Appetizers

Chukku Kappi

healthy-appetizers
An appetizer, also medicine in rhinitis, common cold, cough, fever

Serves 1 person

Ready in 5 minutes

Ingredients

  1. Dry ginger powder – ½ tsp
  2. Grounded Black pepper – 1 tsp
  3. Grounded Coriander seeds – 1 tsp
  4. Tulasi leaves- 1 hand full or Tulasi powder – 1 tbsp.
  5. Brown sugar (optional) – 1/2 to 1 tsp
  6. Water- 2 cups

Method of preparation

  • Boil the water in a sauce pan and add all the ingredients together.
  • Reduce the water into half. Add brown sugar 
  • Drink in warm state.

Notes:  Keep it in a Thermos and drink throughout the day

 

Appetizer tea

healthy-appetizers

To improve your Agni (digestive fire)

Serves person

Ready in 5 minutes

Ingredients

  1. Grated fresh ginger – ½ teaspoon
  2. Grounded fennel seeds – ½ teaspoon
  3. Grounded cumin seeds – ½ teaspoon
  4. Grounded coriander seeds – ½ teaspoon
  5. Mint leaves (Optional) – 2 or 3 leaves
  6. Water – 250 ml

Method of preparation

  • Boil all ingredients (except mint leaves) in water for 2 minutes, filter the tea.
  • Put the mint leaves and drink in warm state.

Paanakam

healthy-appetizers

Helps to improve appetite and reduce abdominal discomfort

Serves 1 person

Ready in 5 minutes

Ingredients

  1. Water – 2 cups
  2. Jaggery or palm sugar – 2 tbsp.
  3. Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp.
  4. Dry ginger powder – ½ tsp

 

 

 

 

 

 

Method of preparation

  • Boil the water and add all the ingredients.
  • Reduce the water into half of the total in medium flame of fire.
  • Filter it and Your Paanakam is ready to serve.

Notes:  You may replace dry ginger into fresh one

Rasam

Rasam

A yummy spice blend to improve appetite

Serves 2 persons

Ready in 20 minutes

Ingredients

1. Tomato – 2 (ripened, cut into medium cubes)

2. Water – 3 cups

3. Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp

4. Mung bean broath-1/2 cup

5. Cumin seeds- 2 tsp

6. Coriander seeds-1 tsp

7. Garlic- 3 cloves

8. Black pepper (whole, crushed) – 1tbsp.

9. Coriander leaves- 1 hand full

10. Tamarind juice- 2 tbs

11. Salt

12. Asafetida- 1 pinch (optional)

13. Brown sugar – 1 pinch (optional)

14. Coconut oil – 2 tsp

15. Black mustard seeds – 1 tsp

16. Curry leaves – 1 stalk

Method of preparation

  • Heat a sauce pan and add 1 to 11 ingredients together and start to boil it until 1/4 quantity evaporates. Now you may add asafetida and brown sugar.
  • Heat a pan and add oil and make it warm. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves. Sauté this until nice fragrance comes, then add it into the drink. Stir nicely and have it whenever you want to.

Lemon drink

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A simple drink to improve appetite and helps in weight loss

Serves 1 person

Ready in 5 minutes

Ingredients

  1. Lemon juice – 3 tbsp.
  2. Water – 250 ml
  3. Honey – 1 & 1/2 tbsp.
  4. Green chili – one (according to your spice level)
  5. Salt
  6. Mint leaves – half hand full

Method of preparation

  • Blend lemon juice together with water, honey, salt in a juicer or a blender
  • Add crushed green chili and mint leaves into the drink and mix well.

Notes: You may replace green chili with fresh ginger paste.