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T his is a perfect, scrumptious ice cream recipe which I made for the first time on my own. Ice cream is a popular dessert which is loved by all irrespective of there age. We all are kids at heart. Ice cream at anytime of the day is a big YES to me :)  So I was really over joyed to see the ice cream post in Nitya’s blog, 4th sense cooking. I was lucky to be following her blog as there are so many easy recipes and extremely perfect snaps. Each and every recipe in her blog is well explained and its very easy to make too. So when I saw this custard apple ice cream recipe in her blog, I felt happy and I left three custard apples only for this. I love custard apples a lot, so as soon as I get it from market I usuallyfinish it off immedietly, no matter how many are there. But that day I was really tired of eating those and left the three for later and now it turned out into ice cream. Here instead of Marie biscuits I have used Oreo biscuits. Ingredients: Custard apple- 3nos Milk- 1cup Am...

T he other day when I was searching for something in my kitchen, I got a packet of soya chunks which I bought long back and was abandoned in one of the containers. My mom used to make so many different varieties of dishes with soya chunks but my Husband never liked this (he is more picky than my daughter :-)). So once when I saw this in super market I just picked this pack and there it was lying down in my kitchen as if no body wanted it. So I thought of making a curry which will taste exactly like chicken when soya chunks are added, but I was not sure whether he will eat it or not after seeing the soya chunks in the curry. Then I got  an idea of making soya cutlets, so that he wont come to know that I have added soya chunks as soya is minced and added in this. I had some left over cooked bread fruit in my refrigerator with which I made breadfruit thoran the previous day. Instead of potatoes I thought of using this bread fruit for binding the cutlets. These came out very well and m...

Wishing you all belated Happy and Prosperous season of Onam !!! O nam is a festival of prosperity and cultural unity and is celebrated across the globe. This season is also special for its variety of food which we all cherish for the rest of the year and eagerly wait for the next Onam :-) In Kerala, this season brings in the celebration which lasts for one full week. In spite of all the fast life and rushes, Keralites still make it a point to celebrate Onam wherever they are in the world. I tasted this payasam for the first time when my Aunt brought this home for Eid and I liked it a lot. I thought of making this on my own for Onam and now I am sharing this recipe with you. This is going to be a treat for all my friends who has a sweet tooth. For Onam, we had two  types of payasams made at home. My M-I-L made the Cheru Payar Payasam, whose recipe I had already shared with you in my Vishu post. Ingredients: Ethakkaya / Kerala Banana (cut into small pieces)- 1no Coconut pieces- a...

T halassery is a town located in Kannur district on the malabar coast of Kerala. This town has a lot of specialities and is seen as a land of Cricket, Circus, Cakes and more. Thalassery is very famous for its food cultures and is a paradise of culinary innovations. Thalassery biryani is famous for its distinguishing and delectable taste. I have heard a lot about this biryani but never got a chance to taste it.The preparation of biryani varies from one place to another. In this Thalassery style, the chicken is fried before adding to the masala. It gets slowly cooked in the masala, blended well with the juices and spices. This is an exotic dish prepared during special events in northern Kerala. I saw many cookery shows in which they prepare this and once I was checking my dashboard and found this biryani recipe in Jay’s blog Tasty appetite , which has many wonderful collection of recipes and thought of giving it a try as my husband who is also a great admirer of malabar cuisine, insisted...

Wishing you all Eid Mubarak and a very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi ... T his creamy, smooth, thick and chilled dessert is something I always loved. This is a very tasty dessert which can be made using very less ingredients. Just a little time consuming, but the result is definitely worth the effort. We can adjust the sweetness according to the taste. Once I tried this in a restaurant called   “Mast Kalander”, after a hearty meal, we ordered “Malpua with Rabdi” for dessert. That was the first time I tasted this delicious dish and simply fell in love with this amazing combination. In my earlier posts I posted the recipe of Malpua and this time I am posting this amazing sweet  to celebrate Eid. This is an amazing combination even with jilebi and gulab jamun. I tried both while the Rabdi was left in my refrigerator. Will post the jilebi recipe very soon. Rabdi tastes even more wonderful when stored and served in earthern pots. Ingredients: Milk (Full cream milk)- 1ltr Pistachios...