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Fried chicken kebab(kabab) recipe

June 27, 2015 Arathi G 5 Comments

Learn how to make Chicken fried kebab .Chicken kabab is a non veg dish which is very tasteful with any dish.Here you can see the step by step method to cook..

Ingredients for Chicken Kebab :-

Chicken – 8 pieces (size according to your wish)
Oil as needed
Maida – 2 tablespoon
Egg – 1
Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
Chilli powder – 1 tablespoon
Garam masala – 1 tsp
coriander powder – 1 tsp
Green chilli – chopped (3 nos)
Onion – chopped (medium size )
pepper powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt to taste
if you need you can add colour (1/4 tsp) . I didnt used it.

How to make fried chicken kebab recipe:-

1. Wash the chicken pieces neatly and nicely… keep it aside…

2. Break the egg in a container and stir it properly with spoon..

3. Then add to it maida, chilli powder, coriander powder, ginger garlic paste, garam masala, pepper powder. Mix it well…

4. If paste is too thick add water and mix… dont make it too thick and too loose.. and add needed salt. Mix well..

5. Add chicken pieces to it and mix well until the paste is properly coated on the chicken pieces.. keep it aside for minimum 1 hr.

6. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan and then deep fry the pieces until it gets the colour in the picture..

7. After that keep it aside in a paper or tissue paper to drain the oil.. after that place it in the plate and sprinkle cutted green chilli

and onions over it… fried chicken kebab is ready… 🙂

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CHAKKA PAYASAM

September 22, 2013 Arathi G Leave a comment

Chakka payasam is also called chakka pradaman in kerala… Its a traditional and very popular dish… For every festivals like onam, vishu etc we usually make this… Its quite easy to make…
Chakka payasam is made by using chakka varattiyath…

Ingredients for Chakka Payasam

Chakka varattiyathu – 4 tbsp
Jaggery – 4
Coconut milk – 1/2 cup
Coconut – 1/2 cup (chopped)
Ghee – 2tbsp
Water – 1 cup

Method

1. Put jaggery in a saucepan and add 1/4 cup of water and allow it to melt… filter it and keep aside…

2. Fry the chopped coconut pieces and keep aside… also fry the raisins and keep aside.. (don’t put both together)

3. Mix chakka varattiyathu, coconut milk, and 3/4 cup of water well in a beaker..(if you need you can use your hands or blender)

4. Heat the jaggery paste that we keep aside in a wide bottomed pan… boil it until it become a thick paste… stir well…

5. Then add the mixture of chakka varattiyathu, coconut milk and water to the pan… mix it well and allow to boil… stir continuously… ( determine the consistency you need and add water according to that…)

6. When it boil keep it in stove for 3 min in low flame…

Then add the fried coconut pieces and raisins to it and mix well….

Stir well and serve once it is cool….

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South indian AVIYAL

August 28, 2013 Arathi G 1 Comment

Aviyal is a mixed vegetable dish common in south india… This dish contains most of all the vegetables, so a nutrient food too… It is also an unavoidable dish in sadya or feast.. it is generally eaten with rice..

Ingredients for south indian aviyal

Drumsticks / Moringa – 3
Carrot – 3
Beans – 8
Elephant yam / Chena – 100 gm
Raw plantain – 1
Lobia / payar – 8
Turmeric powder – 1tsp
Grated fresh coconut – 1½ cup
Green chillies – 5 sliced
Curds – 1 cup (lightly sour)
Salt to taste
Curry leaves – few
Oil

How to make Aviyal-step by step instruction

1. Wash the vegetables and slice it lengthwise in to small pieces (as the length of our little finger)…

2. In a wide bottomed pan cook the vegetables with 1 and 1/2 cup of water, enough salt and turmeric powder…

3. Make a paste of grated coconut and greenchilli..

4. Add this paste to the cooked vegetables and stir well… boil it…

5. When most of the water evaporated add the curd and warm it ( donot allow to boil ) continue stirring..

Then switch off the flame… add coconut oil and curry leaves and mix well…

Serve hot….

Notes:

If you need you can add bitter guard too… add you can also use mango or tamarind instead of curd….

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RAW BANANA FRITTERS

August 13, 2013 Arathi G Leave a comment

Raw banana fritters is a common south Indian tea time snack… Its very easy to make…. Try this… Its called kaya bajji, vazhakya bajji etc…

Ingredients for Raw-banana-fritters

Raw banana/ plantain – 2
Chickpea flour – 2 cup
Chilli powder – 1 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Water – 3/4 to 1 cup
Salt to taste
Oil

How to make raw-banana-fritters

1. Cut the plantain into long pieces after removing its skin… and dip it in cold water….

2. Mix chickpea flour, chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt to taste… by adding water little by little and stirring , make a thick sticky batter….

3. Heat oil in a pan and dip each plantain pieces in the batter and fry it….

Fry both sides until it becomes golden brown in colour….

Serve hot…..

Notes:

1. If you need you can add curd , asafoetida powder to this batter….

2. You can also add maida…

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RAW BANANA FRITTERS

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MASALA DOSA

August 8, 2013 Arathi G 1 Comment

Masala Dosa is one of my favorite dishes… whenever i am away from home for morning i prefer this the most….. Its delicious with chutney and chammandi…

Ingredients for Masala dosa

1. For Dosa :-

Raw rice ( Pachari ) – 2 cup
Whole black gram ( Uzhunu ) – 1 cup
Fenugreek seeds ( Uluva ) – 1 tsp

2. For Masala :-

Potato – 3
Onion sliced – 2
Tomato – 1
Green chillies – 3
Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
Ginger Garlic paste – 1 tsp
Curry leaves few
Mustard seeds few
Salt to taste
Oil

3. For Chammandi :-

Shallots – 10
Red chilli – 3 (you can use green chilli or chilli powder also)
Oil
Salt to taste

4. For Chutney :-

Grated coconut – 1 cup
Green chillies – 3
Salt to taste
Oil

Method

1. For making Dosa :-

Soak the raw rice, whole black gram and fenugreek seeds for 3 hrs…
After that grind it in a blender adding water by steps and make a very fine batter….
You can also add 1 tbsp of boiled rice while grinding , it will increase the smoothness of dosa….
After grinding add salt and keep it overnight….

2. For making Masala :-

Cut the potatoes into small pieces.. cook it by adding some salt and turmeric powder… After cooking smash it and keep aside…
Heat oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds… Then add onions and saute till it becomes golden brown in colour..
Add ginger garlic paste and saute until its smell vanishes…
Add sliced green chillies and curry leaves and saute for a minute..
Add sliced tomato and turmeric powder..
Then add the smashed potatoes we made and mix well then add some water ans salt to taste… mix well
Cook until it becomes thick.. keep aside…

3. For making Masala dosa :-

Heat a dosa tawa and pour the batter and spread it in circles…Sprinkle some oil or ghee over it…
When that side is cooked place some masala at the center and fold the dosa…
Dish is ready.. serve hot….

4. For making Chammandi :-

Heat oil in a pan and fry the shallots and red chillies… keep it aside for cooling..
After cooling grind it in a blender along with some salt and little water… make a paste of it…
Chammandi is ready… move it to the serve plate…

5. For making Chutney :-

Make a paste of grated coconut and chillies along with salt and enough water…
Heat oil in a pan and splutter the mustard seeds then add curry leaves and saute..
Add the paste made to it and boil it.. you can add water according to the consistency you need…
Our Chutney is also ready.. move it to the serve plate… serve hot…

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CARROT THORAN

August 7, 2013 Arathi G 2 Comments

Here comes the carrot thoran… 🙂

Ingredients for Carrot thoran

Carrot – 4
Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
Green chillies – 2
Mustard seeds few
Salt to taste
Oil

Method

1. Cut the carrot into tiny pieces…

2. Heat oil in a pan, splutter the mustard seeds and add the carrot pieces and stir well….

3. After that add the sliced green chillies, enough salt and water and close the pan with a lid and cook it in a low flame…

4. After cooking add the grated coconut to it and mix well… Add salt if needed…

Then switch off the flame… Our dish is ready…

Notes:

1. You can also mix the green chillies with the grated coconut in a blender.. don’t make a paste…

2. You can also add red chillies and curry leaves if needed after spluttering the mustard seeds in to oil stir well then add carrot to it….

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SPINACH CURRY

August 4, 2013 Arathi G 1 Comment

Spinach curry is not only a tasty dish but also a protein dish… spinach is very good for our health… Its a good combination with rice and papad.. For malayalees its cheera and for north Indians its palak.. try this recipe…

Ingredients for Spinach curry

Door dal – 1 cup
Spinach – 2 bunches
Green chillies – 2 sliced
Garlic – 4 sliced
Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
Chilly powder – 1/2 tsp
Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
Shallot – 2 ( 1 sliced and 1 to grind)
Jeera/ cumin seeds – a pinch
Mustard seeds – few
Dry red chillies – 1
Curry leaves – few
Salt to taste
Oil
Water ( 2 cup to cook and add 2 tbsp to grind)

Method

1. Wash the spinach well and cut it into tiny pieces…

2. Cook the dal in enough water…

Add Spinach, green chillies, garlic, turmeric powder and chilli powder to it… mix well.. cook for sometime, up to 15 mins..

3. Grind grated coconut with 1 red chilli, 1 shallot, cumin seeds along with 2 tbsp water and little salt in a blender.. (if you want you can fry the shallot and red chilly which is adding to grind)…

4. Add this paste to the curry and stir well and add water according to the consistency you want add boil it…

5. Heat oil in a pan, splutter the mustard seeds and add red chilli, curry leaves and the sliced shallot.. fry this… and add it to the curry and mix well…

Our dish is ready… Switch off the flame…

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KERALA STYLE SEMIYA UPMA

July 31, 2013 Arathi G 3 Comments

Semiya upma is a delicious dish.. Its very easy to make for breakfast or for evening tea… Its so tasty that we can eat it without any other items for combination..

Ingredients for Semiya upma

Semiya 1 packet
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Curry leaves few
Green chillies – 4
coconut grated – 1/4 cup
Water 1 cup
Salt to taste
Oil

Method

1. Heat oil in a pan… Splutter the mustard seeds and add curry leaves and green chillies… Stir for a minute…..

2. Add the semiya and saute until it turns golden brown…..

3. Add sufficient amount of water and salt and cook it….

5. After cooking add the grated coconut to it and stir well… Switch off the flame…

Semiya upma is ready… if you need you can add vegetables too…

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KERALA STYLE FISH CURRY

July 28, 2013 Arathi G 4 Comments

If you ask me to choose one non veg curry which makes a better combination with all food items,I will choose fish curry … i preserve a taste with everything… you can eat it along with rice, chappathi, and even with iddli its tasty..

Ingredients

Fish – 1/2 kg
Tamarind (amount to be as the size of a lemon)
Tomato – 3 nos sliced
Green chilli – 3 nos sliced
Onion – 2 nos sliced
Red chillies – 2 nos
coconut granted (half part of the coconut) (optional)
Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
Chilli powder – 1 and 1/2 tsp (as you needed)
Ginger – 1 tsp
Garlic – 1/4 tsp
Fish masala – 1 tsp (optional)
water
salt to taste
oil

Method

1. Wash the fish and clean it… cut it into pieces. Mix it with little salt, Turmeric powder, chilli powder and keep it aside….

2. Put tamarind in water for 1/2 an hour and squeeze it and make a paste of tamarind… keep aside.

3. Heat oil in a pan, fry the red chillies and then make a paste of this red chilli, granted coconut , enough salt and little water… keep this also aside…( if you need you can fry the granted coconut too)

4. Heat oil in the pan, add the sliced onions and green chillies, add little salt for not making the onions to golden brown…. After softening the onion add tomato slices. Ginger , Garlic stir well for 2 mins….

5. Add the tamarind paste in to it. Add little salt and water and let it to boil….

6. After boiling add the fish pieces which is kept aside, then turmeric powder, chilli powder, fish masala, salt to taste add little more water add cook the pieces in it….

7. After cooking add the paste of coconut which is kept aside… if you want you can add water according to the consistency you needed…. Let it to boil….

8. Switch of the flame and add curry leaves and close it with a lid for few seconds…

Dish is ready… Serve hot…

( Those who don’t wish to add coconut just skip the steps 3 and 7….)

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KERALA STYLE KADALA CURRY

July 25, 2013 Arathi G 5 Comments

This is a common dish found in south india especially in kerala and also the combination, Kadala curry and puttu is famous ….. its awesome… try this..

Ingredients for Kadala curry

Brown chickpeas – 1/2 cup
Grated coconut- 1/4 cup
Onion sliced- 1
Tomato sliced- 1 medium sized
Green chilies sliced- 2
Ginger chopped- 1 tsp
Garlic chopped- 1 tsp
chili powder- 1 1/2 tsp (or as required)
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder- 2 tsp
Garam masala powder-1/2 tsp
Water-1 and 1/4 cup (or as required)
Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp
Curry leaves- few
Dried red chilies- 2
Coconut pieces- 2 tbsp
salt to taste
Oil

Method

1. Soak chickpeas in water overnight…

2. In a pan heat oil and dry roast grated coconut over medium low flame,until it turns
to a reddish brown color.Allow this to cool slightly and grind to form a smooth paste
adding very little water.Keep this aside….

3. Cook chickpeas with Onion sliced,Tomato sliced, Green chilies sliced,
Ginger chopped, Garlic chopped, chili powder, Turmeric powder, Coriander powder,
Garam masala powder in water….

4. After cooking add the roasted coconut paste and add water if required and stir it
for 5 mins.let it to boil….

5. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds let it splutter. Add curry leaves,

dried red chilies and coconut pieces.stir until it turns golden brown.
Pour this over the curry.Mix well…….

Serve this hot with puttu or anything you like dosa, iddli…. its delicious…..

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