- Powdered sugar - 1 cup
- Egg - 1
- Refined oil or plain butter - 1/2 cup
- Baking soda - 1 teaspoon
- Milk - 1 cup
- Vanilla essence - 1 teaspoon
Long back I’ve also had Malabar Chicken Biriyani from the famous Sagar Hotel in Kozhikkode,and I still remember how special and different it tasted.
- Ingredients :-
- Basmati Rice – 1 kg
- Chicken cut into big pieces – 1 kg
- Thinly Sliced Onion- 500 gm
- Sliced Tomato – 250 gm
- Ghee – as needed
- Broken cashew nuts – 1/4 cup
- Raisins – 1/4 cup
- Curd – 1 cup
- Lime – 1 big
- Chopped Coriander leaves – 1 bunch
- Chopped Mint leaves – 1 small bunch
- Curry leaves-2 sprigs
- Biriyani Masala Powder – 3 tsp
- Boiled eggs – 2
- Salt – as reqd
- For Marinating Chicken
- Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
- Chilly Powder – 1 tsp
- Salt – as needed
- For Grinding
- Green Chillies – 100 gm
- Garlic – 50 gm
- Ginger – 50 gm
- Poppy seeds soaked in water for 5- 10 mts – 2 tsp
- Grind them together to a coarse paste.Keep them aside
Kadhai Paneer,as per the name is paneer in a Kadhai(wok).This is a Punjabi favorite where fried paneer and green bell peppers are cooked in a spicy creamy tomato sauce and flavored with Kasoori Methi(dry fenugrek leaves) and coriander leaves.
- Ingredients:-
- Paneer cubed – 100 gms
- Green Peppers/Capsicum cut into squares – 2 medium sized
- Onion quartered and layers seperated – 1 medium sized
- Ginger julienned – a 1/2″ piece
- Garlic cloves chopped fine – 4
- Tomatoes chopped – 2 big
- Green Chillies chopped – 4
- Coriander powder – 2 tbsps
- Chilly powder -1 tsp
- Kasoori Methi – 2 tbsps
- Chopped Coriander leaves – 1/2 cup
- Oil – as needed
- Ghee – 1 tsp
- Salt – to taste
Cheera/ Spinach is an excellent source of many vitamins,minerals and anti-oxidents.It is available in different colors and texture,but for a Malayalee, cheera/spinach always means purple colored flat thin leaves.These purple colored cheera otherwise known as Kerala spinach is seen only in Kerala and it has less water content and less nutrition when compared to green Palak or Amaranth leaves.Many delicious side dishes can be prepared from Cheera ,among these cheera Thoran,Cheera Aviyal and Cheera Pachadi are the most popular ones.
- Cheera/Spinach chopped fine – 5 cups
- Grated coconut – 3/4 to 1 cup
- Shallots chopped – 4 or 5
- Green chillies chopped – 4
- Garlic chopped – 1/2 tsp
- Jeera – 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves – a sprig
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – as needed
Kichadi/Pachadi which is served in Sadyas,can be prepared with different vegetables.This dish is commonly known as Pachadi,but towards south Kerala this is called Kichadi.I still confuse about the terms Pachadi and Kichadi,but i’ve heard that in Pachadi, pounded mustard seeds are added along with coconut,while in Kichadi mustard seeds are used just for seasoning.
- Ingredients:-
- Green chillies slit – 3
- Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
- Beaten curd – 1 and 1/2 cups
- Cumin seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Red Chillies – 2
- Curry leaves – a sprig
- Coconut oil – 2 tbsp
- Salt – to taste
- Cleaned prawns – 250 gm
- Thick Tamarind Pulp – 1 tbsp
- Thick coconut milk – 1 – 1 1/2 cups
- Curry leaves
- Oil
- Salt
- grind:
- Chilly powder – 2 tsp
- Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp
- Jeera – 1/4 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Tiger prawns – 10
- Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
- Chilly powder – 1 tsp
- Pepper powder – 1tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Oil – 1tsp
- Lemon juice – 1 tsp
- Curry leaves – chopped
- Oil – for frying
- Salt
- Chili powder – 1/2 – 1 tbsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Salt
- Curry leaves
- Coconut oil
- Ingredients :-
- Raw rice – 2 cups
- Grated coconut – 1 cup
- Yeast – 1/2 tsp
- Sugar – 1/4 cup or use it accordingly
- Salt – a pinch
- Ingredients :-
- Eggplant diced – 1 large
- Nigella/Kalonji – 1/2 tsp
- Tomatoes chopped – 3 medium sized
- Ginger-Garlic paste – 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Red Chilly Powder – 1 tsp
- Coriander Powder – 1 tbsp
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – as needed