How to peel small onion / shallots easily! - Tips

I was checking the tip and trick section and found that I am yet to share this tip to peel shallots easily.  My Mother-in-law taught me an easy tip to peel them without much difficulty.  So today's post is on "How to peel shallots [small onion / sambar onion] easily!!"

Small Onions are tasty but they are difficult to peel as sometimes, the thin peel just stick to it and difficult to remove.

Soaking the shallots.

If you need them in the morning, soak them overnight in water.  Else if you have forgotten to do so, just leave them for 30 minutes and you can peel them without difficulty and also save you from burning eyes. The more you soak, more easy to peel. I prefer overnight soaking.

Shallots can be added to Sambar, subzis, Chutney, Chammandhi (a form of thick chutney to accompany the rice as well) etc.

Enjoy cooking with shallots!

Turmeric Milk - Manjalpodi Paal - Haldi Doodh - Haridra Dugdham

Hello,

We are experiencing winter here.. Yesterday after dinner, I drank some cold juice and my throat was affected a bit and also had ligt cold. So I gargled some salt water and was having my regular golden milk - Manjalpodi Paal. While I sipping it, I remembered that I have not shared this recipe here.  I am feeling much much better now as no more cold and throat will be alright by tomorrow.

So posting the precious traditional recipe for a home remedy.

Turmeric Milk / Haldi Doodh / Manjal Podi Pal / Haridra Dughdam (Ksheera)

Turmeric is in use in our land "Bharat" from ancient times. Most of the dishes are prepared using this wonder spice "Turmeric" / Haldi (Hindi) / Haridra (Sanskrit) / Manjal (Tamizh).

Turmeric has anti microbial and anti inflammatory properties and is used in traditional Medicines and also in Home Remedies.

Today I am sharing with you one such home remedy that is practised from ancient times, when you have common cold issue.

I used Palm Candy (Panam Kalkandu) as it has gives you lot of health benefits. It is a good sweetner and considered more beneficial to use rather than sugar.

It is easy to make.

Ingredients :-

1. Boiled Milk - 3/4 Cup
2. Turmeric Powder - less than 1/4 tsp
3. Water - 1/4 cup
4. Palm Candy - 1 tsp (optional) (you can see it in the pic below)

Procedure :-

• Boil water adding turmeric powder. 
• When it starts boiling, add the Palm Candy and mix so that it dissolves.
• Add a cup of boiled milk and stir in for a minute
• Serve hot

Suggestion : You can add a pinch of black pepper powder or crushed black peppercorns which adds more medicinal value to this drink.


Note : This is a home remedy. Which will help you recover fast. If you have allergy towards any of the ingredients please avoid. In case if you have any serious viral infected cold, you can take this as a parellel medicine along with your prescribed medicines.

Stay Healthy!

Wish you a Pleasant Evening!

A Topsy Turvy Ploughed Land (?)

Getting up early in the morning and going out on a trip gets interesting when the first rays of the sun hit the horizon... This time, I could even catch the glimpse of "False Dawn" however I was so mesmerised that I missed to capture those moments. In case if you happen to travel, keep this in mind and watch for False Dawn. I will try if I happened to, again.

God given Multidimensional Camera - our eyes, can grasp the beauty with HD effect. What is seen here is much less compared to it. 

When the First Rays of Sun hit the sky..... It looked like a topsy turvy ploughed land to me... then hues of colors the rays of the sun bought is beyond the capacity of this camera...

Sharing that glimpse with you...

Pigeon Gyan

While crossing the road in the morning, saw a pigeon which came under the wheels of a vehicle n breathed it's last. As usual I said Om Shanthi and moved ahead in thoughts.....

The provision shop keepers throw grains on the platform n few grains do end up in the road. The pigeons ignore the humans, vehicles n the predators passing by. They are fully engrossed in eating to their tummy full. They don't move n least bothered about what will happen to them. They just live the present.

Morning being less traffic hours, the vehicles speed through the empty roads... The person driving the vehicle may ignore the pigoens feeding on the road or he might have got fed up of this daily sight and show the anger by running over them or it must be too late to apply a break for him or just an anticipation that they will fly as the vehicle approach them. Whatever it is, the loss is to the pigeons.

The pigeons are so greedy that their greed prevent their mind from alerting them to fly away.

The crow which was feeding on the dead pigeon was clever as it was flying away as and when a vehicle approached and it also was careful about the humans passing by and it's Predators as well.

#Nature'sLesson

The greed clouds up the mind ; thus a person becomes blind to look at good things and thus leading to self destruction.

Living the present is good. But one shouldn't so engrossed in the present to fail to see what's coming in future.

The pigeon couldn't take even the single grain that it had gobbled. It left them along with it's body.

Greed only leads to destruction.

There are people who has the character of a pigeon as well as the crow.

Life moves on in this planet irrespective of these facts....few learns n few ignores ... we can make a difference by being a good learner n practice it ; thanking god for this wonderful lesson!

May this Sunday be a peaceful and happy one to you all.

Om Shanthi!