Bread Upma - Pineapple Flavored | Bread Upma for Kids

Bread Upma - Pineapple Flavored | Bread Upma for Kids

    How to prepare kids special pineapple flavored Bread Upma?

Ingredients:- 

• Bread – 6 sliced
• Jam (Pineapple/Mango/Orange)– 3 Tbsp
• Cardamom Powder – 3 pcs crushed
• Butter – 2 Tsp
• Cashew nut – 10 to 12
• Raisins - 10 to 12

Preparation:-

• Take the sliced bread and cut the edges
• Take a mixer jar and add bread, Jam, cardamom powder into it and crush
• Take a pan and add ghee into it, add cashew nuts and raisins and sauté well
• Add crushed bread mixture into the pan and mix well.
• Once it is mixed well with butter, cashew and raisins switch off the stove
• Pineapple Flavoured bread upma is ready!

Cheers!!!

Minu

Vazhayilayil Pollicha Karimeen | Pearl Spot Fish Fry in Banana Leaves

Vazhayilayil Pollicha Karimeen | Pearl Spot  Fish Fry in Banana Leaves

Ingredients for fish fry:-

• Karimeen/Pearl spot – 2
• Turmeric Powder – ¾ Tsp
• Chilli Powder – 1 ½ Tsp
• Coriander Powder – 1 Tsp
• Black pepper Powder -  ¾ Tsp
• Garlic Paste – ¾ Tsp
• Ginger Paste - ¾ Tsp
• Salt as needed
• Lemon Juice or Vinegar– 5 ½ Tsp

Ingredients for Masala:-

• Garlic Paste – 2 Tsp
• Ginger Paste – 2 Tsp
• Green Chilli sliced – 3
• Onion sliced – 1 Medium size
• Shallot/ Small Onion – 1 Cup
• Curry leaves as required
• Tomato – 1 Medium
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp
• Chilli Powder – 1 Tsp
• Coriander Powder – 1 ½ Tsp
• Black Pepper Powder – ¾ Tsp
• Sugar – A pinch
• Coconut Milk – ¼ Cup
• Oil as required

Preparation:-

• Take a bowl and add Turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder, Coriander Powder, Black pepper Powder, Garlic Paste, Ginger Paste, salt, Lemon Juice. Mix well and make a thick paste.
• Apply the thick paste on top of the Karimmen/Pearl Spot
• To fry the Karimmen/Pearl Spot take a pan and add little oil. Flip the fish when one side is cooked.
• Take another pan to make the masala. Add little oil into it and heat the pan
• Add garlic paste, Ginger paste, green chilli and sauté well
• Flip the fish and fry other side too
• Add Curry leaves and tomato in to the mixture and sauté
• Add cut onion and sauté well
• Add Shallot/Small Onion in to the pan and sauté well
• Now it’s the time to add all the masala in to the mixture
• Add turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder, Coriander Powder, Black Pepper Powder and sauté well
• Add a pinch of sugar and then add the coconut milk and stir well. Switch off the stove once it became a thick mixture
• Take a banana leaf and burnt it using low flame
• Keep one small banana leaf on top of the burnt banana and spread the masala first on top of the leaf
• Now keep the fried Karimmen/Pearl Spot over the masala and again fill the masala on top of the fish
• Fold the banana leaf including fish fry and tie it using a thread
• Take a pan and add little oil into it, add curry leaves and then fry the banana leaf folded Karimmen/Pearl Spot for 3 to 4 min. Flip the folded fish and fry for another 3 to 4 min
• Serve it hot and enjoy!!!

Cheers!!!

Minu

Kappalandi Mittai | Kadala Mittai | Peanut Candy

Kappalandi Mittai | Kadala Mittai | Peanut Candy

Ingredients:-

• Groundnut – 1 Cup
• Crushed Jaggery – ¾ Cup
• Water – ¼ Cup
• Ghee to grease the vessel

Preparation:-

• Take a pan and fry the groundnut until it become brown in colour
• Peel of the roasted groundnut
• Take a vessel and melt the jiggery
• Slightly crush the groundnut
• Take a pan and pour the melted jaggery into it, stir well until it become thick
• To test the consistency pour the melted jaggery into a glass of water and see if you are able to make a ball shape
• Once the stove is switched off, add groundnut into the jaggery and mix well
• Grease the vessel/flattened surface with ghee and pour the mixture. Flatten the mixture in to burfi shape depends on your choice
• Add cut mark on to the burfi before it is getting dried
• Once the mixture comes to normal temperature cut it into small pieces
• Enjoy the Burfi

 

Cheers!!!

Minu

Carrot Thoran | Carrot Upperi

Carrot Thoran | Carrot Upperi

Ingredients:-

• Grated Carrot – 1 Big Size
• Shallot/Small Onion – 3
• Green Chilli – 2
• Turmeric – ¼  Tsp
• Grated Coconut – 2 Tbsp
• Mustard seeds as required
• Curry leaves as needed
• Oil as needed
• Salt as required

Preparation:-

• Take grated carrot into a vessel and add salt, sliced green chilli and mix well
• Add curry leaves into it
• Take a pan and heat the oil. Splutter mustard seeds and add shallot/Small onion and sauté well
• Add grated carrot in to it and sauté well for some time, close the lid and cook. Make sure to open the lid and stir the carrot in between.
• Add grated coconut and curry leaves into the carrot and mix well
• Serve it hot

Cheers!!!

Minu

Kappa Vada | Tapioca Vada

Kappa Vada | Tapioca Vada

 

Ingredients:-

• Grated Tapioca/Kappa – 2 Cups
• Chilli Powder – ¾ Tsp
• Turmeric – ½ Tsp
• Salt as required
• Green Chilli – 2
• Ginger – ¼ Tsp
• Asafoetida– 1 Pinch
• Cumin Seeds – ¼ Tsp
• Rice flour – 4 Tbsp
• Curry leaves as required
• Oil as required

Preparation:-

• Soak the grated tapioca into the water for some time and drain the water completely. Rinse the tapioca multiple times in a stream of water at least 2 to 3 times
• Take the grated Tapioca into a bowl and add salt, Chilli Powder, turmeric Powder, Ginger, Green chilli, Cumin seeds, Curry leaves and asafoetida and mix well
• Add rice flour little by little and mix well till you are able to make shape out of it
• Apply little oil in your palm and flatten it into vada shape by pressing the mixed tapioca
• Add oil into a kadai and heat it
• Put vada into the hot oil and fry both sides
• Serve it hot

Cheers!!!

Minu

Malabar Special Pazham Nirachathu / Coconut and Sugar Stuffed Banana

Malabar Special Pazham Nirachathu / Coconut and Sugar Stuffed Banana

Ingredients:-

• Banana – 3
• Grated Coconut – 6 Tbsp
• Sugar – 2 Tbsp
• Cardamom powder – 3 Pinch
• All Purpose Floor (Maida) - 2 Tbsp
• Salt as required
• Oil as required
• Ghee – 1 Tbsp
• Cashew nuts as required
• Raisins as required

Preparation:-

• Peel off the banana and remove the black portion from the middle
• Take a pan and add ghee, once it is melted add coconut and sauté well  
• Add sugar, cardamom powder into it and stir well, add cashew nuts and raisins into the mixture and sauté well until the coconut become brown
• Take a bowl and add All-purpose flour/Maida into it, add salt and required water into the maida and mix well to make a think batter
• Fill the coconut sugar mixture into the partially slit banana
• Seal the slit banana portion using the Maida mix
• Take a pan and add oil to fry the banana
• Fry the banana on both sides until it become brown in colour
• Serve it hot

Cheers!!!

Minu