Today's recipe is an item served as a part of the Sadhya,an instant mixed flavored pickle(not exactly a pickle).The main ingredient is the ginger which helps digestion and the other ingredients tamarind,jaggary and green chillies which brings out the spicy tangy lip smacking flavours.
It's been two weeks after we are back from India but somehow still things have not come to the normal routine.First two days went by cleaning and then storing things brought from India.Ummi had prepared enough snacks for us to take here,but unfortunately we could not carry all due to the heavy luggage and also there was some uncertainty with our flight tickets and that's why could not carry any very fresh ones.
Thorans/Stir Fry mostly made in our house are the ones with the Veggies the most of them being Cabbage-Carrot stir fry or each separately,Beans stir fry or veggies that go in that line.Stir fry made with legumes are comparatively less.Thanks to some picky eaters at home :)
After a few posts on side dishes ,today here I am with a sweet dish,Wheat Payasam.But unlike other Payasam /Kheer there is no adding of ghee-fried cashews or raisins...On whole,there is no use of ghee in this recipe.Long back I had posted another filling dish with wheat popularly known as Aleesa in our part of North Malabar which became one of my hit posts.Now this is also a filling dish by itself specially for kids.
After the Chakkakuru fry ,here's another side dish with the seeds.Yes again its with the seeds .I think I am more of a fan of the Jack fruit's seed than this fruit.
Few days back my Hubby when returning from his office came home holding 2-3 covers.One of his colleagues had come from India,Kerala and gave some sweets,homemade pickles and one cover had these hairy root veggie...Koorka/Chinese Potato.In India I used to see these only in the town part groceries but have heard its a very common veggie in other parts of Kerala.No one from our family is into cooking this vegetable,so far I haven't heard anyone say about this either from my family members or my Hubby's side.
Here in Doha we can find a Drumstick tree in almost every Indian family villas,Drumsticks hanging outside their gate walls.Few days back I got a bundle of them from one of my neighbours.So prepared a Drumstick dal curry using a few.Earlier I had posted a Drumstick Stir Fry and Drumstick Prawns curry.
Whenever there are ripe bananas at home(not ripe but over ripe) then these fritters come as savers.That is;while thinking what to do with these Bananas....Neither anybody in the family likes dumping food in the dustbin nor anybody will eat those ripe ones.So this the perfect thing to do.This is an easy snack recipe.
Ingredients
Ripe Bananas 300g
Sugar 3-4 tbsp
Salt 1/4 spoon
Flour/Maida 13/4 cup
Water 3/4 to 1 cup
Oil for deep frying
Method
-In a bowl add the ripe bananas(peeled) and mash it well with your fingers.Now add in the sugar and salt and mix well.
-Now add the flour and make a semi thick batter adding water.
-Heat a wok with oil.When the oil turns hot enough,drop in the batter little by little.
-When both side turns golden brown remove the fritters using a slotted spoon on tissue paper.
-Serve with tea.
Ingredients
Potato 1 medium
Chilly Powder 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves 1 sprig
Salt a little
Oil for shallow frying
Method of Cooking
-Peel,wash and then cut the potatoes into 2'',a little thick,long pieces.
-Add chilly powder,salt, turmeric powder and mix well with the potato pieces.
-Heat oil in a large frying pan, add the curry leaves and the potato pieces.
-Fry till golden brown on medium flame,flipping 1 or 2 times in between.
-Off the flame.Keep the frying pan in a slanting position and take out the fries using a slotted spoon.Transfer onto a plate lined with tissue papers.
-Serve hot with rice or use it as a snack with Tomato Ketchup.
*The potato I used weighed 360 g.
*Use oil like how you do for frying fish.
*It will be crisp outside and soft inside.
*After mixing the powders,don't keep for long...fry them fast.
After my post on Kadala parippu Cake,here's another recipe with kadala parippu(Chickpeas)...again something sweet.And again a Malabar Special.You can check my other recipes of Malabar special Adas...Kaayada,Irachi Ada..etc specially prepared during the month of Ramadan.This Ada is made with a filling of Cooked Split Chick peas(Kadalaparippu),sugar and Coconut.Now coming to the recipe
How nice to have a cup of tea with some snacks ....and if the snack seems to be Pakodas then ....Wow !
There
are different types of pakodas like vegetable pakodas, made using a
single vegetable or using different vegetables depending on ones taste or availability,Bread pakodas,Prawns pakodas,Chicken pakodas etc..
