Hi all, For this week’s organic kitchen I am sharing an easy to make yet very healthy soup recipe using farm fresh Drumstick / Murungaikai, in Chettinad Style. This is my mom’s recipe and it is a nutritious and wholesome soup to relish. Drumstick has lots of health benefits and is an excellent immune booster….
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.
Chuvanna Cheera Thoran
Hi all, Hope you all are staying safe and healthy. Here is a healthy and family favorite recipe Chuvanna Cheera Thoran / Red Amaranth Stir Fry using Organically grown farm-fresh Red Amaranth Leaves / Chuvanna Cheera. Compared to other green leafy vegetables, this Red Amaranth is rich in protein, calcium, iron, copper, essential vitamins, magnesium,…
Mint Chutney for Chats
A refreshing, easy to make Mint Chutney to use in Chats and as a dip using fresh home grown mint leaves. Mint has lot of health benefits and is helpful in maintaining gut health. This Chutney can also be paired with Samosas, Veg Biryani, Idly, Dosa and Rotis. Try this easy no-cook recipe and share…
Bajra Poha, Wheat Onion Oothappam
Weekends are always hectic than weekdays. These two lazy boys at home wake up late and mostly its brunch and no brekkie. One such healthy brunch is using the Millet Poha and wheat flour which is easy to make and healthy too. Home Processed Wheat flour and Bajra/Kambu Aval Onion Oothappam paired with KaaraChutney, Coconut…
Iluppaipoo Samba Payaru Kanji
Iluppai poo Samba Rice is a heirloom rice variety of Tamilnadu which is delicious, mildly fragrant, rejuvenating, small-grained, still rarely grown, with healing properties. This rice variety is very soft to eat and extremely easy on our gut. The reason for the name is that the from the fragrance of the iluppai poo (Mahua flowers)…
Heerekai Dosa / Ridge gourd Dosa
A popular recipe from Karnataka using the fresh tender Ridge gourd – Heerekai Dosa / Ridge gourd Dosa is something I learnt from one of my friend who is a native of Karnataka few years back. Whenever I get tender gourds from farm or from my Keerai Thatha, I immediately make this as this one…
Boroi Vorta – A Bengali Street Food
A humble trial of recreating the famous Bengali Street food Boroi Vorta / Jujube Masala Dip when I got some fresh Jujubes. This is one rustic recipe and I just love this to have this as is and I also served this with Rotis. You can serve this with Nachos or any Pita Bread too….
Nelli Mor / Amla Spiced Buttermilk
Amla / Indian Gooseberry / Nellikkai is a powerhouse of nutrients and is one of the superfood. It is so rich in vitamins, minerals and essential nutrients, hence very essential for our health and wellness. Amla has abundance of Vitamin C which is much needed to boost our metabolism, immunity and protects our body from…
Red Rice Flakes / Red Poha Delight
Here is another easy recipe which needs no cooking and can be made in a few minutes which is a wholesome food anytime, be it a breakfast or evening snacks for children or a filling dinner.Red Poha being rich in fibre and Iron makes it a nutritious food. Instead Red Rice Flakes, you can also…
Red Rice Flakes Paniyaram / Sivappu Aval Paniyaram
Red Poha or Red Rice Flakes are the flattened red rice which is more nutritive when compared to White Poha. Rich in Iron and Easy to Digest. I have it in stock all time so that I can make some quick and healthy break fast and dinner. Red Poha Paniyaram is something I tried out…
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