Kerala Kitchen Event Announcement!!!!!!!

Happy to announce the first event on my blog.Hosting the kerala kitchen event for the month of November 2011.

I know no one need an introduction for this event as the name, it is all about kerala dishes.Sent in the entries as many as u can.Any kerala dishes which has the some of the typical ingredients : Coconut, bananas and plantains, tapioca/ yucca, mango, jackfruit, lentils, cashews, pepper, cardamom, cloves, tamarind, rice and rice flour, ginger, curry leaves, jaggery, buttermilk etc.

Email your entries to me with your name, a photograph of your dish (preferably a thumbnail, no wider than 300 pixels) and a link to your post before or on the 30th of that month, with the subject line: The Kerala Kitchen. And non-bloggers, simply email your entry and photograph to me if you want us to include it.Email to fajeeda@gmail.com.

Do post the recipes between 1st November to 30st November , 2011 and link it with this announcement page and also with the Kerala kitchen page. For more info on this event check here.

Looking forward for your entries.......

Banana Cooler

Hi friends..........have not blogged for few weeks.....actually I'm into my small new business of catering at home itself which kept me busy and away from blogging these days.Hope all r doing good.I was thinking to post this recipe for iftar again didn't get time.This is a very easy and healthy dish to cool ur body.So I gave it the name banana cooler.

This can be made in coconut milk also but i like this more with fresh milk.

Ingredients:

6 Small bananas (Cherupazham any type)

Sugar as per taste

1tsp Cumin powder

4 to 5 shallots finely chopped

1c Cold Fresh milk or Coconut Milk

Method:

1.In a bowl peel the bananas and mash it with hand.

2.Add sugar as desired.

3.Add the shallots and cumin powder.

4.Mix well and add the milk as how u need the consistency.

5.Serve in bowls.

This goes to Kerala Kitchen hosted by khushi of girl's diary

Date And Carrot Cake

Dates and carrots both are good for health and if both comes in one recipe its even more tasty also.

I got some fresh dates from my friend so I thought to make some thing with dates.First thing always click to mind is a cake then thought will add something more into it so I added carrot to it.

And the cake was so soft and tasty also.

Ingredients:

2c All purpose flour

1/2 to 3/4 c Powdered sugar

1/2c Butter room temp

1/2c Oil

3 Eggs room temp

1 1/2tsp Baking powder

1/2c Milk

2tbsp Date Paste

1 Carrot grated

1/2 to 3/4c Sliced dates

1/2tsp Vanilla essence

1/2tsp Cinnamon Powder

Method:

1.Seive flour,cinnamon powder and baking powder and keep aside.

2.In a bowl beat butter,oil and powdered sugar till creamy.

3.Now add eggs one by one beating after each addition.

4.Add vanilla essence and beat well.

5.Now add the date paste and mix well.

6.Now slowly add the flour mixture and fold in well.

7.If the batter is thick pour milk and mix well.

8.Add the sliced dates and grated carrots and mix well till combined well.

9.Preheat the oven at 200 degree C for 15 mins.

10.Grease a cake tin and pour the batter to the tin.

11.Bake it at 180 Degree C for 35 to 40 mins or till the tester comes out clean.

12.Slice and enjoy with coffee or tea.

FFC (Faji's Fried Chicken)

This is my first attempt to try out something which tastes like famous fried chicken KFC.I didn't get the exact taste but the taste was different and very flavorful.So I named it as FFC LOL.......

For KFC they say there are 11 secret ingredients.I didn't get that much ingredients and the many thing they use is MSG(Mono sodium Glutamate)or Ajinomoto.I didn't use that because I don't like that to use in my foods as it is not good for health.Anyway we shall go to the recipe how i made......

Ingredients:

8pcs Of Chicken

1c All purpose flour

1tsp Oregano

1tsp Thyme

1tsp Parsley

1tsp Basil

1tsp Marjoram

1tsp Garlic Powder

1 or 2tsp Pepper Powder

2 Eggs

3tbsp Milk

Salt

Method:

1.Clean the chicken and boil it with little salt.

2.When the chicken is cooked drain off the excess water.

3.Now in a bowl mix the all purpose flour and all the dry herbs and salt and mix well.

4.Just powder this mixture till all the herbs blend well.

5.Beat the eggs and milk and keep aside.

6.Now coat the chicken in the herb mixture.

7.Now dip this in egg mixture and then back again in herb mixture.

8.Now repeat this with all the rest pcs of chicken and keep aside.

9.Heat oil in a kadai and deep fry this chicken pcs till golden brown and crispy.

10.Serve along with buns,fries and coleslaw.

Coleslaw

Coleslaw is a mixed salad of cabbage and carrot.

Ingredients:

1c Chopped Cabbage

1/2c Chopped Carrot

1tbsp Mayonnaise

1 1/2tbsp Yoghurt

1tsp Sugar

Salt as required

Method:

Mix all the ingredients together and serve as a salad.

Fried Rice

Hi everybody........was really busy these days with fasting and eid holidays.Hope u all had a wonderful time.Didn't get time for blogging........now back again to normal routine.Started my blogging days.I had many dishes to share with u but didn't get time now will start sharing those recipes.

Today i'm posting fried rice.......which is very easy and quick to prepare.

Ingredients:

2c Basmati rice

3cloves garlic

1large carrot

10 Beans

1/2c Sweet corn

1/2c Capsicum

3large Eggs

1/2c Shredded chicken

1/2c Spring onions

3tbsp Soya sauce

3tsp Pepper powder

Salt

Olive Oil or Butter

Method:

1.In a large vessel pour more water and cook the rice with salt and little oil till just done.

2.Now strain the excess water from rice and let the rice cool down so that the grains doesn't stick one another.

3.Now cut the vegetables into small cubes.

4.In a fry pan heat 1tbsp of olive oil and saute chopped garlic.

5.Then add the carrots,beans,corn and capsicum and saute till slightly cooked.

6.Add pinch of salt and pepper to this.

7.Add the shredded chicken pieces to this and mix well.

8.In another pan heat 1tbsp of olive oil and scrambble the egg with salt and pepper.

9.Now heat a large vessel pour a little olive oil put some rice to the vessel aand some veg mix and scrambbled egg and mix well,pour some soya sauce and just mix it.

10.Again add the rice and rest of the mixture and mix well till all the rice and veg ,egg mixture are incorporated well.

11.Add some pepper powder and salt as required.

12.Add the chopped spring onions.

13.Serve hot with chilly chicken,chicken manchurian etc.........

This goes to Ayeesha's Any One Can Cook

Chicken Chukka

This is a dry chicken dish which is very tasty with chappathi.........this take lil time to get prepared but really very tasty......this can be a starter or a main dish with chappathi or kubus.

Ingredients:

1kg Chicken

3big Onions

1big Tomato

3 Green chillies

3 Cloves Garlic

1/2tsp Red Chilly powder

1/4tsp Turmeric powder

1/2tsp Fennel seed powder

1/2tsp Garam masala powder

Salt

Curry Leaves

Coriander Leaves

Oil for frying

For Marination:

1/2tsp Red chilly powder

1/4tsp Turmeric powder

2tsp Ginger garlic paste

Salt

Method:

1.Clean the chicken and drain off excess water.

2.In a bowl put chicken and ingredients for marination and marinate the chicken and keep aside for 1 hr.

3.Now in a frying pan pour oil.

4.When the oil is hot put the chicken in it and fry till slight dark brown.

5.Now in another pan pour 2tbsp of chicken fried oil.

6.Heat the oil and add the sliced onions and saute till brown.

7.Add the sliced garlic.Saute well.

8.Now add the red chilly powder,turmeric powder,fennel seed powder and garam masala powder and mix well till the raw smell goes away.

9.Now add the sliced tomatoes and mix well.

10.When the tomatoes are soft add the fried chicken pieces and mix well and in a low flame keep on sirring.

11.Stir till when the masala becomes dry and dark brown.

12.Add salt if needed and add curry leaves and coriander leaves.

13.Serve hot with chappathi or kubus.

This goes to Ayeesha's event Iftar Moments Hijri 1432.

Tomato Chicken

This is a simple dish of chicken with a tomato touch............this was tasty and will go very well with parotta and nan.........

Ingredients:

1kg Chicken

2big Onion

7cloves Garlic

1med pc Ginger

1big Tomato

3 Green Chillies or more as per requirement

1/2c Tomato paste

1/4c Tomato ketchup

1 Capsicum

1tsp Cumin powder

1tsp Kasuri methi

Coriander leaves

Salt

Butter or oil

For Marination:

1 1/2 tsp Crushed red whole chillies

3tbsp Yoghurt

A pinch of red colour

Salt

Method:

1.Cut and clean chicken.

2.In a bowl marinate the chicken with the ingredients under for marinate.

3.Keep aside for 1/2 hr.

4.In a pan heat butter or oil and put chopped onions and salt.

5.When onions are transparent add the chopped garlic,ginger and green chillies and saute well.

6.Now add the tomato paste and tomato kechup and mix well.

7.Now add the marinated chicken and mix well and cook half.

8.When the chicken is half done add the chopped tomatoes,sliced capsicum,cumin powder and kasuri methi and mix well and let the chicken cook fully.

9.After cooked if u want dry let the liquid evaporate and become dry or can serve as semi gravy also.

10.Serve hot with fried rice,parotta or nan.

This goes to Ayeesha's event Ifter moments Hijri 1432.