vegetable and orange juice

Vegetables and fruits are rich in nutrients and if added to our everyday diet will provide us with lots and energy. Everyday morning coffee can be replaced with juice of veggies and fruits.Juice your favorite fruits and vegetables  and drinking it before meal will help in losing weight.   

Ingredients
2 carrots cut in halves
1 zucchini cut in chunks
1 orange peeled and cut in halves

Method
1. Place all this in the juicer and nutritious and fresh juice will be ready.
2. Enjoy

Lauki (Bottle Gourd or Upo) Curry

I have noticed that people are not very fond of cooking  lauki  (upo) .This veggie is very much available on the island of Fiji and I grew up eating lauki curry either with rice or with roti. This can also be cooked with milk or with yogurt as well but today my recipe is a very simple curry with spices.

Ingredients
2 cups  lauki
2 finely chopped Serrano peppers
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 chopped onion
1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon tumeric
1 1/2 teaspoon Fiji masala
salt to taste
1 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro

Preparation

Wash and peel lauki.Take the seeds out and cut it in small pieces.Then wash and drain the water.

Method
1.Heat oil in a pan,add in cumin seeds and let it pop.
2.Add in onions and peppers and saute it for couple of minutes and then add in garlic and cook it for a minute.
3. Know add it tumric  and masala .mix it cook for a minute and add in lauki stir it add in salt ,mix it and cover it .Cook on low heat for 20 to 30 minutes or until lauki it form tender.
4.Add in chopped cilantro stir it and serve it to roti .tortilla. or with naan. Enjoy
Note : I did not add any water to cook this because my lauki was very soft but if it is little bit hard or tough then add in a little bit of water .