Garlic pod - 1
• Milk - 1/2 cup
• Cornflour - little
• Jeera
• Salt
• Pepper powder
• Butter 
• Tomato Sauce (optional) - little
• Mixed dried Herbs - a pinch 

Method: 

             Heat a pan / kadai (or you can also Pressure cook) add little butter + garlic pods + jeera  + beetroot + water and allow it to cook well when it is almost done add roughly chopped onions + tomatoes and cook it till done ...once done strain the water and keep it aside add cooked beetroot , onion , tomatoes into mixer grinder and grind it into smooth paste to this add the water which you have set aside add more water if needed and strain it well .. (I skipped this step)

Now heat a pan add the grounded paste / soup + tomato sauce + salt + dried herbs + pepper and allow it to boil well ..in a small cup take little cornflour and mix it with milk and add it to the soup and boil it well ...serve it hot with bread.

Red Cow peas Salad / Raita

Simple yet healthy salad / raitha ..I am sure kids will also love it ..I had some cooked red lobiya so used it .

Ingredients needed :

• Vegetables:Onions +carrot +cabbage +cucumber 
• Fruits : Apple + seedless black or green grapes 
• Red Cow peas / Lobiya / Karamani - 1 cup 
• Low fat yogurt / curd - 2 cup 
• Lemon juice + salt + chat masala(opt.) + pepper powder 

Method : 


Soak red cowpeas  overnight  and pressure cook it with little salt ..once done drain the water and take the cooked peas and set aside ...you can use the water while preparing gravies or can make chapathi dough with this water ...

In a small bowl mix curd + salt + lemon juice + pepper powder + chat masala powder and mix it well. Clean and chop onions,cabbage,cucumber,apple finely ...peel carrot skin and grate it ..cut grapes in to half . Take a bowl and add the chopped veggies and fruits + cooked red cow peas + curd mixture and mix it well and enjoy your raita / salad

Sending this to Shama's event an event started by Priya

Mixed Fruit & Vegetable Salad

This is very simple salad ...you can use veggies and fruits of your choice ...kids will surely love this ...(I have used the store brought salad greens pack )

• Vegetables:Onions +carrot +cabbage +lettuce +cucumber + tomatoes
• Fruits : Apple + seedless green grapes 
• Nuts : badam + cashews  - finely chopped ..
• Lemon juice + salt + chat masala(opt.) + pepper powder

Clean and chop all the veggies finely and chop apple finely , cut grapes into 2 slices ...take a bowl and mix all chopped vegetables + fruits + nuts + lemon juice + salt + pepper powder + chat masala (opt.) and toss it well and enjoy ur salad...

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Palak Raita

 

Saw this recipe here ,but changed few steps and made it in my way :

Ingredients needed : 

• Palak - 2 bunches
• Onions - 1
• Ginger - small piece
• Garlic - 2 pod
• Curd
• Jeera 
• Salt
• Pepper powder
• Amchur powder 
• Oil

Method :

Clean and chop palak leaves ..Chop onions finely , take the skin of ginger and chop it finely ...Heat a kadai and add oil + Jeera + ginger + garlic + onions + salt and fry it well then add the palak leaves and saute it for few mins...then allow it cool completely. In a serving bowl add the curd + pepper powder + amchur powder and mix it well ...to that add the cooked palak and onions and mix it well ...and serve it .

Veg. Noodle soup

Ingredients needed :

• Mixed vegetables (carrots, french beans, cauliflower, mushroom) - finely chopped 2 Cups.
• Spaghetti / Noodles 
• finely chopped garlic
• ¼ cup finely chopped onions
• salt and pepper to taste
• oil - little

Method : 

Heat the oil in a pan, add the onions and garlic and saute till the onions are translucent.Add the vegetables and saute for a few minutes. Add 2 cups of water , salt and pepper and allow it to boil and simmer till the vegetables are tender.
In a separate vessel add little water and boil the spaghetti well till done ...if you are using noodles (Maggi) boil it well without using the taste maker powder ...you can use it when making some side dish for roti .Once the noodles / spaghetti is cooked well , add it to the cooked vegetable and add more water if needed and cook it well and serve hot

 Sending this to Shama's event

Oats Savory Porridge

Having tried  Oats porridge , I wanted to try this savory version ...and I am loving this lot . Have tried making it in 2 ways ...

Ingredients needed : 

• Oats - 1 cup 
• Water - 3 cups
• Buttermilk - 2 cups 
• Salt - little
• Jeera powder - little
• Carrot  - 1
• Onion  -1/2
• Coriander leaves - little

Method 1 : 

In a saucepan , take a cup of oats and add water and mix it well and then switch on the gas and keep stirring it often and cook it well ...it may take 5 mins ..
once it is cooled , add buttermilk + salt + jeera powder and mix it well and enjoy it ....

Method 2 : 

Clean and peel the skin of carrot and grate it well , Chop onions finely. Cook oats in the same way as said in method 1. To the cooked oats add buttermilk + salt + jeera powder and mix it well to this add the chopped onions + grated carrots + coriander leaves and mix it well ...and enjoy it .

Oats Porridge

Method 1 :

Ingredients :

• Oats 
• Milk
• Water 
• Banana
• Dried grapes
• Condensed Milk (or)
• Sugar

Method :

In a saucepan add oats and mix it with water , then switch on the gas and keep the flame in medium and keep stirring it till it becomes a thick paste. Once done transfer it to a bowl and add milk + condensed milk or sugar and mix it well...
to that add chopped bananas and dried grapes and enjoy it ...

You can add any fruits or nuts as per your wish...

Method 2 :

Ingredients :

• Oats
• Milk
• Fruits (your choice)
• Dried grapes
• Sugar or Honey 

Method :

Heat milk and in a serving bowl add oats and to that add milk and set aside for few hours ...to that u can add any fruits like apple, banana , pear and also add little grapes + honey or sugar and mix it well and set aside ...

Note : add very hot milk to oats ...after few hours u can see that oats becomes like a thick paste .... now add little more milk and enjoy it ....

Sending this to Sameena's event : Oats recipes

Tomato soup II

I have completed updating the Recipe Index page ...Have created a separate page for each and every category ....Hope you all find it easy to find a recipe...if you find any link wrongly linked or not working properly , please do let us know.

Ingredients needed :

• Tomatoes
• Celery sticks
• Green Capsicum - few pieces
• Carrot
• Garlic + Ginger
• Onion (White)
• Salt
• Jeera
• Pepper Powder
• Butter / Oil
• Coriander leaves

Method :

Clean and chop all the veggies (Carrot + tomato + onions + celery sticks + capsicum + Ginger - garlic) heat a kadai and add butter or oil and add Jeera and allow it to splutter then add ginger-garlic +   onions + capsicum  and saute it for few mins then add carrots + celery sticks + tomatoes and fry for few mins ...then allow it cool well and grind it into smooth paste and transfer it to the same kadai and add enough water to get the right consistency and then add salt and pepper powder and allow it to boil well ... once it is done ...switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves and serve it hot with bread slices ...

Yummy and delicious Tomato soup is ready...

Soups , Salads , Raita -- Recipe Index

Soups:

Mixed Vegetable Soup :

• Healthy Vegetable Soup
• Vegetable Soup II
• Hot and vegetable clear soup
• Veg. Noodles soup

Tomato Soup:

• Tomato (Rasam) soup
• Tomato soup  ~ Type 2
• Tomato Soup ~ Type 3

• Mushroom Soup
• Brococoli Carrot soup
• Sweet corn soup
• Masoor dhal soup
• Cabbage Diet soup
• Cucumber soup

Koolu / Kanji / Porridge / other drinks:

• Raagi Koolu
• Panakkam and Neer mor
• Pudina Punch 
• Oats Porridge
• Oats Savory Porridge

Salads: 

• Kosambari 
• Cucumber Salad
• Healthy veggie Salad
• Cucumber salad II
• Cabbage - Carrot Salad
• Mixed Vegetable & fruit salad 

Raita:

• Red Cow Peas Raita
• Palak Raita 

Masoor dal soup

Saw this recipe here and tried it ... the taste was excellent and this was too filling ..Thanks to Jeyashri , for sharing this recipe ...

Ingredients needed :

• Masoor dhal - 2 cups
• Onion - 1
• Tomatoes - 2
• Garlic pods - 2
• Corriander leaves
• Salt
• Pepper powder - little
• Jeera powder (opt.) - little

Method : 

Roughly chop tomatoes and onions and set aside. In a pressure pan / cooker add 1 tsp. oil and saute the onions + tomatoes and add water + masoor dal and pressure cook it well. Once the cooked dal is cooled well , transfer it to the mixie jar and using whipper button slightly grind it to get the smooth paste consistency now transfer it again to the kadai and salt + jeera powder (opt.) + pepper powder and bring it to boil for very few mins and garnish it with coriander leaves.

Wishing a Very Happy New year to all our friends ...May this new year bring many opportunities to your way, to explore every joy of life and may your resolutions for the days ahead stay firm, turning all your dreams into reality and all your efforts into great achievements.

With lots of love,

Kavitha & Gayathri.

Raagi Koolu

Ingredients:

• Raagi flour - 1 cup
• Raw Rice - 1 cup
• Water - as req
• salt - as req

Procedure:

To 1 cup raagi maavu (flour) add water such that you get a dosa batter consistency. Make sure that there is no lumps in the raagi batter. Do this overnight and then the next day evening it should be ready to make koolu.

Next day evening, cook raw rice (1 cup) with almost half of pressure cooker filled with water. Even if there is excess water there is no issue. Just make sure that you do not add less water. Once the rice is well cooked (kinda mashed consistency), on a low flame, add the raagi batter to the rice and keep stiring well. To check if the koolu is ready, soak your palm in water and just touch the koolu with ur palm. It should not stick. Then add req amount of salt to this. Healthy and easy Raagi Koolu is ready. This is very good at summer and is excellent with pickle and mango.

Note: Will add the pic soon to the post.....

Cabbage - Carrot Salad

Saw this here in Priya's blog ...and tried it immediately .... though I have changed according to our taste but the idea of adding nuts ...was really very helpful , my son enjoyed this salad ... Thanks a lot Priya .

Nothing much to say about the method and ingredients needed ...still ...

Ingredients needed :

• cabbage grated - 1 cup
• carrot grated - 1 cup
• Cashews and Badam - 10 nos.
• lemon juice - little
• salt and pepper - little
• oil -1/2 tsp.

Method : 

Chop cashews and badam into small pieces. In a kadai , add oil and fry them slightly ...if needed just sprinkle little salt and pepper powder. Peel the skin off carrot and grate it finely ...then grate the cabbage. In a bowl mix it together and add very little salt + pepper + lemon juice and mix the fried nuts ...and serve it.

Kids love this salad a lot ...u can add raisins too ... simple and yummy salad is ready ...

Sweet Corn Soup

Ingredients needed :

• Mixed vegetables (carrots, french beans, ) - finely chopped 2 Cups.
• Sweet corn - 2 cup (I used frozen )
• finely chopped onions - 3 tsp.
• salt and pepper to taste
• oil / butter / ghee - 1/4 tsp.
• water - 3 cups

Method :

Boil sweet corn with less water for few mins and keep it aside. Heat the pan, add oil + onions saute for few mins. Add the vegetables + 1/2 cup sweet corn and saute for a few minutes. Add 3 cups of water , salt and pepper and allow it to boil till the vegetables are tender , meanwhile make a paste of the remaining sweet corn , by running it for few secs. in mixie ...and set aside. Once the vegetables are cooked add the sweet corn mixture and if needed and little more water and allow it to boil well , Serve hot.

ps: hope I am not boring you all with Soup recipes continuously ....

Hot Vegetable Clear soup

Ingredients needed :

• Carrots, french beans, broccoli, sweet corn , mushroom - finely chopped 2 Cups.
• Finely chopped garlic
• finely chopped onions
• salt and pepper to taste
• Corn flour paste - little

Method :

          Heat a pan add the onions and garlic and saute for few mins. Add the vegetables and saute for a few minutes. Add 2 cups of water , salt and pepper and allow it to boil till the vegetables are tender, to make the soup slightly thicker add cornflour paste (cornflour mixed with little water).. Serve hot ...

Note : 

you can add water as needed ...as my husband wanted more veges ....I added little water ... and if you wish add little soya sauce to taste better...

Broccoli Carrot Soup

Ingredients needed :

• Broccoli - 1
• Medium size Carrot - 2
• Water - 1 or 2 cups
• Salt - little
• Pepper - little
• Cornflour - little
• Butter - little

Method :

Chop broccoli and carrot and in a pan add little water and allow it to boil, mix cornflour and little water and keep it aside. Once it is cooked remove the pieces from water , we can make use of the remaining water , keep it aside ..allow it to cool well , then blend it in mixie and keep it ready and in the pan add the blended mixture add the water just heat it for few mins. now add salt + pepper powder and to get it slightly thicker in texture ...add the cornflour paste and serve it in small cup and on top add less than half tsp. of butter

Happy to share an award we recieved Kreativ Blogger Award from our friend Padma few days back. Thanks a lot Padma and so kind of you to share it with us

This Kreativ Blogger Award comes up with some set of rules and here are the rules

1.Thank the person giving the award.

2.Copy the award to your blog.

3.Place a link to their blog.

4.Name 7 things people don't know about you.

5.Nominate 7 bloggers

6.Place a link to those bloggers

7.Leave a comment letting those bloggers know about the award.

Let me take the pleasure & honour to write about Kavitha :

7 things about Kavitha :

1. She is the best Daughter , Sister , Wife and a Mom.
2. Really lucky to have her as my friend , companion ...She is a gift to my life
3. She loves cooking and tries all new varieties
4. She loves to be more with her friends and family members ...
5. She loves listening to songs ...without music it is really tough for her.
6. she is best home maker, and take care of her family very well.
7. she is the best gift for her hubby and his family

And about Me from Kavitha :

1. loves to experiment cooking, thou she does nt get much chances for it ;)
2. very very friendly
3. loves to blog
4. loves music
5. loves and nvr hesistates to learn new stuff
6. no ego watsoever
7. will tune to any place

And it is now time to pass this award to 7 blogger friends :

1. Divya Vikram
2. Shama Nagarajan
3. Nithya
4. Prathiba
5. Devi Meyyappan
6. Pari
7. Padhu

Cucumber salad/Raita

Since I'm stuck on to my plan of making some healthy salads for hubby dear these days, i try to come up with some variations in salads everyday. This one was passed from one of my friends. The recipe sounded more like a raita when I got it from my buddy...bt who cares...cos the salad/raita was good and tatz wat matters :)

Preparation:

To finely chopped cucumber add thick yogurt. Add very less yogurt. Do not add like you add for raita.

In a pan , heat oil and once it is hot, temper with some urad dhal, dry red chillies and curry leaves. Add this to the salad. Add salt and pepper as req. Also garnish with some coriander leaves.

It was yummy. So try it out.

Healthy Veggie Salad

Ingredients:

• Carrot
• Capsicum
• Cucumber
• Mango
• Coriander leaves
• Olives
• Beans
• Chickpeas - soak in water overnite and pressure cook for 2 whistles (1/2 cup)
• Lemon juice - as req
• salt - as req
• pepper pdr - as req

Preparation:

Finely cut all the veggies. Semi-cook carrot, beans, capsicum. Mix all the veggies, chickpeas. Add lemon juice, salt and pepper as req. Garnish with some coriander leaves. To this healthy salad, you can also make a small twist. Wanna knw hw...add some ginger or lemon or mango pickle (very lil...juz the pickle alone).

Vegetable Soup

Ingredients needed :

• Mixed vegetables (carrots, french beans, cauliflower, mushroom) - finely chopped 2 Cups.
• finely chopped garlic
• ¼ cup finely chopped onions
• 2 tbsp quick cooking rolled oats
• milk - little
• salt and pepper to taste
• oil - little
• For the garnish - 2 tsp chopped coriander

Method : 

Heat the oil in a pan, add the onions and garlic and saute till the onions are translucent. Add the vegetables and saute for a few minutes. Add 2 cups of water , salt and pepper and allow it to boil and simmer till the vegetables are tender. Take a pan and add the oats and little milk and water and boil it for 5 minutes now add the oats mix to the soup and allow it to boil for few mins . Serve hot and if needed garnish with the coriander.

Mushroom Soup

Ingredients :

• Mushroom - 2 cups
• Milk - 1 cup
• Salt & Pepper - little
• Corn flour - 2 tsp.

Method : 

Clean and chop mushroom into small pieces ...take a pan fry it for few mins and then add salt & pepper+  milk and allow it to boil well mix cornflour in little water and dilute it ..once the mushroom is cooked well add cornflour paste ,cook for few mins and switch off the gas and serve hot .

Tomato Soup Rasam

Ingredients:

• Pearl onions - 10 nos or 1/2 of medium red onion
• Tomotes - 2 medium
• Green Chilli - 2 nos
• salt - as req
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Tur Dhal - 1 tsp
• oil - 1 tsp
• Saunf seeds - 1/2 tsp
• curry leaves - 4 or 5 nos
• Ginger - 1 inch - finely chopped and mashed
• Turmeric pdr - 1/4 tsp
• water - as req
• Coriander leaves - for garnish

Preparation:

Pressure cook 10 pearl onions (or 1/2 of medium red onion) + 2 Tomatoes + 2 Green chilli + Cumin seeds + Tur Dhal + lil water for 2 whistles. Once the pressure leaves, open the cooker and grind it well.

In a pan, add some oil. To the  hot oil, add curry leaves + Saunf seeds (Sombhu) + Smashed finely chopped ginger + ground paste + water as req + salt + turmeric pdr + Coriander leaves.

When the soup/rasam starts to boil, switch off the stove.