Thalassery Special Chemmeen Biriyani | Prawns Biriyani

How to prepare Chemmeen Biriyani | Prawns Biriyani

Chemmeen Biriyani | Prawns Biriyani

Ingredients for preparing Biriyani Rice:-

• Biriyani Rice (Jeera) – 2 Cup
• Fennel Seeds – ¼ Tsp
• Cloves - 4
• Cardamom – 3
• Cinnamon – One small stick
• Mace – 1 strand
• Bay leaf – 2 small
• Star Anise - 2
• Water – 3 Cup
• Oil & Ghee as required
• Salt to taste
• Lemon Juice - from half portion of a lemon

Ingredients for Onion Fry (Bista):-

• Onion - 2 Medium
• Salt to taste
• Sugar – ¼ Teaspoon

Ingredients for Prawns Marination:-

• Prawns – 250 Gram
• Turmeric – ¼ Teaspoon
• Chilli Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Salt to taste

Ingredients for Prawns Masala:-

• Onion – 3 Medium
• Ginger (1 Inch) Garlic (12 Pods) and Green Chilli (2) paste
• Turmeric Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
• Chilli Powder – ¾ Teaspoon
• Coriander Powder – 2 Teaspoon
• Tomato – 2 Medium
• Garam masala– ¼ Teaspoon
• Pepper powder – ¼ Teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Oil as required
• Coriander leaves as needed
• Mint leaves as required

Preparation:-

Biriyani Rice

• Heat 2 Tablespoon ghee in a vessel, add all the spices (Cloves, Star Anise, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Bay Leaves, and Fennel Seeds) into it and sauté well
• Add rice into the vessel and mix it well until rice starts cracking. Add 3 cup water into the rice.
• Add salt into it
• Add lemon juice (squeezed from half portion of the lemon) into the rice
• Once it starts boiling close the vessel with a lid and place a weight on top of the vessel
• Heat oil in a pan and add finely chopped onion and sauté well by adding a little salt

Onion Fry (Bista)

• To make the fried onion crispy add a little sugar into it and continue sautéing

Prawns Marination

• Take prawns in a bowl and add salt to taste, turmeric powder, and chilli powder and mix it well

Prawns Masala

• Heat oil in a pan and add onion into it sauté well by adding a little salt
• Add ginger garlic and green chilli paste into it and continue sautéing
• Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and coriander powder
• Add tomatoes into the pan
• Add Prawns and mix it well. Pour required water to cook the Prawns and add few coriander leaves
• Cook the prawns by closing the vessel
• Add garam masala and pepper powder and mix it well
• Add fried half portion of fried onion into it
• Once the masala become dry switch off the stove
• Heat a pan and add ghee into it. Fry cashew nuts and raisins and keep it aside
• Layering:-
• ·               Take a big vessel and spread Prawns masala on top of it
• ·               Add cooked Biriyani rice on the top of prawns masala
• ·               Add Coriander leaves
• ·               Add fried cashew nuts and raisins
• ·               Add a little garam masala
• ·               Continue the process
• Heat a dosa pan. Place the cooker on the top of the pan. Keep the flame low for 5 min
• Tast Thalassery special Chemmeen Biriyani is ready to serve

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Minu

Wheat flour pathiri | Gothambu Podi Kondu Pathiri

How to prepare Gothambu Podi Pathiri | Wheat Flour Pathiri

Gothambu Podi Pathiri | Wheat flour pathiri

Ingredients:-

• Wheat flour – 1 Cup
• Water – 1 Cup
• Salt as required
• Oil as required

Preparation:-

• Boil water in a pan and add salt into it
• Pour little oil while boiling the water
• Keep the flame low and add wheat flour into the boiled water and mix it well
• Switch off the stove and keep it aside to cool down
• Knead the dough well
• Make medium size balls to make the Pathiri
• Now take one of the balls and place it on a flat surface dusted with wheat flour.  Using a rolling pin, roll the ball to a circular shape. Cut it using a sharp rounded vessel to get the exact circle shape
• Heat a dosa tawa and keep one Pathiri at a time and cook both sides
• Tasty Gothambu Pathiri is ready to serve

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Minu

How to prepare Idli Upma | Leftover Idli Upma Recipe

How to prepare Idli Upma | Leftover Idli Upma

Idli Upma | Leftover Idli Upma

Ingredients:-

• Idly – 6
• Onion Sliced -1 medium size
• Ginger Chopped – ¼ Teaspoon
• Green Chilli Chopped - 2
• Curry leaves as required
• Turmeric Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
• Mustard Seeds – ½ Teaspoon
• Dried Red Chilli – 2
• Urad Dal – ¾ Teaspoon
• Salt as needed
• Oil or Ghee as needed

Preparation:-

• Crush idli as per the size you would like to make Upma
• Heat ghee in a pan and splutter mustard seeds
• Add dried red chilli and urad dal and sauté well
• Add onion, green chilli, ginger, curry leaves, turmeric powder, salt to taste and continue sautéing 
• Transfer crushed idli into the pan and mix it well
• Tasty Idli Upma is ready to serve

 

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Minu

Soya Chunks Biriyani in Cooker | Cooker Soya Chunks Biriyani

How to prepare Soya Chunks Biriyani in Cooker | Cooker Soya Chunks Biriyani

Soya Chunks Biriyani in Cooker | Cooker Soya Chunks Biriyani

Ingredients:-

• Basmati Rice – 2 Cup
• Cloves – 3
• Fennel Seeds – ¼ Teaspoon
• Cardamom – 3
• Cinnamon Stick – Small piece
• Mace - 1 strand
• Soya Chunks – ½ Cup soaked in hot water
• Onion -3 medium Size sliced
• Tomato – 2 sliced
• Garlic (10 Pods), Chilli (2) and Ginger (1 Inch) paste
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Chilli powder – ¾ Teaspoon
• Coriander Powder – 2 Teaspoon
• Garam Masala – ½ Teaspoon
• Lemon Juice – ½ Portion squeezed
• Salt as needed
• Coriander and Mint leaves as required
• Oil and Ghee as needed

Preparation:-

• Keep one cooker to prepare the biriyani in a stove and add oil and ghee. Once it become hot add all the spices (Cloves, Mice, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Fennel Seeds) into it and sauté well.
• Add sliced onion and a little salt and continue sautéing
• Add ginger, garlic and chilli paste into the cooker and mix it well
• Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and coriander powder into the cooker and sauté well
• Add tomato
• Add coriander and mint leaves and mix it well
• Add soya chunks into the cooker and mix it well and then add garam masala
• Transfer rice into the cooker and mix it well
• Pour 4 cup water (1:2) and mix it well
• Add required salt into the rice and also add lemon juice
• Close the cooker and cook for 1 whistle at high flame and then cook at medium flame for 8 min or for 1 whistle
• Add little more fresh coriander and mint leaves and mix it well
• Tasty Soya Chunks cooker Biriyani is ready to serve

 

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Minu

Kuzhakkatta | Kerala Special Ari Kuzhakkatta

How to prepare Kuzhakkatta | Kerala Special Ari Kuzhakkatta

Kuzhakkatta | Kerala Special Ari Kuzhakkatta

Ingredients:-

• Rice flour – 1 Cup
• Shallot – 20 Pods
• Grated Coconut – ¾ Cup
• Mustard Seeds –½ Teaspoon
• Dry Red Chilli - 4
• Salt as needed
• Curry Leaves as required
• Ghee as needed
• Oil as needed
• Water – 1 Cup

Preparation:-

• Take 1 Cup water in a vessel and add salt into it
• Add rice flour into it and mix it well
• Switch on the stove and keep it in high flame. Stir the mixture continuously.
• Once it become thick switch off the stove and allow it to cool
• Add ghee into the pan and knead it well.
• Take small portion of the dough and make small balls
• Steam rice balls until it cook
• Heat Oil in a pan. Splutter mustard seeds. Add dried red chilli, Curry leaves and shallot and sauté well
• Transfer steamed rice balls into the pan and mix it well
• Finally add grated coconut and then switch off the stove
• Tasty Kozhukkatta/Rice balls is ready to serve

 

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Minu

Sweet Corn Soup | Healthy Sweet Corn Soup

How to prepare Sweet Corn Soup | Healthy Sweet Corn Soup

Sweet Corn Soup | Healthy Sweet Corn Soup

Ingredients:-

• Sweet Corn to Grind– ½ Cup
• Sweet Corn Whole – ¼ Cup
• Carrot – ¼ Cup
• Beans – ¼ Cup
• Spring Onion - !/4 Cup
• Garlic – 4 Pods (¾ to 1 tablespoon)
• Pepper Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Corn Flour – 1 Tablespoon
• Lemon Juice – ¼ Teaspoon
• Sugar – ¼ Teaspoon
• Salt as required
• Butter as required

Preparation:-

• Take a mixer jar and grind sweet corn and make thick paste by adding a little water
• Take corn flour in a bowl and mix it with ¼ cup water
• Heat butter in a pan and add carrot, beans, sweet corn, garlic into it and sauté well
• Add spring onion and continue sautéing
• Transfer ground sweet corn into the pan and mix it well
• Add two cup water and cook for 5 min by closing the pan
•  Transfer corn flour into the pan and mix it well
• Add required salt, sugar, pepper powder into the soup and mix it again
• Finally add few spring onion and lemon juice and then switch off the stove
• Tasty Sweet Corn soup is ready to serve

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Minu

Rava Idiyappam | Rava Noolputtu | Kerala Breakfast

How to prepare Rava Idiyappam | Rava Noolputtu

Rava Idiyappam | Rava Noolputtu

Ingredients:-

• Semolina/Rava – 2 Cup
• Grated Coconut as required
• Salt as required
• Oil – 1 Teaspoon
• Water - 4 Cup (Double quantity of Rava)

 

Preparation:-

• Boil 4 cup water, add salt as required and 1 teaspoon oil
• Transfer semolina into the boiled water and mix it continuously at high flame
• Switch off the stove once semolina absorbs entire water and close the pan using a lid.
• Open the lid and mix it well. Allow the mixture to cool down
• Fill the dough into the idiyappam mould
• Take idli making vessel and add grated coconut first and then squeeze rava idiyappam mixture
• Keep the filled vessel inside the cooker and cook for 3 min
• Tasty Rava idiyappam is ready to serve

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Minu

Baby Corn Manchurian | Restaurant Style Baby Corn Manchurian

How to prepare Baby Corn Manchurian | Restaurant Style Manchurian

Baby Corn Manchurian | Restaurant Style Manchurian

Ingredients:-

• Baby Corn - 10
• All-purpose flour/Maida - ½ Cup
• Cornflour – 2 Teaspoon
• Chilli Powder – 1 Teaspoon
• Cloves – 3
• Onion – 1 Medium
• Capsicum – ½ Portion
• Garlic – 4 Pods
• Ginger – ½ Teaspoon
• Spring Onion – 4 to 5 stem
• Red Chilli Sauce – 1 Tablespoon
• Tomato Sauce – ½ Cup
• Soya sauce – 2 Tablespoon
• Pepper Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Water - ¼ Cup
• Salt as required
• Oil as required

 

Preparation:-

• Take a bowl, add All-purpose flour/Maida, corn flour, chilli powder, salt and then mix it well.
• Pour water little by little and make thick batter.
• Add baby corn into the batter to coat it properly and keep it aside for 10 min
• Fry coated baby corn both sides
• Heat oil in a pan, add cloves, onion, capsicum, garlic, ginger, salt as required and sauté well
• Add chopped spring onion
• Add red chilli sauce, soya sauce and tomato sauce into the pan and mix it well
• Transfer fried baby corn into the pan and mix it well
• Add ¼ Cup water and then pepper powder into the pan and mix it well
• Once the gravy become thick switch off the stove
• Tasty Baby Corn Manchurian is ready to serve

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Minu

Traditional Paal Vazhakka | Iftar Nombuthura Special Paal Vazhakka

How to prepare Traditional Paal Vazhakka | Iftar Nombuthura Special Paal Vazhakka

Traditional Paal Vazhakka| Iftar Nombuthura Special Paal Vazhakka

Ingredients:-

• Milk – 500 ml
• Banana – 2
• Sago Rice – ½ Cup
• Sugar – 1/3 Cup
• Cardamom Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
• Salt a pinch
• Ghee as required
• Cashew nut and Raisins as required

 

Preparation:-

• Take a pan a boil milk
• Add Sago rice into the milk and cook well
• Add cut banana and sugar into the milk and cook well
• Add cardamom powder and salt into the pan and mix it well and then switch off the stove
• Take a pan and heat 1 to 1 ½ table spoon ghee. Fry cashew nuts and raisins.
• Transfer cashew and raisins into the Aval Paal Vaazhakka
• Tasty authentic paal vazhakka is ready to serve

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Minu

Aval Paal Vazhakka | Iftar Nombuthura Special Paal Vazhakka

How to prepare Aval Paal Vazhakka | Iftar Nombuthura Special Paal Vazhakka

Aval Paal Vazhakka | Iftar Nombuthura Special Paal Vazhakka

Ingredients:-

• Beaten Rice – ½ Cup
• Milk – ½ Litre
• Banana (Nendran) - 1
• Sugar – 1/3 Cup
• Cardamom Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
• Ghee as required
• Cashew nut & Raisins as needed

 

Preparation:-

• Cut banana into small pieces
• Take a pan a boil milk
• Add beaten rice into the milk and cook well
• Add cut banana and sugar into the milk and cook well
• Add cardamom powder into the pan and mix it well and then switch off the stove
• Take a pan and heat 1 to 1 ½ table spoon ghee. Fry cashew nuts and raisins.
• Transfer cashew and raisins into the Aval Paal Vaazhakka. Close the pan for some time.
• Tasty Aval Paal Vaazhakka is ready to serve

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Minu

Chatti Pathiri | Iftar Nombuthura Special Athishaya Pathiri

How to prepare Chatti Pathiri| Iftar Nombuthura Special Athishaya Pathiri

Chatti Pathiri| Iftar Nombuthura Special Athishaya Pathiri

Ingredients for Chicken Preparation:-

• Chicken – 350 Gram
• Pepper – ½ Teaspoon
• Salt to taste

Ingredients for Chicken Masala Preparation:-

• Onion – 1 Big
• Green chilli – 2 sliced
• Ginger – 1 Inch
• Garlic – 10 Pods
• Turmeric Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
• Chilli Powder – 1 Teaspoon
• Coriander Powder - – 1 Teaspoon
• Pepper Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
• Garam Masala – ¼ Teaspoon
• Salt to taste

Ingredients for Dosa

• All-purpose flour – 1 ½ Cup
• Salt to taste
• Pepper powder – ¼ Teaspoon
• Egg - 1

Ingredients for Egg batter

• Egg – 4
• Salt to taste
• Pepper Powder- ¼ Teaspoon

Preparation:-

• Take a cooker and cook chicken by adding salt and pepper powder
• Separate cooked meat from chicken bone
• Heat oil in a pan and sauté chopped onion green chilli, ginger, garlic by adding little salt
• Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, pepper powder into the pan and continue sautéing
• Add chicken in to the pan and mix it well
• Add garam masala and mix it again
• Take a bowl and mix all-purpose flour, salt to taste, pepper powder, egg and mix it well
• Pour required water and make dosa batter
• Heat a tawa and apply oil on top of it. Pour one big spoon batter over the tawa and spread it to make Dosa.
• Take a small bowl and mix 4 eggs, salt to taste and pepper powder
• Take a non-stick pan and keep it over Dosa Tawa. Apply ghee over the non-stick pan.
• Pour a little egg batter first, then keep a dosa on top of it and then again pour egg batter. Add chicken mixture over the batter and then keep dosa on top of it. Continue the same to make multiple layers
• After 10 to 12 min take another pan and flip the chatti pathiri and cook both side.
• Tasty Chatti Pathiri is ready to serve

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Minu

Payaru kanji | Cherupayar kanji

How to prepare Payaru kanji | Cherupayar kanji?

Payaru kanji | Cherupayar kanji

Ingredients:-

• Rice – ¾ cup
• Green gram – ½ Cup
• Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
• Shallot – 2 Pods
• Cumin seeds – ¼ Teaspoon
• Salt as required
• Water as required

Preparation:-

• Add rice, green gram, salt and required water in a cooker and cook well
• Crush Coconut, shallot, cumin seeds using a mixer
• Add crushed coconut, shallot mixture and pour required water and boil
• Add salt if required
• Once it start boiling switch off the stove
• Tasty Payaru Kanji is ready to serve

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Minu

Chemmeen Varattiyathu | Prawns Roast | Konchu Roast

How to prepare Chemmeen Varattiyathu | Prawns Roast?

Chemmeen Varattiyathu | Prawns Roast?

Ingredients:-

• Prawns – ½ Kg
• Shallot – 1 Cup
• Tomato – 2 Small
• Green chilli - 1
• Ginger – 1 Inch
• Garlic – 10 Pods
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Chilli Powder – ¾ Tablespoon
• Coriander Powder – 1 ½ Tablespoon
• Pepper Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Garam Masala – ½ Teaspoon
• Salt as required
• Curry leaves as required

Preparation:-

• Crush shallot, green chilli, ginger, garlic using a mixer
• Take a clay pot and heat 3 tablespoon oil. Add crushed shallot, ginger, green chilli and garlic into the clay pot and sauté well
• Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and curry leaves into the pot and continue sautéing
• Add tomato and sauté
• Transfer cleaned prawns and then add required salt and mix it well
• Close the pot and cook well. Make sure you open the lid and stir it well
• Add pepper powder, garam masala and few curry leaves into the prawns and mix it well
• Switch off the stove and pour a teaspoon raw coconut oil
• Tasty Chemmeen Varattiyathu / Prawns roast is ready to serve

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Minu

Vellayappam without Yeast and Baking Soda | Soft vellayappam using Coconut water

How to prepare Vellayappam without Yeast and Baking Soda | Soft vellayappam using Coconut water?

Vellayappam without Yeast and Baking Soda | Soft vellayappam using Coconut water

Ingredients:-

• Raw Rice (Soaked for 4 hours) – 2 Cup
• Grated Coconut – 1 Cup
• Coconut water – ½ Cup
• Cooked Rice – 3 Tablespoon
• Sugar – 1 to 2 Table spoon
• Salt as required

 

Preparation:-

• Take a mixer and soaked raw rice, grated coconut, cooked rice, coconut water, sugar, required plain water and grind it well
• Transfer the batter into a vessel and add salt over the batter and keep it over night (6 to 8 hours) for fermentation
• After 8 hours take out the batter and stir it well.
• Heat a pan suitable to make appam (Appam Chatti) and pour a spoon full batter and spread it over. Close the vessel using lid for 2 to 3 min.
• Tasty and soft vellayappam is ready serve

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Nilakadala Sundal | Peanut Sundal

How to prepare Nilakadala Sundal | Peanut Sundal?

Nilakadala Sundal | Peanut Sundal?

Ingredients:-

• Peanut (soaked) – 1 ½ Cup
• Onion – 1 Big sliced
• Grated Carrot – ½ Cup
• Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
• Mustard seeds – 1 Teaspoon
• Dried red chilli – 4 to 5
• Curry leaves as required
• Salt as required

 

Preparation:-

• Boil peanut in a cooker by adding required salt and water
• Heat a pan and pour required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add dried red chilli and curry leaves
• Add onion, carrot and salt and sauté well
• Add grated coconut into the pan and mix it well
• Add cooked peanut and mix it again
• Tasty Peanut Sundal is ready to serve

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Minu

Beetroot Rice | Kids Lunch Box Menu

How to prepare Beetroot Rice | Kids Lunch Box Menu?

Beetroot Rice | Kids Lunch Box Menu

Ingredients:-

• Basmati Rice – 2 Cup
• Beetroot Grated – 1 Cup
• Garlic sliced – 1 Tablespoon
• Ginger Crushed - 1 Tablespoon
• Cloves - 2
• Cinnamon – Small Piece
• Cardamom - 2
• Cumin Seeds – ¼ Teaspoon
• Turmeric Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
• Lemon Juice – 1 Tablespoon
• Green Chilli - 1
• Curry leaves and coriander leaves as needed
• Ghee - 1 Tablespoon
• Salt as needed

 

Preparation:-

• Heat a cooker and pour ghee into it. Add cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, Cumin seeds into it and sauté well
• Add garlic, ginger and continue sautéing
• Add beetroot, green chilli and a little curry leaves into the cooker and sauté
• Add salt to taste, turmeric powder and sauté well
• Add rice into the cooker and mix it well
• Pour 4 glasses of water (1:2) and keep the flame high until it starts boiling
• Pour lemon juice and allow it to boil.
• Keep the flame high for one whistle and then keep the flame between sim to medium until second whistle and then switch off the stove
• Tasty beetroot rice is ready to serve

 

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Minu

How to prepare Kadala Masala | Brown Chickpea Roast?

How to prepare Kadala Masala | Brown Chickpea Roast?

Kadala Masala | Brown Chickpea Roast?

Ingredients:-

• Brown Chickpea – ½ Cup Soaked
• Onion – 1 Medium size
• Ginger - 1 Inch crushed
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Chilli Powder – 1 Teaspoon
• Coriander Powder – 3 Teaspoon
• Tomato – 1 big size
• Chicken Masala – 1 Teaspoon
• Pepper Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Garam Masala – ¼ Teaspoon
• Raw coconut oil as needed
• Curry leaves as needed
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed

Preparation:-

• Take a cooker and cook brown chickpea
• Heat a pan and pour 1 to 2 tablespoon coconut oil.
• Sauté onion by adding a little salt
• Add crushed ginger and curry leaves and continue sautéing
• Add ½ Teaspoon Turmeric powder, 1 Teaspoon chilli powder, 2 Teaspoon coriander powder and sauté well
• Add sliced tomato and sauté
• Transfer cooked brown chickpea into the pan and mix it well
• Add 1 Teaspoon chicken Masala, 1 Teaspoon Coriander Powder, ½ Teaspoon pepper powder and sauté well
• Taste salt and add if required
• Add garam masala and curry leaves into the pan and continue sautéing
• Pour raw coconut oil and switch off the stove

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Minu