Chilli Corn Puri Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Corn Flour ( Makka Aata Flour)
• 1/2 cup Wheat Flour
• 1 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
• 1tbsp Green Chilli paste
• 1tbsp Seasame Seeds
• Oil - 3 tbsp
• Oil to fry
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Sift both the flours and salt.
• Add ginger garlic paste, green chilli paste, seasame seeds and oil.
• With little water make a dough .
• Make balls and roll out thin circles like puris
• In hot oil deep fry these puris
• Chilli Corn Puri's are ready.

Papaya Pineapple Face Pack

Everyone knows the health benefits of fruits as they are loaded with full of vitamins, minerals and fiber. One such fruit which promises abundant health benefits is papaya. Its is called as the "Fruit of the Angels".

Spicy Tomato Chutney

Ingredients

• 4 Fresh medium sized Tomatoes chop into 4 parts
• 8 Green Chillies slit in length wise
• 2 Garlic flakes
• 2tbsp roasted gram dal (optional)
• 1tsp Jeera/Cumin Seeds
• 1tsp Avalu/Mustard Seeds

Dish it Out - Corn and Chillies - Roundup !!!

First of all I want to say sorry to post this roundup a bit late..I was stuck with lots of things around..Want to thank vardhini once again for letting me host this event.. Though I got less entries, but those all are yummy ones :). I want to thank all the participants who sent their innovative and wonderful recipes and made this event a successful one.

Kokum/Birinde/Punarpuli Rasam Recipe

Garcinia indica, a plant in the mangosteen family (Clusiaceae), commonly known as kokum, is a fruit-bearing tree that has culinary, pharmaceutical, and industrial uses.Garcinia indica is known by various names across India, including aamsol, aamsul, bindin, biran, bhirand, bhinda, bhrinda, brinda, bin'na, kokum (alternate spellings kokam and cocum), katambi, looikya, sour apple, panarpuli, ratamba. The outer cover of fruit is dried in the sun to get aamsul or kokam.
Kokum yields a peculiar flavour and blackish red colour. It is a preferred substitute for tamarind in curries and is frequently used to add flavor and tartness to dal (lentil soup) for flavor balance, and parts of South India.
Kokum squash or kokum concentrate is used in preparing a drink which is bright red in colour. Kokum sherbet or kokam rasam improves digestion and cools the body during summers.

Corn Kosambari Recipe

Ingredients:

• Sweet Corn or Normal tender corn - 2cups
• Fresh grated coconut - 1/2cup
• Green Chillies - 4 chopped finely
• Curry leaves - 2sprigs
• Mustard Seeds - 1tsp

Bendakaya (Okra) Masala Pulusu Recipe

Recipe Contributed By : Lakshmi Chilukuri

Location                         : Frankfort, USA

Ingredients:

• Bendakayalu (Okra) -250gms cut into 1 inch pieces
• Tomatoe - 1 chopped 
• Onions - 2 medium chopped 

Chilli Corn Dip Recipe

 

Ingredients

• 1 Cup boiled Sweet Corn
•  1 or 2 Green Chillies
• 1 tbsp Fresh Mint Leaves

Dish it Out - Maize/Corn and Chillies Event Announcement

Hi All, let me first wish you all a very Happy New Year. Hope you all are doing well in this new year.

I'm so happy to guest host Vardhini's Dish it out event for February 2012. This is my first event so I'm really excited and I thank Vardhini for giving me this opportunity to host her event. Thank you choo much dear.

Poni Annam /Telugu Fried Rice

Ingredients:

• Boiled/Cooked Rice (Left over rice) - 2 cups
• Eggs - 2 (optional)
• Onion - 1 cut into lengthwise
• Green chillies- 2 finely chopped
• Garlic - 4 flakes chop finely

Simple Cabbage Fry Recipe

Cell Phone Safety Presentation - Important to know for Mobile Users

 

Healthy Skin is Sexy Skin

Having beautiful skin calls for a commitment on your part. Go for a regimen that is best suited for you and your lifestyle. Consistency is key here.

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Bendakaya (Okra) Pulusu

 

What You Need:

• Bendakayalu (Okra) -250gms cut into 1 inch pieces
• Tomatoes - 2 chopped
• Onion - 1 chopped

Vitamins For Healthy Hair

Vitamin A: Sources of  vitamin A are  cheese, milk, eggs, fish, oil, meat, spinach, broccoli and a lot more fruits and vegetables. Vitamin A is an antioxidant that destroys free radicals and nourishes the hair scalp into producing healthy sebum for shiny and healthy hair growth. It prevents flakiness, itching and dryness. Include these foods regularly in your diet and see the difference in the texture and growth percentage within weeks.

Fish Curry

What does Breast Milk Contain?

Breast Milk is the perfect food for babies as it contains all the nutrients required for normal growth and development for the first six months of life. Although the production of breast milk begins after delivery, your body starts preparing for it during pregnancy. After delivery, hormones prolactin and oxytocin trigger the secretion of breast milk whenever the baby suckles. 

Homemade Face Packs

Homemade Papaya Face Pack

The papaya (from Carib via Spanish), papaw or pawpaw is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya, in the genus Carica. It is native to the tropics of the Americas.

Papaya is a wholesome fruit. It is a rich source of anti-oxidant nutrients such as beta-carotene, vitamin A and C and flavonoids, B vitamins, folate and pantothenic acid.

Aaloo (Potato) Curry

What You Need:

• Aaloo/Potatoes - 250gms
• Tomatoes - 2 medium finely chopped

Pappu Annam (Chana Dal Rice)

Pappu Annam(Chana dal rice) is my mom's recipe. She used to prepare this recipe for our breakfast & lunch box. Even I used to cook this recipe when  I was carrying coz this is the easiest one to cook and it is loaded with full of vitamins. This recipe goes well with any pickle. Couple of days back she cooked this for me and I have taken this pic. All I can say, its a must try recipe :)