Thursday 30 August 2018

Cooker Vegetable Biriyani | Kids Lunch Box Menu

How to prepare Cooker Vegetable Biriyani | Kids Lunch Box Menu Kerala Style


Cooker Vegetable Biriyani | Kids Lunch Box Menu

 Ingredients:-

  • Basmati Rice – 2 ½ Cup
  • Cauliflower – ¾ Cup
  • Carrot – ½ Cup
  • Fresh peas – ¼ Cup
  • Beans – ¼ Cup
  • Potato – ¾ Cup
  • Ginger Garlic Chilli Paste – 2 Table Spoon
    • Ginger – 1 ½ inch
    • Garlic - 10 to 12 Pods
    • Green Chilli -2
  • Fennel Seeds – ¼ Tsp
  • Cloves - 5
  • Whole Pepper - 13 to 15
  • Cardamom - 3
  • Cinnamon Stick – 2 small piece
  • Nutmug Powder – small piece crushed
  • Mace - 3 strands
  • Bay leaf – 2
  • Curd – ½ Cup
  • Turmeric Powder – 1 Tsp
  • Chilli Powder – 2 Tsp
  • Coriander Powder – 4 Tsp
  • Garam Masala – 1 Tsp
  • Lemon Juice – one small
  • Pudina as needed
  • Coriander Leaves as needed
  • Ghee as needed
  • Onion fried – 1 Medium Size

 

Preparation:-
  • Take a cooker and heat 1 to 1 ½ table spoon oil and a table spoon ghee
  • Add cauliflower, potato, carrot, beans, and fresh peas into the cooker and sauté well
  • Add ginger, garlic and chilli paste into the vegetables and continue sautéing
  • Now add turmeric powder, chilli powder, and coriander powder and mix it well
  • Add few pudina and coriander leaves into the vegetables
  • Pour ½ Cup curd into the vegetables and mix it well
  • Transfer the soaked rice into the cooker and mix with vegetables
  • Pour 3 ¼ Cup water (1: ¾ Cup) into the rice and mix it well
  • Add required salt
  • Pour lime juice and stir well
  • Add all the spices (Fennel Seeds – ¼ Tsp, Cloves – 5, Whole Pepper - 13 to 15, Cardamom – 3, Cinnamon Stick – 2 small piece, Nutmug Powder – small piece crushed, Mace - 3 strands, Bay leaf – 2) into the rice
  • Add small portion of fried onion, few more pudina, coriander leaves, half portion of garam masala, 1 table spoon ghee into the rice and mix it well
  • Close the cooker and cook well. 1 whistle with high flame and 5 to 6 min with medium flame
  • Add balance garam masala and fried onion and then mix it well
  • Tasty Vegetable Biriyani is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu


Wednesday 15 August 2018

Kerala Sadya Special Beetroot Semiya Payasam | Onasadya Beetroot Payasam?

How to prepare Kerala Sadya Special Beetroot Semiya Payasam | Onasadya Beetroot Payasam?


Kerala Sadya Special Beetroot Semiya Payasam| Onasadya Beetroot Payasam?



Ingredients:-
  • Beetroot grated – 300 Gram
  • Milk – 750 ml mixed with 250 ml water
  • Sugar – 1 Cup
  • Vermicelli – ¼ Cup
  • Cashew as needed
  • Dry grapes as needed
  • Cardamom – 1 Tea Spoon
  • Dry Ginger Powder – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Ghee – 2 ½ to 3 Table Spoon

 

Preparation:-

  • Take a vessel and heat 1 to 1 ½ table spoon ghee, fry cashew nuts and raisins and keep it aside.
  • Fry vermicelli also in the same vessel and keep it aside
  • Add 1 Table spoon ghee again and sauté beetroot well
  • Add fried vermicelli into the beetroot and mix it well
  • Pour milk and water mixture into the vessel and stir continuously
  • Once it start boiling add sugar and stir continuously until it reaches the consistency
  • Add cardamom powder and dry ginger powder and mix it well
  • Add fried cashew nuts and raisins
  • Switch off the stove
  • Beetroot Semiya Payasam is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Tuesday 14 August 2018

Kerala Sadya Special Nurukku Gothambu Pradhaman | Onasadya Broken Wheat Pradhaman

How to prepare Kerala Sadya Special Nurukku Gothambu Pradhaman | Onasadya Broken Wheat Pradhaman?


Kerala Sadya Special Nurukku Gothambu Pradhaman | Onasadya Broken Wheat Pradhaman


Ingredients:-
  • Broken Wheat – 1 Cup
  • Coconut First Milk – ½ Cup
  • Coconut Second Milk – 1 Cup
  • Jaggery – ½ Kg melted
  • Dry ginger powder – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Cardamom Powder - ½ Tea Spoon
  • Cumin Seed Powder – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Cut Coconut – 3 Table Spoon
  • Cashew Nuts as needed
  • Raisins as needed
  • Ghee as required

 

Preparation:-
  • Take a cooker and heat 1 to 1 ½ table spoon ghee, add cut coconut and stir well until it become golden brown.
  • Fry cashew nuts and raisins in the same vessel and keep it aside.
  • Add ½ table spoon ghee, broken wheat and sauté well
  • Add 2 cup of water and cook broken wheat by closing the cooker lid
  • Add jaggery syrup and mix it well
  • Stir continuously until it become thick
  • Pour coconut milk extracted second time and mix well and allow it to boil
  • Add cardamom powder, cumin seed powder, and dry ginger powder and mix it well
  • Switch off the stove and pour coconut milk extracted first time and mix well
  • Add cut coconut, cashew and raisins
  • Broken Wheat Pradhaman is ready to serve

 
Cheers!!!
Minu

Wednesday 8 August 2018

Kerala Sadya Special Mambazha Pulissery | Onasadya Mambazha Pulissery

How to prepare Kerala Sadya Special Mambazha Pulissery | Onasadya Mambazha Pulissery?


Kerala Sadya Special Mambazha Pulissery | Onasadya Mambazha Pulissery




Ingredients:-

  • Mango – 5 Medium size
  • Green Chilli – 4
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Chili Powder – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Grated coconut – 1 Cup
  • Cumin seeds – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Curd – ¼ Litre
  • Dried Red Chilli – 2
  • Mustard Seeds As required
  • Fenugreek Seeds – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Jaggery grated – Small piece
  • Curry leave as required
  • Salt as required

 

Preparation:-
  • Let’s clean and peel the mangoes first
  • Take a clay pot and add mangoes, Salt to taste, Turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder, Green Chilli, Curry leaves and a cup of water and cook the mangoes. Once it starts boiling close the clay pot using a lid
  • Take a mixer jar and grind grated coconut by adding cumin seeds and ½ portion of curd
  • Transfer the ground coconut into the mango and mix it well.
  • Add curry leaves and once it starts boiling add jaggery
  • Switch off the stove and pour balance curd into the curry and mix it well
  • Heat a pan and pour required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add fenugreek seeds, dried red chilli and curry leaves. Transfer the spluttered mustard into the curry


Cheers!!!
Minu

Sunday 5 August 2018

Kerala Sadya Special Thakkali Rasam | Tomato Rasam | Rasam Without Rasam Powder

How to prepare Kerala Sadya Special Thakkali Rasam| Tomato Rasam | Rasam Without Rasam Powder?


Kerala Sadya Special Thakkali Rasam| Tomato Rasam | Rasam Without Rasam Powder


Ingredients:-

  • Tomato– 3 to 4 Medium size
  • Boiled Toor dal Syrup– ½ Cup
  • Garlic Sliced – 15 Pods
  • Ginger– 1 ½ Inch
  • Turmeric Powder – ¾ Tea Spoon
  • Chili Powder – ¾ Tea Spoon
  • Whole Pepper – 2 Tea Spoon
  • Whole Coriander – 3 Table Spoon
  • Cumin seeds – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Fenugreek Powder – 1 Pinch
  • Tamarind Juice – 1 gooseberry size soaked  
  • Mustard Seeds – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Dried Red Chilli – 3
  • Curry leave as required
  • Coriander Leave as required
  • Salt as required
  • Asafoetida powder – ½ Tea Spoon

 

Preparation:-
  • Grind tomatoes and make a thick paste using a mixer
  • Using a mixer grind whole coriander, whole pepper, ginger, garlic and cumin seeds
  • Take a clay pot and pour boiled Toor dal syrup, ground tomatoes, ground coriander pepper mixture, salt to taste, chilli powder, turmeric Powder, tamarind water and mix it well
  • Pour 4 cup water and allow it to boil.
  • Add fenugreek powder, asafoetida, curry leaves, coriander leaves and boil. Curtail the rasam until it reaches the consistency and switch off the stove.  
  • Heat a pan and pour required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add dried red chilli and curry leaves. Transfer the spluttered mustard into the Rasam
  • Tasty and healthy Sadya special “Rasam” is ready to serve



Cheers!!!
Minu

Thursday 2 August 2018

Kerala Sadya Special Pavakka Pachadi | Bitter gourd Pachadi | Kaypakka Pachadi

How to prepare Kerala Sadya Special Pavakka Pachadi | Bitter gourd Pachadi | Kaypakka Pachadi?

Kerala Sadya Special Pavakka Pachadi | Bitter gourd Pachadi | Kaypakka Pachadi?



Ingredients:-
  • Bitter gourd – 1 Medium size
  • Green Chilli – 3
  • Coconut grated – ½ Cup
  • Curd – ¼ Litre
  • Mustard seeds – 1 ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Salt as needed
  • Curry leaves as required
  • Oil as required

 

Preparation:-
  • Cut the Bitter gourd into small pieces
  • Transfer the cut bitter Gourd into a cooker. Add Salt, 2 green chilli and pour required water and cook well
  • Transfer the cooked bitter gourd into another vessel and allow it to cool
  • Take a mixer jar and grind grated coconut by adding green chilli and 2 table spoon curd
  • Add ¾ tea spoon mustard seeds along with little more curd into the mixer jar and grind it again
  • Transfer the ground coconut into the cooked bitter gourd and mix it well.
  • Pour balance curd and mix
  • Add salt if required and also add few fresh curry leaves
  • Heat a pan and pour required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add dried red chilli and curry leaves. Transfer the spluttered mustard into the Pachadi
  • Pachadi is ready to serve with Sadya or meals


Cheers!!!
Minu

Monday 30 July 2018

Thenga Paal Ozhicha Mutton Curry | Naadan Mutton Curry | Aattirachi Curry

How to prepare Thenga Paal Ozhicha Mutton Curry | Naadan Mutton Curry | Aattirachi Curry?

Thenga Paal Ozhicha Mutton Curry | Naadan Mutton Curry | Aattirachi Curry



Ingredients:-
  • Mutton Small Pieces– 500 Gram
  • Onion Sliced– 2 Medium Size
  • Tomato Sliced – 2 Medium
  • Ginger Sliced– 2 Table Spoon
  • Garlic Sliced – 8 Pods
  • Green Chilli sliced – 4
  • Turmeric Powder – 1 Tea Spoon
  • Crushed Dried Red Chilli – 1 Tea Spoon
  • Coriander Powder – 2 Tea Spoon
  • Pepper Powder – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Garam masala – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Coconut Milk – 1 Cup
  • Cut Coconut – 2 Tbsp
  • Coconut oil as required
  • Curry leave as required
  • Salt as required

 
Preparation:-
  • Take a cooker and pour required oil into it. Once it become hot add cut coconut and sauté well
  • Add sliced onion and a little salt into the cooker and sauté well
  • Add ginger, garlic, curry leaves, green chilli into it and continue sautéing
  • Add crushed dried red chilli, turmeric Powder, coriander powder and sauté well
  • Add sliced tomato and continue sautéing
  • Now transfer the mutton into the cooker and mix it well with masala
  • Add few curry leaves on top of the mutton and close the lid and cook the mutton for 4 to 5 whistle
  • Add Pepper powder, Garam masala and balance curry leaves into the mutton curry and mix it well
  • Pour coconut milk into the cooker and allow it to boil
  • Finally pour a little coconut oil on top of the mutton curry and switch off the stove
  • Tasty “Mutton Curry” is ready to serve



Cheers!!!
Minu

Saturday 28 July 2018

Aval Upma / Variety uppumavu Kerala Style / Poha Upma

How to Prepare Aval Upma / Variety Uppumavu Kerala Style / Poha Upma?


Aval Upma / Variety uppumavu Kerala Style / Poha Upma



Ingredients:-
  • Beaten Rice / Aval – 1 ½ Cup
  • Onion Sliced– 1 Medium Size
  • Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
  • Salted water as needed (around ½ cup)
  • Green Chilli sliced – 2
  • Ghee – 1 Tea Spoon
  • Mustard – 1 Tea Spoon
  • Dried red chilli – 3
  • Curry leave as required
  • Salt as required

 

Preparation:-
  • Take beaten rice into a vessel and sprinkle salted water and mix it well
  • Heat a pan and pour required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add dried green chilli.
  • Add sliced onion, green chilli, curry leaves and sauté well
  • Transfer the beaten rice into the pan and sauté well
  • Add grated coconut into the beaten rice and mix it well
  • Add ghee on top of the Upma
  • Close the vessel using a lid and then Switch off the stove. Keep it aside for 2 to 3 min.
  • Open the lid after 2 min and mix it well
  • Healthy and Tasty “Aval Upma” is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Tuesday 24 July 2018

Kovakka Moru Curry | Kovakka Ozhichu Curry

How to Prepare Kovakka Moru Curry | Kovakka Ozhichu Curry?


Kovakka Moru Curry | Kovakka Ozhichu Curry



Ingredients:-
  • Ivy Gourd / Kovakka – 200 gm (Around 15)
  • Chilli Powder – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Turmeric Powder – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Grated Coconut – ¼ Cup
  • Curd – ¼ Cup
  • Green Chilli – 2
  • Cumin Seeds – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Fenugreek Seeds – ¼ Tea Spoon
  • Mustard Seeds – ½ Tea Spoon
  • Pepper Powder – 1 Pinch
  • Curry leave as required
  • Salt as required

 

Preparation:- 
  • Let’s cut the Ivy Gourd/Kovakka into small pieces to make the curry
  • Take a cooker and add Ivy Gourd/Kovakka, Turmeric Powder, Chilli Powder, required salt and pour required water into it and cook well.
  • Take a mixer jar and grind grated coconut, green chilli, and cumin seeds by pouring little curd
  • Transfer the grinded coconut mixture into the cooker and mix it well
  • Add curry leaves, balance curd and a pinch pepper powder into the curry. Switch off the stove once it starts boiling.
  • Heat a pan and pour required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add fenugreek seeds and curry leaves. Transfer the spluttered mustard into the curry
  • Healthy and Tasty Kovakka Moru Curry is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu

Saturday 21 July 2018

Karkidaka Special Jeeraka Kanji | Jeeraka kanji | Karkidaka Special Diet Food

How to Prepare Karkidaka Special Jeeraka Kanji | Jeeraka kanji | Karkidaka Special Diet Food?

Karkidaka Special Jeeraka Kanji | Jeeraka kanji | Karkidaka Special Diet Food



Ingredients:-
  • Unakkalari – 1 Cup
  • Cumin Seeds – 1/3 Cup
  • Coconut Milk – 1 ¾ Cup
  • Turmeric Powder  - 2 Pinch
  • Salt as needed


Preparation:-
  • Take a cooker and cook unakkaliri by adding required water for two whistle
  • Take a mixer jar and grind cumin seeds by adding little water
  • Transfer the ground cumin seeds and little water into the cooker and mix it well
  • Add Turmeric Powder and salt into the “Kanji” and mix
  • Switch on the stove and allow it to boil
  • Pour coconut milk into the cooker. Switch off the stove once it starts boiling.
  • Healthy and Tasty Jeeraka Kanji is ready to serve


Cheers!!!
Minu