Gooseberry Juice / Nellikka Juice / Amla Juice

Ingredients:-

Gooseberry -2

Green Chilli -1

Ginger- a small piece

Curry Leaves - 4 Leaves

Water

Salt

Method

1. Grind Gooseberry, Green chilli, Ginger and Curry Leaves with a little water.

2. Filter the pulp.

3. Add sufficient water along with salt and mix well.

4. Serve the Juice.

Cheers !!!

Minu

Rice Flour Coated Chicken Fry/ Crispy Chicken Fry

How to prepare Kerala Style crispy chicken easily at home?

Rice Flour Coated Chicken Fry | Crispy Chicken Fry

Ingredients:-

Chicken      -10 pieces

Ginger       - 1 inch piece

Garlic       - 5

Green Chilli -1

Curry Leaves

Chilli Powder -1/2 Tsp

Turmeric Powder- 1/4 Tsp

Coriander Powder -1/2 Tsp

Whole pepper corn -5

Rice flour       - 1Tbls

Salt

Oil

Method

1. Grind ginger, garlic, green chilli, curry leaves, chilli powder , Whole pepper corn, turmeric powder and coriander powder.

2. Put the ground paste into the chicken and mix well.

3. Add salt and again mix.

4. Keep it in the refrigerator for half an hour.

5. Add rice flour into the marinated chicken and mix.

6. Add oil into the kadai and fry the chicken.

7. Serve it as a starter.

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Minu

Oats Smoothie/ Oats Fruits Smoothie

Ingredients:-

Oats                 - 1/2 Tbls

Boiled Water   - 1/4 Cup

Apple               - 1/2 part of an apple

Pomegranate    - 1/4 Cup

Cashew Nuts    - 10 no.s

Honey               - 2 Tbls

Cold Milk         - 3/4 Glass

Method:-

1. Soak oats in boiled water for half an hour.

2. After half an hour take a blender and add oats and water, apple, pomegranate, cashews, honey and milk. Then blend it well

3. Oats smoothie is ready to serve

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Minu

Banana Fritters/ Etha Pazham appam

Ingredients:-

 Banana - 1

Sugar - min 1 Tbls (Depends on the sweetness of the banana)

Corn Flour - 5 Tbls

Coarse rice flour - 1 Tbls

Milk - 1 Tbls

Cardamom - 2 No.s 

Oil -As Needed

Method:-

1.     Blend Banana

2.     Grind Sugar with Cardamom.

3.     Mix Powdered sugar into the mashed banana.

4.     Add milk into it and mix well.

5.     Add Corn flour to the banana mixture little by little and mix well.

6.     Last add rice flour into the mixture and mix well.

7.     Heat a pan and add oil for frying.

8.     Once the oil is hot add a spoon full of mixture into the oil. Flip them in between.

9.     Serve with hot Tea.         

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Minu

Bachelors Chicken Curry/ Easy Chicken Curry

Ingredients:-

Chicken - 1/2 Kg

Onion - 12 Medium

Tomato - 2 Medium

Green Chilli - 1

Curry Leaves

Garlic -25 Pods

Ginger - small piece

Turmeric Powder - 1 Tsp

Chilli Powder - 1 Tbls

Coriander Powder -2 Tbls

Black Pepper Corns - 1 Tsp

Chicken Masala -1 Tbls

Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp

Salt

Oil

Water

Method:-

1. Grind Onion, tomato, green chilli, garlic, ginger, pepper corns.

2. Add ground paste into the chicken and mix well.

3. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, chicken masala and curry leaves. Mix well.

4. Add salt into the chicken and keep it aside for minimum 10 min.

5.Heat a Pressure cooker. Add oil and add the marinated chicken.

6. Saute well for 1 min.

7. Close the lid and cook.

8.  Once it cook add some more water depending on the gravy you need.

9. Once the curry stated boiling add garam masala and some more curry leaves.

10. Serve with Chapathi, rice etc.

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Minu

Unnakkaya/ Kerala Style Stuffed Banana

Ingredients:-

 Ripped Banana - 1 

Coconut Grated - 1/4 Cup 

Coconut Grated - 3/4 Cup 

Cashew Nuts - As Needed 

Raisins - as Needed 

Sugar - 1 1/2 Tbls 

Cardamom Powder - 1/2 Tsp 

Ghee - 1 Tsp 

Coconut oil -As Needed

Method:- 

1. Steam Banana. 

2. Smash or grind the banana without adding water

 3. Heat a pan. Add ghee and fry cashew nuts and raisins. Keep it aside. 

4. Fry the grated coconut. Add cardamom powder and sugar into it. Add the fried cashews and raisins also. 

5. Spread oil into hand and make ball using the smashed banana. Press the ball and add coconut mixture in the center. Shape it like an unnakkaya. 

6. Add oil into a kadai. Fry the unnakkaya. Fry both the sides until it turns brown color. 

7. Serve with hot Tea.

NB: - You can either Shallow fry it or deep fry it.

Cheers !!!

Minu