Banana Apple Shake

Ingredients :

1. Milk - 1/2 litre
2. Banana - 2 Nos chopped
3. Apple - 1 No chopped
4. Sugar - 3 tbsp / as per your taste

How to Make:

1. Keep the chopped bananas and apple in freezer for 2 hours or till it is hard.
2. Keep the milk in freezer for 2 hours.
3. Blend the ingredients in a blender .Seve chilled .

Meen Peera / Anchovy Coconut Dry Curry

It is a typical kerala special recipe.I got this recipe from my mother in law. She makes it when we went to kerala last time and it is my hubby's favourite recipe. 

Ingredients :

1. Anchovy cleaned washed  - 500 grams
2. Grated Coconut - 1 1/4 Cup  
3. Ginger - 1  tbsp chopped
4. Garlic - 1 tbsp chopped
5. Coriander Powder- 1/2 tsp
6. Chilly Powder- 1/2 tsp
7. Green Chillies- 3 nos slitted
8. Mustard Seeds -1/4 tsp
9. Red Chilly Whole- 2 Nos
10. Oil as required
11. Salt as reqired
12. Curry Leaves as required
13. Gambooge- 2 Nos

How to Cook :

1. Grind the coconut , coriander powder, chilly powder ,garlic and ginger in a mixie for a round.Keep this aside.
2. Soak the kodampuli /Gambooge in luke warm water.
3. Add oil to the pan , splutter mustard seeds and add the whole red chilly .
4. Now add the grinded mixture with 1/2 Cup water , slitted green chilly,salt ,curry leaves and the gambooge along with the soaked  (1/4 cup) water.Bring to boil.
5. Add the anchovy fish to it , close the pan and cook in low flame . In between make sure by holding the pan on both sides,  you move the pan in circular motion  instead of directly stirring since it might crush the fish pieces .
6. Cook for around 5 minutes so that  the fish should get cooked . Open the pan and cook in low flame so that the gravy should be thicken and all the water you have added should get dried.
7. Serve Hot  with rice !!!

Bhaigan Bhartha

Ingredients :

1. Brinjal - 1 big.
2. Onion - 1 No
3. Ginger Garlic - 1 tsp
4. Bayleaves - 1 No
5. Cloves- 2 No
6. Cinanbon - 1 stick
7. Star Anise- 1 No
8. Tomato Sauce- 1 tsp
9. Chilly powder- 1 tsp  
10. Turmeric Powder- 1 /2 tsp
11. Corainder Powder- 1 tsp
12. Cumin Powder- 1 tsp
13. Green Chilly - 2 Nos
14. Garam masala - 1 tsp
15. Corainder Leaves Chopped
16. Salt as required
17. Oil as required

How to Cook :

Cooking Bhaigan 

1. Spread little oil  over the brinjal and roast it over low flame directly on a gas burner for 20 minutes minimum.
2. In between cooking brinjal , make sure you move the brinjal / rotate the brinjal so that all the sided get equally cooked.
3. If you insert a small knife very gently into the brinjal , it will easily go inside and touch the bottom , then you know the brinjal is cooked.
4. Now after roasting  , keep it aisde to cook.
5. Peel off the skin and mash the brinjal very well. Keep this aside.
6. Roasting brinjal over the flame gives it a smoky flavour and the taste is yummy!!

How to prepare the gravy 

1. Add oil to the pan , when it is hot , add mustard seeds  . Let it splutter
2. Add cloves , bayleaves, cinnabon  , star anise and saute for a minute .
3. Add ginger garlic , saute for a minute. till the raw smell goes.
4. Now add the onions , saute till ti turn translucent.
5. Now add the masala ( From 9 to 14 )  and  saute for a minute.
6. Add the tomato sauce , mashed brinjal , 1 tbsp oil and cook on low flame for 5 minute.
7. Garnish with coriander leaves chopped.

Baby Corn Manchurian

I love manchurian and i try making it with a variety of items.My mom makes excellent gobi manchurian  which is how i started to like it as a kid..and trust me !!! Most of my friends love her manchurian and fried rice. 

You can check my blog for different varieties of manchurian like...Paneer manchurian , soya chunk manchurian, mushroom manchurian , Mixed vegetable manchurian ,gobi manchurian

And the speciality of this post is ....yeah.....IT IS MY 200TH POST TO MY BLOG .....looking back...i feel so happy to be able to share those lovely recipies with my dear friends....!!!

Ingredients :

1. Baby Corn - 250 grams ( cut into square pieces )
2. Onion cut into square- 2 No
3. Capsicum cut into square -2 No
4. Garam Masala- 1tbsp
5. Chopped Ginger- 1 tbsp
6. Chopped garlic - 1 tbsp
7. Green chilly slitted- 2 Nos
8. Soya Sauce- 2tbsp
9. Red Chilly Sauce- 2 tbsp
10. Tomato Sauce/Hot and Sweet Sauce -2 tbsp
11. Salt as reuired
12. Coriander leaves chopped
13. Oil as required

For Dough   ( For Step 2)

1. All Purpose Flour ( Maida) - 2 Cup
2. Corn flour- 3/4 Cup
3. Ginger- Garlic Paste - 1 tbsp
4. Garam Masala- 1 /2 tsp
5. Turmeric Powder - 1/2  tsp
6. Chilly Powder - 1 tsp
7. Salt - ( TIP  :  Make sure you add  a little more than required in the dough so that it sticks well on the cauliflower florets )

How to Cook the vegetable manchurian

1. Prepare the dough by kneading the mixture with little water .Make sure not to form lumps .The dough should be tight.
2. Mix the  corn pieces in the prepared dough and keep aside for half an hour.
3. Deep fry  each corn pieces  .Make sure it doesn't turn brown and keep it aside. 
4. Heat oil in a pan and when it is hot , add the chopped ginger , garlic and green chilly . Saute for few minutes.
5. Add the onions and saute for sometime.
6. Add the capsicum and saute till it is cooked.
7. Add the garam masala and saute for a minute.
8. Add the sauces and saute on high flame for 2 minutes.
9. Check the salt , add as required / as per your taste.
10. Add the  fried corn  , coriander leaves chopped and close the pan , cook for 5 minutes on low flame.