Steamed vegetables & Vegetable Base!

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• Steaming is a healthier choice than many other cooking techniques like frying, boiling, etc..
• Steaming the vegetables will help us receive most nutrition and taste out of  the vegetables.
• Through steaming Vegetables gets cooked in little time (3 to 7 minutes).
• Idli steamer or a food steamer can be used for steaming vegetables

Steamed Vegetable Recipe:

Steamed vegetables are soft & tasty, it doesn't require spices and salt for taste but if one is habituated to spices and salt or prefers making it a recipe these guidelines can be followed to create a conservative recipe.

• Steam vegetables of your choice and transfer it in a large vessel
• Add coconut gratings and/or a Vegetable Base*
• Add little amount of Spices as per your taste needs ( pepper, coriander powder, jeera powder,. ) and Salt
• Season with coriander and greens of your choice
• Mix all the ingredients

*Vegetable Base Recipe:

Vegetable Base can be used for Making Conservatively cooked Sambar, Kuruma, Sabji, Soups, etc..

Ingredients:

• Watery Vegetables of your Choice (Ash gourd, Pumpkin, Chow Chow, etc.. )
• Green Gram Sprout ( Optional)
• Tomatoes (Optional)
• Ginger, Curry Leaves, Coriander Leaves (Optional)

Preparation:

• Steam/ Boil the above ingredients
• Cool and Finely grind it as a paste in the preferred consistency

With love,
Vinoth Kumar V S, Natural Lifestyle Practitioner
+91 95978 50102