Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Coconut milk

Lactose free option of milk and as well good for gravies, soups and curries.

Category :Vegan, low fat , gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: nil
Skill level : easy

Ingredients :
1 brown coconut
2 c water

1. Break coconut and save water.
2. take the coconut meat out.
3. Blend coconut vigorously with 1 c water
4. Filter it, save milk aside and put the fibrous part again in blender.
5. again add saved coconut water(add water if its less than 1 c) and blend again.
6. Filter and pour the milk with saved one.

*Left over you can use in baking products like biscuit and cake to add more fiber or fragrance.(In that case you might want to blend just once to save more flavor in left over.

Mango Dahivada

Mango lover's hot summer day's cool food that too also low in fat.

Category :Vegetarian, low fat , gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: 15-20 min.
Skill level : easy

Ingredients :
12 appam 
2 + 1/4 glass water
1 c Yogurt
2 c Mango Ras
1 c Mango finely diced
1 tbs sugar
salt as needed

Temper:
1 ts oil
1" cinnamon
5 cloves
1 star anise 
1/4 ts cumin seeds
2 ts urad dal
8-10 curry leaves
2 spicy green chili, cut

1. Soak appam in 2 c water for 5 min.
2. squeeze appam between palms.
3. Mix yogurt, mango ras, mango pieces, sugar  and 1 ts cumin powder.
4. add water if mix is too thick to make it pouring thick consistency.(It will be thicker after a while.)
5. Arrange appam at the bottom of serving plate.
6. Pour yogurt mix.
7. heat oil in a small pan and add tempering ingredients.
8. Pour the temper on yogurt mix.
9. refrigerate for at least 1/2 an hour or use chilled mango juice and let it stay for 5 min.
10. Enjoy.

*you can use mango juice too. For that take 2 c yogurt+ 2 c Mango juice and no sugar, no water.

Grilled Mix Fruit Sunday

Category :Vegan, healthy fat , gluten free, Nut free
Preparation Time : 10 min.
Cooking Time: 15-20 min.
Skill level : easy

1 ripe fragrant mango, sliced
2 slice pineapple, sliced
1 peach, sliced
3-4 strawberries, halved
1 apple, sliced
Coconut sorbet or lemon sorbet

Glaze:
1 tbs honey
1 ts chili flakes
1/4 ts cumin powder
1 ts finely chopped mint
salt as needed
2 ts water

Garnish:
grilled lime slice 
mint leaf

1. Mix glaze ingredients.
2. Mix all the ingredient in bowl to glaze fruits.
3. Grill the fruits
4. Serve it with coconut sorbet.