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CHEMPIN THALU CURRY / COLOCASIA LEAVES CURRY / TARO LEAVES CURRY

   In Kerala, the month of Karkidakam (July 15 - August 15) is the time when the Monsoons reach its peak. It is also a time when diseases abound, and for this very reason Karkidakom is the month that has been identified for the preventive treatments and rejuvenation therapies of Ayurveda. At this time most of the village people use all leaves as food except drumstick leaves because immediately after the Monsoon rain comes all seeds will grow up with medicinal values.


    Here I am adding the traditional thalu curry, which is made with colocasia tender leaves (taro tender leaves) which is known as chempin thalu. Thalu has so many nutritional values and a good source of iron content. Thalu curry is very tasty and my daughter also like it very much.  It is one of the most famous traditional village recipe of Karkidakam in Kerala.

THALU CURRY

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INGREDIENTS


Colocasia (Taro) Tender Leaves - (chopped) - 2 cup
Chilly Powder - 1 teaspoon
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Coconut (grated) - 1 cup
Tamarind Juice - 3 teaspoon
Shallots - 4
Shallots (chopped) - 2
Curry Leaves - 2 springs
Coconut oil - 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Dried Red Chilly - 2 (broken)
Fenugreek seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
Salt - to taste

PREPARATION


   Wash chopped colocasia leaves ( thalu) and cook it with chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt and some water. Grind grated coconut, shallots and one pinch turmeric powder and make a paste. Add this coconut paste to the cooked taro leaves and cook again for 5 minutes. Then add tamarind juice and allow it to boil. When the curry get a thick consistency, turn off the flame.

   Heat oil in a pan and put mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds. When it splutter, add dried chilly, chopped shallots and curry leaves. Turn off the flame. Add this to the thalu curry and stir well. Now the traditional and tasty thalu curry is ready to serve.

NOTE; Use only tender leaves of colocasia to avoid itching.


Step by step method

1. Chop taro leaves and wash it well.

 2. Add water, chilly powder, turmeric powder and salt and cook for 5 - 7 minutes

3. Grind grated coconut, shallots and one pinch turmeric powder and make a paste

4.Add the coconut paste to the cooked taro leaves and cook for 5 minutes

5. Take tamarind juice and add it to the curry and allow it to boil. When it get a thick consistency, turn off the flame.

6. Heat coconut oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, dried red chilly, chopped shallots and curry leaves. Pour it into the curry and stir well. Now the curry is ready to serve

Serve thalu curry with rice and enjoy the traditional taste of Kerala.

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BINDU JAYESH
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GREEN PEAS PURI / MUTTER PURI

Good Morning Friends

   Once again I am presenting a special puri for today's break fast. Green Peas Puri is a green colored puri which has a lot of health benefits. Children should like this puri because it is very attractive in color than usual puris. Green peas puri is a tasty deep fried bread which is prepared with wheat powder, green peas, green chillies and coriander leaves.

GREEN PEAS PURI

See the Recipe below:

INGREDIENTS

Green Peas - 1 1/2 cup
Wheat Flour - 2 cup
Coriander Leaves - 1/2 cup
Green Chilly - 2-3
Salt - to taste
Cooking Oil - for frying
Semolina / Rawa - 2 tablespoon


PREPARATION


   Soak green peas in water in a vessel for 3 - 4 hours. Chop coriander leaves and green chillies. Grind green peas, coriander leaves and green chillies in a mixie and make a smooth paste.Combine this green peas paste with wheat flour, Rawa and salt. Mix all these well and knead to make a smooth dough. Add enough water while kneading. Keep this dough for half an hour. Cover it with a cotton clothes

   After 30 minutes knead the dough once again and make small balls with the dough. Press and roll the balls in round shape. Heat oil in a pan and put rolled puri into it and fry both sides crispy.(Adding rawa in puri will help it to stay crispy much more time. Slightly press the middle of the puri with a katori make it puffed.)  Take puri from oil and put it in a sieve. Make all puris one by one like this. Green colored tasty puri is ready. Enjoy it with potato masala or bhaji.

How is this recipe? Try this today itself. Enjoy a healthy and tasty break fast.

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BINDU JAYESH

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MAMPAZHA PULISSERI / RIPE MANGO CURRY

   MAMBAZHA PULISSERY is one of my favourite accompaniment for rice. Actually it is a traditional Kerala cuisine. Pulisseri is commonly known as Moru Curry or Kachiya Moru. It is a yogurt based curry usually prepare in sadya or Onam sadya towards the end of the meals. Here we make this pulissery with ripe mango, yogurt and coconut.

MAMBAZHA PULISSERI

The recipe is below:

INGREDIENTS

Ripe Mango - 3
Coconut (grated) - 1 cup
Shallots - 2
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
Green Chilly - 2
Fenugreek Powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Curd / Yogurt - 1 cup
Curry Leaves - 2 springs
Dried Red Chilly - 2
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 teasoon
Coconut Oil - 1 teaspoon
Salt - to taste


METHOD


   Peel the mangoes and keep it aside. Slice the green chilly in lengthwise. Put the mangoes in a vessel and add enough water and put it on flame. Add green chilly, turmeric powder and salt to it. Close the vessel with a lid and cook the Mango. Keep the flame in medium when it get boiled. Beat curd well and keep it aside. Grind the grated coconut, cumin seeds and turmeric powder to make a fine paste and keep aside. When the mango get cooked, mash it lightly. Then add the coconut mix and fenugreek powder to the mango and mix it well. Heat the mix in low flame. It is very important that don't allow it to boil. Stir occasionally. Add curd to it and turn off the flame. Stir the curry well and keep aside.

   Heat coconut oil in a pan. Splutter the mustard seeds. Put broken dry red chilly, Curry leaves and shallots to it and stir well. Saute it for one minute and add it to the Pulissery.\

   Our sweet and sour Mambhazha Pulissery is ready to serve. Enjoy it with Rice or Meals...

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BINDU JAYESH

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ALOO METHI / POTATO FENUGREEK LEAVES STIR FRY

Have a great day!

   Today I am sharing a simple and easy recipe for you. Really it is a North Indian Recipe accompanied with Roti or Paratha. But this is a good combination with ghee rice or curd rice or jeera rice etc or with South Indian Meals. Since it is a North Indian recipe, the name is Aloo Methi, that aloo is potato and methi is fenugreek leaves.

  ALOO METHI 

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INGREDIENTS


Potato (Aloo) - 4
Fenugreek Leaves ( Methi) - 1 1/2 cup
Cumin Seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
Garlic - 3 cloves ( chopped)
Green Chilly - 2 (chopped)
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Chat masala - 1/4 teaspoon
Salt - to taste
Cooking Oil - 1 teaspoon

PREPARATION

   Wash and peel potatoes and cube it. Chop methi leaves and keep aside. Pour some cooking oil in a heavy bottomed hot pan. Add cumin seeds to the oil. Then add chopped garlic cloves to it and stir well. When it get semifried ( aroma comes) add cubed potatoes and chopped green chillies to the pan. Add turmeric powder and fry for 2 - 3 minutes. Add a little water to it for cooking potatoes. ( Don't add plenty of water) Cover it with a lid and cook it for few minutes in low flame. Open the lid when the potato get cooked. Add salt and chat masala and stir well. Fry for 2 minutes. Finally add chopped methi leaves to it and stir. Fry them until the methi leaves wilt off and turn the flame off.

Now Aloo Methi is ready to serve. Enjoy with Roti, Paratha or Rice...

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JAMUN ICE CREAM / JAMBUL BERRY ICE CREAM/ NJAVALPPAZHAM ICE CREAM

Jambul berry (Njaval Pazham)  is also known as JAMUN or Black Plum. It is a summer fruit with many health and medicinal benefits. Jamun is very effective against cancer, heart diseases, asthma and arthritis. It's seed is used as a medicine for diabetes.

   Jambul has many vital nutrients also. The iron content in this fruit is very high. So it is good to increase the haemoglobin count.

Today, we have to learn a heavenly taste of Jamun ice cream. Recipe is below:

JAMUN ICE CREAM

INGREDIENTS


Jambul berry ( Njaval pazham ) - 1 cup
Boiled Milk - 1 cup
Condensed Milk - 1 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Fresh Cream - 1/4 cup
Cashew Nuts - 6
Raisins - 6-8

PREPARATION

   Wash and de seed jambul berry and blend it to make a pulp. Boil milk and allow it to cool. Then blend the jambul pulp and milk together. Then add sugar, and condensed milk. Blend it well. We get a thick solution. Finally add whipped cream and blend it and pour it into a container and keep 3 hours for refrigeration. After 3 hours blend the ice cream mix once again and keep it in refrigerator for 6 hours for setting. Tasty and healthy Jambul Berry Ice cream is ready. Scoop and garnish the ice cream with raisins and cashew nuts. Pour some melted chocolate on top of the ice cream. Serve immediately and enjoy a special taste..

    Try this recipe and enjoy the heavenly taste.... Friends, please share your comments and suggestions here.

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BINDU JAYESH
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Eid Mubarak

PALADA PRATHAMAN / COOKED RICE FLAKES IN MILK/ PALADA KHEER

Hai Friends,

   Thanking all of you for your support. Today I m very glad to inform you my gratitude towards you because I got 1000 above page views for my blog within a short period.

   Now I am adding a traditional recipe of Palada Payasam for this pleasant occasion.

   Kheer is prepared in festivals and all special occasions. Palada Payasam is a South Asian rice pudding made by cooking rice ada in milk and sugar. It is usually prepared in festival season.

PALADA PRATHAMAN

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   INGREDIENTS

RICE ADA ( Rice flakes) - 200 gm
Milk - 1 1/2 litre
Sugar - 1 cup ( as required)
Cardamom Powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Ghee - 2 tablespoon
Cashew nuts - 50 gm
Raisins - 50 gm

PREPARATION

   Wash rice ada and drain all water. Boil 2 cup water in a pan. When it get boiled, add ada into it. Turn off the flame and keep it in the stove for 20 minutes. Drain the water from ada after 20 minutes and rinse ada in cold water. Keep it aside. Boil milk in a vessel and keep it aside. Heat a heavy bottomed vessel and pour ghee in it. Add Cashew nuts, and raisins respectively and roast it and keep it aside. Add sugar to the ghee and saute well. When it get melted add Ada and roast it. 

   Add boiled milk into the ada mix and stir well. Boil the mix in medium flame. Stir occasionally. Continue boiling till the payasam get right thick consistency. Add cardamom powder and stir well. And finally add roasted cashew nuts and raisins and stir again. Yummy Palada Prathaman is ready. Serve hot and enjoy...

   Once again I am thanking you all for visiting my humble space. Please share your comments and suggestions here. 

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FIG HONEY ICE CREAM

HAVE A SWEET DAY

   Ice Cream is actually a frozen food, typically eaten as a dessert, usually made from diary products such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. It is typically sweetened with cane sugar or beet sugar or other sweeteners. But here I am presenting a marvelous ice cream recipe that a perfect blend of dried Fig, Milk and Honey.

FIG HONEY ICE CREAM

 INGREDIENTS

Fig - 12
Condensed Milk - 1 cup
Milk - 2 cup
Honey - 10 table spoon
Fresh cream - 1/4 cup
Cashew nuts - 6
Cherry - for decoration

PREPARATION

   Boil milk in a vessel and keep it aside to cool. Soak fig in boiled water for 3- 4 hours. Blend the soaked fig to make a smooth paste. Add condensed milk and boiled milk and blend it well. Finally add fresh cream and honey to it and blend again. Then pour the mixture in a container and keep it in refrigerator for 4 hours. After 4 hours take out the mixture and blend again to make a smooth paste. Again pour the mixture into the container and allow it for setting. The ice cream will set within 5 hours.

   Scoop the ice cream into a bowl and garnish it with fig pieces, cashew nuts and cherry. Pour honey over it. Our tasty FIG HONEY ICE CREAM is ready. Enjoy the yummy ice cream with a sweeet smile.

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BINDU JAYESH
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