Tuesday, 18 April 2017
Saturday, 8 April 2017
Athirappilly - Vazhchal Waterfalls..
Feel the serenity and tranquility
embellished with
Charming greenery and enchanting
canopy…
Listen the murmuring waterfalls
leaping through pebbles
And rocks, spreading misty drops…
Enjoy the dazzling splendor of
whispering reeds
Among the fresh waterways….
Located on Chalakudy River, originating from Anamudy mountains
Near the Vazhchal Forest Division,
Thrissur District,Kerala.
Saturday, 18 March 2017
Carrot Laddu
Carrot Laddu
Ingredients
Grated carrot 1 cup
Grated coconut 1 cup
Sugar ¾ cup
Water ¼ cup
Ghee /Vanaspati 2 spoons
Rava 2 spoons
Cardamom powder 1 spoon
Nuts & cherry 1 spoon each
Add water and sugar, heat
it to make a thick liquid. Add coconut to this and boil. Heat ghee, roast
carrot, add sugar-coconut mixture, dry well. Add roasted rava,nuts and cardamom
powder. Shape to balls, garnish with cherry.
Sunday, 26 February 2017
Munnar.
Mattupetty Lake Munnar
Mattupetty Lake in Munnar, a few kilometers away from Mattupetty Dam.
A beautiful lake inside the hills of Munnar, at a height of 1700m, with still water, serene and peaceful landscape.
On the way, Jacaranda trees, locally called Neela Vaaka are in full bloom enveloped in blue dots along the lush green tea gardens.
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Friday, 26 August 2016
SWEETS
Pastry
Dates pudding
Sliced dates ½ cup
Sliced raisin ½ cup
Sugar 1 spoon
Butter 1 spoon
Boiled water ½ cup
Maida 1 cup
Baking powder 1 small spoon
Baking soda 1 small spoon
Milk 1 cup
Egg 1
Cornflour 1 small spoon
Sugar 1 ½ big spoon
Vanilla essence ¼ spoon
Mix dates, raisins, sugar,
butter and boiling water well. Add sieved maida, baking powder and baking soda
and mix well. Cover the mixture with a butter paper and steam to cook.
Boil milk. Mix egg,
cornflour, sugar and vanilla essence and beat well. Mix these together, put in
a bowl and double boil to make it thick. Add this to the pudding. Garnish with cherry
and dates.
Ariyunda
Roasted and ground rice
flour - 2 cups
Melted jaggery - 2 cups
Nuts roasted in ghee - ½ cup
Hot ghee -
¾ cup
Grated coconut -1 cup
Mix the ingredients well.
Shape to become round balls.
Easy Falooda
Pistha ice cream 500 ml.
Vanilla ice cream 500 ml.
Sliced fruits 4 cups
Sugar 1 spoon
Raisins & cashews 1 cup
Almonds (sliced) 1 spoon
Basil seeds 4 spoons
Jam 4
spoons
Cherry 5
Tutti frutti 2 spoons
Soak basil seeds for
fifteen minutes. After swelling, drain water. Keep aside. Mix sliced fruits
with sugar and allow to cool. Take a long glass. First add one scoop vanilla
ice cream. Then add one spoon jam. Next layer one spoon sliced fruits. Then
layer soaked basil seeds. Then layer one scoop pistha ice cream. Then add
raisins and cashews. Add tutti frutti. Repeat the layers again. Garnish with
cherry and almonds on the top.
Chocolate Treat
Eggs 5
Flour 250 gm.
Sugar 250 gm.
Butter 250 gm.
Cocoa 2 table spoon
Vanilla essence 1 teaspoon
Baking powder 1 teaspoon
Sift flour and baking
powder together. Cream butter and sugar till it becomes fluffy. Whisk egg. Add
flour to it and whisk again. Add butter, sugar, vanilla essence and cocoa and
whisk again. Grease a cake tin. Pour the mixture, bake at 180 degree C in a
pre-heated oven for 45 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Jackfruit Halva
Cooked & ground
Jackfruit ½ kg
Jaggery ¼ kg
Maida 1 cup
Ghee 1 cup
Cardamom
Powder 1 teaspoon
Nuts ½
cup
Melt
jaggery and sieve. Add ground jackfruit. Add some water to maida to make a
thick paste. Mix it with jackfruit-Jaggery paste. Heat a pan. Pour the mixture.
Stir well. Add ghee part by part. When it becomes thick add nuts and cardamom powder.
Apply one spoon ghee to a plate and spread the mixture. Allow to cool. Cut into
pieces.
Friday, 19 August 2016
VARIETY RECIPES
Fish Cutlet
Fish ½ kg
Vinegar 1 teaspoon
Salt 1 teaspoon
Oil ¼ cup
Sliced onion ½ cup
Sliced green chilly 1 desert spoon
Sliced ginger 1 teaspoon
Sliced curry leaves ½ teaspoon
Pepper powder 1 teaspoon
Boiled and mashed
Potato 1 cup
Salt accordingly
Egg yolk 1
Egg white 1
Bread powder ½ cup
Marinate fish with vinegar
and salt. Steam it and mash. Heat oil, add onion, chilly, ginger and roast. Add
pepper powder and fish mixture. Add potato, egg yolk, salt and mix well. Shape
to cutlets, dip in egg white and again in bread powder and fry. Serve with
sauce and salad.
cucumber salad sprinkle salt and lemon juice in sliced cucumber pieces. |
Carrot Rice
Basmati rice 2 cups
Carrot 50 gm.
Sliced onion 50 gm.
Raisin 1 spoon
Nuts 1 spoon
Cardamom 3
Salt
accordingly
Ghee ½ cup
Coriander leaves accordingly
Sliced tomato ½ cup
Water 4 cups
Wash and drain basmati rice.
Heat a pan. Pour one spoon ghee and roast rice. Keep it aside. Boil water. Add
basmati rice, salt and mashed cardamom. Cook for ten minutes. In a pan, heat one spoon ghee, roast
onion,carrot,raisins and nuts.Serve cooked rice in a plate garnishing with
coriander leaves, sliced tomato, roasted onions, carrot, raisins and nuts.
Steamed Fish (in banana
leaf)
Sliced fish 400 gm.
Salt accordingly
Turmeric powder ¼ teaspoon
Pepper powder ¼ teaspoon
Oil 5 spoons
Mustard ¼ teaspoon
Fenugreek a pinch
Sliced ginger 2 small spoons
Sliced green chilly 2 small spoons
Sliced Onion 150 gm.
Ginger-garlic paste 2 small spoons
Turmeric powder ¼ teaspoon
Chilly powder 4 small spoons
Salt accordingly
Tomato 2
Gambogia 3 pieces
Coconut milk 2 spoons
Marinate fish pieces with
turmeric powder, pepper powder and salt. Heat oil, frost mustard, fenugreek,
ginger, green chilly and onion. Add ginger-garlic paste. Add turmeric powder,
chilly powder and salt. Then add tomato pieces. Add soaked Gambogia with its
water and allow to boil. Add coconut milk. Stir well till the fish masala
becomes a thick gravy. Take a banana leaf, layer fish masala, add fish pieces,
top with masala again, put curry leaves upside and down side of fish pieces,
cover well and steam for twenty five minutes. Open the leaf, Garnish with
vegetables and serve.
Mango Curry
Sliced
mango 1 cup
Sliced
green chilly 1 spoon
Sliced
ginger 1 spoon
Sliced
onion ¼ cup
Chilly
powder 1 teaspoon
Coriander
powder 1 teaspoon
Turmeric
powder ¼ teaspoon
Curry
leaves accordingly
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Oil 1
spoon
Mustard ¼ teaspoon
Red
chilly 3
Heat
one spoon oil in a pan. Add mustard. Add onion, chilly, ginger, curry leaves
and roast. Add sliced mango. Stir well. Add chilly, coriander and turmeric
powders and roast. Add second coconut milk and salt. Cook for five minutes. Add
first coconut milk. Stir till it becomes slight hot. Remove from heat.
Cauliflower Curry
Cauliflower : 1
Tomato : 1
Onion : 6
Chilly powder : 1
teeaspoon
Coriander powder : ½ teaspoon
Coriander powder : ½ teaspoon
Pepper powder : ½ teaspoon
Salt :
accordingly
Oil
: 2 desert spoons
Mustard :
¼ teaspoon
Garam masala powder : 1/4 teaspoon
Curry leaves :
accordingly
Separate cauliflower petals. Soak in
salt water for half an hour and steam. Mix chilly powder, coriander powder,
pepper powder and salt. Marinate steamed cauliflower with this mixture. Keep aside
for twenty minutes. Heat oil in a pan. Roast mustard and curry leaves. Add
tomato and onion. Add marinated cauliflower. Stir well and cook. Add garam
masala powder. Serve hot.
Vegetable Rice
Basmati rice : 3 cups
Green peas : 200 gm.
Oil :2 teaspoons.
Cardamom : 4
Cloves : 3
Cinnamon : 4
Onion : 2
Garlic :
1
Ginger : 1
piece
Green chilly : 2
Beans : 50 gm.
Carrot :
3
Tomato : 1
Salt
: accordingly
Ghee : 2 spoons
Nuts : 50 gm.
Kismis : 50 gm.
Garam masala powder : ¼ teaspoon
Cook basmati rice in 4
cups of boiling water. Cook green peas. Heat oil in a pan. Fry cardamom, cloves
and cinnamon. Keep it aside. Add sliced onion to the remaining oil and fry,
add garlic, ginger and green chilly. Add sliced beans and carrot. When it
becomes half cooked, add sliced tomato and salt. Close with a lid and cook. Mix
cooked rice and green peas to it.Sprinkle garam masala powder. Heat ghee and
roast nuts and Kismis. Add it to the rice-vegetable mixture. Serve hot.
Fish Fry
Marinate fish with pepper powder,turmeric powder,garlic-ginger paste, chilly powder,salt and lemon juice. Keep aside for 1/2 an hour and fry.
Buttermilk Salad
Add one sliced onion,two green chillies,salt and curry leaves to one cup buttermilk.
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