Sprouts....

Sprouts of Vanpayar(Red cow peas), it can be eaten as raw or we can make dish called thoran with coconut and chilly

How to make new salads....The only one I am familiar with is the basic salad with tomatoes, onion, ginger, green chilly spiced up with thick curd and salt. Tuesday is 'salad day' for my little ones. Yesterday I had tried my attempt with green gram sprouts. The first task was to convince them about its benefits.
Sprouts have more benefits...They are easy to digest, Sprouts which can be made at home is inexpensive, Vitamins content increases, It increases our immunity, fight against cancers and many more. I had gone through many sites when searched for the preparations with sprouts. I had listed some of them which will be useful to my readers...
Sprouts salad from Veggie platter
Watch this link with recipe for green gram sprouts with carrot salad
Kids doesn't appreciate the taste of green gram, this salad from Sulekha is a mix of sprouts and fruits..Watch it
Sprouts in sandwich...
Sprouts with Vegetables

How to make green gram sprouts

Sprouts with Spinach

Curry with sprouts

An informative post on sprouts from Mahanadi
Green Idlis!!!!

Salad Recipes from The Hindu

More sprouts Recipes from Mahanadi

Ramacham

Ramacham plant image from my relative's home.
Still I remember lines of an ad of Radhas soap
'Ramacha vishari panineeril mukki aromal veeshum thanuppano
Kasthoori manjal purattum pularkala kanyake ninte thuduppano'
Roots of this herb have cooling effect. Its used as a cooling agent. Its used as a scrub for bathing and its oil is insect repellant.
During summer cooling agents gain more attraction. Today I read a neat post about Ramacham from 'Green crusader'. She had listed more uses of this cool herb. I am very happy to mention this link because any small effort to 'Go green' is for the next generation. We have to do some things for our children is it right?
Sudha's post on Usages of Ramacham

Some green efforts...

Through blogging I became more nature friendly. Two simple steps taken by me to reduce wastage and plastic are ...

• Now I am carrying a bag in my journeys instead of plastic bags. I had bought one cotton bag but its not suitable for the monsoon season. Now I proudly deny the plastic bag in the billing counter of the shop.


• I am also planning to buy some tea cups for our office instead of the disposable one.


• Always try to pack tiffin in steel containers rather than the plastic ones. My children always complain about the beautiful lunch box of their friends. I am really trying to convince them about the benefits of steel utensils.

World Environment Day on June 5

World environment day is celebrated on June 5 of every year. This celebration is to make awareness of our environment among people. The host nation of World Environment Day 2010 is Pittsburgh and its theme is Biodiversity-Eco system management and the green economy.

We can also participate in the grand celebration through doing small things

1. We can demand for e bills other than paper bills
2. We can use bicycles for short distances
3. Convince your child about power saving and learn them to switch off unwanted equipments
4. Try to carry a bag always, then you can discard plastic carry bags
5. Try to plant a tree

Whenever I hear these slogans I always remember about the lines of the great poet ONV Kurup.

'Iniyum marikkatha bhoomi ninnasanna mrithiyil ninakkatmashanthi'