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Monday 21 September 2020

Batheeth - Emirati Dates crumble Batheeth

Today's recipe Batheeth - Dates crumble from Emirati cuisine. This is very easy delicious recipe with zero added sugar. This recipe is prepared using wheat flour, dates paste as main ingredients with the flavors of cardamom and ginger powder added in it. Almonds and sesame seeds added in this gives good nutty taste. We can serve this as dates crumble or as balls or cookies that is rolled in sesame or almonds or pistachios(chopped). Today I am sharing the crumbled version, we can also mold it as balls too. Wheat flour is fried till it changes color which gives good nutty flavors to this Batheeth. I just like recipes that are prepared using dates, my daily routine drink dates and nuts ragi malt is my all time favorite. As dates boots our energy, good for bone health, it promotes heart health and many more. The modern diet of the UAE is multi cultural, it shares similarities from neighboring countries like Oman, Saudi, also Middle Eastern and Asian cuisines(info from wiki).

I have to explore more UAE recipes, bookmarked some of my blogger friends UAE recipes to try soon

Baba ghanoush by Poonam

Emirati Chai Karak by Priya VJ

Moutabel by Archana

Emirati Spice blends by Preethi

Foodie Monday Blog Hop

Taking this Batheeth recipe to #FoodieMondayBloghop fb group #265EmiratiEats theme . Here every week one member from group in alphabetical order will suggest 2 theme, others will vote. High voted theme will be selected, everyone prepare recipes according to theme. This month theme suggested by Kalyani Sri, who blogs at Sizzlingtastebuds, do check her space for wonderful recipes, bookmarked her latest vegetarian machboos - Arabic meal & sugar free lemon iced tea to try soon. I checked this recipe here with some changes in ingredients.

Preparation time - 15 minutes

cook Time : 20 minutes

Serves : 4

Category : International

Recipe Cuisine: UAE

Main ingredients : wheat flour, dates

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

Wheat flour - 1cup

Dates paste - 1 cup(adjust as per your taste)

Butter - 1/2 cup

Cardamom powder/ elachi powder - 1 tsp

Ginger powder - 1/2 tsp

Almonds - 10

sesame seeds - 2 tsp

Instructions

1) Deseed dates and soak it in very little hot water for 15 min. Later mash it or grind it fine paste.

2) Dry fry wheat flour in a wide pan/ kadai on low flames till it changes color and you get nice aroma .

3) Now add dates paste in it mix everything well, you will get nice crumble texture.

4) Add cardamom powder, ginger powder butter and mix everything well.

Finally add finely chopped almonds and sesame seeds, that's it our Emirati Batheeth is ready to serve.

Tips

* You can also add rose water and saffron in this.

* You can also prepare dates balls and roll it in almonds or pistachios or in sesame seeds. In order to prepare balls the dates & flour texture should be like dough. For this take 1 cup of dates paste and 1/2 cup of flour, adjust quantity accordingly.

Also check some other recipes..

pan-fried-mediterranean-veggies

Dates and nuts ragi malt

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Monday 7 September 2020

Butterfly Pea Flower Tea || Blue Tea || How to prepare herbal blue tea || Sanku pushpam Tea || 4 varieties of Blue Tea

Butterfly Pea Flower Tea || Blue Tea with step by step pics and tips. This blue tea is caffeine free herbal tea, it is very popular tea in Asian countries like Thailand,Vietnam, Thailand, India and Malaysia. This butterfly pea flower is also known as Blue pea, Asian Piegonwings, Aparjita, Clitoria, Cordonfan pea. It is also known as sanku puvvu/ pushpam in telugu. Firstly i am not tea or coffee liking person, but i just love herbal tea's like green tea(youtube link), hibiscus tea and this butterfly pea flower tea or blue tea. The beauty of this flower is it changes blue color to purple color when we add lemon to it, isn't it interesting?? Involve your kids to prepare this color changing game tea. I did some experiments too, will share it here check out. "If you want you can remove green stem of flower, as you may feel bitter taste. If you are using dry flower add as it is. I did not removed green stem as i like its taste, prepare according to your taste." Will share video in youtube soon.

We can use dried or fresh flowers to prepare this tea. Dried butterfly pea flowers are available online too. Luckily i have four colors - white, blue, dark blue with five petals and pink color butterfly pea plants at home. Pink color plant is small, eagerly waiting to see pink flowers 😍. This plant will grow easily in any soil, it is climbing plant and it is seed based. My mom gave these seeds to me, previously i had only white color plant. In my last visit to my mom's place i collected these seeds. If we do not pluck flower then seeds will form. I use some flowers to make small garland with these flower for pooja daily and remaining flowers i prepare tea evening. I & hubby love to have green tea and blue tea in alternate days.

How this tea taste

As it is herbal , butterfly pea tea taste woody and earthy flavor, like green tea not like normal tea. Many of us do not like this taste and flavor but after knowing the health benefits surely you will like to try this drink.

Health benefits of Butterfly Pea Flower

** It is good for migraine

** Good for skin, it slows the ageing process.

** This butterfly pea flower is good hair conditioner, in Thai this is used to prepare medicine for premature hair grey and hair loss medicine.

** It is good for brain health

** Improves immunity system

** helps for weight loss

** Gives relief from stress, anxiety and depression and many more.

What other recipes we can prepare?

**Thailand popular "Nahm Dok Anchan"

**Malaysian - Nasi Kerabu(Malaysian rice recipe)

** Blue lemonade tea

** Blue Tea Latte

** Butterfly pea flower sourdough bread

** Blue jellies

** Butterfly pea flower cup cakes

** Blue ice creams using Butterfly pea flower many more...

What i experimented, simply- 4 easy varieties of Blue Tea

When i first prepared this tea, i wondered the way it changing color while boiling it. Do check the below pics you can see 4 different colors of tea. I really love these colors, they are very beautiful and gives good feel to your eyes isn't it?

From left

1) Plain Butterfly pea flower Tea

2) Lemon Butterfly Pea Flower Tea

3) Sugar added Butterfly Pea Flower Tea

4) Brown sugar added Butterfly Pea Flower Tea (check down for recipe)

What other recipes in mind to experiment

I have few recipes in my mind to experiment using this butterfly pea flower 😃😄, okay okay i will tell you ..

*After trying both Cold coffee with coffee jelly(youtube link) & Chocolate and custard jelly cake. I am thinking to prepare butterfly pea jelly cake and soda based cold drink using sabja seeds in butterfly pea flower juice and many more 😜.

Foodie Monday Blog Hop

Taking this herbal tea to #FoodieMondayBloghop fb group #263Herbal&Health theme . Here every week one member from group in alphabetical order will suggest 2 theme, others will vote. High voted theme will be selected, everyone prepare recipes according to theme. This week i got chance to suggest the theme, in this herbal tea theme selected by my blogger friends. Will share all their recipes soon here.

Butterfly pea flower tea

Preparation time - 10 minutes

cook Time : 10 minutes

Serves : 4 glasses

Category : Beverages || Herbal

Recipe Cuisine: Asian

Main ingredients : Butterfly Pea Flower

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients ( for 4 different varieties of tea adjust accorndingly)

* Butterfly pea flowers - 15( this to prepare 4 varieties of tea, take flowers accordingly)

* water - 4 glasses/cup(measure water in glasses/cups which you serve and some more water as it reduce when we boil)

* Honey - 1 tsp

* Lemon - 1 tsp

* Sugar - 1 tsp

* Brown Sugar - 1 tsp

Instructions

1) If you want you can remove green stem of fresh flower before boiling.

2) Instead of boiling flowers in water, you can soak it in hot water till flowers leave color.

3) Boil 4 glasses/cups of water(measured as per serving glasses).

4) Add fresh butterfly pea flowers and boil it medium to high flames.

5) Boil till flowers leave color

see how flower color changed from blue to white after boiling..

6) Strain 1 glass of blue tea in glass.

That's it our plain Butterfly pea tea is ready to serve. This tea is dark blue in color.

7) Now add 1 tsp of honey in a glass

8) Pour 1 glass of blue tea in it, mix well and squeeze lemon in it. You can see the color change from dark blue to purple color slowly.

That's it plain and Lemon flavored butterfly pea flower tea is ready to serve.

9) Add 1 tsp of sugar in a glass/cup pour blue tea in it and mix well. Dark color quickly changes to light when sugar melts in blue tea. That's it our sugar added butterfly pea flower tea is ready to serve.

10) Now add 1 tsp of brown sugar in remaining blue tea. Ready to see the magical color changing from dark blue to dark brown 😊.

11) When brown sugar melt well, strain it into tea glass/cups

That's it our sugar and brown sugar butterfly pea flower tea is ready to serve.

Do you think our 4 varieties of herbal Blue Tea is ready? No no wait see one more color change 😀

12) If you want to experiments like me then try this one, squeeze 1 tsp of lemon juice in brown sugar added butterfly pea flower tea see the magic..

See how dark brown color changed to purple color 😍. That's it our 4 varieties of butterfly pea flower tea is ready to serve. Enjoy this herbal Blue Tea hot or warm and stay healthy.

Tips

** I shared 4 varieties of Blue tea, try as per taste.

** Add water by measuring in the serving tea glasses/cups.

** If you want you can remove green stem of flower, as you may feel bitter taste. I do not feel that much bitter so i did not removed it.

** You can boil flowers in water or soak flowers in hot water,(soak in flask so that it will remain hot)

Hope you enjoyed this magical color changing and healthy herbal blue tea. Also check other healthy beverage from my

Youtube Channel and blog by just clicking the link below pic. Though I am having this tea regularly, got information about this flower from here.

Ginger & lemon green tea(youtube link)

Dates & nuts Ragi Malt (video)

cold cofee with coffee jelly (youtube link)

Cold coffee with coffee jelly (blog link)

sapota milkshake/ chikoo milkshake

Dry fruit lassi - 3 varieties

Dates and Banana Smoothie

Musk melon milk shake

Mango mastani

Mango falooda

Sabja buttermilk

Mango lassi

Hope you liked this healthy, tasty and magical color changing Blue tea. Give it a try and drop your comments in inbox. Do not forgot to subscribe my youtube channel Vasus vegkitchen.

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Aruna Saraschandra :)

Monday 31 August 2020

Pachai Sundakkai Thogayal || Diabetic friendly turkey berry thuvayal || Tamil Nadu popular Sundakkai Thogayal

Pachai Sundakkai thogayal/ thuvayal with step by step pics and tips. It is popular thogayal recipe from Tamil Nadu cuisine. Sundakkai means turkey berries in English, usthikaya in Telugu and kudanekayi in Kannada. Thogayal or thuvayal is tasty appetizer which looks like chutney. We always confuse the difference between thogayal /thuvayal and chutney , thogayal / thuvayal and chutney is different in taste and texture.

Check out chutney recipes from youtube channel

Pachai Sundakkai Thogayal - https://youtu.be/N5ucJoaoII0

Wood Apple Chutney / Vellakaya pachadi -

https://youtu.be/WZP_x5zKrxc

Difference between Thogayal / Thuvayal & chutney

*Thogayal is thick in one consistency, we can have it with plain rice or with curd rice. We use less water or no water while grinding. Ingredients like urad dal, red chillies, mustard and chillies are fried before grinding. Giving tempering to thogayal is optional. We call it as roti pachadi in Telugu.

*Chutney is thin or running consistency, and mostly we have it with breakfast like idli, dosa or upma. We use water while grinding chutney.

Sundakkai taste bitter, but it has many health benefits, it controls diabetes, prevents gas trouble, strengthen bones and many more. I have turkey berry plant in my garden, I prepared this chutney few times, hubby loved it a lot. I experimented it in different ways, but loved this thogayal a lot. Fresh turkey taste bitter, thogayal which i am sharing is not much bitter in taste. Have this thogayal with hot steamed rice and dollop of ghee or with gingelly oil, surely you will love to have it again and again.

Health benefits of Turkey Berry / Pachai Sundakkai

*Promotes Digestion

* Good for diabetic people

* Treats Anemia

* It is rich in Vit-C, acts as antioxidant & anti infection

* Cures abdominal cramps

* Cures indigestion problems

* Good for heart

* Promotes kidney functioning

Do check Turkey berry some chutney recipes from my blog..

** Sundakkai vatha kuzhambu

** Karivepakku pachadi / curry leaf chutney

** Andhra kandi pachadi / toor dal chutney

** Mango bisi uppinakayi

** Green tomato chutney

** ChuukkaKura/ Khatti palak chutney

** Guntur Dosakaya Pachadi

** Brinjal chutney

** Kobbari perugu pachadi

** Ridge gourd chutney

** Coriander Tomato chutney

** Coconut Chutney

** Raw Mango Moong dal chutney

** Pudina coconut chutney

Foodie Monday Blog Hop

Taking this Corn chaat to #FoodieMondayBloghop fb group #262Bitterbut Good theme. Here every week one member from group in alphabetical order will suggest 2 theme, others will vote. High voted theme will be selected, everyone prepare recipes according to theme. This week theme was suggested by Sasmita, she want us to prepare any recipe which is bitter in taste. She is a wonderful and talented chef I love her photography and presentation skills they are very attractive. Check out her space for different varieties of recipes from different regions and Odisha cuisines.I bookmarked her Bhapa Aam Doi in oven, Savory semolina bundant cake . Do check her blog for yummy food mesmerizing pics.

Pachai Sundakkai Thogayal

Preparation time - 10 minutes

cook Time : 15 minutes

Serves : 2

Category : Chutney / Thogayal / Regional

Recipe Cuisine: Tamil Nadu

Main ingredients : Pachai Sundakkai / Fresh turkey berry

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

Ingredients

Turkey berry - 50 grams

gingelly oil - 2 tsp

mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

urad dal - 1 tsp

chana dal -1 tsp

curry leaves - 1 sprig (I dint used ** check tips)

red chilli - 3

green chilli -2

fresh coconut - 2 tsp

tamarind- small marble size

hing - 1 pinch

turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

jaggery - 1/2 tsp

Instructions

1) Fresh turkey berry looks like this.

2)Remove turkey berry heads and wash it well in water.

3) Heat 2 tsp of gingelly oil or normal oil in a kadai. Gingelly oil gives very aroma and good taste to thogayal.

4) Add 1/2 tsp of mustard seeds fry it on low flames.

5) When mustard seeds starts crackling, add 2 tsp of urad dal fry till changes color. Then add methi seeds, red & green chilli fry well and take it into plate.