Thursday, April 25, 2013

Hara Bhara Karela

Nutritional Facts

Before starting its recipe I want share its importance which will make you more keen to try its recipe.

Bitter melon or bitter gourd or karela is now days very popular among people world wide. The reason for this is its potential to reduce the blood sugar levels. Karela has certain properties that are extremely helpful in curbing diabetes mellitus or commonly known as blood sugar. It is an herb that is very much helpful not only in maintaining the normal levels of sugar in the body but is also helpful in maintaining the normal functioning of the body.

Recipe

 Ingredients

  •  4-5 karela’s
  • Salt (according to taste)
  • 2 tsp Oil
  • 10-12 Methi dana
  • 1 tsp Rai
  • Jeera
  • 2 tsp kharada dania
  • 1 tsp Sauff
  • 1/2 tsp Amchur powder
  • 1 Lemon
  • 1 tsp Gur/Jaggery


Method

  • After that put all the karela’s and and its inside filling in a bowl and put salt and one lemon to it and keep it for half an hour. By this method bitterness of karela gets very less.
  • Now we will make its inside filling: take rai , jeera, methi, kharda dhania and sauff and roast them, and then grind them
  • Take the above mixture and put salt (according to taste) and amchur to it
  • Take inside filling of karela and wash it properly with water, then with one teaspoon oil just fry the inside filling, then put step 4 mixture to it, fry it along with filling.
  • Now take the pieces of karela and wash it properly and with one teaspoon oil fry them
  • When the filling turns golden then put one teaspoon or one piece of gur/jaggery to it. Filling is read
  • When karela is cooked then insert the step 7 mixture to it and again heat them  to 3-4 minutes
  • Your harabhara karela is ready.
  • You can keep it in the fridge for at least 4-5 days it will not get rotten and will still remain fresh.


Ready to serve

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Veggie Red Soup

Preparation Time : 5 Mins
Cooking Time : 5 Mins
Serves :2



Ingredients
  • 2 carrots
  • 5- 6 leaves of spinach
  • 1 beet root
  • 4 tomato
  • 1 Tsp ginger(according to taste)
  • 1/2 lemon
  •  black pepper( according to taste)
  •  black salt(according to taste)
  • 1/2 Tsp sugar (optional)

Method
  •  In a mixer grind pieces of carrots, spinach, tomato, beet root , ginger and one glass water.
  •  In a  pan boil the grind-ed mixer.
  • After it gets boil , filter the mixture.
  • Add black peeper, lemon , sugar(optional) and black salt to it.


Trust me if you take it everyday any time that suits you, you will have beautiful skin, good digestion

And a good diet as well.

This is for today bye till we meet again!

Be healthy and remain healthy.