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.