Diwali Special - Crispy Muruku / Chakli

When ever Diwali comes, i remember my mother's crispy murukku recipe. Two days before itself she will start to prepare muruku. Now also the taste is in my mouth. It will be very nice taste and crispy. She will prepare with homemade rice flour and urad dal flour. One of my aunt taught me how to prepare muruku. Myself and my sister tried that way and it came very well. And that is easy method also. My aunt taught to grind the soaked rice and mix with urad dal flour (homemade), fried gram dal flour (Pottukadali) with other ingredients. It will be very tasty and crispy. Making muruku is getting the feeling of Diwali came. Enjoy the festival with the wonderful crispy and soft muruku.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	20 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Preserve for	:	2 Weeks

Ingredients :

Steam rice	:	4 Cups
Fried gram dal	:	2 Cups
Urad dal	:	1 Cup
Butter	:	4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Sesame seeds	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste
Oil	:	For fry

Method :

Rinse and soak the steam rice for 30 minutes and grind it as smooth batter without adding more water.

Fry the gram dal and urad dal separately and mix with the rice batter well.

Heat the butter and mix along with  black sesame seeds, chilly powder, salt. Mix all well as smooth dough.

Take a ball size in the dough and put it in the muruku press and press it in the ladle.

Heat oil in a pan, fry the muruku which is pressed in ladle.

After fried well till the  golden color comes. Transfer to the bowl and keep it in air tight container after the muruku got cool. We can preserve for 1-2 weeks in a air tight container.

Try this yummy and crispy festival recipe and enjoy the festival. 

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Tea time snack - Kuzhal appam

Kuzhalappam is one of the very tasty Kerala style snack item. This is prepared with fried rice flour with coconut and other ingredients. Mostly, this crispy snack is prepared by Christians in Kerala. This is a very good tea time snack that everyonr will like very much. We can make this delicious crispy kuzhalappam in this festive season and all will definitely enjoy our day. Crispy with coconut with onion cumin seeds smells very good and tastes delicious.. Please try..

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	15 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Serve for	:	5 Persons

Ingredients :

To grind	:
Shredded coconut	:	1/2 Bowl
Onion	:	1/4 Bowl
Garlic	:	4 Cloves
Cumin seeds	:	1 Tsp
For Kuzhalappam	:
Rice flour	:	1 Bowl
Salt	:	To taste
Oil	:	For fry

Sesame seeds      :  1/2 Tsp

Chilly powder     :  1/2 Tsp
Method :
 Fry the rice flour slightly without burning it.

Grind the grinding ingredients. Mix the ground paste with rice flour, black sesame seeds, chilly powder with salt and make as smooth dough.

Make lemon size balls in the dough and press it in a oil greased paper as disc. Roll the disc. make all the balls as rolled disc.

Heat oil in a pan, deep fry the rolled disc well.

After fried well, transfer to the serving plate and serve hot. We can preserve for 1 week.

Try this yummy and crispy recipe and enjoy the festival..

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Chicken Popcorn

popcorn chicken fry is a crispy and very tasty non-veg  snack item which is liked for all the kids. All kids will definitely love this chicken recipe and my daughter love this crispy chicken fry. In this, i am adding mustard sauce and mixed herbs. It gives more taste to the fry. In evening time, instead of normal vada or bajji, if we can make this kind of chicken popcorn, everybody in our family will like and enjoy more. Try this yummy crispy chicken fry and enjoy the evening.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	15 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Persons

Ingredients :

For marinate	:
Boneless chicken	:	1/2 Kg
Mustard sauce	:	2 Tsp
Herbal powder	:	1 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1/2 Tsp
Pepper powder	:	1 Tsp
Egg	:	1 No
Salt	:	To taste
For fry	:
Bread crumbs	:	1 Plate
Maida	:	2 Tsp
Oil	:	For fry

Method :

Wash the boneless chicken well and marinate the chicken with all the marinated ingredients.

Make bread crumbs. Dip the marinated chicken in maida and dip in the bread crumbs well.

Heat oil in a pan, fry the chicken in low flame after dipped in the bread crumbs. Fry the chicken well and transfer to the serving platter and serve hot.

Try this interesting chicken popcorn and please share your valuable comments..

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Cauliflower vada \ Gobi vada

Vada is one of the favorite snack item in South India. This time, i am making vada with using cauliflower or gobi. gobi vada is prepared with nicely chopped cauliflower and other interesting ingredients. This is crispy and tasty and the best tea time snack. We can also add corn, green peas or potato with the gobi. If we add different vegetables with gobi, we can get more taste. I am not adding any veggies, because, the vada needs to be the original gobi taste. It is very tasty, easy and very healthy snack also. 

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	15 Mins
Cooking time	:	5 Mins
Serve for	:	3 Persons

Ingredients :

Cauliflower	:	1 No
Basan	:	3 Tsp
Rice flour	:	1 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Coriander leaves	:	Few
Green chilly	:	1 No
Salt	:	To taste
Oil	:	For fry

method :

Heat water in a bowl. Chop the gobi nicely and add it in to the boiling water with adding 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder and salt. After 2 minutes of boiling switch off the flame and drain the water.

Drain the water well in the gobi and mix all the ingredients well. 

Heat oil in a pan, shape the gobi mix and fry well.

Fry well the vada till golden brown color comes.

After the vada fried, transfer to the serving plate and serve with tomato sauce or can be have as it is.

Try this wonderful snack recipe and please share your valuable comments..

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Vegetable Salna for Parota

Parota and salna is one of the very favorite dish in Tamil Nadu. In Madurai, we can get Parota and salna every time. At night time also we can get this wonderful dish. This is my and my family's very favorite one. Whenever we are going to Madurai, definitely we will eat parota, salna and Egg parota. The very tasty and favorite recipe that everyone can like it. This is Madurai style salna which is side dish for parota. This can goes with rice or chapathy also. Let us see, how to prepare the tasty Salna.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time	:	15 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Oil	:	4 Tsp
Cinnamon	:	1 No
Pepper	:	1/2 Tsp
Cumin seeds	:	1 Tsp
Fennel seeds	:	1 Tsp
Onion	:	2 Nos
Curry leaves	:	Few
Coriander leaves	:	Few
Tomato	:	2 Nos
Ginger paste	:	1/2 Tsp
Garlic paste	:	1 Tsp
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Coriander powder	:	2 Tsp
Grated coconut	:	1/2 Bowl
Salt	:	To taste
Carrot	:	1 No
Potato	:	1 No
French beans	:	50 Gm

Method :

Heat oil in a pan, add cinnamon, black pepper, fennel seeds and cumin seeds.

Add chopped ginger, garlic and saute. Add grated coconut, 1 onion slices, curry leaves and saute well till the onion turns transparent. Add chopped tomato (1 No) and saute till it smashed.

Add masala powders and mix it well. Switch off the flame and make it cool in room temperature.

After getting cool, put it in a blender and make fine paste. Heat oil in pan, add 1 onion slices, chopped tomato, curry leaves and saute well.

Add chopped vegetables and add some water and cook till the veggies cooked well. Add ground paste and keep the gravy for 5 more minutes.

After the salna got ready, transfer to the serving bowl, garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot with yummy Parota.

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Kerala Parota

Parota is a very famous road side tiffin item in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. It is served in many restaurants also. This is very soft and very tasty recipe and every one can easily prepare. This is made with maida, egg oil or ghee. If you are a pure vegetarian, you can avoid the egg. But if we add egg, the parota will be more soft and tasty. For preparing this yummy parota recipe, we need some extra oil. This is also very famous in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Parota with salna is the most favorite dish in my family. Let us prepare the tasty and softy Kerala Parota.

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Soaking time	:	4-5 Hrs
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Maida	:	1 Bowl
Egg	:	1 No
Sugar	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	1 Tsp
Oil	:	5-8 Tsp

Method :
Mix 1 egg, sugar, salt and mix it with 1 bowl of maida.

Make it  smooth dough like chapathy dough. Cover the dough in a wet cloth and keep it for 4-5 Hours.

After 5 hours, kneed the dough and make lemon size balls ans again cover in a wet cloth for 10-15 minutes. After 15 minutes, spread the balls like using roller. Spread it very thin layer. With roller or we can spread with using our hand itself.

Make flits in the spread dough and make roll. Make all the balls like this and keep it for 10-15 minutes.

When the time of tiffin, heat a thava, spread the rolls with the roller and put it in heat thava, pour some oil and make parotas.

After baking in two sides, transfer to the  plate, make the parotas looser using hands and transfer to the serving plate and serve hot with salna.

Try this wonderful recipe and enjoy the taste...

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Cabbage koftha ball

My hubby doesn't like cabbage. But this is a very healthy vegetable. So i tried to make something different. Then, i tried koftha balls using cabbage. It came very well and my hubby liked very much. Without hesitation, he had more and i also felt happy. This is very simple and tasty recipe. It can be serve with tomato sauce or any chutney. It is very healthy, so you must try..

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time 5 Mins	:	5 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Cabbage	:	1 No
Corn flour	:	2 Tsp
Cumin powder	:	1 Tsp
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1 Tsp
Salt	:	1 Tsp
Oil	:	For fry

Method :

 Wash the cabbage and grate it nicely.

Marinate with all the ingredients. Do not soak, because, cabbage is a watery vegetable. Make lemon size balls in the cabbage mixing.

Dip the balls in maida flour.

Heat oil in a pan, fry the maida dipped balls well.

After the balls fried well, transfer to the serving platter and serve hot with tomato sauce.

Try this yummy and healthy recipe and please share your valuable comments..

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Vegetable Biriyani

Biriyani is one of the favorite dish in my home and almost all the families. I made biriyani this time with mixed vegetables. It is made with mixed veggies, spices and curd. This is very tasty single pot rice dish, with south Indian flavor. I am adding beans, carrots and potatoes. We can also add cauliflower, green peas, and other veggies. It is filled with vegetables, so this is a healthy rice recipe. It is goes with any raitha or any veg curries. I made this yummy rice recipe with Brinjal raitha. One of the easy, tasty and quick rice dish which will like all the people. Must try..

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time	:	20 Mins
Serve for	:	5 Persons

Ingredients :

Biriyani rice	:	1/4 Kg
Ghee and oil	:	4 Tsp
Cinnamon	:	2 Nos
Cloves	:	3 Nos
Cardamom	:	1 No
Bay leaves	:	1 No
Onion	:	1 No
Ginger garlic paste	:	1 Tsp
Tomato	:	1 No
Green chilly	:	1 No
Turmeric powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Chilly powder	:	1/2 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste
Curry leaves	:	Few
Coriander leaves	:	Few
Mint leaves	:	Few
Curd	:	1 Cup
French beans	:	50 Gm
Carrots	:	1 No
Potato	:	1 No

Method :

Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker, add cinnamon, cloves, bay leaves, cardamom.

Add onion slices, curry leaves, coriander leaves, mint leaves and saute well. Add ginger garlic paste. Add chopped tomato and saute well. Add chopped vegetables.

Add the masala powders, salt and rice. Add curd and water in 1:2 ratio.

Close the cooker and wait for 15-20 minutes. After 20 minutes, wait for 5 minutes to pressure release and open the cooker. Serve it hot with brinjal raitha..

Try this wonderful rice recipe and be happy and healthy.

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