Maasi Karuvadu Thovayal / Pounded Dry Fish Thogayal

Maasi thovayal is a quick and no cook side dish. It is almost as same as chutneys except that you are adding the dried fish. I remember at our homes they used to pound the dried fish pieces in a manual stone grinder and prepare this thovayal. Nowadays we get the ready made processed maasi in supermarkets which makes the work a lot easier. 

Brain Pepper Roast

Mutton brain roast is very easy to make. It is similar to egg burji. Also it takes less time for cooking. When you are happened to buy goat's brain, then do try this recipe. Since the goat's brain are very soft, handle it with care while cooking. 

One Pot Chicken Briyani

We all love briyani also we like variety in briyani. Already we have posted chicken dum briyani(Click here)  so now we are sharing pressure cooker chicken briyani. This briyani is also rich in taste as dum briyani but it is quite easy to prepare when compared to dum style. When you are craving for briyani but little lazy to do so many works then you can adopt this recipe as this is quick and easy to prepare. Hope you guys will try this. Have a lovely briyani day!! 

Coriander Coconut Chutney / Kothamalli Thengai Chutney

A very simple and quick side dish which goes well with Dosa and Idly. You can even serve it hot Samosas and Medu Vada. There are many variations in preparing Coriander chutney. In this method, I have used coconut. Definitely it tastes delicious due to the addition of coconut. The consistency of the chutney is entirely based on your choice. I like it to be in a little thicker version. Some may like it thinner, if so, then you can add little more water while grinding.

Beef Roast / Beef Semi Gravy

I like beef more than mutton. My mother makes the best beef roast which I will post it soon. Whenever she prepares fried rice, then that beef roast will be the combo. Even now my mouth waters while thinking of it. This is another version of beef roast which goes well with plain rice and rasam. This is kind of semi gravy, so you can even serve with chappathi or Ottadai or Dosa. The marination of the beef is very important. The addition of lemon juice in the marination makes the beef to cook fast. You can adjust the spice levels as per your taste. A tasty beef roast is ready..

Stove Top Chicken Pizza / Chicken Pizza with Homemade Base / No yeast pizza

One day I was craving badly to have pizza. Bored of buying outside and also its quite expensive too. So I thought of preparing a homemade pizza. Searched for the base recipe. It asked for Yeast or Baking powder. I didn't have any of these things. So I tried to make my own recipe for base and guess what?? It was no different than a pizza which we buy from shops. The base was so soft and my hubby loved it. From that day on, we don't buy pizzas from outside that often. Usually kids love pizzas. But we always worry for their health. If you make it homemade then there is no guilt in giving them right? You can replace it with wheat flour and include different kind of veggies in it and make it healthier too .

Gulab Jamun with Milk Powder / Milk Powder Jamun

I'm very fond of gulab jamuns. I just love them. I really wanted to try variations in gulab jamuns. So I decided to try jamuns using milk powder. It's damn easy and you can prepare it within mins. Believe me.. it really tasted soooo heavenly that made me to think that this one is the best compared to the normal gulab jamuns which we usually prepare. Try these tasty jamuns and share your comments. For other Gulab Jamuns in our blog, Click,

• Bread Jamun
• Sweet Potato Jamun

For other Milk Powder Dessert, please click,

• Rasmalai

Prawns Chakkoli / Shrimp Chakkoli / Prawns and Rice dumplings in Coconut sauce

Chakkoli is a popular dish for muslims in kanyakumari district and kerala. But in kerala it is known as thakkidi. This dish consumes some time to prepare but the outcome cannot be expressed by words. The procedure may seem to look complicated. Its nothing but three major steps involved.

• Prepare the prawns gravy with roasted coconut and spices.
• Make small rice flour dumplings out of a dough
• Cook the rice dumplings in the prawns gravy.

Shaping the rice dumplings takes little more time if you are a beginner but you will speed up when making again and again. Gather your family members for making rice flour dumplings, it will reduce the time for preparing chakkoli as well as there will be fun around. Definitely this dish will be very tempting which will you eat more and more so preparing this won't make you bored since the end result will be just out of the world. Even you can prepare this dish with mutton, chicken or beef. There is another way to prepare this dish.Very soon we will post that too. Hope you guys will surely try  this yummy yummy dish and we expect your feedback.

Channa Masala / Chole Masala / Chickpea Curry

Channa Masala is a popular north indian side dish. This can be prepared in many ways. In this dish I have used the purees of onion and tomato and prepared it. It makes a great combo with batura but it can be eaten with chappathi or poori or anything of your choice. Its a simple yet flavourful and less spicy dish. Channa masala ranks high in the list of vegetarian side dishes. For other creamier vegetarian side dishes you can click,

• Paneer Butter Masala
• Rajma Masala
• Aloo Palak

Irachi Petti / Meat Box

Irachi Petti is a malabar snack made especially during iftar  (breaking fast in ramadan). This snack can be listed under starter recipes also. The filling is usually made with chicken, beef or mutton but you can try this with vegetable also. Vegetable cannot beat the non-veg filling in this snack. The steps seems to be many but actually its easy to prepare this snack. Me and hubby together prepared this snack,yes he does the folding part for the snack and im sure you all believe that it's real fun to cook with your partner. Hope you will have great time preparing this along with your loved ones and enjoy the fun with this yummy snack. All the best.

Prawns Fried Rice / Shrimp Fried Rice

One day I felt so lazy to cook. I had some prawns in my fridge. I was not in a mood to prepare prawns roast or make some gravy for the regular rice. So thought why not make something different using prawns and kind of a one pot chinese meal. I had few veggies too. So I prepared the prawns fried rice. The flavour of the prawns with the rice is absolutely yummy.

Egg Bread Pudding / Two layer Egg Pudding

                                

This is a delicious dessert which calls for minimal ingredients and that too which you can always find in your kitchen. I prepare this dessert a day ahead the guest comes over. So that you can carry on with the rest of the preparation for your guests. The main ingredient of this recipe is eggs. But trust me you won't get the smell of eggs at all. Once I prepared this dessert for my family get together. One of my cousins doesn't eats egg. She cant stand the smell of eggs. I served this to her. She tasted this and she liked it. And I told her this has eggs in it. She told me, she couldn't even get the hint of egg smell in it and she really loved it. She told me that she will definitely make this often. So for all the egg haters, this is a best way to add eggs in your diet.

Cabbage Thoran / Muttaikose Thoran

Cabbage is very low in saturated fat and cholesterol and is a good source of fiber. Also it contains folate which is very good for pregnant women. When I buy the whole cabbage, I use them to prepare thoran. Since there will be a chunk of cabbage leftover I use them in spring rolls and noodles. Definitely it increases the stuffing and obviously the taste. But if you have thyroid problems then please keep this beautiful vegetable little far.

Paneer Butter Masala

Paneer is a kind of fresh cheese that you can easily prepare at home. Many tasty dishes can be prepared using paneer. In that way I made an easy and delicious dish where cottage cheese (paneer) is cooked in rich and creamy gravy. It is best for toddlers and kids as it contains cottage cheese, butter which are rich in protein, calcium and other vitamins. You can have paneer butter masala with naan, parathas, chappathis or rice. There are many ways to prepare this recipe. This is quite an easy one yet a yummy gravy. Hope you will try this and share your comments.

Undampori / Sweet Bonda

A traditional mallu snack which occupy the first row in the display of mallu cafeterias in Kerala and GCC countries. The significant ingredients (jaggery, banana & cardamom) add real flavors to this snack and also will attract you to undampori fan club. Here we post the simple way to make your favorite snack in your home. Try and enjoy all the bites of undampori. All undampori fans please like, share and comment .

Fruit Agar Agar / Fruit Kadal Paasi

Many variety desserts can be prepared using agar agar. In that way we tried agar agar with whole fruits. It just turned out awesome in both taste and look. You can easily prepare this for a party and present this to your guests as it gives a different look (you can see from the pics). You can make this in any shapes you want if you have molds or just the way we demonstrated. Its look will definitely attract kids too and its healthy also in this way. So hope you will try this fun dessert and send your feedbacks. You can use any fruits of your choice which holds its shape well. Mango, strawberry or kiwi are few other fruits which you can try with.

Anchovies Thoran / Nethili Meen Thoran - Guest Post

A unique naadan recipe from one of our follower, Mrs.Natheera Rasheed. We have decided to post this as a guest recipe to appreciate her excellent cuisine. "Anchovy- a small fish with great taste". A fish that's popular among all fish lovers that makes your platter more tasty. This is one of the rare fish that suites to cater different tastes when consumed as dry fish or fresh! This recipe is made out of fresh anchovies that makes your platter more satisfied. Try & enjoy!

Chicken Pakoda / Chicken Pakora

We all love to have something to munch along with hot tea or coffee on a leisure evening and that too if the snack is made with chicken then definitely there is no doubt in excitement. In that way this chicken pakoda will surely do it. Such a crunchy and delicious evening snack. Having this snack with hot cardamom tea in rainy evening is something we all wish for. This is quite easy snack yet tasty, so hope you all try this and let us know your feedback.