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Balancing Elements in Indian Recipes

Healthy Curry Recipes

Whenever someone mentions curry powder you get the idea of a hot and spicy thing that makes you run for water.

But the curry powder I am going to use for the healthy recipes here are different. It is not at all hot, just a little bit of spice to add taste to food. All the other ingredients are nutritious and very important for a balanced diet.

You can add this curry powder to 'dal' and vegetable curry such as potato curry or 'aloo gobi'.

potato curry

Watch a video to find out how to make dal.

Constipation and Curry Recipe

There are thousands of people searching online trying to find a cure for constipation. Some have chronic constipation. Many take tablets or enima but do not find constipation relief. Can you believe that "rasam" a curry recipe can be an effective constipation cure? This constipation remedy is easy to cook, healthy to eat and delicious to taste. What is more important is that this constipation cure can be used for babies and old people.

Please remember that rasam is a daily food eaten in Indian homes. It is not necessary to have constipation to relish this delicious soup.

How to Prepare Rasam, Curry Recipe, to Cure Constipation

Cook a cup of 'dal' - white lentil - in the pressure cooker, adding two cups of water. You can also cook it in micro oven. Add one more cup of water and boil the 'dal' over medium heat. Add tamarind paste or tamarind juice to dal while it is boiling. If you do not have tamarind you can add tomatoes. Add a tea spoon of curry powder. This curry powder is free with instant dosa mix. But you can order it separately also. Add salt to taste. Add enough water to get a thin solution of the dal. Take it in a glass. Add a tea spoon of clarified butter ( or regular butter if you do not have clarified butter called ghee).

Make the person who has constipation drink the warm rasam soup, little by little. Within a few hours you will see that constipation is cured. You can have this soup as many times as you like. It is not necessary to add clarified butter or regular butter, if you do not have constipation.

Other things that help with constipation are bananas, banana milk shakes, grape juice and tamarind chutney. Castor Oil is used for severe constipation.

For pediatric or baby constipation you can warm a betel leaf over a candle, smear it with castor oil and apply it on the baby's stomach - over the naval. Please plaace the leaf on your own hand and check the heat before placing it on the baby. It should be as warm as the smooth skin of the baby can bear.

You can make the baby drink a spoonful of very thin rasam soup. Remember it should be thin and non spicy for the baby. Please taste it yourself before giving it to the baby.

South Indian Chickpea Desserts and Healthy Snacks

is commonly known as Bengal gram or garbanzo. Chickpea floor is called 'besan' in Hindi and Kadalai maavu in Tamil.

"Chickpea has one of the highest nutritional compositions of any dry edible legume and does not contain any specific major anti-nutritional factors. On an average, chickpea seed contains 23% protein, 64% total carbohydrates, 47% starch, 5% fat, 6% crude fiber, 6% soluble sugar and 3% ash. The mineral component is high in phosphorus (340 mg/100 g), calcium (190 mg/100 g), magnesium (140 mg/100g), iron (7 mg/100 g) and zinc (3 mg/100 g). Chickpea protein digestibility is the highest among the dry edible legumes. The lipid fraction is high in acids, primarily linoleic and oleic acids". http://www.icrisat.org/ChickPea/Chickpea.htm