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It is interesting to know that South Indians’ have a variety of light dishes for breakfast but their most loved choice is Upma. Upma is light, silky and healthy as it is mainly made out of semolina. This could be made plain, omitting the vegetables, but by adding any veggies of your choice could make it healthy and very appealing too.   Ingredients you will need: Semolina / Rulang / Sooji 1 cup Hot water 2 cups Yellow split lentils – chana dhal 1 tbsp 1 Carrot – cut into tiny cubes   4 Green beans – cut into tiny pieces   Curry leaves   Green chilli – split in the middle 1 Mustard seeds  1/4 tsp Onion – chopped 1  Olive oil  1 tbsp Let’s make : To get the soft and silky texture,  stick to the following proportions: 2 cups of water to 1 cup of Semolina.  A little more water could turn it into a lumpy mess. First, dry roast semolina for a min or two being careful not to change its colour and keep aside Heat oil in a ...

An assortment of vegetables in vibrant colours, stir-fried mushrooms and a couple of fried fish fillets to go with them, has the culinary potential to be a favourite choice for a complete and healthy dinner. Rather than boiling veggies, they are steamed here to keep their natural goodness intact.  Also, mushrooms are stir-fried lightly in soy sauce so that they enhance the taste of this platter. I have introduced garlic into this, because of its invaluable health benefits as a cholesterol buster and a purifier of the whole system of internal organs. Now prepare the veggies: Take any choice of veggies, wash and cut them into any shape you prefer. Just peel the garlic cloves. (Broccoli, Cauliflower, Green beans, Carrots, Peas, Okra, Cabbage or any other of your favourite vegetable will go just right with this platter) Place all the veggies and garlic cloves in the steamer and steam until the veggies are soft but their colour should be intact.  If you steam a longer time, their n...

I am not wasting many words to describe how much the native Sri Lankans love these creamy coconut discs. They are a staple in the Sri Lankan diet and loved by adults and kids alike. Tourists from various countries who tour around the island never forget to taste these. The most popular version of these is the plain creamy version made by mixing plain flour and scraped coconut together with salt and a dash of chili powder. However, I prefer to toss some chopped onions, curry leaves, grated carrots, and chopped green chilies into the dough and kneed with an ample amount of scrapped coconut and bake them on a traditional cast iron pan. Ingredients needed: Plain creamy version Fresh coconut 1 cup Plain flour 2 cups Onion 1 chopped into very small pieces Chilli powder 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Butter 1 tbsp Lukewarm water to knead the dough 1 cup Flavourful version Green chili 1 chopped Curry leaves A handful cut into thin pieces Salt 1tsp or to taste Red chili powder 1/4 tsp Butter/coconut oil 1 ...