Banana Kozhukattai

Banana Kozhukattai

Banana Kozhukattai

Preparation time-5 min
Cooking time-10 min
Total time- 15min

Ingredients (for 4 servings):

1. Rice Flour - 250 gm
2. Grated coconut -100 gm
3. Grated Jaggary - 50gm
4. Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
5. Sugar -1 teaspoon
6. Cumin seeds- 1 pinch
7. Banana- 1 no.

Method:

Step 1: Boil a glass of water in a pan, add salt, sugar,rice flour and stir it well. Make a soft dough with your hand after 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 2: By the time, mix grated coconut, grated jaggary, chopped banana and cumin seeds, mix it well.

Step 3:Take lemon sized dough in your hand, make a ball and spread it in round shape in your left hand with right hand.

Step 4: Keep the mixture in center of the flat surface of the dough and make balls.

Step 5: Keep the balls in steamer for 10 minutes. After turning off the flame, open the lid of the steamer and allow it to cool. 

Tips and warnings

• For easy spreading of dough in your hand, grease the palm with water. 
• Keep the kozhukattai in steamer after steam produces.

Suggestions

Diet for kids

• No special suggestions

Antenatal diet

• Reduce the amount of jaggary, as it increases blood sugar level
• Reduce coconut, as it increases blood cholesterol level

Diet for lactating mothers

• Reduce the amount of jaggary, as it increases blood sugar level
• Reduce coconut, as it increases blood cholesterol level

Postnatal diet

• Reduce the amount of jaggary, as it increases blood sugar level
• Reduce coconut, as it increases blood cholesterol level

Diet for diabetic persons

• Reduce the amount of jaggary, as it increases blood sugar level
• Reduce coconut, as it increases blood cholesterol level 
• Suggest for minimum intake

Diet for hypertensive persons

• Reduce the amount of jaggary, as it increases blood sugar level
• Reduce coconut, as it increases blood cholesterol level

Diet for cardiac persons

• Reduce the amount of jaggary, as it increases blood sugar level
• Reduce coconut, as it increases blood cholesterol level 
• Suggest for minimum intake

Kerala Paratha

Hi everyone,

Here, I am posting about home made parathas...In fact it is very easy...Definitely you can try it!

Kerala Porotta/ Paratha

Preparation time-10 min
Waiting time- 2 hours
Cooking time-10 min
Total time- 2 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients (for 4 servings):

1. All purpose flour/ Maida - 1 cup
2. Warm Milk-1/3 cup
3. Egg- 1 no.
4. Salt- 1 teaspoon
5. Sugar- 1 teaspoon
6. Oil- As needed

Method:
Step 1: In a bowl, take maida, sugar, salt and egg, mix it well by adding warm milk slowly. Make a soft dough with oil. Keep it for 2 hours.

Step 2:Take small portion of dough and make lemon sized balls. Apply your hand and work surface with oil and spread it as thin layer.

Step 3:Then, fold it side wise as shown in the picture.

Step 4: After that, roll it in a round shape.

Step 5:Carefully flatten the dough with roller.

Step 6:Heat tawa in high flame and place the paratha and cook it in a moderate flame and apply oil as it needed.

Tips and warnings

• Apply oil liberally
• Cook it in a moderate flame
• Make very thin sheet when you spread it with roller

Suggestions

Diet for kids

• Not recommended, but, you can serve it them for once in a while

Antenatal diet

• Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
• Not recommended, but, you can serve it them for once in a while

Diet for lactating mothers

• Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
• Not recommended, but, you can serve it them for once in a while

Postnatal diet

• Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
• Not recommended, but, you can serve it them for once in a while

Diet for diabetic persons

• Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
• Not recommended, but, you can serve it them for once in a while

Diet for hypertensive persons

• Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
• Not recommended, but, you can serve it them for once in a while

Diet for cardiac persons

• Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
• Not recommended, but, you can serve it them for once in a while

Vegetable Soup

Vegetable Soup

Vegetable Soup

Preparation time-5 min
Cooking time-10 min
Total time- 15min

Ingredients (for 4 servings):

1. Corn Flour - 2 tablespoon
2. Coconut Milk-5 tablespoon
3. Chopped Vegetable ( Carrots/Beans/Cabbage) - 100gm
4. Salt
5. Butter- 1/2 teaspoon
6. Pepper

Method:

Step 1: Take a pan, sort chopped vegetables in butter

Step 2:Add 1/2 glass of water and salt, boil it for 10 minutes till vegetables are cooked

Step 3:Meanwhile, mix cornflour and table spoon of water, make a paste form

Step 4: Add corn flour paste and coconut milk to the boiling solution and stir it continuously till it becomes moderate consistency. 

Step 5:Serve it warm with pepper powder

Tips and warnings

• Stir it in a same direction
• Boil it in a moderate flame
• You can adjust the consistency with coconut milk

Suggestions

Diet for kids

• No special suggestions, you can give to the kids

Antenatal diet

• Add chopped garlic, as it relieves abdominal distension
• Reduce coconut milk, as it increases cholesterol level
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
• Cook on low flame
• You can add plenty of chopped curry leaves, as it increases Heamoglobin level

Diet for lactating mothers

• Add chopped garlic, as it relieves abdominal distension
• Reduce coconut milk, as it increases cholesterol level
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
• Cook on low flame
• You can add plenty of chopped curry leaves, as it increases Heamoglobin level

Postnatal diet

• Add chopped garlic, as it relieves abdominal distension
• Reduce coconut milk, as it increases cholesterol level
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
• Cook on low flame
• You can add plenty of chopped curry leaves, as it increases Heamoglobin level

Diet for diabetic persons

• Add chopped garlic, as it relieves abdominal distension
• Reduce coconut milk, as it increases cholesterol level
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
• Cook on low flame
• You can add plenty of chopped curry leaves, as it increases Heamoglobin level

Diet for hypertensive persons

• Add chopped garlic, as it relieves abdominal distension
• Reduce coconut milk, as it increases cholesterol level
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
• Cook on low flame
• You can add plenty of chopped curry leaves, as it increases Heamoglobin level

Diet for cardiac persons

• Add chopped garlic, as it relieves abdominal distension
• Reduce coconut milk, as it increases cholesterol level
• Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
• Cook on low flame
• You can add plenty of chopped curry leaves, as it increases Heamoglobin level

Custard Milk

Custard Milk

Preparation time-5 min
Cooking time-10 min
Total time- 15min

Ingredients (for 4 servings):

1. Custard Powder - 4 tablespoon
2. Milk-500ml
3. Sugar-6 tablespoon
4. Milkmaid- 3 tablespoon (optional)
5. Chopped Fruits 

Custard

Method:

Step 1: Take custard powder in a bowl and add milk to form a thick paste and keep it aside.

Step 2:Boil the milk and custard powder paste and stir it well.

Step 3: After 5 minutes, add sugar or along with sugar you can add milk maid also.

Step 4: Stir it continuously till it becomes moderate consistency. 

Step 5:Allow it to cool and refrigerate it. While serving, you can add chopped fruits.

Tips and warnings

• Stir it in a same direction
• Boil it in a moderate flame
• Even if milkmaid is optional here, please add it. It makes custard milk more tasty.

Suggestions

Diet for kids

• No special suggestions
• Reduce the amount of milkmaid, as its packaged one.

Antenatal diet

• Reduce the amount of sugar, as it increases blood sugar level
• Reduce the amount of milkmaid, as it increases cholesterol level

Diet for lactating mothers

• Reduce the amount of sugar, as it increases blood sugar level
• Reduce the amount of milkmaid, as it increases cholesterol level

Postnatal diet

• Reduce the amount of sugar, as it increases blood sugar level
• Reduce the amount of milkmaid, as it increases cholesterol level

Diet for diabetic persons

• Reduce the amount of sugar, as it increases blood sugar level
• Reduce the amount of milkmaid, as it increases cholesterol level

Diet for hypertensive persons

• Reduce the amount of sugar, as it increases blood sugar level
• Reduce the amount of  milkmaid, as it increases cholesterol level

Diet for cardiac persons

• Reduce the amount of sugar, as it increases blood sugar level
• Reduce the amount of milkmaid, as it increases cholesterol level