Recipes Seasoned with Love

Choco Banana Appam -  Appam is a healthy sweet recipe usually made during festivals in South India. This recipe is a slight variation of the original one with little added ingredients. Ingredients - - 1 cup rava - 1 cup rice flour - 1 and 1/2 cup jaggery powder - 2 ripe bananas - 2 spoon cocoa powder - 10 cashew nuts - 10 almonds - 6 dates - a handful of raisins Method - 1. Take a pan, add 1/4th cup water, jaggery powder, mix and heat the mixture till the jaggery melts completely in water & then switch off the flame. Allow tha jaggery water to cool down completely. (Do not overcook the jaggery water, switch off the flame immediately once the jaggery melts completely) 2. Take a mixer jar and grind the ripe bananas into a smooth puree. 3. Next take a mixing bowl, add all the dry ingredients (rawa, rice flour, cocoa powder, raisins, chopped almonds & cashews) and mix it nicely with a hand beater. 4. Next add the banana puree and mix it again. 5. Now add the prepared jaggery wat

Jowar Porridge (salty and spicy version) - Jowar is rich in fibre & is gluten-free. Including millets in your daily diet helps you stay healthy. Millets are easily digestable & having the millet porridges  helps to improve & maintain a healthy gut. Here,I am sharing one such millet porridge recipe i.e. Jowar Porridge. Ingredients - - 3 spoon jowar flour - 3 glass water - salt - 1 lemon - 1 green chilli - 1/4th teaspoon mustard seeds - 1/4th teaspoon cumin seeds - 3-4 curry leaves - a pinch of asafoetida. Method : Take a bowl add the jowar flour and add one glass of water gradually and mix the flour without any lumps and keep it aside. 2. Take a pan add 2 glass of water, finely chopped green chilli, salt and allow it to boil. 3. Once the water starts boiling add the jowar flour mixture that you have prepared earlier into it and give it a good mix. 4. Continuously stir the porridge and cook in low flame till it becomes slightly thick and the raw smell of flour goes away. It

Pumpkin Kurma - A delicious side dish with a very healthy ingredient. Including pumpkin in your diet is very essential as it helps heal wounds & it has  high fiber content. Ingredients -  - 1/2kg red pumpkin - 1 cup thick coconut milk - 1/2 cup moong dal  - 2 green chillies - 1 large onion - 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon asafoetida - 1 teaspoon mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon cumin seeds - 1 dried red chilli - a bunch of curry leaves - 4 spoon sesame oil Method -  1. Pressure cook the moong dal by adding required amount of water and salt and keep it aside. 2. Cut the pumpkin into 1 inch sized small cubes and finely chop the onion and green chilli. 3. Take a pan add 4 spoon sesame oil, once the oil is hot add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and once it splutters add curry leaves, red chilli, onion, green chilli, turmeric powder, asafoetida, salt and saute it for 3-4mins or till the onion becomes transparent. 3. Next add the pumpkin and saute for 4-5mins. 4. Add 1/2 cup water,