Apple Milk Shake

Apple Milk Shake is a healthy beverage, good way to cool off in summers. Learn how to make/prepare Apple Milkshake by following this easy recipe.

Ingredients:

1. Apple                -1 medium size

Cucumber Mint Juice -Amazing cooler..

Most people are unaware of the immense health benefits of cucumber and would avoid eating cucumber where possible. Fresh cucumber may taste “bland” to some but its thirst-quenching and cooling properties are refreshing. It acts as an anti-oxidant when taken together with fried and barbequed foods.It may helps in acidity,high blood pressure,water retendation,hair growth etc.One of the serving method of cucumber as follows.It is tasty cooler.

Ingredients:

1. Cucumber - 2 or 3 small sized
2. Mint Leaves - 5 or 6

Chicken Fry

Ingredients:

1. Chicken (medium sized pieces)- 500 gms
2. Oil as required
3. Curry leaves- 2 sprigs

For Marination:

1. Kashmiri  chilli powder-1 tbsp( or to taste)
2. Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp
3. Garam masala-1/2 tsp

Wheat jaggery instant dosa

Ingredients

1. Wheat Flour – 1 cup or can use atta
2. Powdered Jaggery – ¾ cup to 1 cup (according to your taste)
3. Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp
4. Ghee for frying

Kheema Pasta simple recipe

Ingredients:

1. Pasta - 2 cups
2. Kheema - 1 cup  (Any ground meat like ground chicken  or beef. For vegetarian version, soya granules can be used)
3. Onion - 1 (Finely chopped)
4. Ginger - Garlic Paste - 2 tsp
5. Tomato puree/ Tomato sauce - 2 tblsp

Vendakka Mezhukkupuratti / Ladies Finger Stir fry

Today I am sharing the simple recipe of Vendakka Mezhkkupuratti( Ladies Finger Stir fry), which is very easy to prepare and goes very well with rice. This is the very simplest method of cooking ladies finger..

Ingredients:

1. Chopped Ladies Finger / Okra / Vendakka - 2 1/2 cups ( Medium size pieces)
2. Green chillies - 3-4 Nos (Split length-wise)
3. Chopped Onions - 1/2 cup
4. Curry leaves-1 string

Green Peas Masala

Ingredients:

1. Green peas - 1 cup soaked for 8 hours
2. Onion - 1 cup (chopped)
3. Tomato -3/4 cup chopped
4. Ginger -1 inch piece
5. Garlic -4 cloves
6. Green chilli - 1

Ethakka appam (Batter fried bananas)

Ingredients:

1. Maida: 1 cup.
2. Raw rice pwd: 2 or 3 tbsp.

Aval Vilayichath

Ingredients:

1. Aval (brown or white rice flakes): 1/2 kg.
2. Jaggery: 3/4 kg.
3. Water: 1/2 to 1 cup.
4. Cardamom: 4 or 5.
5. Roasted Jeera powder: 1/2 tsp.

Sweet wheat balls (Undampori)

This is a sweet snack. It is nutritious due to the wheat content and banana. It is very high in calories and so, a heavy snack...It is a favorite dish which is mostly seen in the village tea shop. Here is the method to make the dish...

Ingredients:

1. Wheat flour-2 1/2 cups 
2. Cardamom powder-1/4 teaspoon 
3. Jaggery solution-2 cup
4. Coconut pieces(thenga kothu)- 3tbsp 
5. Baking Soda-1/4 teaspoon 
6. Ripe banana-1 big 
7. Water -as needed
8. Cooking oil for deep frying.

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1. In a large bowl, mix wheat flour, cardamom powder, jaggery and baking soda.
2. Mash banana well and transfer to the bowl 
3. Knead all the ingredients very well to make a soft fluffy dough (can add a little water if it is not fluffy and soft enough).
4. Keep it covered aside for 2-3 hours to ferment.
5. Heat oil in a deep fryer. Wet your palms with a little water and make balls of desired size and fry it in the pan until the external browns well.
6. Serve as hot with tea.Enjoy... 

Onion pakoda | Ulli vada Recipe

Ingredients:

1. Onion: 1 large or 2 medum, sliced.
2. Green chillies-chopped
3. Gram flour: 3 to 4 tbsp or maybe a little more if needed.
4. Rice flour: 2 tbsp (optional)

Crab roast | A Spicy dish

Ingredients:

1. Crab cleaned- 500 gms
2. Onion - 3nos
3. Green chilies- 4 nos
4. Ginger- 1" piece
5. Garlic- 4  cloves
6. Curry leaves- 1 sprig
7. Tomato chopped- 1 small
8. Red chili powder- 1 to 1.5  tsp
9. Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

Fish Curry

Ingredients:

• Fish – 500g cut into medium pieces
• Small onion – 8-10
• Fenugreek seeds (uluva) – ¼ tsp
• Red chilli powder – 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Squid Roast (kanava)

Ingredients:

1. Squid-cleaned and cut into small pieces- 500 gms
2. Onion - 3nos
3. Green chilies- 4 nos
4. Ginger- 1" piece
5. Garlic- 4  cloves
6. Curry leaves- 1 sprig
7. Tomato chopped- 1 small
8. Red chili powder- 1 to 1.5  tsp
9. Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

Parippuvada

Ingrediants

• Dal                                : 1 Cup
• Green chillies              : 3 Nos
• Ginger                          : 1 inch piece
• Shallots                        : 12 Nos/onion 
• Curry leaves               : 1 Sprig
• Salt                               : As needed
• Asafoetida powder     : A pinge(Kaayam)
• Cooking oil                  : 1 cup for deep frying

Chilli Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:

1. Chicken                     -         500gms boneless chicken
2. Ginger garlic paste  -          1tbsp
3. Onions                       -          3
4. Green chillies           -          4 or 5 nos
5. Soya sauce                -          2tsp
6. Capsicum                  -          1 chopped
7. Turmeric Pwd            -           1 tsp
8. Red Chilli pwd           -          2 tbsp
9. Cornflour                  -           3tbsp
10. Vinegar                      -           1tsp