CELERY EGG PORIYAL

Celery is a very delicious herbal vegetable. Normally People say Celery is English vegetable,used in soup .But I bought one day  prepare our Tamilnadu style as poriyal.

The output is very perfect ,its very tasty. 

Medicinal value - It is used as a stimulant for treating Asthma and liver diseases. It is also considered as a natural medicine in different cultures

 CELERY EGG PORIYAL

INGREDIENTS:

•  5-6 stalk of celery cut into pieces wash and keep aside 
•  1 Egg
•  1 onion finally chopped
•  2 red chilles or green chillies(I used red chillies)
•  2 no Garlic finally chopped 
•  Little mustard, salt, curry leaves
•  2 tsp of Oil
•  Corainder leaves for garnishing.

  

DESCRIPTION:

1. Take a kadai or pan pour Oil heat it. 
2.  If oil gets heated put mustard seeds,curry leaves,red chillies.  
3.  Once it splutters, add chopped galic fry them dont go for too much fry just normal.
4.  Add Chopped onion fry for sometime.
5.  Add Beaten egg and put the flame in low fry that until when u see the egg separates.
6.  Add washed celery, put required amount of salt.
7.  No need to close the kadai, because its a watery vegetable, no need to pout water also.Keep medium flame.
8.  After 10-15 mins Celery poriyal is ready.

  It goes well with Sambhar, Rasam as a nice side dish.
 

NOTE:

 Here egg is optional if you want u can add or else leave that and make celery poriyal.

The Same method we used for ASPARGUS PORIYAL also.

A HEALTHY DRINK

Using Urad dal am making a healthy drink.
This  drink is  given to ladies who are breast feeding,increases the milk flow and also given to ladies who have their monthly periods. Its believed that Urad dal when taken during periods reduces the abdominal pain as well..
This dish tastes awesome when prepared with the palm jaggery, if not can try with regular jaggery but the taste is not assured.

INGREDIENTS:

• urad dal - 1/2 cup (soaked for 2 hrs)
• water - 2 cups
• dry ginger powder - 2 tbsp
• cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• palm jaggery - 1/2 cup

PREPARATION:

1. grind the urad dal to a fine paste
2. boil water and when its very hot add the ground paste and mix well
3. keep stirring to avoid lumps.
4. when the mixture gets cooked and the raw smell goes off add the palm jaggery and mix well
5. when the jaggery is dissolved add cardamom powder and dry ginger powder
6. when its in a porridge consistency remove from fire, strain and serve warm

You can drink this instead of coffee & tea or else make a porridge consistency take it as a main food in breakfast or dinner.

BOTTLE GOURD SEMI GRAVY

Bottle gourd is a common vegetable in India. It is yellowish green, having the shape of a bottle or oval shaped. It has white pulp, with white seeds embedded in spongy flesh. Bottle gourds are one of the favorite vegetables of Indians.

 In this vegetable am myself prepared a different recipe using masala.

                                             BOTTLE GOURD SEMI GRAVY 

INGREDIENTS :

• Bottle gourd - 1 finely grated 

• Big Onion 2

• Tomato            1

• Red chilli          1 

• Ginger&garlic paste    1 tbsp

• Bay leaves,cardamom   1 no

• turmeric powder         2 tsp

• curry masala powder   2 tbsp(according to spice lovers)

• salt

• Oil 2 tbsp 

  

PREPARATION:

Wash the vegetable peel the skin and grate finely.

Onion to be finely chopped in the shape of slice,its easy for cooking.

Chop the tomatoes.

Now heat the kadai pour oil, put bay leaves & cardamom.

when it starts spluttering add red chilli. toss 1 min.

Add chopped onion fry it,till the onion turns brown.

Add ginger & garlic paste toss till the raw smell goes off.

Then add tomato fry till the gravy consistency arrives.

Add turmeric, curry masala powder,followed by vegetable.

Then toss finely,cover the vessel.

 keep the flame between medium to Sim.

Add salt ,again 2 min toss in stove.

Now bottle gourd gravy ready.

  It goes well with chapati,bread, rice.

 Medicinal value of Bottle gourd:

• Cooked Bottle gourd is cooling, calming and acts as diuretic. It makes you relax after eating. But don’t eat the vegetable raw as it can harm the stomach and intestines.
  
  
  1. It plays a very important role in treating urinary disorders. Prepare a glass of fresh juice by grating Bottle gourd and then mixing it with lime juice. Drink it once a day to combat the burning sensation caused by the high acidity of urine. It can be had along with sulpha drugs to treat urinary infection as it acts as an alkaline diuretic.
  2. Bottle gourd juice is an excellent remedy for excessive thirst caused by diarrhea, over consumption of fatty or fried foods, and diabetes. Drink a glass of this juice with a little salt added to it to treat this condition.
  3. A glass of Bottle gourd juice with a little salt added to it prevents excessive loss of sodium, satiating thirst and keeping you refreshed in summer.
  4. If you are on a low calorie diet, suffering from digestive problems, are diabetic or convalescing, then Bottle gourd is must for you as it is easily digestible and low in calories.