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Black Eyed Bean or Karamani(காராமணி சுண்டல்) in Tamil is one of the most popular legumes used for preparing Sundal. I have used white lobia however you could use yellow or red lobia too.Generally this beans needs to be soaked for atleast an hour to ease the cooking process. Hence soak it in advanc

While growing up we all must have heard stories about the super powers of Bhindi/Lady’s fingers. Eating bhindi will increase our mathematical ability etc 🙂 Not sure how far that is true but there are other benefits as well.The proven health benefit is that Okra is good for Diabetes. Since okras ar

This is one of the quickest lunchbox recipes that you can prepare on a busy weekday.Also healthy one too. Fenugreek leaves helps in lowering the blood sugar level and helps in controlling diabetes.Try to include them atleast once in a week in your diet. I used fresh bunch of fenugreek leaves and th

Easy to prepare Okra fry that can be served as a side dish for Rice or you can even make it for kids as snack in the evenings. If you want it to be healthier try baking or shallow frying instead of deep frying Bhindi. I personally haven’t tried these two methods and hence am not sure how the output

This is a very simple pan fried broccoli dish. You can serve it along with hot fried rice or you can even prepare it for evening snacks. You can also deep fry the florets or else bake them if you wanted it to be healthy and minimize the oil consumption.

Paneer is our favorite ingredient and have made several recipes using it. Never tried paneer kofta before. While I was browsing through internet I came across this wonderful and yet guilt free kofta recipe on youtube. The recipe was prepared by Archana of [Archana’s kitchen](http://www.archanaskitch

I have used cabbage and onions to make balls. If you have any other veggies like carrot or beans you can add them too. A great alternate for the usual potato and paneer based koftas.

This is one of the simplest side dishes for poori or chappathi. You can even have it with plain ghee rice. You can use frozen green peas too for this recipe. If you are using dried peas (like me) then soak them in cold water for atleast 5-6 hours. You can replace peas with channa or any other bean v

Very easy to prepare crunchy snack. I have used capsicum, some fresh herbs and cheddar cheese. You can substitute with other cheese. If you don’t like capsicum then replace it with some red onions.

I prepared this as Nevedhyam yesterday. I have used green chilly to spice the sundal. If you would like to use chilli powder instead, you might do that as well.