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Macaroni

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                                                                                  This is a very quick recipe mostly famous amongst the kids.But it can be made very nutritious also as you can include all the veggies which the kids normally dislike.The ingredients can be altered according to their favourites or you can finely chop and add the ingredients which they dislike.At times i add sprouts also to it to make my baby have atleast a few sprouts.Moreover i have used suji ka macaroni over here which is far more healthy than the maida macaroni's. Macaroni    ...

DEEP FRIED MUSHROOMS

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This is mainly a starter to impress your guests.This is not a very common dish also.Sticking on to be a pure vegggie dish i have skipped the ingredient of egg to this.If you add a beaten egg to the batter it will become more crispier and tastier.Its just up to your personnel wish to add it or not Mushrooms                                              5-6nos Maida                                                       3tbspn Cornflour         ...

CHOCOLATE BANANA CAKE

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Ripe bananas                                    3nos (medium sized) Maida                                               1 3/4cup Sugar                                                 2cups Coco powder                        ...

CHICKEN FINGERS TOOSED UP IN SAUCE

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Wow this starter was something which we really relished.The sauce which coated the strips was the best part of the dish.The bitter and spicy combination added a lot to its flavour.Even though i had tried frying the strips withe egg maida batter ,this was the first time which i gave a quick twist to the recipe.The strips has to be fried up in low flame as the chicken is also uncooked,so it may take a few extra minutes to be done.Here i have used salted butter for the sauce,if you wish you can use unsalted butter and add a pinch of salt to the sauce. I would just suggest all to go for a try as the materials are easily available back home and the sauce is also quite easy to make ,unlike the restaurant based sauces.This gave the taste of some dishes we had from a few chinese restaurants around. Chicken(boneless cut into strips)               150gms Pepper powder      ...

CHOCOLATE COOKIES

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Flour                                          1cup Coco powder                             1/4cup Brown sugar                              3/4cup Egg                                            1nos Unsalted butter             ...

CHEMEEN VADA

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Unlike the other vadas where in we use big onions,here we are using shallots ie. small onions one of the main ingredient apart from the prawns which enhances the taste of the vada If it is small prawns u can directly use it without chopping it to pieces.Here i had tiger prawns so i chopped them,so that i can get  prawns on my each bite. Ingredients 1.Chemeen/prawns                             250gms 2.Shallots/small onions                       1cup     3.Ginger                                         ...

CRISPY FRIED PRAWNS ON SKEWERS

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I happened to have these prawns for the first time when i was a teaneger and i attended my cousins engagement.I was like wow prawns on sticks ,,,ahhhh and i enjoyed each bite with both my hands infact,without noticing the fact that  it was a gathering and people are around you.When i looked around everyone was doing the same thing,soeven i was happy and continued my activity.It was infact very funny fully dressed up and digging up into the prawns.But those where very fresh prawns right from the river,as they resided in a coastal area. Recipes done with fresh sea fishes are always the BEST... Prawns                             6nos(medium sized) Pepper powder                  1/2teaspn Salt         ...

EGGLESS MICROWAVE CHOCOLATE CAKE

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All purpose flour               1cup   Coco powder                     1/4cup   Baking soda                       3/4teaspn   Sugar                                   3/4cup   Vanilla                                 11/2tsp   Milk                        ...

PINEAPPLE PAYASAM

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                                       Being the onam celebration on the way, i had come across a variety of recipes for payasams.Being a sweet lover these are my all time favourites.I have not yet tried the pineapple payasam which is almost so easy to cook and easy to digest also:) One day i came across pineapples in the supermarket at that moment pineapple payasam came to my mind, i immediately grabbed them and dumbed into my basket. Pineapple                             1cup (finely chopped) Sabudana                     ...

PINEAPPLE KICHADI

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METHOD Pineapple                                1cup Turmeric powder                    1/2teaspn Chilly powder                          3/4teaspn Salt                                          a pinch Water                                  ...

PUMPKIN HALWA

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Pumpkin                      2cups(cut in cubes) Sugar                            8tbspn Ghee                             4tbspn Nuts and kismis            11/2tbspn Saffron                          2-3strands Cardamon powder      1/2teaspn Milk                               1/2...

KOOTTU CURRY

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INGREDIENTS Kadala/Brown chickpeas           1cup Chena/Elephant foot yam          1/2cup Raw plantain                                1/2cup Turmeric powder                        1/2teaspsn Chili powder                                1teaspn Pepper powder                            1tbspn Salt                                                  for taste Water                                            ...

KADALA PARIPPU PAYASAM/PARIPPU PRADAMAN

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Kadala parippu/Chaana Dal                          11/4cup Jaggery                                                          500gms Sabudana/chowari                                       2tbspn Coconut milk 1st milk                1cup 2nd milk            ...

PAL PAYASAM

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Hearing of Pal Payasam normally Ambalapuzha pal payasam comes to our mind.But unfortunately i have never tasted it yet.But the pal payasam which is being served at the guruvayoor temple is one of my personal favourites.Now for the Onam celebration i thought why dont i just give a try for a different payasam,as usually we have either Ada pradaman/semiya payasam. Being my daughters first onam  (16-9-2013),i wanted to make something really special for her. This one was really special for her as she was really enjoying having it in a glass. Now lets go through the recipe. CONTENTS: Red broken rice/Matta raw rice                                11/4cup Water                           2 1/2cups Milk            ...

KAAYI POLA

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Ingredients: Banana(nendran)                           3nos Eggs                                             5nos Sugar                                           4tbspn Ghee                                            2tbspn Cardamon powder                      1teaspn Raisins and cashews                    1/4cup METHOD: Peal the bananas and cut them into small triangular pieces. In a pan heat ghee and roast the bananas well then add cashews and raisins and roast again. Let thi...

ADA(vazhayila ada)

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                             Ada is one of the traditional and authentic dish very famous amongst the keralites.It tastes always great with a cup of tea in the evening.This is definetly a perfect evening snack.Ada is made by wrapping the rice dough  and jaggery in a banana leaf and steaming them.                            Now a days people dont try making this much due to scarcity and availabily of banana leaves .But once in a while people do like to give a try with this.                                         ...

APPLE POLA/MALABAR APPLE CAKE

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This is a special Malabar dish mostly famous amongst the Muslim community. It is a special Ramadan dish also. This was suggested to me by one of my neighbours in calicut.Before that i was quite unaware of such a recipe. I tried it out one day and was so very excited when it turned out to be really soft and perfect and importantly it didn't get burnt up also. I was trying to take photos of this and after seeing my excitement, my baby was also excited and started snatching it from the plate. Apple                                   1big Eggs                                     2nos Sugar       ...

PRAWN STUFFED PURIS....

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Prawns                                           250gms Onions                                            2nos Ginger and garlic                       1tbspn Green chillies                             2nos Curry leaves                    ...