Friday 29 January 2010

Eggplants





My Father and son standing in between the eggplants cultivation.




















































Dont include too many eggplants in your diet if you are interested in weight gain.
Eggplant is:
  • Low in saturated fat, sodium and cholesterol
  • Hign in dietary fiber, folate,potassium, mangagese, vitamin C, Vitamin K, Thiamin,Niacin,Vitamin B6, Pantothenic Acid,Magnesium, Phosphorus and copper
The nutritional value and health benefits of eggplant makes it ideal for:
  • Maintaining optimum health
  • Weight loss































Sunday 3 January 2010

Beans Carrot poriyal (Side dish)


Ingredients:
Beans 15 (Long)
Carrot 2 to 3
Freshly grated Coconut 1tbsp
Half tsp red chiilli powder
One tsp coriander powder
Turmeric powder
Garlic 2 to 3 flakes
Salt
For Seasoning:
Mustard seeds half tsp
Broken urdal dal one tsp
Curry leaves 5
Green chillies 2 to 3
Directions:
Take a thick pan, add 3 tbsp of oil. Then season the things given in the seasoning column. Add crushed garshed to that. Now add beans carrot fry until the raw smell goes off. ( If u like to Cook the beans and carrot in a separate vessel adding a glass water to that, boil it and keep it ready for tampering.)
Add turmeric and salt to the vegetable after seasoning, stir for a while. Add chilli powder and coriander powder stir well. Once you have done , switch off the stove. Now add freshly grated coconut and stir gently. You can have this for curd rice and anyother rice varities and roti. Enjoy the dish.