Mango Juice

Mango Juice 

Summer is here again  so it brings many seasonal fruits with it. You see mangoes all around. There are many varieties of mango . I haven't tried many only few I have tried. How about you guys?  Mango can be included in almost all dishes sweet or spicy. Lassi, ice cream , pudding , juice, milk shake are few sweet dishes. Pickle, Pachadi, Pulissery  (Yogurt Curry) are few other dishes that we can make . I am here with a simple summer recipe " Mango Juice ".Try this recipe to quench your thirst.

Ash gourd Curry

 Simple Ash gourd  Curry/ Kumbalanga Curry

We all are busy almost all the days. Not having enough time to take care of the family . We even don't have enough time to cook. Healthy food is almost away from our daily routine. I am here with yet another simple and easy recipe. This is a perfect combo with rice . It will take hardly 5 min to prepare this . A pressure cooker recipe with ash gourd (winter melon). Mix all the ingredients and cook that's it. Okay , then let's get started.... 

Fish Fry

Kerala Fish Fry / Meen  Varuthathu

                                                                 

No meal is complete without a fish fry 🐟 for we Keralites. Almost every day we have this for lunch.  This fish fry is tasty 😋 and easy to make 👍. It goes as an appetizer and also as a side dish 😉. Any kind of fish 🐟🐠 can be used to make this but Sardine, Mackerel, Pomfret and Pearl spot taste best.  Here I have used Golden Pompano.  You have to prepare a marinate for marination and then fry. Coconut oil is the best choice to fry 👌. Okay then let’s get started....

Wine

 Grape Wine 

                                                                                         

It is  Christmas 🎄🎅. The whole place is filled with red and green colors . Each house is decorated with beautiful lights . Snowman, snowflakes, Santa is everywhere 🎅.  You all must be wrapping up the Christmas preparations. The kitchen must be smelling fruit cakes 🍰🍪 and cookies. I am here with yet another Christmas recipe … yup!! You guessed it right. It is wine 🍷…. Actually I started preparing this a year ago and was waiting for this time of the year to post it 😉. It is an easy recipe with minimum ingredients 👍. I have used grapes 🍇, sugar, yeast and water. After juicing the grapes, you mix everything and keep covered in a dark place for at least 3 weeks. Delicious wine 🍷 is ready 😀.  Okay then let’s get started….

Dates Cake

 Dates Cake

                                                                                       

Jingle bells, jingle bells 😃 … Jingle all the way … oh what fun it is to ride … in a one-horse open sledge...... 😃. Christmas 🎅 is around the corner and no Christmas 🎄 celebration is complete without baking a cake 🍰. Last year I had posted Christmas fruit cake the feedback I got from you all was overwhelming 😍😍. Thank you dear friends, so glad that you all liked the cake. This time I am here with dates cake. This cake is super soft, super fluffy and super yummy 😋. A simple, healthy eggless cake. Come on friends! Let’s celebrate this Christmas 🎅 with this yummy dates cake. Okay then let’s get started….

Palak Paneer

Palak Paneer/ Spinach Cottage Cheese Gravy
                                                               

Palak Paneer is a famous North Indian delicacy 😋.  A Vegetarian dish made with paneer and palak  🌿is indeed a power food.  Rich combo of spinach and cottage cheese is very nutritive and healthy 💪.  The recipe is quite simple. Blanch the spinach and puree it along with sautéed onion  and tomatoes 🍅. After cooking it low flame finally we add paneer. That’s it, yummy palak paneer is ready 😃.  Okay then let’s get started….

Peach Mango Lemonade

Peach Mango Lemonade
                                                                         

Hello!!!! Summer is here again 🌞…. So it’s time to make some really cool summer refreshments 🍹. I love summer only for this one reason you get plenty of vivid varieties of fruits 🍉🍑🍒🍎🍊. Peach, mango, blackberry, blueberry, plums, cherries, honeydews, cantaloupe and what not… I am here with a simple and refreshing lemonade. Peach 🍑, mango  and lemon 🍋 blends together to give a refreshing flavor. Try this cool and refreshing drink 😉😉. Okay then let’s get started…..

Banana Cutlet

Banana Cutlet / Banana Croquette
                                           

Have you guys tried this before???  If you have left over bread 🍞and ripe bananas 🍌🍌 at home try this. The best part is it is ready in no time and also a best way to use those breads and bananas that you are about to throw in trash bin. I got this recipe from a TV show. Kids will love it 😋😋.  You can make this quick snack healthy by adding nuts 🍕 and raisins . You can use any banana like plantain (ripe), baby bananas and normal bananas. Unlike the savory cutlets the labor needed here is too less 😉😉.  There is no sauteing or cooking just you have to fry the cutlets.  You can use ghee (clarified butter) for frying 👌.  There is no need to add egg  or all purpose flour (maida) the moisture in the banana will hold it together. This is simple and easy recipe if you have unexpected guest at home you can serve this with a cup of tea/ coffee  if you don’t have any other snack at home. Try this simple and yummy snack and give me your feedback 😊😊. Okay then let’s get started.....

Homemade Chocolates

Homemade Chocolates

                                                                    

Who doesn’t like chocolates 🍫🍫? I bet every one of you just adore every single bite of those 😋😋😋.  If you can prepare those yummy treats at home it simply doubles the happiness 😃. I never knew that making chocolates are as simple as eating them 😉. It‘s just a matter of mixing and freezing. Tomorrow it’s Saint Valentine’s day or Feast of Saint Valentine or Valentine‘s day. You can call it whatever you like 😄.  It is the day of Love 💓💕. So it is a must to treat your loved ones💖 on this day and if you make some homemade goodies then it is your day. Try this easy –peasy chocolate at home and celebrate your 😍 Valentine’s day in style 😉. Okay then let’s get started!!!

Uzhunnu Vada

Uzhunnu Vada / Urad Vada / Medu vada / Lentil Fritter  

                                                                      

Helllllo 😊!!! Hope you guys tried my Mutton Biriyani recipe… How was it?  Please do share your feedback. These feed backs are so very encouraging and inspiring, it motivates me to  try and share yummy recipes 😊😊. Today  I am here with an extremely popular tea time snack 👌. It is loved by all 😍, Yes!!! It is Uzhunnu vada or Medu Vada. Back home in Kerala a good amount of space is occupied by these vadas in all tea shops 😉😉.   This is usually served as a tea time 🍵 snack but you also serve this during breakfast as a combo along with dosa (rice pancake) or pongal (rice / lentil dish). Uzhunnu vada is made with urad dal (a type of lentil) and it resembles a doughnut 🍩 in appearance. They have a crispy exterior and soft interior 😋.  The lentils are soaked in water for a minimum of 2 hours. Then they are ground to a coarse paste. I used mixer grinder for grinding ,extreme care should be taken while grinding. Add water just enough to make it to a coarse paste. It shouldn’t be very coarse 😉.  Then they are beaten well to incorporate air in to it, this is very important as this gives a soft and fluffy vada.  Later on spices like pepper (I used pepper powder), green chilies, ginger, curry leaves and shallots (I used onion) are added 👌👌 . Then it is shaped like doughnuts and it is dropped in to hot piping oil and it is fried. Tasty vadas are ready in minutes 😋😋. It is a perfect tea time snack especially during this chilly weather 😃. Okay then let’s get started….