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SUDANI CHICKEN

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Chicken                                            1/2kg Onions                                              2nos Garlic                                                1tbspn Freshly grounded black pepper         2tbspn Salt                                                   as required Olive oil                                             1tbspn . Marinate the chicken pieces with all the ingredients and keep it aside for about 30mins and cook the chicken pieces in a pot.Once its well cooked you may serve it.

RIBBON NOODLES

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INGREDIENTS Ribbon noodles                                            200gms Carrot                                                          1/4cup(finely sliced) Celery                                                          1/4cup Onions                                                         1cup Bell peppers(red & green)                           1cup Oregano                                                       1teaspn Chilli flakes                                                 11/2teaspn Salt                                                               a pinch Pepper powder                                             1teaspn Garlic                                                            1teaspn(finely chopped) Mushrooms                                                   1/4cup Soya sauce                                                    1tbspn Oil                                                                 3tbspn Boil the noodles

BREAD UPMA

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INGREDIENTS Bread                                                    2cups(cut into cubes) Onions                                                   1cup Ginger and garlic                                    1tbspn(finely chopped) Green chillies                                          2-3nos Tomatoes                                                1nos Curry leaves                                           1tbspn Corriander leaves                                    1teaspn Cumin seeds                                           1teaspn Turmeric powder                                     a pinch Chilli powder                                          11/2 teaspn Garam masala                                         1/2teaspn Mustard seeds                                         1teaspn Ghee                                                       as required Heat ghee in a pan and fry the bread cubes untill golden brown and remove from fire. Now add in some oil and sp

SOYA FRY...............

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Soya chunks soaked and chopped                                 11/2cups Onions                                                                           2big Ginger garlic paste                                                          1tbspn Turmeric powder                                                           a pinch Chilli powder                                                                 1teaspn Corriander powder                                                       11/2teaspn Garam masala                                                                1teaspn Pepper powder                                                               1teaspn Greean chillies                                                                  2nos Curry leaves                                                                     1tbspn Oil                                                                                 for frying Heat oil in a pan and add in the soya chunks and

SOYA MASALA

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Soya chunks                                           1cup Onions                                                    1nos Ginger garlic paste                                   1tbspn Curry leaves                                            1/2cup Cumin seeds                                            1teaspn Red chillies                                              1nos Mustard seeds                                         1teaspn Turmeric powder                                      1/2teaspn Chilli powder                                            1teaspn Corriander powder                                   11/2tbspn Pepper powder                                         11/2teaspn Garam masala                                            1teaspn Salt                                                            for taste Oil                                                             for frying METHOD  Cook the soya chunks with some turmeric powder and salt. Heat oil

PINEAPPLE JAM

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INGREDIENTS Pineapple                                           3cups Sugar                                                  3cups Citric acid                                          1/2teaspn Yellow colour                                     1/4teaspn Water                                                31/2cups PREPARATION Cook the pineapple pieces with water on a low flame untill tender Add sugar and let it cook until dissolved Finally add in the citric acid and colour and cook untill it thickens up  Remove from fire and once it gets cooled transfer them into an airtight container.

OATS UPMA

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  INGREDIENTS Oats                                                1cup Finely chopped onions                     1big Green chillies                                   2nos Oil                                                   2tbspn Mustard seeds                                 1tspn Urad dal                                          1/2tspn Curry leaves                                     1tbspn Carrots                                             2tbspn Turmeric powder                              1/4tspn Salt                                                   a pinch Sugar                                               1/2tspn Lemon juice                                     1tspn Coriander leaves                               for decoration Water                                              1/2cup Method Heat oil in a pan add in the mustard seeds, once it stops spluttering add in the urad dal and saute well,now add in curry leaves and chillies and saute ag

SALAD WITH FRESH CREAM DRESSING

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INGRDIENTS Apple                                                   1cup Pineapple                                             1cup Pomegranate                                       1/4cup Carrots                                                1/2cup Celery                                                 1/4cup Cucumber                                            1/2cup Dressing Fresh cream                                            1cup Thick curd                                              1tbspn Tomato sauce                                         1tbspn Salt                                                         a pinch Pepper powder                                       1teaspn Finely chopped onions                             1/2cup Ginger garlic paste                                   1teaspn Green chillies                                           1teaspn Chop up all the vegetables and fruits and refrigerate them. Mix in all the ingredients o

KAKKA ROTTI

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Rice flour roasted                              2cups Salt                                                   to taste Boiled water                                     3cups Grated coconut                                 1cup Baby onions                                       1/4cup Fennel seeds                                      4tspn Cumin seeds                                      1/2teaspn Oil                                                    as required Onions                                              11/2cups Green chillies                                      4-5nos Ginger garlic                                    2tbspn Tomatoes                                           1no Corriander powder                            3/4tbspn Chilli powder                                     1/2tbspn Turmeric powder                               1/2teaspn Garam masala                                    1teaspn Pepper powder                                  1teaspn N

KARIMEEN POLLICHATHU

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Karimeen/Pearl spot fish                                      2nos Red chilli powder                                                 1tbspn Turmeric powder                                                 1/2teaspn Green chillies                                                        2nos Chopped Ginger                                                  1teaspn Chopped garlic                                                     1tbspn Curry leaves                                                         1tbspn Baby onions                                                          1cup Salt                                                                       for taste Lime juice                                                             2tbspn Banana leaf                                                            2nos Banana leaf thread/vazhanaru                                  2nos Coconut oil                                                             2tbspn Preparat

VEGETABLE FRITTATTA

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Eggs                                                 6nos Onions                                             1no Capsicum                                         1/2cup Carrots                                             1/2cup Mushrooms                                      1/2cup Green chillies                                   2-3nos Cheese                                             1cup Salt                                                   for taste Pepper powder                                 1teaspn Tomato                                             1big Heat oil in a pan and add in the vegetables with a pinch of salt and saute well. Beat up the eggs in another bowl with cheese, salt and pepper. Now transfer the eggs evenly into the vegetable mix pan and close it with a lid untill it gets cooked up,when its almost done add in more grated cheese above it and let it cook again. Once its done turn it upside down and switch off the fire after a few seconds.

CHEMEEN PUTTU

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Prawns                                                           1/2kg(medium sized) Onions                                                             2nos(finely chopped) Ginger,garlic                                                  1tbspn Curry leaves                                                    1/2cup Green chillies                                                   3nos Turmeric powder                                             1/2teaspn Chilli powder                                                   1tbspn Coriander powder                                           1teaspn Garam masala                                                  1teaspn Rice flour                                                          2-3cups Salt                                                                  for taste Masala Heat oil in a pan. Add in the onions ,ginger,garlic and green chillies and saute up well. Now add in the masalas and the prawns and fry them unt

ERACHI PUTTU

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INGREDIENTS Shredded chicken                                         250gms Onions                                                          2nos Ginger,garlic                                                1tbspn Curry leaves                                                 1/2cup Green chillies                                               2nos Turmeric powder                                         1/2teaspn Chilli powder                                               1tbspn Coriander powder                                        1teaspn Garam masala                                              1teaspn Rice flour                                                     2-3cups Salt                                                               for taste Masala Heat oil in a pan. Add in the onions ,ginger,garlic and green chillies and saute up well. Now add in the masalas and the chicken and fry them untill it gets cooked up.Finally add in the curry leaves .Get this ma

MIXED FRUIT MOCTAIL

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Apples                                        1no Banana(small)                            1nos Water melon                              1cup(diced without seeds) Rasberry syrup                          1teapsn Milk                                          1cup Ice cubes                                   1/2cup Water                                        11/2cups Sugar                                         3tbspn  Mix in all the ingredients together in a blender and serve it chilled.  

WATER MELON SLUSH

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Watermelon                                  2cups( diced without seeds) Lemon juice                                 1/4cup Sugar                                           4tbspns Crushed ice                                 1cup Sprite                                          1cup Put in all the ingredients into a mixer except sprite and give a quick blend, and serve them in tall glasses.Finally pour in some sprite slowly by reverting a spoon.

MUTTA MAALA

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INGREDIENTS Eggs                              15nos Sugar                              3cups Water                             4 cups Cardamon                      1pinch Milk powder                  1teaspn Maida                            1tbspn METHOD Separate egg yolks and egg whites into 2 separate bowls. Beat the egg yolks and strain up the egg yolks through a strainer. Take a thick bottomed vessel and pour water into it and boil well, now add in sugar into this and stir well untill it forms up a good syrup. Now put a drop of egg white into it so as to remove up all the impurities, now strain this syrup also. Place it back on high flame and let it boil well. Take a small disposable glass with a small hole beneath it and pour in the beaten egg yolks into it by closing the hole with the finger tip.  Now remove the finger from the hole and pour in the egg yolk to the boiled syrup in a circular motion so that it forms a garland. Now stir it gently withou

KANAVA ROAST/ SQUID ROAST

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I NGREDIENTS Squid                               500gms Onions                              3-4nos Ginger                              1small Garlic                                2tbspn Green chillies                     3-4nos Turmeric powder              1/2teaspn Chilli powder                     1teaspn Corriander powder             11/4teaspn Garam masala                    1teaspn Pepper powder                   1teaspn Salt                                    1teaspn Water                                 for cooking Curry leaves                        1/2cup Heat oil in pan and add in the ginger,garlic and saute, once done add in the curry leaves. Now add in the onions and green chillies and fry them, when its done add in all the masalas and roast it on a low flame until the raw smell leaves out.Now add in the squid and mix well.Add some water and salt and let it cook by closing it with a lid. This goes well with rice,chappathis,pathiri etc...

ULLI VADA/ONION VADA

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  INGREDIENTS Onions                             5-6nos Green chillies                   2nos Curry leaves                   1/2cup Rice flour                       1/2cup Besan                            2cups Salt                                for taste Ginger                           small pc Asafoiteda                    1teaspn Oil                                for frying Take a large bowl and mix in all the ingredients together with some water and make a smooth batter.Dont make the batter too watery or too hard.Now make a small ball with the mixture and flatten them on your palms or on a plastic sheet and deep fry them and turn them occationaly and once it turns brown remove from fire and tranfer to a kitchen towel and serve it with some ketchup. This would be a perfect combination for a tea break..........  

SHARJAH SHAKE

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Banana                               2nos Sugar                                  2tbspn Boost                                  1teaspn Elakka                               a pinch Milk                                   2cups Drop in all the ingredients together into the juicer and give it a quick twirl. The drink is ready,serve them in glasses....... Enjoyyyyyy.........

VEGETABLE SAMOSA

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Carrot                         1/2cup(finely grated) Beans                          1/2cup Onions                        1cup Ginger                         1small pc Garlic                          5cloves Curry leaves                 1/2cup Corriader leaves          1/4cup Green Peas                   1/2cup Oil                                for frying Water                            1cup Turmeric powder          a pinch Green chillies                3nos Chilli powder               1/2teaspn Pepper powder              1teaspn All purpose flour           11/2cup Wheat flour                   1/2cup Salt                                1tbspn Heat oil in a pan and saute up the onions,ginger,garlic,green chillies,and all the vegetables along with curry leaves and corriader leaves and sauté well now add in all the masalas and salt and mix well.Once its done pour some water and let it cook for a few minutes

PAKKAVADA

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Rice flour                 1cup(finely powdered) Besan                        2cups Salt                           for taste Chilli powder           11/4tbspn Asafoetida                 1teaspn Curry leaves             1cups Oil                             for frying Luke warm water      11/2cups In a bowl mix up the rice flour and water with some salt and make smooth dough. Now add in the besan and more water and chilli powder,asafoetida etc and make a soft dough. Now take the chakli and take the narrow slit which results in a tape form. Heat oil in a pan.Put the dough into the chakli and press it into the oil and fry them. Remove this into a kitchen towel and once it gets cooled up break into small pieces and garnish it with the fried curry leaves which adds an extra flavour for it.

FISH MOLY

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Fish                                                       3-4pcs Onions (big)                                          3nos Ginger                                                   1big piece Garlic                                                    7-8cloves Green chillies                                        4-5nos Crushed pepper                                     11/2tbspn Tomatoes                                              1small Turmeric powder                                  a pinch Chilli powder                                       1teaspn Salt                                                        11/2 teaspn Oil                                                         1/2cup Curry leaves                                          1/2cup Corriander leaves                                  1/4cup Coconut milk1 st extract                         1/2cup Coconut milk (

JEERA RICE

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Basmathi rice                                       2cups                Jeera                                                   11/4tbspn Pepper corns                                      1teaspn Cashew and kismis                             1/2cup Cardamon                                          2nos Cinnamon                                           2sticks Cloves                                                2-3nos Salt                                                    1tbspn Ghee                                                  4tbspn Water                                                 4cups Heat ghee in a thick bottomed vessel and roast up the jeera,peppercorns,cashew and kismis and the spices,Then add in the washed and dried up basmathi rice into the ghee and stir up nicely. Finally add in 4cups of water and salt and let it cook. Once its done serve it with some spicy curry which is definetly going to be a good c

FALOODA

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Apple                                                           1nos Pomegranate                                                1/2cup Banana small                                                1cup Pineapple                                                     1cup Falooda sev/semiya                                     1cup(cooked) Water                                                          2cups Milk                                                            11/2cups Rose syrup                                                  1tbspn Sabja seeds/falooda seeds                           11/4cups Sugar                                                           4-5tbspn Vanilla icecream                                          2cups(big) Strawberry icecream                                    2cups(big) Cashews                                                      1/2cup Kismis                                                         1/2cup Badam