Pizza paratha

Ingredients
1.pre cooked paratha..1 no
For pizza sauce
▪One big onion
▪One medium sized tomato
▪One tsp red chilli powde
▪Half tsp pepper powder
▪Cilantro leaves..one sprig
▪oil..2 tsp
Saute all these together and when they turn soft and mushy blend them in a mixer....keep aside.

pizza topping.
1.amul cheese spead..1 tbsb
2. Finely grated beans, cabbage, carrots
..2 tbsp
Stir fry veggies n keep aside
How to assemble pizza paratha

On the surface of paratha  spead the cheese..then spead the pizza sauce and finally the stir fried veggies are spead onto this...
  It is a way make kids  eat sm veggies..can b used as a lunch box snack..
  Can add chicken or egg along with the vegies

Spicy chicken fry

Ingredients
1.chicken - 250 grams
2.shallots-  10 crushed
3.green chillies- 2 split length wise
4. Dried red chillies- 2
5.  Pepper powder- 1/2 tsp
6.oil
7.salt

For marinade
1. Kashmir  chilli  powder-  2 tsp
2.whole black pepper- 1 tsp
3. Coriander powder- 1 tsp
4.green chillies- 2  inks
5. Fennel seeds- 1 tsp
6. Ginger- 1 inch piece
7. Garlic- 3 pods

Method
1.Blend all the ingredients needed for the marinade in a mixer to form a smooth paste
2.Rub the ingredients of the marinade onto chicken pieces along with one tablespoon yoghurt and 1 tsp oil ...keep the marinated chicken pieces in the refrigerator for 1 hour
3. Take the marinated chicken pieces from the refrigerator and lightly fry them and keep aside
4.in a pan add 2 tbsp oil and add the dry red chillies ...then add crushed shallots and saute  well....then add split green chillies followed by the chicken pieces and add the pepper powder...saute well for around d 10 minutes...add plenty of curry leaves...
Notes
1.I used coconut oil to gi've it a Kerala flavour..but any oil is fine
2. The chicken pieces can be lightly crushed afternfrying and then added   onto the  sauteed shallots...

cauliflower subzi...a different style

       cauliflower is a vegetable i love to eat...some times  i   used to just stir fry it adding little bit of salt and tossing ina few split green chillies  and used go have it with chappathies or even wid rice...i love  chilli gobi, gobi manjurian in the kerala style..,aloo gobi , etc etc...
       recently  a friend suggested marinating cauliflower and microwaving it...this  recipe stemmed from that idea but is solely my handi work
Ingredients

 1.cauliflower- 1 medium sized cut into florets

2.for marinade

  chilli powder- 2 tsp
  coriander powder - 1 tsp
  turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
  curd - 1 tbsp
  oil- 2 tbsp
     
              first  wash the cauliflower in running water ....then cut it into florets and keep it dipped in salt solution for 10 minutes....this will remove any pesticide residues...cauliflower is a vegetable which gets a very heavy dose of pesticides and therefore we should make it  a practice of washing this vegetable in this way so that the pesticides do not find their way into our system...
    1. take the cleaned florets , rub the powders onto it and then add curd and oil and  let it marinate for an hour
     2. then shallow fry the marinated cauliflower and keep aside

ingredients for the gravy

onions- 2 medium sized
ginger garlic paste- 1 tbsp
green chillies- 2 sliced
tomatoes- 2 medium sized
oil-as needed
     
saute the onions till they are soft,then saute the ginger garlic paste , add green chillies and saute them, then add tomatoes and saute till oil starts separating...then add cauliflower florets which have been shallow fried and mix well...then add half cup water and let it come to boil...cook in sim for 5 minutes ..then remove from flame and serve hot with rotis , appams etc...
note:
we can marinate  with tandoor masala instead of using other powders...
i used store bought curd to marinate...hung curds can be used instead

       

pizza at home

      I love to cook with company...often when my brother and family visits us, my sister in law and i cook together... more than  the dishes we make , i enjoy the camaraderie that we share during these times...last week we decided to venture into unchartered territory for both of us....namely baking a pizza at home...no big deal to many, i'm sure ....but since both of us are novice bakers we were not certain what the result of our endeavours was going to be.
But that fact certainly did not douse our enthusiasm in any  way. Armed with the manual which came with the OTG and whatever we could muster from our kitchen( including  some left over tandoori chicken from  the previous day's takeaway , we set forth to make our maiden pizza...as the news of our pizza making reached our kids they were wild with anticipation....
This is the story of the great pizza making adventure we had....needless to say we improvised hugely....and the final result was ...well,let it remain a suspence for the time being 

Ingredients for pizza base
maida - 3 cups
yeast-    2  tablespoon
sugar-  2 tablespoon
eggs-    2 nos
butter-  4 table spoon
salt-    1 teaspoon
milk-  110 ml ( 1/2 cup)

HOW TO MAKE PIZZA BASE
     1.Dissolve the yeast and sugar in milk and keep aside
      2. Once the yeast and sugar dissolves well in the luke warm milk , mix this with maida, butter and eggs...
        3. make a soft dough and keep  it covered   witha wet cloth for one hour....this is for the flour to rise
            4. once the flour has risen you can start rolling out pizzas....we lightly oiled our fingers and rolled out the pizzas with our fingers....we made rounds of about 10 cm diameter...
              5.  preheat the oven at 200 degree celsius for ten minutes
                  6. grease the drip tray  and place the pizza bases onto the drip tray...
                      7. prick them with fork..
                          8.bake at 150  degree celcius for 15 minutes
        
           while we waited with our fingers crossed a delicious smell  waftedbthrough our kitchen and we heaved sighs of relief....even though we were only half way thru...while we waited we made pizza sauce

How to make pizza sauce
Ingredients
onions - 2 medium sized finely chopped
tomatoes -  4 small finely chopped
red chilli powder-  1 teaspoon
pepper powder- 1/2 teaspoon
cilantro leaves - 1 sprig
oil - 2 table spoon

method of preparation
  heat oil in a pan...saute onions till they are soft.... add tomatoes ,red  chilli powder , pepper powder ,together till they become a soft mushy pulp...toss in finely chopped cilantro leaves...then blend them to a smooth paste using mixie...i turned the mixer just once and  had a very passable pizza sauce...tasted good by the way....i think it will make a great dip also:)

how to make pizza toppings
ingredients
1. onion-  1 no . diced into small cubes
2. capsicum - 1no. chopped finely
3.shredded chicken- 2 tbsp ( we used tandoori  hicken from previous days take away )
4. mozarella cheese -  2tbsp grated
keep  these things aside

how to  assemble pizza
take out the baked  pizza bases from the oven...spread pizza sauce evenly over the base...then arrange the toppings over that...
bake at  150 degree celcius for  15 minutes till  cheese melts

             our pizza was now ready...the smell  of pizzas got three ravenous kids barging into the kitchen and rest was history.....
  our pizza was droolworthy...the kids literally relished it....not to  say anything of the grown ups in the house hold....to cut this  long cuisine short ,me and my sister in law hardly got to taste anything despite our toils in the kitchen....but then we werent complaing..on the contrary  we were beaming happily  as everyone wolfed down our pizzas....what is more satisfying than having our dish so relished.....:)......we made mini pizzas...hence this funny shape...after all whats in a shape

  
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beetroot pickle kerala style

beetroot pickle

ingredients

beetroot - 2 nos
red chilli powder - 2 teaspoon
mustard seeds-half tsp
fennel seeds - 1/2tsp
oil( gingelly oil ) - 2tbsp
asafoetida - 1pinch
salt. -to taste

method
Beetroot should be cut into julienne like pieces...it is easier to saute them if they are cut this way..therefore whenever i make. beetroot pickles i resort to this format of cutting beetroot..
    after cutting beetroot keep them aside...
    
      when oil is hot splutter mustard and fennel in wok
         after this lower the flame and add red chilli powder and asafoetida and salt...saute them for about 2-3minutes..
     add the julienned beetroot
to this and saute well till done
..
  add 1/2 tsp vinegar after removing from flame...
     it can b eaten with roti or rice
     
     

ethakka kadala thoran

raw bananas (ethakka ) - 2 nos (cut into 1 inch cubes )
sprouted black chick pea  (kadala  ) - 1 cup
green chillies - 4 nos (finely chopped )
mustard seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
urad dal -          1/2 tea spoon
dried red chillies  - 2 nos
curry leaves  - 1 sprig
oil - 1 tablespoon
grated coconut  - 1 tablespoon
   
  method of preparation
       pressure cook the sprouted channa and keep them aside
       in a pan add the oil...add mustard seeds and urad dal...add  dried  red chillies..add curry leaves..
      add the raw bananas and green chillies  to this...add also the cooked sprouts..
     keep the whole thing covered for about 10 - 15 minutes..just before removing ad grated coconut...
 how to make sprouts
        soak channa dal overnight in water...next day take the channa dal after draining off the water...tie in a clothe and hang it for 24 hours...moisten the clothe in between...at the end of 24 hours this would have sprouted

some tips 

• you can use unsprouted channa also but the nutritious content of sprouted one is more
• green gram can also be used instead of black channa 
• if the big banana (nenthrakkai )is used then they have to be cooked separately with a little water before adding to the thoran
• this goes well with rice