Carrot Cupcakes Everyone seems to love Carrot Cake, what I also like about them is how wonderfully moist they are and how flavorful they taste. I love this Carrot Cupcake recipe because it's so easy to make. No mixer is required. The time consuming part is the grating of the fresh carrots. I have included applesauce in the cupcake batter which, along with the oil, makes these cupcakes so moist. But, if you like, you could use an equal amount of grated apple or even crushed pineapple. You can also add 1/2 cup (120 ml) of currants or raisins to the batter. Carrot Cakes became popular with the health food craze of the 1970s. There are many theories on the origin of this cake, some say it descended from the English's baked carrot puddings or European steamed carrot puddings. Others say it may have come from German carrot breads. Carrots were used in European sweet cakes since the Middle Ages when other sweeteners were hard to find or just too expensive. In fact, carrots, along
Mappilai Samba Rice Kanji |The Bridegroom’s Samba Rice Kanji
Mappillai Samba is a native variety of rice, which is red in colour and is grown predominantly in Tamil Nadu. It’s well suited to organic farming because it requires hardly any fertilisers or pesticides. Unfortunately, along with other native varieties of rice, Mappillai Samba has disappeared from our farms and markets; instead, people are going for highly processed, nutritionally inferior white rice. Very few passionate traditional farmers still grow such rice now.
In olden days, it is essential for a man to show his bravery through many traditional sports. These sports are conducted to test their physical as well as their mental strength. One such game was to lift a heavy rock called illavatta kal, in which, the newlywed bridegroom is asked to lift the rock in front of everyone to display his physical power. In order to boost the energy and power of son-in-law to lift the rock successfully, mother in law wanted to cook and serve a rice which is high in nutritional value. Mappillai samba is one such native rice which has got a high nutritional value that will help him to stay focused while lifting the rock as well as gives him the power to lift. Hence, this red thick rice got its name as “Mappillai Samba” and was often cooked and served to newlywed bridegrooms.
Mappillai Samba rice is a good source of iron and zinc. Iron contributes to the production of myoglobin and haemoglobin.
Myoglobin and haemoglobin deliver oxygen to muscles and tissues keeping body high in energy level. It also contains pro-anthocyanins which help to reduce cholesterol and hyperglycemia.
Try out my other native rice Kavuni Arisi, Chettinad Kavuni Arisi Sweet
NOTE: Black rice is a very hard rice. The rice needs to be soaked over-nite.
Mappillai Samba is a native variety of rice, which is red in colour and is grown predominantly in Tamil Nadu. It’s well suited to organic farming because it requires hardly any fertilisers or pesticides. Unfortunately, along with other native varieties of rice, Mappillai Samba has disappeared from our farms and markets; instead, people are going for highly processed, nutritionally inferior white rice. Very few passionate traditional farmers still grow such rice now.
In olden days, it is essential for a man to show his bravery through many traditional sports. These sports are conducted to test their physical as well as their mental strength. One such game was to lift a heavy rock called illavatta kal, in which, the newlywed bridegroom is asked to lift the rock in front of everyone to display his physical power. In order to boost the energy and power of son-in-law to lift the rock successfully, mother in law wanted to cook and serve a rice which is high in nutritional value. Mappillai samba is one such native rice which has got a high nutritional value that will help him to stay focused while lifting the rock as well as gives him the power to lift. Hence, this red thick rice got its name as “Mappillai Samba” and was often cooked and served to newlywed bridegrooms.
Mappillai Samba rice is a good source of iron and zinc. Iron contributes to the production of myoglobin and haemoglobin.
Myoglobin and haemoglobin deliver oxygen to muscles and tissues keeping body high in energy level. It also contains pro-anthocyanins which help to reduce cholesterol and hyperglycemia.
Try out my other native rice Kavuni Arisi, Chettinad Kavuni Arisi Sweet
NOTE: Black rice is a very hard rice. The rice needs to be soaked over-nite.
Lets cook with step-by-step pictures.
Now lets see how to cook:
Mappilai Samba Rice Kanji |The Bridegroom’s Samba Rice Kanji
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Best for quick morning breakfast,
which keeps your tummy full for long hours.
Author: Shalini
Recipe type: Weightloss
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 2 servings
Ingredients
- Soaked overnight mappilai samba rice - 1/2 cup
- Curd - 1/4 cup
- Onions chopped - 1
- Green chillies - 3
- Water - 1 cup
- Salt - as per taste
Instructions
- Soak the mappilai samba rice over night and next day drain the water and add soaked rice into mixer, grind Corse.
- Now add this grinded rice into a pan with 1 cup of water and salt and mix well and cook for 10 mins.
- Once the rice is cooked, off the flame and add 1/4 cup of curd and mix well.
- Add chopped onions and green chilli and mix it.
- Serve this kanji with either mango pickle or keerai poriyal.
Pictorial:
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| Wash the mappilai samba rice well and soak it over night |
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| Drain the water and add soaked rice into mixer jar and grind Corse |
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| Add grind Corse |
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| Add this into pan |
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| With 1 cup of water and mix well |
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| Add salt as per taste |
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| Cook for 10 min |
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| Once cooked off the flame |
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| Add curd |
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| Mix well, add water if needed |
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| Add chopped onions and green chilli and serve!!! |
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