Payaru Puzhukku

Ingredients: Green gram-1 cup For grinding: Coconut-1/4 cup Red chilly-4 Cumin seeds-1 tea spoon For tempering: Mustard seeds-2 tea spoon Bengal gram/Chana dal- a tea spoon Curry leaves- a few Coconut oil- 3 table spoon Method: 1.Pressure cook the green gram and keep aside.Make sure its not mushy. 2.Grind together coconut, red chilly and cumin [...]

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Sweet corn soup

Ingredients:Sweet corn -1 canVegetable broth- 1 canGinger- a meidum sized pieceGarlic-3 clovesPepper powder-1/2 tea spoonSaltSpring onion-chopped-2 tea spoon Corn flour-2 table spoon Heavy cream- 1 tea spoon ( optional) Method:1.Chop ginger, garlic into fine tiny pieces.2.In a vessel on stove,empty the vegetable broth can, add chopped ginger and garlic and let it boil.3.Empty 3/4th of [...]

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Beetroot Rice

Ingredients: Basmati Rice-2 cups Beets-1 Onion-1 Green peas-1/4 cup Ginger garlic paste-1/2 tea spoon Cloves-3 Cinnamon stick-2 Garam masala-1 tea spoon Biriyani masala-1 tea spoon ( any store bought variety) Salt Oil-3 table spoon Method: 1.Soak the basmati rice in water for half an hour and cook the rice in 3 cups of water.Set aside [...]

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Besan sambar

Ingredients: Onion-1 Tomato-2 Gram flour-3 table spoon Water-1/2 cup to mix the gram flour Turmeric powder-1tea spoon Redchilli powder-1/2 tea spoon (optional) Sambar powder-1 tea spoon (optional) Mustard seeds- 1 tea spoon Curry leaves- a few Green chilly-3 Oil-2 table spoon Salt Method: 1.Slice the onion thin lenghtwise, finely chop the tomatoes. 2.In a kadai,heat [...]

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Broccoli, potato mezhukkuperatti

I have never fancied broccoli..until amma prepared it for my niece one day .I dont know how she made it, but I loved what she made and this is my own version of what amma might have cooked. Ingredients: Broccoli -2 Potato-2 Pearl onions-5-6 Turmeric powder-1 tea spoon Red chillies-3 Mustard seeds-1 tea spoon Sambar [...]

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Veggie Pasta

Ingredients: Pasta-any kind, I used Rotini -1 Packet Onion-1 Capsicum-1/2 Garlic-3 pods Ginger- a small piece Olives-6 Red chilli flakes- 1 tea spoon Cherry tomatos-10-12 Pasta sauce- any kind Olive oil-2 table spoon Parmesan Cheese grated-1/3 cup Salt Almods-finely chopped- 2 tea spoon Method: 1.Cook the pasta as per the instructions on the packet and [...]

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Puli Keerai

Puli keerai is nothing but tangy spinach gravy Ingredients: Chopped spinach- 1 cup Tamarind pulp-1/2 cup Pearl onions- 10 Red chillies-3 Mustard seeds- 1 tea spoon Curry leaves- a few Sambar powder- 1-2 table spoon Oil-1 table spoon Hing- a pinch Salt Method: 1.Cook the spinach in the microwave for abiut 6 minutes. 2.Soak tamarind [...]

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Plantain chips

TH loves anything fried in oil.I spiced up last Sunday with some home made plantain chips. Ingredients: Raw plantains- 2 ( preferably the lenghtier ones) Turmeric powder- 1 tea spoon Hing- a pinch Chilli powder- 1 tea spoon Pepper powder- 1 tea spoon Oil- for frying Method: 1.Peel the skin and slice the plantain in [...]

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Quick Peas Curry

We get a peas curry from a hotel nearby my home in Kerala and I love it.I used to wonder how they make it the same way every single time.I have tried, just tried recreating the same peas curry. Ingredients: Green peas- 1 cup Onion-1 Tomatoes-2 Ginger- a small piece Garlic- 4 cloves Chilli powder- [...]

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Rajma Patties

Ingredients: Rajma ( red kidney beans)-pressure cooked 1 cup Rice flour- 3/4 cup Chilli powder- 1 tea spoon Ginger -grated 1 tea spoon Green chilly- finely chopped 2 tea spoon Salt Oil- for shallow frying Method: 1.Soak rajma the previous night and pressure cook them the next day. 2.In a bowl. mix together pressure cooked [...]

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