Balanced diet food (Pathiya Samaiyal) for lactating mothers!

Marandhu Podi 2


There are many varities of Marandu podi, according to their custom. Here is another one.

Sukku / fried ginger 250 gm
‘Thipli’ 5 gms
Black pepper 20 gms
Omam/ ajwan 5 gms
‘verali manjal’ 1 small piece
‘Jadi kai’ ‘Jadi pathri’ and clove small piece
cardamom 2
Palm jaggery 50 gm
Ghee as per requirement

Method:

Dry fry sukku, thipili. Omam, manjal and black pepper.separately.
Grind them into a soft powder.
Store it in a air tight container.
When ever you need it pour ghee in a small pan.
Put ‘jadi kai’ jadi pathri, clove and cardamom powder and put this powder as per requirement and mix well.
Make ‘pagu’ out of ‘palm jagery’ / ‘panai vellam’ and pour in this.
Make like ‘leagium’ and give for the ladies who delivered child.
Very good for mother and child’s health and digestion.

 

Milagu Kuzhumbu

Ingredients:

For Milagu Kuzhambu

Tamarind - lemon sized/tamarind paste 2 sp
Coriander seeds - 2 teaspoon
Black pepper - 2 teaspoons
Red chilly - 1 no
Channa dal - 2 teaspoons
Urad dal - 2 teaspoons
Hing - a small piece
Oil- 2 teaspoons
Curry leaves 2 twigs
1/4 turmeric powder



Method:

Soak tamarind in hot water.
In a kadai heat 2 teaspoon oil and fry coriander seeds, channa dal, urad dal, pepper, redchilli and hing till golden.
Add curry leaves and fry for a moment and transfer to a plate.
Extract juice from tamarind adding 1 and 1/2 cup water or use tamarind paste add salt, turmeric powder and bring to boil in medium flame.
Grind the fried items for milagu kuzhambu in to a powder and add to the boiling tamarind water and mix well.
Let is boil for a while and remove it from the fire.



Note: you can serve any green veg. or you can have 'Thlar Vadam' or 'dried pappad' Just keep one min. in MW. Dont take fried items.

 

Tasty Rasam

Ingredients :

Ginger - 2 inch piece.
Tomato - 1 - Cut into 8 pieces
Tamarind paste 1 sp
Rasam podi - tea spoon
Salt to taste
Curry leaves - 1 twig
Mustard and cumin seeds 1 sp
Ghee - 1 teaspoon

Method

In a deep pan put one sp ghee and make seasoning with mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
Pour one cup water and add tamarind paste.
Mix well.
Add rasam podi, Tomato and salt and bring to boil.
Add grated ginger and let it boil for a while.
Add one more cup of water and bring it to a boil.
Remove from the fire and serve with hot rice and ghee.

 

Re: 'Pathiya Samaiyal' for Milk giving mothers !

Hi Suja,

Thank you for your instant comment. I too love these varities. You can also give your recipes here, which you enjoyed very much.Bow

 

Re: 'Pathiya Samaiyal' for Milk giving mothers !

Hi Latha,

Happy to see your post. First my congrats to you. This is which month? My mother also used to give me poondu rasam and poondu thuvial.

If the mother is having less milk for the child the elders used to give cooked poondu in milk.
Thank god I had ennough milk for my dear "Krish":hiya.

Other wise that is a punishment is it not ? milk and poondu?:bang Let me give those recipes also here. enjoy.

 

Garlic Thuvial and Garlic Rasam

Regarding thuvial, I have already given. so Let me give the link here.

Garlic Thuvial

Garlic Rasam

Ingredients:

'Kanda thipili' 2 sp
Red chilly 4 -5
Black pepper 2 sp
Thur dal 1 sp
Dhania 1 - 2 sp
Salt
Tamarind paste 1 sp
Cooked Thur dal's water 1 cup
Cooked garlic 1 cup
Ghee 2 sp
Mustard seeds 1 sp
Curry leaves

Method:
Fry 'kanda thipili', red chilly, black pepper, dhaniya and thur dal by pouring 1 sp ghee.
Grind them with water like a paste.
Keep aside.
In a deep pan pour balance ghee and put mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Pour 2 cups of water and tamarind paste.
Mix well. Add salt. Put the masala in this and mix well.
Allow it to boil for a while.
Now add cooked garlic and 'parapu jalam' / cooked thur dal's water.
It is not advicable to add thur dal for delivered women so we are adding just a little water of cooked thur dal. Even without adding this dal water also you can make rasam.
Bring it to a boil and remove from the fire.
Serve with parrapu thuvial and hot rice.Ofcourse with ghee.

Note: Insteard of cooking you can put some garlic in ghee and fry them while seasoning. Or other wise you can fry some garlic while frying the ingredients and grind along with them. Because some wont like to eat garlic but like the taste.

 

Re: 'Pathiya Samaiyal' for Milk giving mothers !

Hi latha,
I am SumathiSundar. My son's name is Krishna, so my son's friends used to call me 'krishnaamma" so I gave that as my ID. My grand mother used to say that we have to drink limited water in Pathiyam days. May be to avoid frequent urineation, during those early days of post delivery. Now a days it is better to follow doctor's advice. Because almost we are alone and away from the family and elders. So doctor is the only person who can help us. correct?