Mathan Erisseri

• Ingredients
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• Mathan or Pumpkin cubed piece    2cups
• Grated coconut                                1cup
• Red chili                                           2
• Cumin seeds                                    1 tsp
• Raw rice                                           1 tsp
• Mustard seeds                                 1 tsp
• Grated coconut (for tampering         1/4 cup
• Turmeric powder                             1/4 tsp                                            
• Curry leaves                                     few
• Salt to taste
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• Method.
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•  Heat a pan with water add mathan pieces, turmeric and salt.
• Grind coconut, cumin seeds. Chili and rice into coarse paste.
• When the mathan is cooked add the ground paste and mix it
• Heat a pan with oil add coconut, mustard seeds and jeera

Aval Kozhakattai(Poha)

Aval Kozhakata Very easy to make. Whatever at home with that we can make thi Kozhakattai.

Ingredients

Aval                                                   2cups
Grated Coconut                                1/4 cup                     
Green Chili                                       2
Ginger                                               1 small piece   
Mustard seeds                                  1/4 tsp
Urad Dhal                                         1/2 tsp
Chan Dhal                                         1/2 tsp                        
Salt to taste

Method

Aval Kozhakattai nicely soak it for an hour.
Wash the aval  and soak for half an hour.

 Mash it with hand nicely and add chopped green chili, ginger,, curry leaves, salt and coconut.

Make balls and steam them
Serve with chutney

Aval Bonda

Aval Bonda
This is quick recipe

Time                    10 min

Serve                   5

Ingredients

Aval (poha)                                         2cups

Boiled Potato                                      2

Chopped Green chili                           2tsp

Coriander leaves                                few

Salt to taste

Method

Wash the aval and remove the water

Keep for 5 minutes. and mash it with hand.

Add mashed potato green chilies ginger salt and coriander leaves.

Mix all well and make small balls.

Heat a taw with oil and deep fry them.

Serve with chutney

Aval Nilakadalai Patties

Prepared Time                10 min
Cook Time                       10 min
Serve                               4

Ingredients

Thick Aval                          1 cup
Roasted Peanuts              1 cup
Onion                                 1
Green Chili                         3                          
Ginger                                1 small piece
Rice Flour                           2 tsp
Coriander Leaves               few
Read Chili                           1 tsp
Salt to taste. 
Method
Clean the aval and soak for 20 minutes
Chop the chili, ginger and coriander leaves.
Grind the peanuts in a blender into a coarse powder.
Drain the water from the soaked aval.
 Mix it with hand into a dough.
Now add powdered peanut, chili, rice flour, ginger, coriander leaves and salt.
Heat the oil and grease your hand with oil and make small balls, make round patties.
Place the patties in the pan and cook it on medium flame till its brown.
Turn the patties on other side also.
Serve with chutney.

Aval                              Poha, Flattened Rice
Nilakadalai                    Peanuts

Scallion Bhajjia

Ingredients

Scallion Bhajjia

Ingredients
Scallion                                 4
Besan                                    2 cups
Chili Powder                         1 tsp
Hing                                      1/2 tsp
Green Chili                            2
Salt to taste
Method
Cut the scallion into small pieces and slit the green chili..
Mix with besan, chili, Hing and salt, make a thick paste
Heat a pan with oil
Make small portion of the batter and drop them in the hot oil
Fry them till they become red.
Serve with chutney

Green Beans and Mushroom casserole.

Ingredients

• Mushroom                         1cup                             
• Green Beans                    1cup
• Chopped onion                 1/2 cup
• Cheese                             1/2 cup
• Bread crumps                   1/2 cup
• Fried onions                      3 tbsp.
• Butter                               1tbsp  
• Salt and pepper to taste                                     

Beans,mushroom casserole

Blanch the beans with salt to taste and keep

Sauté the mushrooms, with salt to taste.

Heat a pan one cube butter and add 3tbsp all-purpose flour and sauté  for a minute.

Add milk, salt and pepper, make it thick.

Add to the beans and mushrooms and mix well.

Preheat oven for 350 degree.

Take a baking pan pour the dough into it.

Add cheese and Spread them evenly.

Sprinkle bread crumps cover the pan.

Sprinkle fried onions (Optional)Bake it for 20 minutes.

Diwali Recipes

Diwali Bhakshanams
Diwali Recipes

Diwali Bhakshanams

• South Indian Spicy Mixture( Chivda)

• Diwali special marundu (Ginger Lehiyum)

• Maladu

• Kaju Burfi(cashew nut Burfi)

• Pal Kova (Milk cake)

• Anjir/Dates Burfi (Figs/Dates Burf

• Bundhi ladu

• Netrankai Upperi 

• Chakli( Like Murukku)

• Thenkuzhal

• South Indian Spicy Mixture( Chivda)

• Pasi Paruppu payasam

• Thattai (Snack),  

• Ribbon Pakodas

Chakka Upperi ( Jackfruit Chips)

Chakka Upperi is very famous in Kerala. 

Chakka Upperi

• Jackfruit / Chakkachula
• Salt to Taste
• Oil for frying

Method

• Clean the chakka, remove the seeds.
• Cut both top and botom
• Slice the chakka into long thin pieces.
• Heat a pan with oil.
• When the oil is hot, slowly add the chakka chulas
• Sprinkle salt water into the oil and  remove the chips when they evenly cooked and crispy.
• Fry till they become crispy

• Chakkaupperi is salted one and sweet one is called chakkattupperi.
• For Onam Sadya these two types of chips and upperi( banana chips) are always there.
• Typical Kerala's chips.

Focaccia Bread

Prepare Time            15 minutes
Cook Time                30 minutes
Serve                         4

Focaccia is  flat oven baked bread. with herbs. It is popular in Italy. It is similar to pizza dough. My daughter told me to make this bread. This is like pizza with herbs.

Ingredients

All Purpose Flour              2 cups

Active Yeast                      1 tsp

Salt                                   1 tsp

Olive Oil                            2 tbsp.

Sugar                               1ts
Rosemary                          2tsp

Black Pepper                     1/2 tsp

Focaccia Bread

Method

In a bowl mix all purpose flour,  sugar, yeast, salt black pepper.
Coarsely grind rosemary and tsp olive oil.
Make a thick batter mixing all.
Cover it and let it rise for 30 min
Preheat the oven 350 degrees.
punch the dough and spread in a greased baking sheet in rectangle.
Dimple the bread with your thumb. push in to half inch. add little oil on the top.
Put it in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes.

Potato Bajjias

Prepare Time       10 min
Cook Time             10
Serve                      5

Ingredients

Bengal Gram flour.(Besan)                 1cup
Rice Flour                                           1tsp
Red Chili Powder                               1tsp
Asafetida                                           a pinch
Salt to Taste

Method

Mix the flours chili, asafetida, salt with little water make a thick batter
Slice the potato thin
Heat a pan with oil, dip the potato slice in the batter and drop in the oil.
Deep fry them till golden
Serve with chutney