Thursday, 1 August 2019

How to prepare Millet Pradhaman | Chama Pradhaman

How to prepare Millet Pradhaman | Chama Pradhaman


Millet Pradhaman | Chama Pradhaman



Ingredients:-
  • Millet / Chama – 1 Cup
  • Coconut Milk Second extract – 1 ½ Cup
  • Coconut Milk First extract – ¾ Cup
  • Jaggery – 300 Gram Melted
  • Cardamom Powder – 1 Teaspoon
  • Cumin Powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Cut Coconut
  • Cashew nuts and raisins as required
  • Ghee as required
  • Salt a pinch


Preparation:-
  • Heat ghee in a cooker and fry cut coconut, cashew nuts and raisins
  •  Transfer millet/chama into the cooker and sauté well
  • Add 1 cup water (1:2) into the cooker and cook well for two whistle at high flame
  • Pour melted jaggery into the cooker and mix it well
  • Pour little more ghee into the cooker and mix it well
  • Pour second coconut milk extract and still continuously until it reaches the required consistency
  • Add cardamom powder, cumin powder and a pinch of salt and then mix it well
  • Switch off the stove and pour first coconut milk extract
  • Finally add fried cut coconut, cashew nuts and raisins and mix it well
  • Tasty Millet/Chama Pradhaman is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Monday, 29 July 2019

How to prepare Idli Upma | Leftover Idli Upma Recipe

How to prepare Idli Upma | Leftover Idli Upma


Idli Upma | Leftover Idli Upma



Ingredients:-
  • Idly – 6
  • Onion Sliced -1 medium size
  • Ginger Chopped – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Green Chilli Chopped - 2
  • Curry leaves as required
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Mustard Seeds – ½ Teaspoon
  • Dried Red Chilli – 2
  • Urad Dal – ¾ Teaspoon
  • Salt as needed
  • Oil or Ghee as needed


Preparation:-
  • Crush idli as per the size you would like to make Upma
  • Heat ghee in a pan and splutter mustard seeds
  • Add dried red chilli and urad dal and sauté well
  • Add onion, green chilli, ginger, curry leaves, turmeric powder, salt to taste and continue sautéing 
  • Transfer crushed idli into the pan and mix it well
  • Tasty Idli Upma is ready to serve

 

Cheers!!!
Minu

Thursday, 25 July 2019

Soya Chunks Biriyani in Cooker | Cooker Soya Chunks Biriyani

How to prepare Soya Chunks Biriyani in Cooker | Cooker Soya Chunks Biriyani


Soya Chunks Biriyani in Cooker | Cooker Soya Chunks Biriyani



Ingredients:-
  • Basmati Rice – 2 Cup
  • Cloves – 3
  • Fennel Seeds – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Cardamom – 3
  • Cinnamon Stick – Small piece
  • Mace - 1 strand
  • Soya Chunks – ½ Cup soaked in hot water
  • Onion -3 medium Size sliced
  • Tomato – 2 sliced
  • Garlic (10 Pods), Chilli (2) and Ginger (1 Inch) paste
  • Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Chilli powder – ¾ Teaspoon
  • Coriander Powder – 2 Teaspoon
  • Garam Masala – ½ Teaspoon
  • Lemon Juice – ½ Portion squeezed
  • Salt as needed
  • Coriander and Mint leaves as required
  • Oil and Ghee as needed



Preparation:-
  • Keep one cooker to prepare the biriyani in a stove and add oil and ghee. Once it become hot add all the spices (Cloves, Mice, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Fennel Seeds) into it and sauté well.
  • Add sliced onion and a little salt and continue sautéing
  • Add ginger, garlic and chilli paste into the cooker and mix it well
  • Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and coriander powder into the cooker and sauté well
  • Add tomato
  • Add coriander and mint leaves and mix it well
  • Add soya chunks into the cooker and mix it well and then add garam masala
  • Transfer rice into the cooker and mix it well
  • Pour 4 cup water (1:2) and mix it well
  • Add required salt into the rice and also add lemon juice
  • Close the cooker and cook for 1 whistle at high flame and then cook at medium flame for 8 min or for 1 whistle
  • Add little more fresh coriander and mint leaves and mix it well
  • Tasty Soya Chunks cooker Biriyani is ready to serve

 

Cheers!!!
Minu


Monday, 22 July 2019

How to prepare Mathan Parippu Curry | Kerala Special Pumpkin Dal Curry

How to prepare Mathan Parippu Curry | Kerala Special Pumpkin Dal Curry


Mathan Parippu Curry | Kerala Special Pumpkin Dal Curry




Ingredients:-
  • Pumpkin – 1 Cup
  • Dal – ¼ Cup soaked
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Chilli powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Green Chilli - 2
  • Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
  • Cumin Seeds – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Mustard Seeds –¼ Teaspoon
  • Dry Red Chilli - 2
  • Salt as needed
  • Curry Leaves as required
  • Oil as needed


Preparation:-
  • Cook dal using a cooker
  • Add pumpkin, green chilli, required salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder and required water into the cooker and mix it well and then cook the vegetables for two whistles.
  • Grind grated coconut, cumin seeds and make a thick paste
  • Smash few cooked pumpkins
  • Transfer ground coconut paste into the cooker and mix it well
  • Once curry start boiling, switch off the stove
  • Heat Oil in a pan. Splutter mustard seeds. Add dried red chilli, Curry leaves and sauté well
  • Transfer spluttered mustard into the curry
  • Tasty mathan parippu curry is ready to serve

 

Cheers!!!
Minu


Wednesday, 17 July 2019

Kuzhakkatta | Kerala Special Ari Kuzhakkatta

How to prepare Kuzhakkatta | Kerala Special Ari Kuzhakkatta


Kuzhakkatta | Kerala Special Ari Kuzhakkatta



Ingredients:-
  • Rice flour – 1 Cup
  • Shallot – 20 Pods
  • Grated Coconut – ¾ Cup
  • Mustard Seeds –½ Teaspoon
  • Dry Red Chilli - 4
  • Salt as needed
  • Curry Leaves as required
  • Ghee as needed
  • Oil as needed
  • Water – 1 Cup

Preparation:-
  • Take 1 Cup water in a vessel and add salt into it
  • Add rice flour into it and mix it well
  • Switch on the stove and keep it in high flame. Stir the mixture continuously.
  • Once it become thick switch off the stove and allow it to cool
  • Add ghee into the pan and knead it well.
  • Take small portion of the dough and make small balls
  • Steam rice balls until it cook
  • Heat Oil in a pan. Splutter mustard seeds. Add dried red chilli, Curry leaves and shallot and sauté well
  • Transfer steamed rice balls into the pan and mix it well
  • Finally add grated coconut and then switch off the stove
  • Tasty Kozhukkatta/Rice balls is ready to serve

 
Cheers!!!
Minu

Monday, 15 July 2019

Padavalam Pachadi | Kerala Sadya Special Pachadi

How to prepare Padavalam Pachadi | Kerala Sadya Special Pachadi


Padavalam Pachadi | Kerala Sadya Special Pachadi


Ingredients:-
  • Snake Gourd – ½ Portion of a medium Size
  • Green Chilli - 2
  • Curry Leaves as needed
  • Grated Coconut – ¾ Cup
  • Curd - ¾ Cup
  • Mustard Seeds – ¼ + ½ Teaspoon
  • Dry Red Chilli -2
  • Salt as needed
  • Oil as needed


Preparation:-
  • Peel the snake gourd and cut it into small pieces
  • Transfer the snake gourd into a mud pot
  • Add green chilli, curry leaves and salt
  • Add required amount of water and cook
  • Grind coconut curd and mustard seeds
  • Heat coconut oil in a pan and add mustard seeds
  • When mustard seeds splutter add dry chilli and curry leaves and add it into the pachadi
  • Tasty Padavalam/Snake Gourd Pachadi is ready to serve

 

Cheers!!!
Minu

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Sweet Corn Soup | Healthy Sweet Corn Soup

How to prepare Sweet Corn Soup | Healthy Sweet Corn Soup


Sweet Corn Soup | Healthy Sweet Corn Soup


Ingredients:-
  • Sweet Corn to Grind– ½ Cup
  • Sweet Corn Whole – ¼ Cup
  • Carrot – ¼ Cup
  • Beans – ¼ Cup
  • Spring Onion - !/4 Cup
  • Garlic – 4 Pods (¾ to 1 tablespoon)
  • Pepper Powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Corn Flour – 1 Tablespoon
  • Lemon Juice – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Sugar – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Salt as required
  • Butter as required


Preparation:-
  • Take a mixer jar and grind sweet corn and make thick paste by adding a little water
  • Take corn flour in a bowl and mix it with ¼ cup water
  • Heat butter in a pan and add carrot, beans, sweet corn, garlic into it and sauté well
  • Add spring onion and continue sautéing
  • Transfer ground sweet corn into the pan and mix it well
  • Add two cup water and cook for 5 min by closing the pan
  •  Transfer corn flour into the pan and mix it well
  • Add required salt, sugar, pepper powder into the soup and mix it again
  • Finally add few spring onion and lemon juice and then switch off the stove
  • Tasty Sweet Corn soup is ready to serve


Cheers!!!

Minu

Sunday, 30 June 2019

Rava Idiyappam | Rava Noolputtu | Kerala Breakfast

How to prepare Rava Idiyappam | Rava Noolputtu


Rava Idiyappam | Rava Noolputtu



Ingredients:-
  • Semolina/Rava – 2 Cup
  • Grated Coconut as required
  • Salt as required
  • Oil – 1 Teaspoon
  • Water - 4 Cup (Double quantity of Rava)

 
Preparation:-
  • Boil 4 cup water, add salt as required and 1 teaspoon oil
  • Transfer semolina into the boiled water and mix it continuously at high flame
  • Switch off the stove once semolina absorbs entire water and close the pan using a lid.
  • Open the lid and mix it well. Allow the mixture to cool down
  • Fill the dough into the idiyappam mould
  • Take idli making vessel and add grated coconut first and then squeeze rava idiyappam mixture
  • Keep the filled vessel inside the cooker and cook for 3 min
  • Tasty Rava idiyappam is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu


Tuesday, 25 June 2019

Cheera Sambar | Red Spinach Sambar

How to prepare Cheera Sambar | Red Spinach Sambar


Cheera Sambar | Red Spinach Sambar



Ingredients:-
  • Toor dhal – ½ Cup Soaked
  • Red spinach – 2 Cup
  • Green chilli – 1
  • Tomato – 1 Medium Size
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Chilli powder – 2 Teaspoon
  • Coriander Powder – 2 Teaspoon
  • Sambar powder – 2 Teaspoon
  • Tamarind water – 1 gooseberry size squeezed
  • Asafoetida – A Pinch
  • Fenugreek powder – A Pinch
  • Jaggery a small piece
  • Ghee – ½ Teaspoon
  • Onion – ¼ portion of a medium size
  • Dried red chilli - 2
  • Salt as required
  • Water as required
  • Curry leaves as required

 

Preparation:-
  • Cook toor dal in a cooker by adding required water
  • Take a mud pot and add cooked dal, red spinach, green chilli, tomato, salt to taste, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, sambar powder, curry leaves and mix it well
  • Add required water and cook well by closing the mud pot
  • Pour tamarind water into the pot
  • Add asafoetida powder, fenugreek powder into the sambar and allow it to boil
  • Add a small piece of jaggery and a ghee into it and then switch off the stove
  • Heat a pan and pour required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add onion, dried red chilli and curry leaves and sauté well. Transfer the spluttered mustard into the sambar.
  • Tasty cheera sambar  is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Thursday, 20 June 2019

Baby Corn Manchurian | Restaurant Style Baby Corn Manchurian

How to prepare Baby Corn Manchurian | Restaurant Style Manchurian


Baby Corn Manchurian | Restaurant Style Manchurian



Ingredients:-
  • Baby Corn - 10
  • All-purpose flour/Maida - ½ Cup
  • Cornflour – 2 Teaspoon
  • Chilli Powder – 1 Teaspoon
  • Cloves – 3
  • Onion – 1 Medium
  • Capsicum – ½ Portion
  • Garlic – 4 Pods
  • Ginger – ½ Teaspoon
  • Spring Onion – 4 to 5 stem
  • Red Chilli Sauce – 1 Tablespoon
  • Tomato Sauce – ½ Cup
  • Soya sauce – 2 Tablespoon
  • Pepper Powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Water - ¼ Cup
  • Salt as required
  • Oil as required

 
Preparation:-
  • Take a bowl, add All-purpose flour/Maida, corn flour, chilli powder, salt and then mix it well.
  • Pour water little by little and make thick batter.
  • Add baby corn into the batter to coat it properly and keep it aside for 10 min
  • Fry coated baby corn both sides
  • Heat oil in a pan, add cloves, onion, capsicum, garlic, ginger, salt as required and sauté well
  • Add chopped spring onion
  • Add red chilli sauce, soya sauce and tomato sauce into the pan and mix it well
  • Transfer fried baby corn into the pan and mix it well
  • Add ¼ Cup water and then pepper powder into the pan and mix it well
  • Once the gravy become thick switch off the stove
  • Tasty Baby Corn Manchurian is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu