Broccoli

Nutrition: High in vitamins, calcium and fiber

Cooking method: Boiling reduces the level of nutrients. Steaming, stir-frying or micro-wave cooking is the best

Cooking time: Relatively soon (5-7 mins) like potatoes and carrots

Dishes: Soups, pulao, fried rice and noodles made with broccoli taste great

Alternate: They can be eaten raw or added to veggie side-dishes or salads

Buying and Storing: Buy loose broccoli rather than the pre-wrapped ones because its easier to check if they are fresh. Wrapped broccoli tend to deteriorate faster. Check that the stalk, the flower-head and leaves all look fresh , tightly closed and are bright green . They don't last long, so cook within a couple of days of buying.

Broccoli Soup

Ingredients:

2 Cups Broccoli
1 Cup Celery
1 Cup Onion
1 Cup Potatoes
1 Green Chili
Salt
2 glasses of water
 
Preparation:
Chop all the vegetables

Direction:

• Heat the pan, add oil, veggies, chilli, water and salt
• Saute, simmer and close the pan
• Cook for 5-7 minutes
• Let the mixture cool and blend it to a creamy texture.
• Add water if too thick.
• Pour this into the pan and reheat

Serve hot

Serves 4 (restaurant size)

Desserts

Indian sweets are one of the most wonderful delicacy to have after a good lunch/dinner. A meal is incomplete without a mouth watering dessert . Let it be the hot summer or the bone chilling winter Indian sweets can be eaten anytime like cold faludas, rasgulas and hot payasams. Every festival lots of delicious sweets are made in every home. Sweets like coconut burfi, carrot halaw, gulob jamun,etc are a few irresistible desserts. Each part of India has its own style of making sweets - kesaribath, paal payasam, Kaayi holige, Mysore Pak, Sakarai Pongal, Chiroti are a few famous south Indian dishes where has kandvi,rasmalai, rasagulla are a few famous north Indian dishes.

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