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  Culture gives us a direction, idea and values to our life making our life more sustainable and healthier. But this modern age dis-synced us fro m the cultural track making our life less healthier and sustainable.Let us revive our tamil culture back again making our life more healthier and tastier with traditional and cultural foods  

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Ragi Sweets Adai

Nesamani could have more healthy life and could fight an hardship better if he had Ragi(Kelavaragu)

Go traditional, Go healthy

Ragi contains essential and needed nutrients for children’s growth. This can be good supplementary protein diet even for teenagers and adult. Ragi adai is made during the rainy season. Someone even commented funnily, அதனாலதான் அடைமழைனு பேர் வந்திச்சோ?! – Its called…

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Ragi Murungai Keerai Adai

Ragi Murungai Keerai Adai

Ragi contains essential and needed nutrients for children’s growth. This can be good supplementary protein diet even for teenagers and adult. Ragi adai is made during the rainy season. Someone even commented funnily, அதனாலதான் அடைமழைனு பேர் வந்திச்சோ?! – Its called ragi “adai” because its made during “adai” mazhai (heavy rain). This is a very simple recipe to put together and makes for an…

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Ragi Vadai

It contains essential and needed nutrients for children’s growth. This can be good supplementary protein diet even for teenagers and adult.

Other health benefits of Ragi (Kelvaragu)

1. Loaded with Calcium – Increases Bone Strength 2. Helps in Controlling Diabetes 3. Reverts Skin Ageing – keeps you young 4. Battles Anaemia 5. Relaxes the Body 6. Helps in Weight Loss – Reduces Cholesterol 7. Good…

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Pacha Payaru Laddu (green gram balls)

Pacha Payaru Laddu (green gram balls)

Health benefits of green gram

1. Packed With Healthy Nutrients

Calories: 212 Fat: 0.8 grams Protein: 14.2 grams Carbs: 38.7 grams Fiber: 15.4 grams Folate (B9): 80% of the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) Manganese: 30% of the RDI Magnesium: 24% of the RDI Vitamin B1: 22% of the RDI Phosphorus: 20% of the RDI Iron: 16% of the RDI Copper: 16% of the RDI Potassium: 15% of the RDI Zinc: 11% of the RDI Vitamins…

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Ragi Ladoo

Method

Take 2 tblspn ghee in a heavy bottom pan, add in chopped cashews and fry till golden. Drain and set aside.

Now in the remaining ghee add in ragi flour and keep sauteing till nice aroma comes from it. It will take around 7 to 10 mins.

Now add in powdered sugar and keep cooking on low flame till the sugar starts to melt.

Now add in another tblspn of ghee and mix well..At one stage it will…

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Porivilangai urundai (Multigrain ball)

Porivilangai Urundai can be best Evening Snack particular for growing chidren who are in need of high protien. This can help particularly help Children to get rid of Sugary snacks and drinks, making their diet more healthy as well as more tastier1. Take a ladle with jaggery syrup and pour in to mix with the prepared multi-grains powder(Moong dal, Channa dal, Bengal Grams, Peanuts, Almonds) 2. With…

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Ellu urundai

Method:

Dry roast sesame seeds till they pop. Take them in a blender and crush them coarsely.

Now heat jaggery and water tilll it is melted. Strain it.

Now put it back on stove in a heavy bottom pan. Boil it till it reaches pahu stage..It will be thick and glossy.

At this stage add the powdered sesame seed. Mix well.

Immediately transfer it to a plate. Let it cool for a bit.

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Method: Take rice and dal in a bowl. wash it well, soak them in water for 3 hours. Drain them and add it to a blender, add very little water at a time and make it into a thick smooth paste. It doesn’t have to be very smooth, the rice will remain little grainy, that is not a issue. Now make the palm jaggery syrup, take palm jaggery and water in a sauce pan. Heat it and Mix it well till the palm jaggery is melted. Strain it and add it back to the pan and boil it for 6 to 8 mins till it gets little thick and syrupy.. Now add in cardamom and dry ginger powder and mix well. You have to keep this syrup warm till you dip the mittai. Now heat some oil for deep frying. Take a piping bag with plain round tip, fill it with the dough and make round design over hot oil. Fry till crispy on both sides. Drain this. Dip this in karupatti syrup for 1 to 2 min on each side. Drain it and serve.

1. Improves Digestion 2. Cleansing Agent 3. Relieves Constipation 4. Rich in minerals, mainly iron but it also has traces of other mineral salts 5. Cleanses The Liver 6. Loaded with antioxidants and minerals like potassium, magnesium, copper, zinc and iron, jaggery can boost the immune system and fight germs and infections

More Helpful for 1. Anaemia 2. Cold and Cough 3. Premenstrual Syndrome 4. Migraines 5. Hiccups 6. Pregnancy 7. Breast-Feeding

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Beat this summer with Nungu Sarbat

1. Take the palm fruit, peel off the outer skin.Now mash the nungu with a spoon. 2. Take your serving glass – Add nannari syrup first.Then add nungu. 3. Add lemon juice. 4. Add icecubes and then water.Mix well with a spoon and serve.Serve chilled!

Health Benefits of Nungu Fruit

1. Prevents chicken box 2. Improves digestion 3. Keeps your body cool 4. Prevents constipation problem in pregnant women 5. Good for acidity problem 6. The high potassium content helps eliminate body toxins 7. Good for liver and spleen disorders

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Tamil ancestry

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Today’s snack - Neer urundai

It’s easy to do sna. Prepare rice balls, then you can place all the rice balls in a greased idli plate and steam it like idli.

You can add jeera and pepper seasoning to this. For seasoning, put one teaspoon ghee in a kadai. When it is hot, add all the cooked rice balls and sprinkle coarsely crushed pepper and jeera powder and little salt and mix well.

Courtesy - Manikandan, Velankanni https://www.instagram.com/p/BwuK9wGlzqd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xl14zq4b2uas

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