Aloo Paratha

INGREDIENTS:

• Wheat Flour - 2 cups
• Curd / Yogurt - 2 tbsp
• Potato - 2 nos
• Finely chopped Onion - 1 nos
• Finely chopped chillies - 4 nos
• Finely chopped Ginger - ½ tsp
• Chopped Corriander leaves - 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• cumin seed - ¼ tsp
• Ghee - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Boil potatoes ,Peel skin and mash them and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan .
• Put cumin seeds and allow to splutter
• Add chopped onion, chopped ginger and green chillies and saute well till it turns transparent.
• Add the mashed potatoes, salt, turmeric powder and mix well and let it cook for a minute.
• Remove from fire and add chopped corriander leaves and mix well.
• Let it cool.
• Add curd/ yogurt, 1 tsp ghee, water and salt to the flour and knead it with hands gently until the dough becomes soft like chappathi and keep it aside for 30 mins.
• Make the flour dough into Small balls.
• Roll out the dough, place a spoonful of  Potato masala in the center and wrap it closely.
• Roll it again into round shape with the help of dry flour.
• Heat the tawa and cook both sides of the rolled paratha by smearing little ghee.

Recommended Combination: Serve with Curd and Pickle.

Almond Dates Milk Shake / Badam Dates Milk Shake

A healthy drink

INGREDIENTS:

• Almonds - 10 nos
• Dates - 6 nos
• Milk(chilled milk) - 1 cup
• Sugar - ½ tsp

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Soak bedam in water and remove the skin.
• Blend  badam, dates, suger and ¼ cup milk smoothly.
• Add the remaining milk and blend the mixture together. 

Unniyappam

Unniyappam is a traditional and a popular snack in kerala.

INGREDIENTS:

• Raw rice Flour - 2 cup
• Jaggery - 3/4 cup
• Small banana(palayan kodan pazham)- 2 nos
• Ghee - 2 Tbsp
• Coconut slices(nicely cut) - 2 tbsp
• Cumin seed - ½ tsp
• Sesame seed- ½ tsp
• Coconut Oil for frying
• Unniyappam maker(appa kara)

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Dilute Jaggery by adding little water into it and filter it.  
• Heat 1 Tbsp ghee and fry coconut slices, cumin seed and sesame seed in it.
• Add 1 Tbsp Ghee to the rice flour and mix well.
• Squeeze banana into the rice flour with hand very well and keep aside for an hour.
• After 1 hour add filtered jaggery and fried sesonings into it and mix it well.
• Make it a smooth batter like dosa batter. (If the batter is too thick add little water)
• Pour oil into appa kara (unniyappam maker) until moulds are completely filled and heat it.
• Pour batter in each mould. (3/4 portion of the mould)
• Deep fry in medium heat. 
• When one side is cooked, turn and cook the other side till it turns brown colour.
• Remove from oil, drain it and serve.

Carrot Chappathi

INGREDIENTS:

• Wheat Flour - 2 cups
• Grated Carrot - 2 cups
• Chilly Powder - ¼ tsp
• Chopped Cilantro - 1 tbsp
• Ghee - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Add the grated Carrot, salt, chopped cilantro, chilly powder and ½ tsp Ghee to the flour and mix well.
• Knead the dough with hands gently( using little water ) until it becomes soft and keep aside for 10 minutes.
• Make the dough into Small balls.
• The dough is rolled out into thin discs with help of dry flour .
• Heat the tawa and cook both sides of the rolled Chappathi by smearing little ghee.

Beetroot Dosa

Colourful Dosa......

INGREDIENTS:

• Dosa batter - 2 cup
• Finely chopped Green chillies - 4 nos
• Finely chopped Corriander leaves - 2 tbsp
• Chopped Beetroot - 1 cup
• Ghee - 2 tsp
• Gingelly Oil
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook beetroot well and let it cool.
• Grind it into a smooth paste.
• Add the beetroot paste, chopped green chillies, corriander leaves and salt to the dosa batter and mix well.
• Heat a frying pan and smear some oil.
• Spread a spoonful of the batter to a heated pan.
• Smear little ghee on the top.
• When the base is golden brown, turn the other side and cook well.

Strawberry Milk

It is made with fresh strawberries and whole or skimmed milk. It is a healthier drink for adults and kids.

INGREDIENTS:

• Strawberry – 12 nos
• Sugar – 1 Tbsp 
• Milk – 1 cup

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Blend  Strawberries and suger smoothly.
• Add milk(chilled milk) and blend the mixture together. 

Carrot Dosa

Healthy and colourful dosa - kids will definitely love it.

INGREDIENTS:

• Dosa batter - 2 cup
• Finely chopped Onion - 1 nos
• Finely chopped Green chillies - 4 nos
• Finely chopped Corriander leaves - 2 tbsp
• Grated Carrot - 2 nos
• Ghee - 2 tsp
• Gingelly Oil
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix grated carrot, green chilly, corriande leaves, Onion and salt together.
• Heat a frying pan and smear some oil.
• Spread a spoonful of the batter to a heated pan.
• Put a spoonful of carrot onion mixture on top of the batter.
• Sprinkle little ghee on top.
• When the base is golden brown, turn the other side and cook well.

Beetroot Chappathi

It is a healthy dish which everyone would like.

INGREDIENTS:

• Wheat Flour - 2 cups
• Chopped Beetroot - 1 cup
• Chopped Green Chilly - 2 nos
• Chopped Cilantro - 1 tbsp
• Ghee - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook beetroot well and let it cool.
• Grind it into a smooth paste.
• Add the beetroot paste, salt, chopped cilantro, chopped green chilly and ½ tsp Ghee to the flour and mix well.
• Knead the dough with hands gently until it becomes soft and keep aside for 30 minutes.
• Make the dough into Small balls.
• The dough is rolled out into thin discs with help of dry flour .
• Heat the tawa and cook both sides of the rolled Chappathi by smearing little ghee.

Sweet Boli

Boli is a stuffed sweet paratha like dish. It is usually served with paal paayasam / semiya payasam (rice pudding) in sadya, popularly in southern part of kerala.It can be served as both dessert and snack.

INGREDIENTS:

• Channa dal (Kadalaparippu) – 1 cup
• Wheat flour  or maida – 1  cup
• Rice flour – ¼ cup 
• Sugar – 1  cup 
• Gingelly oil –  ¼  cup
• Ghee - 2 tbsp 
• Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp
• Turmeric Powder - A pinch 

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix wheat flour or maida and turmeric powder together .
• Add water to the flour and knead it with hands gently until the dough becomes soft like chappathi.
• Add gingelly oil on top of the dough and  keep aside for 1 hour.
• Cook the channa dal in water in a pressure cooker for 2 whistle.
• Drain the excess water and grind it into fine paste(without water).
• Heat a pan and add channa daal paste,sugar, cardmom powder and 1 tbsp ghee in to it and mix well.
• Stir continuously and cook the mixture.
• Turn off the stove when the sugar melts and the mixture seperates from the pan and let it cool.
• Make the flour dough into small balls(poori size).
• Roll out the dough, place the daal mixture in the center and wrap it closely.
• Roll it again into round shape as thin as possible.
• Use rice flour to avoid stickiness.
• Heat the tawa and cook both sides of the rolled boli by smearing little ghee.

Recommended Combination: Serve with Paalada / semiya payasam/ paalpayasam

Chembu Upperi / Taro Root Chips

Fried Taro Root - a teatime snack

INGREDIENTS:

• Taro Root / Chembu - 6 nos
• Turmeric Powder -¼ tsp
• Salt water- to taste
• Oil for frying 

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Remove the Taro root skin.
• Wash and drain it.
• Slice the root in thin round shape.
• Add turmeric powder into it and mix well.
• Heat Oil in a pan.
• When it boils, Put the slices slowly into the oil.
• Stir until fully cooked and crisp.
• Remove the chips from the oil and sprinkle salt water on it.
• Cool and store them in an airtight container.

Unakka Munthiri Chutney / Raisin Chutney

Raisins are good sources of energy, vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants.It is a  good practice to include raisins in our daily diet.

INGREDIENTS:

• Raisin - ½ cup 
• Tamarind - 1 gooseberry ball size
• Pearl Onion - 2 nos 
• Red Chilly - 3 nos
• Curry leaves - 2- 3 leaves
• Coconut Oil - ½ tsp
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Roast Red Chillies in a pan(with out oil) till it becomes crisp.
• Soak the raisin in little water for 2 -3 minutes.
• Grind Raisin, Tamarind, Red Chilly, Pearl Onion, curry leaves and Salt together to a fine paste.
• Add coconut oil to the Chutney and mix well. 

Recommended Combination: Serve with Idli / Dosa / Chappathi .

Ladoo

INGREDIENTS:

• Gram flour (besan) - 1 cup 
• Sugar - 1   cup 
• Cardamom powder - pinch
• Ghee - 1 Tbsp
• Cashew and Raisins - 1 handful
• Oil for frying

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Heat Ghee in a pan ,fry cahewnut and raisin and keep it aside.
• On medium heat, boil the sugar with 3/4 cup of water in a Pan .
• Prepare the sugar syrup  till honey like consistency is reached. 
• Add Cardamom powder to the syrup and mix well.
• Add water to gramflour to make the batter smooth(slightly thicker than dosa batter).
• For making Boondi we need a perforated spoon (laddle with small holes)
• Heat oil in a pan . 
• Hold the laddle above the hot oil(1 - 1½ inch above) and pour 2 -3 spoon batter to the ladddle and rub with another spoon.
• Fry Boondi until light golden colour.
• Then remove it from the oil and allow to drain the excess oil.
• Put the boondies directly in the warm sugar syrup. 
• Repeat the process with rest of the batter and keep putting the fried boondies in the sugar syrup.(Clean the laddle after each time, which will help to keep the boondi in round shape.)
• Add fried cashewnut and raisins into the syrup and mix well.
• Let the boondies soak in sugar syrup for few minutes.
• When it is still warm, take a handful of mixture and gently squeeze between both palms to make into a ball shape.(it will be hard to make ladoo if the mixture is cold)
• Do the same process for the remaining mixture.

Bread Egg Upma

It is a complete meal.It contains Vegetables, Bread and Egg. It can be served as breakfast or as snack.

INGREDIENTS:

• Bread slices - 4 nos
• Onion(chopped) – 1 no
• Tomato (chopped) – 1 no
• Green chilly(chopped) – 2 nos
• Ginger(chopped) - ½ tsp
• Carrot(grated) - 1 no
• Garam Masala Powder - ¼ tsp
• Egg - 2 nos
• Red Chilly -2 nos
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - 1 stem
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 1½ tbsp
• Chopped corriander leaves - 1 tbsp

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Beat eggs with salt.
• Heat ½ Tbsp of oil in a pan.
• Add the beaten egg and scramble it.
• Keep it aside.
• Remove the edges of each bread slice and cut it into small pieces.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and red chilli and let it splutter.
• Add onion, ginger, green chillies and curry leaves.
• Sauté it until onion turns translucent.
• Add grated carrot and chopped tomato and saute well.
• Add garam masala and salt and saute for a minute. 
• Sprinkle little water and cover the pan.
• Let it cook in a medium heat.
• When the vegetables are cooked well and the water dries up, add the bread pieces and mix well. 
• Add the scrambled egg into it and mix well.
• Garnish with corriander leaves.

Dates Pickle / Eenthappazham Achar

 Healthy and tasty Pickle.

INGREDIENTS:

• Pitted dates(eenthappazham) - 20 nos
• Lemon - 2 nos
• Raisin(unakka munthiri) - 1 handful
• Chopped Ginger - 1 tsp
• Garlic(sliced)- 2 nos
• Gingely Oil - ½ cup
• Chilly Powder - 2 - 3 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Fenugreek powder - ¼ tsp
• Asafoetida Powder - ¼ tsp
• Curry leaves - 1 stem
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cut the lemon into small pieces.
• Cut each dates into two pieces.
• Heat Oil in a pan.
• Put Mustard seed into the Oil and let it splutter.
• Add curry leaves and fry it.
• Add Ginger and Garlic and saute well.
• Add raisins and saute for a minute.
• Add Chilly powder, Fenugreek powder and Asafoetida Powder to the hot Oil and saute for a minute.
• Add Lemon pieces and Salt and saute well for 5 minutes.
• Cook till the Lemon skin becomes soft.
• Finally add dates, mix well and cook for 2 -3 minutes.
• Remove pan from fire and allow to cool.

Recommended Combination: Serve with Rice / Chappathi / Dosa /poori/ Biriyani.

Dates Chutney / Eenthappazham Chutney

Dates are rich in several vitamins and minerals.Intake of a date daily gives a balanced and healthy diet.
You can include dates in your diet through a variety of dishes like eenthappazham chutney.
It differs from other chutney  by its sweet-tangy taste.

INGREDIENTS:

• Pitted dates - 6 nos
• Tamarind - 1 gooseberry ball size
• Pearl Onion - 2 nos 
• Red Chilly- 3 nos(or according to your taste)
• Curry leaves - 2- 3 leaves
• Coconut Oil - ½ tsp
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Roast Red Chillies in a pan(with out oil) till it becomes crisp.
• Soak the dates in little water for 2 -3 minutes.
• Grind the  Dates,  Tamarind, Red Chilly, Pearl Onion, curry leaves and Salt together to a fine paste.
• Add coconut oil to the Chutney and mix well. 

Recommended Combination: Serve with  Dosa / Chappathi / Vegetable Pulav