Onion Pakoda | Crispy Onion Pakoda | Evening Snacks

How to prepare crispy Onion Pakoda?

Onion Pakoda | Crispy Onion Pakoda | Evening Snacks

 

Ingredients:-

• Onion – 4 medium size chopped
• Besan/Gram flour – 1 Cup
• Salt to taste
• Green Chilli – 1 Big chopped (1 Tbsp)
• Ginger – 2 Tsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 Tsp
• Chili Powder – 1 Tbsp
• Curry leaves as needed
• Water as needed

 

Preparation:-

• Take a big bowl and add Onion, Besan flour, Salt, Green Chilli, Ginger, Cumin Seeds and Curry powder and mix well
• Once it is mixed well add chilli powder and pour water (1 ½ Tbsp) little by little and mix
• Check the consistency by holding the mixture on your palm
• Heat a pan and pour the required oil. Take a small portal of onion and deep fry it

Cheers!!!

Minu

Chikoo Banana Milk Shake | Milkshake for Kids | Sapota Milkshake

 How to prepare chikoo Banana milkshake/Kids special Milkshake?

Chikoo Banana Milk Shake | Milkshake for Kids | Sapota Milkshake

Ingredients:-

• Chikoo/Sapota – 3 peeled and cut
• Banana Robusta – 2 chopped
• Milk – 1 Cup
• Honey – 3 Tbsp

 

Preparation:-

• Take a mixer jar and add Chikoo/Sapota, banana honey and milk into it
• Blend the fruits to make juice
• Pour the juice into a serving glass

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Minu

Soft Gothambu Puttu | Wheat Puttu | Kerala Breakfast recipe

How to prepare soft gothambu/wheat puttu?

 Soft Gothambu Puttu | Wheat Puttu | Kerala Breakfast recipe

Ingredients:- 

• Wheat Flour – 2 Cup
• Grated Coconut as needed
• Water – ½ Cup (120 ml)
• Salt to taste

Preparation:-

• Take a flat vessel and mix wheat flour and salt needed
• Pour water little by little in to the flour and mix it well
• Take a mixer jar and transfer the wheat flour into it and pulse it for twice
• Make sure you don’t grind the wheat, pulse the wheat for twice or thrice
• Transfer the wheat into a vessel from the mixer jar and mix it well
• Take a puttu making vessel and fill coconut and wheat flour alternatively
• Keep it over the cooker for steaming
• Transfer the puttu into a plate, soft wheat/gothambu puttu is ready to serve
• Serve it hot!

 

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Minu

Idichakka Thoran | Tender Jack fruit Stir Fry

How to prepare Idichakka thoran/Tender Jack fruit Stir Fry?

 Idichakka Thoran | Raw Jack fruit Stir Fry

Ingredients:-

• Jack Fruit/Idichakka – ½ portion of a medium size fruit
• Turmeric Powder - ½ tsp
• Grate Coconut – ½ cup
• Green chilli – 3
• Garlic – 3 to 4 pods
• Boiled rice – 1 Tsp
• Urad dal – 1 Tsp
• Dried red chilli - 2
• Salt to taste
• Mustard Seeds as needed
• Curry leaves as needed
• Water as needed to cook the Jack Fruit/Idichakka

 

Preparation:-

• While cutting the Jack fruit make sure to apply oil on your hand and knife to avoid sticking the white paste
• Remove the sharp portion of the jack fruit using a knife
• Cut the Jack fruit into medium sized pieces
• Transfer the cut pieces into a cooker. Add salt to taste, ½ tsp turmeric Powder and a little water to cook the jack fruit
• Using a mixer jar crush the cooked idichakka. Make sure you pulse it for once or twice to avoid it become a paste
• Crush the coconut using a mixer by adding green chilli and garlic
• Heat a pan and add oil into it, splutter the mustard seeds.
• Add boiled rice and urad dal into the oil. After that add curry leaves and dried red chilli into it sauté well
• Transfer the crushed idichakka/Jack fruit into the pan and mix well
• Add crushed coconut into it and mix well
• Taste the salt and add if required
• Mix the mixture well
• Cook for 2 min by closing the mixture using a lid
• Open the lid and mix it well. Switch off the stove and transfer it into a serving dish
• Serve it hot!

Cheers!!!

Minu

Sweet Bread Toast | Kids special Bread Toast

How to prepare a very simple Sweet Bread Toast/Kids special Bread Toast?

Sweet Bread Toast | Kids special Bread Toast

Ingredients:-

• Bread – 6 Slices
• Pineapple Jam – 3 Tbsp
• Aval/Rice Flakes – 3 Tbsp
• Milk – 2 Tbsp
• Sugar – 1 Tbsp
• Cardamom Powder – 3 Crushed  
• Butter – 1 ½ to 2 Tbsp

Preparation:-

• Add sugar and cardamom powder into the milk and stir well until it dissolves
• Add Aval/Poha into the milk and soak it for few min
• Cut the black portion of the bread
• Take one bread at a time and paste the Jam over the bread
• Add soaked Aval/Poha over the bread and keep one bread over another
• Take a pan and toast the bread with butter
• Serve it hot!

Cheers!!!

Minu

Karimeen Mappas | Kerala Style Fish Mappas

How to prepare Karimeen Mappas/Kerala Style Meen Mappas?

 Karimeen Mappas | Kerala Style Fish Mappas

Ingredients:- 

• Karimeen/Pearl Sport Fish – 2
• Onion – 1 Big sliced
• Tomato – 2 (1 Sliced into small pieces and 1 round sliced)
• Curry leaves as needed
• Green chilli – 3
• Garlic paste – 1 Tsp
• Ginger Paste – ¾ Tsp
• Small Onion/Shallot- 1 ½ Tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Chilli Powder – ½ Tsp
• Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp
• Pepper Powder – ½ Tsp
• Coriander Powder – 2 Tsp
• Coconut Milk – 1 ½ Cup  - Second milk  and ¼ Cup  - First Milk
• Mustad seeds
• Fenugreek – less than ¼ Tsp
• Oil as needed

Preparation:-

• Marinate the Karimeen by adding a little salt, ½ Tsp Turmeric Powder and 1 pinch pepper powder and keep it aside for 10.
• Heat a pan and add a little oil to fry the marinated Karimeen
• Heat a cooking clay pot and add 2 tbsp oil into it. Splutter the mustard seeds.
• Add fenugreek into the oil
• Add garlic and ginger paste into the pot and mix saute well
• Now add Shallot into the mixture and then add green chilli and saute well until its raw smell goes away
• Add sliced onion into the mixture and continue sauting by adding a pinch of salt and later few curry leaves
• Add turmeric powder, chilli powder and coriander powder into the mixture and saute well
• Add sliced tomato into the mixture
• Pour second coconut milk into the mixture and mix well
• Add shallow fried Karimeen into the curry and cook
• Add pepper powder and round sliced tomato and curry leaves into the curry
• Finally pour the first coconut milk and switch off the stove once it starts boiling
• Karimeen Mappas is ready now…Serve it hot!

Cheers!!!

Minu