Tuesday, 11 September 2018

Kerala Style Eenthappazham Achar | Dates Pickle

How to prepare Kerala Style Eenthappazham Achar | Dates Pickle?


Eenthappazham Achar | Dates Pickle



Ingredients:-
  • Dates – 250 Gram
  • Jaggery – 175 Gram
  • Tamarind Pulp – 250 gm soaked in 2 ½ Cup Water
  • Turmeric Powder – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Chilli Powder (Kashmiri) – 1 ½ Table Spoon
  • Green Chilli - 4
  • Garlic - 1 ½ Table Spoon
  • Ginger – 1 ½ Table Spoon
  • Asafoetida – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Mustard Seeds – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Fenugreek Seeds – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Vinegar – 1 ½ Table Spoon
  • Gingerly Oil – ¼ Cup
  • Curry Leaves as needed
  • Salt as needed

 

Preparation:-
  • Heat gingerly oil in a pan, splutter Mustard Seeds and then add fenugreek seeds
  • Add ginger, garlic, green chilli and curry leaves into the oil and sauté well
  • Add Turmeric powder and chilli powder and continue sautéing
  • Add fenugreek powder
  • Transfer dates into the pan and mix it well
  • Pour Tamarind pulp into the pan and mix it well
  • Add grated jaggery and allow it to melt
  • Finally pour vinegar and allow it to boil for 5 min and then switch off the stove
  • Keep it in a tight container and serve it along with rice and Biriyani

 

Cheers!!!
Minu


Saturday, 8 September 2018

Potato Payar Mezhukkupuratti | Kerala Style Mezhukkupuratti

How to prepare Potato Payar Mezhukkupuratti | Kerala Style Mezhukkupuratti?


Potato Payar Mezhukkupuratti | Kerala Style Mezhukkupuratti



Ingredients:-
  • Potato – 3 Medium Size
  • Fresh Cowpea Beans– 10 to 12 / 1 Cup
  • Shallot Crushed – 10 Pods
  • Garlic Crushed – 4 Pods
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Dried Chilli flakes – 1 ½ Tea Spoon
  • Salt as needed
  • Curry Leaves as needed
  • Coconut Oil as needed

 

Preparation:-
  • Heat oil in a pan, add shallot into it and sauté well.
  • Add garlic and continue sautéing
  • Add potato into the pan and mix it well
  • Add Cowpea Beans and continue sautéing
  • Add salt and mix it well
  • Add turmeric powder, dried red chilli flakes and mix it well
  • Add Curry leaves into the pan
  • Close the pan using a lid and cook for 5 min. In between make sure you open the lid and stir well.
  • Switch off the stove and transfer it into a serving bowl

 

Cheers!!!
Minu

Wednesday, 5 September 2018

Vegetable Stew | Kerala Style Vegetable Stew

How to prepare Vegetable Stew / Kerala Special Vegetable Stew?


Vegetable Stew | Kerala Style Vegetable Stew




Ingredients:-
  • Potato – 3
  • Onion – 1 Medium
  • Carrot – 1 Medium
  • Fresh Green Peas– ¼ Cup
  • Green Chilli – 2
  • Ginger – 1 Tea Spoon
  • Pepper Powder – 1 Tea Spoon
  • Cardamom – 2
  • Coconut Milk 2nd extract - ¾ Cup
  • Coconut Milk 1st extract – ½ Cup
  • Curry Leaves as needed
  • Salt as needed
  • Coconut Oil as needed 



Preparation:-
  • Take a cooker and add sliced Potato, Carrot, Green peas, Onion, Green chilli, Ginger, few curry leaves, Salt as required and then pour required water and cook the vegetables
  • Smash few potatoes to make the gravy thick
  • Pour 2nd extract of coconut milk and allow it to boil
  • Add cardamom and pepper powder and continue to boil
  • Pour 1st extract of coconut milk and few curry leaves
  • Switch off the stove and pour 1 Tea spoon raw coconut oil
  • Tasty vegetable stew is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Sunday, 2 September 2018

Coconut Burfi | Easy and Quick Coconut Burfi | Coconut Burfi Recipe in Malayalam

How to prepare Coconut Burfi / Easy and Quick Coconut Burfi?


Coconut Burfi | Easy and quick Coconut Burfi | Coconut Burfi Recipe in Malayalam



Ingredients:-
  • Grated coconut – 3 Cup
  • Sugar powder – 2 Cup
  • Milk – 1 Cup
  • Cashew Nuts – 3 Table Spoon
  • Cardamom Powder – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Ghee – 1 to 2 Table Spoon

 

Preparation:-
  • Heat a pan by pouring ghee and fry cashew nuts
  • Add grated coconut into the pan and mix well
  • Add powdered sugar into the coconut and mix it well
  • Pour milk into the mixture and stir continuously
  • Switch off the stove once it reaches the consistency
  • Take a bowl by greasing the ghee and transfer the coconut mixture into it
  • Flatten the mixture and keep it aside to let it cool
  • Cut the burfi into desired shape and serve!!!


Cheers!!!
Minu

Thursday, 30 August 2018

Cooker Vegetable Biriyani | Kids Lunch Box Menu

How to prepare Cooker Vegetable Biriyani | Kids Lunch Box Menu Kerala Style


Cooker Vegetable Biriyani | Kids Lunch Box Menu

 Ingredients:-

  • Basmati Rice – 2 ½ Cup
  • Cauliflower – ¾ Cup
  • Carrot – ½ Cup
  • Fresh peas – ¼ Cup
  • Beans – ¼ Cup
  • Potato – ¾ Cup
  • Ginger Garlic Chilli Paste – 2 Table Spoon
    • Ginger – 1 ½ inch
    • Garlic - 10 to 12 Pods
    • Green Chilli -2
  • Fennel Seeds – ¼ Tsp
  • Cloves - 5
  • Whole Pepper - 13 to 15
  • Cardamom - 3
  • Cinnamon Stick – 2 small piece
  • Nutmug Powder – small piece crushed
  • Mace - 3 strands
  • Bay leaf – 2
  • Curd – ½ Cup
  • Turmeric Powder – 1 Tsp
  • Chilli Powder – 2 Tsp
  • Coriander Powder – 4 Tsp
  • Garam Masala – 1 Tsp
  • Lemon Juice – one small
  • Pudina as needed
  • Coriander Leaves as needed
  • Ghee as needed
  • Onion fried – 1 Medium Size

 

Preparation:-
  • Take a cooker and heat 1 to 1 ½ table spoon oil and a table spoon ghee
  • Add cauliflower, potato, carrot, beans, and fresh peas into the cooker and sauté well
  • Add ginger, garlic and chilli paste into the vegetables and continue sautéing
  • Now add turmeric powder, chilli powder, and coriander powder and mix it well
  • Add few pudina and coriander leaves into the vegetables
  • Pour ½ Cup curd into the vegetables and mix it well
  • Transfer the soaked rice into the cooker and mix with vegetables
  • Pour 3 ¼ Cup water (1: ¾ Cup) into the rice and mix it well
  • Add required salt
  • Pour lime juice and stir well
  • Add all the spices (Fennel Seeds – ¼ Tsp, Cloves – 5, Whole Pepper - 13 to 15, Cardamom – 3, Cinnamon Stick – 2 small piece, Nutmug Powder – small piece crushed, Mace - 3 strands, Bay leaf – 2) into the rice
  • Add small portion of fried onion, few more pudina, coriander leaves, half portion of garam masala, 1 table spoon ghee into the rice and mix it well
  • Close the cooker and cook well. 1 whistle with high flame and 5 to 6 min with medium flame
  • Add balance garam masala and fried onion and then mix it well
  • Tasty Vegetable Biriyani is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu


Wednesday, 15 August 2018

Kerala Sadya Special Beetroot Semiya Payasam | Onasadya Beetroot Payasam?

How to prepare Kerala Sadya Special Beetroot Semiya Payasam | Onasadya Beetroot Payasam?


Kerala Sadya Special Beetroot Semiya Payasam| Onasadya Beetroot Payasam?



Ingredients:-
  • Beetroot grated – 300 Gram
  • Milk – 750 ml mixed with 250 ml water
  • Sugar – 1 Cup
  • Vermicelli – ¼ Cup
  • Cashew as needed
  • Dry grapes as needed
  • Cardamom – 1 Tea Spoon
  • Dry Ginger Powder – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Ghee – 2 ½ to 3 Table Spoon

 

Preparation:-

  • Take a vessel and heat 1 to 1 ½ table spoon ghee, fry cashew nuts and raisins and keep it aside.
  • Fry vermicelli also in the same vessel and keep it aside
  • Add 1 Table spoon ghee again and sauté beetroot well
  • Add fried vermicelli into the beetroot and mix it well
  • Pour milk and water mixture into the vessel and stir continuously
  • Once it start boiling add sugar and stir continuously until it reaches the consistency
  • Add cardamom powder and dry ginger powder and mix it well
  • Add fried cashew nuts and raisins
  • Switch off the stove
  • Beetroot Semiya Payasam is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Tuesday, 14 August 2018

Kerala Sadya Special Nurukku Gothambu Pradhaman | Onasadya Broken Wheat Pradhaman

How to prepare Kerala Sadya Special Nurukku Gothambu Pradhaman | Onasadya Broken Wheat Pradhaman?


Kerala Sadya Special Nurukku Gothambu Pradhaman | Onasadya Broken Wheat Pradhaman


Ingredients:-
  • Broken Wheat – 1 Cup
  • Coconut First Milk – ½ Cup
  • Coconut Second Milk – 1 Cup
  • Jaggery – ½ Kg melted
  • Dry ginger powder – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Cardamom Powder - ½ Tea Spoon
  • Cumin Seed Powder – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Cut Coconut – 3 Table Spoon
  • Cashew Nuts as needed
  • Raisins as needed
  • Ghee as required

 

Preparation:-
  • Take a cooker and heat 1 to 1 ½ table spoon ghee, add cut coconut and stir well until it become golden brown.
  • Fry cashew nuts and raisins in the same vessel and keep it aside.
  • Add ½ table spoon ghee, broken wheat and sauté well
  • Add 2 cup of water and cook broken wheat by closing the cooker lid
  • Add jaggery syrup and mix it well
  • Stir continuously until it become thick
  • Pour coconut milk extracted second time and mix well and allow it to boil
  • Add cardamom powder, cumin seed powder, and dry ginger powder and mix it well
  • Switch off the stove and pour coconut milk extracted first time and mix well
  • Add cut coconut, cashew and raisins
  • Broken Wheat Pradhaman is ready to serve

 
Cheers!!!
Minu

Wednesday, 8 August 2018

Kerala Sadya Special Mambazha Pulissery | Onasadya Mambazha Pulissery

How to prepare Kerala Sadya Special Mambazha Pulissery | Onasadya Mambazha Pulissery?


Kerala Sadya Special Mambazha Pulissery | Onasadya Mambazha Pulissery




Ingredients:-

  • Mango – 5 Medium size
  • Green Chilli – 4
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Chili Powder – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Grated coconut – 1 Cup
  • Cumin seeds – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Curd – ¼ Litre
  • Dried Red Chilli – 2
  • Mustard Seeds As required
  • Fenugreek Seeds – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Jaggery grated – Small piece
  • Curry leave as required
  • Salt as required

 

Preparation:-
  • Let’s clean and peel the mangoes first
  • Take a clay pot and add mangoes, Salt to taste, Turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder, Green Chilli, Curry leaves and a cup of water and cook the mangoes. Once it starts boiling close the clay pot using a lid
  • Take a mixer jar and grind grated coconut by adding cumin seeds and ½ portion of curd
  • Transfer the ground coconut into the mango and mix it well.
  • Add curry leaves and once it starts boiling add jaggery
  • Switch off the stove and pour balance curd into the curry and mix it well
  • Heat a pan and pour required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add fenugreek seeds, dried red chilli and curry leaves. Transfer the spluttered mustard into the curry


Cheers!!!
Minu

Sunday, 5 August 2018

Kerala Sadya Special Thakkali Rasam | Tomato Rasam | Rasam Without Rasam Powder

How to prepare Kerala Sadya Special Thakkali Rasam| Tomato Rasam | Rasam Without Rasam Powder?


Kerala Sadya Special Thakkali Rasam| Tomato Rasam | Rasam Without Rasam Powder


Ingredients:-

  • Tomato– 3 to 4 Medium size
  • Boiled Toor dal Syrup– ½ Cup
  • Garlic Sliced – 15 Pods
  • Ginger– 1 ½ Inch
  • Turmeric Powder – ¾ Tea Spoon
  • Chili Powder – ¾ Tea Spoon
  • Whole Pepper – 2 Tea Spoon
  • Whole Coriander – 3 Table Spoon
  • Cumin seeds – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Fenugreek Powder – 1 Pinch
  • Tamarind Juice – 1 gooseberry size soaked  
  • Mustard Seeds – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Dried Red Chilli – 3
  • Curry leave as required
  • Coriander Leave as required
  • Salt as required
  • Asafoetida powder – ½ Tea Spoon

 

Preparation:-
  • Grind tomatoes and make a thick paste using a mixer
  • Using a mixer grind whole coriander, whole pepper, ginger, garlic and cumin seeds
  • Take a clay pot and pour boiled Toor dal syrup, ground tomatoes, ground coriander pepper mixture, salt to taste, chilli powder, turmeric Powder, tamarind water and mix it well
  • Pour 4 cup water and allow it to boil.
  • Add fenugreek powder, asafoetida, curry leaves, coriander leaves and boil. Curtail the rasam until it reaches the consistency and switch off the stove.  
  • Heat a pan and pour required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add dried red chilli and curry leaves. Transfer the spluttered mustard into the Rasam
  • Tasty and healthy Sadya special “Rasam” is ready to serve



Cheers!!!
Minu

Thursday, 2 August 2018

Kerala Sadya Special Pavakka Pachadi | Bitter gourd Pachadi | Kaypakka Pachadi

How to prepare Kerala Sadya Special Pavakka Pachadi | Bitter gourd Pachadi | Kaypakka Pachadi?

Kerala Sadya Special Pavakka Pachadi | Bitter gourd Pachadi | Kaypakka Pachadi?



Ingredients:-
  • Bitter gourd – 1 Medium size
  • Green Chilli – 3
  • Coconut grated – ½ Cup
  • Curd – ¼ Litre
  • Mustard seeds – 1 ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Salt as needed
  • Curry leaves as required
  • Oil as required

 

Preparation:-
  • Cut the Bitter gourd into small pieces
  • Transfer the cut bitter Gourd into a cooker. Add Salt, 2 green chilli and pour required water and cook well
  • Transfer the cooked bitter gourd into another vessel and allow it to cool
  • Take a mixer jar and grind grated coconut by adding green chilli and 2 table spoon curd
  • Add ¾ tea spoon mustard seeds along with little more curd into the mixer jar and grind it again
  • Transfer the ground coconut into the cooked bitter gourd and mix it well.
  • Pour balance curd and mix
  • Add salt if required and also add few fresh curry leaves
  • Heat a pan and pour required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add dried red chilli and curry leaves. Transfer the spluttered mustard into the Pachadi
  • Pachadi is ready to serve with Sadya or meals


Cheers!!!
Minu