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Chembu Puzhukku Hi Friends, Welcome to Food Festival. T oday i am sharing the recipe of Colocasia. Kerala Karkidakam special Chembu Puzhukku. Today starting an auspicious Ramayana month/ Karkidaka month which occur heavy rainfall, illness etc. So we need to be very strong to overcome this situation by preparing our body to stay young and healthy by taking early oil bath, consuming proper protein diet food and reading Ramayanam to increase our self confidence in this particular period. Recipe of Chembu Puzhukku Ingredients: Chembu/ Colocasia - 300 gm Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Chilli Powder - 1/4 tsp Curry leaf - few Green chilli - 2 or 3 Shallot - 1 small Cumin seed - 1/4 to 1/2 tsp Coconut - 3/4 cup Coconut oil 1.5 tsp Salt - required Water Method: Clean and wash Chembu/ Colocasia. Cook Chembu, turmeric powder, chilli powder, green chilly, few curry leaves, salt and some water. Grind Coconut, green chilli, Cumin seed, shallot and curry leaves...

PalKanji Hi Friends, Welcome to Food Festival. Today i am sharing the recipe of the very famous Paal Kanji/ Coconut  Milk Porridge.This Paal Kanji is one of my favourite nostalgic food. Whenever i hear Paal kanji i always remember my grand mother, she' s no more now but still i remember her when she gave me wonderful memories about traditional food items. I think she had  magical cooking spirit. I used to watch my grand mother and mother cooking, just looking not helping hahaha. Recipe for Paal Kanji: This is a very easy Paal kanji recipe. Matta rice  - 1 cup Coconut Salt Water - 5 or 6 cup Method: Wash the Matter rice. Into the pressure cooker add washed matte rice 1 cup  and 6 cups of water. Pressure cook for one whistle and just wait for pressure release or you can wait for 6 or 7 whistle and wait for pressure release or other way s when pressure come put weight on top of the lid and wait for 25 minutes in a sim flame then sw...

Hi Friends, Welcome to Food Festival. Today i am sharing the recipe of very popular Kinnathappam recipe. Kinnathappam is a very popular healthy snack widely used in Kerala.Here i am introducing steamed rice jaggery cake which is very healthy and delicious.   Recipe of Kinnathappam. Ingredients: Raw Rice - 1 cup Coconut milk - 1.5 cup Jaggery - 2 nos Cumin seed - 1/2 tsp Salt - pinch Method: Soak the raw rice in water for at least 3 hours. Grind the soaked and drained rice, jaggery and coconut milk into a fine smooth paste. Now grease a steel plate and pour 2  or 3 big spoon batter. Add few cumin seed on top of the batter. Now batter is ready for steaming. Take a cooking pot or idli pot and filled with some water, place a ring inside the pot. When the water starts boiling, carefully place the plate in the idli pot or steaming pot and close the lid. Cook for at least 15 minutes in a medium heat . Now ...

Hi Friends, Welcome to Food Festival. Today i am sharing the recipe of  Idiyappam - How to make soft Idiyappam. Idiyappam/ Noolappam/ Noolputtu is a very popular steamed south Indian break fast dish. It is also known as Kerala rice noodles, which is very healthy. Idiyappam can be served with curry or coconut milk. Recipe of Idiyappam/ Noolappam/ Noolputtu. Ingredients: Rice flour Hot Water Salt Method: Firstly mix roasted rice flour and salt. Add boiling water gradually into the rice flour mix. Knead the dough using a spatula.  Cover the pan with a lid. After few minutes, open the lid thee dough should be hot using your hands(be careful the dough is hot) knead the dough until you get a soft dough. Now you need idli mould and idiyappam mould to make this Idiyappam. Grease the Idli mould and idiyappam mould. Boil some water in  the idiyappam pot. Fill the idiyappam mould with a small portion...

Hi Friends,  Welcome to Food Festival. Today i am sharing the recipe of very healthy leafy dish known as  Mathayila Thoran : Karkidakam special. One of my favourite leaf stir fry. I love this curry is because of not only nutrient packed, it's taste is wonderful. It has great medicinal values good for teeth, hair, skin etc etc... Do you know one thing, why our parents and grand parents still looking healthy and energetic(beautiful), it's because of their healthy food habits and healthy life style. If you want to be strong like our older generations, it's not late this is the special time for you. Enjoy each moment and live each moment. Recipe of Mathayila Thoran  Ingredients: Mathayila - 1 big plate Cooking oil - 1.5 tbsp Shallot - 10 - 12 Curry Leaf - 2 sprigs Dry Red Chilli - 2 whole Crushed Chilli - 1/2 tsp Coconut - 1 cup Salt - required Method: First heat coconut oil in a kadai, add crushed shallot, curry leaves, dry red chilli, crushed chi...