Pachai Thuvarai (Green Pigeon Peas) Kola Urundai

Hey all…After a long time I am here to post a delicious recipe with a seasonal vegetable. Raw/ Green Pigeon Peas / Pachai Thuvarai is in season now and as I always mention we need to include seasonal vegetables in our diet whenever possible. I got some Organic Pachai Thuvarai from our office farm and…

Methi Dal / VendhayaKeerai Parupu Masiyal

Methi Dal / VendhayaKeerai Parupu Masiyal – A very tasty, flavourful and healthy dal recipe using the farm-fresh Methi / Fenugreek leaves. Methi leaves has enormous health and medicinal benefits. It cures all menstrual disorders in women of consumed regularly. With just few ingredients you can make this dal which pairs well with hot steamed…

Sirukeerai Kadayal

A tasty and healthy, easy to make Sirukeerai Kadayal recipe using farm fresh Sirukeerai that I wanted to document here. This is a very flavourful recipe and very light on stomach. I had shared a delicious Kootu recipe using this nutritious green here before and have shared the benefits too. Check it out here. I…

Thuduvalai Adai

Thuduvalai is a medicinal herb and is very effective in treating cold and cough. It is known to treat Asthma and other lung related disorders. I have shared many recipes using this healthy herb and today it is a Tiffin recipe, Thuduvalai Adai using homegrown fresh Thuduvalai leaves with lots of shallots and garlic. Using…

Murungai Keerai Soup / Drumstick Greens Soup

Drumstick Greens which is called Murungai Keerai in Tamil is one miraculous green that is not much valued by us even though we know the number of health aspects it provides us with. It is a power-packed green with a lot of nutritious elements. Even a recent report published showed that it has the ability…

Naatu Ponnanganni Paruppu Curry

Hi all 🙂 Here is another healthy and easy to prepare dish using Naatu Ponnanganni greens. I had shared the health benefits and few other recipes here. This recipe is the best way to harness the health benefits of this greens. This can be mixed with hot steamed rice with ghee. People (especially for children)…

TharaiPasalai Keerai Kootu

It’s such a beautiful rainy day morning 🙂 Happy to share another healthy Kootu Recipe using the nutritious TharaiPasalai. I had shared the details of this Keerai in my earlier post which you can check. Here you go for the delicious recipe which is a meal by itself and mild on stomach. Try this tasty…

Seemai Ponnanganni Keerai Kootu

Hi All !!! Having shared few recipes with our Naatu Ponnanganni Keerai, today am here with a Keerai Kootu Recipe with garden fresh Seemai Ponnanganni . It is a simple and delicious Kootu which can be eaten as is without even any rice or rotis. A complete meal by itself and it offers a lot…

TharaiPasalai / SiruPasalai Keerai Paruppu Kadayal

A very unusual Keerai that we get from villages rarely with the Green Vendors here in our Maraimalai Nagar evening market, TharaiPasalai Keerai / Sirupasalai Keerai (Portulaca). The granny who brings these medicinal greens in very small quantities (கூறு ). It gets sold soon after she displays them. Luckily I got a bunch this time…