Karonde ka Achaar

Karonde ka Achaar is a very simple but interesting and a unique pickle which tastes awesome. Karonde or Natal Plum pickle is quick to make as it gets ready to eat in just 2-3 days. Karonda is very easily available in market especially in summer season.

Here is the video recipe for easy reference:

Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Karonda - 100 gms

Cumin seeds/ Zeera - 1 tsp

Carom seeds/ Ajwain - 1 tsp

Salt -  tsp

Asfoetida/ Hing powder - 1/2 tsp

Methi dana - 1 tsp

Mustard seeds/ Rai - 1 tsp

Mustard oil - 1/2 cup

Method:

1. Boil karonde in sufficient water and cool it down. 

2. Simultaneously dry roast all condiments except asfoetida and grind to make a nice powder. 

3. Dry the karonda completely and remove the flower black cap from the each karonda.

4. Once dried, add the the prepared powder, red chili powder, salt. 

5. Add heated oil in the mixture. Mix well. Transfer the pickle in glass jar and keep in sunlight for 3 days. 

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Vegetable Oats Pancake Recipe

Gram Flour Oats Pancakes are very healthy, nutritious and healthy recipe which is my favourite. These act as good filler and you can have them for breakfast, lunch or even dinner. A wholesome recipe!!!

Here is the video recipe for easy reference:

Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Gram Flour/ Besan - 1 cup

Roasted Oats - 1/2 cup

Chopped Onions, Capsicum, Carrots- 1/2 cup each (quantity can vary) 

Chopped Ginger Garlic- 1 tsp

Salt, Red chilli powder - As per Taste

Method:

1. Prepare a batter of gram flour with water. Add roasted oats along with all other vegetable and spices. 

2. Heat a non-stick pan and grease with little oil, Pour the prepared batter to make small pancakes. Cook it till crisp from both sides. 

3. Serve hot crispy pancakes with tomato ketchup, curd or coriander chutney. 

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Gheur - A Traditional Dogri Recipe

After marriage, the first thing served to me at my in-laws place was "Gheur". To me it looked like a mesh dish which I was completely unaware. But when I tasted it, it was really nice, crunchy and different. This is what inspired me to learn this dish.

Gheur is an authentic, traditional dogri recipe from Jammu and Kashmir. Dogri people usually prepare gheur when new bride enters the house for the very first time or someone who comes home after very long time. It is like a welcome dish. Generally Gheur is served with potato curry vegetable but it can certainly be served as it is. 

Here is the video recipe for easy reference:

Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Refined Flour - 1 cup
Salt - As per taste
Fresh peas - 1/2 Cup
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
Oil for frying

Method:

1. Prepare a batter of refined flour and water. the consistency should neither be too thick nor too thin. Keep aside the batter for fermentation for about 1 hour.
2. Add cumin seeds and shelled peas in the batter. Mix well.
3. Heat oil in a kadai. When the oil reaches the smoking point, pour the batter with hands moving the hands to form a mesh structure. In the end make a boundary around the mesh structure using the same batter.
4. Fry only one side of gheur and using a knitting needle to remove gheur from the kadai. (Yes you heard me right. Knitting needle is used for frying instead of normal spatula.)
5. Serve gheur with potato curry.

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Garlic Pickle

Garlic pickle is really very simple to make, if garlic is kept peeled and ready to use. The taste of garlic pickle will make you lick your fingers. 

Here is the video recipe for easy reference:

Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Peeled Garlic cloves - 100 gms
Salt, Red chilli powder, Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp each
Mustard oil - 2 tbsp
Fenugreek seeds/ Methi dana - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Asfoetida powder - 1/2 tsp
White vinegar - 2-3 tsp

Method:

1. Microwave garlic cloves for 4-5 min and allow it to cool down for 1 hr at room temperature.
2. Dry roast fenugreek seeds and grind to form a powder.
3. Once garlic cloves cools down, add all spices along with fenugreek seeds powder and vinegar. Mix well.
4. For tempering, heat mustard oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds and add asfoetida powder. Switch off the flame.
5. Top this heated oil on the garlic mixture. Do not mix immediately. Leave it aside for some time, thereafter mix well and store the pickle in a airtight glass jar. Garlic pickle is ready.

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Diabetic Special Powder | Home Remedy

Another very effective home remedy to control blood sugar levels naturally. Prepare this diabetic special powder using Jamun Seeds. So do not discard the jamun seeds. It is equally effective to control diabetes. This powder is very easy to make and store.

Here is the video recipe for easy reference:

Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:
Jamun seeds (Black Berry seeds) - 1/2 kg

Method:
1. Take Jamun seeds and dry it under sunlight or at room temperature. Once dried, grind it in a mixer jar and prepare a powder.
2. Sieve the powder using a mesh. Discard the left over.
3. Drink 1 tsp of this powder with normal water everyday and any time of the day.

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Diabetic Juice Recipe | Home Remedy

This diabetic special drink will help control sugar levels, when suffering from diabetes. Simple juice recipe but very effective one

Here is the video recipe for easy reference:

Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

Bitter gourd (Karela) - 1 pcs

Tomato - 1 pcs

Cucumber - 1/2 pcs

Method:

1. Wash all the ingredients nicely to remove all dirt. Do not remove the peels.

2. In a chopper, add small pieces of all the ingredients and chop it. 

3. Using a sieve, extract out the juice from the chopped vegetables. 

4. Drink this juice regularly in the morning and you will surely get the benefit of this juice.  

Note - Alternatively, one could also use a juicer to extract the juice. 

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Eggless Maple Oats Cookies

Eggless Maple Oats Cookies is a treat for all. Oats adds great flavor to simple cookies further sweetened with maple syrup and flavored with warm spices. Perfect to go for a high-tea evening!!! 

Thank you Plattershare for sharing another wonderful ingredient "Coombs Organic Grade B Maple Syrup" from GoIndiaOrganic. For seven generations, Coombs Family Farms has produced great tasting 100% pure organic maple syrup, harvested sustainably from trees nurtured without the use of pesticides. 

Maple Syrup is packed with many benefits. It is said that maple syrup is one of the sweeteners one should have in small amounts as it contains higher levels of beneficial nutrients, antioxidants, phytochemicals than white table sugar. When used in appropriate amounts, maple syrup nutritional benefits include ability to lower inflammation, supply nutrients and better manage blood sugar. So a healthy substitute for white sugar.   

Here is the recipe video for easy reference:

Ingredients:
Oats - 1 cup
Flaked Almonds - 1/4 cup
Butter - 4 tbsp
Coombs Organic Maple Syrup - 4 tbsp
Flour - 2 tbsp
Milk - 2 tbsp
Ginger powder - 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt - a pinch

Method:
1. In a bowl, mix all dry ingredients well.
2. Add wet ingredients milk, butter, maple syrup and mix well to prepare a nice mixture.
3. On a baking sheet, lay small portions of this mixture.
4. Preheat airfryer at 180 degrees for 5 min. Airbake the cookies at 180 degrees for 8 min.
5. Once done, cool down completely. 

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Home Remedies for Diabetes

Diabetes, also called diabetes mellitus, has become a very common heath problem. Most of our Indian population is suffering from diabetes today. While there is no cure for diabetes but with controlled blood sugar levels, one can live a totally normal life. There are various natural remedies for diabetes that will help control your blood sugar level.So check out these very simple home remedies.

Here is the video for easy reference:

Below are the details as well:

Home Remedy 1:

1. Soak 1 tsp of fenugreek seeds (Methi dana) in 1 glass of water for 6-7 hours or overnight. 

2. Drink this water empty stomach early morning and chew the seeds along. The seeds can also be used to make vegetables or add in the flour to make a dough. 

3. Drink fenugreek water for at least 15-20 days regularly to effective results.

Home Remedy 2:

1. In a glass of warm milk, add 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder. 

2. Drink this turmeric milk either in the morning or before going to bed at night.

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Barley Upma | Breakfast Recipe

Barley Upma is a perfect healthy and a quick breakfast recipe. Plattershare gave me this wonderful ingredient "OoMugi Barley" from GoIndiaOrganic under "Belly Nirvana" programme. What a wonderful grain to work with!!! 

 

This premium Japanese barley has super taste and is enriched with loads of benefits. Barley is full of fibers, helps lowers cholesterol, helps loose weight, assists digestive health, promotes healthy blood sugar levels, reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases..so forth and so on. 

   My family simply loved barley upma. Initially were little hesitant in eating (because of natural hitch to try something new) but when tasted it..loved the taste. So one must try using Barley in routine diet.

Here is the video recipe for easy reference:

Below is the detailed recipe as well:

Ingredients:

OoMugi Barley - 1 cup

Chopped Onions, capsicum, beans, carrot - 1/2 cup each

Mustard seeds - 1 tsp

White Split Urad dal - 1 tbsp

Salt - As per taste

Curry leaves - For garnishing

Method:

1. Soak barley grains in 1-2 cups of water for 1-2 hours. Pressure cook till 2 whistles. 

2. In a pan, heat 1 tsp oil, splutter mustard seeds, roast split urad dal till it turns brown.

3. Saute onions along with all vegetables. Add salt as per the taste and cook for 5 min.

4. Add cooked barley grains and mix well. Cover the pan and cook for 5-6 mins. 

5. Lastly squeeze lemon juice and serve hot. Garnish with curry leaves. Enjoy a healthy breakfast!!!  

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