Hi all Hope you all are doing good and staying safe. Covid is still here, so let us be more careful and follow all safety measures to overcome this pandemic. For this week I am sharing a healthy thogayal using Coriander seeds / Dhaniya / Kothamalli Vidhai. Coriander Seeds has a huge lot of medicinal…
Tag: Medicinial Recipes
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…
Pirandai Idly Podi
Hello dear all 🙂 Hope you all are staying safe indoors. Quarantine combined with summer is giving us an opportunity to make Vathals and am making more vegetable vathals with wilting veggies. I harvested tender Pirandai (Veldt Grape / Devil’s Backbone) stems last week and processed them to vathal. Hardly in two days it got…
Vetrilai / Betel Leaves Chutney
Hi all 🙂 Hope you all are staying home and staying safe. Being quarantined on nation-wide 21 days lockdown, I am trying to make healthy and simple food with available ingredients that includes home grown medicinal herbs. I am trying our various chutneys, rasam recipes using Thuduvalai, Pirandai, Karpooravalli, Thulasi, Pudhina, Coriander, Methi Leaves and…
Avarampoo Thogayal
Hello dear all 🙂 This week I am sharing a healthy, medicinal recipe using Fresh Avarampoo Flowers / Tanner’s Cassia Flowers which I myself harvested directly from plants during my recent trip to our family deity temple in a village near GangaiKonda Cholapuram. I make tea, vadai and chutney using this and I wanted to…
Ixora Tea / VetchiPoo Tea
Hi all 🙂 Here is a refreshing herbal concoction which is effective against fever and known for its various medicinal benefits.Yes it’s Vetchi poo / Ixora Tea 😊. I just love the color of the tea 🙂 Try using only the native red, big variety and not other coloured ones. Caution : Pregnant ladies shall avoid…
Agathi Poo Thoran / Agathi Flower Stir Fry
Hello dear all 🙂 Here I am after a week gap with a unique recipe (exotic too) which has innumerable medicinal properties. Agathi Poo (Sesbania Flower), Yes, sighting this in local market is quite a rare scenario and I was way too excited when I spotted this with a farm lady two days back. I…
Inji Kuzhambu / Ginger Gravy
Dear all !!!! For this week’s Organic Kitchen, I am sharing a healthy and digestive Kuzhambu recipe using homegrown fresh ginger. Got some fresh tender ginger from my Uncle’s home in Kerala during my visit there two weeks before. Remembered this Inji Kuzhambu that my grandma used to make whenever there is a heavy festive…
Pirandai Karivepilai Rice Mix
Hey all ! For this week Organic Kitchen, it is a flavorful and healthy Rice Mix using Tender Pirandai (Cissus quadrangularis) / Adamant Creeper stems and fresh curry leaves from home garden. Pirandai offers a lot of health benefits. It treats indigestion, fractures and sprains, is a best deworming medicine, treats piles, menstrual problems and…
Ponnanganni Keerai Idly Chilly Powder
Having shared Kuzhambu Vadai and Thogayal recipe using the healthy Ponnanganni Keerai, I am here today for my Organic Kitchen Series with Ponnanganni Keerai Idly Milagai Podi. I separated the leaves and shade dried them to make this healthy and tasty variation of Idly Podi, as this is the only way I can make my…
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