Malliyitta Ayala Curry | Mackerel Curry with Coriander | Malabar Style Malliyitta Ayala Curry

How to prepare Malliyitta Ayala Curry | Mackerel Curry with Coriander | Malabar Style Malliyitta Ayala Curry

Malliyitta Ayala Curry | Mackerel Curry with Coriander | Malabar Style Malliyitta Ayala Curry

Ingredients:-

• Mackerel (Ayala) – 2
• Onion – 1 Big
• Tomato – 1 Medium Size
• Garlic – 10 Pods Crushed
• Ginger – 1 Tablespoon
• Green Chilli – 2
• Curry Leaves as needed
• Mustard Seeds – ½ Teaspoon
• Fenugreek – ¼ teaspoon
• Turmeric Powder – ¼ Teaspoon
• Red chilli powder – ¾ Tablespoon
• Kashmiri chilli powder – ½ Tablespoon
• Coriander Powder - 3 Tablespoon 
• Pot Tamarind (Kudam Puli) - 
• Water as required 
• Salt to taste

Preparation:-

• Heat coconut oil in a clay pot and splutter mustard seeds. Add fenugreek, sliced onion, salt to taste and sauté well
• Add green chilli, garlic and ginger and continue sautéing 
• Add Turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder, Kashmiri Chilli Powder, Coriander Powder, Tomato, Curry Leaves and little water into the clay pot and sauté well 
• Pour required water and allow it to boil
• Transfer cleaned mackerel (Ayala) and pot tamarind into the clay pot and cook well
• Tasty Malliyitta (Mackerel) Ayala curry is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

#AyalaCurry #Ruchikaram #MalliyittaAyalaCurry

Coconut Chocolate Laddu | Chocolate Coconut Laddu

How to prepare Coconut Chocolate Laddu | Chocolate Coconut Laddu

Coconut Chocolate Laddu | Chocolate Coconut Laddu

Ingredients:-

• Grated Coconut – 1 Cup
• Milk – 2 Tablespoon
• Ghee – 2 Tablespoon
• Sugar – ½ Cup
• Chocolate as required
• Cardamom Powder 5 pods
• Nuts as required

Preparation:- 

• Grind chocolate
• Heat ghee in a pan, add coconut and sauté well 
• Add sugar, cardamom powder, milk and mix it well
• Add chocolate and nuts and mix it again
• Transfer the coconut mixture into a plate and keep it aside for cooling
• Grind the coconut mixture and transfer it back to the plate 
• Apply ghee on your hand and make laddu shape
• Roll laddu over fresh coconut 
• Tasty Chocolate Coconut laddu is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

#CoconutChocolateLaddu #Ruchikaram #ChocolateCoconutLaddu

Chemmeen Chukka | Prawns Chukka | Malabar Style Chemmeen Chukka

How to prepare Chemmeen Chukka | Prawns Chukka | Malabar Style Chemmeen Chukka

Chemmeen Chukka | Prawns Chukka | Malabar Style Chemmeen Chukka

Ingredients:-

• Prawns – 500 Gram
• Onion – 1 Big sliced
• Tomato – 1 Big Size
• Green Chilli – 2
• Ginger – 1 Inch 
• Garlic – 10 Pods 
• Coriander Leaves as required
• Curry leaves as required
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Chilli powder – 1 Teaspoon
• Coriander Powder – 1 Tablespoon
• Kashmiri Chilli Powder – 1 ½ Teaspoon
• Garam masala – ½ Teaspoon
• Vinegar – 1 Tablespoon
• Salt to taste

Preparation:-

• Heat oil in a pan and sauté well by adding a little salt
• Add tomato, ginger, garlic, green chilli, and coriander leaves paste into the pan and mix it well
• Add turmeric powder, chili powder, Kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder water as required water and sauté well
• Transfer cleaned Prawns into the pan and cook well
• Pour required water to cook the prawns and close the pan with a lid
• Add garam masala, curry leaves, vinegar and mix it well
• Tasty Chemmeen Chukka is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

#ChemmeenChukka #Ruchikaram #PrawnsChukka

Sadya Special Cheera Pachadi | Red Spinach Pachadi

How to prepare Sadya Special Cheera Pachadi | Red Spinach Pachadi

Pachadi is one of the mandatory dish in Onam and Vishu sadya. Pachadi is prepared using different vegetables like pumpkin, carrot, cabbage, beetroot etc. Pachadi is very healthy because it has only two main ingredients, one vegetable and curd.  Here I am showing you how to prepare pachadi using Red Spinach/Cheera which is a variety pachadi in sadya. 

Sadya Special Cheera Pachadi | Red Spinach Pachadi

Ingredients:-

• Red Spinach – 1 Bundle
• Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
• Curd – ½ Cup
• Green chilli –2
• Salt to taste
• Mustard Seeds 
• Dry red chilli – 2
• Curry leaves as required
• Salt to taste

Preparation:-

• Cut red spinach 
• Take a pan and add red spinach, salt to taste and mix it well. Switch on the stove.
• Close the pan using a lid and mix it in between.
• Take a mixer Jar and add grated coconut, ¾ portion of curd, ½ portion of Mustard seeds, green chilli and grind it well
• Transfer cooked red spinach into a vessel and add ground coconut and curd mixture into that and mix it well
• Add left over curd and mix it again
• Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add dried red chilli, curry leaves into the pan
• Transfer spluttered mustard seeds into the pachadi
• Tasty red spinach Pachadi is ready serve.

Cheers!!!

Minu

#CheeraPachadi #Ruchikaram #RedSpinachPachadi

White Sauce Pasta | White Sauce Pasta Recipe | Creamy Pasta Recipe

How to prepare White Sauce Pasta | White Sauce Pasta Recipe | Creamy Pasta Recipe

White Sauce Pasta | White Sauce Pasta Recipe | Creamy Pasta Recipe

Ingredients:-

For Pasta Cooking

• Pasta – 2 Cup
• Water - 5 Cup
• Salt
• Oil – ¼ teaspoon
• Vegetables for Pasta
• Onion - Medium
• Carrot - Small
• Capsicum – ½ Portion
• Salt to taste
• Pepper Powder
• Chilli flakes
• Oil

White Sauce

• Butter – 4 Table spoon
• Maida/All-purpose flour – 4 Tablespoon
• Milk – 2 Cup
• Pepper Powder - ½ Teaspoon
• Cheese as required

Preparation:-

• Boil water and cook Pasta by adding salt and oil 
• Drain the water and pour cold water to avoid overcooking
• Heat oil in a pan and sauté onion, carrot, capsicum. Add salt to taste, pepper powder, chilli flakes and continue sautéing 
• Heat Butter in a pan add Maida/All-Purpose Flour and sauté well
• Pour milk and mix it well
• Add ½ Teaspoon pepper powder and mix it again
• Switch off the stove once it reaches the required consistency
• Add cheese, vegetables and Pasta into the sauce and mix it well
• Finally pour Milk to have the required consistency you like
• Tasty white sauce Pasta is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

#WhiteSaucePasta #Ruchikaram #CreamyPasta

Soft and Instant Ragi Flour Idly | Ragi Podi Idly

How to prepare soft and Instant Ragi Flour Idly | Ragi Podi Idly?

Soft and Instant Ragi Flour Idly | Ragi Podi Idly?

Ingredients:-

• Ragi flour – 2 Cup
• Rava/Semilona – ½ Cup
• Curd – 1 Cup
• Baking Soda – ¼ Teaspoon
• Salt to taste 
• Water – 1/3 Cup

Preparation:-

• Take a bowl and add ragi flour, rava/Semolina and mix it well
• Add curd into the bowl and mix it again
• Pour water little by little and mix it well until it reaches the required consistency and then keep it aside for 30 min
• After 30 min open the lid and mix it again. Add baking soda, salt to taste and mix it well
• Take an idly plate and fill the moulds with batter and steam it for 10 to 12 min
• Using a spoon remove the idly from the plate and serve it hot

Cheers!!!

Minu

#RagiFlourIdly #Ruchikaram #InstantRagiIdly

Nurukku Gothambu Vellayappam | Broken Wheat Palappam

How to prepare Nurukku Gothambu Vellayappam | Broken Wheat Palappam

Vellayappam/Palappam is one of the favorite breakfast in Kerala. If you visit any restaurants in Kerala you will find Vellayappam/appam as one of the breakfast item. Every home in a week on rotation vellayappam/appam is prepared as one day’s breakfast. This soft vellayappam/appam can be eaten with varieties of curries like Kadala, Cherupayar, Stew etc but famous curry to be used along with vellayappam is egg curry / mutta curry. Vellayappam can be prepared using rice, ragi, wheat etc. Here I am showing how to prepare vellayappam/palappam using Nurukku Gothambu or Broken Wheat. Please watch the video and let us know your feedback as comment.

Nurukku Gothambu Vellayappam | Broken Wheat Palappam

Ingredients:-

• Broken Wheat Soaked– 1 Cup
• Beaten Rice/Aval – ½ Cup
• Yeast – ¼ Teaspoon
• Sugar – 1 Teaspoon
• Water – 1 Cup
• Salt to taste

Preparation:-

• Take a mixer jar and add soaked broken wheat, beaten Rice, yeast, sugar, water and grind it well
• Transfer the ground batter into a vessel and add salt on top of it. Keep it aside for 6 to 8 hours
• 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 Broken Wheat / Nurukku Gothambu Vellayappam is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

#NurukkuGothambuVellayappam #Ruchikaram #BrokenWheatAppam

Nellikka Wine at Home in 21 days | Gooseberry Wine at home

How to prepare Nellikka Wine at Home in 21 days | Gooseberry Wine at home

Nellikka Wine at Home in 21 days | Gooseberry Wine at home

Ingredients:-

• Gooseberry – 1 Kg
• Sugar - 600 gm
• Cardamom - 3
• Cinnamon – 4 pieces
• Cloves -10
• Mace Strand - 2
• Water – 1 ½ Litre
• Yeast – 1 Teaspoon
• Whole wheat – 1 Table Spoon

Preparation:-

Day 1

• Boil water in a pan by adding all the spices and sugar
• Transfer gooseberry into the vessel and pour boiled water into it
• Once it is cool down close the vessel and keep it aside for a day

Day 2

• Open the vessel and add Yeast into it
• Take whole wheat in a cloth and put it into the vessel
• Stir the mixture with a dry and neat spatula and close the vessel and keep it aside
• Stir the wine daily for 20 days
• 21st day drain the wine into a vessel, tasty gooseberry wine is ready to use

Cheers!!!

Minu Asheej

#GooseberryWine #Ruchikaram #NellikkaWine

Kuthari Dosa | Red Rice Dosa | Breakfast using Kuthari / Red Rice

How to prepare Kuthari Dosa | Red Rice Dosa | Breakfast using Kuthari / Red Rice

Red Rice (Kuthari) dosa is easy to make and no fermentation is required. You can prepare the dosa plain or you may add grated coconut. Only few ingredients are required for making Kuthari dosa. This dosa tastes totally different from other varieties of Dosa. Try to make this Dosa as shown in the video and let me know the feedback.

Kuthari Dosa | Red Rice Dosa | Breakfast using Kuthari / Red Rice

Ingredients:-

• Red rice (Matta Rice) Soaked – 2 Cup
• Beaten Rice (Aval) – 1 Cup
• Grated Coconut - 
• Salt to taste
• Water as needed

Preparation:-

• Take a mixer jar and add Rice, Aval, required water and grind it well
• Transfer the ground batter into a vessel and keep it for 10 min
• Add salt and grated coconut into it and mix well
• Heat a pan and pour a spoon full batter and spread it over. Close the pan using a lid for 2 to 3 min and flip the dosa 
• Tasty Dosa is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

#KuthariDosa #Ruchikaram #RedRiceDosa

Tomato Roasted Gram Chutney | Thakkali Pokkukadala Chammanthi

 How to prepare Tomato Roasted Gram Chutney | Thakkali Pokkukadala Chammanthi

Tomato Roasted Gram Chutney | Thakkali Pokkukadala Chammanthi

Ingredients:-

• Onion – 1 Medium
• Tomato – 2 Medium
• Green chilli – 1
• Roasted Gram/Pottukadala – ¼ Cup
• Turmeric Powder – ¼ Tsp
• Chilli Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Mustard Seeds- 1 Teaspoon
• Curry leaves as needed
• Water as needed
• Oil as needed
• Salt to taste

Preparation:-

• Heat a pan and dry roast the Roasted Gram/Pottukadala
• Heat oil in a pan and add onion, tomato, green Chilli, curry leaves and sauté well 
• Add turmeric powder, chilli powder salt to taste and continue sautéing 
• Grind roasted Gram / pottukadala, tomato onion mix by adding some water
• Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds, add curry leaves and ground chutney into the pan and allow it to boil
• Tasty Roasted Gram / Puttukadala Tomato Chutney is ready to serve with Dosa or Idly

Cheers!!!

Minu

#ThakkaliChammanthi #Ruchikaram #PottukadalaChutney