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Ingredients: Dates - 1 cup pitted and cut into small chunks Garlic chopped -1 tbsp Ginger - 1 tbsp chopped Green chilly - 1 chopped finely Red chilly powder - 2 tsp Turmeric powder - 1 tsp Mustard seeds- 1 tsp Oil -2  tbsp Vinegar - 1/2 cup Asafoetida - sprinkle a pinch Salt - as needed Preparation: 1.In a grinder just pulse mustard seeds and keep aside,cut the dates into small pieces and chop ginger and garlic,green chillies and keep aside.. 2.Heat 2 tbsp oil(i used gingely oil)in a saucepan on low heat. 3.Add the crushed mustard seeds and saute slightly and add a pinch of asafoetida. 4.Add ginger,garlic and green chilly and saute for 1 minute . 5.Now add redchilly powder and turmeric powder and saute on low heat for 3 minutes. 6.Switch off and keep aside to cool. 7.Grind the dates chunk  by adding vinegar little by little to a coarse paste and add this to the saucepan and mix well.Add salt and add vinegar too if needed and chec...

Ingredients: Cabbage - 2 cups Onion - 1/2 from 1 small Tomato - 1/2 from 1 small Green chilly - 2 or 3 Curry leaves - 1 twig Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Garlic - 2 pods crushed Salt - as needed Oil - 2 tbsp Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Coconut grated - 1/2 cup fresh or frozen Preparation: 1.Grate cabbage using a grater thinly and put in a bowl , add warm water and salt ,wash thoroughly and strain using a strainer . 2.To a saucepan,add the strained cabbage,sliced and chopped onion,tomato ,green chillies and turmeric powder ,salt and mix well using a spoon. 3.Cover with lid and cook on low heat till almost done.Add the grated coconut to it and saute for few more minutes. 4. In another pan heat oil and splutter mustard seeds and add curry leaves along with crushed garlic pods . Add this to the cabbage thoran and switch off .Mix and serve with plain rice and any curry. I am sending this to the Kerala Kitchen Event  hosted by Julie of E...

Ingredients: For the tart: All purpose flour: 1&1/4 cup Butter - 3/4 of a stick(may b 1/2 cup)chilled Baking powder - 1/2 tsp Water - 4 drops Preparation: 1.In a bowl,add all purpose flour,baking powder and mix well.To this add butter and break into pieces using finger tips to form like bread crumbs , add 4 drops of water to just form a tight rough dough. 2.Preheat the oven at 180 degree  and spread oil to the tart moulds. 3.Divide the dough into portions and spread in each tart mould using hands by rotating the mould and spreading the dough.Repeat with all the dough and bake in the oven for upto 15 minutes or till done.Take it out and let it cool. For the custard: Milk - 1 cup Custard powder - 2 tbsp Sugar - 1/2 cup or as sweet u need Preparation: 1. In a sauce pan, add milk and boil. 2.When it starts to boil remove 4 tbsp milk and add 2 tbsp custard powder to it and mix well. 3.Pour this back to the boiling milk and simmer and let it boil for anothe...

Ingredients: For poori: Wheat flour - 3 cups Rava - 1 tbsp Warm water - 1 cup salt - as  needed Oil - a tsp + for deep frying Preparation: 1. In a bowl, add wheatflour ,rava and salt mix well. 2.Make a well in the centre and add 1 cup of water and knead well ,add oil and knead until soft dough is formed.Keep aside(go to prepare the bhaji) 3. Heat oil in a kadai on medium flame and knead the prepared dough and make small lemon size balls out of it. 4.Take a ball and roll it in chappati roller adding flour each side or press in a chappati presser by spreading a bit oil to the ball (so that its easy to press) 5.When the oil is hot( at this time, oil will get hot,u can just put a pinch of dough and see , if it raises then oil is ready)carefully drop the poori and allow it to rise( u can press gently in the centre with a spatula  for the poori to puff).Turn the poori when lightly brown and take and drain using  paper tissue...

Ingredients: Watermelon - 2 cups chopped Sugar - 1 tbsp(if u prefer ) Preparation: 1.Cut the watermelon  and take one part of it and deseed.Chop them roughly into pieces and discard the outer layer. 2.In a mixer,add the chopped watermelon and a tbsp sugar and blend it till smooth.Add ice cubes if its not chilled and serve .(do not add water since watermelon itself as water in it) 

Ingredients: For pathiri: All purpose flour - 1/2 cup Egg - 1 Salt - as needed Water - 1 to 1 & 1/2 cups to make a loose batter For the filling: Chicken - 1 breast piece Onion - 2 big Ginger - 1 small piece crushed or grated Garlic - 4 cloves crushed Green chilly - 2 chopped finely (add more if u need more spicy) Corriander powder - 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Garam masala - 1 tsp Curry leaves - few Corriander leaves - a few  Salt - as needed For the coating: Eggs - 4 big or 5 small Pepper powder - a tsp Garam masala - 1 tsp Salt -a pinch Prepation: For the masala: 1.Cook the chicken piece by adding enough water ,a tsp turmeric powder and salt in a saucepan upto 10 minutes or until cooked well.Switch off and strain water ,keep aside and let it cool.When cool,shred the pieces using hand. 2.In another pan ,add oil and heat .Add the chopped onions and saute till translucent. 3.When the onion starts to brown,a...