Lime n' Mint

Making delicious fruit preserves or Murabbas with seasonal fruits is a great option to store and eat.  Today's my post is  Amla Murabba - Goosberry sweet preseve. This wonder fruit have lots lots of benifits.  Ingredients : Amla-Goosberry        10  Sugar                          2 big cups  Water                          2 litres Lemon juice                1 spoon Salt                              a pinch Cardamon  powder       to flavour 1 tea spoon Method: Wash Amlas thouroughly. Prick them with fork and soak them in palin water for 3 ot 4 hours. Then drain water and take out Amlas in a seperate bowl. Boil  water in a separate pan add Amlas to wate...

This is a healthy delicious Ginger preserve to protect from Cough and Cold. I bought huge quantity of  fresh Ginger  from the market. Today's my recipe is a sweet Ginger  preserve for keeping longer period. So this is the result. INGREDIENTS: Ginger              250gms Sugar                1 Kg Water              500 ml Castor Sugar     a little METHOD: Take Sgar and Water in a thick bottom vessel and mix well. Cook Sugar solution 5 to 6 minutes in a medium flame and make it like a thick syrup.Off the flame. Remove skin of Ginger and chop to thin slices.  Take these slices in a wide bowl and sprinkle Castor sugar to slices. Dip all Ginger slices in Sugar Syrup. Mix well and cook for few minutes tiil all slices absorb sugar syrup completely.Off the flame.. Store these slices in a Glass Jar.

Ah... preparing lunch that too healthy lunch is a big task, whether we are preparing ourself or for kids or husband is a big challenge in the house. We know we want healthy options that keep fit and energitic. Today in my post i thought to share Healthy lunch ideas Lite and Healthy Exotic Lunch Idea. Lunch for 2 people: 1. Ajwain Roti-                                 Carom Seeds Indian flat Bread 2. SpicyTomato herbal Dal                Spicy herbal Tomato Lentil Broth 3. Palak and Tomato Curry               Spinach and Tomato Curry  4. Salt and Spicy Dahi                       Spiced Yogurt 5. Tomato,Onion Salad        6. White Rice                             ...

 Sev is a popular Indian Snack. Today's my post is Simple home made  Sev or Kara pusa or Omapodi for Deepavali. Ingredients: Bengal gram flour                      2 cups Rice flour                                1/2 cup Salt                                        1 tea spoon Red chilli powder                   1/2 tea spoon Cumin powder                       1 tea spoon Vegetable oil                           for frying Water for kneading dough Method: Take Bengal gram,Rice flour,Salt,Chilli powder,Cumin powder in a wide bowl,mix well and add little little amou...

Almond Rava Laddu A traditional simple Deepavali sweet - Rava Laddu made with roasted Semolina or Rava in little Ghee(clarified butter) and mixed with powdered sugar and Almonds and flavored with Cardamom powder and rolled into small size round balls.

Potlakaya Kura Snake Gourd (Potlakaya in Telugu) is popular vegetable in India.In southern part of India both long and small variety of Snake gourds available in the market. It is one of the easy digestive vegetable. Toay's my post is simple and easy Andhra style Snake gourd curry.                                                                                         

Onion Paratha - Stuffed Indian Flat Bread Onion Paratha is one more simple and easy to make winter Indian stuffed bread.   This is very famous break fast recipe from  Northern part of India. I like to make these Parathas in Sunday mornings that too   monsoon and winter lazy Sunday mornings are very nice to enjoy these hot Onion Parathas topping with dollop of butter and  lime pickle and cup  of  plain fresh curds.