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Nenthra-pazham(Ripe Banana) Halwa

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An authentic sweet dish to touch your taste buds! Taste the delicious punch of ripe banana, ghee & jaggery. Try it today. COOK WITH LOVE Ingredients: Nenthra-pazham (Ripe Banana)-1kg Jaggery-250 gm Ghee- ½ Cup Sugar-5tsp Water-½ ltr Cardamom powder-½ tsp Cashew nuts-8-10nos Preparation: Time: 10 Minutes Melt jaggery in ½ cup water. Strain it to remove impurities and keep the syrup aside. Chop banana into small pieces and keep it in a separate plate. Direction: Time: 30 Minutes In a medium heated fry pan add 4tsp ghee. Then add the chopped banana and stir it for 5 to 8 minutes.  Then add jaggery syrup, mix the contents and stir it continuously for 10minutes. Add the remaining ghee and again continuously stir it for 8minutes. Then add sugar and blend it thoroughly. Continue to cook until the moisture evaporates and halwa thickens. Once you get the desired thickness switch off the flame and add cardamom powder and cashew nuts. ( ...

Chicken Kanthari(Bird’s Eye Chili) Roast

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A super spicy chicken dish to linger your taste buds!!! Give it a try. Feel and enjoy the tasty & spicy rhythms of bird’s eye chili, coconut milk & shallots! COOK WITH LOVE Ingredients: Bird’s eye chili-20-25nos Chicken - 1kg (chopped in small pieces) Pepper powder - 1tsp Turmeric powder - ½tsp Coriander powder -1tsp Garam masala-1tsp Fennel seeds – ¾ tsp Garlic - 8 cloves Ginger-2 inch Chopped big onion-2 nos Soft thinly chopped Shallots-15-20nos Tomato -1nos Lime juice-1tsp Curry leaves - 5-7sprigs Coconut oil - 5-7tsp Coconut milk- ½ cup Salt to taste Water as required Preparations: Time: 15minutes Rinse the chicken pieces and drain the water completely. Crush 15 bird’s eye chilies and keep it aside. Marinade: In a chutney grinder add 5 bird’s eye chilies, 2 Shallots, 4 Garlic cloves, 1inch Ginger, 1tsp lime juice, curry leaves from 2 sprigs, turmeric powder, required salt and 1tsp water. Grind the contents until you get a creamy m...

Amara payar(Hyacinth Bean) Thoran

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An easy to cook simple side dish to serve with rice. Try it today. COOK WITH LOVE Ingredients: Amara payar – 150gm Big onion – 1 Green Chilies – 3-5nos Curry leaves – 3 sprigs Dry red chilies – 3nos Mustard – ½tsp Turmeric powder – ¼tsp Salt - ¼tsp Grated coconut-½cup Coconut oil – 3tsp   Preparation: Time: 10 Minutes Wash the beans twice or thrice and clean it thoroughly. Drain the water and then chop it. Mildly grind the grated coconut and turmeric powder in a chutney grinder and keep aside. Chop each dry red chili into 2 or 3 pieces. Slice the onion vertically into soft thin layers. Direction: Time:  10 Minutes Add 3tsp of coconut oil in a medium heated fry pan. When it’s hot add mustard seeds. Once popped add curry leaves and stir it for 1 minute. Then add the chopped red chilies and sliced onions. Stir it for 3 minutes and then add chopped hyacinth beans and green chilies. Sprinkle ¼ tsp salt and mix it. Cover the frying pan with a ...

Ney Payasam

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A simple tasty sweet dish to prepare during festival seasons at home: Ney payasam! COOK WITH LOVE Ingredients: Brown jaggery - 300gm Ghee - 9tsp Sugar – ½ tsp Brown raw rice – 1cup Coconut – ½ shell Water as required Preparations: Time: 10 Minutes Wash brown raw rice twice or thrice, drain the water completely and keep this aside. Heat 1cup water in a pan. Once boiled add the brown jaggery cubes and heat in high flame. Occasionally stir until it dissolves completely.  Once the jaggery is melted strain it and keep aside. Cut the coconut to get the thin slices. In a medium heated fry pan pour 2tsp ghee and heat it for 1 minute. Then add the coconut slices to ghee and fry it until it turns light brown. Transfer it to a plate. Directions: Time 15 Minutes In a medium heated pot add 2tsp ghee. Once heated add the brown raw rice and stir it for 1 minute. Then add three cups of water and boil it. Once the rice is half boiled m...

Tender Coconut Pudding

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Today my dearest friend suggested a pudding. Thought to share you the same here . A simple & tasty dessert to serve post main course. Here you go... COOK WITH LOVE Ingredients: Tender coconut water - 2cups Tender coconut pulp - half shell Sugar - 4tsp Agar - 6gm Water as required Serve: 5 Preparation: Time: 5Minutes Chop the tender coconut pulp. Soak 6gm of Agar in half cup of water for 5minutes. Directions: Time: 15minutes Boil the coconut water in a saucepan and transfer it to a bowl.   Then boil the soaked agar in the saucepan until it gets completely dissolved. Then mix the boiled coconut water and stir it for 2 minutes. Then switch off the flame. Transfer the mix to a baking mold. Then sprinkle the chopped coconut pulp over it. Allow it to settle down in the room temperature. Then refrigerate contents for 1hour. Your sweet yummy tender coconut pudding is ready now. Hope you guys will lov...

Varutharacha Sravu Curry

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Presenting to you one recipe from my Grand Mother, Varutharach Sravu Curry which brings you a traditional touch to kick your taste buds. COOK WITH LOVE Ingredients: Shark fish in cube size: 500gm Dry red chilies: 8-12nos Coriander: 3tsp Fenugreek: 1pinch Grated coconut: ½ Cup Curry leaves: 5 sprigs Garlic cloves: 8nos Ginger: ½ inch Medium size tomato: 1 Mustard: ¼ tsp Coconut Oil: 7tsp Fish tamarind (Kodampuli): 4-5nos Salt to taste Preparation: Time: 15Minutes Coconut Mixture: Mildly grind the grated coconut in a chutney grinder for few seconds. ( This will help the whole grated coconut to equally get cooked/ heated in the frying pan .) Add 3tsp of coconut oil in a heated frying pan. Once the oil is hot add the coconut and stir it until it gets light golden color. Then add Dry red chilies, Coriander, Fenugreek and 2 sprigs of Curry leaves in the coconut and stir it till it turns brown color and smells good. Make sure your do this in simmer. ...

Home Made Chicken Shawarma

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Now mothers can easily cook Shawarma at home. Healthy for your family, try it today. COOK WITH LOVE Ingredients: Boneless Chicken – 250gm Pepper Powder – ½ tsp Cumin Seeds - ¼ Tsp Garlic Paste – ¾ tsp Garam Masala or Arabic Masala -¾ tsp Oregano – ½ Tsp Soya Sauce – 1tsp Olive oil – 3tsp Sunflower Oil – 3tsp Lemon juice – 1tsp Yoghurt – 2tsp White Sesame Seeds – 6 to 8 Tsp Garlic – 2 cloves Cabbage-200gm Cucumber-1 Tomato -1 Lettuce - 1 Sprig Potato - 1 Salt - to taste Small size Kuboos – 4nos Medium Rumali Roti – 2nos Water - as required Serves: 4 Preparation: Time: 10 Minutes Chop the cabbage, cucumber, tomato & lettuce. Directions: Time: 20 Minutes  Wash the chicken and drain the water completely. Then use below-mentioned ingredients to prepare the marinade and marinate the chicken for 1 Hr. Pepper Powder  Cumin Seeds  Garlic Paste  Garam Masala or Arabic Masala  Oregano  Soya ...

Naadan Crab Roast

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I would like to recommend this recipe f or foodies who likes the spicy reddish crab roast in medium thick gravy. Feel it, taste it and enjoy the hot spicy crab roast. Here you go. COOK WITH LOVE Ingredients: Cleaned Crab 800gm Big Onion Medium Size – 5 nos  Ginger - ½ inch Garlic - 8 -10 cloves Fennel seeds – ¾ tsp  Medium sized tomato – 1 Green Chili – 8-10 nos Curry Leaves – 5 sprigs Mustard  – ½ tsp Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Coriander powder – 1tsp Chili powder-¾ tsp  Pepper Powder – ¼ tsp Coconut oil -7 tsp Salt - to taste Preparations: Time:1o minutes Cut onions & tomato to thin and soft slices. Crush the garlic, ginger & fennel seeds together Green Chilies to cut vertically Directions: Time: 20 minutes In a medium heated clay pot add 5 tsp of coconut oil and once it’s hot add mustard seeds once popped add curry leaves and stir it for 2 minutes.  Add sliced onion and stir it for 2 minut...