Floral arrangement with Petunia & Henna plant flowers.

 

Petunia flowers & 

Henna plant bunches of flowers.

Bengal clockvine.(Bengal trumpet)

 

Bengal clockvine. A purple flowering tropical vine.

And an evergreen vine.

Native to China,India,Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar & Indo China.

Other names :

Bengal trumpet, blue sky flower, blue thunbergia,blue trumpet vine, clockvine,sky flower,sky vine.

A house plant in temperate regions.

Banana Halva.

 

Ingredients:

Ripe banana.                       3-5

Ghee/Vanaspati                   50ml

Sugar.                                   50 gm 

Cornflour.                            3 tablespoons 

Cherry.                                 5

Cardamom powder.          1/2 teaspoon.

Heat a pan.Add ghee, sliced Banana,stir to cook and mash.Add sugar and stir.Mix cornflour in half cup of water and add.Stir all ingredients well to make thick.Add cardamom powder.Remove from heat.Apply a little ghee in a tray, spread the mixture and level.

Allow to cool.Cut into pieces.Garnish with cherry.

Beetroot Thoran

 

Ingredients:

Beetroot.                                   200gm 

Grated coconut.                        50 gm 

Chilli powder.                             1 teaspoon 

Pepper powder.                         1/2 teaspoon 

Turmeric powder.                      1/4 teaspoon 

Onion.                                           1/2

Garlic.                                            2 petals. 

Coconut oil.                                  1 teaspoon 

Malabar tamarind 

(Indian garcina).                          A pinch.

Salt.                                                 A pinch.

Curry leaves.                                  5-6

Grate beetroot.Slice onions and garlic.

Heat a pan.Add oil. Fry onions and garlic.Add curry leaves, chilli, pepper, turmeric Powder, stir well.Add grated coconut.Add grated beetroot and salt and Indian garcina. Stir well, cover the pan with a lid and cook for 2-3 minutes.Serve hot.

Carrot Rice.

 

Ingredients:

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 fry rice. Keep it aside. Boil water. Add basmati rice, salt and mashed cardamom. Cook for ten minutes.  In a pan, heat one spoon ghee, fry onion,carrot,raisins and nuts.Serve cooked rice in a plate garnishing with coriander leaves, sliced tomato, roasted onions, carrot, raisins and nuts.

Fish cutlets.

 

Ingredients:

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.

Rambutan harvest!

 

Carrot cake.

 

Ingredients.

Carrot (grated).                       150gm

Maida.                                        150gm

Sugar.                                         300gm     

Egg.                                             3

Vanilla essence.                        1 teaspoon

Cocoa powder.                           3 teaspoon

Baking powder.                           1 teaspoon

Baking soda.                                1/2 teaspoon

Sunflower oil.                                50 ml 

Cloves, cinnamon,nutmeg 

(Powdered together).                   1/2 teaspoon

Vinegar.                                           1 teaspoon

Baking soda.( to mix with vinegar). 1/2 teaspoon 

Beat egg.Add powdered sugar.Beat again.

Add vanilla essence.Beat well.

Mix sunflower oil.

Sieve together maida, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder,garam masala powder and add to the batter.Add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda to 1 teaspoon vinegar,then add to the batter.

Mix all ingredients well.Add grated carrots.Stir well to mix.

Bake in a 180°pre-heated oven for 42 minutes.

 

Flower basket cake.

 

Egg                                   - 4

Powdered Sugar            - 1 cup (200 gm)

Maida                              -1 cup (200 gm)

Baking Powder               - 1 Teaspoon

Baking Soda                    -1/4 Teaspoon

Vanilla essence               - 1 Teaspoon

Sugar Syrup                     - ½ cup

Whipping cream             - 500 ml.

Food colour.                      - Green,Pink

 Cake: Beat egg. Add powdered sugar and beat well. Mix maida, baking powder and baking soda, sieve well. Add this with egg-sugar mix. Beat and mix well. Add vanilla essence, mix well. Bake this batter in an oven pre-heated in 180°  about 40 minutes.

Allow the cake to cool. Slice it into two or three layers.

Icing mixture: Beat whipping cream to make it thick. Add 5-6 table spoons powdered sugar& colour to this and beat again. Refrigerate it for two hours.

Take one layer of cake, fix it on a stand with some icing mixture.  Apply some sugar syrup on the first layer, apply icing mixture. Repeat the process. Cover the whole layers with icing.Using suitable nozzle design a basket and flowers. Allow to cool in refrigerator for two hours.

Flowers from coconut cap.

 

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.