Have you ever wished that the chicken you cooked were juicier and more tender? It often happens with many of us that no matter how much we take care, chicken often turns out to be stringy and rubbery. This is primarily because of the age and quality of chicken we get here, as well as how long we cook it. Nevertheless, we seldom get desired results, until now! Today I am
Vendakka mezhukkupuratti is an easy to make and tasty side dish for rice. This can be served with rice and any curry of your choice. It is very easy to prepare and requires very few ingredients mainly, okra, onion, green chilli. Now to the recipe.. Ingredients required Vendakka / lady’s finger – 1/2 kg Green chillies – 2 shallots – 10 – 15 (chopped) Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon Red
Today’s recipe is Kerala style fish fry. It is very easy to make and tasty too. You can make use of any kind of fish to make this tasty fish fry but I normally prepare this with king fish as my family love it. Now take a look at the recipe.. Ingredients required fish pieces – 5 – 6 (I used king fish) ginger garlic paste – 2 tablespoon red
Peas pulao is a very popular recipe which is liked by people of all ages. This is a mild dish made with green peas and basmati rice seasoned with few whole spices and no masala added to it. This rice dish can be served with any spicy gravy or with raita. Due to the usage of green peas which is rich in proteins, this rice dish can be thought of
Methi seeds are widely made used in Indian kitchen and also the leaves of fenugreek. Fenugreek leaves are very well known for their anti diabetic properties but due to its bitter taste, it is mostly avoided by children and even by grown ups. But when mixed with some other vegetable like potato, the taste becomes wonderful. So today, I have made aloo methi which is a dry vegetarian side dish
Theeyal is a traditional dish of Kerala. Theeyal can be prepared using various vegetables like shallots, lady’s finger, bitter gourd and so on. There are two main steps of making this curry. First one, is fry okra with very little oil, till the slimness goes off. Be careful not to add too much of oil while frying okra otherwise it will be very difficult to remove slimness. The second step
Hello dear foodies! I am back again after a long break and this time with a yumilicious sandwich recipe! Like I said before, sandwiches are a quick fix to your hunger pangs. You can create a sandwich out of anything if you have the basic ingredients at hand. This time I made Aloo- Tikki Sandwich. Potato sandwiches are too mainstream, and so I decided to first make a delicious patty
Hello dear foodies. Today I am sharing the recipe of fried chicken strips. This fried chicken is quite similar to what you get in KFC, only tastier and more pocket-friendly. It is very important to brine the chicken before you deep fry it. It will get cooked easily, faster and won’t have a stringy or rubbery texture. Brining is the technique which involves preparing the brine and soaking the chicken
Today’s recipe is an easy and tasty rice dish which kids would love to have it for their lunch – carrot rice. This rice dish has got a sweetness of carrots, crunchiness of nuts and with less spiciness, this definitely will be kid friendly. More over, it is very easy to prepare too. Here, I have made use of Basmati rice for the preparation, you can also try other rice
Lachha paratha is a type of Indian flat bread with its origins from Punjab and is popular throughout India. Here I have made laccha paratha with whole wheat flour. This can also be made with half wheat and half maida. Now to the recipe.. Ingredients required Wheat flour – 2 cups Oil – 3 tablespoon Chaat masala – 1 teaspoon salt – to taste Technique For dough 1. To the
Ingradients for Nadan Fish Curry Inji , garlic…. avashyatinu Small onion …..4-5 Salt Oil (am using coconut oil) Curry leaves Turmeric powder .. 1/2 sppon Uluva podi Kashmeeri chilli…2 1/2 spoon(disposible spoon count) Coriander powder…. 3/4 spoon How to Cook Nadan Fish Curry Fish clean akki matti vakku. gas on akki pan vakku ennittu oil ozhikku. oil heat akumbolekku mustard eduka. venamenkil uluva kudi ettu pottikkam.inji, garlic eduka.atu onnu vazhannu
Puttu is a traditional recipe of Kerala which is often served with kadala curry. In some places, puttu is also served with pazham and pappadam. Puttu is made in a traditional vessel called puttu kutti / puttu mould which is readily available in the market. Puttu is made using roasted rice flour. Various brands of rice flour for puttu is available in the market. As shown in the picture below,
Snakegourd is a creeper belonging to cucumber family. It is widely grown in many parts of the world and has got high medicinal properties. It is rich in water contents and provides cooling effect to our body. It is a low calorie vegetable and is rich in calcium, magnesium and phosphorous. This is a recipe snakegourd curry native to Palakkad. The preparation is very simple and tastes great with chapati
Curd rice is a very popular South Indian meal. It is a very easy to make rice recipe which can be made even by a layman. The method of making curd rice is very simple – cook the rice, mash it, mix it with milk, curd, butter and salt. Finally temper the ingredients and add it to the rice mixture. Ready. Tasty curd rice is ready to be served. Apart from
When I was a kid, I used to despise eggplants. They taste funny and they smell funny, too. I always thought that eggplants tasted horrible—even without actually eating one. My mother would always try to bribe me to eat my eggplants, but I always declined no matter how much ice cream or chocolate she promised to get me. I was adamant about my personal childhood war against all eggplants. I
Daing na Bangus is an easy fish recipe you can prepare anytime of the day. This recipe is milkfish marinated in the blend of vinegar, salt, garlic and pepper. Although the name of this dish is “Daing na Bangus”, it is not prepared the way other salted and dried fish are preserved. Vinegar helps to preserve the fish. This method comes handy especially to those who can’t go to the
Cabbage thoran is a very healthy, simple and tasty side dish for rice. This is a Kerala special recipe. Thoran is a dish which hails from Kerala and is dry vegearian dish where the vegetables are cooked and mixed with coconut, cumin, green chilli and shallot mixture. Thoran can be made with any kind of vegetables and you will find thoran as an indispensable part of Kerala sadya / Onam
Today’s recipe is a very healthy, tasty and easy to make ladoo. This recipe makes use of very few ingredients namely – peanuts, sesame seeds and jaggery. In this recipe, I have finely powdered peanuts and sesame seeds, but if you want it to be crunchy, then grind all the ingredients coarsely. This will give you a nutty taste of sesame and peanuts. There is no need of any oil
Beetroot pachadi is an integral part of Kerala sadya. It is a very easy to prepare and tasty dish. It is a yogurt based dish and takes approximately 10 – 15 minutes to prepare this wonderful dish. There are two ways in which you can prepare this pachadi. One is without coconut which I have shared here and the other is with coconut. Though this is prepared mainly during Sadya,
Lassi is a traditional yogurt based drink. It is very popular in North India. Here the main ingredients are yogurt, sugar and water. It is very easy to prepare and tasty. You can also find fruit based lassi’s and it is not that lassi is always sweet. There are salt based lassi’s also. But sweet ones are favourite at home. Lassi can be flavoured with cardamom powder or few drops of rose essence.
