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Hoorna Kozhakattai or Modak is the favourite dessert of not only Lord Ganesha but also children in South India. On the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, ajournalistreveals.com proudly presents the recipe of what the Elephant God loves most. Ingredients: For Filling (Hoorna): Ground coconut – 1 cup Jaggery – 200 ...

1. Take 1 cup each of tuar dal, chana dal and rice, 1 ½ table spoons each of udad and moong dal and 6 red chillies. Roast for 1 minute in an already very hot kadai. Remove the mixture onto a plate till it cools down. Dry grind the contents ...

Ingredients: Sweet corn – 1 cup Coconut – ½ cup Green chillies – 5 Tomatoes (medium sized) – 5 Curry leaves – few Coriander leaves – few sprigs Asafoetida – 1/8th teaspoon Mustard – 1/4th teaspoon Cumin seeds – ½ teaspoon Fenugreek seeds – ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder – 3 ...

1. When we boil carrots and green peas, their colour changes. To keep their colour intact, just add some sugar while boiling. 2. Vitamin E preserves youth in us. Thus we should include vitamin E-rich foods like peanuts and olive oil in our diet. 3. Vitamin C reduces wrinkles. We ...

Ingredients: Broken rice – 1 cup. Mustard – ¼ teaspoon. Zeera (cumin) – ½ teaspoon. Methidana (fenugreek) – 1 teaspoon. Green chillis – 3-4 inches long – 3. Or Red chillis – 2 inches long – 3. Grated ginger – 1 teaspoon. Butter milk – 3-4 cups. Curry leaves – ...

1. Instead of using tomato slices in rasam, sabzi or any other such preparations, if the fruits are used after boiling in water, peeling and made into pulp, then it gives a better taste. 2. If you want to preserve ginger-garlic paste for later use, if ¼ teaspoon salt and ...

Ingredients: Masoor dal (pink lentils) – 1 cup. Toor dal (pigeon pea) – ½ cup. Chana dal (baby chickpeas) – ¼ cup. Moong dal (green gram) – ¼ cup. Tamarind – the size of 1 big lemon. Arum – 5 big. Drumstick (Moringa) – 2 sticks (cut into 3 inch ...

Ingredients: Potatoes – ½ kg. Zeera (Cumin) – 1 tea spoon. Methi dana (Fenugreek) – ½ tea spoon. Kashmiri chilli powder – 1 tea spoon or as required. Turmeric powder – ¼ tea spoon. Garam masala – ¼ tea spoon. Onion – 3 medium sized. Ginger-garlic paste – 1 heaped ...

Today most people are going through a life of stress, due to work-life imbalance. It is time to take stock of the situation and do something about it. It’s time to return to nature. The nature poet William Wordsworth once said, “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it ...