Egg Roast

Ingredients
  • Eggs – 3
  • Onion – 2 thinly sliced
  • Tomato – 1, chopped
  • Ginger-garlic paste – 1 tsp
  • Green chilies –  2, slit
  • Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Kashmiri chilly powder -  1 tsp
  • Coriander powder – 1 tsp
  • Pepper powder – 1/4 tsp
  • Garam masala powder – 1/2 – 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves – 1 sprig
  • Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
  • Salt – To taste
Preparation

1. Boil the eggs in water until they are done. Rinse under running water and remove their shells. Cut them into halves. Keep aside.

2. Heat  2 tbsp oil in a wide pan at medium heat and splutter the mustard seeds. Add  sliced onion and little salt. Saute until onion turns transparent.

3.Add ginger-garlic paste, green chilies and curry leaves. Continue to saute until onion turns golden. 

4.Now add all the masala powders. Stir for 20 – 30 seconds until their raw smell leaves and oil separates. You can sprinkle a little water to avoid the masala powders from getting burnt.

5.Next add the chopped tomatoes and enough salt. Cook for 3 – 4 minutes until they get completely mashed up and oil separates.

6.Add 1/4 cup hot water. Mix well and taste-check for salt. Now add the egg halves. Mix them carefully with the masala. Cover with the lid and cook for one minute at very low heat. Switch off. Egg roast goes well with appam, idiyappam and chapathi

Meat Stir Fry / Irachi Thoran


You can use any meat and proceed the same way. Here I have used beef. This can be used as an item for lunch box.

Ingredients
  • Cooked and Shredded Beef - 1/2 kg
  • Dry Red Chilly - 2
  • Shallots sliced- 2 big
  • Ginger- 1 small piece (chopped)
  • Curry Leaves - 1 Sprig
  • Garam Masala Powder - 1/2 Teaspoon
  • Black Pepper Powder - 1/4 Teaspoon
To grind
  • Grated Coconut - 1/4 cup
  • Shallots- 2
  • Green Chilly -1 big
  • Garlic- 1 big
  • Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Teaspoon
  • Salt
Preparation

1.Grind all the ingredients  slightly and keep aside.

2.Heat Oil in a pan on medium heat and splutter the mustard seeds.

3.Add Dry Red Chilly, Shallots, Ginger and Curry Leaves and saute till golden brown.

4.Add the minced Meat and saute for a minute. Put the Coconut mixture in the middle and cover it with the meat.

5.Cover the pan, lower the heat and cook it for 3-5 minutes.

6.Open the pan and mix everything; add Garam Masala Powder and Pepper Powder. Mix everything together and saute for a minute  and switch off the heat.

Kaipola / Plaintain Cake


It is one of the most authentic Malabar dishes. It is known to be made during Iftar parties. It is very easy to make with very few ingredients.

Ingredients
  • Ripe Plantain - 2
  • Egg - 2
  • Sugar - 2 tbsp.
  • Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
  • Cashew / Raisin - few
Preparation

1. Peel the plantain and cu into small pieces.

2. Put eggs, sugar and cardamom powder in a bowl and whisk them well.

3. Heat ghee in a pan, fry the nuts and raisins and keep aside.

4. In the same pan add plantain pieces and saute well. Pour the egg mixture into this and add nuts and raisins evenly.

5. Cook it in a low flame for 15 minutes. Remove from flame and cut into pie shaped pieces.


 

Cherry Ice Cream

Ingredients
  •  Cherries- 1 cup
  •  Sugar- 1/4 cup
  •  Condensed milk- 1/4 cup
  •  Whipping cream- 250 ml
Preparation

1.Wash the cherries and remove the seeds.

2.In a pan add the cherries with sugar and cook. The sugar starts to melt and within 5 minutes you will get a thick sauce.

3.Remove from flame and allow to cool and puree the cherry sauce in a blender.

4.Transfer the condensed milk and the whipping cream into a bowl and whip it. Now add the strained cherry sauce and mix well.

5.Transfer the cream mixture into a freezer safe bowl. Close it tightly and allow to freeze for an hour inside the freezer. Take it out and whip it once again and close the bowl and keep inside the freezer.

Apple Pear Smoothie


A delicious summer treat!!

Ingredients
  • Green Apple - 1
  • Pear - 1
  • Ginger - 1" piece
  • Water - 2 tbsp
Preparation

1.Cut the fruits into chunks.

2.Add the fruit chunks into the blender.

3.Blend the fruit pieces and the ginger with water.

Sweetened Rice Flakes / Aval Nanachathu

Rice flakes are easily digestible form of raw rice. Lot of dishes can be made with this.

Ingredients
  • Aval / Rice flakes – 1 cup
  • Grated coconut –  1/2 cup
  • Jaggery – 1/4 cup
  • Cardamom powder – 1 pinches 
  • Milk - 2tbsp
Preparation

1.Combine the first three ingredients well using your fingers until the rice flakes are soft and wet.

2.Sprinkle milk. Add cardamom powder and mix well.

3.Keep aside for at least 15 minutes and serve.

See the recipe of  Aval Vilayichathu

Pepper Chicken

As  the name suggests, the main ingredient is black pepper itself. Instead of using powder, try freshly crushed peppercorns.
 
Ingredients
  • Chicken - 500gms
For Marination
  • Pepper powder - ¼ tsp
  • Lemon juice - 1 tsp
  • Salt
For Masala
  • Onion - 2, sliced
  • Ginger & garlic - 2 tsp each, grated
  • Greenchilli - 2, slit lengthwise
  • Whole Black pepper - 1¼ tsp
  • Garam masala - ½ tsp
  • Fennel powder - ¼ tsp
  • Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
  • Chicken/meat masala - ½ tsp (optional)
  • Soya sauce - 1 tsp
  • Tomato sauce - 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves
  • Coconut oil
  • Salt
Preparation

1.Marinate the cleaned chicken pieces with salt, pepper powder & lemon juice. Crush the whole black pepper.

2.Heat oil in a pan & add sliced onion. Let it brown. Add grated/crushed ginger and garlic, green chilli and curry leaves. Let it cook till the raw smell goes.

3. Add crushed pepper, turmeric powder, garam masala, fennel powder and chicken/meat masala (if using). Mix well. Cook for another 2-3 mins. Add soya and tomato sauce/ketchup. Mix well.

4.Add ¼ cup water and salt and mix well. Add marinated chicken pieces. Combine everything well and make sure that chicken pieces are coated with masala. When chicken starts changing the color add ½ cup water & mix well. Let it boil.

5.When it boils, reduce flame and cover and cook it till the chicken is done. Check in between, give a stir and add more water only if required.

6.Once the chicken is done, remove the lid, add some curry leaves and continue cooking for another 5-7 mins on low flame, just to roast it a little more. Remove from fire. 

Omelette

You might be wondering why i'm posting such a simple recipe. This might be the first thing all of us tried and succeeded in kitchen for the first time. Depending on the places, the taste and preparation varies. This is a Kerala version of omelette.

Ingredients
  • Egg - 2
  • Green Chilly - 1
  • Shallots - 5
  • Ginger - 1/4 tsp
  • Coconut - 2 Tbsp
  • Curry leaves - 1 sprig
  • Salt

Preparation

1.Finely chop the onion,ginger and chilly.

2.Break the egg and add the chopped onion, ginger,chilly, grated coconut, curry leaves and salt. Beat it well.

3.Heat oil in a pan and pour the egg mixture and slowly spread it. When one side of it is cooked well, turn it upside down and cook the other side well.