Friday, 9 February 2018

Mangalore Special Bun | Banana Puri

How to prepare spongy and sweet Mangalore Special Buns?



Mangalore Special Bun | Banana Puri



Ingredients:-
  • Maida – 1 Cup (150 ml)
  • Banana Robust- 1
  • Curd - 3 Tbsp
  • Baking Soda – ½ Tsp
  • Salt as required
  • Sugar – 1 to 2 Tbsp
  • Cumin Seeds – ½ Tsp
  • Ghee – ½ Tsp
  • Oil as required


Preparation:-
  • Take a mixer jar and add banana, curd, sugar and blend well
  • Take a big vessel and add Maida into it then add Cumin seeds, Salt and Baking soda and mix well
  • Pour the blended banana mixture into the Maida and knead well
  • Add little ghee into the mixture and again knead it well
  • Transfer the dough into a small bowl and add the balance ghee on top of it and cover it well. Keep the dough aside for 4 to 8 hours
  • After 4 to 8 hours open the cover and knead the dough again
  • Make medium size balls using the dough
  • Now take one of the balls and place it on a flat surface dusted with Maida flour.  Using a rolling pin, roll the ball to a circular shape
  • Take a pan and pour the oil to fry the bun
  • When one side is cooked flip it over to cook the other side
  • Serve it hot with chutney!

 
Cheers!!!
Minu

Thursday, 8 February 2018

Double Layer Pudding | Milk and Tender Coconut layered pudding

How to prepare Double Layer Pudding or Milk and Tender Coconut layered pudding?


Double Layer Pudding | Milk and Tender Coconut layered pudding



Ingredients:-

Layer 1
  • Cold water – ½ Cup
  • Gelatine- 1 Tbsp
  • Milk – 1 Cup
  • Milkmaid – ½ Cup


Layer 2

  • Cold water – 1 Cup
  • Gelatine- 2 Tbsp
  • Tender coconut water – 2 Cup
  • Sugar – 5 Tbsp


Preparation:-

Layer1

  • Take ½ cup water and mix 1 Tbsp gelatine and keep it aside
  • Take a pan and boil 1 cup milk. Add ½ cup milkmaid and mix well
  • Add Gelatine into the milk and stir well
  • Keep the vessel into a water to get it cool
  • Take another vessel to set the first layer. Pour the milk mixture into it and keep it in a fridge/freezer


Layer 2

  • Take 1 cup water and mix 2 Tbsp gelatine and keep it aside
  • Take another vessel with 2 cup tender coconut water and add 5 Tbsp Sugar
  • Double boil the gelatine by keeping the gelatine mixed bowl into a boiling water until it melts
  • Transfer the gelatine into the tender coconut mixed with sugar and stir well
  • Take out the first layer from the fridge/freezer, make sure first layer is set and soft before pouring the second layer mixture
  • Pour the tender coconut mixture on top of the first layer and then keep the vessel inside the fridge/freezer
  • Two layer pudding (Milk and Tender Coconut) is ready!


Cheers!!!
Minu

Tuesday, 6 February 2018

Karimeen Varuthathu | Karimeen Porichathu | Pearl Spot Fry

How to prepare Karimeen Varuthathu/Karimeen Porichathu?


Karimeen Varuthathu | Karimeen Porichathu | Pearl Spot Fry


Ingredients:- 
  • Karimeen/Pearl Spot – 1
  • Small Onion/Shallot – 3
  • Ginger – ½ Inch
  • Garlic – 4 pods
  • Green Chilli – 1
  • Curry Leave as required
  • Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp
  • Chilli Powder – ¾ Tsp
  • Coriander Powder – 1 Tsp
  • Salt as required
  • Vinegar/Lemon Juice – 1 Tsp
  • Rice flour – ½ Tsp
  • Oil as required

 

Preparation:-

  • Make few deep cut mark over the fish
  • Take a mixer jar and add Small Onion/Shallot, Garlic, Green Chilli, ginger, Curry Leaves, Salt, Turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder, Coriander Powder and Vinegar and grind it will to make a thick paste
  • Transfer the masala paste into a bowl and check the taste, add salt or chilli if it is less
  • Add rice flour into the masala and mix it well
  • Apply masala little by little on both sides of the fish
  • Keep it aside for 10 min
  • To fry the fish, heat a pan and add oil
  • Add curry leaves into the oil
  • Add fish into the oil and fry both sides until it cook
  • Serve it hot!


Cheers!!!

Minu

Monday, 5 February 2018

Kerala Style Egg Curry | Naadan Mutta Curry

How to prepare Kerala Style Egg Curry/Naadan Mutta Curry?



Kerala Style Egg Curry | Naadan Mutta Curry


Ingredients:- 
  • Egg – 2
  • Onion – 1 Medium
  • Potato – 1 Medium
  • Tomato – 1 Medium
  • Small Onion/Shallot – 4
  • Ginger – ¾ Inch
  • Garlic – 4 pods
  • Green Chilli – 2
  • Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Tsp
  • Chilli Powder – ¾ Tsp
  • Coriander Powder – 2 ½ Tsp
  • Pepper Powder – ¼ Tsp
  • Garam masala – ¼ Tsp
  • Curry Leave as required
  • Salt as required
  • Oil as required
  • Water as required

 

Preparation:-

  • Boil the eggs first and keep it aside. While boiling the water make sure to add a little salt into it to avoid breaking the egg shell
  • Take a cooker and add sliced onion, Potato, Tomato, sliced Green Chilli, Ginger, Garlic, Curry leaves, Turmeric Powder ¼ Tsp, Chilli Powder ¾ Tsp, Coriander Powder 2 ½ Tsp, salt and a little water to cook and boil for two whistle
  • Take a mixer jar and grind the coconut by adding a little water to make a smooth paste
  • Switch on the stove and then smash few potatoes and then
  • Add boiled eggs into it and allow it to boil
  • Pour the ground coconut paste into the cooker and mix well and boil again
  • Add ¼ Tsp pepper powder into the curry
  • And lastly add ¼ Tsp garam masala into to the curry and mix well. Switch off the stove
  • Heat a pan and add oil into it, splutter the mustard.
  • Add sliced shallot and curry leaves into it and sauté well
  • Transfer the mustard mixture into the curry
  • Serve it hot with Chappathi or Rice


Cheers!!!

Minu

Saturday, 3 February 2018

Malabar Special Nice Pathiri | Rice Pathiri

How to Prepare Malabar Special Nice Pathiri?


Malabar Special Nice Pathiri | Rice Pathiri


Ingredients:-
  • Rice flour – 1 ½ Cup
  • Water – 1 ½ Cup + 2 Tbsp
  • Salt as required
  • Oil as required


Preparation:-
  • Take measured water into a vessel and switch on the stove. Add salt into it.
  • Add ½ to 1 Tsp coconut oil or ghee into the water
  • Once the water start boiling, keep the flame low and start adding the rice flour little by little and mix well.
  • Keep the mixture aside for 5 min to get it cool
  • Take another big vessel and transfer the mixture into it and kneed it well
  • Make medium size balls to make the Pathiri. Don’t press too hard while making the balls
  • Now take one of the balls and place it on a flat surface dusted with rice 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
  • Second Method: Using the presser, press the rice ball and make the circular shape then using a rolling pin, roll the ball to make it thin. 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.
  • Serve it hot with Chicken or Egg curry!


Cheers!!!

Minu

Thursday, 1 February 2018

Pottukadala Chutney | Roasted Gram Chutney

How to prepare Pottukadala Chutney/Roasted Gram Chutney?



Pottukadala Chutney | Roasted Gram Chutney


Ingredients:-
  • Grated Coconut – 1 Cup
  • Roasted Gram/Pottukadala – ¼ Cup
  • Green Chilli – 3
  • Ginger – ½ Inch
  • Salt as required
  • Mustard Seeds -1/4 Tsp
  • Dry red chilli - 1
  • Curry Leaves as needed
  • Urad Dal – ½ Tsp
  • Oil as needed

 
Preparation:-
  • Take a pan and fry the roasted gram till its colour start changing into light brown
  • In a mixer jar add grated coconut, Roasted gram, Green Chilli, Ginger, salt and a little water (1/4 cup) and grind well
  • Take out the jar and add salt and chilli if required. Add more water depends on the consistency required and grid well again
  • Check the consistency and add water if required
  • Take a pan and add oil into it, splutter the mustard seeds. Add Urad dal and stir well, add Curry leaves and dry red chilli
  • Pour the grinded coconut and roasted gram paste into the mixture and stir well.
  • Once the chutney starts boiling switch off the stove.
  • Serve it with Dosa, Idli!


Cheers!!!

Minu

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Pachakkaya Parippu Curry | Kerala Raw Plantain Curry | Raw Banana Dal Curry

How to prepare Kerala Style Pachakkaya Parippu Curry?



Pachakkaya Parippu Curry | Kerala Raw Plantain Curry | Raw Banana Dal Curry


Ingredients:-
  • Raw Banana – 1
  • Toor Dal – 1 ½ Tbsp
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Tsp
  • Green Chilli - 1
  • Chilli Powder – ¼ Tsp
  • Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
  • Cumin Seeds – ¼ Tsp
  • Salt as required
  • Mustard Seeds as needed
  • Dry red chilli - 2
  • Curry Leaves as needed

 

Preparation:-
  • Soak the Dal for at least 30 min
  • Take a cooker and add soaked dal and little water into it and cook
  • Add sliced raw banana, salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder and pour water required for boiling and cook
  • Take a mixer jar and add grated coconut, chilli powder, cumin seeds, water and grind till it become a smooth paste
  • Smash few cooked banana and then add coconut paste into it and mix well
  • Switch on the stove and add the required water for curry and boil
  • Taste the salt and add if required
  • Add curry leaves and switch off the stove
  • Take a pan and add coconut oil and splutter the mustard seeds
  • Add dried red chilli and curry leaves and coconut into it and sauté well
  • Add the mixture into the curry, and serve it hot

 

Cheers!!!
Minu

Monday, 29 January 2018

Bread Upma - Pineapple Flavored | Bread Upma for Kids



Bread Upma - Pineapple Flavored | Bread Upma for Kids

    How to prepare kids special pineapple flavored Bread Upma?


Ingredients:- 
  • Bread – 6 sliced
  • Jam (Pineapple/Mango/Orange)– 3 Tbsp
  • Cardamom Powder – 3 pcs crushed
  • Butter – 2 Tsp
  • Cashew nut – 10 to 12
  • Raisins - 10 to 12


Preparation:-
  • Take the sliced bread and cut the edges
  • Take a mixer jar and add bread, Jam, cardamom powder into it and crush
  • Take a pan and add ghee into it, add cashew nuts and raisins and sauté well
  • Add crushed bread mixture into the pan and mix well.
  • Once it is mixed well with butter, cashew and raisins switch off the stove
  • Pineapple Flavoured bread upma is ready!


Cheers!!!
Minu

Sunday, 28 January 2018

Vazhayilayil Pollicha Karimeen | Pearl Spot Fish Fry in Banana Leaves



Vazhayilayil Pollicha Karimeen | Pearl Spot  Fish Fry in Banana Leaves


Ingredients for fish fry:-
  • Karimeen/Pearl spot – 2
  • Turmeric Powder – ¾ Tsp
  • Chilli Powder – 1 ½ Tsp
  • Coriander Powder – 1 Tsp
  • Black pepper Powder -  ¾ Tsp
  • Garlic Paste – ¾ Tsp
  • Ginger Paste - ¾ Tsp
  • Salt as needed
  • Lemon Juice or Vinegar– 5 ½ Tsp


Ingredients for Masala:-

  • Garlic Paste – 2 Tsp
  • Ginger Paste – 2 Tsp
  • Green Chilli sliced – 3
  • Onion sliced – 1 Medium size
  • Shallot/ Small Onion – 1 Cup
  • Curry leaves as required
  • Tomato – 1 Medium
  • Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp
  • Chilli Powder – 1 Tsp
  • Coriander Powder – 1 ½ Tsp
  • Black Pepper Powder – ¾ Tsp
  • Sugar – A pinch
  • Coconut Milk – ¼ Cup
  • Oil as required


Preparation:-

  • Take a bowl and add Turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder, Coriander Powder, Black pepper Powder, Garlic Paste, Ginger Paste, salt, Lemon Juice. Mix well and make a thick paste.
  • Apply the thick paste on top of the Karimmen/Pearl Spot
  • To fry the Karimmen/Pearl Spot take a pan and add little oil. Flip the fish when one side is cooked.
  • Take another pan to make the masala. Add little oil into it and heat the pan
  • Add garlic paste, Ginger paste, green chilli and sauté well
  • Flip the fish and fry other side too
  • Add Curry leaves and tomato in to the mixture and sauté
  • Add cut onion and sauté well
  • Add Shallot/Small Onion in to the pan and sauté well
  • Now it’s the time to add all the masala in to the mixture
  • Add turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder, Coriander Powder, Black Pepper Powder and sauté well
  • Add a pinch of sugar and then add the coconut milk and stir well. Switch off the stove once it became a thick mixture
  • Take a banana leaf and burnt it using low flame
  • Keep one small banana leaf on top of the burnt banana and spread the masala first on top of the leaf
  • Now keep the fried Karimmen/Pearl Spot over the masala and again fill the masala on top of the fish
  • Fold the banana leaf including fish fry and tie it using a thread
  • Take a pan and add little oil into it, add curry leaves and then fry the banana leaf folded Karimmen/Pearl Spot for 3 to 4 min. Flip the folded fish and fry for another 3 to 4 min
  • Serve it hot and enjoy!!!


Cheers!!!

Minu

Saturday, 27 January 2018

Kappalandi Mittai | Kadala Mittai | Peanut Candy


Kappalandi Mittai | Kadala Mittai | Peanut Candy


Ingredients:-

  • Groundnut – 1 Cup
  • Crushed Jaggery – ¾ Cup
  • Water – ¼ Cup
  • Ghee to grease the vessel


Preparation:-

  • Take a pan and fry the groundnut until it become brown in colour
  • Peel of the roasted groundnut
  • Take a vessel and melt the jiggery
  • Slightly crush the groundnut
  • Take a pan and pour the melted jaggery into it, stir well until it become thick
  • To test the consistency pour the melted jaggery into a glass of water and see if you are able to make a ball shape
  • Once the stove is switched off, add groundnut into the jaggery and mix well
  • Grease the vessel/flattened surface with ghee and pour the mixture. Flatten the mixture in to burfi shape depends on your choice
  • Add cut mark on to the burfi before it is getting dried
  • Once the mixture comes to normal temperature cut it into small pieces
  • Enjoy the Burfi

 

Cheers!!!

Minu