Yet another healthy and medicinal recipes from the treasure trove of recipes by my Grandma, Mullu Murungai Vadai is what I am going to share this week. Got some fresh leaves again from my Native Home Garden to make this hot, steaming, spicy Vadai. Kalyana Murungai/ Mullu Murungai in Tamil and Indian Coral Tree in…
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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.
PuzhungalArisi Poondu Vendhaya Kanji
Another recipe from my Grandma’s treasure trove and my most favorite one all time. A very common and most loved recipe in our family and is the best food when anyone is sick at home. This is a soothing and healthy recipe with very simple ingredients. Best and must for Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers,…
Jowar Dill Leaves Vadai
Bored with usual Masal Vada and Urd Dhall Vada? Here is a very healthy and tasty option with the highly nutritious Sorghum/Jowar. It is loaded with Vitamins, Minerals and Fiber ; and its gluten free too. No wonder it is referred to a Great Millet. I have enhanced the recipe with other beneficial ingredient –…
Methi Leaves Masal Vadai
An interesting enhancement to our regular Masal Vada with the beneficial Methi Leaves for this week Organic Kitchen. Having discussed about the nutritional and medicinal benefits of Methi Leaves in my earlier posts, am giving the recipe for Vada directly. A healthy variation which kids will love to have. Best way to include Methi leaves…
Lemon Mint Cooler
We started feeling the aggression of Sun Rays already. Wont it be a cool idea to start making our own native coolers with natural home grown ingredients to beat the heat? I made this greeny green and refreshing Lemon Mint Cooler made with Home Grown Mint and Lemon. Enhanced this regular Lemon Mint Cooler with…
Suco De Caju – A Brazilian Cooler
A cooler native of Brazil. Suco De Caju…sounds fancy??? It’s none other than our Cashew Apple Juice or Mundhiri Pazha Juice. Happened to cross cashew farms on my way back to Chennai and got these fruits which are available this season. Botanically it is not the true fruit but just the stalk of the fruit…
Vepampoo Rasam
Neem Tree is a miracle tree and every part of it offers in numerous health benefits. Neem Flowers are used in alternative medicine to treat various ailments in India. It can be used both in fresh and dried form. The flowers can be dried when they are available in plenty during the season and can…
Mangai Pachadi – Thanjavur Style
This is my Mom’s signature recipe and is a must to have recipe on Tamil New Years day in our family. We never add Neem Flowers to this Pachadi instead we make Vepampoo Rasam as a part of the Thali. Every Season this Pachadi is made almost every week and is a very versatile recipe…
Chakka Kuru Pradhaman
Another signature recipe of Malabar with a healthy variation which I made for the Organic Kitchen Series two years back. After converting a whole batch of fresh and sweet home grown Jack fruit into Chakkavaratti stock to use the whole year, a portion into Paniyarams, icecream and milkshakes, I made some yummy recipes using the…
Vishu Kanji
Vishu is the first day of the Malayalam calendar and is the call of a new year in Kerala. Vishu Kanji is the traditional recipe that is made on this day as a breakfast. This is a healthy and balanced porridge with addition of Coconut Milk and Field Beans. I have used RosaMatta Rice (Traditional…
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