Sweet Thukada | Evening Snack | Special Diwali Sweet

How to prepare Sweet Thukada | Evening Snack | Special Diwali Sweet

Sweet Thukada is prepared using Maida and Rava. It is very easy to prepare and preserve it for couple of days. Sweet Thukada or this evening snack is coated with sugar and because of that kids enjoy eating this. Sweet Thukada is very easy to prepare. It can be used as Naalumani palaharam/evening snack.

Sweet Thukada | Evening Snack | Special Diwali Sweet

Ingredients:-

• Maida- ½ Cup
• Rava – 1 Tablespoon
• Sugar -½ Cup
• Powdered Sugar (Add 1 cardamom) – 1 Tablespoon
• Baking Soda – A pinch
• Salt – A Pinch
• Ghee – 1 Teaspoon
• Warm Milk – ¼ Cup
• Oil

Preparation:-

• Mix maida, rava, baking soda salt and powdered sugar
• Add milk and make dough and rest it for half an hour
• Make balls and roll out into thin chapathi shape
• Cut it into desired shape
• Fry both sides
• Make a sugar syrup and dip the fried items into it
• Tasty Thukada / Diwali Sweet is ready to serve

Cheers!!!
Minu
#DiwaliSweets #Ruchikaram #Thukada

Black Chickpeas Vada | Special Kadala Vada| Naalumani Palaharam | Evening Snack

 How to prepare Black Chickpeas Vada | Special Kadala Vada| Naalumani Palaharam | Evening Snack

Black Chickpeas Vada | Special Kadala Vada| Naalumani Palaharam | Evening Snack

Ingredients:-

• Soaked black chickpeas – 1 Cup
• Onion - 1 
• Green chilli- 1
• Curry Leaves
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon 
• Chilli Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Oil as required

Preparation:-

• Crush soaked black chickpeas
• Add onion, green chilli, curry leaves, salt, turmeric and chilli powder into it and mix well
• Shape the dough for vada
• Heat oil in a pan and deep fry both sides
• Tasty black chickpeas Vada / Kadala Vada is ready to serve

Cheers!!!
Minu
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Iftar Nombuthura Special Egg Bonda | Mutta Bonda | Egg Potato Bonda

How to prepare Iftar Nombuthura Special Egg Bonda | Mutta Bonda | Egg Potato Bonda

Egg Bonda is a perfect evening snack. Mutta Bonda is prepared using three main ingredients. During Iftar/Nombuthura evening egg bonda can be prepared  in less time. One Potato Egg Bonda is sufficient for a person as it is a bit heavy evening snack. Try to prepare this tasty Egg Potato bonda the way I have explained in this video and let me know your feedback. 

Iftar Nombuthura Special Egg Bonda | Mutta Bonda | Egg Potato Bonda

Ingredients:-

• Boiled egg – 3
• Boiled Potato – 2
• Gram flour or besan - ¾ Cup
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Chilli Powder – ¾ Teaspoon
• Garam Masala - ¼ Teaspoon
• Cumin Seeds – ¼ Teaspoon
• Curry Leaves
• Salt 
• Oil as needed

Preparation:-

• Mash cooked potato
• Add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder, Curry leaves, garam masala and mix it well
• Take Gram flour or besan into a vessel and add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder, cumin seeds into it. 
• Add water little by little and mix it well
• Cover egg with potato mix
• Dip the egg in Gram flour or besan mix and fry both sides
• Tasty egg bonda is ready to serve

Cheers!!!
Minu
#EggBonda #PotatoBonda #Ruchikaram

Milk Peda | Milk Peda using Milk Powder | Easy and Quick Milk Peda | Special Diwali Sweet | Deepavali Special Milk Peda

How to prepare Milk Peda | Milk Peda using Milk Powder | Easy and Quick Milk Peda | Special Diwali Sweet | Deepavali Special Milk Peda

Milk Peda | Milk Peda using Milk Powder | Special Diwali Sweet | Deepavali Special Milk Peda

Ingredients:-

• Milk Powder - 1 Cup
• Sugar- ¼ Cup
• Milk- ½ Cup
• Ghee- 2 Teaspoon

Preparation:-

• Take a pan add milk and sugar
• Switch on the stove and stir well until the sugar dissolve
• Add milk powder and stir well
• Add Ghee in between
• Stir continuously in low flame until it get a thick consistency
• Once it down cool shape the Peda into round shape
• Tasty Diwali sweet Milk Peda is ready to serve

Cheers!!!
Minu
#MilkPeda #Ruchikaram #MilkPowderPeda

Special Evening Snack using Wheat Flour | Shakarpali North Indian Sweet | Wheat Flour Snack

How to prepare special evening snack using Wheat flour / Shakarpali north Indian Sweet | Wheat Flour Snack

This evening snack is called Shankarpali made with very few ingredients. This sweet wheat flour snack is a perfect combination with hot tea. You can prepare and preserver this naalumani palaharam for many days in a closed container. This wheat flour evening snack is crisp outside and soft inside. You may prepare this easy wheat flour snack in a desired shape you would like to eat. It is very easy and since it is prepared using wheat flour it is healthy as well. Try to prepare this easy wheat flour snack Shankarpali and let know your feedback.  

Special Evening Snack using Wheat Flour | Shakarpali North Indian Sweet | Wheat Flour Snack

Ingredients:-

• Wheat flour- 1 Cup
• Sugar – ¼ Cup
• Water – ¼ Cup
• Ghee- 2 Tablespoon
• Salt – A Pich
• Oil as needed

Preparation:-

• In a pan add sugar and water and boil till sugar gets dissolved
• Add salt into wheat flour
• Add sugar syrup and knead it well
• Add ghee and knead again
• Flatten the dough using a rolling pin
• Cut the flattened dough into desired shape
• Heat oil in a pan and fry each piece both sides
• Tasty Shakarpali or wheat flour snack is ready to serve

Cheers!!!
Minu
#WheatFlourSnack  #Nalumanipalaharam  #Ruchikaram

Broken Wheat Upma | Soochi Gothambu Uppumav | Gothambu Upma | Nurukku Gothambu Uppumav

How to prepare Broken Wheat Upma | Soochi Gothambu Uppumav | Gothambu Upma | Nurukku Gothambu Uppumav

Broken wheat Upma is very very delicious. Nurukku Gothambu is rich in fiber and the upma prepared using broken what is very healthy and tasty. You may eat this delicious Soochi Gothambu Upma along with Banana and Sugar or with Kadala Curry.

Broken Wheat Upma | Soochi Gothambu Uppumav | Nurukku Gothambu Uppumav

Ingredients:-

• Broken Wheat – 1 ½ Cup
• Onion – ½ 
• Carrot – ½
• Green Chilli – 1
• Ginger – ½ inch
• Curry Leaves as required 
• Mustard Seeds – 1 Teaspoon
• Urad Dal – 1 Table spoon
• Ghee – 1 Table spoon
• Salt to taste
• Oil as required

Preparation:- 

• Take a pan, add oil and heat
• Splutter mustard seeds
• Add urad dal and sauté
• Add onion, carrot, ginger, green chilli and curry leaves and sauté well
• Add water and Salt to taste into it and boil
• Add broken wheat and mix well
• Close the lid and cook for 4 to 5 min in low flame
• Open the lid and add ghee into it and mix it
• Close with a lid and switch off the flame
• Tasty Broken wheat Upma/ Nurukku Gothambu Uppumav is ready to serve

Cheers!!!
Minu
#BrokenWheatUpma #Ruchikaram #NurukkuGothambuUppumav

Kerala Special Vazha Kaambu cherupayar Puzhukku /Banana Stem Green Gram Puzhukku?

How to prepare Kerala Special Vazha Kaambu cherupayar Puzhukku /Banana Stem Green Gram Puzhukku?

Vazha Kaambu or Banana Stem is one of the very healthy vegetable easily available in most of the houses in kerala. Preparing puzhukku using Vazhakaambu is very easy and here I am showing how to prepare an easy vazha Kaambu cherupayar Puzhukku / Banana Stem green gram puzhukku in typical kerala style.

Kerala Special Vazha Kaambu cherupayar Puzhukku /Banana Stem Green Gram Puzhukku?

Ingredients:-

• Banana Stem sliced - 1 cup
• Green gram (Soaked) – ¼ Cup
• Salt to taste
• Water as required
• Green chilli – 2
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Curry leaves as required
• Grated coconut – ½ Cup
• Raw coconut oil

Preparation:-

• Clean and cut Banana stem into small pieces
• Take a cooker and Cook green gram by adding required salt and water
• Add banana stem, green chilli, salt to taste, and turmeric powder, curry leaves required water and cook again
• Smash banana stem and then add grated coconut and mix it well
• Switch off the stove and pour a little raw coconut oil
• Tasty banana stem cherupayar puzhukku is ready to serve.
• Serve it hot with rice, Chappathi!

Cheers!!!
Minu
#VazhaKaambu #Ruchikaram #Puzhukku

Eenthu Virakiyathu | Cycads pudding | Special Eenthu Payasam

How to prepare Eenthu Virakiyathu |  Cycads pudding | Special Eenthu Payasam

Eenth or Cycads is used to prepare nutritious dishes. It is a rich source of proteins, carbohydrates and helps to control blood pressure. Eenthu Virakiyathu looks like a Payasam with less sweetness. Eenth Virakiyathu or  Cycads pudding one of the healthy dish you must try at home when you get dried Eenthu or Cycads.

Eenthu Virakiyathu |  Cycads pudding | Special Eenthu Payasam

Ingredients:-

• Eenthu (Cycads) – 1 ½ cup Soaked in water
• Jaggery – 250-300 gram
• Coconut milk – 1 ½ Cup
• Cardamom – 3 
• Ghee – 1 Tsp
• Chana dal (Cooked) – ¼ Cup 
• Salt a pinch

Preparation:-

• Grind eenthu/ Cycads by adding water
• Melt jaggery
• Take a vessel and add ground eenthu, melted jaggery, coconut milk and cardamom
• Switch on the stove and stir well
• Add ghee into it and mix it well
• Add salt as required
• Once it start boiling add cooked chana and mix well 
• Stir continuously until it reaches the required consistency 
• Tasty Eenthu Virakiyathu / Cycads pudding is ready to serve

Cheers!!!
Minu
#EenthuVirakiyath #Ruchikaram #CycadsPudding

Potato Besan Fingers | Iftar Nombuthura Snack | Naalumani Palaharam | Potato Snack

How to prepare Potato Besan Fingers | Iftar Nombuthura Snack | Naalumani Palaharam | Potato Snack

Potato Besan Fingers | Iftar Nombuthura Snack | Naalumani Palaharam | Potato Snack

Ingredients:-

• Potato – 2 Smashed
• Onion -1 Medium
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Chilli Powder – 2 Teaspoon
• Cumin Seeds – ½ Teaspoon
• Coriander leaves as required
• Gram flour – 1 Cup
• Salt to taste
• Oil as needed

Preparation:-

• Take a bowl and add smashed potato, onion, salt to taste, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander leaves, and cumin seeds and mix it well
• Add gram flour little by little and mix it again
• Shape the mixture to make potato finger
• Heat oil in a pan and deep fry both sides 
• Tasty potato finger is ready to serve. 

Cheers!!!
Minu
#PotatoBesanFingers #Ruchikaram #EveningSnacks

Coconut Chocolate Laddu | Chocolate Coconut Laddu

How to prepare Coconut Chocolate Laddu | Chocolate Coconut Laddu

Coconut Chocolate Laddu | Chocolate Coconut Laddu

Ingredients:-

• Grated Coconut – 1 Cup
• Milk – 2 Tablespoon
• Ghee – 2 Tablespoon
• Sugar – ½ Cup
• Chocolate as required
• Cardamom Powder 5 pods
• Nuts as required

Preparation:- 

• Grind chocolate
• Heat ghee in a pan, add coconut and sauté well 
• Add sugar, cardamom powder, milk and mix it well
• Add chocolate and nuts and mix it again
• Transfer the coconut mixture into a plate and keep it aside for cooling
• Grind the coconut mixture and transfer it back to the plate 
• Apply ghee on your hand and make laddu shape
• Roll laddu over fresh coconut 
• Tasty Chocolate Coconut laddu is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

#CoconutChocolateLaddu #Ruchikaram #ChocolateCoconutLaddu

White Sauce Pasta | White Sauce Pasta Recipe | Creamy Pasta Recipe

How to prepare White Sauce Pasta | White Sauce Pasta Recipe | Creamy Pasta Recipe

White Sauce Pasta | White Sauce Pasta Recipe | Creamy Pasta Recipe

Ingredients:-

For Pasta Cooking

• Pasta – 2 Cup
• Water - 5 Cup
• Salt
• Oil – ¼ teaspoon
• Vegetables for Pasta
• Onion - Medium
• Carrot - Small
• Capsicum – ½ Portion
• Salt to taste
• Pepper Powder
• Chilli flakes
• Oil

White Sauce

• Butter – 4 Table spoon
• Maida/All-purpose flour – 4 Tablespoon
• Milk – 2 Cup
• Pepper Powder - ½ Teaspoon
• Cheese as required

Preparation:-

• Boil water and cook Pasta by adding salt and oil 
• Drain the water and pour cold water to avoid overcooking
• Heat oil in a pan and sauté onion, carrot, capsicum. Add salt to taste, pepper powder, chilli flakes and continue sautéing 
• Heat Butter in a pan add Maida/All-Purpose Flour and sauté well
• Pour milk and mix it well
• Add ½ Teaspoon pepper powder and mix it again
• Switch off the stove once it reaches the required consistency
• Add cheese, vegetables and Pasta into the sauce and mix it well
• Finally pour Milk to have the required consistency you like
• Tasty white sauce Pasta is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

#WhiteSaucePasta #Ruchikaram #CreamyPasta

Robusta Banana Halwa | Robusta Halwa in 15 Min | Kerala Pazham Halwa

How to prepare Robusta Banana Halwa | Robusta Halwa in 15 Min

Robusta Banana Halwa | Robusta Halwa in 15 Min | Kerala Pazham Halwa

Ingredients:-

• Robusta banana – 4
• Sugar – ¾ Cup
• Wheat Flour – 1 Tablespoon
• Ghee- 3 Tablespoon
• Cardamom – 4
• Cashew nuts as needed
• Salt – A pinch

Preparation:-

• Take a mixer jar and add banana, cardamom and grind it well
• Heat ghee in a pan, transfer ground banana mixture into the pan
• Add wheat flour and stir well
• After 2 min add sugar and salt into it and mix it well
• Add 1 Table spoon ghee and mix again
• After 4 to 5 min add cashew nuts and remaining ghee into it and mix well
• Stir continuously until it reaches the required consistency 
• Transfer halwa into a plate to cool down 
• Tasty Robusta halwa is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

#RobustaHalwa #Ruchikaram #OverRipeBananaHalwa

Crispy Rava Dosa | Instant Rava Dosa | Paper Rava Dosa | Easy and Quick Breakfast

How to prepare Crispy Rava Dosa | Instant Rava Dosa | Rava Dosa | Easy Breakfast

Rava dosa is easy to make and no fermentation required. To make perfect crispy Rava Dosa, the batter has to be thin or watery. You can make the Rava Dosa plain or you may add onion on top of it. Only few ingredients are required for making Rava Dosa. It is always better to eat Dosa as soon as it is prepared otherwise Dosa may not be cryspy. Hot Rava Dosa and a coconut chutney is a perfect combination for breakfast. Please prepare this Crispy Rava Dosa as I showed in the video and let me know your feedback.

Crispy Rava Dosa | Instant Rava Dosa | Rava Dosa | Easy Breakfast

Ingredients:-

• Rava/Semolina – 2 Cup
• Rice flour- 3 Tablespoon
• Curd – ½ Cup
• Water – 3 Cup
• Onion – 1 Medium
• Green Chilli – 1
• Curry leaves as needed
• Ghee as needed
• Salt to taste

Preparation:-

• Take a mixer jar and add rava/Semolina, Rice Four, Curd, required water and grind it well
• Transfer the ground batter into a vessel and add salt into it. Keep it aside for half an hours
• After half an hour take out the batter and add chopped onion, green chilli, curry leaves and stir it well
• Heat a pan and pour a spoon full batter and spread it over. Close the vessel using a lid for 2 to 3 min.
• Add ghee on top of Dosa and flip the dosa 
• Tasty rava dosa is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

#RavaDosa #Ruchikaram #RavaPaperDosa

Rava Appam | Rava Naalumani Palaharam | Soft Rava Neyyappam | Rava Panji Appam

How to prepare Rava Neyyappam | Rava Naalumani Palaharam | Soft Rava Appam | Rava Panji Appam

Rava Appam | Rava Naalumani Palaharam | Soft Rava Neyyappam | Rava Panji Appam

Ingredients:-

• Semolina/Rava – ½ Cup
• All-Purpose flour /maida– 1 Cup
• Grated Jaggery – ½ Cup
• Cardamom– 4 Pods Crushed
• Salt a pinch
• Water as needed
• Oil as needed to fry

Preparation:-

• Heat 1 cup water in a pan and melt jaggery
• Take a bowl and add App-purpose flour/Maida, Rava, a pinch of salt, cardamom Powder and mix it well
• Pour Jaggery syrup into the bowl and mix it well
• Keep it aside for 30 min
• After 30 min open the vessel and mix it well
• Heat oil in a pan and pour a spoon full of batter and deep fry both sides 
• Tasty Rava appam / Rava Naalumani Palaharam is ready to serve. 

Cheers!!!

Minu

#RavaAppam #Ruchikaram #RavaSnack

Homemade Kurkure | Crispy Pasta | Kids Favorite Snack

How to prepare Kurkure | Crispy Pasta | Evening Snack | Kids Favorite Snack | Homemade Kurkure

Kurkure | Crispy Pasta | Evening Snack | Kids Favorite Snack | Homemade Kurkure

Ingredients:-

• Pasta- 1 Cup
• Water – 4 Cup
• Salt – 1 Teaspoon
• Oil- 1 Teaspoon
• Cornflour- 4 Table Spoon
• Kashmiri Chilli Powder – 1 Teaspoon
• Chilli Powder- ¼ Teaspoon
• Dry mango Powder- 1 Teaspoon
• Black salt – 1 Teaspoon

Preparation:-

• Take water in a vessel and boil water by adding salt and oil. Once it starts boiling add pasta into it and cook well
• Once Pasta is cooked drain the water
• Pour cold water on top of the cooked pasta to make it separate
• Transfer cooked pasta into a bowl and add corn flour on top of it and mix it well
• Heat oil in a pan and deep fry pasta by turning it all the sides
• Transfer fried pasta into a bowl and add kashmiri chilli powder, chilli powder, dry mango powder, Black salt and mix it well
• Tasty and Crispy Fried pasta / Kurkure is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

#Kurkure #Ruchikaram #CrispyPasta

Qatayef - Arabic Dessert | Eid Special Sweets | Iftar Nombuthura Special Arabic Sweet

 How to prepare Qatayef - Arabic Dessert | Eid Special Sweets | Iftar Nombuthura Special Arabic Sweet

Qatayef is an Arabic sweet. Qatayef is one of the must sweet we have to prepare during Iftar/Nombuthura. Arabs like sweet very much and their sweets are very different from other sweets which we normally prepare.  Qatayef is very easy to prepare and kids will love this sweet. This special Qatayef can be prepared during Diwali as well. Please follow the way I have prepared this special Arabic Sweet named Qatayef  and let me know your feedback.

How to prepare Qatayef - Arabic Dessert | Eid Special Sweets | Iftar Nombuthura Special Arabic Sweet

Ingredients:-

• All-purpose flour – 1 Cup
• Sugar -1 Tablespoon
• Baking Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Salt a pinch
• Milk – ¾ Cup
• Warm Water as required
• Oil as needed to fry

For Fillings

• Cashew nuts as needed
• Raisins as needed
• Pistachio as needed

For Sugar Syrup

• Sugar – ½ Cup
• Water – ¼ Cup

 

Preparation:-

• Take a bowl and mix all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder and salt
• Pour milk and then water little by little and mix it well until it reaches the required consistency
• Close the vessel and keep it aside for 30 to 60 min
• After 30 min open the vessel and mix it well
• Heat a non-Stick Tawa and pour ¼ cup batter and make pan cake
• Take a small bowl and add cashew nuts, raisins, pistachio, sugar, butter and mix it well
• Take a pancake and add small portion of fillings and then close it by pressing it on the corner
• Heat a pan and pour ¼ cup water and then ½ cup sugar and make thick syrup
• Heat oil in a pan and deep fry each pan cake
• Dip the fried pan cake into the sugar syrup
• Tasty Qatayef, Arabic Sweet/Dessert is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

How to prepare Egg Peas | Green Peas and Egg snack | Calicut Beach Special Green Peas and Egg evening Snack | Naalumani palaharam

How to prepare Egg Peas | Green Peas and Egg snack | Calicut Beach Special Green Peas and Egg Masala

Egg and Peas is one of the favorite evening snack you may get it from Calicut beach. Green Peas and egg masala is very easy to prepare and it tastes very good. If you have a hot tea along with this egg and green peas then you may forget whether you are in beach or at home. Please follow the way I have prepared egg and green peas masala and let me know your feedback.  

Egg and Peas | Green Peas and Egg snack | Calicut Beach Special Green Peas and Egg | Evening Snack | Naalumani palaharam

Ingredients:-

• Green peas – ½ Cup Soaked
• Onion – 1 Medium
• Green Chilli -1
• Curry leaves as required
• Egg – 2
• Pepper Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Oil as required

Preparation:-

• Cooke green peas by adding salt to taste and required water in a cooker
• Cut onion and green chilli into small pieces
• Heat oil in a pan add chopped onion, green chilli, curry leaves and sauté well
• Transfer cooked green peas into the pan and mix it well
• Add eggs and salt as required, pepper powder into the pan and mix it again
• Tasty egg – Pease stir fry is ready to serve

Cheers!!!
Minu
#EggPeas #Ruchikaram #EveningSnack