Cake House

  This is a Maharashtrian dish which is made by mixing 4 kind of flours. This dish is slightly spiced multi grain, which looks like paratha but is made in a different method. There are so many variations in making this thalipeeth. This is highly nutritious and very healthy and can be eaten by all. I got introduced to this dish from my friend who helps me a lot in cooking these kind of dishes. I have introduced her to you in my older posts . She gave me the mix of thalipeeth and I made it the way she explained me to do. The result was an excellent and yummy breakfast for us. Did I say that I was making this for the first time . Once you try this and I’m sure you are gonna love this. Ingredients: Bengal Gram Flour / Besan- ¼ cup Rice flour- ¼ cup Wheat flour- ¼ cup Millet flour / Jowar / Ragi- ¼ cup Coriander Powder- 1tsp Red chiily Powder- 1tsp Salt- As per taste Turmeric Powder- ½ tsp Onions ( chopped )- 1no Green Chillies ( chopped )- 2nos Coriander leaves ( chopped )- ½ cup Curd- 1tb

H ere is a nutritious side dish for rice, which is very tasty and healthy. Every part of the banana plant is useful in one or the other way. The stem,fruit and flower are used in many different ways in cooking. The banana leaf is used for serving meals. The banana flower or blossom is also called as vazha chundu, vazha khumb and so on in malayalam.  In Kerala each and every house contains atleast one or two banana plants in the backyard. I love to have the honey that comes from the flower threads of banana flower.  My mom used to make this thoran along with vanpayar /  black eyed beans and also only with banana flower. After chopping the flower, rub your hands with coconut oil and mix well to remove the loopy, sticky fibers which can be annoying while consuming the dish. Another way of removing these sticky fiber is to put the chopped flower into a bowl of water and then stir in circles with spoon (best if the spoon is wooden). You can see the fiber sticking to the spoon. Do this for a

               Happy Father’s Day to all the sweet Dads in the world I love you so  much dear Dad ( I call him Bapachi ). You are the sweetest and the most dearest Dad in the world to me. I think as kids all of us ( daughters ) will be so attached to our Dads, like making him play with us, to tell stories,  watching TV and so on... Actually I am like that :-) always behind my dad when he comes back from office. He will be so tired then too he will fulfil all my wishes. When my Mom used to scold me I will run to my dad and he saves me. Now I can see myself in my little one who is always behind her Papa. Dad stood by me in each and every decision in my life.I remember as a kid who ever asked me who will I  marry? I used to say that I want to marry my Dad as he will be always with me. :) Now I am far away from them, and today I thought of making some kind of sweet. My father likes sweets a lot, but being a diabetic, he cannot eat much of sweets. So when I am there with them, I used to ma

Pannacotta means “ Cooked Cream ”. This is an Italian dessert. This is so silky smooth and soft. These are perfect for parties. They can be made a day in advance and kept refrigerated until they are ready to serve. This is made by simmering together cream, milk and sugar, mixing this with gelatine and letting it cool until set. This is served with berries,  nuts and so on. I saw this in a book called  “Vanitha pachakam”. The recipe was for plain pannacotta, but I just added lychee and grated ginger for some extra taste and they tasted perfect. I made this on my birthday which was on Saturday, 11th of June. Cakes have become common since they are made even without any occassion nowadays :-) My birthday started with wishes from my dear and near ones, a surprise cake waiting for me in the kitchen ( my Husband arranged that ) followed by a sumptous lunch the next day. In all, I really enjoyed a lot. In the meanwhile I also made this dessert for the first time and it tasted lovely. Now this

S nacks come in a variety of forms including packaged and processed foods and items made from fresh ingredients at home. Snacks are often classified as junk food, which is true with many snack with attractive taste and colour, but packed with a lot of unhealthy ingredients. Nowadays more healthy and low calorie snacks are available in the market and many of us are preferring those. Homemade snacks are those which no one can resist. Today's post is about an evening snack which is rich in proteins and nutrients and also in calories.. :) This was made for my daughter. As soon as she gets up from her afternoon nap she wants something to eat and I made this one day and she liked this a lot. This is so simple and easy to make. This bonda is fried and crisp outside and soft inside. This is very famous in Indian cuisine. In North this is called as batata vada. In this recipe, the potatoes are boiled, mashed and cooked with onions and spices, coated with a batter made with besan / gram flou

P rawns is loved by all who eats non vegetarian food. Any type of dish made with prawns will be mouth watering. This is a simple and delicious prawn masala recipe which is spicy and rich masala laden gravy. This is an easy to make, dry preparation of prawns that doubles as an excellent snack as well as a side dish with the main course. In this the prawns are cooked in onion - tomato and mixed well with the spice powders. You can make this more spicy depending upon your taste level. Ingredients: Prawns- ½kg cleaned and drained Onions(sliced)- 2nos Tomatoes(finely chopped)- 2nos   Chilli powder- 2tsp Curry leaves- few Coriander powder- 1tsp Pepper powder- ½ tsp Turmeric powder- ½ tsp Garlic (chopped)- 7cloves Salt- as per taste Oil- 2tbsp Method: Marinate the prawns with turmeric powder and salt and keep it aside. Heat oil in a pan. Saute the onions till they turn transparent and add the curry leaves. Add garlic and saute well. Add the tomatoes and all the powders. Mix well till all the