Wednesday 29 November 2017

Rice Flour Coated Chicken Fry/ Crispy Chicken Fry

How to prepare Kerala Style crispy chicken easily at home?


Rice Flour Coated Chicken Fry | Crispy Chicken Fry

Ingredients:-
Chicken      -10 pieces
Ginger       - 1 inch piece
Garlic       - 5
Green Chilli -1
Curry Leaves
Chilli Powder -1/2 Tsp
Turmeric Powder- 1/4 Tsp
Coriander Powder -1/2 Tsp
Whole pepper corn -5
Rice flour       - 1Tbls
Salt
Oil




Method

1. Grind ginger, garlic, green chilli, curry leaves, chilli powder , Whole pepper corn, turmeric powder and coriander powder.
2. Put the ground paste into the chicken and mix well.
3. Add salt and again mix.
4. Keep it in the refrigerator for half an hour.
5. Add rice flour into the marinated chicken and mix.
6. Add oil into the kadai and fry the chicken.
7. Serve it as a starter.



Cheers !!!
Minu


Tuesday 28 November 2017

Oats Smoothie/ Oats Fruits Smoothie



Ingredients:-
Oats                 - 1/2 Tbls
Boiled Water   - 1/4 Cup
Apple               - 1/2 part of an apple
Pomegranate    - 1/4 Cup
Cashew Nuts    - 10 no.s
Honey               - 2 Tbls
Cold Milk         - 3/4 Glass



Method:-
1. Soak oats in boiled water for half an hour.
2. After half an hour take a blender and add oats and water, apple, pomegranate, cashews, honey and milk. Then blend it well
3. Oats smoothie is ready to serve



Cheers !!!
Minu


Monday 27 November 2017

Banana Fritters/ Etha Pazham appam



Ingredients:-

 Banana - 1
Sugar - min 1 Tbls (Depends on the sweetness of the banana)
Corn Flour - 5 Tbls
Coarse rice flour - 1 Tbls
Milk - 1 Tbls
Cardamom - 2 No.s 
Oil -As Needed


Method:-

1.     Blend Banana
2.     Grind Sugar with Cardamom.
3.     Mix Powdered sugar into the mashed banana.
4.     Add milk into it and mix well.
5.     Add Corn flour to the banana mixture little by little and mix well.
6.     Last add rice flour into the mixture and mix well.
7.     Heat a pan and add oil for frying.
8.     Once the oil is hot add a spoon full of mixture into the oil. Flip them in between.

9.     Serve with hot Tea.         

Cheers !!!
Minu

Saturday 25 November 2017

Bachelors Chicken Curry/ Easy Chicken Curry


Ingredients:-

Chicken - 1/2 Kg
Onion - 12 Medium
Tomato - 2 Medium
Green Chilli - 1
Curry Leaves
Garlic -25 Pods
Ginger - small piece
Turmeric Powder - 1 Tsp
Chilli Powder - 1 Tbls
Coriander Powder -2 Tbls
Black Pepper Corns - 1 Tsp
Chicken Masala -1 Tbls
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Salt
Oil
Water


Method:-
1. Grind Onion, tomato, green chilli, garlic, ginger, pepper corns.
2. Add ground paste into the chicken and mix well.
3. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, chicken masala and curry leaves. Mix well.
4. Add salt into the chicken and keep it aside for minimum 10 min.
5.Heat a Pressure cooker. Add oil and add the marinated chicken.
6. Saute well for 1 min.
7. Close the lid and cook.
8.  Once it cook add some more water depending on the gravy you need.
9. Once the curry stated boiling add garam masala and some more curry leaves.
10. Serve with Chapathi, rice etc.


Cheers !!!
Minu

Unnakkaya/ Kerala Style Stuffed Banana




Ingredients:-

 Ripped Banana - 1 
Coconut Grated - 1/4 Cup 
Coconut Grated - 3/4 Cup 
Cashew Nuts - As Needed 
Raisins - as Needed 
Sugar - 1 1/2 Tbls 
Cardamom Powder - 1/2 Tsp 
Ghee - 1 Tsp 
Coconut oil -As Needed


Method:- 


1. Steam Banana. 
2. Smash or grind the banana without adding water
 3. Heat a pan. Add ghee and fry cashew nuts and raisins. Keep it aside. 
4. Fry the grated coconut. Add cardamom powder and sugar into it. Add the fried cashews and raisins also. 
5. Spread oil into hand and make ball using the smashed banana. Press the ball and add coconut mixture in the center. Shape it like an unnakkaya. 
6. Add oil into a kadai. Fry the unnakkaya. Fry both the sides until it turns brown color. 
7. Serve with hot Tea.


NB: - You can either Shallow fry it or deep fry it.

Cheers !!!
Minu


Tuesday 21 November 2017

Pachakaya Thoran/ Raw banana stir fry/ Plantain Stir Fry

                                                         


Ingredients:-

Raw Banana                   - 1
Coconut                          - one handful
Turmeric                        -3/4 Tsp
Dry red chilli (Crushed)- 1 ½ Tbls
Coconut oil                    -1 Tsp
Salt
Curry leaves

Method:-

1. Cut the raw banana into 4 pieces.
2. Add salt and turmeric into it. Add some water and pressure cook it.
3. Once it cooked add crushed red chilli and curry leaves and grated coconut and mix well.
4. Last add coconut oil and mix well
5. Serve with Rice

Cheers !!!
Minu

Saturday 18 November 2017

Kappa Curry/ Tapioca Curry/ kizhangu Curry


     

                                                       

Ingredients:-

Kappa (Tapioca)    - 750 gm
Green Chilli             - 5 No.s
Coconut Grated – 3/4Cup
Garlic                  - 5 Pods
Shallot                - 4
Turmeric            -1/2 Tsp
Salt                       -As Required
Coconut oil          - 1 Tsp
Curry Leaves       - 1 spring


Method:-

1. Boil Kappa (Tapioca)  in water and drain out the water.
2. Add Kappa (Tapioca)    into a pressure cooker. Add salt, turmeric into it and  cook for 2 whistles
3. Grind coconut, garlic, shallot, few curry leaves and green chilli
4. Once the Kappa (Tapioca)   cooked add the coconut paste into it.
5. Add required amount of water and boil.
6. Once it started boiling add remaining curry leaves and switch off the stove.
7. Pour coconut oil into it.
8. Seve with Puttu, Appam etc.


Cheers !!!
Minu

Friday 17 November 2017

Repost : Soft Mysore Pak






Ingredients:-

Besan  -1 Cup
Powdered Sugar  - 2 Cup
Ghee  - 1 Cup
Milk   - 2 Tbsp


Preparation:-
  1. Heat 1 Tbsp ghee in a pan . Add besan and gently fry.
  2. Melt remaining ghee in a microwave safe bowl.
  3. Mix besan, sugar and milk with the ghee. Stir well until get a smooth paste without lumps.
  4. Microwave on high power for 2 minutes. Stir it after 1 min.
  5. Pour it into a greased plate and flatten.
  6. After 10 to 15  min you can cut into desired shape.

Cheers!!!
Minu

Thursday 16 November 2017

Beetroot Thoran/ Beetroot Stir Fry/ Beetroot Upperi



Ingredients:-

Beetroot            - 1 Big
Green Chilli        - 3 No.s
Coconut Grated - ¼ Cup
Garlic                  - 5 Pods
Mustard seeds   - ¾ Tsp
Turmeric            -1/2 Tsp
Salt                        -As Required
Oil                         - As required
Curry Leaves       - 1 spring

Method:-

1. Grate the beetroot
2. Crush the coconut, garlic and green chilli.
3. Take a bowl. Add grated beetroot, crushed coconut and curry leaves, salt and turmeric. Mix well
4. Pour some oil in the kadai and heat well.
5. Add mustard seeds into it.
6. Once the mustard seeds start spluttering add beetroot mixture and sauté well.
7. Closed with a lid. Cook on low flame stirring occasionally, until the beetroots are completely cooked and soft.
8. Serve with rice.


Cheers !!!
Minu


Wednesday 15 November 2017

Tomato Pachadi/ Thakkali Pachadi





Ingredients:-

Tomato               - 1 Big(Cut into small pieces)
Green Chilli        - 3 No.s
Coconut Grated - ¼ Cup
Curd                     - 4 to 5 Tbls
Mustard seeds   - ¾ Tsp
Salt                        -As Required
Oil                         - As required
Dry red chilli       -2
Curry Leaves       - 1 spring


Method:-

1. Add Tomato ,Green chilli and salt into a bown and mix well
2. Grind coconut, ¼ Tsp mustard and 3 Tbls curd.
3. Add coconut paste into the tomato mixture.
4. Mix thoroughly.
5. Pour some oil in the kadai and heat well.
6. Add mustard seeds into it.
7. Once the mustard seeds start spluttering add Curry leaves and dry red chilli into it and sauté well
8. Add it into the Tomato Pachadi.
9. Serve with rice.

Cheers !!!
Minu


Tuesday 14 November 2017

Pazham Varattiyathu / Pazham nurukku / Banana Fry







Ingredients

Banana                - 3 Nos
Coconut Grated   -3/4 cup
Jaggery                -3 Pieces
Boiled Rice         - ¾ Cup
Cardamom           - 5 Nos(Grinded)
Ghee                    - 2 Tsp
Water                   -1 Cup















Method

1. Cut the banana into small pieces.
2. Fry the boiled rice till it became brown colour add cardamom while frying the rice
3. Grind the rice and cardamom
4. Heat water in a pan. Add Jaggery into it and stir well until it is dissolved
5. Add Banana into the melted Jaggery
6. Boil banana till it is cooked well
7. Add grated coconut and boil for 2 min after mixing thoroughly
8. Add grounded rice 
9. Add ghee and mix well
10. Serve hot with tea

NB: You can add fried cashew and raisins too.



Cheers!!!
Minu

Sunday 12 November 2017

Aval Payasam/ Poha Kheer







Ingredients:-

Rice flakes -1 cup
Sugar       - 1 Cup
Milk        -4 Cup
Ghee        - 2 Tbls
Raisins
Cashew nuts
Cardamom Powder




Preparation:-

1. Keep a pan on the stove, flame it.
2. Add ghee to the pan and heat up. Add cashews, raisins and fry. Keep it aside.
3. If needed add 1/2 Tbls ghee and fry rice flakes for 3 minutes in low flame.
4. Add milk into it. Mix well and wait until it boils.
5. Add sugar into it. Mix well and wait till rice flakes cooked. Keep stirring to prevent burning.
6. Once it done add cardamom powder and cook for another 2 min.
7. Add fried cashews and raisins
8. Serve it hot or cold




Cheers!!!

 Minu

Thursday 9 November 2017

Kerala Style Dry Pepper Chicken







Ingredients :-

Chicken - 750 gm
Pepper Powder - 3 1/2 Tbls
Red Chilli Powder - 1 Tbls
Chicken Masala - 1 Tbls
Turmeric -1 Tsp
Coriander powder -2 Tsp
Salt
Oil - 2 Tbls
Onion - 3 Medium
Tomato - 1 Big
Green Chilli - 2 No.s
Garlic - 1 1/2 Tbls
Ginger -1/2 Tbls
Coconut Pieces -3/4 Cup
Curry Leaves



Marination:-
Marinate the chicken with salt, 1 Tbls Chilli Powder, 1 Tbls Chicken masala, 1 Tsp Turmeric Powder. Keep it in a refrigerator for 1 hour.

Preparation :-

1. Cook Chicken in a pressure cooker
2. Heat oil in a Kadai
3. Add Onion and stir well.
4. Add Salt and turmeric(1/2 Tsp) and saute the onions until it is lightly brown in color.
5. Add ginger, garlic ,green chilli and Tomato. Saute well.
6. Add Coriander powder and Pepper Powder(1Tbls). And saute well
7. Add curry Leaves
8. Add Cooked chicken and mix well . Cover and cook for about 7 min.
9. Last add 2 Tbls Pepper and coconut pieces and mix well
10. Serve with Hot rice or Chapathi



Cheers !!!
Minu