Kerala Special Vazha Kaambu cherupayar Puzhukku /Banana Stem Green Gram Puzhukku?

How to prepare Kerala Special Vazha Kaambu cherupayar Puzhukku /Banana Stem Green Gram Puzhukku?

Vazha Kaambu or Banana Stem is one of the very healthy vegetable easily available in most of the houses in kerala. Preparing puzhukku using Vazhakaambu is very easy and here I am showing how to prepare an easy vazha Kaambu cherupayar Puzhukku / Banana Stem green gram puzhukku in typical kerala style.

Kerala Special Vazha Kaambu cherupayar Puzhukku /Banana Stem Green Gram Puzhukku?

Ingredients:-

• Banana Stem sliced - 1 cup
• Green gram (Soaked) – ¼ Cup
• Salt to taste
• Water as required
• Green chilli – 2
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Curry leaves as required
• Grated coconut – ½ Cup
• Raw coconut oil

Preparation:-

• Clean and cut Banana stem into small pieces
• Take a cooker and Cook green gram by adding required salt and water
• Add banana stem, green chilli, salt to taste, and turmeric powder, curry leaves required water and cook again
• Smash banana stem and then add grated coconut and mix it well
• Switch off the stove and pour a little raw coconut oil
• Tasty banana stem cherupayar puzhukku is ready to serve.
• Serve it hot with rice, Chappathi!

Cheers!!!
Minu
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Eenthu Virakiyathu | Cycads pudding | Special Eenthu Payasam

How to prepare Eenthu Virakiyathu |  Cycads pudding | Special Eenthu Payasam

Eenth or Cycads is used to prepare nutritious dishes. It is a rich source of proteins, carbohydrates and helps to control blood pressure. Eenthu Virakiyathu looks like a Payasam with less sweetness. Eenth Virakiyathu or  Cycads pudding one of the healthy dish you must try at home when you get dried Eenthu or Cycads.

Eenthu Virakiyathu |  Cycads pudding | Special Eenthu Payasam

Ingredients:-

• Eenthu (Cycads) – 1 ½ cup Soaked in water
• Jaggery – 250-300 gram
• Coconut milk – 1 ½ Cup
• Cardamom – 3 
• Ghee – 1 Tsp
• Chana dal (Cooked) – ¼ Cup 
• Salt a pinch

Preparation:-

• Grind eenthu/ Cycads by adding water
• Melt jaggery
• Take a vessel and add ground eenthu, melted jaggery, coconut milk and cardamom
• Switch on the stove and stir well
• Add ghee into it and mix it well
• Add salt as required
• Once it start boiling add cooked chana and mix well 
• Stir continuously until it reaches the required consistency 
• Tasty Eenthu Virakiyathu / Cycads pudding is ready to serve

Cheers!!!
Minu
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Potato Besan Fingers | Iftar Nombuthura Snack | Naalumani Palaharam | Potato Snack

How to prepare Potato Besan Fingers | Iftar Nombuthura Snack | Naalumani Palaharam | Potato Snack

Potato Besan Fingers | Iftar Nombuthura Snack | Naalumani Palaharam | Potato Snack

Ingredients:-

• Potato – 2 Smashed
• Onion -1 Medium
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Chilli Powder – 2 Teaspoon
• Cumin Seeds – ½ Teaspoon
• Coriander leaves as required
• Gram flour – 1 Cup
• Salt to taste
• Oil as needed

Preparation:-

• Take a bowl and add smashed potato, onion, salt to taste, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander leaves, and cumin seeds and mix it well
• Add gram flour little by little and mix it again
• Shape the mixture to make potato finger
• Heat oil in a pan and deep fry both sides 
• Tasty potato finger is ready to serve. 

Cheers!!!
Minu
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Nurukkari Pradhaman | Broken Rice Pradhaman | Sadya Special Nurukku Ari Pradhaman

How to prepare Nurukkari Pradhaman | Broken Rice Pradhaman | Sadya Special Nurukku Ari Pradhaman

Nurukkari Pradhaman | Broken Rice Pradhaman | Sadya Special Nurukku Ari Pradhaman

Ingredients:-

• Broken Rice / Nurukkuari – 1 Cup
• Coconut milk Third Extract – 2 to 2 ½ Cup
• Coconut milk Second Extract – 1 ½ Cup
• Coconut milk First Extract – ½ Cup
• Jaggery Syrup – 500 Gram Melted
• Cardamom crushed– 10 
• Cut Coconut- 2 ½ Table spoon
• Cashew nuts and raisins as required
• Salt a pinch
• Ghee as required

Preparation:-

• Heat ghee in a pan or Uruli and fry cut coconut pieces
• Melt jaggery
• In the same pan or Uruli and fry broken rice 
• Pour third extract of coconut milk and cook broken rice
• Pour melted jaggery syrup and mix it well and stir continuously until it reaches the required consistency
• Add two tablespoon ghee and mix it well
• Pour second coconut milk extract and boil
• Add crushed cardamom and a pinch of salt and mix it well
• Switch off the stove once it reaches the required consistency and then pour first coconut milk extract and fried coconut pieces 
• Tasty Nurukkari Pradhaman / Broken Wheat Pradhaman is ready to serve

Cheers!!!
Minu
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Kerala Special Chakkakuru Muringa Curry | Chakkakkuru Curry | Jackfruit Seed Curry | Jackfruit Seeds Drumstick Curry

How to prepare Kerala Special Chakkakuru Muringa Curry | Chakkakkuru Curry | Jackfruit Seed Curry | Jackfruit Seeds Drumstick Curry 

Chakkakuru Muringa Curry | Chakkakkuru Curry | Jackfruit Seeds Drumstick Curry 

Ingredients:-

• Jackfruit seeds – 30 
• Drumstick – 2 small
• Carrot – 1 Medium size
• Tomato – 1 Medium
• Onion – 1 Medium
• Green Chilli – 2
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Red chilli powder – ¾ Tablespoon
• Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
• Water as required 
• Mustard Seeds – ½ Teaspoon
• Shallot/Small Onion - 3
• Salt to taste
• Curry Leaves as needed

Preparation:-

• Take a cooker and cook jackfruit seeds
• Add drumstick, carrot, tomato, onion, green chilli, curry leaves, salt to taste, turmeric powder, chilli powder, required water and cook well
• Take a mixer grinder, add grated coconut 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 shallot into it and then transfer it into the curry
• Tasty Chkkakkuru muringakkaya / Jackfruit seeds drumstick curry is ready to serve

Cheers!!!
Minu
#ChakkakuruCurry #Ruchikaram #ChakkaKuruMuringaCurry

Puttu Upma | Left Over Puttu Uppumavu | Naalumani Palaharam

How to prepare Puttu Upma | Left Over Puttu Uppumavu | Naalumani Palaharam

Upma is a common south Indian dish, but this special Upma is made with left over Puttu. It is easy to make and very tasty. 

How to prepare Puttu Upma | Left Over Puttu Uppumavu | Naalumani Palaharam

Ingredients:-

• Puttu – 2 (Crushed)
• Onion – 1 small chopped
• Carrot – 1 Small Chopped
• Green Chilli - 1
• Mustard Seeds – ½ Teaspoon
• Grated Coconut – ¼ Cup
• Salt to taste
• Curry Leaves leaves

Preparation:-

• Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds. 
• Add onion, carrot, green chilli , curry leaves and required salt and sauté for 2 min 
• Transfer crushed puttu and mix it well
• Add grated coconut and mix
• Tasty Puttu Upma is ready to serve

Cheers!!!
Minu

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Pineapple Halwa at Home | Bakery Style Pineapple Halwa Recipe | Easy and perfect Pineapple Halwa

How to prepare Pineapple Halwa at Home | Bakery Style Pineapple Halwa Recipe | Easy and perfect Pineapple Halwa

Pineapple Halwa at Home | Bakery Style Pineapple Halwa Recipe | Easy and perfect Pineapple Halwa

Ingredients:-

• Pineapple – 1 Medium
• Pineapple sliced – ¼ cup
• Pineapple pulp
• Sugar – ½ Cup
• Corn Flour – 4 Tablespoon
• Ghee- 4 Tablespoon
• Cashew nuts and raisins as needed
• Pineapple essence as required

Preparation:-

• Take a mixer jar and grind pineapple
• Heat a pan, add pineapple and sugar into the pan and sauté well 
• Transfer pineapple and sugar mixture into a vessel 
• Add pineapple pulp and ghee into a pan and stir well 
• Add sugar and stir well
• Add corn flour and mix it well
• Add pineapple sugar mixture and mix it again
• Add balance ghee and mix again
• Stir continuously until it reaches the required consistency 
• Add cashew nuts and raisins a vessel and transfer the halwa into a vessel to cool down.
• Tasty pineapple halwa is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

#PineappleHalwa #HomemadeHalwa #Ruchikaram

Hotel style Poori Bhaji | Potato Bhaji | Urulakishangu bhaji | Secret ingrediants Bhaji

How to prepare Hotel style Poori Bhaji | Potato Bhaji | Urulakishangu bhaji | Secret ingrediants Bhaji

Hotel style Poori Bhaji | Potato Bhaji | Urulakishangu bhaji | Secret ingrediants Bhaji

Ingredients:-

• Potato - 3
• Onion – 1 medium
• Ginger – ¼ inch chopped
• Green Chilli – 2 Sliced
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Teaspoon
• Gram Flour – 3 Table Spoon
• Urad dal – 1/2 Teaspoon
• Mustard Seeds – 1/4 Teaspoon
• Water
• Salt to taste
• Curry Leaves as needed

Preparation:-

• Boil the potato and smash it
• Heat oil in a pan add splutter mustard seeds and urad dal 
• Add onion, ginger, green chilli , curry leaves and salt and saute well 
• Add turmeric and mix well
• Take gram flour in a cup and add little water into it and pour the liquid into the pan 
• Add boiled potato and mix well
• Add required amount of water and boil
• Bhaji is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

#PotatoBhaji #Ruchikaram #PooriBhaji

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