Saturday 28 April 2018

Mulappicha Cherupayar Thoran | Sprouted Green Gram Stir Fry

How to Prepare Mulappicha Cherupayar Thoran / Sprouted Green Gram Stir Fry?


Mulappicha Cherupayar Thoran | Sprouted Green Gram Stir Fry



Ingredients:-
  • Sprouted Green gram/Mung Bean/Cherupayar – 250 gm
  • Small Onion/Shallot – ¼ Cup (15 pods)
  • Dried red chilli – 1 ½ Tbsp
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp
  • Grated Coconut – ¼ cup
  • Curry leaves as needed
  • Mustard Seeds as needed
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil as needed


Preparation:-
  • Heat a pan and add oil into it. Splutter the mustard seeds, add curry leaves and chopped small onion/Shallot into it and sauté well
  • Add dried red chilli powder and continue sautéing
  • Now add sprouted green gram, salt, turmeric powder and little more curry leaves into it and mix it well
  • Pour ¼ cup water into it and cook sprouted green gram by closing the vessel
  • Open the lid after 5 to 6 min and add grated coconut into it and mix it well and then switch off the stove
  • Tasty and easy sprouted green gram thoran is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Wednesday 25 April 2018

Padavalanga Parippu Curry | Snake Gourd Dhal Curry

How to Prepare Padavalanga Parippu Curry/Snake Gourd Dhal Curry?


Padavalanga Parippu Curry | Snake Gourd Dhal Curry


Ingredients:-
  • Snake gourd (Padavalam) – 1 Medium size cut into small pieces
  • Dhal – ¼ cup soaked
  • Green chilli – 2
  • Small Onion/Shallot – 3 to 4 Pods
  • Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
  • Chilli Powder – ¾ Tsp
  • Grated Coconut – ¾ cup
  • Curry leaves as needed
  • Mustard Seeds as needed
  • Oil as needed
  • Salt to taste


Preparation:-
  • First let’s clean the snake gourd. Using a knife scrub it over the white portion of the snake gourd
  • Clean the seeds using the knife and then remove the seeds
  • Cut the snake gourd into small pieces
  • Take a cooker and cook the dhal. If dhal is soaked for more than 2 to 3 hours then no need to cook it separately
  • Once dhal is cooked add snake gourd / Padavalam, Green Chilli, Curry leaves, salt to taste, Turmeric Powder, chilli powder and pour water to cook the vegetables
  • Take a mixer jar and add grated coconut, small onion/shallot, water and grind it to make a thick paste
  • Transfer the ground coconut mix into the cooked vegetables and mix it well. Pour required water if you require more gravy
  • Add curry leaves and switch off the stove once it starts boiling
  • Heat a pan and add oil into it. Splutter the mustard seeds, add curry leaves into it and then transfer the spluttered mustard into the curry
  • Tasty and easy padavalam parippu curry is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Sunday 22 April 2018

Idichakka Masala Curry | Tender Jackfruit masala Curry

How to Prepare Malabar special Idichakka Masala Curry/Tender Jackfruit masala Curry?


Idichakka Masala Curry | Tender Jackfruit masala Curry


Ingredients:-
  • Jack Fruit/Idichakka:
    • ½ portion of a medium size fruit
    • Cut it into small pieces
  • Turmeric Powder - ¾ tsp
  • Coriander Powder – 2 Tbsp
  • Pepper Powder – ½ Tsp
  • Garam Masala – ¾ Tsp
  • Green chilli – 3
  • Grated Coconut – ¾ cup
  • Garlic – 5 to 7 pods
  • Small Onion/Shallot – 6 Pods
  • Ginger – ½ Inch
  • Dried red chilli - 4
  • Curry leaves as needed
  • Mustard Seeds as needed
  • Oil as needed
  • Salt to taste


Preparation:-
  • First let’s clean the Jackfruit, 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 jackfruit using a knife
  • Cut the thick portion in the middle of the Jackfruit
  • Cut the Jack fruit into medium sized pieces
  • Take a cooker and add, cut Jackfruit, Salt to taste, Turmeric Powder, Coriander Powder, Green Chilli and pour little water and cook for two whistle
  • Heat a Pan and pour oil into it. Add grated coconut into it and sauté well
  • Once the coconut become brown add small onion/shallot, ginger, garlic, dried red chilli, curry leaves and continue sautéing
  • Take a mixer jar and grind it to make a thick paste by pouring little water
  • Transfer the ground coconut mix into the cooked jackfruit and mix it well. Pour required water if you require more curry
  • Add curry leaves, pepper powder into the curry and let it boil
  • Add garam masala into it and then switch off the stove
  • Heat a pan and add oil into it. Splutter the mustard seeds and then transfer the spluttered mustard into the curry
  • Tasty Idichakka masala curry is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Thursday 19 April 2018

Homemade Condensed Milk | How to prepare Milk Maid at home

How to Prepare Condensed/Milk Maid at home?


Homemade Condensed Milk | How to Prepare Milk Maid at home




Ingredients:-
  • Milk – 2 Cup
  • Sugar – 1 Cup
  • Salted Butter – 1 ½ Tbspn

 

Preparation:-
  • Take a pan and boil the milk
  • Add sugar into the milk and continue boiling until it melts and curtail
  • Keep the flame in medium and curtail the milk and sugar mix
  • Add ghee into the milk and mix well
  • Once it reaches the consistency switch off the stove

 

Cheers!!!
Minu

Tuesday 17 April 2018

How to Clean Gas Stove Burner | Kitchen Cleaning Tips

How to Clean Gas Stove Burner?



How to Clean Gas Stove Burner | Kitchen Cleaning Tips 


Steps to be followed


Take a vessel and pour ¼ cup vinegar and ¼ cup water. Dip the burner which you want to clean in this liquid. Keep it aside for 5 to 6 hours
After 5 to 6 hours take out the burner from vinegar and clean it using a scrubber
There is not much effort required, try it out and let me know the feedback


Cheers!!!
Minu

Saturday 14 April 2018

Vishu Onam Sadya Special Parippu Pradhaman | Kerala Sadya Special Parippu Pradhaman

How to prepare Vishu Sadya Special Parippu Pradhaman?


Vishu Onam Sadya  Special Parippu Pradhaman | Kerala Sadya Special Parippu Pradhaman



Ingredients:-
  • Coconut grated for taking milk– 2 Big
  • ·         First Milk – ½ Cup
  • ·         Second Milk – 1 Ltr
  • ·         Third Milk –1 ½ Ltr
  • Moong Dhal – 250 gm
  • Jaggery – 500 gm for making Jaggery syrup
  • Cashew nuts as needed
  • Raisins as needed
  • Cardamom – 6 to 7 for making Cardamom powder
  • Cut coconut pieces – 2 Tbsp
  • Ghee as needed

  

Preparation:-
  • Take a pan and shallow fry moong dhal. Make sure you don’t do deep fry
  • If you are using Uruli then apply little ghee before heating
  • Heat a vessel (Here we used Uruli) and boil 1 ½ ltr 3rd milk
  • Add moong dhal into the milk and cook well
  • In parallel boil jaggery with little water and make jaggery syrup
  • Once moong dhal is cooked well pour jaggery syrup into it and stir well
  • Once the mixture become thick add 1 Tbsp ghee into it
  • Pour second milk (1 litre) into it and stir well
  • Add a pinch salt into the payasam
  • Stir the payasam continuously
  • Check the consistency and switch off the stove
  • Add cardamom powder and 1st milk into the payasam and stir
  • Add ghee in to a pan, once it is hot add cut coconut and saute well. When coconut gets brown colour add cashew nuts and then raisins
  • Add it into the Payasam and it is ready to serve hot!


Cheers!!!
Minu

Vishu Onam Sadya Special Puli Inchi | Malabar Style Puli Inchi | Kerala Sadya Special Puli Inchi

How to prepare Vishu Sadya Special Puli Inchi | Malabar Style Sadya Special Puli Inchi?


Vishu Onam Sadya Special Puli Inchi | Malabar Style Puli Inchi | Kerala Sadya Puli Inchi



Ingredients:-
  • Tamarind water – 4 cup (Squeezed using 150 gm Tamarind)
  • Turmeric Powder – 1 Tsp
  • Chilli Powder – 1 ¼ Tsp
  • Green Chilli – 6
  • Ginger – 50 gm
  • Fried Boiled Rice Powder – 2 Tbsp
  • Black Sesame Seed Powder – 1 ½ Tbsp
  • Crushed Jaggery –¾ portion a small piece
  • Fenugreek Powder - A pinch
  • Salt to taste


Preparation:-
  • Take a vessel and pour 4 cup tamarind water into it. Add required salt, 1 Tsp turmeric powder, 1 ¼ Tsp chilli Powder, 6 green chilli, 50 gm Ginger
  • Boil the tamarind water, once it become little thick add curry leaves, 2 Tbsp fried boiled rice flour, 1 ½ Tbsp black Sesame Seed Powder
  • Keep boiling the tamarind mixture and then add ¾ portion of a jaggery piece and then finally a  pinch of fenugreek powder
  • Heat a pan and add oil into it. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add Curry leaves and dried red chilli and sauté well
  • Transfer the spluttered mustard into the puli inchi
  • Tasty Puli Inchi is ready to serve with rice!!!


Cheers!!!
Minu

Thursday 12 April 2018

Onam Vishu Sadya Aviyal | Kerala Sadya Aviyal | Malabar Style Aviyal

How to prepare Vishu Sadya Special Aviyal | Malabar Style Sadya Aviyal?



Onam Vishu Sadya Aviyal | Kerala Sadya Aviyal | Malabar Style Aviyal



Ingredients:-
  • Carrot – 1 Medium size
  • Cucumber (Vellarikka) – 100 gm
  • Elephant Yam (Chena)– 100 gm
  • Raw Banana – 1
  • Long Beans (Achinga Payar) – 5 to 6 sliced
  • Drumstick – 1 ½ cut into pieces
  • Green Chilli – 5
  • Grated Coconut – 1 cup
  • Curd – 250 ml
  • Turmeric Powder – ¾ Tsp
  • Curry leaves as needed
  • Raw Coconut Oil as needed
  • Salt to taste
  • ** All vegetables are cut it into thin and long pieces

 

Preparation:-
  • In order to make Kalan, vegetables are cut it into thin and long pieces
  • Take a vessel and transfer raw banana and Yam into it. Pour required water and cook for some time since these two vegetables take long time to cook
  • When it is cooked quarter portion add all other vegetables, salt and required water and then cook well by closing the vessel using a lid
  • Take a mixer jar and add grated coconut and green chilli into it and crush it
  • Transfer the crushed coconut, curd and curry leaves into the vegetables and mix it well
  • Finally add 2 to 3 Tsp raw coconut oil and then switch off the stove
  • Tasty Aviyal is ready to serve!!!

 

Cheers!!!
Minu

Wednesday 11 April 2018

Onam Vishu Sadya Special Kalan | Kalan | Malabar Style Kalan

How to prepare Vishu Sadya Special Kalan | Malabar Style Kalan?


Onam Vishu Sadya Special Kalan | Kalan | Malabar Style Kalan

 
Ingredients:-
  • Raw Banana – 1 Banana sliced
  • Elephant Yam – 1 Cup, (Same quantity of Banana)
  • Green Chilli – 3
  • Chilli Powder - ½ Tsp
  • Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp
  • Pepper Powder – ¼ Tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Grated Coconut – 1 Cup
  • Curd – 500 ml
  • Cumin – 1 Tsp
  • Curry Leaves as needed
  • Mustard Seeds as needed
  • Dried red chilli – 2
  • Fenugreek – ½ Tsp
  • Oil as needed



Preparation:-
  • Take a cooker and add Raw Banana, Elephant Yam, Salt to taste, Green Chilli, turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder and pour required water and cook well
  • Take a mixer grinder and add grated coconut, cumin seeds and pour little portion of curd to make a thick paste
  • Smash few banana and yam to make the gravy bit thick (Optional)
  • Add few curry leaves and then transfer the ground coconut paste into the cooked vegetables
  • Keep the flame low and then add the balance curd into the curry
  • Switch off the stove when it starts boiling. Add the pepper powder and mix well
  • Heat a pan and add oil into it. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add fenugreek, dried red chilli and curry leaves into it and sauté well
  • Transfer the mustard seeds into the curry
  • Sadya special Kalan is ready to serve



Cheers!!!
Minu

Monday 9 April 2018

Kerala Sadya Olan | Malabar Style Olan

How to prepare Vishu Sadya Special Olan | Kumbalanga Olan?


 Kerala Sadya Olan | Malabar Style Olan



Ingredients:- 
  • Vanpayar/Red cow peas – 1/3 Cup
  • Ash Gourd/Kumbalam – 250 gm
  • Coconut Milk (Second) - 2 ½ cup
  • Coconut milk (First) – ¾ Cup
  • Green Chilli - 2
  • Curry leaves as needed
  • Salt to taste (Optional)
  • Raw coconut oil

 
Preparation:-
  • Soak Vanpayar/Red cow peas for 5 to 6 hours
  • Take a cooker and add Vanpayar/Red cow peas, salt and required water and cook well
  • Take another vessel and cook Ash Gourd /Kumbalam by adding the cooked Vanpayar/Red cow peas, green chilli, salt to taste, curry leaves and second coconut milk
  • Once it starts boiling keep the flame low and close the lid. Make sure to stir in between by opening the lid
  • Add curry leaves and first coconut milk
  • Finally add raw coconut oil up to 2 Tsp and switch off the stove

 

Cheers!!!
Minu