Thursday, January 10, 2008

'Food during Pregnancy' event Round-up

Meera of Enjoy Indian Food blog presents the ever-green Moong dal Khichadi

Dhivya Karthik of Culinary Bazaar blog shares with us three recipes

The healthy and fibre rich oats in Oats Porridge


A completely nutritious dish Buckwheat Pasta

And Millet Bread


Sindhu Bhanu of a newly started blog Brightstar-Indian Food comes up with the recipe of vegetable khichidi




Ingredients
1 cup rice
1/2 cup skinned moong dal
1 and 1/2 cup vegetables chopped (cauliflower, potato,peas,carrots)
1 tsp jeera seeds
a pinch asafoetida
1 tomato
1 tsp. dhania-jeera powder
3.5 cup water
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 tblsp oilCoriander leaves - to garnish
Salt to taste
Ghee to serve

Method:
Wash rice and dal together.
Heat up the oil in a vessel and add jeera and asafoetida.
Then add turmeric, washed vegetables, and the rice and dal. Fry for 2 mins.
Add the chopped tomato and the dhania jeera powder. Stir for 1 minute more.
Then add 3.5 cups of boiling water and salt.
Cover and cook till done. (You may use a cooker and cook it for 2 whistles, reduce and simmer for 2 minutes.)
Serve hot with pure ghee and chopped coriander leaves on the khichdi.

Srivalli of Cooking4allseasons blog shares Spoon full of nuts with us


Bharathy of Spicy Chilly blog shows us the method to make Mexican Hot Chocolate


Kajal from Kajaldreams blog presents a new healthy drink

Nidhi from 'Charche Chauke Ke' blog also shares with us three recipes

A fibre-rich side dish Rassedaar Lauki

A simple and quick Thai Yellow curry

And a nutritious Moong ki dal


And my contributions to the event are

Brinjal Kootu (some people are of the view that brinjal shouldnt be consumed while pregnant...in such cases, you could substitute brinjal with carrots or beans or cabbage or chow chow)


Methi Peas Pulav


Spinach Rotis


Wheat rava upma with veggies

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