I am not the one who is fond of baby food : all these understated recipes come into baby food category
1. Soup
2. Kootu
3. Dal
4. Mashed potatoes
5. Rice ; ah ah "Mashed" rice
6. Honey tea
7. Cinnamon tea
8. Vendhaya kanji aka thengai kanji (Fenugreek poridge aka Coconut poridge)
9. Bread with milk
10. Bread and jelly
11. Chicken soup - Hey this is one exception - I can have chicken soup anytime of the year.
Since 2 weeks, I have been busy taking care of my husband who is hosting bacteria in his body! Oh God, itchy throat, running nose, cough and cold keep me on my toes. At the same time, I feel so exhausted - physically and recipeally! Yes I ran out of baby food varieties. Though he is unable to taste & enjoy anything that I serve, he demands varieties. He is just so bored eating the same old conjee and mashed potatoes.
So all I could do was to reach my mom-in-law and find out what she had to offer in terms of recipes. She came up with tons of soups! Oh God, I had never even imagined that I could whip up so many varieties of them without adding spice to any. Thus this post in my blog was born.
To kick start here is the Okra soup.
1. Okra - 10 chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
2. Onion, Tomato - each 5 tsp, roughly chopped
3. yellow lentil - I used Mung beans - 5 tsp boiled and whisked later to mash them.
4. Curry leaves
5. 1 green chilly - slit
6. Salt, pepper and cumin for seasoning
Heat oil in a wok, season it with cumin. Saute onion and tomatoes in it. Add green chilly, curry leaves. After a couple of minutes add the okra. I know it is sticky. But the idea here is to get rid of the stickiness by sauteing. Medium heat, stir, saute without taking off your attention from this. After about 20 minutes you might get an idea of when to drop the boiled lentils in. The stickiness should be completely gone before you add lentils. Add salt and pepper. Let it boil for 10 more minutes.
Remove the green chilly if you think its gonna make it hot. I prefer less lentils, boiled thoroughly in just the right amount of water and then mashed (Tip : Use whisk to turn it into a pulp). After you add the lentils into the sauteed veggie, you can add water to decrease the viscosity - Oh meaning make it soupy. Many more soups to follow. I am trying to collect as many simple coup recipes as possible and put together so next time someone is sick and you are attending, you don't need to run out of recipes or make the same dish time and again.
1. Soup
2. Kootu
3. Dal
4. Mashed potatoes
5. Rice ; ah ah "Mashed" rice
6. Honey tea
7. Cinnamon tea
8. Vendhaya kanji aka thengai kanji (Fenugreek poridge aka Coconut poridge)
9. Bread with milk
10. Bread and jelly
11. Chicken soup - Hey this is one exception - I can have chicken soup anytime of the year.
Since 2 weeks, I have been busy taking care of my husband who is hosting bacteria in his body! Oh God, itchy throat, running nose, cough and cold keep me on my toes. At the same time, I feel so exhausted - physically and recipeally! Yes I ran out of baby food varieties. Though he is unable to taste & enjoy anything that I serve, he demands varieties. He is just so bored eating the same old conjee and mashed potatoes.
So all I could do was to reach my mom-in-law and find out what she had to offer in terms of recipes. She came up with tons of soups! Oh God, I had never even imagined that I could whip up so many varieties of them without adding spice to any. Thus this post in my blog was born.
To kick start here is the Okra soup.
1. Okra - 10 chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
2. Onion, Tomato - each 5 tsp, roughly chopped
3. yellow lentil - I used Mung beans - 5 tsp boiled and whisked later to mash them.
4. Curry leaves
5. 1 green chilly - slit
6. Salt, pepper and cumin for seasoning
Heat oil in a wok, season it with cumin. Saute onion and tomatoes in it. Add green chilly, curry leaves. After a couple of minutes add the okra. I know it is sticky. But the idea here is to get rid of the stickiness by sauteing. Medium heat, stir, saute without taking off your attention from this. After about 20 minutes you might get an idea of when to drop the boiled lentils in. The stickiness should be completely gone before you add lentils. Add salt and pepper. Let it boil for 10 more minutes.
Remove the green chilly if you think its gonna make it hot. I prefer less lentils, boiled thoroughly in just the right amount of water and then mashed (Tip : Use whisk to turn it into a pulp). After you add the lentils into the sauteed veggie, you can add water to decrease the viscosity - Oh meaning make it soupy. Many more soups to follow. I am trying to collect as many simple coup recipes as possible and put together so next time someone is sick and you are attending, you don't need to run out of recipes or make the same dish time and again.
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