Delicious, Easy-To-Make, Healthy Comfort Food Recipes To Try At Home This Weekend

The allure of comfort food originates from its ability to transport us back to happier, more familiar times. It evokes ideas of home-cooked meals, family gatherings, and holiday traditions.

Dishes To Explore At Home This Weekends ( Image Source :PR Handout )

The appeal of comfort food stems from its potential to transport us to happier and more familiar times. It conjures up images of home-cooked meals, family get-togethers, and holiday traditions. Especially during tough or stressful times, comfort food has a way of helping us feel good and delivering a sense of warmth and stability. The scents and textures of comfort food are extremely delicious, giving one a feeling of indulgence and pleasure.

"Comfort food is the foundation of memories. When things are bad, a good meal shared with loved ones may provide a lifetime of peace and warmth." Indulge in the warm and familiar flavors that will bring you back to your happiest memories with these recipes by Amal Tamara.

Pumpkin Ada:

Ingredients:

• Semolina – ½ cup
• Pumpkin – 200grm
• Salt – to taste
• Cardamom powder -1/2 teaspoon
• Jaggery syrup – 1 cup
• Grated coconut – 200 gm
• Cumin powder -1 pinch 
• Ghee – 2 tablespoons

Direction:

• Peel and grate pumpkin and keep aside
• Pour ghee into a hot pan and add the grated pumpkin, sauté well
• Then add grated coconut, cardamom, and cumin powder 
• Add jaggery syrup and mix well
• Add dry roasted semolina and make it into a smooth dough 
• Place a small piece of dough in the center of the banana leaf, flatten it using a hand
• Fold the leaf into half, tuck the ends of the leaf
• Grill the ada on a pan and serve hot

Banana flower cutlet:

Ingredients:

• Chopped Banana flower – 1 cup
• Colocasia – 100 gm
• Rock Salt – to taste
• Green chili, curry leaf, coriander leaf, ginger, garlic - ½ Teaspoons each
• Turmeric powder – 1 or 2 pinch
• Chili powder – 1 pinch
• Cumin powder -1 pinch 
• Coriander powder- 1 pinch
• Fennel powder – ½ tsp 
• Coconut oil – 3 tablespoons
• Brown rice puttu podi- To dip
• Shallots – 50 gm

Direction:

• Finely chop banana flowers and keep them in turmeric water 
• Boil the Colocasia, mash it and keep it aside
• Into a hot pan add coconut oil, ginger, garlic, curry leaf, and shallots, and sauté for a while 
• Add all the powdered masalas and sauté well
• Once masalas are cooked, add the chopped banana flower after squeezing all the water out and cook well
• Once it cooks add well-mashed colocasia and chopped coriander leaves
• Switch off the flame and make the mixture into cutlet patties coat the pattie with brown rice powder and grill it on a tawa and serve hot

Spinach Clear Soup:

  Ingredients

• Spinach -200gm
• Chopped carrot & Zucchini- 25gm
• Vegetable stock-
• Salt to taste
• Crushed pepper- one pinch
• Cumin powder – one pinch

Direction

• Finely chop the spinach and vegetables
• In a pan add the finely chopped spinach and vegetables and boil in vegetable stock
• Add salt, pepper, and cumin powder and cook well
• Serve hot