Chicken Stew / Chicken Potato Stew

 Ingredients:-

Chicken – 750 gm

Onion – 2 Medium size

Potato – 2 Medium

Carrot – 1 Medium

Green Chilli – 3

Ginger – 1 Tbsp

Curry leaves as needs

Cardamom - 3

Cinnamon – Small stick

Cloves - 3

Star anise - 1

Pepper Powder – 2 ½ Tsp

Salt as need

Garam Masala – ½ Tsp

Coconut milk – ¾ Cup

Ground Cashew nut – 12 Cashew nuts (1/2 Cup)

Oil as required

Preparation:-

• Marinate the fresh chicken using required salt and by adding 1 Tsp pepper powder and keep it aside for 10 to 15 min
• Take a cooker and add oil. Once it is heated add Cardamom, Cloves, Cinnamon, Star Anise and sauté
• Add onion into it, once it is mixed with the oil and half cooked, add green chilli, ginger and curry leaves and sauté well
• Add potato, carrot and after some time add pepper powder and stir well
• Add marinated chicken into the cooker and mix well. Add ¼ cup water and close the lid. Cook the chicken for medium to high flame for one whistle
• Smash few potatoes and mix well
• Add a little salt and then add coconut milk and boil
• Add garam Masala and mix
• Keep it in low flame and pour the cashew mix into it and stir well
• Add curry leaves and boil
• Pour a little coconut oil and switch off the stove
• Server it with rice or chapathi

Cheers!!!
Minu

Cauliflower Pakoda / Gobi Pakoda

 Ingredients:-

Cauliflower – 1 Cup

Gram flour/ besan – 5 Tbsp

Chilli Powder - ¾ Tbsp

Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp

Salt as need

Cumin seeds – 1 Tsp

Preparation:-

1. Take Cauliflower in a bowl, add a little Salt, a pinch turmeric powder and chilli powder and mix well. Keep it aside for 10 min

2. Take another bowl to prepare the batter

3. Add Gram flour/ besan, salt, Chilli Powder, Turmeric Powder, Cumin seeds and asafoetida and make a thick batter by adding water and mixing it thoroughly.

4. Once it is mixed add water

5. Dip a cauliflower into the batter and see if it is getting coated all around to confirm the batter thickness

6. Add all the cauliflower into the batter and get it coated all around

7. Take a pan, add enough oil to fry the cauliflower

8. Once the oil became hot add the cauliflower ONE BY ONE

9. Add cauliflower one by one until it cover the oil and fry both sides until it cook

10. Server it hot with tea.

 

Cheers!!!

Minu

Crispy Chicken Fry | Honey Oats Coated Chicken Fry

How to prepare Crispy Chicken Starter| Oats and Honey Coated Crispy Chicken

Crispy Chicken Starter| Oats and Honey Coated Crispy Chicken

Ingredients:-

Chicken Boneless – 250 gm

Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp

Pepper Powder - Tsp

Salt – As required

Soya sauce – 1 ½ Tsp

Honey – 1 Tsp

Dried Chilli flakes – 1 Tbsp

Corn Flour – 1 Tbsp

Oats – 1 ½ Tbsp

Garlic Crushed– ½ Tsp

Preparation:-

1.  Take a bowl add Soya Sause, Garlic, Turmeric Powder, Pepper Powder, Honey, salt and mix it well

2. Add Chicken into the mixture and mix it properly. Keep it aside for 10 min

3. Take a flat vessel and add Oats, Corn flour, dried chilli flakes, salt and mix well

4. Take marinated chicken pieces and coat the chicken with the oat mix. Repeat this for each pieces separately.

5. Pour required oil into the pan to fry the chicken pieces

6. Add chicken pieces one by one into the hot oil and fry both sides until it cook

Cheers!!!

Minu

Banana Cashew Halwa/ Kerala Ethapazham Halwa

Ingredients:-

Kerala Banana – 2

Sugar – ½ Cup

Cashew nuts – 4 Tbls

Ghee – 2 Tbls

Cardamom Powder -1/2 Tsp

Preparation:-

1.  Cut the banana into pieces for grinding

2. Grind the bananas into a smooth paste

3. Heat a pan, add ghee and fry cashew nuts

4. Transfer the banana paste into the pan and stir continuously

5. Once its colour changes add sugar and mix it for 15 min

6. Add fried cashew nuts into the mixture and stir well for 5 min

7. Add Cardamom powder and again mix it well

8. Once it dries up start adding remaining ghee into the mixture little by little

9. Grease a plate with ghee and transfer halwa mixture into the plate

10. Allow the mixture to cool completely

11. Cut the Halwa into your favorite shape

Cheers!!

Minu 

Orange Mousse / Creamy Orange Mousse

Ingredients:-

Orange Juice - ¾ Cup

Fresh Cream – ½ Cup

Condensed Milk – ½ Cup

Gelatine powder– ¾ Tbsp

Cinnamon Powder - A Pinch

Preparation:-

1. Take quarter portion of the orange juice in a pan, heat the pan and add Gelatine. Stir well until it melted

2. Add balance orange juice into the pan and double boil orange gelatine mixture.

3. Add the fresh cream in a bowl and blend thoroughly.

4. Add condensed milk into the mix and stir well

5. Add cinnamon powder into the mixture and mix

6. Pour gelatine mixed orange juice into this mix and blend well

7. Pour the mixture into small bowls and keep it inside the fridge to get it set. It may take around 20 to 30 min to set properly  

Cheers!!

Minu

Vellarikka Moru Curry / Cucumber Curd Curry

Ingredients:-

Cucumber/Vellarikka – 1 Cup

Turmeric – 1/4 Tsp

Chilli Powder – 1/2 Tsp

Salt – As needed

Curry Leaves

Coconut Grated – ¾ Cup

Green Chilli - 2

Cumin seeds – A Pinch

Curd – 3 to 4 Tbsp depends on the sourness

Water – As needed

Coconut Oil – As needed

Mustard Seeds – 1/2 Tsp

Fenugreek – ¼ Tsp

Dried red chilli – 1 long

Preparation:-

1. Cut the cucumber into small pieces

2. Take a pressure cooker and add cucumber, salt, turmeric powder, red chillies and curry leaves

3. Add some water and pressure cook for 2 whistles

4. Grind coconut, green chilli, cumin seeds with curd

5. Add ground coconut/curd paste into the cooked cucumber and mix well

6. Add water and boil. When it start boiling switch off the stove

7. Heat a pan, add coconut oil, splutter mustard seeds, add fenugreek, dried red chilli and curry leaves

8. Add into the curry and mix

9. Serve it with rice

Cheers!!

Minu