And the harsh, unrelenting Summer Season is here and we do yearn for some cool at the same time natural drinks to hydrate our body and quench thirst. We have lot of native drinks that are made during the season made out of familiar ingredients which are healthy. One such drink which is a signature…
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.
Urd Dhall Millet Porridge
Ensuring that the Kid’s daily needs of Protein met is always a biggest challenge for all moms. That too if the kids are allergic to lactose and milk based products, it is even more worrying. We have had a lot of excellent health mix being prepared by our grandparents and we have always relished them…
Nutritive Porridge Mix / Sathumavu
A heirloom recipe that is evolved according to the taste and preference of the generations which I learnt from my mom. We as a kids enjoyed and grew up with this and its now by our kids. Mom does it meticulously in batches for our usage here and for my Nephew and Niece abroad.Even though…
Shikanji / Shikanjvi
Its an extremely hot week for sure and we started experiencing heat waves. We obviously feel dehydrated and drained with this extreme weather. Even though we have lot of Summer Cooler recipes available, this one recipe is very effective and beneficial. Its a makeover of lemonade with some spices like roasted cumin powder and the…
Thuduvalai Rice Mix
Thuduvalai is called Purple Fruited Pea Egg Plant and it has lot of medicinal benefits. Its Botanically called Solanum trilobatum as it has three lobed leaves and belongs to the family of Brinjal. It is used in many Ayurvedic and Siddha preparations to cure Asthma and Tuberculosis, and prolonged cold and cough. It is also…
Lemongrass Lemonade
A Miraculous Cooler for Migraine : Migraine..The word itself will sound terrific to those who are suffering with that worst demon..Am one among the hundreds who are living with migraine..a living migraineur. Till now the medical field hasn’t got anything as cure for this problem only because it has a big list of potential causes…
Nellikkai Inji Leghiyam
Got some home grown Amla and Ginger from my home town which I wanted to process into something that is useful. Here is a uber cool recipe with just four ingredients, Amla, Ginger, Cumin and Palm Candy. This can be taken on a daily basis after meal for better digestion. Even a spoon of this…
Diwali Marundhu / Leghiyam
A must to have preparation for Diwali, as we end up in Digestion issues normally after gobbling on so much of sweets and savouries. The ingredients are readily available in all shops these days and I have used Sillu Karuppati or Palm Jaggery infused with Ginger here for additional benefits. This is an easy to…
Mooligai Kashayam / Herbal Concoction
Being very weak and dull due to bad Cold and Flu which I contracted two days before, I thought its best time to share the Herbal Concoction which we normally consume during such illness. Not only my Grandma, my Mother in law as well recommends this rather allopathy medicines. So its more a family recipe…
Sukku Kashayam
I came across the recipe of my grandma in a notebook which am keeping as treasure (I slowly recollected all that she taught me and have written down in a notebook). Even though I make this often, little hesitant to post it in blog for the fact that the recipe being very simple and easy…
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