Cauliflower curry.

 

Cauliflower Curry

Cauliflower                                        : 1

 Tomato                                              : 1

 shallots                                               : 6

Chilly powder                         : 1 teeaspoon
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 hot 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. Fry mustard and curry leaves. Add tomato and onion. Add marinated cauliflower. Stir well and cook. Add garam masala powder. Serve hot.

Jackfruit Halva.

 

Jackfruit Halva

Cooked & ground

Jackfruit                                   ½ kg

Jaggery                                     ¼ kg

Maida                                       1 cup

Ghee/Vanaspati                      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.

Beautiful shore at Kovalam.

 

Fruit Salad.

 

Fruit Salad - 

Slice apple,,banana,and pineapple.Add grapes and cherry.Mix one teaspoon sugar and keep in refrigerator.

Mix two teaspoons custard powder in half glass of milk.

Boil 500 ml milk with 4 teaspoons sugar.When it boils add custard cream and stir for two- three minutes to make a creamy consistency.Allow to cool in refrigerator.Add sliced fruits and serve.

Spinach Omlet.(without egg)

 

Spinach Omlet

Ingredients

Sliced spinach    ¼ cup

Green chilly         3

Sliced ginger         a pinch

Peanut flour          ¼ cup

Salt                          accordingly

Oil                           1 teaspoon

Water                     ½ cup

Mix peanut flour and salt with water to make a thick liquid. Add sliced spinach, chilly and ginger. Heat oil, pour the mixture, turn upside down and roast two sides

Papaya Juice.

 Poison less papaya juice with honey and sugar from courtyard.

Jungle geranium.

 

"Flame of the woods" - A flowering shrub native to Southern India, Bangladesh & Srilanka.

Ariunda.(sweet rice laddu)

 

Ariyunda

Roasted and ground rice flour       - 2 cups

Melted jaggery                                  - 2 cups

Nuts roasted in ghee                         - ½ cup

Grated coconut                                   -1 cup

Cardamom powder.                            - 1/4 teaspoon

Add grated coconut to melted jaggery and boil.Allow to cool.

                    Mix other ingredients well. Shape to become round balls.

Ripe Banana Cutlet.

             

Ripe Banana Cutlet.

Ingredients:

1. Ripe banana                  -3

2. Grated coconut             - ½ cup

3. Cardamom powder       -1/2  small spoon

4. Bread powder                - 2 cups

5. Ghee  / Vanaspati            - ¼ cup

Method:

Cut the bananas into pieces and cook in steam. Knead the cooked bananas adding grated coconut and cardamom powder. Make them balls, give the shape of cutlets and dip in bread powder. Heat a pan, apply ghee, put the cutlets in it and roast turning them upside down two or three times.

Passion Fruit Juice.

 

Passion fruit.

Passion Fruit.

 

Passion fruit flower.

Papaya, the natural pudding.

 

Jackfruit Baji.

 

1. Jackfruit (raw)              250 gm.

2. Peanut flour                 4 spoons

3. Asafoetida                   1 teaspoon

4. Salt                                accordingly

5. Kashmiri chilly

 Powder                           2 spoons

6. Soda powder               ½ spoon

7. Tomato sauce             1 cup

8. Oil                                  2 cups

Mix 2 to 6 ingredients in a cup of water to make a paste. Dip jackfruit pieces in it and fry. Serve hot with sauce.