Coconut Onion Chutney for Dosa and Idli | Shallot/Small Onion Chutney

How to prepare Coconut Onion Chutney for Dosa and Idli?

Coconut Onion Chutney for Dosa and Idli | Shallot/Small Onion Chutney

Ingredients:-

Grated Coconut – 1 Cup

Shallot/Small Onion - 3

Chili Powder – ½ Tsp

Salt to taste

Curry leaves as needed

Dried red chilli – 1 Big

Oil as needed

Mustard seeds as needed

Water – ¼ cup for grinding

-          ¼ cup while boiling

 

Preparation:-

Take a mixer jar and add grated coconut, shallot/Small Onion, chilli powder, salt to taste and ¼ cup water and then grind well

Heat a pan and pour the required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add dried red chilli and curry leaves and saute well

To avoid overheat switch off the stove and transfer the ground coconut mixture and stir continuously

Pour another ¼ cup (based on your choice/consistency you may like) water and mix well

Add little more curry leaves and check the salt and add if required

Switch on the stove and heat the chutney in medium flame. Make sure you DON’T boil. Switch off the stove when you notice bubbles started coming up.

Serve it with Dosa, Idli!

Cheers!!!

Minu

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

Cheers!!!

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!

 

Cheers!!!

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