Soya Chunks Masala

Soya chunk is a soya flour product, a by-product of extracting soybean oil. It is easy to cook, with a protein content equal to that of meat.  These chunks are a wonderful option for vegetarians. The nutritional values per 100 grams of soya chunks: Energy value – 336 k Cal Fat – 0.4 g Iron – 21.2 mg Protein – 54.2 g Carbohydrate – 28.9 g Calcium – 533 mg Ingredients 1 cup Soya chunks 2 chopped onions 1 chopped...

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Broken wheat dosa

                                         Broken wheat or cracked wheat is the cracked berries of whole wheat. You should not confuse between broken wheat and bulgur wheat. Bulgur is also made from wheat kernel which is cracked after they are steamed and cracked. But in cracked or broken wheat, the whole raw wheat is cracked. So it contains...

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Sweet rice flakes

                             Rice flakes or flattened rice is de-husked rice which is flattened into flat light dry flakes. These flakes of rice swell when added to liquid, as they absorb water, milk or any other liquids. Sweet rice flakes or ‘Aval vilayichathu’ is very popular in Kerala. Ingredients 1 cup rice flakes 2 lumps of jaggery 1 1/2 teaspoon ghee ¼ cup...

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Kachil Puzhukku

                             Purple yam (Kachil) is a tuberous root vegetable. It is also called white yam, Greater yam, Guyana arrow root, and ten-month yam. In some countries it is cultivated for medicinal uses.                 Kachil puzhukku is a very easy and tasty recipe. Ingredients 1...

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Brinjal Fry

       Brinjal is one of the most common vegetables seen in purple, green and white colours. Due to its wide use in both every day and festive South Indian food, it is often called as the ‘King of vegetables’ in South India.                  It is a good source of calcium, potassium, magnesium and thiamin. Brinjal fry is a very tasty dish and it...

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Broken wheat-Rice Upma

                        Broken wheat or cracked wheat is the cracked berries of whole wheat. You should not confuse between broken wheat and bulgur wheat. Bulgur is also made from wheat kernel which is cracked after they are steamed and cracked. But in cracked or broken wheat, the whole raw wheat is cracked. So it contains outer bran which is rich in nutrients. Cracked wheat is also...

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Nullippittu

                 Nullipittu is a special type of snack prepared especially by the ‘Chetti’castes of Wayanad district in Kerala. It is prepared using rice flour and ripe banana. (Rice flour used for making ‘puttu’. i.e.; the rice flour should not be very fine. It should be roasted at least for 5 minutes.) But I use to prepare ‘nullippittu’ by adding jaggery and grated coconut, in addition to banana...

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Plantain Shoot Stir Fry

            When the stem of the plantain is cut after harvesting and the layers are peeled like that of an onion, we can see a cylindrical shaped white soft shoot. We call it as vaazhappindi, unnithandu, unnippindi etc. Plantain shoot is rich in fibre and is a good remedy for avoiding constipation. It regulates bowel movement. The juice of plantain shoot is good for people having high blood pressure and those...

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Ragi Sweet Dosa

                                                                          Ragi or Finger millet is especially valuable as it contains the amino acid Methionine, which is lacking in the diets of hundreds of millions of the poor who live on starchy staples such...

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Bitter gourd fry

                                                          There are many people who doesn't like the 'bitterness' of bitter gourd. this problem can be solved by preparing bitter gourd fry. My grandmother used to fry different things such as bitter gourd, pea, skin of ash gourd, green chilli. lady's finger...

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Pumpkin Sweet 'n' Salt

                                 We all like pumpkin. Different varieties of dishes can be prepared with both raw and ripe pumpkins. Tender pumpkins are used for making “Olan” where coconut milk is added to cooked pumpkin.                    Here is a very easy recipe using...

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Tender jackfruit thoran (Idichakka thoran)

                              Jack fruit is a very large fruit from trees native to South western India and Srilanka. In kerala, there are mainly two varieties of jack fruit-"Varikka", which has slightly hard inner flesh when ripe and "Koozha" , which has very soft and dissolving inner flesh when ripe.                    ...

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Boiled rice upma(Choru upma)

                                                                  When my brother was a small boy ,everyday he demanded different types of snacks after returning from school. My mother may not get enough  time everyday to prepare different snacks or some days there may not be...

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Tapioca fry

                                                   This tapioca fry is not the tapioca chips that we usually buy from market. In order to prepare this tapioca fry, we should first boil the tapioca after cutting it into cylindrical pieces.  Then it has to be cut into fine pieces and dried in the sun for 4...

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Idli Vada

Ingredients 1 cup rice 1/2 cup urad dal Salt as required Water as required 5 teaspoons Chana dal Finely chopped onion(1 big) Finely chopped ginger(11/2 teaspoons 2 sprigs of curry leaves Coconut oil Method Soak rice and urad dal for 3 to 4 hours. Wash them properly. Prepare a thick  idli batter. Keep the batter in a bowl for 3 hours. Keep a pan over a low flame. Pour 2 teaspoons of coconut oil. add Chana dal to it and stir it...

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Vermicelli Pradhaman

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Banana Ada

Banana Ada Usually we make 'ada' using rice flour. Here ripe banana is  also used along with rice flour to make ada. It gives a special taste. Here I have used ripe palayankodan banana( Ponnan banana), rice flour and ragi flour to prepare ada. Ingredients 1 cup rice flour 1/2 cup ragi flour 2 palayankodan bananas a pinch of salt 2 lumps of jaggery 1/2 scrapped coconut 1/2 tablespoon cardamom powder a pinch of cumin seed powder 1...

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Banana bajji

Banana bajji We know different types of “bajji”s that can be served with rice and eaten as snacks. Banana bajji is also of that kind. Here I have used ‘palayankodan’ banana because it is very soft and tasty. Raw banana should be used to make bajji. Palayankodan banana Ingredients 1 palayankodan banana ½ cup of wheat flour 1 teaspoon of chilli powder ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder 1 petal garlic 1 small onion Salt as required ½ cup of water Coconut...

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