Potato Roast & Potato Stir Fry

Since the main ingredient is same i thought of putting it together.

Ingredients (Potato Stir Fry)

• Potato - 2 Cups (sliced into long pieces)
• Dry Red Chilly - 2 
• Shallots - 4
• Green Chilly - 2
• Curry Leaves - 1 sprig
• Grated  Coconut - 1/3 cup 
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4 teaspoon

Preparation

1.Mix together Coconut, Turmeric powder and Salt  well and keep aside.

2.Heat Oil in a pan and splutter mustard Seeds. Add Dry Red Chilly, Shallots, Curry Leaves and Green Chilly, fry till it starts to brown.

3.Add drained potato and saute for a minute. Add the Coconut mixture and cover it with Potato. Cover and cook till the potato is cooked. Mix everything really well.

Ingredients(Potato Roast)

• Potatoes - 3
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp 
• Red chilly powder - ½ tsp 
• Sambar powder - ½ tsp 
• Asafoetida - a pinch

Preparation

1.Boil the potatoes till they are just cooked. Peel the potatoes and dice them.

2.Heat oil in a pan, crackle the mustard seeds then add the curry leaves and saute.

3.Add the diced potatoes, sprinkle all the spice powders, asafoetida and salt. Stir well, so that the masala coats the potatoes well. saute for 5-6 mins on a low flame.

4.Stir in between  and turn off when it is crispy. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Ada Pradhaman

Ada Pradhaman is a traditional payasam and an inevitable part of Kerala Sadya. 

Ingredients

• Ada/Rice flakes – 100 gm
• Jaggery – 250 gm
• Ghee – 2 tsp
• Medium thick coconut milk – 2 cups
• Thick coconut milk – 1cup
• coconut slices – 1 tbsp
• Cashew nut/raisin – a handful
• Cardamom – 2, crushed

Preparation

1.Cook rice flakes in 2 cups of water, till it becomes soft. Strain  and wash it in cold water to remove the stickiness.

2.Add 3 tbsp of water to the jaggery & melt it. Strain the melted jaggery.

3.In a deep bottom pan, combine melted jaggery, cooked rice flakes and 2 tsp of ghee. Cook on medium heat till the mixture becomes thick. Add medium thick coconut milk.

4.Cook on medium  heat and stir in between. When the coconut milk reduce to half the quantity, add thick coconut milk and stir well. Cook for 5 minutes. Add crushed cardamoms, just before removing from the stove.

5.Heat 1 tsp of ghee in a pan and fry the coconut slices,cashew nuts and raisins. Add it to the payasam. Serve hot.

Bread Pudding

This is a simple recipe which is not using any oven/baking.

Ingredients

• Egg - 2
• Bread crumbs - 1 cup
• Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp
• Sugar  - 1/4 cup
• Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
• Maida - 1 tbsp
• Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt

Preparation

1. In a bowl mix bread crumbs, maida, salt  and baking powder.

2.In another bowl beat eggs with sugar until it becomes fluffy. Add vanilla essence, dry ingredients in other bowl  and mix well.

3.Add vegetable oil and mix until it combined well.

4.Heat a non stick pan on stove. Add 1 tsp ghee. Pour this batter and cook it for 15 -20 minutes in very low flame.

Grilled Chicken

Ingredients

• Chicken  - 5 pieces 
• Red chilly powder - 2 tbsp
• Fennel powder - 2 1/2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Black pepper powder - 1 tsp
• Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste - 1.5 tbsp
• Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
• Curd - 2 tbsp
• Salt

Preparation

1.First wash the chicken pieces and drain it nicely. Then using a knife make 2-3 gashes on each pieces.

2.In a bowl take all powders,  garam masala, ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice, curd and salt and mix it to form a smooth paste. Then marinate the chicken drumsticks with this paste and refrigerate for 2 hours.

3.Preheat the oven at 180 degree. Meanwhile line the baking dish with aluminum foil and then grease it with oil. Then place the chicken on the baking dish and place it in the middle rack of the oven and bake it for about 35-40 minutes.

4.After the first 20 minutes, flip the chicken and continue baking. After baking, broil(cook in direct heat or grill) it for about 10 minutes. 

Nankhatai

They are shortbread biscuits and it is a popular sweet in India . 

Ingredients

• Maida - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1/2 cup, powdered
• Cardamom seeds,crushed - 1/2 tsp
• Ghee - 1/2 cup,melted 
• Baking soda - 1/2 tsp

Preparation

1.Preheat the oven to 180C.

2.Powder the sugar along with one cardamom and keep aside. Sift together maida and baking soda, keep aside.

3.Mix together the melted ghee and powdered sugar to a smooth paste.Add the flour 1 tbsp at a time and mix together to form a dough.Knead the dough with your fingertips until it starts to come together.

4.Rest the dough for about 1/2 an hour and then pinch off balls of same size and then roll them smooth and place on a cookie tray. Bake for 20 minutes.

Potato Masala / Puri Masala

This potato masala a great combination for puris and chapathis. This can be also used as a stuffing for sandwich.

Ingredients

• Potatoes - 2-3
• Onion - 1, thinly sliced
• Tomato - 1
• Green chilli -2 slit
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves - few

Preparation

1.Pressure cook potatoes until soft. After it cools, peel the skin and mash it up well. Keep it aside.

2.Heat oil in a pan/kadai, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal. When dal turns golden brown, add thinly sliced onion, slit green chillies and curry leaves.

3.When onion turns pink, add finely chopped tomatoes, turmeric powder and saute till tomato gets cooked well.

4.Once the tomatoes are cooked, add 1.5 cups of water and salt needed.  Let the water boil. Then add mashed potatoes to the boiling water.

5.After adding the potatoes, keep it in medium flame and cook for another 3-4 minutes. Switch off the stove you can garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.

Here you can find out the recipe of  Puri.

Marble Cake

This is my 250th post in my blog!! So we will continue with some sweet treat...Marble cake is a mixture of vanilla and chocolate. Marbling of two different batters makes it yummy and drooling!!

Ingredients

• All Purpose flour / Maida - 2 cups
• Baking powder - 1 tsp
• Butter - 100 gms, softened
• Powdered sugar - 1+1/4 cups
• Eggs - 2 
• Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
• Milk - 1 cup (luke warm)
• Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp

Preparation

1. Sift together maida and baking powder in a bowl.

2. In another bowl, combine butter and sugar. Add eggs and whisk well. Add the vanilla essence and milk and whisk together. Add the flour and whisk well till all ingredients are combined well and you get a smooth batter without any lumps.

3. Preheat oven to 180C and grease a cake tray.  Pour half of the cake mix in the tin.  Add the cocoa powder to the other half  in the bowl,and combine well.

4. Pour this cocoa mix on top of the vanilla layer in the cake tin . Using a knife or toothpick, swirl the batter to create a marbling effect.

5. Bake for 30-40 mins. Check if cake is done by inserting a  toothpick in the middle. Let the cake cool completely.

Egg Dosa

Ingredients

• Dosa Batter 
• Egg – 1 each for 2 dosa
• Tomato - 1
• Small onion - 5
• Green chilli - 1
• Salt

Preparation

1. Beat egg with chopped onion, green chilli, and salt and keep it aside.

2. Heat a flat tawa and grease it with oil. Pour the batter and spread it to a thin round.

3. Pour 3 tbsp of beaten eggs over it. Put some pieces of chopped tomato on the top.

4. Cover it with a lid and cook for 2 mins. Now flip it to the other side and cook for a min. Serve hot.

Banana / Pazham Bonda

Ingredients

• Wheat flour- 1 cup
• Sugar-1/2 cup
• Ripe Banana- 3 medium size
• Baking soda-1/2 tsp
• Cardamom powder-1/2 tsp
• Salt- a pinch

Preparation

1.Grind banana with sugar into a smooth paste.

2.Take a bowl with all other ingredients and add the ground banana.

3.Knead all the ingredients with little water to make soft thick dough. Keep it covered for 1/2 an hour.

4.Heat oil in a deep fryer. Take a spoonful of dough and fry until it become brown in color.

(or Wet palms with little water and make small balls and fry it in oil)

Blueberry Smoothie

Ingredients

• Blueberries - ¾ cup  
• Sliced Banana - ¼ cup
• Honey/sugar - ½ tbsp
• Curd - 2tbsp
• Milk - 1tbsp  
• Ice cubes - 2 (optional)

Preparation

1.Put all the ingredients in the blender and run it on high speed till smooth. 

Note : This may have a thick consistency, but we already have ice cubes in the mixture, that should give a slightly thin consistency. But if you do not want ice in the smoothie, you can add a few spoonfuls  milk, to get a good texture. 

Taro Root Chips/ Chembu Upperi

Ingredients

• Chembu / Taro root - 4
• Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
• Salt
• Oil

Preparation

1.Peel the skin and cut taro into thin round slices. Mix salt in water and keep aside.

2.Heat oil in a pan. When it becomes hot put the slices. Stir in between.

3.When it is almost fried sprinkle salt water.

4.Remove from oil