Milagu Poondu thakkali Rasam / Garlic Pepper and Tomato Soup Recipe

                              There is a popular saying in Tamil that, "உணவே மருந்து". Meaning the food we eat itself is a medicine. Rasam is the dish which is apt for the above saying. I remember my grandma making rasam almost all the days for lunch. I am fond of drinking the rasam, which my kid follows too:-)

                                     The Pepper, Cumin, Garlic, Tomato, Tamarind syrup, and the coriander leaves, will make wonders in ailing your digestion. Want to treat your cold and cough without seeking doctor, then having rasam for a week along with cooked rice will help you. This helps in relieving constipation and gastric problems also. The first baby food with rice will be mashed rasam rice in my native regions.

Indian Gooseberry(Amla), Curry leaves, Ginger and Garlic juice- Juice to lower your LDL Cholesterol and A hair tonic

                               Information Technology, the single word after its reign in India, has changed the quality of most of the Indian's life. It has made a drastic change almost in all the fields of nation, from real estate to food outlets. The increase was not only detected in prices, but also in cholesterol levels of an Indian adult. 

                              Earlier the blood test were only conducted for diabetic, checking thyroid and only specific ill symptoms. But nowadays the test is conducted for checking the cholesterol levels. Very recently I got to know that there are two types of cholesterol: HDL Cholesterol(the good one) and LDL Cholesterol (the bad one). Unfortunately many(indian adults) have high LDL numbers. 

Carrot Halwa Recipe without Grating /Gajar Halwa /Punjabi Gajar Ka Halwa

                       If you search for this carrot halwa in any search engines, you will find it as a popular, ultimate, authentic, unusual Indian Desert. Yes, it is and this recipe is something more special which never makes you fall down. Never mind you are new to cooking, bachelor cooking and so on, if you are going to start your first attempt with this carrot halwa, you will end up with increased confidence levels in cooking.

                           This is a special recipe to me as I made this recipe, just after my marriage for inviting my husbands friends. Being very new to cooking, my dessert recipe ended up so well that, gave me a kick start interest in cooking. The ingredients carrot, milk, ghee and sugar will make the wonders in the taste of the recipe.

                   
                    Here again, I had no grater with me, so tried making this recipe with carrot puree. As the carrot puree was made, the cooking time was also reduced. So super yummy, authentic, heavenly Indian desert will be ready in minutes.

Prep time 15 mins

Cooking time 45-60 mins

Ingredients

5-6 nos Carrot (Chopped and made Puree) / 2 cups Carrot Puree or Carrot Grated

2 cups Milk
1 cup Sugar 

2-3 tbsp Ghee

Procedure
1) First chop the carrots and puree it in a blender or mixer grinder. If you do have grater, do grate the carrots.
In a Kadai, add 1 tbsp of ghee and saute the carrot puree or grated carrot.

2) In medium flame, after sauteing for 2-3 minutes, pour the milk. Keep on ladling in between. 
You can see the milk boiling, and keep on stirring in intermediates.

3) Once most of the milk is absorbed, add sugar, cardamom powder and keep on stirring it.
Add ghee in the intermediates. Once done you can see the halwa bubbling.

4) Yes, yummy Indian desert is ready and to be garnished with nuts and raisins. 

               Note:

• You can also make this recipe with beetroot, which turns to beetroot halwa.
• Instead of making puree, you can also grate the carrots.
• This is a stove top method.

                         In just few minutes, you can make this inviting recipe.