Purple Cabbage Chesar Salad

Ingredients:

1) Purple Cabbage
2) Salt
3) Pepper
4) Olive Oil
5) Chesar Dressing

Method:

1) Slice the Cabbage in the pieces
2) Add Olive oil, Salt, Pepper, Chesar Dreesing and toss it well till all the ingredients are mixed well.
3) Serve it at room temperature or cold.

Simple Potato Fry

Ingredients :

Potato - 3 Big Potatoes
Red Chili Powder 1 tsp
Coriander Powder 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Mustard 1/2 tsp
Split Urad dhal 1 tsp
Oil 2 tbsp

Method:

1. Chop the potatoes in to small pieces.
2.  In a nonstick pan heat oil, add mustard and Split Urad dhal. When the mustard splutters , add chopped potatoes,red chili powder, coriander powder and salt. Fry in in Medium or low flame for 10 15 min till the potatoes are cooked.

Vankaya Senagapappu Curry

Ingredients :

Brinjals – 250gms
Chanadal /Chickpea  -150 gms
Onion – 1
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder – 1 tsp
Salt – 1 tsp
Garam masala powder – 1/4 tsp
Oil – 3 tbsp

Method: 

1) Wash and cut brinjals into cubes and keep in salted water. Soak chanadal in water for atleast half an hour.
2)  Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onions.
3)  Saute them till soft and add turmeric, curry leaves, ginger garlic paste,chana dal and red chillie powder and saute for two minutes more.
4)  Now add  brinjal pieces and salt . Mix well and cover with lid. Cook till water evaporates. Now add a cup of water and cook on medium heat.
5)  After the brinjal pieces and dal are cooked , add garam masala powder and serve.  This is a good side dish for rice and rotis too hot and spicy…

Orange,Apple and Carrot Smoothie

These Days me and my husband started indulging the fruit juices as we got to know the benefits of the juices


Juicing is an easy way to provide yourself with a high level of quality nutrition. Here I will talk about the properties of juicing that makes it so potent, and the health benefits that it can provide. It is a practice taken up by many people who are health conscious, who claim how great it is. So what is it about juicing we all rave about?

Well, there are 3 main reasons why juicing is so beneficial :

1. The juice requires hardly any digestion, so all its nutritional goodness gets rapidly into your system.
2. When you juice, you use more fruits and vegetables than you could actually eat. As a result, you are drinking a densely packed amount of vitamins, minerals and other plant-based nutrients.
3. Liver detoxification

Below are some of the many health benefits of juicing :

Improving the cardiovascular system and heart health:

• Both antioxidant vitamins C and E  prevent the damaging effect of free radicals on artery walls. They prevent blood from sticking, clotting, becoming toxic as well as helping to lower triglycerides levels (Here is more info about how to lower triglycerides). Good to great levels of vitamin C can be found in most vegetables and fruits. For the health benefits of juicing vitamin E you can use blackberries, kiwi, asparagus and spinach in your juicer recipes.
• Potassium and magnesium are essential for proper heart function and a regular heart beat. Blackberries are a good source for both these minerals.
• Additionally, as we know, being overweight plays a fundamental role in developing heart disease, so its good to take some common sense and a realistic approach on how to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight.

Ingredients:

1 Carrot
1 Apple
2 Oranges
Honey for sweet (Optional)
Water

Method : 

Blend the above fruits and add little water and add honey if required.