Ingredients:

Oats – 1 cup

Moong dhal – 1/2  cup

Pepper – 1 tsp

Jeera – 1/2 tsp

Ginger – a small piece

Green chilli – 2

Salt – to taste

Cabbage, beans, carrot – 1 cup

Garlic – 2

Oil – 2 tsp

Coriander leaves – to garnish

Method:

1. Soak the oats in water mixed with little salt.

2. Chop the vegetables finely and keep them ready.

3. Get the moong dhal cooked.

4. Take a tawa, add oil, pepper, jeera, ginger, garlic, green chilli and saute.

5. Now add the vegetables, cooked moong dhal and mix well.

6. Allow it to cook in low flame and add the oats and mix well.

7. Garnish with coriander and serve hot.

Healthy and good fibre rich breakfast ready.

Ragi (also spelled as Raagi or Kelvaragu) or finger millet koozh or a kind of porridge that is a special dish meant for Tamil month Aadi where this porridge is offered to God. This ragi itself is a good ingredient for those dieting and also a rich fibre food good for ladies specially. This dish is the breakfast in the country side in India where they serve this with raw green chilli or pickles or they take it with raw onions.

Raagi or Kelvaraghu Koozh Recipe:

Ingredients:

Ragi (Finger millet) flour – 4 tablespoons

Salt – as required

Butter Milk – 3 tumbler

Water- 3 tumbler

Chopped onion – handfull

Cooked rice – 1 tablespoon

Method:

1. Mix Ragi flour in 1 cup of Water without any lumps.

2. Heat remaining Water in a vessel.

3. Once it started to boil, add mixed Ragi flour in medium flame.

4. Allow the Ragi flour mix to boil until it thickens.

5. Finally add cooked rice, salt, chopped onion and remove from flame.

6. Allow it to cool for some time and add butter milk while serving.

Ingredients:

Green gram sprouts – 1 cup

Chopped Onion – 1

Tomato – 2

Grated carrot – 1

Sliced Cucumber – 1/2 cup

Coriander – to garnish

Salt -to taste

Pepper – as required

Chaat masala – a pinch

Lemon Juice – 1 tsp

Method:

1. Wash and chop tomato, onion, coriander leaves.

2. Peel off the skin and chop the cucumber to fine pieces.

3. Steam cook the sprouts by sprinkling water and adding a pinch of salt.

4. Take a bowl add cucumber, grated carrot, onion, tomato, cooked sprouts, salt, pepper and chaat masala and mix well.

5. Now add the lemon juice and mix well.

6. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

This salad is very good for all age group. Since rich in fibre it is good for dieting people, diabetic and cholesterol patients.