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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Celebrating Citrus Fruits1 - Citrus Tea, Citrusy Gold Potato Sides

Lemon N Ginger Infused Tea For Morning Sickness(For 1 cup):
This recipe, as told by my ex-colleague, helps pregnant women who are prone to morning sickness. Also does double duty in giving temporary relief for sore throat. 
Ingredients:
  • Green Tea Leaves - 1/2 tsp  or 1 tea bag
  • Ginger - 1/4 tsp, grated
  • Turmeric Powder - A pinch
  • Lemon - Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • Honey - 2-3 squirts
  • Water - 1 cup
Procedure:
  • Boil water along with grated ginger, tea leaves or tea bag, turmeric powder for a minute.
  • Strain, add lemon juice and honey.
  • Consume warm.
 Enjoy!

Citrusy "Gold" Potatoes N Peas:
 
This simple and easy side dish is made extra yummy by cooking in orange juice. Believe me when I tell you that is packed with flavor and goes well with Festive Rice, Flavored Rice, Pork or Roti.
Sending this as an entry to "Think Beyond the Usual" Event hosted at Nithu's Kitchen
Ingredients:
  • Yukon Gold Potatoes - 15#s, small
  • Onion - 1, small, fine diced
  • Red Ripe Tomato - 1, large
  • Cracked Pepper - 1 tsp or 10 grinds of pepper mill
  • Unsweetened 100% Orange Juice -  1/4 cup
  • Green Peas - 1/4 cup, frozen
  • Olive Oil - 3 tbsp
  • Salt of taste
Procedure:
  • Halve the potatoes and boil until its almost cooked
  • Cool and peel the skin. Roughly chop them into big chunks. Set aside.
  • In a skillet, add 3 tbsp of oil and add the fine diced onion. Once browned, add the diced tomatoes and cook until it loses shape, stirring frequently.
  • Add the potatoes along with cracked pepper and salt.
  • Sprinkle the orange juice and let the potatoes absorb it completely.
  • Throw in the green peas and stir for 4-5 minutes and check for taste. 
  • Add more salt or pepper, if needed and stir gently.
  • Switch off the stove and move potatoes to a serving bowl.
  • Serve with rice, pork,steak,roti etc 
Note: If you find the dish too sweet, add a few grinds of cracked pepper for a spice kick
    Enjoy!

    40 comments:

    1. valuable information..
      loved this subji of urs.. i too add some peas pods to potato subji..

      cheers

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    2. Valuable info,well for me it's too late...;p..you can have rich tea biscuits(dry biscuits)in the morning! potato sabji looks delicious!

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    3. Nice tea remedy and potatoes have alovely twist to the recipe.Looks delicious.

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    4. Lovely remedy tea and the potatoes have anice twist to the recipe.

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    5. LOve the pic for tea..nice recipe..
      isnt that cup n saucer from Ikea?? loved the idea of adding lemon juice to the sabji

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    6. Lemon tea looks fabulous and a wonderful home remedy CL..Side dish looks awesome, love the addition of orange juice..yumm!!

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    7. Good to know about the ginger tea...might come in handy for me sometime ;) Your potato dish is very new and interesting dear...love the idea of adding orange juice...looks super good :)

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    8. Hi, ottime e deliziose le due ricette! Ho dei premi per te, se ti fa piacere sono tuoi! Grazie della visita. Kiss

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    9. Hi, ottime e deliziose le due ricette! Ho dei premi per te, se ti fa piacere sono tuoi! Grazie della visita. Kiss

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    10. That is an interesting piece of info..and i love lime tea in general so im pretty sure ginger and honey added to it would be brilliant...
      I hope the 'monthly visitor' doesnt spoil ur white water rafting expedition which i must tell u gives a major adrenaline kick..did it for a second time in Wales recently and its an experience il never forget

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    11. .....and not when you fall into the ice cold water and realize you dont have a change of clothes :)
      I forgot to mention..the tea pic looks beautiful, and so does the one on your profile.

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    12. Good info..But late for me...:P ..hehe..the potato dish looks so yammy feeling like entering in the snap and gobble it up..

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    13. Good info..but late for me..hehe...the potato dish looks so tempting feeling like gooble it up right jumping in the snap...

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    14. Nice click of lime tea...i'm not vey keen on ginger tea tho...liked the citrus potato peas...sounds deli...

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    15. Oranges are the best for infusing tons of flavor! I'll have to keep this in mind for when I get pregnant. Looks beautiful.

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    16. Thank you for the tea recipe. I am not a pregnant woman, but I do love tea. Going to give it a go.

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    17. This tea not only good for pregnant woman, even we normal people can drink, a good tea.

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    18. Beautiful photo of the tea. I've never thought of using orange juice in a potato dish. Great idea...It looks delicious and sounds so interesting.

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    19. Thanks for sharing this wonderful tea recipe , love the beautifully cut lemon slice .

      Smita
      @ Little Food Junction

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    20. Nice healthy tea dear :-)
      Adding orange juice in potatoes sounds interesting.
      Nice clicks..

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    21. Loved the tea. Curry looks very tempting and I would love to gobble some with my garam rotis :):)

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    22. Lovely tea! A beautiful click! And the curry looks awesome with peas!

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    23. Very much facilitating info ,potato n peas combo with a twist of citrus touch is amazing .

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    24. The tea looks so interesting as well as the potato.

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    25. ur morning sickness remedy is really handy..should have got it a little more ealrier would have helped me a ton..passed it to my sister, who is also carrying and is in her first trimester and suffering from morning sickness....

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    26. potato peas with citrus sounds so tempting and its lovely pic.

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    27. Great tea ,cool click too :-)Loved the idea of adding a citrus punch to potato peas :D

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    28. very informative..

      the potato and peas looks delicious ..very simple recipe..and cooking in orange juice its nice idea
      ya its good with rice too

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    29. oh my! the tea pic is gorgeous!!!... Potato curry looks lovely!. Very timely recipe as i was looking for one to make for a party this weekend!.

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    30. Hi..You got a Nice Blog Here.

      Regarding sending ur entries for Indian Flavoured Pizza's-Global Kadai. I shall accept entries for a week more. can you send me ur entry within 5 days?
      do let me know.

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    31. Very good info..Loved the tea ..
      potato too looks delicious

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    32. love the citrusy recipes...i try to use citrus in diff ways too...love the pics as well...

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    33. Thanks for sharing the remedy Cool Lassie. All other entries look good too, saw them at sanjana's. Rainbow color was my favorite.

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    34. I LOVE IT!!!! You made my day with this recipe! I am going to try it asap~

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    35. I love the recipe. I drink green tea everyday...should try it turmeric.

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    Thanks a bunch for your valuable comments and continued support.They are very much appreciated. Yes,like "Rain on Dry Land" and like "Oasis in Desert Sand".
    XoXo, Cool Lassi(e)