Mango smoothie

Blend together chopped pieces of a mango with one cup yogurt and sugar.


Rice with curry




Chop wintermelon into small cubes. Grind together 3-4 green chillies, cumin, coconut, coriander leaves, ginger into a fine paste. Heat oil, add curry leaves, mustard and wintermelon pieces. Fry for 5 mins and add the ground mixture. fry for few more mins. Add 2 cups of water and bring to a boil. Add curds and mix it.


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Salads for Health Nut Challenge

Carrot Salad

1. Soak Moong dal for 45 mins. Grate carrots
2. Mix the above ina bowl and add coconut(2spoons)
3. Heat oil, add mustard, 1 green chilly and mix it with the carrot-dal mixture.
4.Add salt.
Cucumber Salad:

The procedure is same as the first one, except that carrots are replaced by cucumber chopped into small pieces.

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FIC-Zodiac signs: White Rava Idli and Peanut chutney

Recipe:

1. Heal oil, add a spoon of mustard seeds. Then add one and half cups of fine rava and fry for 3-5 minutes. Take it off the heat and cool it.
2. Add half a spoon of baking soda, half a cup of water and 2 cups of curds to the above.
3. After 30 mins, steam it in a pressure cooker for 10-12 mins.




Recipe:

1. Microwave peanuts for 3 mins.
2. Heat oil, add garlic and onions. Fry for 5 mins. Cool it.
3. Grind everything with salt and water.


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Lemon Rice for WYF: Breakfast event

Recipe:

1. Cook 2 cups of rice.
2. Heat oil, add mustard, cumin, groundnuts, channa dal and fry till it becomes slight brown in colour.
3. Add 3 green chillies, curry leaves and fry for a minute. Add half a spoon of turmeric powder.
4. Take it off the heat and add about half a cup of coconut. Add salt and mix it.
5. When it cools, add lime juice as required and mix the cooked rice.
6. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

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WYF: Breakfast event announcement

My First Post

Introduction of web 2.0 has made blogging a necessity. "Do you Have a blog?" is a common question asked by people around me. Saying "No" was something i could not do anymore. Hence i started this blog to fill in some random thoughts or daily life activities that happen around me.
Probably will come up with something interesting in my next post.