Geetha's Kitchen

Ginger Lemonade Concentrate When warm weather approaches, I stock the fridge with good tasting and healthy quenchers.  Ginger Lemonade makes it very easy to include the amazingly healthful ginger in the diet. Kept in the fridge, the ginger lemonade concentrate provides a lovely and refreshing beverage ready to go! Use any variety of lemons or limes in any combination - we especially love the juicy and flavorful Meyer lemons for this. Researchers from around the world are studying the effect of ginger in treating many ailments. Ginger has so many wonderful health benefits, I will list the first 10 that come to mind:  1.  it stops/slows growth of ovarian and colo-rectal cancer cells  2.  effective for treating morning sickness 3.  effective remedy for nausea and motion sickness 4.  reduces pain and inflammation 5.  relieves heartburn and other digestive tract distress 6.  it is a natural treatment for cold, cough...

Tara made these amazingly delicious Mango Cupcakes for my birthday - what a friend! The secret to these wonderful cupcakes is Indian Alphonso Mango puree!  Alphonso mangoes are considered the best of the King of fruits :) - even the canned puree is flavorful. If Alphonso mango puree is not available, use Kesar mango puree.  Most regular mangoes that I have found are alright fresh but lose what little flavor they have when cooked. Mango cupcakes are so good that you cannot stop at one! The kitchen, the entire house too for that matter, smells heavenly with the aroma of the mangoes!! Tara was generous to give me the recipe - I modified it slightly and here it is. Notes:  For best flavor, use whole cardamoms and peel and grind them just before using; collect the dark seeds and grind using a mortar and pestle with a teaspoon full of sugar - the sugar helps to grind it  better into a fine powder.  Grind the cardamoms for both the cakes and the frosting toge...

Scrumptious it is - scrambled tofu was created for a very quick breakfast treat. At 6 am on a Friday I was asked if I could make a speedy breakfast ready to go in less than half an hour!  Yes, at 6 am! Bleary-eyed and barely awake, I quickly started chopping some onions (can't go wrong with onions) as my mind was trying to figure out what I could make. While the onions were cooking, I scanned the fridge to spy a package of tofu along with a wrinkly red bell pepper past its prime, one scraggly little zucchini, and a lone tomato piece which promptly took their places on the cutting board.  A few minutes later, we had a repast ready to go, which not only filled the bill and belly but had requests for encores :-)! Scrambled Tofu  This is great as a filling for chapatis/tortillas to make a lovely tote-able roll-up - the leftovers  after breakfast was rolled up to eat later as tofu tacos/burritos.  Scrambled tofu may be prepared without the veggies...