Idichakka Thoran | Tender Jack fruit Stir Fry

How to prepare Idichakka thoran/Tender Jack fruit Stir Fry?

 Idichakka Thoran | Raw Jack fruit Stir Fry

Ingredients:-

• Jack Fruit/Idichakka – ½ portion of a medium size fruit
• Turmeric Powder - ½ tsp
• Grate Coconut – ½ cup
• Green chilli – 3
• Garlic – 3 to 4 pods
• Boiled rice – 1 Tsp
• Urad dal – 1 Tsp
• Dried red chilli - 2
• Salt to taste
• Mustard Seeds as needed
• Curry leaves as needed
• Water as needed to cook the Jack Fruit/Idichakka

 

Preparation:-

• While cutting the Jack fruit make sure to apply oil on your hand and knife to avoid sticking the white paste
• Remove the sharp portion of the jack fruit using a knife
• Cut the Jack fruit into medium sized pieces
• Transfer the cut pieces into a cooker. Add salt to taste, ½ tsp turmeric Powder and a little water to cook the jack fruit
• Using a mixer jar crush the cooked idichakka. Make sure you pulse it for once or twice to avoid it become a paste
• Crush the coconut using a mixer by adding green chilli and garlic
• Heat a pan and add oil into it, splutter the mustard seeds.
• Add boiled rice and urad dal into the oil. After that add curry leaves and dried red chilli into it sauté well
• Transfer the crushed idichakka/Jack fruit into the pan and mix well
• Add crushed coconut into it and mix well
• Taste the salt and add if required
• Mix the mixture well
• Cook for 2 min by closing the mixture using a lid
• Open the lid and mix it well. Switch off the stove and transfer it into a serving dish
• Serve it hot!

Cheers!!!

Minu

Sweet Bread Toast | Kids special Bread Toast

How to prepare a very simple Sweet Bread Toast/Kids special Bread Toast?

Sweet Bread Toast | Kids special Bread Toast

Ingredients:-

• Bread – 6 Slices
• Pineapple Jam – 3 Tbsp
• Aval/Rice Flakes – 3 Tbsp
• Milk – 2 Tbsp
• Sugar – 1 Tbsp
• Cardamom Powder – 3 Crushed  
• Butter – 1 ½ to 2 Tbsp

Preparation:-

• Add sugar and cardamom powder into the milk and stir well until it dissolves
• Add Aval/Poha into the milk and soak it for few min
• Cut the black portion of the bread
• Take one bread at a time and paste the Jam over the bread
• Add soaked Aval/Poha over the bread and keep one bread over another
• Take a pan and toast the bread with butter
• Serve it hot!

Cheers!!!

Minu

Karimeen Mappas | Kerala Style Fish Mappas

How to prepare Karimeen Mappas/Kerala Style Meen Mappas?

 Karimeen Mappas | Kerala Style Fish Mappas

Ingredients:- 

• Karimeen/Pearl Sport Fish – 2
• Onion – 1 Big sliced
• Tomato – 2 (1 Sliced into small pieces and 1 round sliced)
• Curry leaves as needed
• Green chilli – 3
• Garlic paste – 1 Tsp
• Ginger Paste – ¾ Tsp
• Small Onion/Shallot- 1 ½ Tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Chilli Powder – ½ Tsp
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp
• Pepper Powder – ½ Tsp
• Coriander Powder – 2 Tsp
• Coconut Milk – 1 ½ Cup  - Second milk  and ¼ Cup  - First Milk
• Mustad seeds
• Fenugreek – less than ¼ Tsp
• Oil as needed

Preparation:-

• Marinate the Karimeen by adding a little salt, ½ Tsp Turmeric Powder and 1 pinch pepper powder and keep it aside for 10.
• Heat a pan and add a little oil to fry the marinated Karimeen
• Heat a cooking clay pot and add 2 tbsp oil into it. Splutter the mustard seeds.
• Add fenugreek into the oil
• Add garlic and ginger paste into the pot and mix saute well
• Now add Shallot into the mixture and then add green chilli and saute well until its raw smell goes away
• Add sliced onion into the mixture and continue sauting by adding a pinch of salt and later few curry leaves
• Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and coriander powder into the mixture and saute well
• Add sliced tomato into the mixture
• Pour second coconut milk into the mixture and mix well
• Add shallow fried Karimeen into the curry and cook
• Add pepper powder and round sliced tomato and curry leaves into the curry
• Finally pour the first coconut milk and switch off the stove once it starts boiling
• Karimeen Mappas is ready now…Serve it hot!

Cheers!!!

Minu

Egg Fried Rice | Kids lunch box Rice

Ho to prepare simple egg fried rice?

Egg Fried Rice | Kids lunch box Rice

Ingredients:- 

• Cooked Basmati Rice - 2 Cup uncooked rice
• Onion – 1 Big
• Carrot - ½ Cup
• Beans - ½ Cup
• Spring Onion – ½ to ¾ cup
• Egg - 3
• Soya Sause - 2 Tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil as needed
• Pepper Powder

Preparation:- 

• Cook the Basmati rice, it is better if you can cook the rice in advance. Add salt while cooking.
• Heat a pan and oil into it, add sliced onion and sauté well.
• Add Carrot and beans into the pan and saute, make sure to add required salt into the vegetable
• Add egg into the vegetable mix and also add a little salt, ½ tsp pepper powder into it and mix well
• Add cooked basmati rice into the pan and mix well
• Add 2 Tbsp Soya Sauce, 1 Tsp pepper powder and spring onion into the rice and mix well
• Serve it hot!

Cheers!!!

Minu

Soft Phulka | Soft Pudina/Mint Phulka

How to prepare Soft pudina Phulka/Roti?

 Soft Phulka | Soft Pudina/Mint Phulka

Ingredients:-

• Wheat Powder – 1 Cup
• Pudina/Mint – 15 to 20 stump
• Water - ¼ cup for grinding Pudina/Mint + 2Tbsp
• Salt to taste

Preparation:-

• Take a vessel and add wheat powder into it. Add Salt and mix it properly.
• Pour Pudina paste into the wheat, while mixing add additional 2 Tbsp water little by little and knead it well
• Transfer the dough into a closed vessel and keep it aside for 20 to 30 min
• Make medium size balls to make phulka
• 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
• Heat a Tawa and keep one phulka at a time and cook both sides
• Once both sides are cooked for a min, by using clip take out the phulka and keep it directly over high flame. Flip over the phulka until it cook well.
• Serve it hot with Vegetable or chicken curry!

Cheers!!!

Minu

Varuthu Aracha Naadan Style Chicken Curry | Kerala Style Varuthu Aracha Chicken Curry

How to prepare Thenga Varuthu Aracha Naadan Style Chicken Curry?

 Varuthu Aracha Naadan Style Chicken Curry | Kerala Style Varuthu Aracha Chicken Curry

Ingredients:-

Chicken – ¾ KG
Onion – 3 to 4 medium size
Tomato – 1
Ginger – 2 Inch
Garlic – 15 pods
Green chilli – 2
Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp
Chilli Powder – 2 Tsp
Coriander powder – 1 ½ Tbsp
Chicken Masala – 1 Tsp
Grated Coconut – ¾ Cup
Cardamom – 4
Cloves - 5 to 6
Cinnamon – Small piece
Fennel Seeds – 1 Tsp
Whole Pepper - 1 Tsp
Curry leaves as needed
Salt to taste
Oil as needed




Preparation:-

• Chop onion, tomato, green chilli, ginger and also crush the garlic
• Heat a Kadai and pour oil into it. Add Onion, Salt, Green chilli, Ginger, Garlic, Curry leaves and sauté well. 
• Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and chicken masala into the Kadai and continue sautéing
• Add tomato into the mixture and continue sautéing
• Add chicken into the Kadai and mix well. 
• Add a little water into it and cook
• Heat another pan to fry the grated coconut
• Pour little oil and continue to fry the coconut
• Add Cardamom, Cloves, Cinnamon stick, Fennel seeds, Whole Pepper and curry leaves into the coconut and sauté well
• Grind the fried coconut mixture to make a thick paste using a mixer and keep it aside
• Pour the fried coconut paste into the cooked chicken and mix well. Once it starts boiling switch off the stove 
• Serve it hot with Rice or Chappathi!

Cheers!!!

Minu

Onion Chutney | Coconut Chutney

How to prepare Onion Chutney/Coconut Chutney?

Onion Chutney | Coconut Chutney

Ingredients:-

• Grated Coconut - ½ Cup
• Dried red chilli - 2
• Curry leaves as required
• Small Onion/Shallot – 2 pods
• Salt as required

Preparation:-

• Take a mixer jar and add grated coconut, dried red chilli, curry leaves, salt as needed and crush
• After crushing a bit take out the jar and add small Onion/Shallot into it and crush well
• Check the salt and add if required, healthy coconut chutney is ready to serve
• Serve it with rice or dosa!

 

Cheers!!!

Minu

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

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

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