Beans Poriyal (or) Beans stir fry

Beans Poriyal

Beans contain very low fat and protien which is very healthy.And this poriyal is very simple and healthy.

Ingredients:

Beans - 250 g
Onion - 1 big
Green chilli - 2
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Skin removed Green gram -1 ts
Salt - as per your taste
Oil

For Seasoning:

Mustard - 1/2 ts
Broken urad dal - 1/2 ts
Curry leaves - little(optional)

Preparation:

1.String the beans(french beans),wash and cut it into small pieces.

2.Heat a tsp of oil and add the ingredients for seasoning. 

3.Add the onion and green chilli and saute well till onion turn brown color.

4.Then add beans,turmeric powder,skin removed green dal and needed salt.

5.Add little water and cook covered till soft.Stir 2 to 3 times in between,so that everything gets evenly cooked.you can sprinkle water if needed in between while stirring.Remove from flame and serve hot with rice.

Beans Poriyal

Horsegram Thuvayal (or) Kollu thuvayal

Horse gram is rich in B-complex vitamins and protein. It is quite delicious to taste and at the same time highly nutritious.It is also a excellent food for those who are looking to loose some weight.So here i have given you how to cook horse gram(kollu) thuvayal.It goes well with oats and you can also take as side dish for rice.

Horse gram Thuvayal

Ingredients:

Horse gram - 1/2 cup
Garlic - 3 cloves
Tamarind - Large peanut sized ball
Grated coconut - 3 ts
red chill - 3
Hing - a pinch
Salt - according to your taste
oil -1 ts

Horse gram Thuvayal

Preparation:

1. Clean the horse gram and saute in a pan without oil.

2. Heat 1ts of oil and saute hing,red chill,Garlic and keep it aside.

3. Then in the remaining oil saute the tamarind.

4. Grind everything together along with salt and water to a coarse paste.Do not add too much of water. It should be thick paste.

5. Serve with hot rice.

Carrot Pan Cake

Today i tried pan cake using carrot.I used carrot because it contains rich beta carotene which is a powerful antioxidant and helps us maintaining a healthy skin.So i mixed carrot juice with cake mixture.You can also use beetroot juice..Which gives attractive color to cake.

Ingredients:

Nutritious Flour/all purpose Flour- 4 ts

carrot-  1

Egg- 1

Milk - half glass

Sugar - according to Your taste

Baking soda- a pinch

Butter - 3 ts

Preparation:

Carrot Pan cake

1. Grate the carrot and grind it in mixer as a fine paste and keep it aside.Dont strain it.

2.Take a bowl and add all purpose flour.i used here nutritious flour and add baking soda and egg and beat it well.

3.Now add Carrot juice and mix with blender.

4.Add Sugar according to your taste.

5.Now add milk.(note: batter should be in semi liquid mixture)

6.Atlast add 1 ts butter in it n blend it well.

7.Then take a pan and grease with butter and add cake batter and close with glass lid untill a bubble form in a batter.

8.When it becomes a goldern color, flip it over to other side and let it get cooked.

9.Take it from pan and cut it into a equal portion and apply some honey or chocolate sauce in between two cake.

10.Since i made chocolate sauce in home i added some fried nuts in that so i ignored adding nuts in batter..

11.If you are serving with honey you can add fried nuts in batter.

12.serve with honey or chocolate sauce and enjoy a nutritious food..

Carrot Pan cake

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Carrot Halwa

Carrot halwa is a traditional Indian dessert that uses the carrot in a unique way. This dish is basically composed of grated cooked carrots with some additional ingredients. A major dairy component also adds to the dish.Personally i love this halwa very much because it contain the rich orange color of carrots comes from beta carotene  which also happens to be very good for optical health. The yellow to orange pigment in beta carotene is converted by the body into vitamin A, making carrots an excellent source of this useful vitamin.Childrens too love this yummy halwa...

Carrot Halwa

Ingredients:

carrot -1/4 
Milk-200 m
Sugar-150 g
Salt-a small pinch
Ghee-25 g
Cashew-6 no
cardamom-3 no

Preparation:


1)Finely grate or grind the well cleaned carrots.

2)Heat ghee in a tava (preferably a nonstick tava).

3)Add the grated carrots to it and saute well for 3 mins.

4)Add the milk and keep on stirring on a very low flame till the carrots get mixed well and well cooked(around 4 to 5 minutes).

5)Add the sugar and a pinch of salt and cardamom
 if needed.

6)Stir well for 3 - 4 mins.

7)You can see the halwa is cooked well and it gets separated from the ghee.

8)Now add the grated nuts and switch off the flame.

9)Transfer the content into a serving dish and allow it to cool.

:- Serve chilled.

Carrot Halwa