Cake House

C abbage thoran is a dry dish,which is made of cabbage and grated coconut. It is an important ingredient of the kerala "sadhya"(feast). I have made this thoran many times, but first time with red cabbage. This is a common vegetable which is generally found in the market. This time I thought of trying this and bought one. On cooking, red cabbage will normally turn blue. To retain the red colour, you should add vinegar or acidic fruit. Without knowing that, I prepared this thoran, but after some reading I came to know about the trick of adding vinegar. I ngredients:  Red Cabbage(shredded)-1/2 Onions- 1 nos Green Chillies- 2-3 nos salt- to taste Oil- 2 tbsp Mustard seeds- 1 tsp Coconut (grated)- 1/2 cup Curry leaves-few M ethod: Chop onions and greenchillies and mix it along with cabbage. Heat oil in a non stick kadai. Add mustard seeds. When they splutter, add the finely shredded cabbage mixture and curry leaves. Add salt and mix well. Cover with a lid and cook on low heat for ...

K arimeen(Pearl spot) is a fish which is available in large quantities all over kerala especially in kerala backwaters. Kerala cuisine is diverse and this is a signature dish of Kerala. In my childhood, we didnt get to eat this fish a lot, because in some places where we stayed this fish was not available. So my uncle who was having fish export business used to send us pearl spot and tiger prawns in bulk. My mom used to make varities of recipes with this. From then on we will be having a feast, until everything is finished. It was a rainy sunday when I thought of making this dish, but to my dismay, I did not have "banana leaf" to bake the fish. And I owe this dish to my H who got me banana leaf  from a far off market amidst the drizzling. This dish goes well with any kind of Pulav/Fried rice or even as a side dish to a regular meal. So, lets get to the recipe now. We enjoyed this dish along with the colorful carrot pulav. Ingredients: Karimeen (pearl spot fish)- 2nos Onions- ...

Bakrid or Id-ul-Zuha is one of the most celebrated festivals among Muslims all over the world. It is a festival of great rejoice and of sacrifice, celebrated with traditional fervour and gaiety in India. This year is the most happiest Bakrid for me, as my parents went for Hajj and my in-laws are with us to celebrate this festival. Since I always cook my usual biryani recipe on all such occassions, I wanted to try out something different this time around. While I was searching for recipes, I bumped into this chicken biryani recipe in one of my cookery books called "Pachakam". This recipe is originally from Samvrutha Sunil , listed in the cookbook as one of her favorite biryani recipes. Ingredients: for Rice: Basmathi rice- 4 cups Ghee- 4 tbsp Onions(sliced)- 2 nos Water- 41/2 cups Cashewnuts- 25 gms Raisins- 25 gms Cinnamon- 2 nos Cloves- 4 nos Cardamoms- 3 nos Salt- as per taste for Masala: Chicken pieces- 1 kg Ghee- 2 tbsp Oil- 2 tbsp Onions(sliced)- 3 nos Tomatoes(sliced)- ...

On a lazy day, I was in no mood to cook. But had to prepare lunch, so I thought of making an easy dish and selected this one. Ladies finger (Okra) is very rich in nutrional content and is said to help in weight loss. And the most interesting part is that my husband doesn't like Okra. In fact, he doesn't like most of the vegetables, so I have to innovate new vegetable dishes. It is a very simple recipe and pairs well with rice.   Ingredients: Okra(ladies finger)- 1/4kg Small Onions- 9nos Curry Leaves- few Salt- as per taste Mustard Seeds- 1/2tsp Red Chilly Powder- 2tsp Oil- 2tsp  Method: Clean ladies finger, cut both ends and slice them into tiny rings. Take a non-stick pan and pour the oil. Add mustard seeds and allow to splutter. Add finely cut ladies finger, onions and curry leaves with salt. Mix well. Cover the pan cook and stir in between. When ladies finger turns tender,  remove the lid and saute until the ladies finger turns crispy. Now it attains a dark brown ...

After the hangover of festivals,am going to introduce my first recipe, which is simple and sweet. To mark the "shubh aaramb" of my blog, I made a sweet dish :-) , which is easy to make.This will be liked by all, mostly kids. My daughter just loves it. I think many of you might know about this cake, but i just want to share my experience. I came to know about this from my younger brother and I was always been very fond of cakes. I did some googling and finally I got this mix. I have tried this recipe several times and it came out well. So here is the recipe,  Ingredients: All purpose Flour/Maida- 4tbsp Sugar- 4tbs Milk- 3tbsp Oil- 3tbsp Cocoa pdr-2tbsp Vanilla Essence- 1/2tsp Egg- 1 Microwave Mug- 1 Method: Mix all the dry ingredients in a cup. Add egg and mix well without forming any lumps. Now add oil, milk and vanilla essence. Add chocolate chips if you like. Place your mug in microwave and cook for 3min at 1000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but dont be...