Category Archives: Main dish
Methi raw mango brown rice
About:
This recipe is similar to the mango rice/mavinakayi chitranna which is rice based dish most commonly prepared in south india. Chitranna/yellow rice is prepared by initial seasoning followed by sauting of onion and grated raw mango scrapes. Here the variation is I have used brown rice to add the fiber to the dish and fenugreek/methi leaves.
Because of its bitter taste many prefer to avoid eating fenugreek so add fresh leaves to food like dals, rice, curries and parathas to consume it healthy.
Health Benefits:
Raw green mango:
Green mango is full of vitamin c, and they are great for warding off anemia and for increasing the integrity of blood vessels. It is good for the liver helping to increase the secretion of bile acids and cleans the intestines of bacterial infections.
Serves: 2
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes (excluding cooking time of rice)
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Corn meal upma (gluten free)
About:
Upma is traditional south indian breakfast dish made from semolina (Rava)….It granular texture melts in mouth when this diesh is served hot.
Looking at the texture of cornmeal thought why not try upma; Outcome was surprising and could say tastewise it was same as Semolina but corn meal has healthy carbs, fiber and other nutrients.
Corn meal is gluten free making it a good whole grain choice for people with wheat allergies. It can be substituted for wheat in some baking items.
So try this variant upma as part of your breakfast or as an evening snack.
Serves: 3
Preparation time: 10mins
Cooking time: 25-30mins
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