PUDLA

PUDLA
The Pudla is like a gram flour Dosa made by the Gujaratis. Its usually an instant menu in most households. The picture of the Pudla in my blog is a flatter version as I feel if flat the Pudla gets cooked well and we dont get the raw gram flour smell. But usually the Pudla traditionally is a bit thicker something like our Uttappam.
Ingredients
2 cups – Gram flour (Besan)
1 Onion, very finely chopped
Finely chopped Ginger – 1 tbsp
Finely chopped Green Chilly – 1tbsp
Salt as required
Chilly powder as required
Coriander leaves
Oil
Method
Take a vessel and put the Besan in it. Add 1 cup water and stir to make a smooth batter. Add the salt, chilly powder, onion, ginger, chopped green chillies and finely chopped coriander leaves. Mix well and set aside for 15 minutes.
Take a non stick tava, put one teaspoon of oil and spread it evenly on it. Keep the gas on a low flame. Stir the batter once and pour a ladle full of batter onto the Tava. Either spread it in a round fashion with the ladle as you do for dosa or tilt the pan to spread it (like making a crepe).
Cover and cook for 3 minutes. Turn over and cook, uncovered, until it becomes golden.
Repeat with remaining batter, stirring before using.
Remember that if you are doing the crepe method of tilting the tava. The flame should be low and the tava shouldn’t be very hot so you should keep sprinkling water after every pudla is done.
Enjoy the hot Pudlas with green coriander Chutney or Tomato Sauce.

MORU CHAARU

MORU CHAARU
This is an instant recipe. When you don’t have time and there is nothing else except sour buttermilk, tasty Moru chaaru is what u can make. It has all the qualities of moru chadam(curd rice) but tastes better.

Ingredients
Buttermilk – 2 cups
Mustard seeds – 1tsp
Udad Dal (ulutham paruppu)– 1tsp
Fenugreek seeds – ½ tsp
Red chillies – 1-2 broken into 2 pieces (according to taste)
Curry leaves – 1 sprig (if you have)
Salt to taste
Method
Heat Oil, splutter mustard, red chillies, Udad dal and fenugreek seeds and the sprig of curry leaves.
Pour buttermilk and add salt.
Remove from the flame before buttermilk comes to boil.
You can have it with rice and papadams
Its nutritious, good for health and tastes really awesome.

LIPS

LIPS

-To prevent your lips from chapping, use hot water fermentation on your lips and then apply a mixture of vaseline and honey. Apply this mixture about three times a week.
-To prevent your lips from drying you can use a ground mixture or rose petals and milk butter.
-Hydrate your body by drinking plenty of water. Dehydration can cause dryness of lips.

-Increase your water intake during winter to keep your lips look fresh. You can also humidify the rooms to deal with winter dryness.
-If in spite of water intake your lips seem dehydrated, apply cool wet cloth to hydrate lips. Also try to seal in the moisture with a lip balm. Apply lip balm every hour or two to treat dry lips and to keep them healthy. Use balm with an spf of at least 15 to save your lips from sun damage.
Don't lick your lips, it will cause more chapping. Licking lips doesn't moisturize them.
Lip lickers also tend to be lip biters. Biting lips removes their protective covering which causes further drying.

-Creamy lipsticks can act like balms and prevent your lips from chapping. Avoid using lipsticks that can dry out your lips.
-Use a soft toothbrush to softly buff your lips to remove the deposit of dead cells that will cause more drying and flaking.
-Chapped lips are also susceptible to infections. Apply over-the-counter antibiotic ointment to avoid infection.
-You can also try applying clarified butter or milk cream before going to bed for a few days.
-Other remedies that you could try are - rub a slice of cucumber on your lips, apply neem extract, and use aloe vera gel.

-A saline bath is also seen to help some people.
-If you're plagued by dark, almost black lips, here's what you could do: Mix equal amounts of almond oil, glycerin and honey with rose water, shake well and apply.??
-If your lips turn black, try this, Make a paste of milk cream, lime juice and honey and apply it to your lips and u will see the change in colour. If it is very black, use this concoction everyday till u see the results.