Thanks, Anou... Now this is a diff thuvayal recipe with onion, garlic, tomato & stuffs... Will try it out today... Thanks again,Anou...:)
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Thanks, Anou... Now this is a diff thuvayal recipe with onion, garlic, tomato & stuffs... Will try it out today... Thanks again,Anou...:)
Is there any thread in the Food Section that aims at nutritional cooking, which means loss of minimal nutrients while cooking? Could someone 'bump' that thread for me in case there is one. Thanks!
Alan, the simple rule is steam cooked or stir fried,half-cooked vegs retain more nutrients than deep fried or overcooked vegs... If you can grow or buy your own organic vegs, u can try to eat them raw... U'll be able to benefit a lot as most nutrients r intact...Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Thankyou dev- I did try Vegetable gardening for a while but gave it up because I had to use insecticides for the plant diseases. So then, what was the point?
Anou, tried your version of vallarai thuvayal... it went well with dosai & chapathi too... Thanks for the recipe...:)
Thanks Dev :)
Alan, once you wash and chop up the greens, add turmeric & a pinch of soda bicarb or wet lime (chunnaambu, which is used for smearing betel leaves)..and enough water and cook with the vessel closed. The "pinch" is really, really a pinch..at the most it'll occupy the very tip of a teaspoon! Try using a maththu (wooden churner, have you seen the contraption they use for separating butter from curd? Looks somethihg like that but without the grooves. It should be available in any old fashioned crockery shop) to mash the green. It tastes better than using a mixie to grind up the greens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
If you want to retain the colour of vegetables while cooking, turmeric does the trick. Add it once you place the vegetables in the pot. Of course, not over cooking also helps..
Shoba
Shoba,
You might be wrong.
Only adding a little sugar in Greens before cooking retains the colour. I use this trick for green peas, Beans etc also. Try adding some and let me know.
Nichiro
Adding sugar might be an alternative way...but I dont think I'm wrong Nichiro, as I've been doing what I advised, for the last 16 years...and it has worked without any problems...Quote:
Originally Posted by Nichiro
Shoba
I used your method in early seventies but since learning this Sugar trick, I found that sugar gives natural bright green colour and actually enhances green colour. Try it.