Thursday, 21 February 2019

How to prepare Kadala Masala | Brown Chickpea Roast?

How to prepare Kadala Masala | Brown Chickpea Roast?


Kadala Masala | Brown Chickpea Roast?



Ingredients:-
  • Brown Chickpea – ½ Cup Soaked
  • Onion – 1 Medium size
  • Ginger - 1 Inch crushed
  • Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Chilli Powder – 1 Teaspoon
  • Coriander Powder – 3 Teaspoon
  • Tomato – 1 big size
  • Chicken Masala – 1 Teaspoon
  • Pepper Powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Garam Masala – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Raw coconut oil as needed
  • Curry leaves as needed
  • Salt to taste
  • Water as needed

Preparation:-
  • Take a cooker and cook brown chickpea
  • Heat a pan and pour 1 to 2 tablespoon coconut oil.
  • Sauté onion by adding a little salt
  • Add crushed ginger and curry leaves and continue sautéing
  • Add ½ Teaspoon Turmeric powder, 1 Teaspoon chilli powder, 2 Teaspoon coriander powder and sauté well
  • Add sliced tomato and sauté
  • Transfer cooked brown chickpea into the pan and mix it well
  • Add 1 Teaspoon chicken Masala, 1 Teaspoon Coriander Powder, ½ Teaspoon pepper powder and sauté well
  • Taste salt and add if required
  • Add garam masala and curry leaves into the pan and continue sautéing
  • Pour raw coconut oil and switch off the stove


Cheers!!!
Minu

Sunday, 17 February 2019

Ragi flour Vellayappam | Ragi Podi vellayappam

How to prepare Vellayappam using Ragi flour | Ragi Podi vellayappam?


Ragi Flour Vellayappam | Ragi Podi vellayappam




Ingredients:-
  • Ragi Flour – 2 Cup
  • Beaten Rice – 1 Cup
  • Yeast – 1 Teaspoon
  • Sugar – 2 Teaspoon
  • Salt to taste
  • Water as needed


Preparation:-
  • Take a mixer jar and grind Ragi Flour, Beaten Rice, Yeast, Sugar by adding required water
  • Transfer the batter into a vessel and add salt over the batter and keep it over night (6 to 8 hours) for fermentation
  • After 8 hours take out the batter and stir it well
  • Heat a pan suitable to make appam (Appam Chatti) and pour a spoon full batter and spread it over. Close the vessel using lid for 2 to 3 min.
  • After 2 to 3 min take out the appam.
  • Tasty Ragi flour / arippodi Vellayappam is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu


Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Red Velvet Cake| Homemade Soft red velvet cake

How to prepare Red Velvet Cake| Homemade Soft red velvet cake


Red Velvet Cake| Homemade Soft red velvet cake



Ingredients:-
  • Maida/All-purpose flour – 2 ½ Cup
  • Sugar Powder – 1 ½ Cup
  • Butter (Room Temperature) – 175 Gram
  • Cocoa Powder – 1 Tablespoon
  • Vanilla essence – 1 ½ Teaspoon
  • Baking Powder - 1 ½ Teaspoon
  • Baking Soda - ½ Teaspoon
  • Butter milk – 1 Cup
  • Egg - 2
  • Oil - 1 Tablespoon
  • Salt to taste
  • Red food colour as needed

 


Preparation:-
  • Take a bowl and mix Maida/All-purpose flour Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Cocoa powder, Salt and sieve the mix multiple times
  • Take another big bowl and add butter into it. Beat the butter till it become soft
  • Add powdered sugar little by little and beat continuously
  • Add Egg one by one into it and beat well 
  • Add vanilla essence and vegetable oil in to the bowl and beat the mixture
  • Add red colour according to the colour you would like to have
  • Add Maida/All-purpose flour, cocoa powder mix and butter milk alternatively little by little and mix it well using cut and fold method
  • Take a baking vessel and cover it with butter. Pour cake mixture till half of the vessel and tap it hard to remove the air bubbles
  • Preheat the oven 180 degree for 10 min
  • Keep the cake tin inside the over for 30 min at 180 Degree
  • To make whipping cream, take 100 ml milk and mix 50 gram whipping cream powder and beat well for 3 to 4 min
  • Take 100 gram cream cheese and add 1 table spoon powdered sugar and beat well at high speed for 3 min
  • Take out the cake after 30 min and keep it aside for cooling
  • Once it is cool down transfer the cake into a plate.
  • Decorate the cake as you like using whipping cream and cream cheese frosting.


Cheers!!!
Minu

Sunday, 10 February 2019

Homemade Chicken Nuggets | KFC Mcdonald Style Chicken Nuggets

How to prepare Homemade Chicken Nuggets | KFC Mcdonald Style Chicken Nuggets


Homemade Chicken Nuggets | KFC Mcdonald Style Chicken Nuggets



Ingredients:-
  • Born less chicken – 330 gram
  • Garlic – 6 Pods
  • Ginger – ¾ Inch
  • Pepper Powder – 1 Teaspoon
  • Soya Sauce – 1 Teaspoon
  • Lemon Juice – ½ portion squeezed
  • Corn Flour - As needed
  • Beaten Egg - 2
  • Bread Crumbs – As needed
  • Salt to taste


Preparation:-
  • Grind chicken by adding required salt, garlic, ginger, pepper powder, soya sauce and lemon juice.
  • Transfer grinded chicken into a bowl and then mix corn flour to make it thick
  • Cover the vessel and keep it in the fridge for 30 to 45 min
  • After 30 min take out the chicken from the refrigerator and make nuggets shape and coat it with corn flour
  • Dip cornflour coated chicken nuggets into beaten egg and then coat with bread crumbs
  • Heat oil in a pan and fry chicken nuggets both sides until dark Brown
  • Tasty Chicken Nuggets are ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Wednesday, 6 February 2019

Peanut Butter | Homemade Peanut Butter

How to prepare Peanut Butter | Homemade Peanut Butter


Peanut Butter | Homemade Peanut Butter



Ingredients:-
  • Peanut – 1 Cup
  • Honey – 1 Tablespoon
  • Salt to taste


Preparation:-
  • Heat a pan and roast peanut
  • Take a mixer jar and add roasted peanut, salt, Honey and grind it well
  • Using a spoon keep the peanut in the middle and keep grinding until it become paste.
  • Tasty peanut butter is ready to serve





Cheers!!!
Minu


Monday, 4 February 2019

Padavalam Parippu Thoran | Snake Gourd Dhal Stir Fry

How to prepare Padavalam Parippu Thoran | Snake Gourd Dhal Stir Fry


Padavalam Parippu Thoran | Snake Gourd Dhal Stir Fry



Ingredients:-
  • Toor Dhal – ¼ Cup soaked for 2 hours
  • Snake gourd (Padavalam) – 1 Medium size cut into small pieces
  • Grated Coconut – 4 Tablespoon
  • Small Onion/Shallot – 2 Pods
  • Green chilli – 2
  • Garlic – 2 Pods
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Mustard Seeds – ½ Teaspoon
  • Curry leaves as needed
  • Oil as needed
  • Salt to taste


Preparation:-
  • Take a cooker and add soaked dhal, snake gourd and required water and cook well
  • Crush grated coconut, Small onion, garlic, green chilli
  • Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and then add curry leaves.
  • Transfer cooked Dhal and Snake Gourd, salt as required, turmeric powder, crushed coconut and mix it well
  • Close the pan and cook for 2 min
  • Mix it well and switch off the stove
  • Tasty Padavalam parippu thoran is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Wednesday, 30 January 2019

Pacha Thenga Aracha Mini Sambar | Carrot Ladies finger Sambar

How to prepare Pacha Thenga Aracha Mini Sambar | Carrot Ladies finger Sambar


Pacha Thenga Aracha Mini Sambar | Carrot Ladies finger Sambar



Ingredients:-
  • Dhal – ¼ Cup Soaked
  • Carrot – 1 medium sliced
  • Onion – 1 Small sliced
  • Tomato – 1 Medium sliced
  • Ladies finger - 5
  • Ginger – 1 Inch
  • Garlic – 2 Pods
  • Green chilli – 1
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Chilli Powder – 1 Teaspoon
  • Coriander Powder – 2 ½ Teaspoon
  • Grated coconut – ½ Cup
  • Cumin seeds – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Turmeric Water – lemon size squeezed
  • Asafoetida - ¼ Teaspoon
  • Sambar Powder – 1 ¼ Tablespoon
  • Mustard seeds – ½ Teaspoon
  • Fenugreek – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Shallot- 3 sliced
  • Dried red chilli – 2
  • Water as needed
  • Curry leaves as needed
  • Salt as needed


Preparation:-
  • Take a cooker and add soaked dhal, carrot, onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, green chilli, required salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, required water and cook well
  • Heat a pan with a little oil and sauté ladies finger
  • Grind ½ cup grated coconut, ¼ Teaspoon cumin seeds by adding required water
  • Add sautéed ladies finger, squeezed turmeric water, asafoetida, sambar powder and all it to boil
  • Add curry leaves and then transfer the ground coconut paste into the curry and mix it well
  • Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and then add fenugreek, shallot, dried red chilli and sauté well
  • Transfer the spluttered mustard into the curry


Cheers!!!
Minu

Sunday, 27 January 2019

Aloo Tikki| Potato Cutlet

How to prepare Aloo Tikki| Potato Cutlet


Aloo Tikki| Potato Cutlet



Ingredients:-
  • Potato – 3 Medium Boiled
  • Gram flour – 1 Cup
  • Onion – ½ portion of a Medium size
  • Green chilli – 2
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Chilli Powder - ½ Teaspoon
  • Asafoetida – 1 Pinch
  • Coriander leaves as needed
  • Salt as needed


Preparation:-
  • First let’s smash the potatoes
  • Transfer gram flour into the smashed potatoes and mix it well
  • Add required salt, onion, green chilli, coriander leaves, turmeric powder, chilli powder, asafoetida and mix it well with smashed potato and gram flour
  • Take handful of potato mixture and make small balls, then flatten the balls to make cutlet shape
  • Heat a pan and pour required oil to do deep fry. Fry aloo tikki on both sides. Drain on paper towels.
  • Tasty Aloo Tikki / Potato cutlet is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Wednesday, 23 January 2019

Kerala Special Ragi Vermicelli Puttu| Ragi Puttu

How to prepare Kerala Special Ragi Vermicelli Puttu| Ragi Puttu


Kerala Special Ragi Vermicelli Puttu| Ragi Puttu



Ingredients:-
  • Ragi Vermicelli – 1 Packet (180 Grams)
  • Grated Coconut as needed
  • Water as needed
  • Salt as needed


Preparation:-
  • Take a bowl of water and add salt into it and mix it well
  • Take another bowl and transfer Ragi vermicelli into it and pour water to dip the vermicelli
  • Keep it aside for 2 to 4 min
  • Squeeze the Ragi to remove the water and transfer it into an another vessel
  • Take a puttu making vessel and fill coconut and Ragi vermicelli alternatively
  • Keep the puttu making vessel over the cooker for 5 to 10 min for steaming
  • Transfer the puttu into a plate, soft and tasty Ragi Vermicelli puttu is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Sunday, 20 January 2019

Kerala Special Egg Stew | Mutta Stew


How to prepare Kerala Special Egg Stew| Mutta Stew


Kerala Special Egg Stew| Mutta Stew


Ingredients:-
  • Boiled egg – 3 sliced
  • Potato – 1 Big sliced
  • Carrot -1 Medium sliced
  • Onion – 1 Sliced
  • Ginger Crushed – ½ Teaspoon
  • Green chilli - 2
  • Pepper powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Garam masala - ¼ Teaspoon
  • First Coconut milk extract – 1/3 Cup
  • Second Coconut milk extract – ¾ Cup
  • Curry leaves
  • Salt as needed
  • Coconut Oil as needed


Preparation:-

  • Take a cooker, add potato, carrot, onion, green chilli, ginger, salt, required water and then cook it well
  • Smash few potatoes
  • Pour second coconut milk extract and boil
  • Transfer boiled and sliced egg into the curry
  • Add pepper powder, garam masala and curry leaves into it and allow it to boil
  • Pour first coconut milk extract and then switch off the stove
  • Finally add raw coconut oil and mix it well
  • Tasty egg stew is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu