Ingredients: • 1 kg – prawns, cleaned, shelled and heads removed • 4 tbsp – Mustard paste • 1 tsp – Turmeric paste • 1/2 tsp- chilli paste • 120g – Mustard oil or a little more if liked • 6-8 Green chillies • Salt to taste • 8 Banana leaves • A few toothpicks […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – rava/semolina • 1 cup – Sugar • 25 g – Ghee • 25 g – grated fresh Coconut • 25 ml – Milk • 10 whole nuts – Cashew nuts • 10 – Raisins • A pinch – Cardamom powder Method: Heat 2 tsp of ghee in a kadai. Lower […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Cooked Toor Dal • 1 – Onion (chopped) • 1 – Tomato (chopped) • 1 cup – Lotus root (chopped) • 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder • 1 – Green chilli • 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds + Urad Dal • 1/4 tsp – Cumin seeds • 1 – Dry Red […]

Ingredients: • 3 cups – Watermelon chunks, deseeded • 3 cups – muskmelon chunks, deseeded • 3 cups – cantaloupe chunks, deseeded • 1 tsp – ginger, finely chopped • 1 tbsp – soft Brown sugar • 1 cup – thick Cream • 1 tbsp – white Vinegar • 1 – tiny mild green chilli, […]

Ingredients: • 3 tbsp – butter, softened. • 2 cups – icing sugar, sifted. • 2-3 drops – Pineapple essence. • 4 drops – yellow colour. • 1 pinch – salt. • 4-5 drops – Lemon juice. Method: Put butter in a deep bowl. Add flavouring and beat till smooth. Add sugar, beat with a […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – grated Coconut • 3/4 cups – water • 8 – dried chillies • 3 tbsp – oil • 1 cm piece – Ginger • 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 1/2 tsp – Tamarind paste • 1 tsp – Urad Dal • Salt, to taste • 3 – onions, chopped […]

Ingredients: • 3 cups – boiled Rice • 1.5 tsp – Methi • 1/2 cup – Coconut water • Baking soda – a pinch Method: Soak overnight boiled rice and methi in different vessels. First grind methi into fine paste and pour into a vessel and then grind the rice and mix with methi paste. […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – Wheat flour • 2 tsp – oil, for frying • Salt to taste • 1/4 tsp – ajwain • 1 pinch asafetida • 1/2 tsp – Red Chilli powder Method: Sieve the wheat flour and salt. Mix all the ingredients and knead to firm dough adding enough water. Cover and […]

Ingredients: • 3 tsp – Oats • 1 – Red Chilli • 1 – Green chilli • 1/2 inch – Ginger, grated • Curry leaves – 5 -6 • Coriander leaves – a few • 1 tsp – Oil • 100ml -Butter Milk • Salt to taste • 200 ml Water • 1/2 tsp – […]

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg- Potato • 2 bunches- Spinach (palak) • 1/2 cup- grated Coconut • 2 tbsp- roasted gram • 6 green chilies • 4 flakes Garlic • 3 cm Ginger • 3 tbsp oil • 1 tsp- mustard • 2 tsp- Urad Dal • 2 red chilies, broken into pieces • Curry leaves […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup of black Channa or Channa dal • 2 – Red Chillies • 1 tsp – cumin • For seasoning: • 1 – large onion, chopped • 2 – green chillies, chopped • 5 or 6 Cloves – Garlic (optional) • 2 stems of Curry leaves • 1 tbsp – Channa dal […]

Ingredients: • 100 g (1 cup) – green gram (moogu) • 200 ml (2 cups) – water • 1/2 tsp – salt • 100 g – Raw banana peel (Kerala Banana / nenthrakkay / ethakkay), gently peel off outer thin layer (dark green) and cut into 3/4 inch thin slices • 1 kudampuli (or 1/2 […]

Ingredients: • Almonds – 100 g (soaked and skinned) • Milk powder – 2 tbsp • Sweet bread – 4 to 5 slices • Sugar – 3/4 cup • Almond essence – a few drops Method: Dry the skinned almonds and powder it. Put all the ingredients together in a heavy bottomed vessel, and keep […]

Ingredients: • For ragada: • 1/4 kg – yellow peas • 1 pinch – baking soda • Salt • For patties: • 1/2 kg – Potatoes • 3 slices – dry bread • salt • For sweet chutney: • 100 g – Dates • 3 – Tamarind medium sized balls • For green chutney: • […]

Ingredients: • 1 scoop – vanilla ice-cream • 80 ml – Pineapple juice (canned) • 40 ml – Mango juice • 40 ml – Orange juice • 2 tbsp – fresh Cream • crushed ice Method: Blend the juices, fresh cream, vanilla ice-cream, some powdered sugar and crushed ice in a liquidizer. Serve chilled. P.S: […]

Ingredients: • 8 oz – Ricotta Cheese • 1 can – condensed Milk • 1/4 cup – chopped nuts • A pinch of Saffron • Cardamom powder to garnish Method: Mix condensed milk and ricotta cheese and cook on medium heat, while stirring occasionally. Add some saffron and chopped nuts. Once it begins to thicken, […]

Ingredients: • 2 – big Brinjals • 1 – large onion, finely chopped • 4 – dry Red Chillies • 4 – Green chillies • Yogurt • Coriander leaves • Curry leaves • Salt to taste • Jeera • 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds • 4 tsps – oil Method: Cut the brinjals into regular-sized […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – green peas. • 3 cups – water or stock. • 1 cup – lettuce, finely shredded. • 1 cup – milk. • 1/2 cup – cream. • 1/2 cup – onion, chopped. • 1/2 cup – celery, chopped. • 2 tbsp – butter. • 1 tsp – garlic, chopped. • […]

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Rice • 1 cup – Urad Dal • Salt to taste Method: Wash rice 6 to 8 times. Drain water and roast on a pan till the rice grains become almost dry. Soak rice immediately in cold water. Wash and soak urad dal separately. After 4 or 5 hours, grind […]

Ingredients: • 1 cup – sitaphal pulp • 1 cup – chilled malai or fresh Cream • 2 tbsp – Sugar ground • 1 drop vanilla essence Method: Mash any lumps in the malai with a wooden mallet or back of spoon. Chill cream in a beating bowl till very cold. Beat cream till smooth, […]