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Lemon rice

Ingredients:
Cooked rice - 2 cups
Juice of 3 lemons[big]
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
Channa dal - 1 tbsp
Peanut - 2 tbsp
Curry leaves - few
Hing - pinch
Turmeric powder - 1tsp
Salt - as required

Method:

• Add oil to pan, add mustard seeds.
• When it flutters, add urad dal, channa dal, peanuts and simmer the flame.
• Fry it for sometime, take care not to burn.
• Then add salt, turmeric powder and hing.
• Switch off the flame immediately when it is fried a little.
• Then add lemon juice.
• Mix with rice.
• Red chillies can also be added.

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Capsicum rice

Ingredients:
Basmathi rice - 1/2 cup
Capsicum - 1/2 cup, coloured
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch
Grind to paste:
Garlic - 7 cloves
Cashew - 5 whole
Pepper - 1/2 tsp

Recipe Reference: sharmispassions
Method:

• Soak the rice for 20 minutes.
• Grind the ingredients listed in "Grind to paste".
• Pressure cook the rice for 3 whistles in medium flame. 
• In a pan, add ghee, then cinnamon and cloves.
• When it is fried, add the grinded paste.
• When it is cooked, add the capsicum and fry for sometime.
• Don't overcook the capsicum.
• Now mix with rice.

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Ragi puttu

Ingredients:

Ragi Flour - 2 cups

Jaggery powder - 1/2 cup

Coconut grated - 1/4 cup

Dry ginger powder - 1/2 tsp

Cardamom powder - pinch

Method:

• Dry roast ragi flour until nice aroma comes.
• Cool down the flour, now add water little by little and mix properly.
• We should make as a ball but when we break it should break down.
• Now whisk this in a mixie twice.
• Tie in a cloth and steam it.
• Now mix the puttu with jaggery powder, dry ginger powder, cardamom powder.
• Add grated coconut at the end.

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Embroidery by my 5 year old..

First Embroidery

 

 

 

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Quilling by my 5 year old..

Oh yeah!! that's a honeybee...

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Rice flour muffins

Recipe Source: kurryleaves.blogspot.in

Ingredients:

Rice flour - 2 cups

Baking soda - 1/4 tsp

Baking powder - 1.5 tsp

salt - pinch

sugar - 3/4 cup

Egg - 2 large

Oil - 1.5 tbsp

Milk -1/2 cup

Banana mashed - 1 cup

Method:

• Sieve flour,baking powder , baking soda and salt for even mixing.
• In another bowl, mix sugar, egg, oil, milk and banana.
• mix well until sugar dissolves.
• Pour wet ingredients over dry flour mixture and fold gently.
• Preheat oven 180 degree for ten minutes.
• Pour in muffin mould and bake for 25 minutes.

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Whole wheat Choclate muffin

Recipe Source: kurryleaves.blogspot.in

Ingredients:
Whole wheat flour - 3/4 cup
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Baking Powder - 1/4 tsp
Cocoa powder - 1/8 cup
salt - pinch
Water - 1/2 cup
Vegetable oil - 1/4 cup
Vanilla extract -1/2 tsp
Grated Jaggery /Cane sugar - 1/2 cup

Method:

• Sieve wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cocoa powder twice to mix evenly.
• Take another bowl, add water, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, sugar. Stir well until sugar dissolves.
• Pour wet ingredients to dry ingredients and fold gently. Don't overmix.
• Preheat oven to 180 degree for ten minutes.
• Take a scoop of batter and fill the muffin pan to 3/4th, and bake for 25 minutes.

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Varagu upma kozhukatai

Ingredients:
Varagu[kodo millet] - 1 cup
Moong dal - 2 tbsp
Whole pepper - 1 tsp
Jeera - 1 tsp
Grated Coconut - 2 tbsp
Temper:
Mustard seeds - 2 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Hing - pinch
Curry leaves - few
Red chillies - 2

Recipe source : raks kitchen

Method:

• Grind moong dal, pepper and jeera coarsely.
• In a pan, temper the items listed.
•  Now add 3 cups of water and bring to boil.
• When it is boiling, add rice, grinded dal and cook for a minute.
• Now add grated coconut and cook covered for five minutes in medium flame.
• Now make balls when it is warm.
• Steam it for five minutes.
• Healthy kozhukatai is ready.

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Foxtail Millet Honey balls

Ingredients:
Foxtail millet - 3/4 cup
Grated jaggery -1/2 cup
Honey - 2 tbsp
cardamom powder - pinch
Ghee - as needed

Method:

• Dry roast foxtail millet until aroma comes. Cool down and grind it coarsely.
• Now in a bowl, add grounded millet, jaggery, honey, cardamom powder.
• Add ghee and make balls

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