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Its a medicinal porridge which is usually consumed during Monsoon season in Kerala.All ingredients are available in the local ayurvedic shop.This porridge is prepared with very few ingredients with very less amount.This amount is adequate for 2 to 3 persons.Usually medicinal porridge is prepared in earthen pot. Ingredients Rheedi Spring (Family_ Fabaceae) - 2 Nos Fenugreek seeds - One table spoon Water - 2 Liters Oushadha kootu powder - One tablespoon Navara rice - 2 fistful/ 2 spoon Cumin seeds - Three fourth table spoon Garden cress seeds/Halim seeds - Half tablespoon Grated coconut - 3 tablespoon Ghee - One teaspoon Medicinal Powder - Three fourth tablespoon Rock salt -As per taste Method of preparation Keep one earthen pot exclusively for preparing medicinal porridge. Wash and clean the earthen pot. Now we need one Rheedi Spring ( Family - Fabaceae ) . Crush it and take out the seed. The outer shell of the Rheedi spring is very hard than the coconut shell. So that its little...

  Here is the recipe of boiled elephant yam.  For that take one medium size yam. Always try to boil as soon as it taken out from the plant, so that it cooks well and give you better taste. As days pass on, the yam won’t cook well. This elephant yam is planted in the month of February ,that can be taken for cooking by the month of August. During August and September the yam usually cooks well. So if you keep yam for 2 to 3 days after taken out from soil also will not affect the cooking time. Always use a pointed knife to cut elephant yam. This one is the red colored elephant yam.        There are yams with white color too. Those yams are very tasty and rare. Inside of the yam should be smooth in texture than roughened or thread like structure. Those with thread like nature is not grown fully and that will not cook properly. Remove the area where it attach to the stem as it is very hard. If not using the entire yam for boiling, t...

  It’s regarding grilled Kerala banana in traditional way. Choose banana which is perfectly ripped for the recipe. It should not be over ripped or under ripped. But banana should start ripening is the perfect time to grill them. Moreover when we apply pressure it should press down slightly. Select bananas which is small and thin. Here taking 2 bananas for grilling. The live coals from the big fire woods are perfect for grilling bananas. Now we need good live coals in the firewood. Keep the bananas in the live coal and cover them fully with coals. Then cover the bananas and coal with ash. Ash provides more heat which helps bananas to cook properly. It takes around 30 to 45 minutes to cook perfectly. And the time depends on the heat of the coal and the size and shape of the bananas. Don’t keep bananas on the very hot coal as it may cause burning of the banana easily and will not cook properly. So make sure the heat of the live coal is perfect for cooking b...

  It’s a tasty and delicious Sardine fish fry using green pepper. Prepare the marination first for frying sardine fish. Take 10 strips of green pepper, 4 small pieces of ginger,20 bird’s eye chilies, 10 garlic and 3 small onions. Separate the pepper from its stem. Chop ginger and small onion into small pieces and put into a mixi jar along with garlic, bird’s eye chilies and green pepper. Add half teaspoon of turmeric powder and half teaspoon salt to it. Grind it without adding water and make it as a fine paste. Take half kilograms of sardine fish. Wash and clean it with salt. Make small scratches over the fish so that it get marinated well. Marinate the fish properly. Marinated fish can be stored in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days. Allow the marinated fish to rest for minimum half an hour. It’s good if you can keep the marinated fish overnight in the fridge. Keep a pan over the flame and add coconut oil. When oil gets hot, add marinated fish pieces to...

 Here is the recipe of dry fish powder. Its a good combination with rice and tapioca. Ingredients Dry Red Snapper Fish - 1 Nos Bird's Eye Chili - 18 Nos Small Onion - 1 Nos Grated Coconut- 2 Table spoon Method of Preparation Here using dry Red snapper fish for the dish. Remove outer skin , head and fins of the fish. Its not necessary to remove the skin before cooking. Preparing the dish in very small quantity ,that's why took only one fish. For grilling the fish we need live coals in the fire wood. After preparing rice or porridge in the house, we used  to have such live coals. Keep the fish pieces over the live coals. Usually during rainy season and the time where we prepare Malabar tamarind we have such big live coals. And that's the ideal time to prepare these kind of dishes. This is the ancient style of cooking methods and hence no need to wash dry fish. Remove the skin, head and fins before grilling or else remove all these after grilling Its easy to remove skin ,head ...

Its regarding Borosil one liter glass jar review ( Classic square glass jar). Its not a paid/|sponsored review. We are looking for a glass bottle like this for our use in the kitchen. And the search ended here in Borosil. After purchasing we feel it is a good product . Its Borosil classic square glass jar . That's why doing this review.This is purchased as online through Flipkart. The packing was excellent. The glass bottle had a bubble wrapover it. The lid is stainless steel.That has also got a separate plastic wrap. One of the specialty is its light weight, it has got  only 440 grams. The quality of glass is outstanding and hence it will not break easily. Its the best airtight glass jar ever , to store any item. Moreover its best to store any food items for babies. Its a best choice to gift someone else too. A great product for those who prefer plastic free kitchen. The MRP is Indian Rupees 545/-,but we got discount and we paid Indian Rupees 400/- Price is little high and expensi...