Bread Egg Upma

It is a complete meal.It contains Vegetables, Bread and Egg. It can be served as breakfast or as snack.

INGREDIENTS:

• Bread slices - 4 nos
• Onion(chopped) – 1 no
• Tomato (chopped) – 1 no
• Green chilly(chopped) – 2 nos
• Ginger(chopped) - ½ tsp
• Carrot(grated) - 1 no
• Garam Masala Powder - ¼ tsp
• Egg - 2 nos
• Red Chilly -2 nos
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - 1 stem
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 1½ tbsp
• Chopped corriander leaves - 1 tbsp

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Beat eggs with salt.
• Heat ½ Tbsp of oil in a pan.
• Add the beaten egg and scramble it.
• Keep it aside.
• Remove the edges of each bread slice and cut it into small pieces.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and red chilli and let it splutter.
• Add onion, ginger, green chillies and curry leaves.
• Sauté it until onion turns translucent.
• Add grated carrot and chopped tomato and saute well.
• Add garam masala and salt and saute for a minute. 
• Sprinkle little water and cover the pan.
• Let it cook in a medium heat.
• When the vegetables are cooked well and the water dries up, add the bread pieces and mix well. 
• Add the scrambled egg into it and mix well.
• Garnish with corriander leaves.

Dates Pickle / Eenthappazham Achar

 Healthy and tasty Pickle.

INGREDIENTS:

• Pitted dates(eenthappazham) - 20 nos
• Lemon - 2 nos
• Raisin(unakka munthiri) - 1 handful
• Chopped Ginger - 1 tsp
• Garlic(sliced)- 2 nos
• Gingely Oil - ½ cup
• Chilly Powder - 2 - 3 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Fenugreek powder - ¼ tsp
• Asafoetida Powder - ¼ tsp
• Curry leaves - 1 stem
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cut the lemon into small pieces.
• Cut each dates into two pieces.
• Heat Oil in a pan.
• Put Mustard seed into the Oil and let it splutter.
• Add curry leaves and fry it.
• Add Ginger and Garlic and saute well.
• Add raisins and saute for a minute.
• Add Chilly powder, Fenugreek powder and Asafoetida Powder to the hot Oil and saute for a minute.
• Add Lemon pieces and Salt and saute well for 5 minutes.
• Cook till the Lemon skin becomes soft.
• Finally add dates, mix well and cook for 2 -3 minutes.
• Remove pan from fire and allow to cool.

Recommended Combination: Serve with Rice / Chappathi / Dosa /poori/ Biriyani.

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

Spicy Bread Masala

This is a dish which can be easily and quickly prepared using bread. This hot and spicy dish can be served during breakfast. Kids will love this if you reduce the spiciness .

INGREDIENTS:

• Bread slices - 4 nos
• Onion(sliced) – 1 no
• Tomato (chopped) – 1 no
• Green chilly(slit) – 2 nos
• Ginger garlic paste - ½ tsp
• Coriander powder – ½ tsp
• Turmeric Powder - ¼ tsp
• Pepper Powder - ¼ tsp
• Chilly powder – ¼ tsp
• Fennel seed Powder - ¼ tsp
• Garam Masala Powder - ¼ tsp
• Egg - 2 nos
• Red Chilly -2 nos
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - 1 stem
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 1 ½ Tbsp
• Chopped corriander leaves

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Slightly toast each bread slice and cut it into small pieces.
• Heat Oil in a pan.
• Add Mustard seeds and Red chilli and let it splutter.
• Add sliced onion, gingergarlic paste, green chillies and curry leaves.
• Sauté it until onion turns translucent.
• Add chilly powder, turmeric powder, corriander powder, garam masala,fennelseed powder, pepper powder and saute for a minute. 
• Add chopped tomato and salt, saute well and cook very well in medium heat.(dont add water, the water in the tomato is enough to cook the ingredients)
• when the water dries up and oil oozes from the masala, add eggs and keep stirring continuously.
• When the masala(egg and masala) is almost dry, add bread pieces and mix well.
• Remove it from the fire when it is dry completely.
• Garnish with chopped corriander leaves.

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.

Chakka Puzhukku

Chakka Puzhukku is a traditonal dish in Kerala.

INGREDIENTS:

• Chopped Unripe jackfruit - 3 cup 
• Grated coconut - 1 ½ cup 
• Cumin seeds  - ¼ tsp 
• Turmeric powder -½ tsp
• Garlic - 2 nos
• Green chillies -  3 or 4 nos
• Curry leaves - 2 stems
• Coconut oil - 1½  tbsp
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook the chopped jackfruit with little water, salt and turmeric powder.
• Crush the coconut, green chillies, garlic and cumin seeds (without water). 
• Add the ground coconut mixture to the cooked jackfruit(water almost dries up) and mash well. 
• Let it cook for a minute and remove from the fire.
• Add curry leaves and coconut oil and mix well.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with kanji and mango pickle or with fish curry.

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.

Moru (Sambharam) / Buttermilk

Moru or sambharam is a popular refresher drink in kerala. It is a good energiser drink during summer.
we can also use the Moru (sambharam) as a curry with rice.

INGREDIENTS:

• Curd - 1 cup
• Water - ½ Cup
• Green Chilly - 1 or 2 nos
• Ginger - small piece
• Curry leaves  - stem
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Beat Curd with water in a mixer and remove the butter from it.
• Crush ginger and green chilly and add to buttermilk.
• Add salt and curry leaves and mix well.

Recommended Combination: Serve with Rice, pickle or chammanthi or with any dish.

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