Pineapple Rava Kesari
Erachi Pathiri(Fried Pathiri Suffed with chicken masala )
Madhura Seva
Gram flour -2 cups
Sugar -3/4 cup
Salt - a pinch
Water
Mix salt and gram flour.Slowly add warm water to this and make a smooth dough.Knead the dough for a minute.Heat oil in a pan.Press the dough through a mould of seva press into hot oil and fry it till golden brown.Remove from oil and let it cool.
Dissolve the sugar in 1 1/4 cups of water.Boil the syrup till one thread consistency is reached.
Add the fried seva into this and mix well .Allow them to cool.When it completely cools store them in airtight containers.
Lemon Vanilla Pound cake recipe
This Lemon Vanilla Pound cake is my first cake recipe I am posting in this blog. This I believe is the simplest of cake recipes with few ingredients.
If you just use the vanilla essence and leave out the lemon juice it will be a plain vanilla pound cake. As a variation you can also use the pineapple essence to make it a pineapple pound cake.
Ingredients:
- All-purpose flour (Maida) – 2 cups
- Powdered Sugar – 2 cups
- Unsalted butter – 2 cups (4 sticks)
- Pure vanilla extract or essence – 2 tsp
- Lemon juice – 1/4 cup
- Baking powder – 2 tsp
- Plain milk – 1/2 cup
- Eggs – 3 nos
- Salt – 1 tsp salt
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 hour, plus cooling
Cooking Method:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Take a cake pan and lightly coat it with butter including the sides and dust a little flour wherever the butter is coated.
- In a blender or mixer on high speed beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Then add one egg at a time into the blender beat the mixture.
- Transfer the blender content into a mixing bowl. Now add the all-purpose flour slowly and gradually into the bowl. Keep stirring the mixture in clockwise direction using a large spoon or spatula. You can use your hand as well. Do not over mix or over beat the mixture. Just ensure that flour is mixed well enough without any lumps.
- Finally add the Vanilla extract, Lemon juice and milk. Mix everything together. Remember Lemon Juice is just to give another flavor to the cake. You can skip it if you want to. The pound cake with only the vanilla essence is just as good and very delicious.
- Pour this mixture into the cake pan and bake for around 45 minutes. to test if the cake is done take a toothpick or knife and insert it into the center of the cake. If it is dry and clean when you remove it from the cake then it means it is done.
- Let the cake pan cool for 15-20 minutes.
- Run a knife around the sides of the pan and remove the cake by inverting it and then allow it to cool if it is still hot. Then you can cut the cake into thin slices and serve.
Vegetable Stew
Tomato Rice
Basmati rice - 2 cups
Tomato - 5,medium
Onion - 1
Green chillies - 3
Chilli powder - 1/2tsp
Ginger-garlic paste - 1tbsp
Coriander leaves
Mint leaves
For seasoning:
Ghee - 1tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2tsp
Chana dal -1tsp
Urad dal -1tsp
Curry leaves
Method:
Cook the rice with salt and keep it aside.In a pan heat ghee and splutter mustard and curry leaves.Add urad dal and chana dal and saute well till it become golden brown colour.Add onion,ginger-garlic paste and green chillies.Saute well till the onion become translucent.Add chilli powder,mint leaves and chopped tomatoes.When the tomatoes are cooked add the rice and mix well.Garnish with Coriander leaves.
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Unakka kappa (Dried Tapioca ) Vevichathu With Ulli Chammanthi
Unakka kappa - 2cups
Grated Coconut - 1 cup
Green chillies -3
Shallots -6
Salt
Coconut Oil
Method:
Wash and soak the kappa in water overnight.Drain and boil the kappa with 4 cups of water.Strain the water and again add fresh water to it.Cook the kappa till it become soft.keep it aside.
Crush together coconut,green chillies,salt and shallots .Add this to the kappa and mix well.Pour 1tbsp of coconut and again mix well.
Ulli Chammanthi:
Shallots -15
Dry red chillies - 4to5
Salt
Coconut oil
Method:
In a pan dry roast the red chillies for a minute.Crush together red chillies,shallota and salt.Add coconut oil to this and mix well.Serve with kappa.
Chettinad Pepper Chicken
Heat oil in a pan.Add cinnomon,cardmom,cloves,bay leaves and fennel seeds.Saute well for a minute.Add the finely chopped onion and ginger garlic paste .Saute well till the onion becomes translucent.Add the chopped tomato and cook well.Add chilli powder,coriander powder and curry leaves.Mix well.Add the chicken pieces .Saute for 2 minutes, So the moisture from the chicken comes out.Add enough water and salt.Close it and cook it till the chicken is done.Once the chicken pieces are done add the crushed peppercorns and mix it.Sprinkle lemon juice and coriander leaves.Serve hot with bread or rice.
Okra Pepper Salt
Here is the recipe...
Ingredients:
Okra - 100g
Chopped Onion - 1,medium
Green chillies - 2
Garlic cloves -4
Corn flour -2tsp
All purpose flour -1tsp
Spring onion - 2 stalks (cut diagonally for garnishing)
Freshly grounded pepper -1tsp
Salt to taste
Egg - 1(optional)
Oil for frying
Method:
1.Cut the okra diagonally and keep it aside.
2.In a bowl mix together all purpose flour,1/2tsp cornflour,salt,1/2tsp pepper power and egg.(if you don't like to use egg ,just add little water to the flour ).Add okra to this and mix well.
3.Heat oil in a pan.Roll the okra mixture to the remaining corn flour and deep fry it.
4.In a pan heat 1tbsp oil and saute chopped onion,garlic and green chillies till the onion become soft.
5.Add the fried okra , pepper powder and salt.Garnish with spring onion.
5.Serve hot as an appetizer or serve with rice .
Kannur style Thakkali(Tomato) Pachadi
what table food can cats eat?
This frequently asked question seems to be endlessly coming over and over, and I think only a good list of table foods that cats can eat will answer this question.
So here's for you a list of common table foods that you can safely share with your cat:
- Meat (of couurse :p).
- Milk (in moderate amounts).
- Pieces of bread.
- Cheese.
It is also important to know what human table food cats cannot eat, because some foods can be deadly for cats, here's a quick list:
- Alcohol.
- Chocolate.
- Bones (to some extent).
- Coffee grounds or beans
- Avocados.
- Raw eggs (Cooked eggs are not dangerous).
- Onions.
- Garlic.
- Raw fish.
- spices.
I will add more items to both lists as I go, it's difficult to list all what a cat can eat (or cannot eat), but I will complement the lists later.
This was an answer to the question: what table food can cats eat?
Coconut Burfi (Nariyal Barfi) Recipe
The Coconut Burfi recipe is one of the simplest Indian sweet recipes to prepare and a favorite among the kids.
It is made with very few ingredients that includes coconut mixed with sugar syrup flavored with cardamom (elaichi).
Ingredients:
- Fresh grated coconut – 1 cup
- Green cardamoms – 3 nos (powdered)
- Sugar – 1 cup
- All purpose flour (Maida) – 1 tbsp
- Ghee – 2 tsp
Method:
- In a deep vessel or a pan on a low heat, take freshly grated coconut. Cook it for one minute stirring it continuously.
- Then add sugar and keep stirring frequently for 5 minutes.
- When the sugar melts and begins to boil, add 1 tbsp of All purpose flour (Maida).
- Mix the contents and then add cardamom powder. Keep stirring the mixture until it thickens.
- Add ghee and mix well.
- In about 10 to 15 minutes the mixture will thicken to a consistency where the sugar syrup is no longer clearly visible and cannot be separated from the coconut.
- Now move the contents into a large enough plate and spread the mixture such that the height is around 3/4th of an inch. Make sure when you spread the mixture it does not tear in between. It should all be in one piece.
- After a few minutes while it is still hot, cut into diamond or square shaped pieces with a sharp knife.
- Allow it to cool completely at which time each piece would have hardened and you can easily separate out the pieces and store them.
Chicken Cutlet
Boneless chicken - 1/2 kilo
Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp
Chilli powder - 1tsp
salt to taste
Chopped Onion -1,big
Chopped ginger - 1tbsp
chopped garlic -1tbsp
chopped greenchillies -3
Garam masala -1/2tbsp
Mint leaves
Coriander leaves
Boiled potato -2
Bread crumbs-as reqd
Egg white -2
Pepper powder - 1/4tsp
Method:
Cook the chicken with little bit water,turmeric,chilli powder and salt.Mince the chicken and keep it aside.
In a pan heat oil and add chopped ginger,garlic and greenchillies.Saute well.Add onion and cook it till it become soft.Add garam masala,chopped mint leaves , coriander leaves and salt.Add the minced chicken and mix well.Turn off the stove and add the mashed potato and mix well.allow it to cool.Make small balls out of it and roll into desired shapes.
In a bowl add egg whites,pepper powder and salt.Beat well.
Dip each cutlet in egg whites and roll with bread crumbs.Deep fry it in oil.Serve hot with tomato ketchup.
Apple Jam
Pineapple Pulisseri
Pineapple (ripe) - 2cup cubed
Turmeric Powder - 1/2tsp
Salt
For grinding
Grated coconut - 1/2cup
greenchillies -3
cumin seeds -a pinch(optional)
For seasoning
Coconut oil
Mustard seeds
Curry leaves
Dried red chillies
Method:
Cook the pineapple cubes along with some water,salt and turmeric powder on medium heat till the pieces are soft.Add the ground paste of coconut to this.Boil it for 5 minutes.Add the well beaten curd and mix it well.Turn off the heat.In a small pan heat oil and splutter mustard seeds,curry leaves and red chillies.Add this to pulisseri.Serve with rice and papadam.
Malabar Chicken Biriyani
For Rice
Basmati rice - 2 cups
Cloves - 3
Cinnamon -3pieces
Cardmom -3
Ghee - 2tbsp
Water - 3cups
Rose water - 1tsp
Salt
For Chicken masala
6 big chicken pieces
4 big onions
4 big tomatoes
7Green chillies
1 big piece of ginger
6 big garlic pods
3tbsp of chopped mint leaves
3tbsp of chopped coriander leaves
2 tsp Biriyani masala(below)
1tbsp Lime juice
Biriyani masala
Cinnomon - 1big piece
Cardmom - 3
Cloves -3
Nutmeg -1
Caraway seeds- 1/2tsp
Fennel seeds -1/2tsp
Cumin seeds-1/2tsp
Mace-2
Dry roast all together and grind to a fine powder.
For Garnishing
Raw cashews and raisins
Saffron 2 strand
Milk -2tbsp
Coriander leaves
Method:
Preparing the Chicken masala
1.In a pan add 5tbsp of ghee and fry the thinly sliced onions.
2.Fry them till it become crispy and nice golden colour.Keep it aside.
We will use these fried onions for the chicken masala and for garnishing.This will give a nice flavour to the Biriyani.
3.Crush together ginger,garlic and greenchillies.
4.In a big pan add the tomatoes and saute well till it become soft(don't need to add ghee here).
5.Add some water and cook the tomatoes.
6Add the crushed mixture and saute well.
7.Add the cleaned chicken pieces and some water to cook the chicken.
8.Add the chopped Mint leaves and salt .Cover and cook it till the chicken is done.
9.Add 3/4 of the fried onions and cook for 5minutes .
10.Add garam masala,lemon juice and coriander leaves and mix well.Cover it and keep it aside.
Preparing the Rice
1.Soak the rice for 30 minutes.
2.In a pan add 2tbsp ghee , cloves,cinnomon and cardmom.saute well for a minute.
3.Add the washed rice and saute it for sometime.
4.Pour 3cups of water and salt to the rice.
5.Add rose water and cook rice till soft and all the water is absorbed.Keep it aside..
6.Mix saffron strands in milk and keep it aside.
Preparing Malabar Chicken biriyani
1.Take a big vessel and add the chicken masala first.
2.Add the cooked rice on top of that.
3.Sprinkle the saffron milk, raw cashews and raisins.
4.Add the remaining fried onions on top of the rice .
5.cover it tightly and cook it on low flame for 10 minutes.
6.Serve hot with pappadam,pickle and onion raita.
Healthy Vegetable Salad
Ingredients:
Lettuce Leaves
Shredded Carrot
Cucumber
Red Onion
Tomato
Corn Kernels
Olives
Microwave Cooked Vegetables(Cauliflower,broccoli)
For Dressing
Olive Oil - 2tbsp
Lemon Juice -1tbsp
Pepper and Salt
Method:
In a bowl add all the vegetables.Sprinkle lemon juice and mix it well.Add olive oil,salt and pepper.Mix all the ingredients with a fork.Salad is ready to serve :)
Vegetable Pulao Recipe
Vegetable Pulao is a flavored rice recipe which includes cooking rice with vegetables and spices. Long-grained rice varieties like Basmati are the best for preparing Pulao. You can also use Sona Masoori or Jeera Samba rice. In this recipe I have also used coconut milk, mint and coriander for added aroma and flavor.
Ingredients for Vegetable Pulao Recipe
- 2 1/2 cup Basmati
- 2 Onions (long slices)
- 2 Big Tomatoes
- 15-20 Beans (cut into 1 inch pieces)
- 2-3 Carrots (cut into pieces)
- 1 1/2 cup Cauliflower
- 1 cup Peas
- 1 tbsp Mint leaves (chopped)
- 1 tbsp Coriander leaves
- 1/3 cup Oil
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1 inch Cinnamon stick
- 4 Cloves
- 1 1/2 tsp Kasuri methi (dry Fenugreek leaves)
- 3 Marathi Moggu (What’s this)
- 1 Star Anise
- 3 Cardamom
- 1 1/2 cup Coconut milk
TIP: If you don’t have canned coconut milk you can prepare it yourself. Grate one coconut. In a blender grind the grated coconut with one cup of lukewarm water for a few minutes. Then strain through a fine sieve to get the coconut milk.- Salt to taste
Grind the following ingredients into a thick paste:
- 20-22 Green Chilies
- 1 hand full of Mint (Pudina) leaves
- 1 hand full of coriander (Cilantro) leaves
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
- 6 Cloves
- 1/2 tsp Peppercorn
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 tbsp Dhania (Coriander) powder
- 1/2 medium sized Onion
- 4 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
Prep time: 15 minCook time: 30 minServing: 4 people
Vegetable Pulao Recipe Cooking Method
- First wash and soak the Basmati rice for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Take a pressure cooker or deep pan. Add oil and when it is hot add Bay leaves, Cinnamon stick, Cloves, Kasuri methi, Marathi Moggu, Star Anise and Cardamom.
- After a minute or so add onion and sauté for 3 minutes.
- Then put all the vegetables and 1 tsp salt. Cook for 6 minutes.
- Add tomatoes and cook them till they are mushy or pulpy.
- Then put the paste that was prepared earlier and mix well.
- Cover and cook on simmer till oil separates.
- Add coconut milk and 2 cups of water required for the rice to be cooked.
- When the contents come to a boil. Taste the liquid and add salt if required.
- Now add rice, mint leaves and coriander leaves.
- Close the lid and cook till you hear 1 whistle (pressure release) if your using a pressure cooker. If you are using a deep pan then cook till most of the water dries up. You will know the rice is done when you press a grain between your thumb and index finger and it squishes completely. And you are done!
Serve piping hot Vegetable Pulao with tomato, onion and cucumber raita.
Beetroot & Dates Pickle
1 big beetroot(grated)
8 dates(cut into small pieces)
1tsp chilli powder
3-4 garlic pods (grated)
1/2 cup Vinegar
Salt to taste
Method:
In a clean bowl mix together grated beetroot,dates and garlic.Add chilli powder ,salt and vinegar.Mix well and keep refridgerated for 24hours. Make sure to store it in a clean and dry bottle.Take out from fridge and check the salt and adjust it.Return back to fride.This can be stored for a month or more.
Steamed Honey Sponge Cake
All purpose flour - 1cup
Baking Powder - 1tsp
Baking Soda -1tsp
Custard Powder -1tbsp
Butter - 3tbsp,at room temp.
Brown sugar - 1cup
Cooking oil - 3tbsp
Vanilla Essence - 1tsp
Honey -2tbsp
Eggs -3
Method:
Sift together flour,baking powder,baking soda and custard powder.Keep it aside.
In a bowl add butter and brown sugar.Mix well using a whisk.Add oil and whisk.Add honey and vanilla essence and mix well.Add the eggs 1 at a time and whisk.
Add the flour mixture ,little by little to this.Whisk well after each addition.Now the batter is ready.
Pour this to a well greased dish and cover it with an aluminium foil.Place the dish in a steamer and steam it on low flame for about 35-40 minutes.After that switch off the stove and allow it to cool.Serve hot with honey.
Recipe Courtesy - http://www.mariasmenu.com/
Spring Rolls
Mango Icecream
Kozhukkatta
Roasted rice flour - 2 cups
Oil - 1tsp
Water -as reqd.
For filling
Grated jaggiri - 1/2 cup
Grated Coconut - 3/4cup
Cardmom Powder - a pinch
Method:
Heat water in a vessel.Add salt and oil.Add this boiling water to the rice flour and knead to make a smooth dough.(same procedure to make idiyappam dough).Keep it aside.
Mix together gaggiri ,grated coconut and cardmom powder.
Divide the dough into 8-9 equal parts.Take one ball and make a big hole in the middle of this ball and put the filling inside that whole and close it gently.Finish the dough by repeating the same method.Steam it for 15 minutes.Serve hot with tea.
Pazham Cake
Recipe courtesy "Taste of kerala" of Amrutha TV.
2 Ripe Banana
3 large eggs
3tbsp sugar
Ghee - 2tbsp
Raw cashews and raisins -1tbsp
For garnishing
Fried cashews and raisins
Cherries
Method
Cut the banana into small pieces.In a wide pan add ghee and saute the banana pieces till it become golden brown colour.Keep it aside.
In a bowl beat the eggs with sugar.Add the banana and raw cashews and raisins .Mix well.
In a thick bottomed pan add some ghee and spread it well.Pour the egge mixture to this.Cover it and cook it on low flame till the top part is set.It took me 20 minutes.When it is cooked transfer into a plate and garnish with cherries and fried cashews and raisins.Serve hot with tea.
AWARDS from Sangeetha and Priya
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Thanks you so much dears...:)