Banana pancake

Ingredients:

1tbsp oats
2tbsp wholewheat flour
2 tbsp jaggery/sugar/honey
1 cup milk
2 eggs beaten
1 whole banana mashed or pureed
Pinch of salt for taste

Butter for frying



Method:

Mix well all ingredients except butter to batter consistency. Heat tawa, grease first with little butter and pour the batter, cook till holes appear and cook on the other side.

Serve hot with sweet sauce

kokum/sol/amsol

Kokum also known as Sol or Amsol is a fruit popular in coastal Karnataka and Goa.
  Rasam, Curry, sherbet, Sol kadi, chatni and a lot more can be prepared from this.
Kokum is a healthier option can be be alternatively used in recipes using tamarind if you are looking for healthy cooking options.

   Sol is available both in wet and dry forms.

Maroon or nearly purple colour is rendered to foods where this ingredient is used.

More to come............

Shrikhand

A Maharashtrian dessert also popular in Gujarat. Just the ideal dessert for summer in hot weather of Maharashtra and Gujarat. Shrikhand can be had alone or served accompanying other desserts. Shrikhand poori is a favourite in Gujarat. The flavours can be varied to give variesties of Shrikhand such as Kesar Shrikhand, Elaichi Shrikhand, Almond Shrikhand and Mango Shrikhand.
I got this recipe from a badam mix pack which i have altered.

Ingredients:
1 standard cup hung curd
2 tablespoon sugar
saffron soaked in tsp of milk
1/2 tsp elaichi powder

Method:
Mix well all the ingredients

Sprinkle chopped almonds and brown pistachios for garnishing.

Reduction of sodium intake/Sodium-potassium balance in body

Though sodium and potassium are trace minerals, their ratio of presence in our body makes a big difference. We imbalance this with consumption of salt(NaCl), baking soda and baking powder.
This is how you can do it:
1.Replace Common salt with organic salt/sendha Namak/Rock salt
2.If you are using egg in cakes, u can use minimum baking powder or entirely do without it too.
3.In some recipes baking soda is used to make
  1.to retain fresh colour of vegetables.
  2.help in cooking faster
  3.get a crispy texture in fried items
  4.sponginess in idlies, dosa, dhokla and other fermentation based foods.
    It is easy to do without baking soda in these dishes, as they will not make much difference in taste and worth because they have great health benefits.

Preserving freshness of fish

Take the cleaned fish
Apply little salt and vinegar
Wash and rinse well

Bengal fish curry

Fry the fish lightly with salt and turmeric.
Heat oil and throw in a little kalonji, a little grated ginger, red chilli powder and cumin powder.
Saute, add some chopped tomato if desired.
Pour in water, bring to a boil and then add the fish.
Cauliflower and potatoes can be added as well

Fish curry

Fry thinly sliced onions, ginger, garlic, curry leaves and green chillies.
To this add peeled and chopped tomatoes, fry well and add red chilli powder, coriander powder and cumin powder and turmeric.
Once the masala is well fried add hot water and make a gravy.
Bring it to a boil.
Slip in the cleaned and sliced fish and cook till the fish is done.