We made these for Santa this year. I think if I were to make them again I would try to put more filling in each cookie. That was the fun chewy part.
(from Cooking Light, March 2001)
Day - 6 Running on Recipe Marathon.
This post was on my draft for an year. Today iam pulling out from draft for you all. This is an Informative post.
First Iam sharing my Quick Onion Chutney...
Onion Chutney served with Hot Steamed idli's, is certainly a divine combi.
Ingredients:
Raw Onions - 2
Dry Red Chilli - 3
Oil - 1 tsp
Method:
2. Onion's are Just Packed with anti-biotic properties. it is proven that, it can help in curing cancer and TB.
3. Onion's work good for heart, as it helps in reducing hyper-tension and cholesterol, thus prevents Blood Pressure also Heart-Attack.
4. Onion's are also said to have anti-septic properties.
6. Onion's can help you to get rid off gastric problem's. (vayuthollai in tamil)
I want to share about this miraculous soup. it just helped to clear my nasal congestion, in minutes. Onion's are best to help you out, when you are affected by cold/flu.
This Onion Soup could prove, you can try it out and tell me..
Onion Soup for removal of Nasal Congestion
Ingredients:
10-12 Small Onions
1-Big Onion
1 Cup- Water
1tsp-corn flour(optional)
Salt(optional)
Method:
Just peel the outer skin of the small onions and big onions. Big One's can be chopped into four quarter's. In a cup of water, boil these onion's for 5-7 minutes. or you can microwave it for 4 minutes. You can have this with onion's if you like or you can filter the water alone into a glass. you can add salt to taste.
If you want this soup to be little thick, have the cornflour with some water and make it into a thick paste. add this paste to the onion water and let it boil for 2 minutes. if you wish, Garnish the soup with spring onion's.
On having this soup, within minutes, you can sense that you nasal congestion is cleared.
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Sauteed Onion's and Garlic for Reducing body heat and Gastric Problem's
A Recipe, that can make your body cool or to say in other words, it reduces your body heat.
Ingredients:
8 cloves of Garlic
10 Small Onion's
Method:
Finally let me tell you a Fact.
Small Onion's have more Protein, Mineral's, Carbohydrate's, Energy, Phosphorus and Iron than Big Onion's.
Notes: After mashing you won't be able to see the cluster beans or the brinjals as whole, but only partial should be visible. This should not be mashed using a food processor, but only with a masher. You can also use the back of a thick ladle if you don't have a lentil masher.
Mattikaya Vankaya Pullagura ~ Cluster Beans, Brinjal gravy
Ingredients Needed:
Cluster Beans/ Mattikaya/ Gawar Beans - 150 gms
Brinjal- 150 gms
Green Chili - 2 chil
Shallot / Small onions - 50 gms
Garlic pods - 3 -4
Tomatoes - 2 medium
Turmeric a pinch
Salt to taste
Tamarind - marble size
Oil - 2 tsp
Fenugreek / Methi
Cumin Seeds
Curry leaves few
Method to prepare:Trim cluster beans and chop into 1" pieces, brinjals into squares.
Pan cook cluster beans with little water till done, drain the beans from water and keep aside.
Heat a pan with oil, add mustard, fenugreek, cumin, curry leaves and fry for a min.
Then add green chilies, shallot onions, garlic and fry again till onions turn brown.
Once the onions are done, add in the cooked cluster beans and fry for a min. Then add in the brinjal pieces.
Fry for 5 mins, till the brinjal turn colour. Then add chopped tomatoes, salt and turmeric and continue frying till tomatoes are little soft and cooked. Add 1 cup of water, simmer for 5 mins, then add tamarind.
Cook for another 5 mins, remove from stove, mash well using a lentil masher.
Serve with steamed rice.
