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This is a traditional dish of Tibet,Sikkim etc.It is being served in a steamed or in a fried form with variety of fillings. The fillings can be made with chicken,fish,veggies etc. Here i  have used the veggies filling INGREDIENTS FOR THE DOUGH Maida                                      1cup Salt                                          a pinch Baking powder                        a pinch Water                                        for mixing Mix in all the ingredients and make a thick dough and keep it aside for about 4-5hrs. FOR THE FILLING Cabbage                                      1/2cup Onions                                         1/2cup Carrots                                          1/4cup Spring onions                               1tbspn Ginger and garlic                          2tbspn Soya sauce                                  1teasppn Salt                                              for taste Grate the vegetables finely and saute up well,ad

Besan                                      11/2cups Rice powder                            1tbspn Onions                                     2nosbig Ginger                                      1small piece Curry leaves                             3tbspn Asafoetida                                a pinch Turmeric powder                     1/2teaspn Green chillies                            3nos Salt                                           3/4teaspn Oil                                           for frying Water                                      for mixing Mix in all the above ingredients(except oil)together in a bowl and keep aside for a few minutes. Heat oil in a pan and once its very hot drop in small balls into it and deep fry them and serve them hot hot with a cup of tea...

Fish(seer fish/king fish)                                 500gms Cinnamon                                                    2-3pcs Cardomon                                                   10-12nos Corriander seeds                                         11/2tbspn Cloves                                                         4-5nos Red chillies                                                  3-4nos Curry leaves                                                1tbspn Saumph                                                       1tbspn Grated coconut                                            3tbspn Salt                                                              as required Tamarind extract                                          1cup Turmeric powder                                          1/2teaspn Sugar                                                           a pinch Onions                                                        1tbpn Ginger garlic paste        

Coconut burfi is a famous Indian sweet being made mostly at the time of Diwali.People make it and share them amongst their friends and relatives.  Keralites being blessed with a splendid amount of coconut. This recipe would definetly touch the heart of everyone.This is not a commn sweet eing made at home but occationally people do give a try.This Grated Coconut                                                  2cups Sugar                                                                  2cups Cardomon powder                                              a pinch Milk                                                                   1/2cup Saffron                                                               1-2strands(soak in milk for couple of hours) Take a pan and roast the coconut well untill it leaves its moisture and keep it aside. To the pan add in milk (mixed with saffron) and sugar and stir untill the sugar dissolves completely. Add in the grated coconut to this

INGREDIENTS Cauliflower florets                                            2cups Maida                                                              3tbspn Rice flour                                                         1teaspn Egg                                                                  1no Chilli powder                                                    1teaspn Turmeric powder                                               a pinch Pepper powder                                                 1/2teaspn Salt                                                                   1teaspn Water                                                               as required Make a thick batter with all ingredients together (except cauliflower). Wash the cauliflower well, boil them in water so that it becomes more tender. Drop in each cauliflower florets in the batter and deep fry them in oil and use immediately.

Dosa batter                           1kg Red chutney powder              1cup                         For the masala Onions                                   1no Sambar onion                         a handfull Potatoes                                 3nos Beetroot                                 1small Carrot                                     1no Green chillies                            3nos Ginger                                     1tbspn Garlic                                       1tbspn Mustard seeds                          11/2tbspn Fenugreek seeds                      1teaspn Turmeric powder                      1/2teaspn Curry leaves                              2tbspn Corriander leaves                      1tbspn Salt                                            1teaspn Cook up the potatoes,beetroot and carrot in a microwave with some salt and turmeric powder and smash it well..Heat oil in a pan and add in the mustard seeds,when it star

Baby potatoes                          3-4nos Spinach                                    4cups Jeera                                        1teaspn Onions                                     1no Ginger,garlic paste                    1tbspn Green chillies                            2nos Turmeric powder                      a pinch Pepper powder                        1/2teaspn Chilli powder                            1tespn Corriander powder                   1/2teaspn Garam masala                           1/2tespn Salt                                           1teaspn Fresh cream                              1tbspn Boil the potatoes   Heat oil in a pan and fry them untill it turns golden brown in colour and transfer them to a bowl. Now add in some oil into the pan and splutter the jeera and add in onions,ginger garlic paste,green chillies and all masalas and salt and mix together well. Grind up the spinach to a fine paste and transfer this to the pan and let it cook for a

Mint being very good for the stomach in fact good for digestion. People dont have much option with mint.They may also hesitate to have it quite often. So here is something....:  a mint drink which can be done very easily with less amount of ingredients and which are daily available back home. Mint leaves                                     3/4cup Sugar                                              2tbspn Honey                                             1teaspn Lemon juice                                    2tbspn Water                                              2cup Grind up the mint well with some water and strain it to a bowl . Add sugar,honey,lemon juice and water and mix well and serve. You can also add in crushed ice and serve chilled

I came across this dish from one of the restaurants in bangalore.I first hesitated how its gonna be,but once i had it i couldnt stop having it.The chicken pieces inside was adding an extra taste for it. At that moment i made up my mind to make it at the earliest.Yes... finally even i got it on my own table............... yeaaaahhhh Now i would like to share the recipe with all CONTENTS: Kappa(tapioca)                                         1kg Chicken                                                     1/2kg(boneless finely chopped) Onions                                                       2-3nos Shallots                                                      1cup Green chillies                                              5nos Ginger                                                        11/4tbspn Garlic                                                        2tbspn Mustard seeds                                           1tbspn Red chillies                        

INGREDIENTS   Maida                                   1cup Besan                                   1teaspn Baking powder                     1/2teaspn Ginger                                  1/2teaspn Green chillies                         1-2nos Curry leaves                          1teaspn Asafoitida                              a pinch Salt                                       1/2teaspn Water                                    for mixing   Mix in all the ingredients together in a bowl to a not so thick and not so loose consistency and keep it aside for about 1hour. Heat oil in a pan Drop in  the mix into the hot oil by making small balls and deep fry them,untill it turns golden brown in colour and becomes crispy also. Serve this hot with some mint chutney.

Pizzas are always kids personal favourite.Now a variety of pizzas are available in the market and we generally depend on them on our hangouts.I came across the bread pizza through one of the blogs,i found it very interesting and made it the very same day as breads where already available at home.The first time when i made it it became a bit hard due to over heating,but the next time i made it was just perfect and all of us enjoyed having the pizza:) I had used brown bread for this recipe as i wanted it to  be more healthier.Here i have used the veggies, but you can alter it according to your personnel choices. Ingredients: Bread                             5-6slices Capsicum                       1/2cup Onions                           1/4cup Tomato                          1/2cup Pepper powder              1teaspn Oregano                         2tbspn Salt                                a pinch Tomato sauce                3/4cup Mustard sauce               1/2cup Chees

Bread                             6-8slices Egg                                2nos Onions                          1 small Corriander leaves          1/2cup Mint leaves                    1/4cup Green chillies                 1 no Salt                                a pinch Pepper                           1teaspn Grind up all the ingredients together (except bread) and tranfer them to a bowl.Take each bread slice dip in  the mixture and keep it on a hot pan applied with ghee, and turn it over on each side.

Spinach                                         2bundles Onions                                          2nos Potatoes                                       2nos Carrots                                         2nos Green peas                                   1cup Ginger and garlic                          finely grated Green chillies                                2-3nos Bread slices                                  10pcs Bread crumbs                               1cup Egg                                               2nos Pepper powder                            1teaspn Turmeric powder                           1teaspn Oil                                                for frying 1.Boil all the vegetables. 2. Heat oil in a pan and saute the onions, ginger, garlic,green chillies and masalas and saute well ,now add in all the vegetables and add in some water and close the lid for a few seconds until the water has been absorbed and switch off the fire. 3. When this is

ITEMS :) Spinach                              2bundles(washed and chopped finely) Onions                               2nos Ginger and garlic                1tbspn(finely chopped) Green chillies                      2-3nos Potatoes                             2nos(boiled and smashed) Turmeric powder                a pinch Pepper powder                  1teaspn Garam masala                    1/2teaspn Bread crumbs                     2cups Egg                                     2nos Oil                                       for frying salt                                       3/4teaspoon SPINACH CUTLET     PROCEDURE: H eat oil in a pan and saute onions,ginger,garlic,green chillies and spinach together untill they are cooked.Now add in all the masalas and potatoes and mix well. Pour in some water and allow it to cook well. When water has been absorbed switch off the fire.   When this is cooled  y ou may add in some bread crumbs ,so that it becomes a little tigh

Squashes are something which we always store at home .Basically we do depend on all these store bought squashes ,but why dont we make them back home itself.This idea brought me into making squashes. My personal favourite is the grape squash so i opted to make it first.Now let us go through how it is being made.     Contents:   Red grapes            1/2kg Sugar                     3/4kg Water                     2cups Citric acid               1/2teaspn method: Wash the grapes well. Heat 1cup of water in a deep bottomed vessel, add in the  grapes to it and allow it to boil, once it starts boiling crush the grapes well untill it becomes juicy. Now with the help of a strainer extract the juices from the pulp and keep it aside. In another bowl boil 1/2cup of water and add in sugar and allow it to dissolve, add in citric acid and mix untill it turns to a thick syrup form. Once it gets cooled up add in the juice to it and mix well and store them in sterlized container

INGREDIENTS Besan                            2 cups Rice flour                      1cup Red chilli powder          1/2teaspn Jeera powder                1/2teaspn Sesame seeds               1/2teaspn Asafoetida                     a pinch Salt                               1/2teaspn Butter                            1/2teaspn Water                             as required Oil                                  for frying METHOD Mix in all the ingredients together in a bowl with water to a thick dough. Now add in oil to a frying pan and drop the dough through the chakli  into the hot oil and reduce the flame for a few seconds and take them out when it turns crispy and drain it with tissue and store it in an air tight container.

INGREDIENTS Raw rice                                1cup Urad dal                                 1/2cup Onions                                   1/4cup(finely chopped) Mustard seeds                        1/2teaspn Cumin seeds                            1/2teaspn Green chillies                           2-3nos Curry leaves                            1teaspn Asafoetida                               a pinch Salt                                          a pinch Oil                                           for cooking Soak the rice and urad dal in water and grind them to a fine paste as in for the dosa batter and let it ferment overnight. When its cooking time add in some oil in a pan and splutter some mustard seeds and cumin seeds,then add in the onions,green chillies,curry leaves, asafoetida and saute well and add them into the batter and mix well. Heat the appam mould with some oil and pour in a spoonfull of the batter into each of the moulds. Cook untill its done

INGREDIENTS Chicken                                  1/2kg Ginger garlic paste                   3tbspn Onion                                      3-4nos Tomatoes                                 5nos Red chilli powder                      1tbspn Cumin powder                           a pinch Salt                                            1teaspn Sugar                                         a pinch Corriander paste                         11/2tbspn Green chillies                               2nos Soya sauce                                  1teaspn Chilli sauce                                   1teaspn Tomato sauce                                2tbspn Oil                                                 3tbspn                                                      Marinate the chicken pieces with red chilli powder,ginger garlic paste(1/2 portion),salt,cumin powder. Leave this for about 1hour in the refrigerator.Now heat oil in a pan add in the chicken  pieces and

INGREDIENTS Chicken                                              500gms Chilli powder                                      1tbspn Turmeric powder                               a pinch Garam masala                                  11/4teaspn Cumin powder                                   1teaspn Oregano                                            1/2teaspn Curd                                                  1teaspn Lemon juice                                      1teaspn Salt                                                    for taste Ginger garlic paste                            11/2teaspn Oil                                                     1teaspn Mix in all the ingredients together and refrigerate for about 2-3hours and grill them in the oven for about 15-20mins. FOR THE MASALA Onions                                                       4-5nos Ginger                                                       1tbspn(finely chopped) Garlic      

Being one of my favourite kerala snack, I try them every now and then but was not able to get the exact softness which I used to get from my hometownu. But now evenI have also become an expert in unniappam making.:-):-).practice makes a man perfect. My kids also love to have   this; that's my motivation to make it often. Here I have made in a small quantity as v are only a few at home. You may increase the quantity accordingly.          Rice                                     3cups         Banana  yelakki                5-6nos(small)         Jaggery syrup                      2cups        Coconut pieces                 1cup        Maida                                 1tbspn  Wheat flour.                             1cup        Ghee                                  2tbspn        Cardamon powder            a pinch        Sesame seeds                   1teaspnK.           Kismis                                    1tbsp       Salt                                  1/

INGREDIENTS Fish                                     1/2kg Shallots                               11/2cups(finely chopped) Ginger                                 1teaspn Garlic                                  11/2teaspn Chilli powder                      1teaspn Green chillies                       3nos Turmeric powder                 3/4teaspn Corriander powder              1/2teaspn Curry leaves                         1/2cup Salt                                      as required Mustard seeds                      1tbspn Tamarind(kudam puli)          1small Methi seeds                          1/4teaspn Oil                                        3tbspn Heat oil in a pan and add in mustard seeds and methi seeds once it stoops popping add in ginger,garlic,curry leaves and saute well.Add in onion and saute well, now add in all masalas and saute well.Add in tomato and mix well. Add in some water and let it boil,once it gets boiled add in fish and let it cooked fo

Normally whenever we go for outing in malls when i come across this i would love having one. Finally i was wondering if i love this so much why dont i try making it back home itself.Thus finally i got it done.Now lets have a look at the recipe.   ingredients Corn                             250gms lemon juice                     1teaspn pepper powder               1teaspn chat masala                      1/2teaspn butter                               1teaspn chilli powder                     a pinch salt                                    a pinch Microwave the corn for 1 minute. Mix in all other ingredients to the corn and serve.

Kaima rice/ponni rice         1cup(preferrably ponni rice) Dosa rice                          1/4cup Sugar                                1cup Maida                                2tbspn Fennel seeds                     1/2teaspn Cumin seeds                      1/2teaspn Cardamon                         a pinch Oil                                    for frying Salt                                  a pinch Soak kaima rice/ponni rice and dosa rice in water for about 2-3hours and grind them well with sugar and cardamon(try to grind without adding any water as sugar releases enough water and grinds easily) This has to come to a very smooth paste without any grains.The thickness of the batter may be like a dosa batter or a pouring consistency.But make sure that it doesn't become watery....... Finally add in the fennel seeds,cumin seeds,maida and a pinch of salt to this and give a stir with a ladle. Now heat oil in the appakuzhi and  when it gets hot add in each s

INGREDIENTS Rava/sooji                                   1cup Ghee                                           2tbspn Sugar                                          1cup Milk                                            1/2cup Cardomon                                   a pinch Kismis,cashew ,badam                1tspn METHOD                       Heat a pan and roast up the rava/sooji very well. Now add in ghee and roast again untill its light brown in colour. Then add in sugar and cardomon and mix well. Add in milk to this and stir well untill its cooked.Now add in all the nuts and switch off the fire.Make small balls with it before it gets cooled up. Let this rest for a few minutes, as at the initial stage it will be soft and there are chances for it to get broken while serving.. When it rests for a few minutes it will get a bit hard and you can serve them to your little ones who may enjoy having a quick bite on it. NOTE: While making balls spread your hands with

INGREDIENTS Egg                              1no Maida                          4tbspn Sugar                           3tbspn Salt                               a pinch Baking powder             1/2teaspn Water                            for mixing Oil                                for frying Beat up the eggs in a bowl Add in maida,sugar,salt and baking soda to it,mix well by adding in some water The mixture shouldnt be very loose nor very tight. Now heat oil in a pan, drop in the mixture into the hot oil in small quatities and deep fry them Serve them hot. NOTE: This recipe normally consumes a lot of oil. You can make it in the appam kuzhis to attain a uniform shape..

INGREDIENTS Onion                              1no(finely chopped) Chicken(boneless)            250gms Ginger ,garlic paste           1teaspn Green chillies                     2nos Baking soda                     1/2teaspn Garam masala                   1/2teaspn Turmeric powder               a pinch Chilli powder                     1teaspn Pepper powder                  1/2teaspn Cumin powder                  1/2teaspn Lemon juice                        1teapn Grated ginger                     1/4teaspn Corriander leaves               1tbspn Curry leaves                        1tbspn Besan                                 11/2cups Oil                                       for frying Salt                                      to taste Marinate the chicken  pieces with garam masala,ginger garlic paste,turmeric powder,chili powder,pepper powder,salt and lemon juice and keep this aside. In another bowl add in the besan,salt,chilli powder, grated ginger,curry leav

This was a recipe which was purely experimental. When i had the chiken legs in my bowl i was just staring at it and wondering what can i do with this?????? yes then i came up the idea of corn flakes in my cupboard,with no idea i just went ahead without turning over,but trust me the final product was just ummmmmmmmmm.... just loved its flavour and the crunchiness.It just made my dayyy... yipeeeee.Now i woud like to share the recipe here in my blog.     INGREDIENTS Chicken pieces (preferably leg pcs)                               2-4nos Turmeric powder                                                           a pinch Chilli powder                                                                11/4tbspn Garam masala                                                               1/2teaspn Pepper powder                                                             1teaspn Salt                                                                               as required Maida