Sunday, August 25, 2013

Falafel


Harees

Harees is an arabic dish usually made in the Ramadan time. After fasting ends in the evening this can be a main dish or a side dish. Usually the preparation of this takes two to three hours, but here we are mentioning a quicker version of Harees. Thanking you for following our ingredients and steps of cooking.

Ingredients:

  1. 2 Cup Harees / Whole Wheat
  2. 1/2 kg Lamp meat / Mutton
  3. Salt - upto your taste
  4. 25gms Unsalted butter
  5. 1 inch Cinnamon Stick
  6. 3 Cardamom
  7. 2 Dates

Preparation:

  1. Wash and then Soak the harees/wheat in water for 8 to10 hours
  2. Drain the soaked harees using a strainer.
  3. Remove the bones from the lamp meat.
  4. Make sure that there are no particles of bone in the meat.
  5. Wash the meat, cut into very small pieces and transfer it to a pressure cooker.
  6. Transfer the wheat also to the pressure cooker.
  7. Now pour water to the pressure cooker such that water will just cover the wheat and meat in the pressure cooker.
  8. Close the pressure cooker with the lid
  9. Switch on the stove and keep in a low flame (important, otherwise the wheat will get burned to the bottom of the vessel.) for 35 minutes.
  10. Switch off the burner and wait for 10 minutes , then try to lift the whistle of the pressure cooker to make sure that the pressure cooker is free from steam inside.
  11. Now transfer a portion of cooked wheat+meat to a wet grinder (usually you use for grinding dosa/idly dough)
  12. Grind it (if the griding is difficult, add little amount of warm water and grind)
  13. Transfer it to a serving bowl, and butter and mix it.
  14. In a small pan melt butter and add cardamom, dates, and cinnammon. Leave it for 2 minutes and then sieve it. 
  15. Make a small pond in the middle and pour the butter and Serve
  16. Enjoy the delicious Harees.

How to Grease a Tawa


Sunday, August 18, 2013

തൈര് സാദം

Ingredients

Rice - -
Salt - -
Green Chilli - -
Coriander Leaves - -
Curd - -
Ghee/Oil - -
Red Chilli - -
Mustard - -
Cumin Seed - -
Urad Dal - -
Hing - -
Ginger - -
Curry Leaves - -

തയ്യാർ ചെയ്യുന്ന വിധം 
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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Avocado


ഉന്നക്കായ

ചേരുവകൾ 

ഏത്തയ്ക്ക  -
തേങ്ങ - 1 കപ്പ്‌ 
പഞ്ചസാര - 1/2 കപ്പ്‌ 
എണ്ണ - 1 കപ്പ്‌ 

തയ്യാർ ചെയ്യുന്ന വിധം 
  1. അധികം പഴുക്കാത്ത ഏത്തയ്ക്ക ആവിയിൽ വേവിച്ചെടുക്കുക.
  2. തേങ്ങയും പഞ്ചസാരയും കൂടി ചേർത്ത് ഇളക്കി വയ്ക്കുക 
  3. ഏത്തയ്ക്ക ചെറു ചൂടോടുകൂടി കയ്യിൽ വച്ച് ഉടച്ചു പരത്തി എടുക്കുക 
  4. പരത്തിയ ഏത്തയ്ക്കയിലേക്ക് തേങ്ങയും പഞ്ചസാരയും ഇട്ട് മടക്കി എടുക്കുക .
  5. എണ്ണ ചൂടാക്കി അതിൽ ഇട്ട് നേരിയ ബ്രൌണ്‍ നിറം ആകുമ്പോൾ കോരി എടുക്കുക 

Unnakkaya

Ingredients

Banana - 6 nos
Raisins - 3 Tbsp
Cashews - 3 Tbsp
Egg - 2 nos
Grated Coconut - 1 Cup
Sugar - 1/2 Cup
Cardamon - 6nos
Ghee - 1 tsp
Oil - for frying

Method
  1. Boil the bananas. Allow it to cool. Remove the seeds and then mash it nicely. Dont use mixie for it.
  2. Make small balls of this mashed banana.
  3. For the filling mix two eggs, sugar and some cardamon powder
  4. Heat tawa and put Ghee. Add cashewnuts, raisins. and the egg mix and cook nicely. Allow it to cool.
  5. Apply some ghee in our palm and flatten the banana ball, make it a circle and add the fillings to it. 
  6. Cover from the sides and make it an oval shape with pointed edges.
  7. Heat a  kadai, Add coconut oil and fry it until it turns golden brown color
Unnakkaya is also called Kayada

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Curd Rice

Ingredients

Rice - -
Salt - -
Green Chilli - -
Coriander Leaves - -
Curd - -
Ghee/Oil - -
Red Chilli - -
Mustard - -
Cumin Seed - -
Urad Dal - -
Hing - -
Ginger - -
Curry Leaves - -

Method
  1. --.

കടലക്കറി

ചേരുവകൾ 


തയ്യാർ ചെയ്യുന്ന വിധം 

Upma (Uppumaavu)

Ingredients

  1. Rava
  2. Oil
  3. Mustard seeds
  4. Dried red chilly
  5. Urad dal
  6. Peanuts
  7. Hing
  8. Onion
  9. Ginger
  10. Green chilly
  11. Curry leaves
  12. Turmeric powder
  13. Lemon juice
  14. Salt
  15. Hot water
Chana Dal and Jeera are optional. Carrots, Beans abd Green Peas can also be added.

Wheat Upma

Ingredients

  1. Broken wheat / nurukku gothambu
  2. Oil
  3. Mustard seeds
  4. Dried red chilly
  5. Urad dal
  6. Peanuts
  7. Hing
  8. Onion
  9. Ginger
  10. Green chilly
  11. Curry leaves
  12. Turmeric powder
  13. Lemon juice
  14. Salt
  15. Hot water
Chana Dal and Jeera are optional.
Carrots, Beans abd Green Peas can also be added.

ഗോതമ്പ് ഉപ്പുമാവ്

ചേരുവകൾ 


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തയ്യാർ ചെയ്യുന്ന വിധം 

ഉപ്പുമാവ്

ചേരുവകൾ 


- - -

തയ്യാർ ചെയ്യുന്ന വിധം 

അവൽ നനച്ചത്‌

ചേരുവകൾ 


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തയ്യാർ ചെയ്യുന്ന വിധം 

Monday, August 5, 2013

Sun Dried Bananas

Sun Dried Bananas
Ingredients

Banana - 5 Nos

Method
  1. For Sun Dried Bananas, choose ripen bananas
  2. Slice them into thin pieces around half a centimeter
  3. Arrange the slices in a flat metallic plate
  4. cover with a thin cotton cloth
  5. Keep in direct sunlight for 5 days
  6. Every next day turn the slice and put the other side up

Once the bananas are dried, they can be stored in an air tight container. They can be used as dried fruits or as banana candies. Sun Dried Bananas are tastier than the ripen bananas and also they are good for helth