Wednesday, 19 May 2021

Kerala style Chemmeen Parippu Curry | Special Prawns Dal Curry | Malabar Style Chemmen Parippu Curry

How to make Kerala style Chemmeen Parippu Curry | Special Prawns Dal Curry | Malabar Style Chemmen Parippu Curry

Prawns and Dal is a perfect combination to prepare curry for rice. By adding few drumstick will give super taste to the curry. Chemmeen is one of the favorite fish for all fish lovers and the curry prepared using chemmeen along with parippu is enough to eat a plate full of rice. Try to prepare this Malabar Style Chemmeen Parippu curry and let me know the feedback.

Chemmeen Parippu Curry | Prawns Dal Curry | Malabar Style Chemmen Parippu Curry

Chemeen Parippu Curry

Ingredients:-

  • Prawns – 250 Gram
  • Drumstick - 1
  • Dal (soaked) - ¼ Cup
  • Onion – 1 Small
  • Green Chilli – 2
  • Ginger – ¼ Inch Crushed
  • Garlic – 5 Pods Crushed
  • Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Red chilli powder – ¾ Tablespoon
  • Tomato – 1 Medium Size
  • Tamarind – Gooseberry size soaked in 3/4 Cup water
  • Salt to taste
  • Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
  • Cumin Seeds – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Water as required 
  • Mustard Seeds – ½ Teaspoon
  • Fenugreek – ¼ teaspoon
  • Curry Leaves as needed

Malabar Style Chemmeen Parippu Curry

Preparation:-

  • Take a cooker and cook soaked dal
  • Heat oil in a mud pot and sauté chopped onion by adding little salt
  • Add green chilli, ginger garlic and sauté well
  • Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and continue sautéing 
  • Add tomato and curry leaves and sauté
  • Add drumstick and cleaned prawns, ¾ Cup tamarind water and cook well by closing the pot
  •  Smash cooked dal and add it in the curry and mix it well
  • Take a mixer grinder, add coconut, a pinch of turmeric powder, cumin seeds and grind it well
  • Transfer the ground coconut into the curry, add required water for the curry and mix it well
  • Heat oil in a pan add splutter mustard seeds, add fenugreek, curry leaves into it and then transfer it into curry
  • Tasty Chemmeen parippu curry is ready to serve

Prawns Dal Curry

Cheers!!!
Minu
#PrawnsDalCurry #Ruchikaram #ChemmeenParippuCurry

Semiya Uppumavu | Vermicelli Upma | Breakfast Upma

How to prepare Semiya Uppumavu | Vermicelli Upma | Breakfast Upma

Upma is prepared many ways. Rava/Sooji, Broken wheat etc are the main ingredients we use while preparing Upma. Here I am showing Upma recipe prepared using vermicelli. This vermicelli uppumavu is very soft and each vermicelli is separate from each other. Vermicelli uppumav can be prepared as breakfast as well as evening snack. Since this is one of the healthy dish you must try this vermicelli Upma. As usual once you prepare Vermicelli Upma please share the feedback.

Semiya Uppumavu | Vermicelli Upma | Breakfast Upma

Ingredients:-

  • Vermicelli - 2 Cup
  • Mustard Seeds – ½ Teaspoon
  • Dry red chilli – 2
  • Curry leaves as required
  • Urad dal – ½ Teaspoon
  • Chana dal – 1 Teaspoon
  • Peanut 1- 1 Tablespoon
  • Ginger- ¼ Teaspoon chopped
  • Onion – 1 small chopped
  • Carrot – ¼ cup chopped
  • Beans- ¼ Cup chopped
  • Lemon juice- ¼ Teaspoon
  • Salt to taste
  • Coriander leaves

 

Preparation:-

  • Boil water in a vessel with required salt and then add vermicelli and cook for 2 min
  • Drain the water
  • Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds. Add dried red chilli, Curry leaves, Urad dal, Chana dal, peanuts and sauté well
  • Add chopped ginger and sauté again
  • Add onion, carrot, beans and required salt and cook well for 2 min by closing the pan
  • Transfer cooked vermicelli and add some ghee into it and mix it well
  • Add coriander leaves and lemon juice into it and mix it well
  • Tasty Vermicilli Upma is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu


Qatayef - Arabic Dessert | Eid Special Sweets | Iftar Nombuthura Special Arabic Sweet

 How to prepare Qatayef - Arabic Dessert | Eid Special Sweets | Iftar Nombuthura Special Arabic Sweet

Qatayef is an Arabic sweet. Qatayef is one of the must sweet we have to prepare during Iftar/Nombuthura. Arabs like sweet very much and their sweets are very different from other sweets which we normally prepare.  Qatayef is very easy to prepare and kids will love this sweet. This special Qatayef can be prepared during Diwali as well. Please follow the way I have prepared this special Arabic Sweet named Qatayef  and let me know your feedback.

How to prepare Qatayef - Arabic Dessert | Eid Special Sweets | Iftar Nombuthura Special Arabic Sweet

Ingredients:-

  • All-purpose flour – 1 Cup
  • Sugar -1 Tablespoon
  • Baking Powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Salt a pinch
  • Milk – ¾ Cup
  • Warm Water as required
  • Oil as needed to fry

For Fillings

  • Cashew nuts as needed
  • Raisins as needed
  • Pistachio as needed

For Sugar Syrup

  • Sugar – ½ Cup
  • Water – ¼ Cup

 

Preparation:-

  • Take a bowl and mix all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder and salt
  • Pour milk and then water little by little and mix it well until it reaches the required consistency
  • Close the vessel and keep it aside for 30 to 60 min
  • After 30 min open the vessel and mix it well
  • Heat a non-Stick Tawa and pour ¼ cup batter and make pan cake
  • Take a small bowl and add cashew nuts, raisins, pistachio, sugar, butter and mix it well
  • Take a pancake and add small portion of fillings and then close it by pressing it on the corner
  • Heat a pan and pour ¼ cup water and then ½ cup sugar and make thick syrup
  • Heat oil in a pan and deep fry each pan cake
  • Dip the fried pan cake into the sugar syrup
  • Tasty Qatayef, Arabic Sweet/Dessert is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu


How to prepare Egg Peas | Green Peas and Egg snack | Calicut Beach Special Green Peas and Egg evening Snack | Naalumani palaharam

How to prepare Egg Peas | Green Peas and Egg snack | Calicut Beach Special Green Peas and Egg Masala

Egg and Peas is one of the favorite evening snack you may get it from Calicut beach. Green Peas and egg masala is very easy to prepare and it tastes very good. If you have a hot tea along with this egg and green peas then you may forget whether you are in beach or at home. Please follow the way I have prepared egg and green peas masala and let me know your feedback.  


Egg and Peas | Green Peas and Egg snack | Calicut Beach Special Green Peas and Egg | Evening Snack | Naalumani palaharam

Egg Peas | Green Peas and Egg snack | Calicut Beach Special Green Peas and Egg Masala

Ingredients:-

  • Green peas – ½ Cup Soaked
  • Onion – 1 Medium
  • Green Chilli -1
  • Curry leaves as required
  • Egg – 2
  • Pepper Powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Oil as required

Egg Peas | Green Peas and Egg snack | Calicut Beach Special Green Peas and Egg Masala

Preparation:-

  • Cooke green peas by adding salt to taste and required water in a cooker
  • Cut onion and green chilli into small pieces
  • Heat oil in a pan add chopped onion, green chilli, curry leaves and sauté well
  • Transfer cooked green peas into the pan and mix it well
  • Add eggs and salt as required, pepper powder into the pan and mix it again
  • Tasty egg – Pease stir fry is ready to serve

Egg Peas | Green Peas and Egg snack | Calicut Beach Special Green Peas and Egg Masala

Cheers!!!
Minu
#EggPeas #Ruchikaram #EveningSnack

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Chicken Vada | Iftar Nombuthura Special Chicken Vada | Malabar Special Chicken Vada

How to prepare Chicken Vada | Iftar Nombuthura Special Chicken Vada | Malabar Special Chicken Vada

Chicken Vada is a special Vada prepared using Boneless Chicken. This Chicken vada tastes totally different from other mom vegetarian Vada varieties. This is one of the special evening snacks to be prepared during Iftar/Nombuthura time. Everyone likes this special Chicken Vada as it is Crispy and a perfect combination for a hot tea. Please follow the way how I have prepared this special Iftar Snack, Chicken Vada, and let me know your feedback.


How to prepare Chicken Vada | Iftar Nombuthura Special Chicken Vada | Malabar Special Chicken Vada

Chicken Pakoda

Ingredients:-

  • Chicken – 7 Pieces
  • Onion -1
  • Ginger – 1 Inch
  • Curry leaves
  • Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp
  • Chilli Powder – 1 Tsp
  • Cumin Seeds – ¼ Tsp
  • Gram flour – 6 Table Spoon
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil as needed

 Chicken Vada

 Preparation:-

  • Take a cooker add chicken, salt to taste, ¼ teaspoon pepper powder and cook the chicken
  • Cut onion, ginger
  • Shred the cooked chicken
  • Take a bowl and add shredded chicken, onion, ginger, curry leaves, salt to taste, gram flour, Turmeric Powder, Chilli powder, cumin seeds (If required add water ) and mix it well
  • Add gram flour little by little and water as required to get the required consistency to make vada shape
  • Shape the mixture to make chicken vada
  • Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the vada both sides
  • Tasty chicken vada is ready to serve.

Iftar special Chicken Vada

Cheers!!!

Minu

Saturday, 30 January 2021

Chena Kaya Erissery | Koottucurry Style Erisseri

 How to prepare a tasty Plantain Erissery | Chena Kaya Erissery | Koottucurry Style Erisseri


Chena Kaya Erissery | Koottucurry Style Erisseri

Chena Kaya Erisseri

Ingredients:-

  • Plantain - 1
  • Elephant Yam – A small portion
  • Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp
  • Chilli Powder- 1 ½ Tsp
  • Grated Coconut – 1 Cup
  • Green Chilli - 1
  • Cumin Seeds – ¾ Tsp
  • Mustard Seeds
  • Dry red chilli -2
  • Curry leaves
  • Salt

 Koottucurry Style Erisseri

 Preparation:-

  • Add Elephant Yam, Plantain, salt, Turmeric powder, chilli powder and water into a cooker and cook well
  • Grind ½ Cup coconut, green chilli and cumin seeds by adding required water
  • Add ground coconut into cooked vegetables. Add curry leaves and boil
  • Add coconut oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds. Add remaining coconut, Curry leaves, dry red chilli and sauté well
  • Add fried coconut into the curry
  • Tasty Chena Pachakaya Erisseri is ready to serve

 Erisseri Recipe

Cheers!!!
Minu
#ChenaErissery #Erisseri #Ruchikaram

Aatha Chakka Milk Shake / Custard Apple Juice/ Healthy drink

How to prepare Custard Apple Juice | Aatha Chakka Milk Shake | Healthy drink


Aatha Chakka Milk Shake / Custard Apple Juice/ Healthy drink


Ingredients:-

  • Custard Apple- 1
  • Milk Powder – 1 Tablespoon
  • Sugar – 3 Tablespoon
  • Cardamom - 2
  • Milk – 2 Cup

Preparation:-

  • In a mixer jar add Custard Apple pulp, Sugar, Cardamom, Milk powder and Milk and blend it well
  • Custard Apple shake shake is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

Sunday, 17 May 2020

Chocolate Donut | Perfect doughnut | Sugar Coated Donut

How to prepare Chocolate Donut | Perfect doughnut | Sugar Coated Donut


Chocolate Donut | Perfect doughnut | Sugar Coated Donut

Sugar Coated Donut


Ingredients:-
  • Dried Yeast – 1 Teaspoon
  • Sugar - 2 Teaspoon
  • Warm Milk – ½ Cup
  • All-purpose Flour/Maida – 2 Cup
  • Butter – 2 Teaspoon
  • Egg – 1
  • Vanilla essence – ½ Teaspoon
  • Salt a pinch

Perfect Chocolate Doughnut

Preparation:-
  • Take a bowl and add yeast, sugar and milk. Mix it well and keep it aside for 10 min
  • Take a big bowl and add all-purpose flour, a pinch of salt, butter and mix it well
  • Add one egg and pour yeast mixture, vanilla essence and make dough
  • If dough looks more watery spread Maida little by little and make a soft dough
  • Keep it aside for 1 hour by applying oil or cover it with wet cloth
  • After an hour mix it again. If it’s watery apply Maida on your hand
  • Spread Maida on a floor and flatten the dough
  • Cut it in round shape using a cutter or round vessel. Make a hole at the middle using a small cutter or bottle cap
  • Spread Maida on a flat vessel and place the donut shaped dough on to it
  • Keep it aside for 30 min after applying oil on top of it and cover it with a wet cloth
  • Heat oil in a pan and deep fry both sides.
  • To make sugar coated Donut, grind sugar with cinnamon and dip the donut on top of the sugar powder
  • Take a bowl add ½ Cup sugar powder, ½ Tablespoon cocoa powder and then add milk little by little to make a thick paste.
  • Dip donut into this chocolate mixture.
  • Tasty sugar coated and chocolate coated donut is ready to serve


Homemade Donut 
Cheers!!!
Minu
#HomemadeDonut #Ruchikaram #PerfectDoughnut



Fish Fry Style Paneer Fry | Special Paneer Fry

How to prepare Fish Fry Style Paneer Fry | Special Paneer Fry


Fish Fry Style Paneer Fry | Special Paneer Fry



Ingredients:-
  • Paneer – 100 Gram
  • Turmeric Powder– ¼ Teaspoon
  • Pepper Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
  • Chilli Powder – 1 Teaspoon
  • Rice Flour – 2 Tablespoon
  • Coriander Powder – ½ Teaspoon
  • Curd - 2 Tablespoon
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil as needed


Preparation:-
  • Take a bowl and add curd, rice flour, turmeric Powder, chilli Powder, pepper powder, salt to taste and mix it well to make a thick paste
  • Marinate paneer with the masala and keep it aside for 10 min
  • Heat oil in a frying pan and fry marinated paneer both sides
  • Serve it hot


Cheers!!!
Minu



Grapes Wine at Home in 5 days | Instant Grapes Wine at home

How to prepare Grapes Wine at Home in 5 days | Instant Grapes Wine at home


Grapes Wine at Home in 5 days | Instant Grapes Wine at home




Ingredients:-
  • Black Grapes – 1 Kg
  • Beetroot – A small piece
  • Sugar - 750 gm
  • Cardamom - 5
  • Cinnamon – 3 pieces
  • Cloves -10
  • Water – 1Litre
  • Yeast – 1 Teaspoon
  • Whole wheat – 1 Tablespoon


Preparation:-

Day 1
  • Take a vessel and add grapes, sugar, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon into it.
  • Pour water into it and boil it for 15 min in low to medium flame by closing the lid
  • Switch off the stove and keep the vessel a side for a day

Day 2
  • Open the vessel and add Yeast into it
  • Stir the wine with a dry and neat spatula and close the vessel and keep it aside

Day 3
  • Stir the wine
  • Transfer the wine into stone jar or other container
  • Take the whole wheat in a cloth and put it into the jar
  • Close the jar and cover it with a cloth. Keep it aside for another day.

Day 4
  • Stir the wine and then again cover it and keep it aside

Day 5
  • Stir the wine and then strain the wine into another vessel and then to a wine bottle
  • Tasty wine is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu Asheej