Here is another healthy recipe from my friend Vijaya Venkatesh. VV is fondly called as Millet Queen in our circle. Any recipe she easily converts as a Millet Recipe and you can check all her tasty and healthy Millet Recipe from her blog The Millet Table She happily shared a healthy recipe as a guest…
Author: KitchenDB
I am a full-time UX Architect in Healthcare IT with a great passion for cooking. I love experimenting with healthy and traditional food. Being an Agriculture graduate turned Medical Geneticist, I try to source organically grown ingredients from farmers and added the health benefits of each ingredient in most of the recipes that are posted here. This is more a personal database (hence DB in the name) of my family recipes and my trials on organic ingredients.
Guest Post – Millets Drumstick Leaves Adai
A healthy and tasty adai recipe from my friend Chitra Ram. In this recipe she has used Little Millet/Samai and Barnyard Millet/Kudiraivali. With Moringa leaves added this recipe is a nutritious and filling one for sure. Millets are rich in dietary fibre and low in calories. It is a low glycemic and gluten free food….
Ponnanganni Keerai Kuzhambu
Yes..It is not over 😀 How can I finish the series without this delicacy from Chettinad. Ponnanganni Keerai Kuzhambu is a very tasty dish to try and am sure you will love every bit of it. Happy to share this tasty and healthy Kuzhambu on this day which happens to be our Fabulous 5th year…
Guest Post – Multigrain Energy Balls
Another interesting and healthy recipe by my dear friend Meenakshi Ramesh. Food is what connected us and she is really a sweet person. This recipe of her is a healthy snack option for growing children with all nutritious grains added. Do try this healthy and tasty recipe and share your feedback. Thanks Meenkshi ma for…
Guest Post – Upma Adai and Vella Roti
Yessss…. KitchenDB is turning 5 this Jul 18th and to celebrate this moment we wanted to share some healthy recipes from my friends who are excellent cooks. I have always admired their cooking skills and am very glad to have their recipes featured here on this milestone. Here is a healthy Upma Adai and Vella…
Ponnanganni Keerai Kaaramani Masal Vadai
The bunch of Ponnanganni Keerai was too much for three of us, I ended up in making variety of dishes using the greens. This recipe is for my son who doesn’t easily eat Kootu or Thogayal. An interesting and tasty vadai using this keerai with Kaaramani (Lobia) became a huge hit and my son absolutely…
Ponnanganni Keerai Thogayal
Ponnanganni / Alternanthera sessilis is a perennial herb which is used as a medicine in Ayrurveda due to its enormous health benefits. There are two types of this greens. The green, elongated leafy ones are called “Naattu Ponnanganni” and the one with pink and oval leaves are called “Seemai Ponnanganni”. In Tamil, the green is…
Karpooravalli Rasam
A medicinal recipe soothing and comfortable for flu and cold using home grown Karpooravalli Leaves / Ajwain / Indian Borage. A refreshing Rasam with a great flavor indeed 😊 Karpooravalli is very effective in treating common cold that too in children. Consuming fresh leaves will also gives a great relief. Also it helps in treating constipation.As per…
Vallarai Poondu Rasam
Here is another interesting Rasam recipe using Vallarai / Brahmi Leaves. Vallarai Poondu Rasam / Brahmi Garlic Rasam. A tasty and healthy rasam using fresh Vallarai Leaves from farmer’s market. I have shared the benefits of Vallarai in my other Vallarai Recipes. This can also be served as a soup. Try this and let me…
Ice Apple Mango Dessert
A dessert with the seasonal fruits??? Doesn’t that sounds great… Yes it is the dessert I tried with the fruits of the season, Mineral Rich Ice Apples and Vitamin Rich delicious Juicy Mangoes. The added happiness would be adding those sweet mangoes grown organically in your own home garden. When I saw those ripened mangoes…
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