Avoli Curry/ Kerala Special Avoli Malliyittathu/Pomfret Fish Curry

Ingredients:-

Avoli/ Pomfret – 400gm

Onion – 1

Tomato - 1

Ginger – 6 pods (crushed)

Garlic crushed – 1 Tsp

Curry Leaves

Green Chilli – 1

Chilli Powder – 1 ¾ Tsp

Turmeric Powder – 1 Tsp

Coriander Powder – 3 Tsp

Tamarind – 1 Lemon size (Soak it into a cup of water)

Coconut Oil – 2 Tsp

Mustard Seeds – 1 Tsp

Fenugreek – ¼ Tsp

Salt

Marination:-

Salt – To taste

Chilli Powder – 1 Tsp

Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp

Preparation:-

1. Marinate fish with salt, Chilli powder and turmeric powder

2. In a pan add coconut oil and splutter the mustards and fenugreek.

3. Add curry leaves, onion and sauté well for 2 min

4. Then add garlic, ginger and green chilli and sauté well

5. Add Salt for gravy, Chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, Tomato and sauté until its raw smell has gone away

6. Add the fish into it and mix it well

7. Pour tamarind water and pour water needed for gravy. Bring it to boil. Once it started boiling close the lid, reduce the flame and cook until the gravy thicken. Stir occasionally without damaging the fish pieces

8. Add remaining curry leaves. Switch off the stove and keep it aside for 5 to 10 min

9. Enjoy with rice or chappathi

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Kerala Sadya Special Koottu Curry | Malabar Style Koottu Curry | Kootu Curry

How to prepare  Kerala Sadya Special Koottu Curry | Malabar Style Koottu Curry | Kootu Curry?

Kerala Sadya Special Koottu Curry | Malabar Style Koottu Curry | Kootu Curry

Ingredients:-

Raw Plantain – ¾ Cup

Yam – ¾ Cup

Soaked Black Chickpeas – ¾ Cup (Soak overnight)

Red Chilli Powder - 3/4 Tsp

Turmeric Powder - 3/4 Tsp

Pepper Powder - 1/4 Tsp

Green Chilli - 1

Curry Leaves

Salt - To taste

Jaggery - A very small piece

For Grinding:-

Grated coconut - 3/4 cup

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

For Seasoning:-

Grated coconut - 1/2 Cup

Coconut Pieces - 1/2 Cup

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Dry red chilli - 2

 Preparation:-

1. Pressure cook black chickpeas by adding enough water

2. Add Raw Plantain and yam into the pressure cooker along with chickpeas

3. Add salt, Turmeric, Chilli powder and curry leaves. Add enough water and pressure cook

4. Grind 3/4 Cup grated coconut, cumin seeds, green chilli together with little water

5. Add ground coconut mixture into the cooked vegetables, mix well and cook until it start boiling. Add Pepper powder and jaggery. Switch of the flame and keep it aside

6. Heat a pan. Add coconut oil. Splutter mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add coconut pieces and fry well .once it start changing the colour add grated coconut and dry red chilli. Roast it until golden brown colour. 

7. Add this over the prepared koottu curry

8. Cover it and allow it to stand for at least 10 min for better taste.

9. Enjoy with rice

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Thalassery Special Kizhangu Porichathu / Kappa Porichathu / Tapioca Fry

Ingredients:-

Tappioca - 400 gm

Gram Flour - 5 Tbls

Chilli Powder - 1 1/2 Tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp

Fennel Seeds - 3/4 to 1 Tbls

Asafoetida - A pinch

Salt - As required

Oil - As required

Water - As required

Preparation:-

1. Cut Tapioca into thin pieces

2. Soak it into salt water for about 10 min

3. Take a bowl, add Gram flour, chilli powder, turmeric powder, Asafoetida, Fennel Seeds and salt

4. Mix well and add water to form a thick batter

5. Add tapioca pieces into the batter to get it coated

6. Heat a pan and pour oil

7 Once the oil is heated add the tapioca pieces into the oil

8 flip it and fry well

9 Serve with hot tea

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Pavakka Thoran/ Kaippakka Thoran/ Bitter Gourd Stir Fry

Ingredients:-

Bitter Gourd - 1(Chopped)

Onion - 1

Tomato - 1

Green Chilli -1

Curry Leaves

Chilli Powder - 1/2 Tsp

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Tsp

Grated Coconut - 3 Tbls

Salt - As required

Mustard seeds - 1/2 Tsp

Cumin Seeds - 1/4

Oil - As required

Water - 1/4 cup

Tamarind Water (Optional)

 Preparation:-

1. Soak chopped bitter gourd in tamarind water for around 15 min (Optional)

2. Heat a pan

3. Pour oil

4. Once the oil became hot add mustard seeds

5. Once the mustard seeds splitter add cumin seeds

6. Add onion and sauté well

7. Add green chilli and tomato into it and sauté for 2 min

8. Next add chopped bitter gourd and sauté for a minute

9. Add salt, turmeric and red chilli powder and mix well

10. Pour water and cook in high flame. Once the water started boiling reduce the flame to low. Close the lid and cook

11 Stir it occasionally. After 5 min , the bitter gourd will be cooked.

12. Add coconut, curry leaves and mix well. Close the lid and again cook for 1 min

13 Serve with rice

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Kulukki Sarbath / Mint Shaken Lemonade / Kerala Special Mint Kulukki Sarbath

Ingredients:-

Lemon - 1/2 piece

Black Khus khus (Soaked in water) - 5 Tsp

Green Chilli - 1 (Less Spicy)

Ginger Crushed - 1/2 Tsp

Mint Leaves - 8 to 10 leaves

Sugar - 1 to 1 1/2 Tbls

Salt - A pinch

Ice cubes - 4

Water - 3/4 Cup

 Preparation:-

1. Soak Khus khus in water

2. Squeeze lemon into a serving glass or shaker.

3. Add lemon peel out of which juice has been squeezed, Green chilli, ginger crushed, mint leaves, sugar, salt, soaked khus khus, water and ice cubes.

4. Close with lid or another glass and shaken for at least 30 sec.

5. Serve immediately

NB: - Adjust green chilli according to your taste.

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Carrot Halwa / Gajar Halwa

Ingredients:-

Winter Carrot Grated - 3 Cups

Milk - 2 Cups

Sugar - 3/4 Cup

Milk Made - 2 Tbsp

Cardamom Powder - 1/2 Tsp

Ghee - 2 Tbsp

Cashew nuts and Raisins - As required

Preparation:-

1. Heat a pan, add ghee and fry cashew nuts and raisins. Keep it aside

2. Add Carrot in the remaining Ghee and fry for 2 min 

3. Add Milk and boil until carrot cooked and milk gets dried - It may take 15 to 20 min

4. Add sugar and mix well until it dissolve properly

4. Add cardamom powder and add milk maid

5. Add fried cashew nuts and raisins

6. Serve hot or cold 

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Avoli Fry/ Pomfret Fry / Fish Fry

Ingredients:-

Pomfret - 3 pieces

Garlic - 3

Ginger - 1 inch piece

Green Chilli- 1

Curry Leaves

Chilli Powder- 1 1/4 Tsp

Turmeric Powder - 3/4 tsp

Salt

Water

 Preparation:-

1. Make a paste by grinding garlic, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves, salt chilli powder and turmeric powder

2. Apply the paste into the fish and marinate well and keep it aside for 20 min

3. Heat a pan. Add oil. Cover it and fry on low to medium flame for 5 to 6 min

4. Flip over and fry the other side too

5. Serve with rice

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Home Made Butter / How to make Makhan

How to make home made Butter:


1. Boil the milk and keep aside for cooling

2. Take cream out of the milk and store it in the freezer
3. Continue this for few days until you have enough quantity to prepare the butter
4. Add 1 Table spoon curd into the stored cream and mix well. Keep this mix aside for minimum 8 hours
5. Next day pour the mix into the food processor or mixer and add 3 ice cubes and blend in high speed
6. Add one cup cold water and again blend in high speed
7. Now you can find that butter and water will be separated
8. Take out the butter and keep it in a separate vessel
9. Add water to wash the butter
10. Take out the butter and store it in a freezer depends on the quantity and usage

NB: To clean the grinder and vessel use boiled water

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Punjabi Chicken Curry/ Cashew Chicken

Ingredients:-

Chicken – ½ Kg

Onion - 1

Tomato -1

Ginger garlic paste - 1 Tbls

Cloves - 12

Whole Pepper -8

Cinnamon -1

Bay leaf -1

Cardamom -2

Chilli Powder - 3/4 Tbls

Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Tsp

Coriander Powder- 1 Tsp

Cumin Powder -1/4 Tsp

Coconut - 2 Tbls

Cashew nuts- 10

Sugar - 1/2 Tsp

Curd - 1/4 cup

Coriander leaves

Salt

Oil

Ghee - 1 Tbls

Preparation:-

  

1. Marinate the chicken with salt and 1/4 Tsp Turmeric powder. And keep aside.
2. Heat a pan. Add oil into it. Then add ghee.
3. Add cloves, pepper, cinnamon, bay leaf and cardamom into the pan and sauté well.
4. Add onion and sauté till it become golden colour. Add a little salt while sautéing.
5. Then add sugar and sauté till sugar dissolves.
6. Add chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder into the onion and sauté well.
7. Add tomato and stir continuously until it cooks.
8. Take a bowl and mix curd and ginger garlic paste.
9. Add curd mixture into the gravy little by little.
10. Grind coconut and cashew nuts into a paste and add it into the gravy. And cook for 1 min.
11. Add marinated chicken and mix well. Add salt and water and close the lid. Cook for few min till chicken cooks.
12. Add coriander leaves
13. Serve with chapathi, pulav etc.

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Rasgulla/ Bengali Rasgulla

Ingredients:-

Milk – 1 Litre

Vinegar- 2 Tbls

Water- 2 Cups

Sugar – 1 Cup

Cardamom Powder – A Pinch

Preparation:-

1. Keep milk in a pan and bring it to boil. 
2. Lower heat and add the lemon/vinegar juice gradually, till milk curdles. 
3. Add ice cubes into it and switch off the heat. Keep it aside for 5 min. 
4. Drain the curdled milk into the hand kerchief. 
5. Pour some water on the milk particles to remove the Lemon/vinegar flavor and smell. 
6. Squeeze out the water again and hang the kerchief for 30 minutes. 
7. Kneed paneer till it turns out smooth. 
8. Make small balls of paneer and keep it aside.

For sugar syrup:

1. Bring 2 cup of water to boil and add sugar into it.
2. Add cardamom powder.
3. Boil the syrup for 10 min.
4. Add paneer balls into the syrup.
5. Cover and boil for 15 min and have doubled in size.
6. Let them cool down to room temperature.
7. Serve it.

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Butter Cauliflower Masala/ Cauliflower Curry

Ingredients:-

Cauliflower - 1 Cup (1/2 part of a medium one)

Potato     - 3/4 Cup

Onion       - A big

Tomato      - 4 ( )

Green Chilli - 1

Coriander Leaves

Garlic paste - 1 tsp

Ginger Paste- 1 Tsp

Chilli Powder -1 Tsp

Turmeric – ½ Tsp

Coriander Powder – 1 Tsp

Cumin Powder - ¼ Tsp

Garam masala - A pinch

Oil -

Butter - 1 Tbls

Coconut Milk (Optional)   - 1Cup

Salt – As required

Cumin Seeds - 1/4 Tsp

Fennel Seeds - 1/4 Tsp

Star anise-1

Cinnamon     -1

Cardamom     -2

Cloves       -5

Preparation:-

1. Take a kadai add oil and butter. Add cauliflower and potato into it. Sauté well.

2. Take another kadai. Put some oil. Add cumin seeds, Fennel Seeds, star anise, Cinnamon stick, cloves, Cardamom and sauté well.

3. Add onion into it and  stir well. Add salt into it.

4. Add garlic, ginger paste and green chilli .Mix well.

5. Add Chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder and cumin powder. Sauté well till its raw smell goes away.

6. Add tomato puree and cook till its water dries out and stir till the oil comes out, it might take around 5 to 7 min.

7. Add cooked cauliflower and potatoes into it and mix well.

8. Close the lid and cook for 2 min.

9. Add coconut milk and boil for some time.
10. Add some garam masala and coriander leaves .

11. Serve with chapathi, rice etc.

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Gooseberry Juice / Nellikka Juice / Amla Juice

Ingredients:-

Gooseberry -2

Green Chilli -1

Ginger- a small piece

Curry Leaves - 4 Leaves

Water

Salt

Method

1. Grind Gooseberry, Green chilli, Ginger and Curry Leaves with a little water.

2. Filter the pulp.

3. Add sufficient water along with salt and mix well.

4. Serve the Juice.

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Rice Flour Coated Chicken Fry/ Crispy Chicken Fry

How to prepare Kerala Style crispy chicken easily at home?

Rice Flour Coated Chicken Fry | Crispy Chicken Fry

Ingredients:-

Chicken      -10 pieces

Ginger       - 1 inch piece

Garlic       - 5

Green Chilli -1

Curry Leaves

Chilli Powder -1/2 Tsp

Turmeric Powder- 1/4 Tsp

Coriander Powder -1/2 Tsp

Whole pepper corn -5

Rice flour       - 1Tbls

Salt

Oil

Method

1. Grind ginger, garlic, green chilli, curry leaves, chilli powder , Whole pepper corn, turmeric powder and coriander powder.

2. Put the ground paste into the chicken and mix well.

3. Add salt and again mix.

4. Keep it in the refrigerator for half an hour.

5. Add rice flour into the marinated chicken and mix.

6. Add oil into the kadai and fry the chicken.

7. Serve it as a starter.

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Oats Smoothie/ Oats Fruits Smoothie

Ingredients:-

Oats                 - 1/2 Tbls

Boiled Water   - 1/4 Cup

Apple               - 1/2 part of an apple

Pomegranate    - 1/4 Cup

Cashew Nuts    - 10 no.s

Honey               - 2 Tbls

Cold Milk         - 3/4 Glass

Method:-

1. Soak oats in boiled water for half an hour.

2. After half an hour take a blender and add oats and water, apple, pomegranate, cashews, honey and milk. Then blend it well

3. Oats smoothie is ready to serve

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Banana Fritters/ Etha Pazham appam

Ingredients:-

 Banana - 1

Sugar - min 1 Tbls (Depends on the sweetness of the banana)

Corn Flour - 5 Tbls

Coarse rice flour - 1 Tbls

Milk - 1 Tbls

Cardamom - 2 No.s 

Oil -As Needed

Method:-

1.     Blend Banana

2.     Grind Sugar with Cardamom.

3.     Mix Powdered sugar into the mashed banana.

4.     Add milk into it and mix well.

5.     Add Corn flour to the banana mixture little by little and mix well.

6.     Last add rice flour into the mixture and mix well.

7.     Heat a pan and add oil for frying.

8.     Once the oil is hot add a spoon full of mixture into the oil. Flip them in between.

9.     Serve with hot Tea.         

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Bachelors Chicken Curry/ Easy Chicken Curry

Ingredients:-

Chicken - 1/2 Kg

Onion - 12 Medium

Tomato - 2 Medium

Green Chilli - 1

Curry Leaves

Garlic -25 Pods

Ginger - small piece

Turmeric Powder - 1 Tsp

Chilli Powder - 1 Tbls

Coriander Powder -2 Tbls

Black Pepper Corns - 1 Tsp

Chicken Masala -1 Tbls

Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp

Salt

Oil

Water

Method:-

1. Grind Onion, tomato, green chilli, garlic, ginger, pepper corns.

2. Add ground paste into the chicken and mix well.

3. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, chicken masala and curry leaves. Mix well.

4. Add salt into the chicken and keep it aside for minimum 10 min.

5.Heat a Pressure cooker. Add oil and add the marinated chicken.

6. Saute well for 1 min.

7. Close the lid and cook.

8.  Once it cook add some more water depending on the gravy you need.

9. Once the curry stated boiling add garam masala and some more curry leaves.

10. Serve with Chapathi, rice etc.

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Unnakkaya/ Kerala Style Stuffed Banana

Ingredients:-

 Ripped Banana - 1 

Coconut Grated - 1/4 Cup 

Coconut Grated - 3/4 Cup 

Cashew Nuts - As Needed 

Raisins - as Needed 

Sugar - 1 1/2 Tbls 

Cardamom Powder - 1/2 Tsp 

Ghee - 1 Tsp 

Coconut oil -As Needed

Method:- 

1. Steam Banana. 

2. Smash or grind the banana without adding water

 3. Heat a pan. Add ghee and fry cashew nuts and raisins. Keep it aside. 

4. Fry the grated coconut. Add cardamom powder and sugar into it. Add the fried cashews and raisins also. 

5. Spread oil into hand and make ball using the smashed banana. Press the ball and add coconut mixture in the center. Shape it like an unnakkaya. 

6. Add oil into a kadai. Fry the unnakkaya. Fry both the sides until it turns brown color. 

7. Serve with hot Tea.

NB: - You can either Shallow fry it or deep fry it.

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Pachakaya Thoran/ Raw banana stir fry/ Plantain Stir Fry

                                                         

Ingredients:-

Raw Banana                   - 1
Coconut                          - one handful
Turmeric                        -3/4 Tsp
Dry red chilli (Crushed)- 1 ½ Tbls
Coconut oil                    -1 Tsp
Salt
Curry leaves

Method:-

1. Cut the raw banana into 4 pieces.
2. Add salt and turmeric into it. Add some water and pressure cook it.
3. Once it cooked add crushed red chilli and curry leaves and grated coconut and mix well.
4. Last add coconut oil and mix well
5. Serve with Rice

Cheers !!!

Minu