corn

Homemade Popcorn

9:11 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments




Ingredients:
  • Corn kernels - 1/2 cup
  • Vegetable oil - 1 tsp
  • Salt - 1/2 tsp
Method:
  • Take a heavy bottomed pan, i used pressure cooker.



  • Add oil and heat it, add salt, just add two kernels to test whether the oil is heat enough.



  • When the two kernels pop out, oil is ready, add all the kernels and close the cooker with a lid.



  • Wait till all the kernels pop, you will here popping sound, gradually sound stops, shake pan well during this process.
  • Remove the lid, pour the popcorn, add seasoning of your choice and enjoy!!!

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wheat

Phulka

9:57 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Wheat four - 1 cup
  • Salt as required
  • Water for kneading ( i used 1/4 cup)
Method:
  • Add wheat and salt in a bowl, apply oil in your hands so that dough won't stick on your hands.
  • Start adding water little by little and knead into soft dough.
  • Make small balls  and keep it aside for 10 to 15 minutes before making phulkas.



  • Heat a flat pan, roll the balls. Cook this roti first on the pan, flip and cook on both sides till small dots appear on the roti. Transfer the roti on direct heat, this will puff up like a air-filled balloon.
  • Serve this phulka, hot with curry.

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ada palada,

Ada Pradhaman/ Rice Flake Payasam

7:02 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

I prepared this sweet for my little ones first day to school. He had half cup and said 'yummy' and that's the best compliment. 
Ingredients:
  • Rice ada/Palada - 1 cup
  • Thick milk - 5 cups
  • Sugar - 1 cup(adjust according to your taste)
  • Cashew - 10
  • Ghee - 2 tsp
  • Cardamon powder - little
  • Coconut milk - 1 cup (optional, i added for little more enhanced taste)
Method:
  • Boil milk in thick bottomed pan, soak ada in hot water for 10 minutes and wash it in running cold water.
  • When the milk starts boiling, add ada and let it cook on slow flame. When the ada starts turning into light pink color, add sugar and cardamon powder. Cook until the ada pradhaman becomes thick. Add coconut milk finally and remove from heat.
  • Roast cashews in ghee and add it to the cooked pradhaman.
  • Serve it hot or cold.

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corn,

Peanuts and Corn Fritters

7:40 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Peanuts(without skin) - 1 cup
  • Corn - 1/2 cup
  • Garlic pods - 3
  • Green chillies - 1
  • Bread crumbs - 1/8 cup
  • Gram flour - 3 tsp (for binding)
  • Salt as required
  • Oil for frying
Method:
  • Soak peanuts for an hour and grind with garlic into smooth paste.
  • Grind corn coarsely, mix it with peanuts, chopped green chillies, bread crumbs, gram flour, and salt. Fritter batter should be thick. Add water only if required.
  • Heat oil in a pan, take small balls from the batter and fry till it turns golden brown
  • Serve hot.

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peanuts

Sugar Coated Peanuts

9:36 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Peanuts (with skin) - 2 cups
  • Sugar - 1/2 cup
  • Water - 3/4 cup
  • Butter - 1 tsp
Method:
  • Boil sugar with water until it reaches one string consistency. (Use heavy bottomed pan)
  • Add peanuts and give a nice stir. Remove from heat when it becomes sticky.
  • Grease baking tray with 1 tsp butter and pour the sticky peanuts. With the fork separate peanuts if they are clogged.
  • Bake for 150 °C for half an hour, stirring every minutes for even baking.
  • Store it in an airtight container. 

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mutton chops,

Fried Mutton Ribs (Tabak Maaz Style)

10:16 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

According to my hubby and kids, this is the best non-veg recipe i made. I guess it is worth the time spent on cooking this tasty delicacy.
Ingredients:
  • Mutton ribs/ Mutton chops - 250 gms
  • Onion - 2
  • Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Hung curd/ Plain yogurt - 1/2 cup
  • Cumin powder - 1 tsp
  • Black cardamon - 3
  • Cinnamon - 1
  • Bay leaf - 1
  • Ginger paste - 1 tsp
  • Garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • Cloves - 2
  • Green chillies - 2
  • Water - 1/2 cup
  • Salt as required
Method:
  • Wash and keep mutton ribs aside.
  • Grind one onion into smooth paste. Mix onion paste, hung curd. red chilli powder, cumin powder, ginger paste, garlic paste, and salt. 
  • In a pressure cooker, add 1 tsp oil, bay leaf, cinnamon, cardamon, cloves, above paste, water, and mutton ribs. 
  • Pressure cooker the mutton for 3 whistles. Then when the pressure is all gone, remove mutton ribs with the slotted spoon. Pour the liquid in separate pan and filter it.
  • In a pan, heat one tsp oil, fry one chopped onion, grind it and keep this aside. In the same pan, add 1 tsp oil and shallow fry all the cooked mutton pieces till it slightly turns brown. keep this aside. In the same pan, add slit green chillies and strained liquid, when the liquid starts to dry, add the mutton pieces and reduce the heat to low. Cook till all the liquid is gone. Finally add the fried and ground onion paste. Give a final stir.
  • Serve hot.

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Appam,

Appam

10:24 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

 Appam is thicker and spongy in the middle while it is thin like paper on the outside
Ingredients:
  • Raw rice - 1 cup
  • Boiled Rice - 1 cup
  • Urad dal - 1 tbsp
  • Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp
  • Coconut milk - 1 cup
  • Salt as required
  • Cooking soda/ Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Method:
  • Soak raw rice, boiled rice, urad dal and fenugreek seeds together for 2 to 4 hours.
  • Grind it smooth and then ferment it overnight. The batter should be thinner.
  • In the morning, add coconut milk, salt, and cooking soda 10 minutes before cooking.
  • There is a separate pan for making appam, you get it many shops, this pan comes with a lid.

This is appam pan. Took this image from google. 
  • I use non stick pan, i didn't use oil. First heat the pan high, then reduce it low. Pour a ladle of batter in the pan and with the handle rotate the pan in a circle so that the batter spread around the pan and comes to the middle of the pan.  Then close the pan with the lid. When the edges of the appam starts turning brown, remove the appam from the pan.
  • Serve hot with your favourite curry.

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Mango

Mango Kheer

10:08 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

My MIL gifted me a box of juicy mangoes, so i am trying so many mango recipes at home.
Ingredients:
  • Mangoes (medium size) - 3
  • Milk - 1 liter
  • Sugar - 1/2 cup (according to your taste)
  • Cardamon powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Cashew - 10
  • Ghee - 2 tsp
Method:
  • Roast cashews in 1 tsp ghee.
  • Boil milk till it reduces to half. Peel Mangoes skin and extract all the pulp.  It is even better to grind it smooth. Add sugar to milk, when sugar completely dissolves, add cardamon powder, 1 tsp ghee, mango pulp, and cashews.
  • Remove from heat after 2 minutes.
  • Serve cold.
  • I accidentally kept this kheer inside freezer and turn out to be ice cream, my kids loved ice cream more than kheer. 

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Bread,

Open Bread Toast/ Bread Pizza

12:36 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

This is a easy recipe. Crispy bread and melted cheese makes your children very happy. 
Ingredients:
  • Bread Slices (Palm size) - 3 
  • Grated cheese - 1 cup
  • Sliced Onion - 1/2 cup
  • Sliced Tomato - 1/2 cup
  • Sliced Capsicum - 1/2 cup
  • Cubed Paneer - 1/2 cup
  • Tomato chilli sauce/ Pizza sauce 
  • Butter - little
Method:
  • You can use microwave oven, don't worry about convectional or OTG.
  • Arrange your bread slices on microwave safe tray, apply little butter on top of each slices.
  • Generously spread sauce and sprinkle cheese. Arrange all vegetables and paneer on top of it, again sprinkle cheese.
  • Now microwave it for 10 minutes or until all cheese melts.
  • Serve hot.

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Coconut

Thengai Burfi/ Coconut Burfi

9:01 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Grated coconut - 2 cups
  • Sugar - 1 1/2 cups
  • Cashew - 20
  • Ghee - 2 tsp
  • Cardamon powder - little
  • Water - 3/4 cup
Method:
  • Roast cashew in 1 tsp ghee, keep this aside.
  • Dissolve sugar in water and heat till it reaches one string consistency.
  • Add coconut to sugar solutions and start cooking in low heat, it took 30 minutes for me, saute until raw coconut smell disappear. When the coconut is nicely cooked, white bubbles appear around the corner. Now add cardamon powder and cashew. Give a final stir.
  • Grease a tray and pour this burfi, let it cool completely and cut it into small pieces.
  • Store this in airtight container

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Onion,

Onion Pakoda

11:48 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Chopped onion - 2 cups (lengthwise)
  • Gram flour - 1/2 cup or 3/4 cup
  • Green chillies - 2
  • Chopped coriander leaves and mint leaves - 1/2 cup
  • Salt as required
  • Hing - 1/2 tsp
  • Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Water - 1/4 or 1/2 cup
  • Oil for frying
Method:
  • In a bowl, mix onion, gram flour, chopped green chillies, salt, hing and chilli powder. Start adding water little by little to make a hard batter.
  • Heat oil (piping hot), reduce heat to medium, sprinkle pakoda batter, fry it golden brown.
  • Serve hot with tea or coffee.

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