Thursday, 29 August 2019

Pazham Rava Nalumani Palaharam | Semolina Banana Sweet Balls

How to prepare Pazham Rava Nalumani Palaharam | Semolina Banana Sweet Balls


Pazham Rava Nalumani Palaharam | Semolina Banana Sweet Balls


Ingredients:-
  • Banana – 2
  • Semolina – ¾ Cup
  • Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
  • Sugar – 3 Tablespoon
  • Cardamom Powder-¼ Teaspoon
  • Sesame Seeds- ¼
  • Ghee – 2 Tablespoon
  • Oil – For frying


Preparation:-
  • Cut banana into small pieces
  • Heat ghee in a pan and fry banana pieces
  • Add grated coconut, sugar and mix well
  • Smash the cooked banana
  • Add semolina into the banana mix and fry well
  • Add cardamom powder and sesame seeds and mix well
  • Mix the banana semolina mixture using your hand
  • Take a small portion of the mixture and shape it into balls
  • Deep fry the balls
  • Tasty Banana Rava balls are ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Monday, 26 August 2019

Egg Stuffed Paratha | Special Egg Paratha

How to prepare Egg Stuffed Paratha | Special Egg Paratha


Egg Stuffed Paratha | Special Egg Paratha




Ingredients:-
  • Wheat flour – 1 ½ Cup
  • Water – ¾ Cup
  • Potato – 1 Medium
  • Onion – 1 Medium
  • Egg – 3
  • Chilli Powder – 1 Teaspoon
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Coriander Powder – 1 Teaspoon
  • Garam masala - ¼ Teaspoon
  • Pepper Powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Ghee as required
  • Oil as required
  • Curry leaves as required
  • Salt to taste



Preparation:-
  • Take wheat flour in a vessel. Add salt to taste and pour ¾ Cup water and mix it well to make chapati dough
  • Take a bowl and smash cooked potato and then add chopped onion and mix it well
  • Add 3 eggs into the bowl, salt to taste, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala, pepper powder and mix it well
  • Heat oil in a pan and pour egg mixture into it and mix it well to make it like an egg bhurgi
  • Take chapati dough and make balls.
  • 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.
  • Add egg bhurji on top of the chapatti and make ball again.
  • Using a rolling pin, roll the egg stuffed ball to a circular shape again.
  • Heat a dosa tawa and keep one Paratha at a time and cook both sides by applying ghee on top of it
  • Tasty egg stuffed Paratha is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu


Tuesday, 20 August 2019

How to prepare Chicken Fried Rice | Special Chicken Fried Rice

How to prepare Chicken Fried Rice | Special Chicken Fried Rice


Chicken Fried Rice | Special Chicken Fried Rice


Ingredients:-
  • Basmati Rice – 2 Cup
  • Chicken – 1 Cup small pieces boneless
  • Egg – 2
  • Onion – 1 Medium
  • Carrot – 1 Medium
  • Beans – 5 to 10
  • Garlic – 2 Teaspoon
  • Spring Onion – ½ Cup
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper Powder – 3 Teaspoon
  • Red Chilli Sauce
  • Soya sauce


Preparation:-
  • First let’s cook 2 cup Basmati rice and keep it away for cool down
  • Add 1 teaspoon soya sauce, salt to taste and pepper powder into the chicken and mix it well
  • Heat oil in a pan and deep fry chicken and keep it aside
  • Heat oil in a pan and pour beaten egg to make scrambled egg and keep it aside
  • Heat oil in a pan and sauté garlic
  • Add onion, carrot, beans, salt to taste into the pan and continue sautéing
  • Add chopped spring onion, 2 teaspoon soya sauce, 1 teaspoon pepper powder and mix it well
  • Add scrambled egg into the vegetables and mix it well
  • Transfer fried chicken into the pan and mix it again
  • Transfer cooked rice in to the pan and mix it well
  • Finally add 1 Teaspoon soya sauce, 1 Teaspoon red chilli sauce, pepper powder, spring onion and mix it well
  • Tasty chicken fried rice is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Thursday, 15 August 2019

Thalassery Special Chemmeen Biriyani | Prawns Biriyani

How to prepare Chemmeen Biriyani | Prawns Biriyani


Chemmeen Biriyani | Prawns Biriyani



Ingredients for preparing Biriyani Rice:-
  • Biriyani Rice (Jeera) – 2 Cup
  • Fennel Seeds – ¼ Tsp
  • Cloves - 4
  • Cardamom – 3
  • Cinnamon – One small stick
  • Mace – 1 strand
  • Bay leaf – 2 small
  • Star Anise - 2
  • Water – 3 Cup
  • Oil & Ghee as required
  • Salt to taste
  • Lemon Juice - from half portion of a lemon

Ingredients for Onion Fry (Bista):-
  • Onion - 2 Medium
  • Salt to taste
  • Sugar – ¼ Teaspoon

Ingredients for Prawns Marination:-
  • Prawns – 250 Gram
  • Turmeric – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Chilli Powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Salt to taste

Ingredients for Prawns Masala:-
  • Onion – 3 Medium
  • Ginger (1 Inch) Garlic (12 Pods) and Green Chilli (2) paste
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Chilli Powder – ¾ Teaspoon
  • Coriander Powder – 2 Teaspoon
  • Tomato – 2 Medium
  • Garam masala– ¼ Teaspoon
  • Pepper powder – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil as required
  • Coriander leaves as needed
  • Mint leaves as required


Preparation:-

Biriyani Rice
  • Heat 2 Tablespoon ghee in a vessel, add all the spices (Cloves, Star Anise, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Bay Leaves, and Fennel Seeds) into it and sauté well
  • Add rice into the vessel and mix it well until rice starts cracking. Add 3 cup water into the rice.
  • Add salt into it
  • Add lemon juice (squeezed from half portion of the lemon) into the rice
  • Once it starts boiling close the vessel with a lid and place a weight on top of the vessel
  • Heat oil in a pan and add finely chopped onion and sauté well by adding a little salt

Onion Fry (Bista)
  • To make the fried onion crispy add a little sugar into it and continue sautéing

Prawns Marination
  • Take prawns in a bowl and add salt to taste, turmeric powder, and chilli powder and mix it well

Prawns Masala
  • Heat oil in a pan and add onion into it sauté well by adding a little salt
  • Add ginger garlic and green chilli paste into it and continue sautéing
  • Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and coriander powder
  • Add tomatoes into the pan
  • Add Prawns and mix it well. Pour required water to cook the Prawns and add few coriander leaves
  • Cook the prawns by closing the vessel
  • Add garam masala and pepper powder and mix it well
  • Add fried half portion of fried onion into it
  • Once the masala become dry switch off the stove
  • Heat a pan and add ghee into it. Fry cashew nuts and raisins and keep it aside
  • Layering:-
    • ·               Take a big vessel and spread Prawns masala on top of it
    • ·               Add cooked Biriyani rice on the top of prawns masala
    • ·               Add Coriander leaves
    • ·               Add fried cashew nuts and raisins
    • ·               Add a little garam masala
    • ·               Continue the process
  • Heat a dosa pan. Place the cooker on the top of the pan. Keep the flame low for 5 min
  • Tast Thalassery special Chemmeen Biriyani is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu


Wednesday, 7 August 2019

Rava Vada | Semolina Vada | Instant Vada

How to prepare Rava Vada | Vada using Semolina | Instant Vada


Rava Vada | Vada using Semolina | Instant Vada



Ingredients:-
  • Semolina / Rava – 1 Cup
  • Onion Chopped– ½ Cup
  • Green Chilli - 2
  • Ginger – 1 Teaspoon
  • Curd – ¼ Cup
  • Salt as required
  • Curry leaves as required
  • Oil as required
  • Water – 1 Cup


Preparation:-
  • Take semolina in bowl, add curd into it and mix it well
  •  Add salt, onion, green chilli, ginger, curry leaves into it and mix it again
  • Pour 1 Cup water little by little and mix it well
  • Keep the mixture aside for 10 to 15 min
  • Apply oil or water on your hand and take a small portion of dough to make vada shape. Fry both sides until golden brown
  • Tasty Rava Vada is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Sunday, 4 August 2019

Wheat flour pathiri | Gothambu Podi Kondu Pathiri

How to prepare Gothambu Podi Pathiri | Wheat Flour Pathiri


Gothambu Podi Pathiri | Wheat flour pathiri



Ingredients:-
  • Wheat flour – 1 Cup
  • Water – 1 Cup
  • Salt as required
  • Oil as required


Preparation:-
  • Boil water in a pan and add salt into it
  • Pour little oil while boiling the water
  • Keep the flame low and add wheat flour into the boiled water and mix it well
  • Switch off the stove and keep it aside to cool down
  • Knead the dough well
  • Make medium size balls to make the Pathiri
  • 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. Cut it using a sharp rounded vessel to get the exact circle shape
  • Heat a dosa tawa and keep one Pathiri at a time and cook both sides
  • Tasty Gothambu Pathiri is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu


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