Beetroot Pachadi | Kerala Style Beetroot Pachadi

How to prepare Kerala style beetroot pachdi?

Beetroot Pachadi | Kerala Style Beetroot Pachadi

Ingredients:-

• Beetroot – ¾ Cup chopped
• Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
• Curd – ½ Cup
• Mustard Seeds – 1 Tsp for grinding
• Green Chilli - 2
• Dried red chilli - 2
• Mustard seeds as needed
• Oil as needed

 

Preparation:-

• Take chopped beetroot in a pan and cook by pouring little water
• Transfer the cooked beetroot into a mixer and grind it well to make a thick paste
• Transfer the ground beetroot into another bowl
• Grind the grated coconut along with green chilli, mustard seeds and curd
• Pour the ground coconut along with the curd into the beetroot paste and mix it well by adding required salt
• Heat a pan and pour required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add dried green chilli and curry leaves
• Transfer the spluttered mustard into the beetroot
• Tasty beetroot pachadi is ready to serve!!!

 

Cheers!!!

Minu

Biriyani Chutney / Malabar style Biriyani Chutney

Biriyani Chutney / Malabar style Biriyani Chutney

Ingredients:-

• Coconut – ½ Cup
• Green Chilli - 1
• Ginger – Small piece ½ Inch
• Coriander Leaves as required
• Mint leaves as required
• Curd – 1 ½ Tbsp
• Salt as required

Preparation:-

• Take a mixer grinder then add coconut, Green chilli, Ginger, Coriander leaves, Mint leaves, Salt and curd and crush well
• Make sure you don’t grind it like a paste and no need to add extra water apart from the curd

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Minu

Pineapple Banana Smoothie /Easy And Healthy Smoothie

Pineapple Banana Smoothie /Easy And Healthy Smoothie :

Ingredients:-

Pineapple sliced – 1 Cup

Banana - 1

Curd – ½ Cup

Milk -1 Cup

Cashew Nuts - 8

Cardamom - 2

Ice Cubes - 6

Honey – 4 Tbsp

Preparation:-

• Take a mixer and blend the pineapple, Banana, Cashew, Cardamom, Curd, Honey, Milk, and Ice Cubes
• Pour the juice into a serving glass

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Minu

Vellarikka Moru Curry / Cucumber Curd Curry

Ingredients:-

Cucumber/Vellarikka – 1 Cup

Turmeric – 1/4 Tsp

Chilli Powder – 1/2 Tsp

Salt – As needed

Curry Leaves

Coconut Grated – ¾ Cup

Green Chilli - 2

Cumin seeds – A Pinch

Curd – 3 to 4 Tbsp depends on the sourness

Water – As needed

Coconut Oil – As needed

Mustard Seeds – 1/2 Tsp

Fenugreek – ¼ Tsp

Dried red chilli – 1 long

Preparation:-

1. Cut the cucumber into small pieces

2. Take a pressure cooker and add cucumber, salt, turmeric powder, red chillies and curry leaves

3. Add some water and pressure cook for 2 whistles

4. Grind coconut, green chilli, cumin seeds with curd

5. Add ground coconut/curd paste into the cooked cucumber and mix well

6. Add water and boil. When it start boiling switch off the stove

7. Heat a pan, add coconut oil, splutter mustard seeds, add fenugreek, dried red chilli and curry leaves

8. Add into the curry and mix

9. Serve it with rice

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Plantain fry / Pachakaaya fry

Ingredients:-

Raw plantain – 2

Rice Flour – ¾ Cup

Chili Powder – 2 Tsp

Turmeric Powder - ½ Tsp

Pepper Powder – ½ Tsp

Garlic – 8 Pods

Green Chilli - 1

Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 Tsp

Curd – 3 Tbsp

Curry leaves

Salt – As needed

Oil – As needed

Mustard seeds – 1 Tsp

Cumin seeds – ¼ Tsp

Urad Dhal – 1 Tsp

Dry red chilli – 4

Preparation:-

1. Peel the raw plantain

2. Cut the plantain into medium pieces

3. Soak it into the salt water for 15 to 20 min

4. Take a bowl and add Rice flour, salt, ginger garlic paste, chilli Powder, Pepper powder and mix well

5. Pour water to make thick batter

6. Put the plantain into the rice flour mix and coat the mix over the plantain

7. Keep it aside for 5 to 10 min

8. Take a pan and add oil to fry the plantain

9. Add plantain pieces one by one into the pan and fry both sides until it cook

10. Keep the fried plantain aside

11. Splutter mustard seeds, cumin seeds add urad dhal and fry

12. Add dried red chilli and curry leaves and sauté well

13. Add green chilli and garlic, stir well until its raw smell goes away

14.  Keep the flame law and add curd and stir continuously

15.  Add turmeric, chilli powder and stir well until its raw smell goes away

16. Add salt

17. Add fried plantain and mix until it gets coated the masala

18. Enjoy with rice or chappathi as a side dish!

Cheers!!

Minu 

Punjabi Chicken Curry/ Cashew Chicken

Ingredients:-

Chicken – ½ Kg

Onion - 1

Tomato -1

Ginger garlic paste - 1 Tbls

Cloves - 12

Whole Pepper -8

Cinnamon -1

Bay leaf -1

Cardamom -2

Chilli Powder - 3/4 Tbls

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Tsp

Coriander Powder- 1 Tsp

Cumin Powder -1/4 Tsp

Coconut - 2 Tbls

Cashew nuts- 10

Sugar - 1/2 Tsp

Curd - 1/4 cup

Coriander leaves

Salt

Oil

Ghee - 1 Tbls

Preparation:-

  

1. Marinate the chicken with salt and 1/4 Tsp Turmeric powder. And keep aside.
2. Heat a pan. Add oil into it. Then add ghee.
3. Add cloves, pepper, cinnamon, bay leaf and cardamom into the pan and sauté well.
4. Add onion and sauté till it become golden colour. Add a little salt while sautéing.
5. Then add sugar and sauté till sugar dissolves.
6. Add chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder into the onion and sauté well.
7. Add tomato and stir continuously until it cooks.
8. Take a bowl and mix curd and ginger garlic paste.
9. Add curd mixture into the gravy little by little.
10. Grind coconut and cashew nuts into a paste and add it into the gravy. And cook for 1 min.
11. Add marinated chicken and mix well. Add salt and water and close the lid. Cook for few min till chicken cooks.
12. Add coriander leaves
13. Serve with chapathi, pulav etc.

Cheers !!!
Minu

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