Thengin Pookkula Verakiyathu / Pookkula Lehyam

Widening of road to the land ended the lives of some coconut trees , last week. Normally when we need pookkula, ( bunch of coconut - tree flowers) we depend the "thengu kayattakkaaran" (worker who climbs on the coconut tree to pluck coconuts) but this time prepared since the pookkulas were available plentiful.Pookkula lehyam is considered as a medicinal food for post-delivary care, because it is very effective in reducing back pain and helps to regain health after delivery. I have already written some benefits of pookkula lehyam / pookkula verakiyathu in the coconut oil blog, if you want to know please have a look.The color of this porridge depends on the amount of jaggery / sarkkara / vellam used.

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Uluva Pizhinjathu / Fenugreek Juice

Thanks to Roopa, Rachel and Shaheen for bestowing the "yummy blog award"! I was very thrilled seeing your comments about my blog and I ask apology for not responding to you soon.With a slow net connection it was very difficult for me to reach your blogs..As I said in the previous post am with mom and this post is from her to my readers Sujitha and Biji. I hope others too may benefit from this.
Uluva juice / uluva pizhinjathu is also known as uluva kanji in some places. It is normally given to the delivered ladies as a post delivery medicine.Elders say this is good for those who are suffering back pain if taken regularly.
Uluva has much medicinal values which has a cooling effect on body and helps to improve hair growth.
You can take this juice any time if you like.



Ingredients
Uluva / fenugreek 1 cup
coconut grated half coconut
jaggery / sarkkara 3 big blocks or as desired



How to prepare
Wash and soak uluva in drinking water. Soak it for over night. Cook this in the same soaked water.Put jaggery in the end.
(You can pressure cook this.)
Take thick milk from coconut.
Blend the cooked uluva in same water and add coconut milk. Or blend coconut and uluva together. Or squeeze uluva , strain and add it to the coconut milk.(this is the real method) This juice has a light brown color.
You have to drink this soon when you prepared, other wise it may be thick.

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Aattirachi Varattiyathu / Dry mutton curry

This preparation has a medicinal value. This is usually prepared for the benefit of delivered ladies.Have heard from grand mothers that they would take different parts of mutton after delivery to regain health within the forty days of rest! When some one having anaemia or related diseases due to iron deficiency , mutton liver can be prepared using these ingredients and method. If I write about all advantages of mutton, it will go long..

This is a cumin based recipe.If you don't like, reduce the amount of cumin seeds.

Ingredients

Mutton half kg
Small onions 8
Cumin seeds one teaspoon
Pepper corns two teaspoon
Turmeric powder half teaspoon
Coriander powder two teaspoon
Garam masala powder half teaspoon
Garlic cloves seven
Ginger one inch piece
Green chilly two
Curry leaves
Coconut oil
Salt

How to prepare
Grind small onions, cumin seeds, pepper corns, garlic, and ginger together.

Mix with all the powders mentioned above.

Add salt.

Mix mutton pieces with the above paste.

Add little water for cooking.

Cook till done.

Open the lid, keep on a low flame and reduce water.

When the mutton is dry, add curry leaves, slit green chilly and little coconut oil, and mix well.

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