Thalassery-chicken-dum-biriyani

 Thalassery Chicken Dum Biriyani

Thalassery Biriyani is famous for its taste and aroma. Kaima Rice or Jeerakasala Rice is used for this. It is a small type of rice. Then a special spice and  'Bista' is added to taste. 

Ingrediants for Biriyani Masala:

1. Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp
2. Cardamom - 4 pieces
3. Cloves - 4 pieces
4. Cinnamon Sticks - Two in One pinch size
5. Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp
6. Saageera - 1/2 tsp
7. Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
8. Nutmug (Jathikka) - 1 small piece
9. Mace (Jathipathri) - 1 small piece
10. Star Anise (Thakkolam) - 1 piece
11. Poppy Seeds (kasakasa) - 1 tsp
12. Dried Chillies - 2 no 

• Heat all this together and grind.

Roast Ingredients:

• Cut two large onions into small pieces.Add a pinch of sugar and fry until golden brown. This is Bista.

• Roast some cashewnuts and Raisins.

To Prepare the Chicken Masala:

1. Chicken  - 1 kg
2. Greenchillies - 7 no
3. Ginger - 15 gm
4. Garlic - 30 gm 
5. Onions - 2 large
6. Tomatoes - 2
7. Coriander Leaves - 1/2 cup
8. Mint Leaves - 1/4 cup
9. Lemon Juice - 1 tsp
10. Yogurt - 2 Table spoon

To Prepare it:

• Finely chop the Greenchillies, Ginger and Garlic.
• When well cooked, add crushed ginger, green chillies and garlic fry for two minutes.
• Now add two large spoons of biriyani spice powder and 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder.
• Add washed and cleaned chicken pieces and stir for five minutes.
• Add Tomatoes, Coriander leaves, Mint leaves, and enough salt.
• Cover the pan and cook until the chicken is cooked through.
• Stir occasionally.
• When it is cooked, add yogurt and lemon juice.
• Thick the gravy and cook open until cooked through.
• Turnoff the heat and when it heats up slightly, add three-quarters of the bista powder and stir.
• Now the Masala is ready.

Now lets prepare Biriyani Rice..........Required Ingrediants:

1. Jeerakasala Rice - 4 cup
2. Water - 7 cup
3. Lemon Juice - 1 Teaspoon
4. Ghee - 2 Tablespoon
5. Cardamom - 2
6. Clove - 2
7. Cinnamon - 1
8. Salt - To taste

To Prepare It:

• Wash the rice well and set aside.
• Pour two tablespoons of Ghee in a bowl and when hot add the Cardamom, Cloves and Cinnamon.
• When these burst, add rice and fry for two to three minutes.
• Pour boiling water over it.
• Add lemon juice and enough salt
• When it boils well, cover and cook over medium heat until the water dries.
• Now the Biriyani Rice is also ready.
• Lets Dum now. For this:
• Take some Rose Water or Milk, add a little turmeric powder and mix well.
• In a large bowl add the whole Chicken Masala.
• Add half Biriyani Rice to it.
• Sprinkle some Bista, roasted nuts, raisins,some coriander leaves, some biriyani spice powder and some ghee on top.
• Now add the rest of the biriyani rice layer every thing as before.
• Now cover well and heat on low heat for ten minutes.
• Serve after that..... 

Try it Enjoy Cooking.

Ayala -Mulakittath - spicy curry

 Ayala Mulakittath ( Mackerel Curry)

    Today receipe is a spicy Ayala or Mackerel curry. Different regions of Kerala have their own version of fish curry. This dish makes for perfect combination with the Rice or Kappa(Tapioca). I usually make fish curry with Kudampuli. But in this curry Tamarind is used. It is best to make this in coconut oil and use Kashmiri Chilly Powder, for that a deep red colour. Try this spicy and tasty fish curry. 

Ingredients

1. Ayala or Mackerel - 1 kg  ( Any fish of your choice)

2. Small onion sliced  - 3/4 cup

3. Tomato - 2

4. Ginger Sliced - 2 Teaspoon

5. Garlic crushed - 2 pods

6. Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Teaspoon

7. Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 21/2 Teaspoon

      (Modified according to spice)

8. Coriander Powder - 11/2 Teaspoon

9. Fenugreek Powder - 1/2 Teaspoon

10.Pepper Powder - 1/2 Teaspoon

11.Tamarind - 1 Small lemon size

12.Mustard Seeds - 1/2 Teaspoon

13.Curry Leaves - 2 Springs

14.Green Chilly - 2

15.Coconut Oil - 2 Teaspoon

16.Salt - to taste

    Clean fish and cut in to pieces,slice small onions, crushed ginger and garlic, Shredded green chilly, soak tamarind(valanpuli)in half cup of water and set aside. 

    First added sliced small onions, ginger, garlic, shredded green chilly, curryleaves, tomatoes the spice powders and salt in to a favourite clay pot using you hand mash them and combine well. In to this add tamarind pulp and enough water to cook the fish. Put this on the stove and bring it to a boil. Slide in the fish pieces cover and cook for 15-20 minutes till gravy thicknes and the fish is cooked.

    Heat coconut oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds (Uluva). When they splutter add one teaspoon of sliced small onion and curry leaves. When it turns goldern brown drizzle over the curry. Serve with Rice or Kappa(Tapioca).

    Try This

    Hope you will all enjoy and Healthy living.  

Aloe vera-juice-healthy-drink

 AloeVera  Juice

Aloe Vera needs no special introduction as the plant has been used for centuries for its medicinal properties. Not just in medicine aloe vera popularly known as the wonder plant, is used widely skin care hair care and weight loss.

Ingrediants of Aloe Vera Juice

1. Aloe Vera plup - 2 Tablespoon

2. Lemon Juice   - 1 Teaspoon

3. Water  - 1 cup

4. Honey - 2 Teaspoon(to taste)

5. Mint leaves - 3 leaf

How to make Aloe Vera Juice

Step 1

Use a sharp knife and cautiously peel skin of the leaf.

Step 2

Peel the yellow layer just beneath the rind with a sharp knife and discard

Step 3

Shed the skin, and remove the yellow layers till you have clear Aloe Vera gel in hand.

Step 4

Add 2 Tablespoon or 30ml of Aloe Vera gel to a blender.

Step 5

Include 1 cup of water and lemon juice, mint leaves and honey.

Step 6

Blend well, serve chilled.

Step 7

Transfer the blended juice into a tumbler and sip on. Also, store it in your flask, so you can have a cup when you feel like it.

Amaizing Benefits of Aloe Vera for Hair, Skin and Weight Loss

1. It contains Antioxidents, Enzymes, Vitamines A and C and it is highly Anti-inflammatory. Aloe Vera can help treat burns,acne and dry skin.

2. It contains Proteolytic enzymes which repairs dead skin cells on the scalp. It as a great conditioner and leaves your hair smooth and shiny. It Promotes hair growth prevents itching on the scalp, reduces drandruff your hair.

3. Aloe Vera could boost your metabolism, increasing the number of calories you through out the day promote weightloss.

4. Aloe Vera may help improve blood sugar control, and help increase weight loss.

HightLights

    Aloe Vera is rich vitamin c and e keeping your Skin

    Aloe Vera is quite effective for Weight Loss

    Aloe Vera keeps your Hair hydrated and moisturized.

Sadhya-style-kootu-curry-recipe

Sadhya Style Kootu Curry

Sadhya style kootu curry is delicious,slightly sweet dish that we eat all the specialtime. Anyway, todays how to make sadhya  kootucurry. Let this be the first dish of our Vishudishes.

Ingrediants

1. Peas - 1 cup

2. Elephant Yam cut in to square  - 1 cup

3. Raw Banana cut in to square - 1 cup

4. Shredded Coconut - 1 cup

5. Cumin Seeds - 2 pinches

6. Turmeric Powder - 1/2 Teaspoon

7. Pepper Powder - 2 Teaspoon 

8. Oil-Salt-Mustard - seasoning

9. Black Gram (Urad Dal) - 1 Teaspoon

10. Dry Red Chilly - 3 No

11. Curry Leaves - 1 Stalk

12. Jaggery - 1 Small Piece

13. Shallot - 3  cut in to circles

Preprations

Step 1

    Add groundnuts, a pinch of salt and turmeric powder and bring to boil.

stept 2 

    Cut the ElephantYam and Raw Banana in to small square pieces. 

Step 3

    Remove 5 tablespoons of shredded coconut. Add remaining coconut, cumin seed, and 2 pinches of turmeric powder and grind lightly.

Step 4

    Put the elephant yam and raw banana pieces in the oven and cook with turmeric powder and salt. 

Step 5

    When elephant yam and raw banana are half cooked, add pepper powder and boiled peas, stir and cook covered. 

Step 6

    After cooking add jaggery and stir.

Step 7

    When the water starts to dry well, add salt to taste and mix well.

Step 8

    Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, Black Gram (Urad Dal), dry red chilly and shallots, 5 teaspoon coconut and curry leaves and chop finely.

Step 9

    Once the frying is well done, add one pinch of pepper powder and mix it with the curry. 

Step 10

    So our delicious sadhya special curry is ready.

Every one should try to make vishu sadhya.  

  

 

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Water-melon-Skin-Thoran

 Watermelon Skin Benefits

Watermelon skin is rich fiber. Another benefit of watermelon weightloss high fiber has a  whole host of health benefits. Fiber helps maintain regular bowl movements and may help reduce the risk of developing the disease of the colon.

Ingredients

1.Chopped Watermelon peel 2 cup

2. Coconut Oil - 1 Teaspoon    

 

3. Mustard - 1 Teaspoon

4. Bengal Gram (kadala parippu) - 1 Teaspoon

5. Curry Leaves - 1 Stalk

6. Green Chilly - 2 No

7. Shedded Coconut - 2 Table Spoon 

8. Salt -  to Taste

Preparation

While it is hot in the cooker stove, pour a teaspoon of oil in it. When the oil heats up, add mustard seeds and when it starts to crack add bengal gram (kadala parippu) and brown it. Peel a squash grate it and add salt to taste. After the whistle is blown add coconut and green chillies, stir well and serve hot.

Banana-leaf-thoran

Banana Leaf thoran Healthy and Tasty

    

Young banana leaves can also be used to make delicious thoran. 

Banana flower and Banana stalk are not only delicious food but also very good for health. It is also very good for people with kidney stone to squeeze bananas stalk and drink the juice. Banana leaves are not only good for serving but also for making thoran.

Ingrediants

1. Young banana leaves - 2

2. Coconut - half

3. Cuminseed - 1/4 teaspoon

4. Garlic - 3 no

5. Greenchilly - 2 no

6. Turmeric Powder- 1/4 teaspoon

7. Salt - to taste

8. Coconut oil - one table spoon

9. Mustard - 1/2 teaspoon

10. Dry red chilly - 2 no

  How to prepare

Finaly chop the washed and cleaned banana leaves. Add crushed coconut, garlic,cumin seed,green chilly and a little turmeric powder. Heat oil in a saucepan and add mustard seeds and grated chillies. Add chopped banana leaves, greated coconut and salt mix well cover and steam.

    ( Change the grated coconut as the number of banana leaves taken increases. Be sure to take young banana leaves as well)