Kovakka Ulathiyath /Ivy Goud Stir fry

One more entry to my cooking recipe. a vegetable stir fry,

Ingredients:-

• Kovakka (Ivy Gourd) - 250gm
• Green chili -2
• Garlic Chopped -1
• Turmeric Powder - a pinch
• Curry Leaves -3-4 
• Small Onions -3
• Mustard Seeds - 1tsp
• Oil -2 spoon
• Salt to taste.

Method:-

1. Clean and slice as above.
2. Heat Oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.
3. Add chopped onion and curry leaves and fry for a minute.
4. Add chopped kovakka , chilli’s, garlic and turmeric powder mix and toss it well.
5. Sprinkle 2/3 tsp of water, cover the pan with lid and cook for 6/7 minutes.
6. Remove the lid and stir fry for another 3/4 minutes.
7. Remove and serve warm with roti /rice.

Health benefits  of this vegetable include,

1. Improved bowel movements of the body due to existence of vitamin A and beta carotene in vegetable.
2. Liver enzyme in vegetable controls the blood sugar level in a natural way.
3. Development of general structure of body due to increased Vitamin A,C, B1 and B2 in vegetable
4. It is used as a  medicine to cure asthma, bronchitis,jaundice.
5. Ability of detoxification acts ideal in cleaning our blood also.

So choice is your try this dish :)

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Ann

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September 7th 2014

This year I celebrated yet another Onam, and this time it is perfectly virtual or electronic ... in all sense ..

Onam happens to be on a Sunday one my favourite day of the week , started with sunday mass and sunday brunch of usual chappathis and peas curry. Spoke to parents and sisters (both made it home ) and grandma they are 6000 miles away from me, by the time I spoke to them they have finished there Onam Sadhya same as above pic, with our own plantain leaf from garden. I have a time difference of 4.5 hrs with them and it is very good evening over there and they are getting ready to sunday church.

I did n't cook anything special for Onam this year as it is not worth doing it for one person..

Thousands of miles away from the homeland affected my spells of nostalgia to prepare a few Onam special dishes at home. Relatives back there in the land of King Mahabali purchased the readymade Ona-sadhyas (meals) to captivate TV programmes. Times have changed and my cooking habits too.. Simple gestures of affection are enough to brighten up and enliven even an ordinary day. Thanks to all my school and college friends who wished me Onam along with theirs family.

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Onion Bhaji

Serves 1

Cooking Time : 30min

Vegetarian Recipe

Ingredients:-

•          50g gram flour/Maida

•          20g rice flour/Corn Flour

•          ½ tsp turmeric

•          1 tsp cumin seeds,

•          1 tsp medium Chili powder

•          Fresh /Dried Coriander

•          Asafoetida Powder/Kayam a pinch

•          Salt a pinch

•          One big Onion

•          One small potato

•          Water to make batter

•          Oil, to cook

Method of Cooking

In a bowl, mix all the batter ingredients together except oil and make a thick batter with water.  Batter should not be too watery. It should be medium thick. Add sliced onions, chopped potatoes and mix well. Keep aside this batter for 15 minutes.

Heat oil in a frying pan. Drop teaspoons of the batter (3/4 portions depending upon the size of pan) and fry till

golden color on both the sides.

Drain and place on kitchen towel to absorb excess oil.

Serve hot as an evening snack with Tomato ketchup or Mint chutney.

Enjoy #Onion Bhaji /  #Ulli Bhaji /  #Onion Pakoras / #Onion Fritters