SuvaiArusuvai - Veg Recipes of India

Ingredients: Milk - 3 cups (whole Milk) Sugar - to taste Almonds - 10 to 15 nos Cashew Nuts - 8 nos Ice cubes - 4 to 5 nos Caradamom seeds - 1/2 tsp Method: Grind cashew nuts, Almond seeds and cardamom in a blender. When they are powdered, add the milk to the blender and mix thoroughly. Add the ice cubes to the blender and blend till the milk frosts. Add sugar and serve chilled. Note: If this is served in summer, heat the milk and add the powdered nuts to the milk and serve warm. Great energy drink.

Thiruvathirai also known as Arudra Darisanam is celebrated in Tamilnadu. It falls in the month of Margazhi on the Thiruvathirai star day. The main neivedhyam is Thiruvathirai Kali and 7 kai kootu. Ingredients to make Thiruvathirai Kali: Raw rice - 1 1/2 cups Moong Dal - 1/2 cup Bengal gram dal - 1/4 cup Jaggery - 1 cup Grated coconut - 1/2 cup Cashew nuts - 10 to 12 nos Cardamom - 6 nos Ghee - 1/4  cup Water - 3 cups (Add 1 to 1 1/2 cups while cooking if needed) Method: Fry rice till it becomes golden brown in colour. Fry both the dals separately till they become golden brown. Grind them together till they reach rawa consistency (this can be done at home in mixer itself). (The dals can be powdered to a fine powder consistency too). Fry the cashew nuts in a tbsp of ghee and set aside. Grind the cardamom to fine powder and keep it ready. In a hard bottom pan add 1 cup of water and when it boils add the jaggery and let it mix well to form a syrup. Drain the jaggery so that

Many women find it very very hard to loose the excess weight gained during pregnancy. Dalia porridge helps in reducing the weight slowly and steadily. It is easily digestive and can be had by lactating mothers without much fear. It is also a very healthy recipe. Ingredients : Dalia  or broken wheat - 1/4 cup Low fat butter - 2 tbsp Oats - 2 tbsp Low fat milk - 1 1/2 cups Powdered sugar - 1 1/2 tbsp Cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp Apple - 1 nos Banana - 2 nos Method: Wash and clean the broken wheat. In a pressure pan heat the butter and when it melts add the broken wheat and saute it in medium flame for about 3 mins. Add the oats to it and mix well and saute it again for about 2 mins. Add milk and 1 cup of water and mix thoroughly without forming any lumps. Pressure cook on a medium flame for 2 whistles. When cold add sugar and cinnamon powder and mix well. Refrigerate it. Before eating cut the apples into thin slices and bananas into thin rounds. Garnish the porridge with th

White sauce is normally used to thicken soups and gravies. Ingredients: Butter - 1 tbsp Maida - 1 tbsp Milk - 3/4 cup Black pepper - to taste Salt - to taste Method: In a glass bowl add the butter and microwave it on high for about 10 seconds. Mix the maida to the butter and stir it thoroughly so that the maida mixes well with butter well. Microwave it high for about 20 seconds by stirring in between. Add the milk and microwave it again for about 20 seconds. (Do not let the milk boil). Add salt and pepper.

Ingredients: Paneer - 1/2 cup (finely diced) Spinach - 3 cups (finely chopped) Tomato - 1/4 cup (finely diced) Green chilly - 1 to 2 nos Lime Juice - 1 tsp oil - 2 tbsp Salt to taste Method: In a pan add 1/2 sp of oil and add the spinach. Sprinkle it with a pinch of salt and saute well. Remove it from the pan. Add the remaining oil and when hot add green chilly and the paneer cubes to it. When the paneer cubes becomes a bit golden brown in colour mix it with the spinach. Add chopped tomatoes and lime juice and mix well. Serve chilled.

This is one soup that becomes a full meal of a day. Having this along with any Salad . Ingredients: Onion - 1 cup Tomato - 1 cup Potato - 2 nos Beans - 4 to 6 nos Cabbage - 1/2 cup Cauliflower florets - 1/2 cup Peas - 1/4 cup Carrot - 1/4 cup Green Chilly - 2 nos Moong dal - 1/4 cup Noodles - 1/2 cup Corn flour - 1 tbsp Milk - 1 cup Cardamom - 1 no Clove - 1 no Red Chilly - 1 no Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Butter - 4 tbsp Method: Pressure cook the potato, vegetables and moong dal separately. Peel and dice the potatoes. In a shallow vessel, heat water and  immerse noodles in it and cover it. Remove from flame and let it cool. When warm run it through cold water so that they dont get sticky. In a pan add butter and when it melts add cardamom, cloves, red chilly. When the aroma is released add the remaining butter. Slit the green chillies and add it to the pan, then add the thinly chopped onions and tomatoes. When the onions

Ingredients: Cinnamon - 5 1 inch pieces Black cardamom - 15 gms Black Pepper - 3 tbsp Cloves - 8 to 10 nos Oil - 2 tsp Method: Heat oil in a pan and roast all the ingredients adding them together. Roast them very lightly. Let it cool. Grind it all to a fine powder and store it in an airtight container. This garam masala can be used in Mughalai dishes whichever asks for Garam Masala in it.