Saturday 17 October 2015

Togari beLe Chutney Pudi

Togari beLe Chutney Pudi
"Togari beLe Chutney Pudi" is made from toor dal/split pigeon pea, along with dry coconut, red chillies, curry leaves, garlic pods, tamarind, salt and oil.

It is part of the postpartum diet for mothers of new borns. It is served along with hot cooked rice and a dash of ghee.

KariBevu Chutney Pudi / Curry Leaf Chutney Pudi

KariBevu Chutney Pudi

"KariBevu Chutney Pudi" is made from a combination of curry leaves, split black gram, split chickpea, dry coconut, red chillies, jaggery, salt and tamarind.

It is served to new mothers as part of postpartum diet. New mothers are served this blend along with hot cooked rice and a dash of ghee.

Bananthi Pudi

Bananthi Pudi
"Bananthi Pudi" is an excellent postpartum/post pregnancy food. It is made of cumin seeds(jeerige), fennel seeds(saunf), carom seeds(ajwain/ om kaLu) and pepper corns(meNasu).

Traditionally new mothers are served this particular spice blend to improve the digestion of both the new born and the mother. It reduces flatulence and acidity in mothers of new borns.

The new mother starts her meals by mixing about 1 tsp of this powder with a morsel of cooked rice and a dash of ghee. When breast feeding mothers of colicky babies consume this dish regularly, it helps soothe the baby to a certain extent.

Rave unDe

Rave unDe
"Rave unDe" is a sweet dish made from semolina/suji. It is loaded with the goodness of ghee, dry fruits and milk. It is traditional to have this dish on the festival day of "Shiv Raathri".

Friday 16 October 2015

Besan Laadu

Besan Laadu
"Besan Laadu" is a sweet dish made from roasted besan(gram flour/chikpea flour). It is loaded with the goodness of ghee and almonds. Go ahead and indulge in the taste of this simple yet stunning dish!

BeLLuLi Kadale Beeja

BeLLuLi Kadale Beeja

"BeLLuLi Kadale Beeja" is garlic flavored, salted, roasted peanuts. It makes an excellent companion snack for coffee, tea and beer !!

Munch away as you chat with friends over hot drinks of your choice...

Sunday 13 September 2015

Virgin Coconut Oil

Virgin Coconut Oil

"Virgin Coconut Oil" has phytonutrients and polyphenols, which have antioxidant, antibiotic, cancer-preventative, anti-inflammatory and other tissue-supportive and tissue-protective properties. Hence making it a healthy choice! Consuming a spoonful of Virgin Coconut Oil per day improves overall health and helps fight skin issues. Since it is a very pure form of coconut oil, it is safe to use it on infants for giving a body massage or to avoid nappy rashes.

Virgin Coconut Oil is extracted from fresh coconut and not from dried coconut/copra. We use the wet milling process to make unrefined, non-bleached and non-deodorized oil. In this method, coconut milk is extracted from fresh coconut meat and the coconut oil is separated through boiling.

We first grate the coconut and soak in water.Then squeeze it to extract coconut milk. Put the container with coconut milk into the refrigerator and leave it overnight. Next day a thick white layer would have formed in the container. Take only that part into a thick bottomed pan and discard the water. Heat the pan on low flame, you will see something like curdling and splitting. In about one hour you will see that the oil is separated from the other materials. Take off the flame and let it cool to room temperature. Strain the oil to a glass container. Your virgin coconut oil is ready to be used!!