Red amarnath curry, ఎర్ర తోటకూర వేపుడు

Red amarnath is one of the healthy leafy vegetable which is rich in protein,fibre, antioxidant good for skin, hair bone,heart what not. Adding leafy vegetables in our daily meals is very important. Try this is simple and easy to prepare red amarnath curry. It is also known as ఎర్ర తోటకూర in Telugu, kempu dantu in kannada, sengerrai in Tamil and lal bhajji in Hindi. We can have this curry with rice, roti's  jowar roti's. 

Taking this healthy recipe to shhhhh secretly cooking group. Where this month theme winter veggies was suggested by Jaya Shree. My partner Kalyani shared coconut and turmeric as secret ingredients, inturn I gave her jeera and hing , she prepared healthy and tasty Ragi rotti. Do check out her space for wonderful recipes.
   

        Red amarnath curry
      
Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 2
Category : curry
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Main ingredients : red amarnath
Author : Aruna Saras Chandra 

Ingredients

Red amarnath -1 bunch

Oil - 2 tsp

Garlic cloves - 5

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds -1 tsp

Onion - 2

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt - as per taste

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Freshly scrapped coconut - 1/2 cup

Crushed ground nut -1/4 cup

Process

1) Cut red amarnath roots and pluck it's leaves . Wash the leaves in water 3 to 4 times. Make sure that leaves are clean without any dust and keep it in colander for sometime so that leaves will become dry. ( This gives good  texture to curry)

2) Heat oil in pan, add crushed garlic cloves fry it on low to medium flames. When it starts getting brown add mustard and cumin seeds fry it for few seconds.

3) Now add finely chopped onion and fry it by adding salt.

4) when onions become translucent add finely chopped red amarnath, turmeric powder. Mix everything for once, close the lid and cook it on low flames.

5) Mix the curry in between, when amarnath becomes smooth add scrapped coconut, red chilli powder,and crushed groundnuts. 

6) Mix the above once and cook it for few minutes on low flames.

That's it our red amarnath curry is ready to serve. Serve hot with rice or roti's and enjoy. 

Thank you 

Aruna Saras Chandra ☺️

Vegetable oats upma - Diabetic friendly oats recipe

 Vegetable oats upma is soulful, tasty and diabetic friendly upma recipe. This oats upma is loaded with veggies, we can prepare this upma dry or mushy(gooey texture). I always like smoother version upma's, as they are filling. And it's Riddhesh's favourite too. This oats upma is not only diabetic friendly but also kids friendly too as it is easy to eat and good for digestion. When I will tell that I prepared oats for baby some of friends tell me not to use oats for kids, as they will loose weight. Oats is good for kids too, as they contains good amount of fibre and carbohydrates and good for gut health. I regularly give oats in some or other forms to my son like oats Pongal, smoothies, oats bisibelebath, oats and nuts ladoo etc,. We can add veggies like peas, carrots, beans. I even add potatoes while preparing for my son. I will share this recipe video in my YT very soon..

Some personal talk....

  I have taken some break from blog as I was very busy with my son. And we joined in our new dream house last year Aug-2024 😍. Shifting, arranging things with lots of health issues was very challenging to come back, though I have many recipes in back up. And Riddhesh needs 24*7 attention, he do not allow me to do any work, he always want me to play with him. Yes I know it's common with kids but my kid is bit more(every mom's feeling🤪). But happy that baby learning many things very fastly,some are - he mastered in recognising capital and small alphabets at the age 1.6. Now telling 0 to 100,12 colors, shapes and singing rhymes , om bhurbuvastavaha shloka nd other small slokas , sa ri ga ma pa da ni sa's, he can arrange India map, he loves puzzles . He can arrange 26 pieces alphabets puzzles set of 7 different shapes(182 pieces) on his own and many more.. now you know why I am not sharing videos and blogs☺️. And last year November hubby fell down at home and his wrist bone fractured, he undergone surgery for that and he is on medical leave 😔.  My full attention is on my boys... 

   When I was thinking to come back, my blogger friends too started come back with new themes  in group shhhh secretly cooking. This month theme is " Diabetic friendly" suggested by Preethi di. And I am paired with Jayashree di who blogs at "Evergreendishes". She gave me onion and green chilli as and in turn I gave moong dal and urad dal as secret ingredients, check out her healthy Moong dal idli . 

Let's start our recipe..

       Vegetable Oats upma
      
Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Serves : 2
Category : Breakfast 
Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Main ingredients : Oats
Author : Aruna Saras Chandra 

Ingredients 

Oats - 1 cup

Onion - 1

Tomato - 1

Green chilli- 2

Ginger - 1 inch

Coriander leaves -1 tsp

Curry leaves -1 spring

Carrot - 1

Beans - 3

Peas - 1/4 cup

Oil -2 tsp

Salt - as per taste

Chilli powder - 1/4 tsp (optional)

Water - 3.5 cups

Process:

1) Heat 2 tsp of oil in a wide pan now add mustard seeds when it starts splutter then add jeera fry it for few seconds. 

2) Now add green chilli, curry leaves fry it for few seconds. Later add onions fry till it changes color, then add chopped tomatoes and mix everything and fry it few seconds.

3) Later add all veggies, salt, red chilli powder(optional) and cook till veggies become smooth by closing lid.

4) Now add oats and fry it for few seconds.

5) To get smooth gooey texture add 3 to 3.5 cup of boiled water and cook in low to medium flames. 

6) Finally add finely chopped coriander leaves and mix everything and switch off the flames.

That's it our tasty and healthy vegetable oats upma is ready is serve. Hope you liked this recipe, do try this recipe and comment how it came ..

Thank you,

Aruna Saras Chandra ☺️