Manathakkaali Kai Kara Kuzhambu | Manithakkali Puli Kuzhambu | Night Shade Fresh Berries Tamarind Curry

Manathakkaali Kai Kara Kuzhambu | Manithakkali Puli Kuzhambu | Night Shade Fresh Berries Tamarind Curry is a healthy tamarind based, spicy curry made with  fresh fruits of  Black Night Shade plant. Its botanical name is Solanum Nigrum and in Tamil, it is called Manathakkali or Manithakkali. The health benefits of this manathakkali are well known to everyone. It is very good in treating any ulcer especially mouth ulcer, good for diabetics, effective in de-worming, treating cold & cough, etc. Whenever I buy this Manathakkali keerai, I usually select a bunch with lot of these fresh...

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Puffed Phool Makhana | Roasted Fox Nuts | Popped Lotus Seeds

Puffed Phool Makhana | Roasted Fox Nuts | Popped Lotus Seeds is a  healthy snack to munch on with hot tea without any guilt since it is very low in calories. The lotus seeds are the seeds of lotus plant, as the name says and the plant normally grows in wet lands. These seeds are very popular in North India and in some of the Asian countries. In Northen India, these seeds are used to prepare recipes on vrat | fasting days just like sabhudhana | javvarisi is used. These seeds are rich in all essential nutrients, vitamins, minerals & antioxidants. Hence it can be consumed by people of...

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Product Review for Eastern Condiments

I was really surprised when I got a message from Mr.Shylesh asking for unbiased review for some of  the products of  Eastern Condiments P Ltd. I gave a thought about it for quite some time. But what on earth will make foodies like us be happy other than tasting different flavours? In addition, I am being backed up with the best food critics, my son & my hub J...So I decided to take up that assignment. Few weeks ago, I’ve received a pack containing masala powders for Chicken Fry, Rajma Masala & Kuzhambu Masala form Eastern. It has taken such a long time to use their products...

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Onion Tomato Chutney | Red Chutney | Easy Thakkali Vengaya Chutney

Onion Tomato Chutney | Red Chutney | Easy Thakkali Vengaya Chutney is the best match for soft idlies and sponge dosas.  My grandma used to make this chutney by grinding manually and we ate as many number of idlies/dosas until when we were asked to stop dumping anymore. Those were the days, we used to keep on moving, hardly sit at one place and so whatever we ate, would get digested immediately. Of course our metabolism would be higher at younger age. Coming to the recipe, there are many methods of preparing this chutney and this recipe, which I’m going to share here is the simplest one....

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