Renus Kitchen

Couscous is staple grain of North Africa same way as we have rice. It also resembles polenta or farina. Couscous is often considered Moroccan, however it is home to most North African countries. This is a great light complete meal. When I have nothing in my pantry or not in mood to cook something elaborate, yet healthy I cook up this one! It prepared the same way as suji (rava, semolina) upma. A properly cooked couscous should be fluffy and not slimy. Read more about Couscous here Ingredients Whole wheat CousCous - 1 cup Water - 1 cup Onion - 1 medium - Sliced Green chillies - to taste Curry Leaves - 5-7 Roasted peanuts - 2 tbsp Turmeric - 1/4 tsp Corriander powder - 1/4 tsp Cumin [zeera] seeds - 1/4 tsp Mustard [Rye] seeds - 1/4 tsp Salt- to taste Lime juice - to taste Any Vegetable Oil - 1.5 Tbsp Method: Boil water , add couscous and few drops of oil and cook for 5 minutes . Fluff with the fork and keep it aside. In a frying pan heat oil, add zeera and rye...

Did you know that beets have amazing blood cleansing properties!!! Beetroot is a good source of folic acid, iodine, organic sodium, potassium, chlorine and digestive forms of sugars. The iron content is of fine quality, which makes it ideal for blood production. Health Benefits: [ Read more here ] Fights Acidosis A great blood builder Excellent solvent for calcium deposits in arteries Normalizes blood pressure Relieves constipation Beet juice when mixed with vinegar makes a good anti-dandruff solution The chlorine detoxifies the liver When mixed with honey, heals gastric ulcer Beet juice and carrot juice together cures gall and kidney problems Prevents varicose nerves by maintaining elasticity of arteries Enjoy Beetroot [Chukandar] Halwa !! Ingredients: Beetroot [Chukandar in Hindi] - 2 medium Milk - 2 Cups Sugar - 1 tbsp Clarified butter [Ghee] - 1 tsp Choicest Nuts and berries - handful Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp Grated coconut - optional Method: Grate an...

This is my second egg-less cake and again the result is awesome!!! It came out very moist and had beautiful texture. Again I replaced the eggs with yogurt and looks like its working for me. This is a very flavorful cake especially the spices add inviting flavor to it. The carrots provide nice color. Try it for your self, you will love it ! Ingredients: *Whole wheat bleached flour - 1 cup Carrots - 2 Indian curd (thick) or Yogurt - 1/2 cup Canola oil - 1/2 cup Brown sugar - 2/3 cup Nutmeg powder- 1tsp Cinnamon powder - 1tsp Vanilla essence - 1tsp Milk 1tbsp Baking powder - 1/2 tsp Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp Salt -1/4 tsp Raisins - handful Walnuts, chopped - handful Method Pre- heat the oven at 360 degree Fahrenheit and grease the baking pan and keep it aside Combine all the dry ingredients [except sugar] and sieve it through at least 2 times Blend oil, thick yogurt , sugar and vanilla with a beater for 1 minute at medium speed Next fold in the dry ingredients...