tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76537743875637847152024-03-13T12:12:17.011-04:00Rosy's Recipes- Collection of RecipesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346483590312394324noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653774387563784715.post-47755061980708136392013-02-20T00:48:00.002-05:002018-03-14T10:04:42.042-04:00Chocolate Marble Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Chocolate Marble Cake<br />
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Welcome back my friends, after a long gap. I am now in the middle of something. So my blogging time has very much come down. Many of my dishes' picture sit idle in my camera. I don't know when they will see some light. I had a couple of request from my Facebook friends for the birthday cake's recipe which I posted on FB. This cake I made for my eldest son's 5th Birthday. This time I was double-minded about baking a cake. Because his Birthday was on a weekday and I had to drop and pick him and my husband at school & office and besides he wanted his favorite "<a href="http://rosysrecipes.blogspot.com/2012/02/pineapple-payasam-this-dessert-is.html" target="_blank">Pineapple Payasam</a>" and as I told you before, I am in the middle of something. So my mind was like " To bake or not to bake". </div>
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Many of my friends and family asked me which cake am I going to bake this time. And my neighbor was telling me that her kids started discussing the theme of this years Birthday cake that I am going to bake for the Bday party. And I told her this time it is Baskin Robins Spiderman Ice cream cake and no baking on my part. But, On the Birthday morning he woke up, he sat on the bed and started recalling his last year's <a href="http://rosysrecipes.blogspot.com/search/label/Buttercream%20Icing%2FFrosting%20on%20Thomas%20Train%20Birthday%20Cake" target="_blank">Thomas Train birthday cake </a>I made for him. My heart began to feel guilty. </div>
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And I ended up baking this cake. This is an easy cake and I didn't spend time for frosting it, though I made a chocolate spread to pour over top of the cake. I began to scratch my brains for an easy theme that I can make it last minute. Then I saw his ball lying down. " Eureka !!!". Coincidentally this year his school bag and his pajama day's pajama also was of this same theme. I made the birthday banner, Soccer ball and American football with fondant Icing and my son wanted to try his hands also in decoration. He made the 2 red balls and white ball with Fondant Icing.</div>
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Prep: 20 min<br />
Baking time: 40-45 min<br />
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Ingredients:<br />
1) All purpose flour (Maida) - 1 3/4 cups<br />
2) Baking powder - 2 Tsp<br />
3) Salt - 1/4 Tsp<br />
4) Whole Milk Yogurt - 2/3 cup<br />
5) Whole Milk - 2 Tbsp<br />
6) Vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp<br />
7) Unsalted Butter ( At room temp) - 1 stick (8 tbsp)<br />
8) Sugar - 3/4 cup<br />
9) Eggs - 3 large ( At room temp)<br />
10)Hershey's cocoa powder (or any Unsweetened cocoa powder) - 1/4 cup<br />
11) Instant coffee powder - 1 Tsp<br />
12) Boiling water - 1/4 cup<br />
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<li>Pre-heat oven to 325 F. Butter a 9" cake pan. </li>
<li>In a small bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and salt.</li>
<li>In another bowl whisk yogurt, milk and vanilla extract.</li>
<li>In a large bowl using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Beat well after each addition and scrape the sides. Reduce the speed to low. Add half of the flour mixture and then yogurt mixture, then remaining flour mixture. Beat well after each addition. Remove about 1 cup of batter ( 1/3 of batter) to a bowl.</li>
<li>Pour 1/4 cup boiling water into a small bowl. Mix Cocoa and coffee powder until smooth. Cool it slightly. Stir it to the 'one cup' batter set aside.</li>
<li>Alternate spoonful of vanilla and chocolate batters in the cake pan. Draw a knife through batters for the marbled effect. Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 40-45 min. Cool on wire rack.</li>
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1) Semi-sweet chocolate chips- 1/2 cup<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346483590312394324noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653774387563784715.post-62750910636598598152012-08-24T00:57:00.001-04:002018-03-14T10:13:07.660-04:00Chicken Hearts Fry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Chicken Hearts ..... As a kid it was something I used to search in chicken curries. When my parents finds one they used to give that to me. Now I follow the same tradition. My son loves it and asks me while I cook. "Amma, did you get it?.<br />
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While I was visiting my brother- in-law, my Co-sister made a curry with "Chicken hearts"with Puttu for breakfast. It was so delicious. We all loved it. We had lots and lots of chicken heart without searching it in chicken curry. I told my husband that we should buy it from there and take it home. Till then I was not aware that it was available in our local store too. So the next time we saw "Chicken Hearts" sitting in our store we brought it. And my son kept on reminding me about making it. He even took care of his younger brother while I made this dish. I heard him telling his little brother, "Chettan (Big brother in malayalam) is really hungry and Amma is making curry. So don't disturb her."<br />
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1)Chicken Heart - 2 Lb<br />
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2) Big Onions - 3 (Sliced)<br />
3)Garlic - 10-12 cloves (Chopped)<br />
4) Ginger - 1 piece (Chopped)<br />
5) Green Chilly - 2<br />
6) Curry leaves<br />
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7)Chilly powder - 2 Tsp<br />
8) Coriander powder - 3 Tsp<br />
9) Turmeric powder - 1 Tsp<br />
10) Perinjeerakam Powder(Fennel Seeds Powder ) - 1 tsp<br />
11) Garam Masala - 3 Tsp<br />
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<li>Add oil to a pan. When it is hot add the Onions. Ginger, Garlic and Green Chillies. Saute. </li>
<li>When onions turns brown add curry leaves. Saute. Add the masalas - Chilly powder, Coriander Powder, Turmeric Powder, Perinjeerakam Powder, Garam Masala Powder. Saute well.</li>
<li>When the aroma of masalas roasted comes, add the chicken hearts and salt. Saute and cover the pan with lid.</li>
<li>Remove the lid when the heart is cooked. And stir occasionally till the water dries up.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346483590312394324noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653774387563784715.post-85568320604383948922012-08-13T01:28:00.002-04:002018-03-14T10:35:21.845-04:00Uppu Manga (Green Mango in Brine)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<u>UPPUMANGA ( Tender Mango in brine)</u><br />
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Uppumanga and Kanji (cooked rice without draining the water) is one of my favorite combinations. It gives me immense satisfaction to come back home after a trip and have some kanji and uppumanga after eating all the fast food during the journey. A typical Keralite can understand what I meant here. I love to try varieties of food and restaurants. But some of our old favorites will always remain somewhere .<br />
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Some dishes bring back to us the memories of some people and places. I called my mom to ask about the procedure of "making uppumanga " when I got some mangoes from our local Indian stores. It reminded her of her father who passed away recently. Last year he gave her mangoes for her 'uppumanga'. He brought mangoes for her too while he made it for him. (Her mother is no more. Even when my grandmother was there, he used to help around the kitchen.) She told me that after his death when they had food there at his place the 'uppumanga' he made was still there. While I had my uppumanga I also remembered him and the last trip we had with him during my last visit to India. We visited my mother's sister and my late grand mother's brothers and went to a historical church and he was talking a lot throughout the journey. He was a person who never disturb others for his needs and traveled in bus and used to walk while he can easily afford a car. My dad was always ready to help him but he tried his best to not to disturb him. How can people be so simple? His father was somebody who owned 2 boats at a time when owning even one boat was a luxury in that area. For us the young generation walking even 1 mile is not easy. We drive a car or catch a bus or auto to the nearest office or college and jog in the evenings to burn calories. Salute the old generation !<br />
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1)Green Mango - 28 mangoes ( 4 Lb)<br />
2)Salt - 9 tbsp + 3 tbsp+ 3tbsp+ extra if you need <br />
3)Boiled and cooled water (brought to room temp) - Enough to cover mangoes<br />
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Note: Salt measurement are mine. I couldn't understand my mothers 'kg' measurement of salt and I didn't have a kitchen scale to measure salt. I had only spoons and cups to measure. But it came out well.)<br />
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<li>Boil water and keep it aside to cool and come to room temperature.</li>
<li>Rinse well the mangoes and wipe off the water with a clean towel. </li>
<li>Add Mangoes in a clean jar or bharani.</li>
<li>Add salt. ( I added 3 tbsp salt after every 10 mangoes)</li>
<li>Add water enough to cover the mangoes.</li>
<li>Cover the jar with a clean cotton cloth and tie it securely with kitchen twine.</li>
<li>Close with the lid.</li>
<li>Keep it in a dry and dark area. (I kept it in my lower cupboard in the kitchen. Traditionally it is kept in Arra or nilavara. My mom keeps it in Arra.) </li>
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After one week I opened the jar and added 3 tbsp of salt. Again I tied it securely with cotton cloth. Then 2 weeks after that I again added 3 more tbsp. Then after two week I checked the salt in the water and added some more. You can add the salt all at once or follow this step.</div>
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one of the easiest ways to save thousands of dollars per year. Packing your own
lunch means getting to control the price of your meals. You can watch out for
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An interesting and
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freeze sandwiches in large batches</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> that will keep for 1-3 months in the freezer. The benefits of
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Hi Guys! Since it is summer here I thought that I will share a nutritious stomach filling and yummy 'Shake' with you.... I was not a big fan of Avocado but this 'shake' shaked my attitude towards it. Now I try different varieties of avocado dishes. </div>
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Avocado's nutritional value is numerous. It helps to raise the "good" cholesterol level in the blood. It also helps in the treatment of Hypertension and diabetics.Avocado is rich in Vitamins B, K and E and are a good source of monounsaturated fat. </div>
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Avocado - 1</div>
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Vanilla Ice- cream - 2 scoop</div>
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Cold Milk- 1 cup</div>
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Sugar- 2-3 Tbsp</div>
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Vanilla essence- 1-2 drops</div>
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<li>Peel off the skin and remove the seed of Avocado.</li>
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Puttu (Steamed Cake)- A South Indian Main Breakfast dish with steamed ground rice layered with grated coconut. It is served with any one of the following- <a href="http://www.rosysrecipes.blogspot.com/2012/04/kadala-curry-kerala-style-chick-peas.html" target="_blank">Chickpea Curry (Kadala Curry)</a>, Banana, <a href="http://www.rosysrecipes.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Beef Ullathiyathu</a>, <a href="http://www.rosysrecipes.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Meen peera pattichathu (Fish in grated coconut and kukum)</a>.... etc</span></i></div>
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Puttu powder/ Puttu Podi (Rice powder) - 1 cup<br />
Water - approximately or below 1/2 cup<br />
Grated coconut - approxi 1/2 cup<br />
Salt- to taste<br />
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<li>In a mixing bowl, take puttu powder/ podi. Add one handful of grated coconut. Add salt. Mix well with hands. Add water little by little till the puttu podi is wet. Mix well with hands. Make a disc/ ball ( see the step by step pic below) with hands. If the disc/ ball didn't break and holds by itself then that means puttu podi is wet enough.</li>
<li>Keep it aside for 5-10 min. ( I usually skip this step)</li>
<li>Take some water in Puttu Maker's bottom part (Puttu Kudam). And let it boil. Fix Puttu Kutti (the Cylinderical Pipe) over that.</li>
<li>When the boiling sound comes, take the Puttu Kutti (the cylinderical Pipe). Check whether the lower lid is secured properly. </li>
<li>Add 2 tbsp of grated coconut. Add puttu podi on the top of it. When it reaches about the middle of Puttu Kutti , add 2 tbsp of grated coconut again. Add puttu podi till it reaches the top of Puttu Kutti. Add 2 tbsp of grated coconut. Close with top lid.</li>
<li>Steam it in Puttu Maker for 5-7 minutes. Take the 'Puttu Kutti' out from' puttu kudam'.</li>
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<br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346483590312394324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653774387563784715.post-78075640455891883962012-04-14T14:15:00.000-04:002014-03-06T10:44:02.178-05:00Almond Milk Pudding - Easy & Yummy !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When I made this pudding for the first time, it was hard as a rock. I was at my husband's place and we were having some guest. Any way the other two dishes that I made that day (Duck roast, Pressure cooked sardine) came out well. So the embarrassment caused by this pudding was somewhat balanced. I got this recipe from a magazine. In that magazine they were asking to add 100 gm of china grass. I thought it was too much and added 20 gm. Even 20 gm was too much. So this time I made with approximately 5gm- 10gm (see the 2nd pic). I just took little bit 'china grass' in my hand and soaked it in water. The Almond Milk pudding came out perfectly well this time. I made it for my son's play-date. His friends' mothers as well as my kids loved it.So here goes a super easy pudding recipe. And it is Yummy, Yummy, Yummy ! Excellent blend of richness of condensed milk and almonds... </div>
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Total Time Taken- 30 min + Chilling Time</div>
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Serve - 16 squares</div>
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1)Grind Almond - 1/4-1/2 Cup<br />
2) China grass / Agar Agar - Approx 5-10 gm<br />
3) Milk - 1 litre<br />
4) Condensed Milk (Milkmaid) - 1 tin (14 0z)<br />
4) Sugar - 5 tbsp<br />
5) Saffron- 1 pinch<br />
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<li>Soak china grass in water for 10 min.</li>
<li>Meanwhile boil the milk. When the milk comes to boil, add the drained china grass. Stir it occasionally. When the china grass melts completely add milkmaid, almond and sugar. Stir it occasionally until it is thick.</li>
<li>Add saffron at the end. Stir for 1 minute and switch off the flame.</li>
<li>Pour it into a glass dish and when it cools down, refrigerate.</li>
<li>When it is set, decorate with almonds. Cut it into squares and serve.</li>
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Summer Time ! This shake is something my mother used to make it for us when we had plenty of Papaya.When we come home after the school, this Papaya Shake is really filling . Last week I found papaya in Costco and brought it having this recipe in mind. Here goes the recipe.</div>
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Serve: 4-5</div>
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1)Papaya - 1<br />
2)Cold Milk - 1- 1 1/2 cup<br />
3)Sugar - 4 tbsp or according to taste<br />
4)Cashew nuts & Raisins - 8-10<br />
5)Vanilla essence- 2 drops<br />
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<li>Take off the skin and seeds of the papaya and cut into pieces.</li>
<li>In a mixie/ blender, add Papaya, Cold Milk, Sugar and blend.</li>
<li>Add cashew nuts, raisins and vanilla essence. Mix. Serve or Refrigerate.</li>
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Note: This shake tastes better if you finish it off the same day itself.</div>
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Recipe Source: My mother<br />
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Vazhachundu / Vazhapoo / Banana flower cutlet is a very simple and healthy recipe. In this recipe I didn't use too much ingredients. I just used the basic ingredients needed for making the cutlet.When you want a change in your daily menu try this. I tried to make it healthy as possible. Even the frying part. I used "grape seed oil" for frying. It is the most healthiest oil ideal for frying and has light taste. Cutlet can be served with rice or can be eaten at snack time.</div>
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<u>Number of cutlets- 8-10</u></div>
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Chundu/ Banana flower/ Banana Blossom -1<br />
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp<br />
Gram Masala - 1/2-3/4 tsp<br />
Onion- 1<br />
Green Chilly -3<br />
Ginger - 1 piece<br />
Curry leaves<br />
Potato - 1<br />
Egg -1<br />
Bread crumbs- 1/2 cup<br />
Oil<br />
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<li>Peel off the outer layers of the chundu / Banana flower and chop the inner layer nicely. </li>
<li>Put it in starch water of rice ( kanji velam ) or diluted buttermilk and rinse well. (When I don't have buttermilk or kanji velam I just rinse it in water.)</li>
<li>Cook the potato in a sauce pan with enough water. Peel off the skin.</li>
<li>Chop onion, green chilly, ginger and curry leaves in a chopper or by hand.</li>
<li>Heat oil in a pan and add the onion, green chilly, ginger and curry leaves. </li>
<li>When the onion becomes transparent, add the chopped and drained chundu / banana flower, gram masala, turmeric powder and salt. Mix it. Cover and cook. Switch off the flame when it is cooked well.</li>
<li>Add the mashed potato into it. Mix well. </li>
<li>Shape it into cutlet. </li>
<li>Beat one egg. Dip the cutlet into egg and then roll it in bread crumbs. Shape it.</li>
<li>Heat oil in a frying pan. Fry the cutlet on both sides.</li>
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Puttu and Kadala Curry is one of the favorite and common traditional breakfast combination of a malayalee (Keralite). Kadala Curry is also a good combination with chappathi, appam, idiyappam. When I make it I make little extra so that it will go with one night dinner ( With Chappathi ) and next day's breakfast ( With Puttu). There is a proverb in Malayalam "ഒരു വെടിക് രണ്ടു പക്ഷി" - " Killing two birds with one bullet". Similarly with one dish I serve both breakfast and dinner.<br />
Well, In this recipe you can see that I used two cups of Kadala and it serves 8-10 persons. What happened is that I made little more extra so that I can give it to my neighbor and one of my husband's colleague. Me and my neighbor "S.." have a habit of exchanging food. It all started when I became pregnant with my second kid. She used to feel sympathetic to me, seeing me struggling with my 2 year old naughty and restless son and doing cooking and other household chores. And I used to feel guilty to take it from her. She is a working lady works 5 days and cook on week-ends. And I being a house wife sitting at home. So I used to return her food containers with some dishes when ever I can. And this episode still continues.<br />
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Well, "S.." and her husband gave me a "good" feed back about this dish. And told me that I should definitely put this in my blog. And she asked me for the recipe with exact measurement. Now a days since I started a blog I usually use measuring spoons and measuring cups so that I can post exact measurements. Earlier it was just pouring it from my 'spice containers' tuck.... tuck... tuck.... Sometimes spices/ masala will be little bit more or little bit less. Here, goes exact measurement. I am little bit confused about 'Perumjeerakam powder' I added. Whether it was 1/2 tsp or 1 tsp. Rest measurements are fine.<br />
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Serves - 8-10</div>
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1) Chana / Kadala / Chick peas - 2 cup</div>
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2) Sliced Big Onion - 1-1 1/2</div>
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3) Chopped Garlic- 1 pod</div>
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4) Chopped Ginger - 1 piece</div>
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5) Green Chilly -3</div>
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6) Sliced Coconut - 1/2 cup</div>
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7) Turmeric Powder- 1/2 tsp</div>
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8) Chilly Powder - 1 tsp</div>
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9) Coriander Powder - 2 tbsp</div>
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10) Gram Masala - 1- 1 1/4 tsp</div>
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11) Perumjeerakam powder (Ground fennel seeds) - 1/2- 3/4 tsp</div>
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12) Coconut Milk - 1 tin</div>
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13) Mustard seeds</div>
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14) Oil</div>
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15) Curry leaves</div>
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16) Salt</div>
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<li>Soak the chana in water overnight or 6-8 hrs.</li>
<li>Heat oil in pressure cooker. When the oil is hot, splutter the mustard seeds.</li>
<li>Add Sliced onion, ginger, garlic, green chilly and curry leaves. Saute occasionally.</li>
<li>When the onion turns brown, add chilly powder, coriander powder, <span style="background-color: white;">perumjeerakam, </span><span style="background-color: white;"> Gram masala, turmeric powder. Saute continuously. When the roasted masala aroma comes add chick peas/ Chana/ Kadala, Salt and sliced coconut. Pour water enough to cover the chana. Stir.</span></li>
<li>Close the pressure cooker and when the steam comes out put on the weight. Remove from the flame after 3-4 whistle. Wait for the pressure to get over. Or put the pressure cooker under running cold water. When the pressure is over, open the pressure cooker.</li>
<li>Add coconut milk to it. Stir. Bring the dish to boil and turn off the flame.</li>
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Broccoli Thoran is something you can make it in minutes. This is a side dish I make with rice when I don't have much time to cook. Broccoli is also a very nutritious vegetable with high Vitamin C, as well as dietary fiber. It also contains multiple nutrients with potent anti-cancer properties.<br />
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<u><b>Serves 3-4</b></u><br />
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1) Broccoli - 1 bunch<br />
2) Grated Coconut - 1/2 -3/4 cup<br />
3) Green chilly - 1<br />
4) Pearl Onions -2<br />
5) Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp<br />
6) Curry leaves<br />
7) Mustard seeds<br />
8) Salt<br />
9) Oil<br />
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<li>Chop florets of broccoli nicely.</li>
<li>Grind roughly grated coconut, Pearl Onions, green chilly and curry leaves</li>
<li>Heat oil in a pan. Splutter mustard seeds.</li>
<li>Add the curry leaves and broccoli. Stir. Mix the grind ingredients and salt. Close the lid. Stir occasionally removing the lid. Cook for 1-2 minutes and serve.</li>
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<li>Before cooking I usually soak broccoli in cold water mixed with 1 tsp of vinegar . This step kills the worms if any.</li>
<li>You can omit the 3rd step if you need a really healthy recipe without oil.</li>
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This is a very easy fish recipe. Last week my friend, "M.." brought me a "fish-mango curry" she made it using her grandmother's recipe. This reminded me of one of my family recipe. I leafed through my hand written recipe book and found it at last. Last sunday my husband brought some fish and I made this curry. </div>
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1) Fish - 3 LB ( I used 2 striped bass) (Cut it into 3-4 pieces)<br />
2) Raw Mango (Cut lengthwise) - 1<br />
3) Salt<br />
4) Water<br />
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<u>To Grind</u><br />
Grated Coconut- 1 cup<br />
Garlic - 4-5 cloves<br />
Ginger - 1" piece <br />
Onion- 1/2<br />
Turmeric Powder- 1 Tsp<br />
Chilly Powder - 2 Tbsp<br />
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<u>For Tempering:</u><br />
Coconut Oil<br />
Mustard Seeds- 1/4 tsp<br />
Fenugreek seeds- 1-2 pinch<br />
Pearl Onion (sliced) -2<br />
Curry leaves<br />
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Kovakka / Tindora / Ivy Gourd is a tropical vine and the vegetable is a good source of several micro-nutrients , including Vitamin A and beta-carotene. It also has lot of medicinal value and it is used in Ayurveda in the treatment of many diseases. Recent studies shows that it helps in regulating blood sugar level and so it is now sometimes prescribed to diabetic patients. So, diabetic patients crunch some Ivy Gourd daily or use it in the curry like this instead of drinking Bitter-Gourd juices.</div>
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1) Tindora / Kovakkai / Ivy Gourd - 1/2 kg (Cut lengthwise)<br />
2) Green Chilly- 4 ( Slit lengthwise)<br />
3) Sliced Onion- 1/2<br />
4) Pepper powder - 1 tsp<br />
5) Turmeric powder- 1 tsp<br />
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7) Curry leaves<br />
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<li>When the onions starts turning brown, add the pepper powder. Saute. Add Tindora/ Ivy Gourd / Kovakka. Saute well. Cover with lid. Remove the lid and stir occasionally. Tindora will start loosing its texture. Cook it till it gets wrinkled up and starts turning black. (check the pic).</li>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Uppuma is a healthy, tasty and easy South Indian Vegetarian Breakfast. Some people have it for dinner too. I usually make it for breakfast and serve it with banana. I add plenty of vegetables, nuts etc to get the maximum nutrients and vitamins as possible from one meal. Here goes my version of Uppuma. It is a combination of vegetables likes carrot, beans and nuts like almonds and peanuts. You can avoid nuts if one of your family member is allergic to nuts.</span></div>
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1) Uppuma Rava / Roasted Rava/ sooji / semolina - 1 1/2 cup<br />
2) Sliced Onion - 1/2<br />
3) Chopped Ginger- 1 small piece<br />
4) Green chilly -2<br />
5) Toor dal - 1 hand full<br />
6) Chopped carrot- 2<br />
7) Chopped Beans- 4-5<br />
8) Sliced Almonds - 1 small hand<br />
9) Roasted Peanuts- 1 small hand<br />
10) Water - 2- 21/2 cup<br />
11) Oil/ butter<br />
12) Salt<br />
13) Curry leaves<br />
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<li>When the onion become transparent and starts turning brown add the vegetables and nuts. Saute well. Cover the pan for 1 minute.</li>
<li>Remove the lid and add water and salt. When the water comes to boil, add rava. Mix well. Cover the pan. Open it and stir occasionally. Cook for 5-7 minutes. Remove the lid and stir. Remove from the flame.</li>
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Carrot- Paneer Stuffed Chappathi is very easy to make and it is ideal for breakfast and dinner. You can serve it with Curry or Raitha. I made this last week when I felt that I need a change from the ordinary chappathi. Besides my both kids don't prefer curries with chappathi. They eat it plain. So sometimes I hide vegetables in chappathi by stuffing it.<br />
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1) Wheat flour- 2 cups</div>
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<li>In a chopper, Add carrot and Paneer. Chop or grate it to fine. Add pepper powder and salt. Mix it.</li>
<li>To the flour , add oil/ ghee and mix it with finger tips. Add salt and water. Add water part by part. Knead well. ( Refer the post "<a href="http://rosysrecipes.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-make-good-chappathi.html" target="_blank"> How to make good chappathi </a>). Roll the dough into a big ball.</li>
<li>Make small balls with the dough. Roll out into thick chappathi. </li>
<li>Place 1 1/2 -2 tbsp of Carrot- Paneer mix on the center of the chappathi.</li>
<li>Close it as shown as in picture. Press over the edges. Roll with rolling pin on the top of it.</li>
<li>Heat a griddle/ pan, place the chappathi when it is hot.</li>
<li>Fry on both sides. Brush ghee.</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, this recipe is for beginners in cooking. Last week I was chatting with my cousin, 'R...' who just got a job and moved to Chennai. She suggested to add some easy recipes. My Aunt was telling me that she moved with her friends to a new house and started cooking by themselves. I don't know whether she know to make a chappathi. If she knows then I hope that she wont kill me. "Rosychechi, How dare you even think that I don't even know to make chappathi".Anyway I am dedicating this post and next post "<a href="http://rosysrecipes.blogspot.com/2012/03/carrot-paneer-stuffed-chappathi.html" target="_blank"> Carrot- Paneer Stuffed Chappathi</a>" for her. Actually, My dear cousin, 'R..' I was actually planning to post "<a href="http://rosysrecipes.blogspot.com/2012/03/carrot-paneer-stuffed-chappathi.html" target="_blank">Carrot-Paneer Stuffed Chappathi</a>" for you then thought that it will be good idea if I added chappathi recipe too. hee...he... Enjoy!</span></div>
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<li>To the wheat flour add oil/ghee. Mix it with your fingertips. Add salt and water. Add water in parts. Knead with hand.Knead the flour outward from the center.The more you knead the softer it becomes. Roll it into a big ball. </li>
<li>Cover it with a wet kitchen paper towel or cotton cloth. </li>
<li>You can keep it aside or start rolling right away. </li>
<li>Make it into small balls. </li>
<li>Sprinkle flour on the ball and rolling surface. The rolling pin should be light. While rolling the dough roll it outwards instead of rolling forward and backwards. Don't sprinkle too much flour while rolling.</li>
<li>Heat the griddle/ pan. When it is hot, place chappathi. (medium- high flame ). Press it with a wet cloth or spoon. Fry both sides.Apply ghee on both sides(optional step).</li>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Green Gram/ Cherupayar is very </span><span style="text-align: left;">nutritious food rich in protein and is very good to include it in the diet of pregnant, breast- feeding moms, kids and sick people. I was down with flu last week and I craved for some kanji and cherupayar thoran. This recipe is also a very easy and quick recipe to make when we are sick and we don't have much energy to cook.</span></div>
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1) Green Gram/ Cherupayar- 1 cup<br />
2) Grated coconut - 3/4-1 cup<br />
3) Shallot - 3-4<br />
4) Garlic - 3 cloves<br />
5) Green chilly -2<br />
6) Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp<br />
7) Pepper Powder - 1/2-1 tsp<br />
8) Red chilly (optional)<br />
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<li>Grind gently Grated coconut, Garlic, Shallot, Green chilly, Turmeric powder.</li>
<li>Add it to cooked green gram. Add salt. Cover it and cook for 1 min. </li>
<li>Remover the cover and mix well.</li>
<li>Heat oil in large pan and add mustard seeds.</li>
<li>When it starts spluttering, add curry leaves and red chilly.Saute.</li>
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Pasta ..... It is something I make at least once a week for dinner. It is easy to make and I don't have to make any other side dish along with it.And my kids and usually all the kids I know here love Pasta. It is also a great way to make kids eat vegetables.I add lots of vegetables and sausage so kids get somewhat a complete meal. Initially it was my husband who was the official Pasta Maker and Spaghetti Maker in the family. Now I learned to make pasta from him. Spaghetti is easy but I am lazy to learn.<br />
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1) Pasta ( I usually use Rotini or Penne) - 1 packet</div>
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2) Pesto sauce - 2-3 tbsp</div>
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3) Pasta Sauce (I usually use Prego) - 1 1/2 - 2 cup</div>
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5) Butter- 3-4 tbsp</div>
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6) Garlic (crushed) - 3-4 cloves</div>
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7) Mushroom( sliced) - 8 oz (227 gm)</div>
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<li>In a large sauce pan, take plenty of water. Add salt and pour 1-2 tbsp olive oil. When water comes to rolling boil, add Pasta. Stir occasionally. Cook it uncovered till it become tender. Usually 9 min. (Check the package for cooking time. It depends on Pasta you use). When it is cooked, drain the water and keep it aside.</li>
<li>In a large pan, heat olive oil. Add crushed garlic. Saute. When the aroma comes , saute for a few seconds and add the vegetables. Sprinkle salt and mix well. Cover the pan and cook for few minutes. Stir in between. When the vegetables are somewhat cook , add COOKED sausage.</li>
<li>Add Pepper powder, butter, Pesto sauce, Pasta sauce and Alfredo sauce. Mix well.</li>
<li>When it boils, toss in the cooked Pasta. </li>
<li>Sprinkle with Cheese.</li>
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Note: You can use Alfredo sauce instead of PREGO sauce. Most people seems to prefer Alfredo over Prego/ Ragu. Alfredo is white in color and Prego is red. Prego's main ingredient is tomato and Alfredo is cheese. Pesto sauce main ingredient is basil .If you want, you can add fresh or dry basil in your pasta.</div>
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It is been a while since I have posted something. I had a busy and stressful week-end. I was not feeling well and in between my youngest son had a fall and started vomiting in the middle of the night. If a child hit his head in a fall and starts vomiting in 24 hrs it is not a good sign. You should consult your doctor immediately. There may be a chance of bleeding in brain and in such case a emergency operation should be done to save the child.(I am writing this for new moms. I didn't knew these things before I had a baby ).Since our doctor was out of town,we took him to the emergency care. They examined him and f<span style="text-align: left;">ortunately he was fine. It was just a concussion of the fall. I hope this post help some new moms or mothers-to-be. Other bad signs to watch for in 24 hrs after the fall are- crying uncontrollably after you did everything to sooth him, walking like a drunkard, pupil been dial acted, if he blacks out, lose of appetite. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Well, here goes a recipe. This is very healthy recipe. I didn't add even one tsp of oil in this. I used both beetroot and its leaves. We can cook beetroot leaves like we cook spinach. Recipe follows:</span></div>
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1) Beetroot together with leaves( see the pic below)</div>
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<li>Wash beetroot and its leaves with plenty of water. There may be sand particles here and there.</li>
<li>Chop the leaves, stem and beetroot. </li>
<li>In a food processor, mixie or chopper , add grated coconut, onions, green chilly and turmeric powder. Grind gently.</li>
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My son was pestering me for the last 2 weeks to make some banana chips for him. He even took one ripe banana started to cut. So I decided to make it atlast.<br />
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Raw Banana<br />
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<li>Peel off the skin of bananas. Chop very thinly. </li>
<li>In a frying pan, heat coconut oil very well. When it is really hot, add the bananas. Stir occasionally.</li>
<li>When it is half cooked or when a sound comes add salt and turmeric. Stir occasionally.</li>
<li>When it is done, take it out and place on paper towel to remove excess oil.</li>
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Why waste money on buying curd when you can make it very easily at home? It is recession time guys, save money !!!<br />
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Curd - 2-3 tbsp<br />
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<li>Boil Milk. Keep it to cool</li>
<li>Take a steel or glass bottle, Add curd.</li>
<li>Pour lukewarm milk to this bottle over curd.</li>
<li>Close the lid and keep it on the kitchen counter for overnight.</li>
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Spring has started.It is fine weather outside.Now everybody has thrown of their jackets. Little girls are now in colorful frocks. I started searching for salwars in my closet. Well, it is really an irony. When I was a kid I used to love wearing Shorts and T-shirt. When I grew up I loved pants and Capri. I fought with my Dad when he decided to send me to a college were salwar was compulsory. As a teenager my view was " Salwars are for mummy's and married women". There I used to wait for an occasion like tour so that I can go back to my comfortable outfit. Now I am in USA. A place where people is not bothered about what others are wearing. Now been 5 years, I have changed, my taste has changed....when it is good weather here, you can see me in salwars now.<br />
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That much for weather and me. Here goes a recipe. This is a very healthy and easy recipe. There is no oil in this recipe.</div>
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<li>Soak kukum star ( Kudompuli) in half cup of warm water.</li>
<li>In a clay pot or pan, Mix grated coconut, green chilly, onions, ginger, turmeric, curry leaves and salt with your hands. Add kudompuli with the water. Add fish and water enough to cook the fish.</li>
<li>Place the pan on fire. When it starts boiling, reduce the heat. Cook till the water has dried up. It is ok if there is a little bit water left.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346483590312394324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7653774387563784715.post-27737683732148575332012-03-13T01:38:00.000-04:002012-04-03T14:39:50.231-04:00Brownie (My sister's own recipe)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This recipe and picture was sent to me by my youngest sister, Maria. She makes cakes, desserts, pizza, puddings, pasta, wafers, Nan.....etc. I always tell her to start a blog. But she don't want to do it. But she is a active critic and support of my blogs. She had send me recipes of her and was telling me that it is perfectly o.k with her if I used it as mine and take the credit. Well, even it is my sister's I don't want to take undeserved credits. Here goes one of her recipes, that is perfectly her own recipe.<br />
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<span lang="EN-IN"> 1)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN">Butter- ½ cup</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"> 2) <span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN">Cocoa powder - 10-12 Tbsp</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"> 3)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN">Powdered sugar- 2 cup</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"> 4)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN">Flour - 2/3 cup</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"> 5)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN">Salt- ½ Tsp</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"> 6)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN">Eggs – 2</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"> 7)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN">Vanilla extract - 1 Tsp</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> 8)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Milk – ¼ cup</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"> 9)<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-IN">Chopped cashewnuts/ walnuts or
pecans – 2 cups</span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-IN">Preheat the oven at 320F (160</span><span lang="EN-IN">°C).</span><b><span lang="EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-IN">Melt the butter and add cocoa
powder. Mix well.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-IN">Add sugar, flour, salt, eggs,
vanilla extract and milk to the above mixture and mix well.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-IN">Add cashew nuts, walnuts or pecans pieces. ( She
used cashew nuts since other nuts were not easily available in kerala.)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-IN">Bake for 35-40 minute until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.</span><b><span lang="EN-IN"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Source of Recipe & Picture: Maria (My sister)</div>
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"Kappa and Fish curry" is one of the favorite combination of Kottayam side. It can be served any time of the day- breakfast, lunch, snack , dinner. I sometimes make it for dinner when we need a change.</div>
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<b><u>Ingredients:</u></b><br />
1.Tapioca - 2 Lb (908 gm) ( 1 'daily delight' packet)<br />
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2. Grated Coconut - 1 cup<br />
3. Green chilly - 2<br />
4. Small onions - 2<br />
5. Garlic- 1 slice<br />
6. Cumin- 1/4-1/2 tsp<br />
7. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp<br />
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<li>Boil tapioca with salt and lots of water. Drain all the water when it is cooked. </li>
<li>Add little water and grind-ed ingredients. Mix well</li>
<li>Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. When it is popped, add curry leaves and red chilly.</li>
<li>Add it into tapioca and mix well.</li>
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Lent season.... time to try out new vegetarian dishes. This dish was the outcome of my experiment. </div>
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1.Chana/ Chickpeas / Kadala - 1/2- 1cup (I added 1 cup because I like lot of chickpeas in kuttucurry)<br />
2.Carrot (diced) -2<br />
3.Potato (diced) - 1<br />
4.Zucchini (diced)- 1<br />
5.Raw Banana (diced) - 1<br />
6.Ginger - 1 piece<br />
7.Pepper powder - 1 tsp<br />
8.Chilly powder- 1/2 tsp<br />
9.Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp<br />
10. Salt<br />
11. Curry leaves<br />
12. Coconut oil - 1-2 tbsp<br />
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Grated Coconut - 1- 1 1/4 cup<br />
Green chilly - 1<br />
Cumin- 1 tsp<br />
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<li>Pressure cook chana with enough water for 3-4 whistles or until cook.</li>
<li>Cook the vegetables with ginger, pepper powder, Chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt.</li>
<li>Add cooked chana and mix well.</li>
<li>Add the grind-ed ingredients and cook with the lid closed for 2-3 minutes.</li>
<li>Heat coconut oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. After it is popped add 1 tbsp of grated coconut, Red chilly and curry leaves. Saute well.</li>
<li>When the grated coconut turn brown add it into the kuttucurry. Mix well.</li>
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