Thursday, July 31, 2025

chickpeas salad

Boiled Chickpeas (light brown or dark brown) or boiled black eyed peas
Boiled quinoa

greens (like lettuce, spinach, arugula) - optional. Don't do greens for lunchbox it will become soggy.

Red bell pepper, cucumber, avocado, cilantro or coriander leaves.

1 tbsp each of the seeds and nuts listed - roasted peanuts, roasted pumpkin seeds, roasted sesame seeds, hemp hearts, sunflower seeds.

Lemon juice, salt, jeera powder, pepper.

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

kanji maavu

Equal proportions of the list of ingredients have to be dry roasted in a chatti till it splutters slightly , mixed & ground.

I buy 200 gms of each from Nilgiris.

Ragi
Javvarisi
Barley
Pottukadalai
Badam
Groundnuts
Green gram 
Chickpeas
Rajma
Vattanaa (white dried Pattani)
Saamai 
Kambu 
Bajra
Samba godhumai 
Soya beans
Puzhungal arisi

Elakkai optional