Soft Rava Appam Recipe

Ingredients

• Rava (sooji) 1.5 cups (280g)
• Rice flour (roast) 1/2 cup (95g)
• Poha (Rice flakes) 1cup (40g)
• Coconut 1cup (140g)
• Sugar 3 table spoon (45g)
• Salt 1tsp (7g)
• Instant yeast 1tsp (3g)
• Water 2 cups (500 ml) or more

 Method

• Mix together rava, rice flour, poha, coconut, sugar, salt, yeast and luke warm water.
• Cover it and let it rest for 10 minutes
• Further add this to a mixer jar in batches 
• Grind well and pour into a big vessel (add more water while grinding, if necessary)
• Let the batter ferment for 1 1/2 hours
• Then mix again and pour a ladleful of batter on to hot griddle
• Cook it covered until done
• Serve with your favorite curry

Oats Upma Recipe

Ingredients:

• Instant oats 1 cup (100g)
• Ginger a small piece 3g
• Green chilli 1 (5g)
• Cashew 2tbs (20g)
• Onion 1/2 (50g)
• Carrot a small (50g)
• Beans 5 (50g)
• Coconut 1/2 cup (50g)
• Salt 3/4 tsp (4g)
• Water 1/2 cup (125 ml)

 Method

• Dry roast oats on medium heat for 2 minutes and set aside
• Heat up 1tbs oil and 1 tsp ghee in a pan
• Crack some mustard seeds
• Add ginger and green chilli and cook for 1 minute
• Add cashew and stir till light golden
• Add onion, carrot and beans
• Stir and cook for 2 minutes
• Add water and salt
• When it began to boil add the roasted oats and mix well
• Cover and cook on low heat for 1 minute
• Turn off the flame
• Add the coconut and mix well
• Healthy, delicious oats upma is ready to serve

Kara Boondi Recipe | How To Make Khara Boondi

Ingredients:

• Besan 2 cups (250g)
• Rice flour 4tbs (60g)
• Salt
• Baking powder 1/2 tsp
• Peanut 1/2 cup
• Cashew nut 1/2 cup
• Curry leaves 2 sprigs
• Chilli powder 1 tsp
• Asafetida 1/2 tsp
• Water 1.25 cups ( 325 ml) or as needed

 Method

• Mix together all the ingredients and make a smooth batter without lumps
• Heat oil in a kadai (180 degree C)
• Using a dry, perforated spoon pour the batter into the hot oil
• Deep fry until they are golden crisp.
• When they become crisp remove from oil and set aside
• After frying each batch, clean the spoon and then pour the next batch of batter
•  After finishing the batter, deep fry the nuts till they turn crunchy without burning them
• Deep fry the curry leaves and set aside
• Now combine together the boondi, peanut, cashew and curry leaves in a bowl
• Add chilli powder, asafoetida, and salt as needed
• Keep kara boondi in an air tight container.
• Serve with tea.

 

Bombay Mixture Recipe | Yellow Mixture Recipe

 Ingredient

• Besan 1 cup (125g)
• Rice flour 1 cup (160g)
• Pinch of salt
• Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
• Whole masoor dal 1/2 cup (100g)
• Black salt 1 tsp
• Water 1cup (adjust as needed)
• Oil for deep frying

 Method

• Soak masoor dal for 2 hours; Then drain and spread on a towel to remove excess moisture.
• Mix together besan, rice flour, salt and turmeric powder
• Add water little by little and make a soft dough
• Put the disc with smallest holes in the chakli maker
• Press the dough directly into hot oil and fry until crisp
• Repeat the process until the dough is finished
• After making the sev, fry the drained dal until crisp (5-6 minutes)
• Finally crush the sev and mix with fried dal and black salt
• Serve with tea.

Perfect Sharkara Varatti Recipe | ശർക്കര വരട്ടി

Ingredients

• Raw plantain 1kg
• Jaggery 280g
• Ginger powder 1.5tbs
• Cardamom powder 1tbs
• Cumin 1 tsp

 Method

• Peel banana
• Put in salted water
• Wipe them
• Cut into half moon shapes of 1/2 centimeter thickness
• Deep fry them in hot oil until very crisp
• Drain and allow the chips to cool completely.
• Add 1/4 cup water to the jaggery
• Melt and filter the syrup into a wide and thick bottomed vessel
• Boil the syrup for about 2 1/2 minutes until get a honey like consistency
• Add the banana chips and stir well
• Cook for about 2 - 3 minutes, until the syrup coat the chips well
• Add ginger powder, cardamom powder and cumin
• Combine well and turn off the flame
• Add some granulated sugar to get the chips separated
• Delicious sharkara varatti is ready to serve.  

Tandoori Chicken Pizza Recipe Without Oven

Ingredients

 Pizza Sauce

• Tomato 5 (450g)
• Garlic 10 cloves (10g)
• Oregano 1 tsp
• Dried basil 1.5tbs
• Kashmiri red chili powder 1 tsp
• Sugar 1tsp
• Salt as needed
• Oil 4tbs

 Pizza Base

• Maida/ All purpose flour 1.5 cups (210g)
• Salt 1/2 tsp
• Baking powder 1tsp
• Baking soda 1/4 tsp
• Curd 2tbs(30ml)
• Water 100 ml
• Oil 1/2tbs

 To marinate

• Chicken 300g 
• Ginger garlic paste 1tsp
• Lemon juice 2tsp
• Salt 1tsp
• Chilli powder 1tsp
• Coriander powder 1/2 tsp
• Garam masala 1/2 tsp
• Chat masala 1/2 tsp
• Kasoori methi 1tsp

 Other ingredients

• Cheese as needed
• Vegetables of your choice (capsicum onion etc)

 Method

 To make pizza sauce

• Grind the tomatoes and set aside
• Add oil to a deep pan
• Add finely chopped garlic to the hot oil
• After a few seconds add tomato puri
• Cook for 2-3 minutes
• Add chilli powder, oregano, basil, salt and sugar
• Combine well 
• Cook it covered on low flame for 20 - 25 minutes
• When it is done remove from stove
• Allow it to cool completely; Once it is cool store in a dry bottle.
• You can prepare this ahead and store in refrigerator for up to 7 days.

 Prepare the dough

• Combine all the ingredients except oil
• Knead for 5 minutes until the dough is soft and elastic
• Add the oil and knead again
• Keep covered in a greased vessel 
• Allow the dough to rest for minimum 30 minutes

  Make tandoori chicken

• Marinate chicken with all the ingredients listed above
• Keep this aside for 30 minutes
• After 30 minutes add some oil in a pan 
• Add chicken pieces 
• Stir and cook for 3 minutes on high flame
• Then cover and cook for 5 minutes more.
• Once ready, turn off the heat and set this aside.

 Prepare Pizza base and make pizza

• After 30 minutes of rest, divide the dough into 4 pieces
• Shape them to ball
• Roll each ball to 8 inch size circles.
• Prick with a fork
• Heat a 9 inch pan and apply some oil
• Add the rolled disc and cook on medium heat for 2 minutes or golden spots appear on the bottom part.
• Then flip the disc and turn off the heat
• Add pizza sauce as needed
• Add cheese as needed
• Place chicken pieces and veggies
• Turn on the heat
• Cover the pan
• Cook on low flame for 5-6 minutes or till the cheese melt and bottom part is golden.
• Remove from the pan
• Sprinkle some oregano and chilli flakes on top
• Serve hot

Coffee Buns Recipe | Papparoti Bun Recipe

Ingredients:

 For the dough:-

• Maida/all purpose flour 300g(2cups+2tbs)
• Milk 205ml(3/4 cup+5tsp)
• Sugar 3tbs (45g)
• Instant yeast 1tsp(4g)
• Salt 3/4tsp(4g)
• Butter 3tbs(45g)

 For the cookie dough:-

• Butter 4tbs(60g)
• Sugar 4tbs(60g)
• Instant coffee 1.5tsp
• Egg (beaten) 1(50g)
• Pinch of salt
• All purpose flour/maida 7tbs (70g)

 For filling 

• Butter 50g

Method

• Cube 50g of butter into 10 equal pieces and place in the freezer until needed
• Mix together all the ingredients except butter, listed for the dough
• Knead for 10-15 minutes until the dough becomes soft and elastic
• Add butter and knead until the butter is well incorporated with the dough
• Transfer the dough to a greased bowl
• Cover and let it sit until double in volume.
• Punch down to degas the dough
• Cut into 10 equal pieces
• Shape to balls and keep aside for 15 minutes
• Then flatten each boll and place one of the frozen butter cubes at the center
• Pull the edges and seal the dough in a roll shape
• Arrange them in a baking tray lined with baking paper; There should be plenty of space between each roll.
• Keep them aside until double in size (45 minutes - 1 hour)
• Mix 2 tsp hot water and 1.5 tsp coffee powder
•  Cream together 60 butter and 60g powdered sugar to a bowl
• Add beaten egg, pinch of salt and dissolved coffee
• mix well
• Add 70g flour and with the help of spatula fold until just combined
• Transfer to a piping bag and refrigerate it if you need to set this aside.
• Pipe the coffee cream topping over the top of the bun in a spiral patter almost 1/2 portion is covered
• Bake in a preheated oven at 190 degree Celsius for 20 minutes
• Remove the buns from the oven and allow them to cool
• Serve them when they are still warm or once cooled