Green Olives are not only very good for our health but also very delicious to eat. I thought of making something different and ended up making a spicy green olive pickle in Indian way. Ingredients:- Pitted green olives in brine(cut into two ore pieces) – 1 small bottle Garlic(chopped) – 10 Red chili powder-1 tbspn Fenugreek powder-1 tspn Asafoetida powder / Hing- 1/2 tspn Curry … Continue reading Spicy Green Olive Pickle
Ingredients:- Green Gram – 1 ½ Cup Desiccated/Grated Coconut – ½ Cup Red Chilly-2 no’s Jeera- ½ tspn Small onions (shallot) – 2 no’s Mustard- ½ tsp Oil – 1 tbspn Salt – A pinch Water- 2 ½ cup Method of preparation:- Wash and Soak green gram overnight. Pressure cooker this for 2 or 3 whistle until well cooked. Drain the excess water and keep … Continue reading Cherupayar Upperi/Thoran (Green Gram)
Ingredients: Water – 1 Cup Sugar- 4 tspn Milk – 1 Cup Coffee Powder – 1 ½ tspn Method of preparation:- Take a pan and boil 1 cup water and 1 cup milk together. Once it boils add 4 tspn sugar and add 1 ½ tspn of coffee into it. Stir it well and once it boils remove from fire and pour into cup or … Continue reading Coffee (Serves 2)
Ingredients:- Water – 1 Cup Sugar- 4 tspn Milk – 1 Cup Tea Powder – 2 tspn Method of preparation:- Take a pan and boil 1 cup water and 1 cup milk together. Once it boils add 4 tspn sugar and add 2 tspn tea powder into it. Stir it well and once it boils well remover from fire and strain it to a cup/mug. … Continue reading Tea / Chai (Serves 2)
Ingredients:- Cabbage – 2 cups Jeera-1 tspn Mustard Seeds-1tspn Turmeric- a pinch Desiccated Coconut- ½cup Green Chilly-2 Red chilly-1 Curry leaves – little Small Onions-4 no’s Salt-As per taste Oil- 1 tablespoon Method of preparation:- Grate cabbage finely and chop green chilly and small onions. Take a pan and heat oil. Splutter mustard seeds and add jeera, green chilly, red chilly, small onions, and curry … Continue reading Cabbage Upperi/Thoran
Mambazha Pulissery is an authentic sweet n sour Kerala dish make out of ripe mango, yogurt, and coconut. This mouth watering dish is one of my favourite. Apart from being healthy, this is also a very delicious dish. I hope you all will enjoy eating this. Ingredients:- Ripe Mangoes – 5-6 small size Grated coconut – 1 cup Yogurt – 2 tblspn Jeera – 1/2 … Continue reading Mambazha Pulissery/Ripe Mango Curry
Ingredients:- Green gram (Whole)(Cherupayar) – 2 cups Salt – A pinch Jaggery- 1 cup Grated coconut – 1 cup Cardamom (Elakka) powder – 1 tsp Ghee – 3 tbsp For the batter: Allpurpose flour (Maida) – 2 cups Salt – A pinch Method of preparation:- 1) Roast the green gram in a heavy bottomed pan, until an aroma is released. Let it cool. 2) Wash … Continue reading Sukhiyan
Ingredients: Potatoes 1/2 kg diced in large cubes Tomatoes 1/2 kg diced Green Chilli 4 finely chopped Coriander powder 1 teaspoon Cooking Oil 1/2 cup Salt as per taste Red chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon Kalonji ( Onion seeds) 1 teaspoon Haldi ( Turmeric) powder 1/4 teaspoon Ginger strips for garnishing Amchur Powder 1/4 teaspoon Method of preparation:- 1. Heat up oil in a pan. 2. … Continue reading Achari Aloo (Spicy Potatoes)
Ingredients: 1/3 Gobhi (Cauliflower) Small florets 1/2 cup Cornflour 1 tsp ginger garlic paste 1 tsp green chilli paste/finely chopped green chilly A pinch of turmeric and asafoetida (kayam) 1/4 cup chopped spring onions 1/2 cup chopped capsicum 2 tsp chopped garlic 2 tsp soya sauce 2 tsp tomato ketchup 1 tsp chilli sauce Salt to taste Oil for deep frying Method of preparation:- 1. … Continue reading Gobhi/Cauliflower Manchurian Dry Fry
Puttu is one of the most favorite breakfast for all keralites. Apart from being a very health dish it is very delicious dish which we all malaylees crave for. I have made puttu from scratch but you can also get the ready to make powders from all Indian grocers. Ingredients:- Raw Rice(Pachari) – 1/2 kg Coconut(Raw/Dessicated) – 1 cup Water – to sprinkle Salt – As … Continue reading Puttu
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