Raw Banana Chips / Yethangai Vathal / Nenthrangai Chips– Quick Snacks

A famous chips from kerala that makes everyone drool..You can make a big batch of this and store it in a air tight container and snack on it often..Hope you like it and let me know what you think..

Raw Banana Chips Recipe

Ingrediants:

Raw banana / Nentrangai – 3

Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi – 1tsp

Salt to taste

Water – ½ cup

Coconut Oil for Deep frying

Method:

Heat oil for deep frying. Peel the banana and slice them using a mandeline straight into the oil if you can, or you can slice them in a paper towel and put them in hot oil..

Fry for a min. Now dissolve turmeric powder and salt in water and pour 2 tblspn of water straight into the oil.

Keep frying the chips while mixing it often. Fry till it is nicely fried and there is no more bubbles in the oil.

Drain in a paper towel and serve hot or store in a air tight container once it is cooled.

Perimma's Kootanchoru / Rice and Dal cooked with Vegetables and Drumstick leaves -Traditional Rice Recipes / Perimma's Recipe

This is a traditional recipe from my perimma..She made this last month and brought this to my home. I tasted it and totally loved it..I asked her the recipe, she gave me without any hesitation..Hope you like it and let me know what you think..

Perimma's Kootanchoru  Recipe

Ingrediants:

Rice - 2 cup

Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu - 1 cup

Murungai keerai / Drumstick Leaves  - 2 cup

Country Vegetables - 2 cups ( I used carrot, potato, cucumber, raw banana, pumpkin)

Sambar Onion / Shallots- 5

Tomato -1  chopped

Turmeric Powder /Majal podi - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Tamarind paste - 2 tblspn

Ghee - 1 tblspn

To Grind:

Coconut - 1 cup

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp

Green Chilli - 4

To temper:

Oil- 2 tblspn

Channa dal - 1 tblspn

Urad dal - 1 tblspn

Curry leaves - 1 spring

Dry Red Chilli - 2

Asafoetida / Hing / kaya Podi - 1/4 tsp

Method:

Grind the ingrediants given in the list. Set this aside.

Take onions, tomatoes and all the vegetables in a pressure cooker. Add salt and turmeric powder and cook for 2 whistles. Let the pressure go all by itself and set aside.

Wash rice and dal together and soak for 30 mins. Take it in pressure cooker add 7 cups of water and cook for 4 whistles.. Let the pressure go all by itself and set aside.

Open the rice and add the vegetables mixture to this and mix well. Add the ground coconut paste and mix well.

Add tamarind and mix well. Adjust salt and mix well. Simmer it for 10 min. Add water accordingly..The mixture should be slightly  runny, because it get thick as it stays..

Now take ghee in a pan and saute the murungai keerai leaves for 3 mins. Add this to the rice mixture and simmer again for 5 mins.

Now temper the ingrediants given in the list and pour it over the rice..Mix well.

Serve hot..

Quick Pachamirtham – Karthigai Deepam Recipes

We made this for karthigai..It is so simple and suites well for any festivals…Hope you like it..

Quick Pachamirtham Recipe

Ingrediants:

Ripe Banana- 5 sliced

Coconut – ½ cup

Jaggery – ½ cup grated

Ghee – 2 tblspn

Method:

Mix everything together untill well combined.

Serve immediately.

Palam Appam – Karthigai Deepam Recipes

I made this for karthigai and that was the first time I tried this appam..It cameout so crisp on the outside and fluffy in the middle..This is so easy to put together and can be made in minutes…I also made pidi kolukattai, which will be my next post..Hope you like it and let me know what you think..

Palam Appam Recipe

Ingrediants:

Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu – 1cup

Ripe Banana – 2 mashed

Jaggery – ½ cup Grated

Cashew – 10 pieces

Water as needed

Baking Soda -1 tsp

Oil / Ghee to fry

Method:

In a mixing bowl take rice flour, banana,jaggery,cashews,baking soda and mix well.

Pour in required water and mix so that it forms a thick batter.

Now heat ghee or oil for frying and drop spoonful of this batter in oil and fry till golden brown.

Drain in a kitchen paper and serve..