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Showing posts with label Fruit Dishes. Show all posts

Pazham Nirachathu/Stuffed Plantains

Ingredients:

Ripe Plantain/Nenthrapazham - 3

For filling

Grated Coconut - 5tbsp
Cashews,chopped - 8
Raisins- 1tbsp
Sugar - 2tbsp
Ghee - 1tsp or more
Cardmom - 2
Egg - 1(optional)

For covering

Maida - 1/2cup
Sugar - 2tbsp or more
Salt - a pinch
Water

Method:

Heat ghee in a pan and stir fry cashews and raisins.keep aside .Add grated coconut and sugar in the same pan,saute well for 2-3 minutes.If you like to use egg in the filling scramble it andvmix to this coconut mixture.Add cardmom powder and mix well.Switch off the stove and let them cool.

Peel the plantain, and make 1 slit legthwise.Remove the black seeds and fill with coconut-sugar mixture.
Mix together maida,sugar and salt.add water to this and make a thick batter out of it.
Heat oil in a pan .Dip the stuffed plantain in maida batter and deep fry them till they turn golden color.
Cut into small pieces and serve as a snack.

Chikoo/Sapota Milkshake

Ingredients:

chikoo/Sapota - 6
Frozen Milk - 1/2L
Sugar - 4tbsp

Method:

Remove the skin and seeds of the fruit and cut into pieces.Blend it with sugar.Add chilled milk and blend for few seconds.Serve immediately.

Kumbilappam/Vazhanayila Appam/Chakka Appam/Steamed Jackfruit Dumplings

Kumbilappam made with Vazhanayila

Kumbilappam is another authentic dish from Kerala.The main ingredient of this recipe is Chakka pazham(Jackfruit). Jackfruit, jaggery ,rice flour and some fresh coconut are mixed together to prepare the dough. It is then wrapped in Vazhanayila (this aromatic leaf gives a special flavour to the appam) in Kumbil(Cone) shape. That's why the name kumbilappam! The flavour of jackfruit and aroma of the leaves together gives a great taste to this dish.

Here goes my mom-in-law's recipe for kumbilappam.

Ingredients:

Ripe Jackfruit Bulbs(chopped finely) - 2cups

Jaggery(scraped) - 1 cup(adjust according to your taste)

Freshly grated coconut - 1cup

Rice flour (roasted) - 2cups.

Cardmom (powdered) - 1/2tsp(optional )
Vazhana Ela or Banana leaves - as required.

Method:

1 Melt jaggery in 1/2 cup of water.Remove the impurities.

2 Make a smooth paste of jackfruit pieces without adding any water.

3.In a big bowl add jackfruit paste,jaggery syrup and coconut.Mix well with your hands.

4.Add rice flour little by little and make a smooth dough.It should not be too thick or too loose.

5.Now take the leaf(Vazhana leaf or banana leaf) and make cones with it and fill the dough inside.

6 Bend the top of the leaves and press inside to cover the top.Use toothpicks to keep the leaves closed.

7Steam it around 30-45 minutes or till its done.

Here is some pics of kumbilappam that i made with banana leaves.

Notes

1 You can prepare this appam with Chakka varatti /jackfruit jam as well.Add some rice flour and grated coconut to the chakka varatti.Rest of the method is same as above.
2 If jackfruit is not available ,try this recipe with small bananas.

Pineapple Munthiri(Grapes) Pachadi

Ingredients:

Well ripened Pineapple(finely chopped) - 2cups
Black/red grapes - 15
Curd - 1/2cup
Turmeric powder - 1/2tsp
Sugar - 1tsp
salt

For grinding

Grated coconut - 3/4cup
Cumin seeds - 1/4tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2tsp
Green chillies - 3

For seasoning

Coconut oil - 1tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2tsp
Red chilli - 2
Curry leaves - 2strands

Method:

Cook the finely chopped pineapple with 1/2 cup of water, turmeric powder and a pinch of salt.Cover and Cook it till the pineapple become soft and mushy.Add grapes and cook it on low flame for 5 minutes.Do not overcook it.Add the ground coconut mixture to this.Boil it for another 5 minutes.Add curd and mix well.Add 1tsp of sugar for sweetness.Mix everything well and switch off the stove.
In a small pan heat oil and splutter mustard seeds.Add red chillies and curry leaves.Pour this over to the curry and cover it.Let it rest for another 2 hours.Serve with rice.

Banana Ice Cream with Almonds and Chocolate

Ingredients:

Ripe Banana - 4
Whipped Cream - 11/2cup
Condensed Milk -1tin
Milk Chocolate pieces - 1/2cup
Almonds (sliced)- 1/2cup
Lemon Juice -juice of 1 lemon

Method:
Puree the banana using a blender.Add lemon juice and mix well.Pour condensed milk and combine well.
Add whipped cream and mix gently using a whisk.Pour this to a glass dish & Cover it.Place in the freezer for 4hours.After 4 hours take the dish and mix almonds and chocolate pieces.Return dish to the freezer.
Freeze for another 8hours.Serve the ice cream with sliced bananas.Enjoy!

Mambazha Pulisseri

Ingredients:

Ripe Mango - 1 big
Grated coconut -1/2cup
Cumin seeds -1/2tsp
green chilli - 2
Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp
Curd - 1cup
Sugar - 1/2 - 1tsp
Coconut oil- 1tsp
Mustard seeds-1/2tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1/2tsp
Red chillies - 2
Curry leaves -2 strands
Salt

Method:

Remove the skin of the mango and cut into big pieces.Boil the mangoes with turmeric powder,green chillies and salt.Cook it till the mango become tender.Grind coconut with cumin seeds to a fine paste and add this to the boiling mango.Bring this to boil and switch off the flame.
Blend the curd to make it smooth and add this to the curry.Add sugar to this curry if you like.Adjust the flavor until the right balance of sweetness and sourness is reached.
In a small pan heat oil and splutter mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds.Add red chillies and curry leaves.
Add this to the mango curry and cover it for 5 minutes.After that mix well and serve with hot rice.

Unniyappam - My 100th Post!!!

Yeah!!! 10 months of blogging and finally 1 reached my 100th post!.Thanks alot for your love and support my friends. I think the main achievement is i got some lovely friends through this.
So to celebrate this wonderful event I made this yummy sweet .

For me Unniyappam is related to Vishu.Its a must for Vishu in my hometown-Kannur. So I am a bit nostalgic about this :) My mom makes this often when we have guests.The main ingredient for this is unroasted rice flour which we need to make ourself. So here is my mom's Recipe ..

Ingredients:

Raw rice - 2 cups (soaked for 2-3 hrs)

All purpose flour(Maida) - 1/2cup

Jaggery - 1/2kg

Small Banana - 4-5

Sesame seeds - 2tsp

Dried coconut pieces - a handful

Cardmom - 10

Baking soda - a pinch(optional)

Oil for frying

Method:

1.Drain the soaked rice and grind it to fine power .

2.Melt jaggery with 1 cup of water.Strain it and allow to cool.
3.In a mixing bowl add all the ingredients and make a thick batter.Add extra water if necessary.The batter should be like iddly batter.
4.Allow the batter to stand for 2hrs.
5.Heat the 'Unniyappam Pan' and add oil to each impressions.
6.Fill the impressions with the batter.When one side is done flip over to other side with a fork.
7.Cook both sides until they are golden brown in colour.
8.Serve with tea :-)

Chakka Varatti(Jackfruit Jam)

Am back after a long vaccation in India.We had a great time there..but i really missed blogging and my friends:-( So here am! Back to be with you all!

Malaysia,our new place is very nice, except the fact that, the climate over here is very hot,same like Kerala.That is the only thing i don't like.Everything else is so good .Everybody knows Malaysia is one of the famous tourist destinations. 20% of the population are indians! So its a home away from home for us. :-)

Malaysia is also famous for variety of food. Here we can find out Indian,chinese,Malay,Middle-Eastern,Korean,Western,Japanese and many other types of cuisines.

Coming back to today's recipe Chakka Varatti(Jackfruit Jam).This is prepared by my MIL when we were at my hubby's home. Jack Fruits were available in plenty during that time and so one fine afternoon, she made this for us :-)

Ingredients:

Ripe Jackfruit pulps - 1kg

Jaggery - 750g

Ghee - 250g

Cardmom Powder- 1 tsp

Method:

1.Finely chop the jackfruits and steam it till it become soft.Cool it and make a paste in a blender.

2.Melt the jaggery using little water.

3.Put a thick bottomed pan in the stove(Traditionally this is made in 'Uruli'.)

4.Add ghee and jackfruit paste.Saute well.

5.Add jaggery syrup and mix well.

6.Cook on medium heat till the water is reduced.Add cardmom powder to this.

7.Stir it continuously till you get a jam consistancy.

Pineapple Rava Kesari

Ingredients:

Rawa - 1cup

Pineapple ,pureed - 1cup

Sugar - 1 cup

Saffron(Kesar) - 4 strands,Soaked in 1tsp milk

Ghee -2tbsp

Water - 2cups

For garnishing

Fried Cashews & raisins

Pineapple chunks

Method:

Heat 1tbsp ghee in a pan.Add and fry the rawa tilla nice aroma comes out.Keep aside.

Same pan add ghee,Pineapple puree,water and sugar.Boil it.Add rava to it slowly by stirring continuously ,so that no lumps are formed.Add saffron to this.Switch off the stove.Garnish with pineapple chunks ,fried cashews and raisins.

Apple Jam

Ingredients:

Apple - 4 ,medium,peeled and chopped

Sugar - 1/2 cup

Lemon juice - 2tbsp

Method:

1.Mix sugar and chopped apples in a microwave safe bowl.Cover and microwave it for 2- 4miutes at

maximum power or till apples are softened.

2.Blend this apple mixture in a blender.

3.Microwave this blended mixture at 60% of power for 8 -10 minutes or till its thickened.

Stir it every 2 minutes.

4.Add the lemon juice and mix well.

5.Pour this to a glass bottle . Allow it to cool and refrigerate it.

AWARD from GULMOHAR

I have received this lovely award from Gulmohar of Collaborative Curry.Thank you so much Nami.

I would like to share this awrad with the following blogger friends.

Sangeetha of kothiyavunu

Priya of Priya's recipes

Uma of Essence of Andhra

Priya of priya's easy and tasty recipes

Tina of Kaipunyam.com

Padhu of Padhu's Kitchen

Prasu of My culinary World

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Pineapple Pulisseri

Ingredients:

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.

Mango Icecream

Ingredients:

Mango Pulp - 30 oz can

Condensed Milk - 14 oz can

Whipped cream - 250ml

Fresh Mango pieces - 3tbsp(optional)

Method:

In a bowl mix together mango pulp and condensed milk.Add whipped cream and mix gently using a whisk .Pour this to a dish and cover it tightly.Place in the freezer for 2 hrs.After 2 hours ,take the dish and mix the mango pieces and return dish to the freezer.Freeze for another 3 hours.Serve the icecream with a scooper and enjoy!!!

Pazham Cake

Pazham cake is a traditional and yummy snack which is famous in the Malabar region of Kerala. It is famous among Muslim community and they prepare this during the Ramadan days. I bet your family will love this. My husband finished the entire cake in one go!

Recipe courtesy "Taste of kerala" of Amrutha TV.

Ingredients:

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

I have received these lovely awards from Sangeetha of Kothiyavunu and Priya of Priya's Recipes.
Thanks you so much dears...:)

Strawberry Smoothie

Smoothies are very healthy and easy to make.You can use almost any fruit to make smoothie-Strawberries,banana,pineapple,Apple,mangoes.The list goes on and on :).

Ingredients:

Strawberry - 10 to 15
Cold Curd - 1 cup
Sugar - 1tbsp(Adjust with your taste.)
Cold Skimmed Milk(optional) - 1/4cup

Method:

Combine strawberries,curd,sugar and skimmed milk in a blender.Blend until smooth.Smoothie ready!!!

Pineapple Laddu

Ingredients:

Pineapple(finely chopped) - 1
Dessicated coconut - 3/4 cup
Sugar - 5 tbsp(adjust to taste)
Ghee - 1 tsp

Method:

In a pan add the chopped pineapple and cook the pineapple until most of the water has evaporated .Pulse it in a mixer (just once).In the same pan add the pineapple paste, coconut and sugar .Mix well for 5 minutes.Add ghee to this ,saute well.Switch off the stove.When they are slight warm make shape into laddus.Roll them in dessicated coconut .Enjoy!!!

Banana Halwa(Nenthra Pazham Halwa)

This is a super duper Sweet.As it is clear by its name ,Nethra pazham is the main ingredient in this Reipe.This recipe is worth trying once.I got this recipe from Sangeetha 's kothiyavunu.com.For original recipe click here.here 's my version.

Ingredients:

Nethra Pazham(extra ripe) - 3 medium
Sugar - 1 cup
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Cardmom Powder - a pinch
All purpose flour - 3tsp
Milk - 1 1/4 cup

Method:

Steam the bananas in a steamer or pressure cooker.cook well and remove the black seeds.Allow them to cool.Make a smooth paste in a grinder.Meanwhile put a heavy bottom pan on the stove and add the milk and sugar.Boil them ,When they reach a thick consistacncy add the banana paste and mix them well.Keep on stirring.you have to be patient,it needs more time.To thicken the halwa add the flour dissolved in 1/4 cup of water.keep on stirring.When they are almost thick add the ghee little by little.Mix well till the colour become
brown.Add cardmom powder .When the halwa is leaving the side of the pan switch off the stove and spread this to a greased plate.Allow them to cool.Cut into squares and garnish with Cashews.Enjoy!!

Pineapple-Banana Smoothie

Ingredients:

Pineapple cubes - 2 cups
Banana - 1
Curd - 2 tbsp
Honey - 2 tbsp

Method:

Blend together Pineapple,banana,1tbsp honey and curd.Make a smooth paste.Pour this to a glass and garnish

with the remaining honey.

Ethapazham Pulisseri

Pulisseri is a famous karala sadya dish made with coconut & yogurt.Here I have made the Pulisseri using ripe Kerala Bananans or Ethapazham. It is a sweet and sour dish .

Indredients:

Ripe Kerala Banana - 1

Curd - 1 cup

Grated cocnut - 1/4 cup

Green chillies - 3

Curry leaves - few

Mustard seeds - 1/4 tbsp

Dry red chillies - 2

Coconut Oil - 1tbsp

Method:

Remove the skin and cut the banana into slices and cook well with some water ,turmeric powder and salt.

Make a smooth paste of coconut ,turmeric powder and green chillies.Add this paste to the cooked banana.

Saute well for 5 minutes.Add the beaten curd to this.Keep stirring till it boils.Put a small pan on the stove,add oil and mustard seeds.When it splutters add the dry red chillies and curry leaves.Pour this over the curry and mix well.

Unnakkaya

Ingredients:

3 Kerala Banana(half-ripe)
2 Eggs(optional)
1/2cup grated coconut
1/2tsp Cardmom powder
1tbsp Cashewnuts(chopped)
1tbsp dry grapes
2tbsp Ghee
2tbsp Khuskhus(optional)

Method:

Cut the bananas into two and steam it(do not overcook the bananas).Remove the skin and allow to cool.Remove the black seeds in the center.Grind the bananas into smooth dough without adding any water. keep it aside.
Note:don't use ripe bananas.It should be medium ripe. Otherwise you can't make it right.

In a pan add 2tbsp ghee and fry the cashews and dry grapes till it become golden brown colour.Add Khus khus and coconut to this slowly.Mix well . Add the eggs and cardmom powder to this. Stir well till it reaches a scrambled egg consistency. Remove from flame.

Oil your hands with a little ghee.Take small balls (the size of a lime) of the ground banana. Flatten it on your palm to small disc shapes. Put 2 tsps of scrambled egg mixture in it.Fold edges and press lightly. Now roll it in your hands and shape it like 'Unnakkaya'.

Heat oil in a frying pan and fry it to a golden brown colour. Serve hot with tea.

Special Banana Fritters

well,everyone knows about the usal kerala snack'Pazham Pori'. This one is also something like that,but i made some difference in this and it tastes better than the pazham pori.

Ingredients

Ripe Banana(Nenthrapazham)-2
cornflour-4 to 5 tbsp
powdered sugar-3 to 4 tbsp
cardmom powder-1/4tsp
milk-2tbsp
oil - for frying

Method:

1.Boil the Banana and allow it to cool. Grind them into a smooth paste.
2.In a bowl add the banana paste,cornflour,sugar powder,milk and cardmom powder.Mix well.
3.Take small quantities of batter and fry it in oil. You will see the batter is form like fritters.
4.when it became golden brown take out and serve with tea .

Hope you will enjoy this Special banana fritters..:)