Netholi Chammanthi

Ingredients:

1. Dry netholi - 1/2 cup
2. Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
3. Red chillies - 5
4. Shallots - 3 to 4
5. Tamarind- a small piece
6. Curry leaves 
7. Salt 

Method

• Wash and clean the netholi 
• In a pan roast red chillies on a low flame.
• When they turn crispy, cool it 
• Grind netholi,roasted chillies, grated coconut,shallots,curry leaves,tamarind and salt.
• It should not be a paste but a coarse mixture
• Serve with hot steaming rice.

Vegetable Noodles

Ingredients

1. Noodles -100gm
2. Cabbage-100gm
3. Onions -100gm
4. Carrots-100gm
5. French Beans -100gm
6. Capsicum-1
7. Soya Sauce-1 tsp
8. Oil -4 table spoon
9. Salt to taste
10. Red chilly -3

Green chillies in vinegar and chillie sauce to serve

Method

• Boil the Noodles in 1 liter of water for 4-5 mts.
• Drain off water and cool by passing cold water.
• Again drain the water throughly.
• Cut the vegetable into long thin strips.
• Then heat the oil add the vegetables and salt.
• Cover and cook on high flame for 3 to 4 mts
• Now add soya sauce ,red chillies and the cooked noodles and cook for 2 mts.
• Serve hot with chillies in vinegar and chillies sauce.

 Note
For non vegetarians you can add 3 eggs, 100 gm of prawns and 100 gm of chicken (all cooked separately     with salt and pepper) add them along with the cooked noodles and soya sauce.

Vellarika Pachadi / Cucumber with Curd

I learned this recipe from my mother in law...


Ingredients

1. Cucumber- 1 medium size finely chopped
2. Coconut grated - 1/2 cup
3. Green chillies - 3
4. Mustard - 1tsp
5. Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
6. Curd - 1 cup

Seasoning

1. Curry leaves
2. Mustard seeds
3. Red chilly
4. Oil

Method

• Heat oil in a pan add the chopped cucumber with salt and water
• Cover and cook till the cucumber is done.
• Grind coconut,green chillie, mustard and cumin, make them a paste.
• Add this paste to the cucumber and cook for 3mts in medium heat
• Water can be added if required, it should not be thick
• For seasoning heat oil add mustard seeds, red chilies and curry leaves.
• Add the seasoning to the cucumber and remove it from the stove.
• When it cools down beat the curd throughly and add to this mixture.
• You are now ready to serve your vellarika pachadi....

Easy Lunch Pack Ideas

Every day I wonder what to pack for his dinner. I think there are many ladies out there, who pack tiffin boxes for school-going kids & for dear ones. Those who carry these tiffins look forward to the homely touch in food packs and the familiar taste.


Today I made a easy veg stir fry and roti for dinner. You can use a mixture of different vegetables like carrots, beans, capsicum, cabbage, cauliflower etc.

Cut all the vegetables in the same size to make your dish look inviting, or you can make with 2 or 3 types of vegetables.


Ingredients

1. Mixed vegetables chopped – 1 cup
2. Onion -1
3. Green Chillie-2
4. Pepper powder -1tsp.
5. Salt as per your taste
6. Oil

Method

• Heat oil in a pan
• Add onions and stir 2 mts
• Add the pepper powder and stir for 1 mt
• Now add all the chopped vegetables and salt 
• To make the vegetable soft add a table spoon of water then cover and cook for 4 mts   
• Add Green chilly at last and cover and keep it so that the flavor will remain.
• Remove from the stove and pack it along with the rotis.

Tips:

You can make it spicy by adding chilly powder and gram masala.

If you've better idea to spice up lunch packs, pls share it. Your lunch recipe ideas will help me to improvise the taste as well as add variety in the lunch pack. Best of all, the school kid or office goer they will love variation and surprise!

Cherio!

Marina

Churul Appam / Coconut Filled Crepes

Churul appam as we call it, is a popular morning or evening snack. In Trivandrum this is common dish among Christian families. I used to relish this dish while I was at school. It was kept ready for me when I come back after school. Now after many years, I made Churul Appam for evening snack.

Most people call this as Mutta Kuzhalappam, or in English it's coconut filled Crepes. I read in another blog about Chural appam. Some people call it by the name  'love letter'. Why love letter for Churul appam? Find  it out.

Here's the recipe I used to make Churul appam/Crepe

Ingredients

1. Maida – 1.5 cups
2. Water – 2 cups 
3. Egg – 1
4. Sugar – 1 tbsp
5. Salt – A pinch

Filling

1. Grated Coconut – 1 cup
2. Sugar – 1.5 tbsp
3. Cardamom Powder – 1/2 tsp

Mix all the above things together for the filling and keep it aside.


Follow these steps to make churul Appam:

• Beat egg thoroughly 
• Add maida, water,sugar and salt.
• If you feel the batter is thick add more water to make the batter thin
• Heat a tava and pour one spoon of the batter in it and spread well like dosa but should be very thin.
• When one side is cooked flip it over and cook the other side
• Remove it from the tava and place it in a plate.
• Spread the filling in the center and roll it.
• Serve it hot or cold you will love this snack

Churul Appam For Snacks
Churul Appam is a delicious,sweet and easy snack for your kids or for seniors. Kids will love the sweet taste of sugar laced coconut syrup in Chural Appam. Who can resist the temptation of sugar laced crepe. 


Love and Lollies,


Marina

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