My Saviour Right Now...

Ever Since I started Dieting, Fruits and Vegetables are my only companion..I love to eat any fruits, but right now my absolute favorite is these oranges...I peel a orange and remove the pith off, then chop it up..I also add a tiny bit of sugar or honey to sweeten it up and dig in straight away..Perfect for this Hot Summer...

Uttapam – Breakfast Recipes / Leftover Batter Recipes

Uttapam is my favorite..Traditionally it is made with the sour dosa batter which cannot be made into normal dosa, because it doesn’t taste that good..So if you have any leftover batter which is good for nothing you can try this out..Or you can leave dosa batter out over night and make the uttapam..It taste great that way or you can use normal dosa batter too..So hope you will try it out and let me know how it turned out for you..

Uttapam Recipe

Ingrediants:

Dosa Batter ( For recipe click here)

Salt to taste

Oil for pan frying dosa

For tempering:

Sambar Onion / Shallots – 1 cup chopped

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp

Urad dal / Ulundu -1 tsp

Green Chilli – 2 chopped

Curry leaves – 1 spring

Oil – 1 tblspn

Method:

Heat oil. Add mustard and urad dal and allow them to pop. Add green chilli and curry leaves and fry for a min.Add onions and sauté for 1 min.

Add this to the batter and mix well.

Heat a tawa. Pour a ladleful of the batter and drizzle with some oil around the sides and let it cook untill it gets crisp. Flip them over and cook on other side too..

Serve with coconut chutney..

Raw Banana Chips / Yethangai Vathal / Nenthrangai Chips– Quick Snacks

A famous chips from kerala that makes everyone drool..You can make a big batch of this and store it in a air tight container and snack on it often..Hope you like it and let me know what you think..

Raw Banana Chips Recipe

Ingrediants:

Raw banana / Nentrangai – 3

Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi – 1tsp

Salt to taste

Water – ½ cup

Coconut Oil for Deep frying

Method:

Heat oil for deep frying. Peel the banana and slice them using a mandeline straight into the oil if you can, or you can slice them in a paper towel and put them in hot oil..

Fry for a min. Now dissolve turmeric powder and salt in water and pour 2 tblspn of water straight into the oil.

Keep frying the chips while mixing it often. Fry till it is nicely fried and there is no more bubbles in the oil.

Drain in a paper towel and serve hot or store in a air tight container once it is cooled.

Amma’s Quick Potato Roast / Potato Poriyal – Sidedish for Rice

Amma does everything so quick and simple..She has lots of mouth watering recipe, but they hardly take anytime to cook..That is the beauty of her cooking.This is one such dish that takes only minutes to cook..She makes this more often like 3 to 4 times a week, since this is our favorite..Having this with hot rice and rasam is like heaven..I hope you will love it and let me know what you think..

Amma’s Quick Potato Roast Recipe

Ingrediants:

Potato – 2 large Peeled and chopped

Chilli powder – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1tsp

Oil- 2 tblspn

Method:

Heat 1 tblspn of oil in a kadai. Add mustard seeds and allow them to pop..

Now add potatoes and mix well. Add salt and chilli powder and mix well.

Add a splash of water and cover it with a lid for around 15 mins till the potatoes are cooked.

Now add 1 tblspn of oil and roast the potatoes on high flame till it gets nice colour.

Serve hot with rice and rasam.

Green Tea for Heart & Soul

I have recently got into the habit of drinking Green Tea Regularly, two times a day ever since I started Dieting. I start my day with a cup of hot green tea and end my day again with a cup of green tea.I feel so great at the end of the day. The reason behind this is green tea just brightens all the body part and makes you so refreshing.If you want to know more check out this link..The cool thing about Green Tea is it reduces the cholesterol level and helps you to lose few pounds..It also flushes out your unwanted fat..So it is very helpful of people who are in diet like me:D