There’s no need to worry about tempering eggs or making sure they’re cooked to a safe temperature. Simply mix your ice cream base, churn or whisk and freeze! Kitchenaid Ice Cream The first way to make homemade vanilla ice cream with a KitchenAid is by using an ice cream attachment. While this method requires investing in more specialized equipment, the results are much closer to your favorite kinds of store-bought ice cream....
Prawn biryani is simply another variation made on the same lines just by replacing chicken & mutton with prawns or shrimps. Since the cook time for prawns is lesser the way I dum cook them in a biryani is different. This prawn biryani recipe is the way I make for the foodies at home. It is much simpler to make than any other biryani varieties. A simple salan or gravy, a raita or a bowl of fresh veggie salad goes well with this biryani....
This quick prawns fry can be made under 15 minutes excluding marination time. It goes good with plain rice or any flavored rice. You can even make a prawn ghee rice just with the addition of cooked rice and ghee. I have used fresh black tiger prawns to make this stir fry. Any variety of prawns or shrimp can be used. You can use even the smaller variety of prawns....
Puffed rice are nothing but rice puffs which are mostly eaten in India and neighboring countries as a snack. There are a lot of Indian street foods made with puffed rice like bhel puri, jhal muri, churumuri and this mandakkai oggarane. This recipe is easy to make and takes just 25 mins. We usually have it on the weekends for breakfast or brunch. There are a few different ways of making this dish....
If you are new to Indian cuisine, read on to know more. About Pulao Pulao is a one pot rice dish made by cooking fragrant basmati rice with aromatic whole spices, herbs & sometimes stock. There are many kinds of pulao made in India like vegetable pulao, Matar pulao, Tawa pulao, Coconut milk pulav, Zarda pulao, Kashmiri pulao, Yakhni Pulao & Chicken pulao. This veg pulao is the most basic dish & is made often in many Indian homes....
This traditional dish is believed to provide a complete nutrition to the body as it is nutrient dense. So it is a staple in most South Indian households. Sambar is also a popular food in tiffin centers and restaurants, and is served as a side in meals, as a breakfast combo – idli sambar, vada sambar and is also served with dosa, masala dosa and the list goes on. We Indians eat lentils almost daily as they are a primary source of protein....
In South India, charcoal/ fire grilled corn on the cobs smeared with green chili paste are very much popular. Apart from that sweet corn soup, masala corn, buttered corn and crispy corn are also popular in the food cafes and restaurants. This corn chaat is a healthy, nutritious & home style snack. It uses no fancy ingredients and can be prepared in just 5 mins if you have the boiled corn ready....
Zucchini also known as Courgette is a summer squash. A lot of people get confused with zucchini and cucumber as they look similar. Both have high water content, but zucchini is one of those South American plants that now flourish across the globe. A new entrant to Europe, Asia, and India, it has been enthusiastically adopted and added to regional dishes. You‘ll find three varieties of this vitamin A and folate-rich vegetable....
This spicy and hot simple andhra chicken curry recipe called as kodi kura is a gravy that is cooked with minimum ingredients in many households in vijaywada and guntur regions of andhra pradesh. Well there are many versions of andhra chicken curry, while in the coastal regions it is prepared with coconut milk or ground coconut. kodi kura can be made with tomatoes or can use curd or lemon juice....
Also known as bread poha, this is one of the several street and restaurant foods quite popular in India. In South India, it is pretty much served even in college canteens and tiffin centers. People love it for its taste, soft tender bread chunks, with bursting flavors literally melt in your mouth. The aroma from ginger, green chillies and curry leaves give it a mesmerizing uplift, makes it a best snack and breakfast for bread lovers....
Kurma also known as korma is an aromatic gravy or saucy dish popular in Central Asia, most importantly in India. It is made in numerous ways so you will get to see so many kinds of kurmas made using various ingredients like nuts, yogurt, seeds, coconut or a mix of all these. About this recipe This recipe will give you a South Indian cauliflower kurma that has lovely complex flavors from various spices, nuts, coconut and herbs....
We eat them for breakfast or a weekend brunch along with some chutney and sometimes even eat plain with some masala chai. These chana dosas are similar to the south India Adai and pesarattu which are made with green gram or mung beans. Most times I just make a veggie filling and skip making the chutney. I have shared the recipe to make the stuffing as well. The chana dosa batter can be used to make crispy thin dosa or uthappam and are absolutely tasty with wholesome goodness of ghee & vegetables too....
About Moringa Leaves Drumstick leaves are said to normalize the blood sugars and are recommended to be used regularly. Though we had drumstick trees in our backyard, my mom never used these leaves to prepare any dishes. It was only the drumsticks that were more often used. We started using these only after I moved to Singapore. Moringa leaves can be used in so many ways. One of the best & easiest ways I chose is to make a stir fry along with a vegetable like potato or cauliflower or sweet potato....
The way we cook the chana makes a lot of difference. Chickpeas must always be soaked well for at least 8 hrs in lot of water to prevent bloating and to enhance the absorption of the nutrients. Soaked chickpeas can also be frozen and used up whenever needed. They must be used up within a month else they lose the taste. Whenever needed rinse well, pressure cook them with very little water for 1 to 2 whistles or boil them till soft using a pinch of baking soda and turmeric....
Supermarket shelves are loaded with so many kinds of garam masala and unfortunately most of them lack the real thing – that’s the aroma! I have never come across anything like the homemade for the simple reason that ground spices oxidize and lose their flavor overtime. Also there is never a balance of spice, pungent, sweet and bitter tastes & flavors. With homemade garam masala, we have the option to blend the spices in small batches and store them well so they remain much more fragrant for longer....
About Idli Podi Idli Podi is also known as Milagai Podi in Tamil, which translates to chili/spicy powder. The Tamil word “Milagai” means chilies and “Podi” is powder. Idli Podi is known by various names across South India such as Idli karam podi, gun powder & chutney pudi. Usually this spicy condiment is served with hot idlis & a drizzle of unrefined sesame oil or melted Ghee. However it is very common for South Indians to sprinkle this over Dosa, Uttapam, Upma, Semiya upma, plain rice, Curd rice & Lemon rice....
This bitter gourd recipe is from my mum. It is very simple to make and turns out to be very good. If you are one who does not like the flavor of bitter gourd then this is a must try recipe. The flavors of garlic, coriander powder, tamarind, dried coconut (copra) and jaggery are the key to making this delicious kakarakaya fry. There is no substitute for any of the ingredients used....
Kozhukattai Many households make different kinds of kozhukkatai. These can be made with numerous fillings like dry fruit mixture, peanut jaggery stuffing, chana dal poornam and also with sesame jaggery stuffing. In this post I share the kozhukattai recipe with sesame stuffing and these are known as Ellu kozhukattai. If you want to make the traditional coconut filling, then you may refer to my modak recipe. To make the chana dal poornam , you may refer to this poornam kudumulu recipe....
Oatmeal Porridge Porridge is a semi-solid food made by boiling grains in liquid like milk or water. It can be a sweet or savory dish. This oatmeal porridge can be made to a sweet tasting milk oats porridge or to a savory porridge. Basically the sweet oats porridge is nothing but oatmeal cooked with milk and then topped with a sweetener like maple syrup, honey or sugar. This sweet oatmeal porridge can be topped or garnished with chopped nuts or with peanut butter or fresh fruits....
What is Jalfrezi? While Jalfrezi is considered the second most popular curry in the UK, the dish has a Bengal and colonial India origin story. Food historians believe that jalfrezi (the original curry) was born out of the necessity to use leftover roasted meat in the absence of refrigeration. Jhal in Bengali means hot & spicy while Frezi is literally stir fry. This curry dish is a unique mix of Indian and Chinese cooking styles but was invented for the British homes....
