Avalosu podi

INGREDIENTS:

• Raw Rice flour - 2 cups
• Grated Coconut - 1 cup
• Cumin Seed - 2 pinch
• Sesame Seed - 2 pinch
• Salt water
• Sugar

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Sprinkle little salt water in theRice flour and mix well.
• Add grated coconut, sesame seed, cumin seed and  in to the flour and mix it thoroughly.
• Heat a heavy bottomed pan and roast the rice flour mixture in medium heat till it is crisp and  golden colour . 
• Remove from fire and let it cool.
• Add sugar(according to your taste) and mix well and serve.

Strawberry Watermelon Juice / strawberry Thanni mathan Juice

INGREDIENTS:

• Strawberry – 15 nos
• Sugar – 1 Tbsp 
• Water Melon – 2 cup

PREPARATION METHOD: 

• Blend  Watermelon, Strawberries and Suger smoothly.
• Pour into a glass and serve.

Muthira Thoran / Horse Gram Stir Fry

INGREDIENTS:

• Horse Gram / Muthira - 1 cup 
• Grated coconut - 3/4 cup 
• Cumin seeds- pinch
• Garlic pods - 2 nos 
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp 
• Chilly powder - ½ tsp 
• Pepper Powder - ½ tsp
• Coconut Oil - 1 tbsp 
• Curry leaves - A few
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook Muthira / Horse Gram in a Pressure cooker with Turmeric Powder and Water for 3 -4 whistle. 
• Crush Coconut, Cumin seed, Chilly Powder, Pepper Powder and Garlic. 
• Add the Coconut Mix to the cooked Gram / Muuthira and mix well. 
• Add Curry leaves and Coconut Oil and stir for a minute and remove from fire.

Recommended Combination: It can be served with Rice / Chappathi.

Ari unda / Rice Ladoo

Ari unda is a traditional snack in kerala.

INGREDIENTS:

• Parbolied Rice - 2 cups
• Jaggery(grated) - 3/4 cup
• Grated Coconut - 1 cup
• Salt water

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Wash the Rice and sprinkle little salt water.
• Roast the Rice in medium heat till it is crisp and golden brown. 
• Remove from fire and let it cool.
• Grind the  roasted rice to a coarse powder(like puttu powder).
• Add Jaggery and grated Coconut to the Rice powder and mix it well.
• Make small balls out of the mixture.

Beetroot Rice

INGREDIENTS:

• Basmathi rice - 2 cup
• Chopped Beetroot -1 cup
• Chopped Onion– 1 nos
• Green peas – ¼ cup
• Chopped Green chili - 3 nos
• Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Cinnamon -2 inch stick
• Cloves- 2 nos
• Cardamom - 2 nos
• Salt to taste
• Ghee or Oil- 1 tbsp
• Raisins - 2 Tbsp
• Cashewnut - 10 nos
• Chopped corriander leaves

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Heat ghee/oil in a pan.
• Fry raisins and cashew nut and remove from the pan and keep aside.
• Add onion, green chili, ginger garlic paste and saute.
• Add chopped beetroot and saute for 2 -3 minutes.
• Add greenpeas, salt and saute for a few minutes.
• Heat 1 tsp of oil/ghee in a pan and fry cinnamon stick,  cardamom and  cloves.
• Add rice into it and fry for a minute.
• Add the vegetables in rice and mix it.
• Add 4 cups of water and salt and cook the rice and vegetables in low flame.
• Remove from fire and garnish the rice with fried nuts, raisins and chopped corriander leaves.

Recommended Combination: Serve with Pappadam/Chips and raita.

Grape Juice / Munthiri Juice

INGREDIENTS:

• Seedless Grapes – 2 cups
• Sugar – 1 Tbsp 
• Chilled water – 1 cup

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Blend grapes and suger smoothly.
• Add water and blend it together. 
• Filter it and serve.

Watermelon Juice / Thannimathan juice

INGREDIENTS:

• Water Melon – 2 cup

PREPARATION METHOD: 

• Blend  Watermelon smoothly in a juicer.
• Pour into a glass and serve.

Strawberry Juice

INGREDIENTS:

• Strawberry – 15 nos
• Sugar – 1 Tbsp 
• Water – 1 cup

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Blend  Strawberries and suger smoothly.
• Add water and blend it together. 

Almond Dates Milk Shake / Badam Dates Milk Shake

A healthy drink

INGREDIENTS:

• Almonds - 10 nos
• Dates - 6 nos
• Milk(chilled milk) - 1 cup
• Sugar - ½ tsp

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Soak bedam in water and remove the skin.
• Blend  badam, dates, suger and ¼ cup milk smoothly.
• Add the remaining milk and blend the mixture together. 

Unniyappam

Unniyappam is a traditional and a popular snack in kerala.

INGREDIENTS:

• Raw rice Flour - 2 cup
• Jaggery - 3/4 cup
• Small banana(palayan kodan pazham)- 2 nos
• Ghee - 2 Tbsp
• Coconut slices(nicely cut) - 2 tbsp
• Cumin seed - ½ tsp
• Sesame seed- ½ tsp
• Coconut Oil for frying
• Unniyappam maker(appa kara)

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Dilute Jaggery by adding little water into it and filter it.  
• Heat 1 Tbsp ghee and fry coconut slices, cumin seed and sesame seed in it.
• Add 1 Tbsp Ghee to the rice flour and mix well.
• Squeeze banana into the rice flour with hand very well and keep aside for an hour.
• After 1 hour add filtered jaggery and fried sesonings into it and mix it well.
• Make it a smooth batter like dosa batter. (If the batter is too thick add little water)
• Pour oil into appa kara (unniyappam maker) until moulds are completely filled and heat it.
• Pour batter in each mould. (3/4 portion of the mould)
• Deep fry in medium heat. 
• When one side is cooked, turn and cook the other side till it turns brown colour.
• Remove from oil, drain it and serve.

Strawberry Milk

It is made with fresh strawberries and whole or skimmed milk. It is a healthier drink for adults and kids.

INGREDIENTS:

• Strawberry – 12 nos
• Sugar – 1 Tbsp 
• Milk – 1 cup

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Blend  Strawberries and suger smoothly.
• Add milk(chilled milk) and blend the mixture together. 

Chembu Upperi / Taro Root Chips

Fried Taro Root - a teatime snack

INGREDIENTS:

• Taro Root / Chembu - 6 nos
• Turmeric Powder -¼ tsp
• Salt water- to taste
• Oil for frying 

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Remove the Taro root skin.
• Wash and drain it.
• Slice the root in thin round shape.
• Add turmeric powder into it and mix well.
• Heat Oil in a pan.
• When it boils, Put the slices slowly into the oil.
• Stir until fully cooked and crisp.
• Remove the chips from the oil and sprinkle salt water on it.
• Cool and store them in an airtight container.

Unakka Munthiri Chutney / Raisin Chutney

Raisins are good sources of energy, vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants.It is a  good practice to include raisins in our daily diet.

INGREDIENTS:

• Raisin - ½ cup 
• Tamarind - 1 gooseberry ball size
• Pearl Onion - 2 nos 
• Red Chilly - 3 nos
• Curry leaves - 2- 3 leaves
• Coconut Oil - ½ tsp
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Roast Red Chillies in a pan(with out oil) till it becomes crisp.
• Soak the raisin in little water for 2 -3 minutes.
• Grind Raisin, Tamarind, Red Chilly, Pearl Onion, curry leaves and Salt together to a fine paste.
• Add coconut oil to the Chutney and mix well. 

Recommended Combination: Serve with Idli / Dosa / Chappathi .

Dates Chutney / Eenthappazham Chutney

Dates are rich in several vitamins and minerals.Intake of a date daily gives a balanced and healthy diet.
You can include dates in your diet through a variety of dishes like eenthappazham chutney.
It differs from other chutney  by its sweet-tangy taste.

INGREDIENTS:

• Pitted dates - 6 nos
• Tamarind - 1 gooseberry ball size
• Pearl Onion - 2 nos 
• Red Chilly- 3 nos(or according to your taste)
• Curry leaves - 2- 3 leaves
• Coconut Oil - ½ tsp
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Roast Red Chillies in a pan(with out oil) till it becomes crisp.
• Soak the dates in little water for 2 -3 minutes.
• Grind the  Dates,  Tamarind, Red Chilly, Pearl Onion, curry leaves and Salt together to a fine paste.
• Add coconut oil to the Chutney and mix well. 

Recommended Combination: Serve with  Dosa / Chappathi / Vegetable Pulav

Naadan Cheera Aviyal

Cheera or Spinach is a leafy vegetable which is a rich source of iron.
It is prepared using cooked Cheera with Coconut paste. We can use Mango or Curd instead of Tamarind syrup for sourness.

INGREDIENTS:

• Chopped Spinach/Chuvanna Cheera(Leaves and Stem) - 2 cup
• Red chilly powder - ½ tsp
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Grated Coconut - 3/4 cup
• Shallot -2 nos
• Raw Mango - ¼ of a mango
• Coconut Oil - 1 tsp

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook Chopped Spinach in water along with Chilly powder, Turmeric Powder and Salt.
• Grind together Coconut and Shallot to paste.
• When Spinach is cooked well add Mango cuts and cook for few minutes.
• Add Coconut paste into it and cook for 2 minutes.
• Remove from Fire and add Coconut Oil and mix well.

(If you are using curd for sour taste, add it just before removing the dish from the stove - do not boil curd).

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice.

Chuttaracha Chammandi

Chuttaracha Chammandi is a tasty and traditional side dish for Rice.

INGREDIENTS:

• Coconut(with shell) - ½ of the coconut 

                   OR

• Coconut slices -1 cup 
• Red chilly - 4 nos
• Tamarind - 1 gooseberry ball size
• Pearl Onion - 2 nos
• Curry leaves - A few
• Salt - to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Detach the coconut from the shell and cut it in to medium pieces .
• Roast the coconut(without oil) till golden brown .
• (we can roast the coconut pieces directly over burning charcoal or in a pan.)
• Roast Red Chillies in a pan(with out oil) till it becomes crisp.
• Grind all the ingredients together without using water.

Recommended Combination: Chammandi can be served with Rice or kanji.

Cheera Thoran / Spinach Stir fry

Cheera / Spinach Thoran is a simple and nutritious dish which is good for health.

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely Chopped Red Spinach (chuvanna cheera) - 2cups
• Grated coconut - ½ Cup
• Chilly Powder - ½ tsp
• Red Chilly -2 nos
• Rice - 1 tsp
• Garlic - 1 nos
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Oil - as needed
• Salt - to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Heat Oil in a pan.
• Add Mustard seeds and Red chilli and let it splutter.
• Add Rice and fry it.
• Once rice becomes crispy add Spinach / Cheera,salt,turmeric powder.
• Cover the pan and cook for 2 mins.
• Crush Coconut,Garlic and chilly powder and add to it.
• Mix well and slow down the flame and stir well till the water dries up completely.
• Remove from fire.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice.

Cabbage Daal Curry

Cabbage Daal curry is a delicious and easy to make dish. Combination of daal and vegetable makes this curry nutritious.

INGREDIENTS:

• Toor daal - 2 tbsp
• Chopped onion - ½ cup 
• Chopped cabbgae - 1 cup
• Green chilly - 2  nos
• Tomato - 1 no
• Turmeric powder -¼ tsp
• Grated coconut -½ cup 
• Garlic -1 nos
• Cumin seed -¼ tsp
• Coconut Oil- 1tbsp
• Curry leaves-a few
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook toor dal with water, chopped onion, green chilly and turmeric powder in a pressure cooker for 5-6 whistle. 
• Add chopped cabbage and tomato along with salt and let it cook.
• Grind coconut, garlic and cumin seeds to a fine paste.
• Add this paste to the cooked dal and vegetables and let it boil. 
• When it starts boil, turn off the stove and add coconut oil and curry leaves.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice / Chappathi / Dosa / Poori

Carrot Cherupayar Thoran / Carrot Green Gram Stir Fry

Carrot and Green gram are good for health. The combination of these two results in a delicious and nutritious dish also.

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely chopped Carrot – ½ cup
• Finely chopped Onion – 3 tbsp
• Roundly cut Green Chillies - 6 nos
• Grated Coconut – ½ cup
• Turmeric powder - ½ tsp
• Moong Daal / Cherupayar - ½ cup
• Cumin seeds- pinch
• Garlic - 1 nos
• Chilly powder - ½ tsp
• Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
• Red chillies - 2 nos
• Coconut Oil - 1 tbsp
• Curry leaves - A few
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook Moong Daal/ Cherupayar in a Pressure cooker with Turmeric Powder and Water for 3 -4 whistle.
• Crush Coconut, Cumin seed, Chilly Powder and Garlic.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and Red Chillies, allow to splutter.
• Add Onions and Green chillies , sauté until transparent.
• Add carrot into it.
• Add turmeric powder,little water and salt.
• Slow down the flame and cover the pan and let it cook for 5 -7 mins .
• Add Cooked Beans/ Moong Daal to it and mix well.
• Cook Carrot and Beans together for 2 - 3 minutes.
• Add the crushed Coconut and mix well.
• Add Curry leaves and stir for 2 minutes and remove from fire.

Recommended Combination: It can be served with Rice / Chappathi.

Vendakka Thoran / Okra Stir Fry

Okra / Ladies Finger is an ideal vegetable for weight loss.The fiber of okra has many superior qualities in maintaining the health of the gastro-intestinal tract.
Vendakka Thoran / Okra Stir Fry is a delicious thoran which can be served with rice.

INGREDIENTS:

• Chopped Vendakka/ Ladies Finger / Okra- 1 cup
• Green Chilly (slit) - 2 nos
• Chopped Onion - 2 tbsp
• Grated Coconut - ¼ cup
• Curry leaves - 1 stem
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Red Chilly- 2 nos
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Salt - As required

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Heat Oil in a pan.
• Add Mustard seeds and Red Chilli and let it splutter.
• Add Chopped Onion and saute till translucent.
• Add chopped Okra and Green Chilli and saute it.
• Add Salt and Turmeric powder to it.
• Stir well and slow down the flame and let it cook.
• When Okra is cooked well add grated coconut and curry leaves.
• Stir for 2 minutes and remove from fire.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice