Kappa cake / Maravalli kizhangu cake / Tapioca cake

Preparing different dish from Maravalli kizhangu or Kappa / Tapioca is one of the famous dish in Kerala. Being a lot health benefits in kappa, we can give to all kids. But my daughter will not eat when i am preparing this in normal style. Then i decided to prepare something different dish from kappa. My sister said to prepare sweet item with this. I tried this and my daughter doesn't know, this is made from kappa. She ate and she liked very much.

Health benefits :

Kappa is having a lot health benefits. It is having lot of carbohydrates. It helps to reduce our blood pressure, cholesterol and controls the blood sugar level. It reduce the risk of obesity also. It is rich in copper and magnesium. Copper helps to having healthy nerves function which helps to relieve from stress, anxiety. Kappa is rich in Vitamin C, reduce the risk of heart diseases and cancer.     

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	5 Mins
Cooking time	:	40 Mins
Serve for	:	4 persons

Ingredients :

Kappa	:	1/2 Kg
Grated coconut	:	in 1/2 no
Cardamon powder	:	1 Tsp
Sugar	:	As per taste
Ghee	:	To grease

Method :
peel off the kappa, wash well and grate it nicely.

Squeeze out  the water of it by pressing with your palm to make it dry.

Add grated coconut, sugar, cardamon powder in the dry kappa and mix it well by pressing with your hand.

Grease ghee in a plate and keep the kappa mix, press it tight. We can add pista or cashews on the top.

Boil water in a kadai or a idli pan, put the kappa mix plate and close the pan with the lid.

Keep it in medium flame for 40-45 minutes. After cooked well, takeout from the kadai and cut it in you wanted shapes.

Transfer to the serving plate and serve.

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Brinjal chutney / Brinjal chops - side dish for Biriyani

This weekend, i and my family went to visit my husband's friends house. His wife Mrs. Sahana Raffic was prepared a Lot of items. We very much impressed with her Brinjal chutney. It was very nice and we all liked very much. I asked the recipe and i tried the next day itself. It came very well with the same taste. I have tasted it before, in most of the biriyani centers as side dish for biriyani. But, this is tastier than that. We should use sesame oil (gingali oilor Nallanai) for preparation and the special powder also very important. let we prepare the yummy Brinjal chutney or brinjal chops.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	15 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Persons

Ingredients :

For grind	:
Peanut	:	2 Tsp
Sesame seeds	:	2 Tsp
Mustard seeds	:	1 Tsp
Cumin seeds	:	1 Tsp
Methy seeds	:	1 Tsp

For seasoning :

Sesame oil	:	3 Tsp
Mustard seeds	:	1/4 Tsp
Onion	:	1 No
Tomato	:	1 No
Brinjal	:	200 Gm
Tamarind juice	:	1/2 Cup
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Coriander powder	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste

Method :
Fry well the grind ingredients and grind after getting cool as powder.

Heat nallanai (sesame oil) in a pan, add mustard seeds. After it splutters, add nicely chopped onion, curry leaves and washed and sliced brinjal and saute well.

After the brinjal fried well, add chopped tomato and fry saute well.

Add thick tamarind juice, masala powders and salt and cook till the raw smell goes.

At last, add the fried and ground powder and mix well.

After mixed well, transfer to the serving dish and serve hot.

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Butter chicken masala

Chicken masala for chapathy, parota, naan is a favorite side dish for most of us. This time, i tried to make butter chicken masala. It came very well and my husband liked very much. The gravy made with fried onion, tomato, ginger, garlic paste, saute with butter is giving nice aroma and good taste. It goes also good with rice also. When we fry the chicken in butter, it gives more tasty and aroma. let us see how to prepare the tasty "Butter chicken masala".

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time	:	20 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Persons

Ingredients :

For fry and grind	:
Onion	:	2 Nos
Tomato	:	2 Nos
Ginger	:	small log
Garlic	:	3 Nos
Curry leaves	:	Few
Cinnamon	:	3 Pcs
Cardamon	:	2 Nos
Cloves	:	2 Nos
For saute	:
Butter	:	3 Tsp
Onion	:	1 No
Grated ginger	:	1 Tsp
Curry leaves	:	Few
Green chilly	:	1 No
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	2 Tsp
Coriander powder	:	2 Tsp
Garam masala	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	To Taste
Chicken	:	1/4 Kg

Method :
Fry well the ingredients given under for fry and grind heading and keep it for cool in room temperature.

After gets cool, grind it as a paste.

Heat butter in a pan, add Onion slices, grated ginger, curry leaves and saute well. Add washed chicken pieces and saute.

Add ground paste and all the masala powders and saute. Add salt.

Add water, close the pan with the lid and cook till the chicken cooked well.

Cook till, raw smell goes, the gravy came thick. After that, transfer to the serving dish and serve hot.....

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Poha laddu - Aval laddu

For Gokulashtami, i thought to prepare something different menu with using aval or poha. Most of the kids are like to see Chota bheem in Pogo channel. Chota bheem's laddu is famous for all of them. Then, i thought to prepare aval laddu. It came very well and my daughter liked very much. She gave to her friends also. All kids enjoyed with the laddu. It is very simple and preparation time also very less. We can easily prepare this as Gokulashtami prasatham. I am very glad to share this to you all in this festive season. Let us see How to prepare the tasty prasatham, " Aval or Poha Laddu".

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	15 Mins
Serve for	:	4-5 Persons

Ingredients :

Aval or poha	:	1 Bowl
Grated coconut	:	1/2 Cup
Cashew nut	:	5 Nos
Cardamon powder	:	1/2 Tsp
Sugar	:	5 Tsp
Ghee	:	2 Tsp

Method :

Mix 1 cup of sugar in 1/2 glass of water and make syrup in string consistency.

 Fry the grated coconut, cashew nut and grind little. 

Soak aval for 3-4 minutes and squeeze it. In bowl take ground coconut, ghee, sugar syrup, cardamon powder and mix it well.

After mixed well, make lemon size ball as laddu and garnish with pista or cashew nut and enjoy.

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Janmashtami special - Aval payasam / Poha sweet payasam

In Janmashtami day(Krishna jayanthi, Gokulashtami) we would like to prepare something special which is favorite for the Lord Krishna. Aval or poha (rice flacks) is the favorite for the lord Krishna. I am preparing aval payasam for this festival day. Payasam is one of the favorite for all of my family members. When preparing with aval, it gives more taste to the sweet and preparation time also very less. Happy Janmashtami day for all. Let us see how to prepare delicious "Aval payasam", "Poha kheer".

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time	:	20 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Persons

Ingredients :

Aval or poha	:	1 Cup
Coconut milk	:	2 Cup(1,2)
Sugar	:	As per taste
Cardamon powder	:	1 Tsp
Cashew nut	:	Few
Pista	:	Few
Ghee	:	2 Tsp

Method :
Rinse the aval or poha and keep it aside. Take coconut milk as first and second. Heat ghee in a pan, add cashews and fry till golden brown comes, take out and keep it aside.

Add rinsed aval and fry a little.

Add 2nd coconut milk and allow it to cook well.  Add cardamon powder and sugar, mix.

After aval cooked well, add  1st coconut milk and keep it in low flame for 2-3 minutes.

After add fried cashews and pistas, transfer to the serving dish and serve hot.

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Bread roll stuffed with Sweet corn and potato

Bread rolls is delicious tea time snack. The stuffing is our choice. I am preparing this roll, stuffing with sweet corn and potato. It is very tasty and healthy also. I am making this roll in two ways. One is, directly stuff in the wet bread slices and fry. Another one is, mixing  maida with wet bread, make dough, stuff in the dough balls and fry. Two methods are came very nice and very tasty also. It is the best snack in tea time. We can make it, when the guests come to our home. Let us prepare Bread roll stuffed with sweet corn and potato.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	20 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Fresh Bread	:	1 Pack
Potato	:	4 Nos
Sweet corn	:	1 Bowl
Cumin seeds	:	1 Tsp
Onion	:	1 No
Curry leaves	:	Few
Coriander leaves	:	Few
Grated ginger	:	1 Tsp
Chopped garlic	:	1 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1/2 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste
Oil	:	For fry

Method :
For stuffing :

Boil the potatoes and sweet corn separately. Peel off the boiled potatoes and smash it. In boiled sweet corn grind half of it and use as it is the excess.

Heat oil in a pan, saute well cumin seeds, chopped onion, ginger, garlic, smashed potato, ground sweet corn, whole sweet corn, curry leaves, coriander leaves well with adding salt. This stuffing is same for two methods.

Method 1 :

Cut the edges in the bread, wet the bread and takeout the water by pressing it with your palm. If water is there, it will drink oil. Make balls in stuffing, stuff in the wet bread.

Roll it and close the stuffing well. Make all the bread like this.

Heat oil in frying pan, make shallow fry the rolls.

Method 2 :
Cut the edges in the bread slices, wet and mix well with the maida to make smooth dough.

Make balls with the dough. Press the ball in oil greased polythene paper and put the stuff ball over it.

Close the dough cover the stuff and roll it.

Shallow fry the rolls in heat oil. After fried in all the sides well, transfer to the serving plate, serve hot with tomato sauce.

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