Solanum Nagram Fry / Manathakali keerai (Kaachi soppu) Poriyal

Manathakali keerai is one of the very healthy greens and it is having a lot of health benefits. It is called as chukuti keerai in Tamil Nadu. This is very useful for Ulcer patients. It will helps to cure mouth ulcer also. It is one of the medical plant which helps to cure all type of stomach diseases. It's botanical name is Solanum Nagram. It is having little bit bitter taste. So we have to add grated coconut for more taste. This fry is very tasty and very healthy for kids as well as elder persons.

Basic information :

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

Ingredients :

Kerrai	:	1 Bunch
Onion	:	1 No
Green chilly	:	3 Nos
Grated coconut	:	1/2 Cup
Oil	:	2 Tsp
Mustard seeds	:	1/4 Tsp
Salt	:	To taste

Method :

Wash well the bunch of greens and cut it. Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds. After the seeds pops, add chopped onions, slit green chilies and saute well.

Add washed and chopped greens and saute. Sprinkle some water and close the pan with the lid after adding salt.

After the greens cooked well, add grated coconut and mix well.

Mix well and transfer to the serving dish and serve hot with rice or chapathy.

Try this healthy greens recipe and be healthy... Enjoy...

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Jalebi - Yummy Delhi sweet Recipe

When we were in Delhi, we used to buy jelabi in daily. Hot jalebi with sweet syrup... Wow! we definitely will do finger licking. It is very tasty and my daughter likes very much. The making of jalebi also different and we can use ketch up bottle or a polythene cone to squeeze the batter. In sweet shops, they are using clean cloth. In this festival season, if we make this type of sweets, all of our family members will like and we will get appreciation also. Try this mouth watering sweet recipe and enjoy your festival..  I made this sweet for first time. The taste is very good, but i cant do the correct shape.

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Basic information :

Fermentation time	:	24 Hrs
Cooking time	:	10 Mins
Serve for	:	4 Persons

Ingredients :

Maida	:	1 Bowl
Corn flour	:	2 Tsp
Yellow color	:	1/2 Tsp
Baking powder	:	1/4 Tsp
Curd	:	1/2 Cup
Sugar syrup	:
Sugar	:	200 Gm
Water	:	1 Glass
Saffron	:	1 Pinch

Method :

Mix in a wide bowl, maida, corn flour, baking powder, curd with yellow color. Mix well without any lumps. Mix the batter in thick dosa batter consistency. Keep the batter for 24 hours to fermentation.

Mix sugar in water and allow it to boil. After fermentation, mix the batter well and pour it into the ketch up bottle or polythene cone or we can do with clean cloth itself. Heat oil in a pan, squeeze the batter in round as jalebi shape.

Fry the jalebi well and put it in the sugar syrup.

Within 2 minutes, transfer to the serving plate and serve hot. The hot, crispy and sweet jalebi is ready to eat..Have fun..

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Boondi Laddu

Boondi laddu is a very famous and favorite sweet recipe in India. When i have this boondi laddu which is bought from sweet stall, i thought to prepare this at my home in one day. Now i got a chance to prepare in this Diwali season. It came very well and it is very tasty. It is a very famous festive recipe which is made with gram flour or Basan. It is mixed with sugar syrup, ghee and cashews. Let us see how to prepare the tasty festive sweet recipe Boondi laddu. Must try..

Basic information :

Preparation time	:	10 Mins
Cooking time 5 Mins	:	10 Mins

Ingredients :

Basan	:	100 Gm
Sugar	:	150 Gm
Cardamom	:	3 Nos
Ghee	:	3 Tsp
Cashew nut	:	4-6 Pcs
Raisins	:	3-4 Pcs

Method :
Mix basan with water well without any lumps. The batter should not be very thin or thick.

Heat oil in a pan, pour the batter in a holed ladle, and spread it. It will become boondi.

Fry the boondi well and keep it aside.

Make sugar syrup with the sugar with adding cardamom. It should be in string consistency.

Heat ghee in a pan, fry the cashews and raisins and add to the boondi.

Add sugar syrup little by little to the boondi, mix well and make lemon size balls. We have to make laddoos in medium heat itself. Make laddu in all the boondi and transfer to the serving plate and serve hot.

Try this yummy sweet recipe and enjoy your festivals..

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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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