This cake was an idea from my kids for their dad on his birthday. Tried my best to match the colour for most of the ‘apps’ although FB did come out bit lighter due to the unavailability of the matching dark blue colour 🙂 Ingredients: 3 […]
Month: July 2016
Karaikudi Kozhi Kuzhambu / Karaikudi Chicken Curry
Ingredients: 1/2 kg chicken 2 onions, sliced 1 big tomato, chopped 5-7 big garlic cloves 1 big piece ginger 1 1/2 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder 1 tbsp garam masala 1 tsp turmeric powder 1 cup grated coconut 1 tbsp cashew nuts 1/2 tsp poppy seeds 1/2 tsp mustard seeds 1 tsp pepper corns 1/4 tsp […]
Muringayila Idli / Drumstick Leaves Idli
Ingredients: 1 1/2- 2 cups idli batter 1/2 cup drumstick leaves/ muringayila, cleaned 2 green chillies, finely chopped 1/4 tsp cumin seeds 1/4 tsp mustard seeds 1 tsp oil Preparation Remove the drumstick leaves/ muringayila from its stem,wash it and chop it roughly. Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and cumin seeds. […]
Prawn Jalfrezi
Ingredients: 12-15 big prawns / 250 gm prawns, cleaned 2 big onions, diced 2 medium tomatoes, chopped 1 tbsp ginger, chopped 1 tbsp garlic, chopped 5 green chillies, chopped 1 capsicum, chopped 1- 1 1/2 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder 1 tsp garam masala 1 tsp cumin seeds salt to taste 3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves […]
Mango Mastani
Ingredients: 1 big ripe mango /1 1/2 cup mango, peeled and chopped 1 cup chilled milk 2 tbsp sugar 2-3 scoop ice cream 1 tbsp cashew nuts, chopped 3-4 almonds/ pistachios, chopped 1 tbsp tutti frutti 2-3 glazed cherries Preparation: In a blender, add 1 cup diced mangoes and sugar and blend well till smooth […]
Kerala Mixture
Ingredients: 3 cups gram flour/ kadalamavu 1 1/2-2 tsp chilli powder 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1/4 tsp asafoetida/ kaayapodi 1/2-3/4 cup peanuts with skin 1/4 cup split chana dal/ roasted gram / pottukadala 2-3 sprigs curry leaves salt to taste water as required oil for frying Preparation: To prepare Sev, add 2 cups of gram […]
Kozhi Malli Peralan / Chicken Coriander Dry Roast
Ingredients: 1 kg chicken 2 medium onions, thinly sliced 1 medium tomato, chopped 1 inch piece ginger, crushed 4 big garlic cloves, crushed 2 sprigs curry leaves 3 tbsp coriander powder 1 tsp chilli powder 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1/2 tsp garam masala 1 1/2 – 2 tsp black pepper powder 1/2 tsp fennel seeds […]
Vellapayar – Vellarikka Curry / Black Eyed Beans – Yellow Cucumber Curry
Today’s recipe is a simple Payar-Vellarikka curry which goes well with rice, pathiri, neer dosa etc… Here I prepared this curry by roasting the grated coconut with fennel seeds and shallots..But you can also prepare this without roasting the coconut. Just grind the fresh grated coconut […]
Pineapple Custard Pudding
Ingredients: 1 cup pineapple, finely chopped 2 cups milk 3/4 tin condensed milk 1 tbsp custard powder 8-10 gm china grass sugar as required Preparation: Soak china grass in 1/2 cup of water for 10 minutes. In a saucepan, heat milk, condensed milk and 3-4 tbsp sugar on medium flame. Add custard powder to this and […]
Meen Thairu Curry / Fish in Curd and Coconut Gravy
Ingredients: 1/2 kg fish ( thick fleshed fish like king fish/ pomfret etc) 1 cup grated coconut 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 1 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 1/2 cup curd/ yoghurt/ Thairu 1-2 green chillies 1 1/2 tbsp ginger, sliced salt to taste few curry leaves 1 tbsp coconut oil Preparation: Cut […]
Chicken Samosa
Today’s recipe is chicken samosa which is one of the favourite snack prepared during Ramadan for Iftar in Malabar area. Here I explained two methods of preparing Homemade Samosa Sheets with step by step photos. The 2nd one is the commonly used and easy to prepare method. If you […]
Egg and Mushroom Roast
Ingredients: 4 hard boiled eggs 10-12 button mushrooms, cut each into two pieces 2 large onions, thinly sliced 1 large tomato, chopped 2 tsp ginger, crushed 2 tsp garlic, crushed 2 sprigs curry leaves 2 tsp chilli powder 1 tsp coriander powder 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1/2 tsp garam masala salt to taste oil […]