Coconut Onion Chutney for Dosa and Idli | Shallot/Small Onion Chutney

How to prepare Coconut Onion Chutney for Dosa and Idli?

Coconut Onion Chutney for Dosa and Idli | Shallot/Small Onion Chutney

Ingredients:-

Grated Coconut – 1 Cup

Shallot/Small Onion - 3

Chili Powder – ½ Tsp

Salt to taste

Curry leaves as needed

Dried red chilli – 1 Big

Oil as needed

Mustard seeds as needed

Water – ¼ cup for grinding

-          ¼ cup while boiling

 

Preparation:-

Take a mixer jar and add grated coconut, shallot/Small Onion, chilli powder, salt to taste and ¼ cup water and then grind well

Heat a pan and pour the required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add dried red chilli and curry leaves and saute well

To avoid overheat switch off the stove and transfer the ground coconut mixture and stir continuously

Pour another ¼ cup (based on your choice/consistency you may like) water and mix well

Add little more curry leaves and check the salt and add if required

Switch on the stove and heat the chutney in medium flame. Make sure you DON’T boil. Switch off the stove when you notice bubbles started coming up.

Serve it with Dosa, Idli!

Cheers!!!

Minu

Onion Pakoda | Crispy Onion Pakoda | Evening Snacks

How to prepare crispy Onion Pakoda?

Onion Pakoda | Crispy Onion Pakoda | Evening Snacks

 

Ingredients:-

• Onion – 4 medium size chopped
• Besan/Gram flour – 1 Cup
• Salt to taste
• Green Chilli – 1 Big chopped (1 Tbsp)
• Ginger – 2 Tsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 Tsp
• Chili Powder – 1 Tbsp
• Curry leaves as needed
• Water as needed

 

Preparation:-

• Take a big bowl and add Onion, Besan flour, Salt, Green Chilli, Ginger, Cumin Seeds and Curry powder and mix well
• Once it is mixed well add chilli powder and pour water (1 ½ Tbsp) little by little and mix
• Check the consistency by holding the mixture on your palm
• Heat a pan and pour the required oil. Take a small portal of onion and deep fry it

Cheers!!!

Minu

Chikoo Banana Milk Shake | Milkshake for Kids | Sapota Milkshake

 How to prepare chikoo Banana milkshake/Kids special Milkshake?

Chikoo Banana Milk Shake | Milkshake for Kids | Sapota Milkshake

Ingredients:-

• Chikoo/Sapota – 3 peeled and cut
• Banana Robusta – 2 chopped
• Milk – 1 Cup
• Honey – 3 Tbsp

 

Preparation:-

• Take a mixer jar and add Chikoo/Sapota, banana honey and milk into it
• Blend the fruits to make juice
• Pour the juice into a serving glass

Cheers!!!

Minu

Soft Gothambu Puttu | Wheat Puttu | Kerala Breakfast recipe

How to prepare soft gothambu/wheat puttu?

 Soft Gothambu Puttu | Wheat Puttu | Kerala Breakfast recipe

Ingredients:- 

• Wheat Flour – 2 Cup
• Grated Coconut as needed
• Water – ½ Cup (120 ml)
• Salt to taste

Preparation:-

• Take a flat vessel and mix wheat flour and salt needed
• Pour water little by little in to the flour and mix it well
• Take a mixer jar and transfer the wheat flour into it and pulse it for twice
• Make sure you don’t grind the wheat, pulse the wheat for twice or thrice
• Transfer the wheat into a vessel from the mixer jar and mix it well
• Take a puttu making vessel and fill coconut and wheat flour alternatively
• Keep it over the cooker for steaming
• Transfer the puttu into a plate, soft wheat/gothambu puttu is ready to serve
• Serve it hot!

 

Cheers!!!

Minu

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