Broccoli Stir Fry Recipe | Broccoli Poriyal - Indian Style Broccoli Recipes

Broccoli is a very healthy vegetable which helps to reduce cholesterol, maintains low blood sugar level, good for bone health and prevents cancer with its powerful antioxidants. Last month when I went to Total mall I picked Broccoli, Wheat grass, Baby tomatoes and some more vegetables which are rarely found in shops nearby my house. 

I tried broccoli stir fry for the first time following my mom’s South Indian style cauliflower fry recipe and loved it a lot. Its a very easy stir fry recipe to prepare in busy morning hours. In Tamil, you can call it as Broccoli poriyal. U can make it without onion & garlic too. I packed the same for Sendhil’s lunch box along with thogayal rice and curd rice. He too liked it. We were very happy to include this healthy vegetable in our regular lunch menu and I am planning to try and share more broccoli recipes in my food book. 

Ok, Lets see how to make this easy, Indian style, Vegetarian broccoli stir fry recipe at home.

Broccoli stir fry recipe

Broccoli stir fry - Easy, healthy stir fry recipe that can be made in minutes !

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Side dish

Serves: 2

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Broccoli -1 no (medium sized) Big onion - 1 no Ginger - 1/2 inch piece ( finely chopped or grated) Garlic cloves - 4 nos (finely chopped) Sambar powder - 1 tsp Salt & water – as needed Lemon juice - few drops Coriander leaves – to garnish To temper Cooking oil - 1 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Urad dal - 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp Hing - a pinch Curry leaves - few

HOW TO MAKE INDIAN STYLE BROCCOLI STIR FRY / BROCCOLI PORIYAL- METHOD

Remove the florets from broccoli, wash and soak in hot water till use. Drian the water and use it.  In a wide kadai, temper the ingredients given above in the same order. Then add finely chopped onions, garlic cloves & ginger pieces. Saute till onion turns transparent. Add the required salt while sauting. Now add the soaked broccoli florets and saute well for a minute in medium flame. Add the sambar powder and mix well. Sprinkle some water, mix well and cover cook in medium flame for 5 minutes.Toss it once or twice in the middle. Make sure nothing is burnt. After the broccoli is cooked without losing its shape and crunchy taste , switch off the flame. Add lemon juice, mix well. Garnish with coriander leaves, remove and serve ! Enjoy with sambar rice or Rasam rice ! Tastes yummy !

Note

For no onion, no garlic version, simply skip onion and garlic and try the same. It tastes good in either ways. U can cook broccoli in water for few minutes before sauting as we do for cauliflower. Its optional though. U can replace sambar powder with 1/2 tsp of dhania & red chilli powder each.

Serve this healthy, yummy stir fry with sambar rice or rasam rice. Tastes great !

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CAPSICUM CHUTNEY RECIPE–BELL PEPPER CHUTNEY FOR IDLI DOSA

  

Capsicum chutney / Bell pepper chutney / Kudamilagai chutney was in my try list for long time. Finally I tried it yesterday for our breakfast.I got this Andhra style green capsicum chutney recipe from Sailu’s blog. She had made this chutney using red bell pepper / red capscium. But I prepared it using green capsicum and slightly modified the recipe to suit our taste.It came out very well & it tastes very similar to my tomato mint chutney.We loved it a lot with idli,dosa.I saw few capsicum chutney recipes with peanuts too.I must try it soon.Ok,lets see how to make this delicious capsicum chutney.

Capsicum chutney recipe

Yummy capsicum chutney recipe for idli,dosa

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Sidedish

Serves: Serves 2

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 5 Minutes

Total time: 15 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

To roast & grind Green capsicum or red capsicum - 1/2 no Tomato - 1 no Big onion - 1 no Garlic cloves - 2 nos (optional) Urad dal - 1/2 tbsp Chana dal - 1/2 tbsp Red chillies - 2 nos Green chillies - 2 nos ( use 1 for less spice) Cooking oil - 1 tbsp Hing - a pinch Salt & water - as needed Coriander leaves - 2 sprigs To temper Cooking oil - 1 tsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Urad dal - 1/2 tsp

METHOD

Roughly chop onion,tomato, garlic, capsicum and set aside.Wash coriander leaves.In a kadai,heat oil and roast the dals,chillies along with hing.When the dals start to turn golden,add the chopped tomato,onion, garlic & capsicum.Add the required salt and saute till tomato turns mushy.Lastly add  the washed coriander leaves,mix it and switch off the flame. Allow it to cool.Grind it to a smooth paste. Remove in a bowl.Temper all the ingredients given above and add to the chutney.Mix well and serve ! Enjoy with idli,dosa adding sesame oil !

Note

For variations u can replace green capsicum with red or yellow. Urad dal was not mentioned in the actual recipe.But I used it for additional flavour. U can also add little grated coconut say 1 tbsp. Adjust the quantity of green & red chillies as per your taste.

Serve this yummy capsicum chutney with idli,dosa drizzled with few drops of gingely oil.Tastes yum !

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Millet Energy Mix Powder Recipe | Millet Sathu Maavu Recipe –Millet Recipes

Last week when I went to Salem my MIL gave me this homemade mixed millet powder /Energy mix powder and told me to prepare Dosa or porridge for our breakfast/dinner. She also told me the quantity & the procedure of making it. I never thought its so easy to make. Sorry, I couldn’t take stepwise pictures. I will try to add it soon. Yesterday I made dosa with this flour and it came out very well. I was very happy & contented to get the benefits of all millet/sirudhaniyam in one recipe. Sendhil told me to blog this recipe as it may be useful to many of you. 

So here you go, my MIL’s mixed millet flour aka millet sathu maavu recipe for you all. But this powder is only for adults and not for kids. U can make any number of variations by adding moong dal, nuts and rice too. U can prepare all our south Indian breakfast recipes like porridge, dosa, kozhukattai, adai & paniyaram using this flour. Next week I will try to share some yummy recipes using this millet powder.

Till then check out my detailed post on millets and its varieties with its health benefits.

Thinai idli/Foxtail millet idli

Mixed millet laddu recipe

 

Millet energy mix powder

Energy mix powder recipe using millets for healthy breakfast and dinner !

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Breakfast

Yields: 1.5 kgs

Prep time: 20 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 30 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Ragi/Finger millet - 1/4 kg Varagu/Kodo millet - 1/4 kg Saamai/Little millet - 1/4 kg Kuthiravali/Barnyard millet - 1/4 kg Kambu/Pearl millet - 1/4 kg Thinai/Foxtail millet - 1/4 kg

METHOD

Clean the millets in muram if you suspect for any debris. Heat a wide kadai and dry roast all the millets one by one. Stand nearby & keep mixing without moving around else it may burn as they are very small in size. Keep the flame medium high. Each millet takes maximum 3-4 minutes to get roasted. Roast them one by one till its color changes slightly and you get a nice roasted smell. Collect them in a plate and let it cool. After it cools down, grind them in a flour mill or mixie. Sieve it and spread the flour in a paper to cool down. Store in an air tight box. Stays good for months ! U can make sweet or salt porridge, Dosa by adding buttermilk, adai or even kozhukattai too !

Note

Roasting the millets gives a nice flavour to the powder. Don’t skip it but be careful while roasting. Do not burn them. For variations,  you can add roasted green gram dal or yellow moong dal. U can add rice too.

Make this millet powder and enjoy the benefits of all millets in one recipe. 

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INDIAN MONTHLY GROCERY LIST FOR 2 PERSONS

Few weeks back I got a request from a newly wedded girl to help her by giving Indian monthly grocery items list for a small family of 2 to 4 persons (monthly shopping list for Indian family, maligai saman list in Tamil, Kirana list in Hindi). So I have given basic grocery items list in both PDF and Excel format as free download.

Excel sheet is free to download. You don't have to request permission for downloading. Just make a copy of it and edit as required. You can use this checklist for your monthly shopping and grocery purchase.

When I read that reader's mail, I had a flashback of my life. When I was newly married, I was in a joint family with my in-laws. My lovable MIL used to take care of kitchen works and my ever caring FIL did all the household chores like monthly provision shopping ,vegetables, paying bills etc. Myself and Sendhil just spent most of our time in office and we had no worries about our households. But after 4 years, when I was left alone in the kitchen, I somehow managed to cook but I did not have any idea of how much quantity of rice and other groceries to purchase for one month. I kept forgetting one or the other ingredients. I used to run to a nearby provisional store after keeping the kadai on flame. Sendhil used to scold me a lot.

When I told this to my mom, she helped me by sharing this list & told to follow this list every time I go for monthly purchase. I also referred here for more specifications. I do have a picture of my mom's list in my mobile. It was very helpful for me to decide and buy the correct quantity of monthly groceries in a wholesale shop & then I altered the list based on our usage and availability. Every month you may not need to buy all these items. My mom has been following list this since my childhood. I still remember, she used to give this list to a departmental store nearby my house and they do home delivery.

Nowadays in India most of the apartments are in city outskirts. So we go out once or twice in a month to buy groceries and if we don’t follow a list,we have to buy from the stores available in our apartment premises.No matter how costly it is,we are forced to buy there. To avoid all these ,its better to make a list and follow it. To help newly married girls, bachelors and for the ladies who are in short of memory like me, I have shared a list in excel format which you can download it as a pdf or  xls sheet by clicking the link.

The quantity I have given would come for 1-2 months for a pucca South Indian family. North Indians, please reduce the quantity of rice and increase wheat flour. Bachelors, do reduce the quantity by half.  Do follow this list for the first month and based on your need and usage, you can alter it. 

I have also shared some images for the  checklist separately. U can save it in your mobile and cross check the ingredients while you purchase. I hope this list would be useful to you all. 

Do leave a message if you feel I had left anything important. I will include it. Also leave your feedback in the comment section if this list helps you. I would be more happy to know it. Thanks. Please click on the image below to view the excel sheet and the text below for downloadable PDF.

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My mom always starts the list with turmeric powder, sugar &  jaggery sentimentally. So I too follow the same .

I have shared the complete grocery list below. You can copy paste them in your PC. I have also given separate images for groceries, Pooja items, Toiletries and miscellaneous items. Right click and save the respective images based on your need. In addition, I have shared the list in Excel sheet as well. You can make a copy of it and edit it using google sheets app. Here I have given the quantity of rice more than wheat as I had focussed South indians. North indians, please exchange the quantities of rice and wheat as per your requirement. I have given the amazon affiliate links for the titles. 

INDIAN GROCERY LIST - MONTHLY SHOPPING CHECKLIST

RICE and FLOURS

1. Turmeric powder - 100 gms
2. Sugar - 1 kg
3. Jaggery - 1/2 kg
4. Idli rice/Boiled rice/Salem rice - 5-7 kgs
5. Steamed rice or Raw rice/Sona masoori - 5-7 kgs
6. High quality raw rice for Pongal - 1 kg
7. Dosa rice ( optional) - 2 kgs
8. Basmati rice - 1 to 2 kgs
9. Brown rice(optional) - 1 kgs
10. Pressed rice / Poha(thick or thin) -1 kgs
11. Wheat flour - 2 kgs (North Indians, please increase atta to 5 kgs and reduce rice)
12. Maida - 1/2 kg (For cakes and snacks)
13. Ragi flour - 1 kg
14. Millets varieties & oats - 1/2 kg each
15. Rice flour - 1/2 kg
16. Besan flour - 1/2 kg
17. Bombay Rava/ Semolina or Chiroti rava - 1 kg
18. Wheat rava / samba rava / bansi rava - 1 kg
19. Idli rava - 1 kg (optional)
20. Rice rava - 500 gms
21. Vermicelli / Semiya - 1 packet big
22. Instant rice sevai -1 big packet
23. Sago/Javvarisi - 1/2 kg
24. Tamarind - 1/2 kg
25. Red chilli - 1/4 kg

PULSES/DALS

1. Toor dal - 1 kg
2. Round urad dal - 2 kgs
3. Yellow moong dal - 1 kg
4. Chana dal - 1/2 kg
5. Split urad dal - 1/2 kg
6. Rajma, peas, brown/white chana, green gram dal, Peanuts - 1/4 kg each
7. Fried gram dal / Pottukadalai - 1/4 kg
8. Horsegram , flax seeds - If needed

SPICE POWDERS

1. Crystal salt - 1 kg
2. Powder salt - 1 kg
3. Red chilli powder - 1/4 kg
4. Dhania powder - 1/4 kg
5. Garam masala powder - 100 gms
6. Chat masala powder - 1 packet small
7. Aamchoor powder - 50 gms
8. Cumin powder - 50 gms
9. Pepper powder - 50 gms
10. Sambar powder, Rasam powder, Vatha kuzhambu powder - If needed
11. Biryani masala powder or curry masala powder - Small packet
12. Idli powder / Gun powder - 1 packet ( If needed)
13. Readymade powders like garlic powder, pav bhaji masala, chana masala etc
14. Instant coffee powder - 100 gms
15. Tea powder - 100 gms
16. ENO fruit salt - 2 packets (For rava idli, dhokla)
17. Yeast - 1 small box ( For making aapam, bread)
18. Cooking soda / Baking soda - 1 packet small
19. Baking powder - 1 packet

OILS

1. Cooking oil - 1- 2 lts
2. Gingely oil/Sesame oil - 1 - 2 lts
3. Coconut oil - 1/2 lt
4. Ghee or butter - 1/2 kg
5. Olive oil - 1/2 liter
6. Deepam oil - If needed ( For lamp)

SPICES AND NUTS

1. Mustard seeds - 150 gms
2. Pepper - 100 gms
3. Cumin seeds/jeera - 100 gms
4. Poppy seeds/Khus khus - 100 gms
5. Coriander seeds/Dhania - 200 gms
6. Fennel seeds - 50 gms
7. Fenugreek seeds / Methi seeds - 100 gms
8. Dry ginger piece or powder - 50 gms
9. Black or white sesame seeds - 50 gms
10. Split urad dal - 100 gms ( For seasoning)
11. Ajwain / omam - 50 gms
12. Hing/Asafetida - 1 box (Big)
13. Cardamom/Elakki - 25 gms
14. Cashew nuts - 50 gms
15. Raisins - 50 gms
16. Badam or other nuts - 50 gms
17. Peanuts - 100 gms
18. Dates ( optional) - 100 gms
19. Cinnamon - 1 packet
20. Cloves - 1 small packet
21. Kalpasi/black stone flower & marati moggu - 1 small packet
22. Biryani spices packet - 1 no
23. Vanilla essence - 1 small bottle

OTHER INGREDIENTS 

1. Papad - 1 big packet
2. Cocoa powder - 100 gms
3. Health drinks(horlicks,complan etc) - 1/2 kg each
4. Noodles -1 packet
5. Pasta - 200 gms
6. Macaroni - 200 gms
7. Sphagetti(optional) - 1 box
8. Tomato Ketchup / Sauce - 1 bottle
9. Jam - 1 bottle 
10. Mayonaisse - 1 bottle
11. Pizza sauce/ Pasta sauce - 1 bottle
12. Organic Honey - 1 small bottle
13. Bread Packet - 1 to 2 nos

DAIRY PRODUCTS 

1. Cheese slices - 1 packet
2. Cheese block - 1 no
3. Butter - 1/2 kg
4. Curd / Flavored yogurt - If needed
5. Fresh cream - 1 packet
6. Paneer / cottage cheese - 2 packs

TOILETRIES 

1. Tooth paste - 200 gms
2. Tooth brush - 2 nos ( one time purchase)
3. Bathing soap - 3 nos
4. Shampoo/Hair conditioner - 1 big bottle
5. Face powder - 1 box
6. Hand sanitizer - 1 bottle
7. Deodarant - 1 or 2 nos
8. Body lotion - 1 no
9. Kajal/Kum kum/stickers - 1 no
10. Shaving lotion - 1 no
11. Shaving cream - 1 no
12. Hair gel - 1 no
13. Razer blades -1 packet big
14. Baby products - as needed

CLEANING PRODUCTS 

1. Dish washing soaps or liquids - 2 nos/1 bottle
2. Dish washing powder - 1/2 kg
3. Washing powder - 1 kg
4. Washing soaps - 5 nos
5. Toilet cleaner / bleaching powder - 1 bottle
6. Floor cleaner - 1 bottle
7. Kitchen cleaner - 1 bottle
8. Sanitary pads - 1 packet
9. Toilet paper - 1 bundle
10. Kitchen tissue - 1 bunch
11. Garbage bags - 2 rolls
12. Car cleaner/Car refreshner - 1 no
13. Dettol - 1 bottle
14. Mosquito liquid - 2 nos
15. Odonil - 2 nos
16. Napthalene balls - 1 packet
17. Rubber band - 1 packet

POOJA ITEMS 

1. Match box - 1 bunch ( 10 nos)
2. Deepa oil - 1 ltr
3. Cotton thread - 1 packet
4. Camphor - 1 small box
5. Incense sticks - 1 big box
6. Dhoop - 1 box
7. Rock candy or dry grapes for neivedyam - 1/4 kg

MISCELLENEOUS 

1. Medicines/bandages
2. Light bulbs
3. Batteries
4. Candles
5. Snacks

FOR BACHELORS 

1. Ready made rice mix
2. Sambar powder
3. Rasam powder
4. Garlic powder / poondu podi
5. Idli podi / Gun powder
6. Ginger,Garlic paste
7. Tamarind paste
8. Ready to eat products
9. Vathakuzhambu powder
10. Idli, dosa batter
11. Bread packet
12. Cereals

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 

Monthly grocery list for 2 persons - Indian

Indian Monthly A-Z grocery list for 2 persons..

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Grocery

Serves: 4 people ( For 2 adults + 2 kids)

Prep time: 15 Minutes

Cook time: -

Total time: 15 Minutes

Indian monthly Grocery shopping List

CLICK THIS LINK TO DOWNLOAD PDF Please give credit for this blog if you are using these images elsewhere. Thanks for understanding. Click this link to download the grocery list in Excel format.  IT IS FREE TO DOWNLOAD. You don't have to send any access request / permission to edit via email. This list is open for all. It is not private. Its free to use.  Make a copy of the sheet and follow the instructions to edit if required.    After opening this excel sheet, click"FILE" and click "Save a copy " OR "Download as PDF" Option and save the sheet in your drive from your desktop. Then you can edit the list as per your needs.   If you are using mobile, please make a copy of the sheet, edit in Google sheets mobile app. If you are a non-google user, Please click THIS LINK . Click this link to view my Kitchen Utensils & appliances list  Click this link for Appliances list with brand recommendations. Please use the above link and download the PDF/ Excel sheet.

Hope you find this post useful. Please leave a message in the comment box if I have left anything important in the list. Thanks !

A reader's tip for cleaning hacks from comment section:

Instead of buying all the chemicals to clean especially if you have children around, get some white vinegar and sodium bicarbonate and use some lime juice, trust me the whole housing cleaning would be taken care without nastiness of the cleaning products we buy from shops. Eventually you would save money as well.

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5 MINUTES MICROWAVE EGGLESS OREO BISCUIT CAKE RECIPE

This is my first recipe using Oreo biscuits. After I tried my one minute eggless microwave chocolate mug cake successfully, I kept hunting for some easy microwave cake recipes that can make wonders in few minutes. This is one such recipe & I got it from here. All you need is just 3 major ingredients and 5 minutes. Your cake is done, Cool right ?

The highlight of this eggless oreo cake is, its butterless, eggless, no oil and no curd too. Oreo biscuits & Eno fruit salt will do the magic here. Even your kids can do it by themselves and Iam sure they will enjoy both the cooking process as well as its taste. You can very well replace Oreo biscuit with bourbon or hide n seek biscuits and Eno with baking powder.

I won’t say this cake will double while cooking OR it comes out super soft. It does rise & comes out soft & not as the ones you bake in convection mode. But this recipe really  made wonders in few minutes i should say!  Last year I shared a fool proof, eggless, no oil, no butter Orange biscuit cake recipe using convection microwave oven. Do check it if interested. 

Friends, go ahead and try this cake now. Surprise your kids while they come back from the school.

5 Min Eggless microwave oreo biscuit cake

Microwave oreo biscuit cake recipe in just 5 minutes - There is no oil, no butter & no egg !!

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Cake

Serves: 4-5

Prep time: 2 Minutes

Cook time: 5 Minutes

Total time: 7 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

Oreo biscuit – 20 nos (any flavor) Milk – 1 cup ( 240 ml) Plain Eno or baking powder – 3/4 tsp Sugar – 2-3 tbsp

HOW TO MAKE MICROWAVE EGGLESS OREO BISCUIT CAKE - METHOD

In a big mixie jar, take all the biscuits with cream & sugar.Grind it coarsely. Now add milk & Eno. Grind to a smooth paste. Grease a microwave safe bowl with butter or oil generously (I used oil for greasing the pan and the cake got a shine as you see in the first picture, in stepwise I shown the one in which I used butter paper for lining.) OR line the bowl with parchment paper or butter paper. Pour the cake batter to the bowl. Batter should fall like a ribbon. It should not be too watery or too thick. Pat the bowl in the bottom to spread the batter evenly. Microwave it in high power ( I used 800W) for 3-5 minutes.Check at 3 minutes. If not done, keep it for more time. Mine took 4 minutes. Check it with the back of spoon or tooth pick. If it comes out clean, cake is done. Else keep it for one more minute. Cake will rise but wont double. Remove & keep it outside. Let it cool down. Then invert the cake, cut into pieces and enjoy ! If you try to remove the cake before it cools down, cake will crack. If you use butter paper, you can remove it easily. Enjoy !

Note

You can use either butter paper or grease with oil. But when u use oil, you should wait till the cake cools down completely & the upper part of cake will get a shine as you see in the picture. U won’t get this shine if you use butter paper. U can decorate this cake by sprinkling some icing sugar on top OR apply Instant whipped cream over it. I kept an edible sugar flower. For variations, you can use bourbon OR hide n seek biscuits too. Adjust the quantity of sugar as per your taste. Add plain ENO salt ( blue colored sachet) OR 3/4 tsp of baking powder. Use a butter paper or grease the bowl with butter for easy removal of cake.

Do check out my One minute eggless mug cake and Orange biscuit cake recipes too !

Serve this cake with a glass of milk! Kids would love it & even you can have a bite. 

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ONAM SADYA RECIPES - KERALA LUNCH MENU LIST

WISH U ALL A VERY HAPPY ONAM CELEBRATION !

Onam festival is the most anticipated day for me to express my passion for Kerala food. Basically Sendhil loves coconut based recipes a lot and I am a big fan of Kerala style dishes. Not just the food, I love Kerala sarees and their traditional ornaments too. So every year during Onam, I never fail to make sadya feast at home to treat Sendhil and myself with varieties of Kerala delicacies. For the past two years, I have been posting the same different sadya menu list. And this year too, I was eagerly waiting to post this sadya menu.

Every year I love to attempt some new sadya special items for the menu and I prepared Ada pradhaman & Palada Pradhaman recipes using homemade Ada. Pineapple payasam and Pineapple pachadi as suggested by my neighbour Mrs.Prema. Mathanga erissery and kaya mezhukkupuratti out of my own wish. I referred many of our Kerala bloggers websites and I have given the links as well. Thanks to one & all for sharing these wonderful recipes with us.

For other sadya recipes like Kerala sambar, Rasam,Thoran, Puli inji, Parippu curry and avial, I referred my previous sadya recipes. All the recipes came out very well and we enjoyed this Onam feast well in advance. Here you go, my Onam sadya recipes for you all. Hope I have followed the correct serving order too.. I Wish all my readers and friends a very happy Onam.”ONAM ASHAMSAKAL” !!

HOW TO MAKE ONAM SADYA EASILY

I couldn’t take stepwise pictures for this sadya but I have shared some pictures of how I made this sadya quickly. Last year when I made sadya, I noticed that most of my time was spent in pre preparatory works like grating coconut, extracting coconut milk, grinding masalas, chopping vegetables and for cooking dals & vegetables.

So this year I wanted to make all these works simple and easy. Instead of grating 2 coconuts, I made small slices of it using a ladle with thick edge and blunt handle as you see in the picture below. I did not use knife as I am afraid of using it. Use knife only if you are confident of handling it and make sure your mixie blades are in good condition else it may break. Then I dry ground all the coconut slices together and divided them into 2 parts. I used one part for taking coconut milk and the other part for masala. It saved lot of time for me.

Also I pressure cooked dals for parippu curry and sambar together in my big pressure cooker by placing moong dal in the bottom of cooker and toor dal for sambar in a tiffin box. Please refer the picture. U can even keep a plate of mixed vegetables required for sambar over the toor dal.

For cooking Vanpayar and vegetables for olan, kalan and erissery, I again used my big cooker and cooked them together by keeping one above the other in small bowls and plates. As all these veggies gets cooked in one go, you just have to add them in coconut mixture and boil it. For thoran, I cooked it in my small cooker by keeping in high flame for two whistles.

For pradhaman, I prepared homemade ada. So I made it in the previous night and stored in refrigerator. Also I cleaned & chopped pineapple pieces and kept in a zip lock cover and refrigerated it. When you have ada & pineapple cubes ready in hand, you can make these payasam recipes very quickly.

All these pre preparatory jobs got over in 30 minutes & cooking took nearly one hour. This entire sadya took 1.5 hours totally. Do follow these techniques and make your sadya feast quickly & easily. Do share your methods of quick cooking in the comment section so that others get benefitted.

Disclaimer: I know these are not the authentic method of cooking Kerala food but to make my job easier, I followed these steps and I hope it would help beginners. Friends, please excuse me.

Onam sadya menu

Sadya recipes for Onam festival !

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Lunch

Serves: Serves 2-3

Prep time: 30 Minutes

Cook time: 60 Minutes

Total time: 90 Minutes

INGREDIENTS

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WISH U ALL A VERY HAPPY ONAM CELEBRATION !!

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Unniappam/Unniyappam Recipe-Kerala Onam Sadya Recipes

Kerala style sweet appam recipe is known as Unniyappam/Neyappam.I have tasted this several times from my neighbour.It looks dark brown in color with sugar coated on it.I love it a lot.When i was thinking of Onam sadya recipes,i reminded this recipe and asked my neighbour Mrs.Prema about it.She told me an easy , no fermentation method which she learnt from her mom.I also referred Kothiyavunu for some tips to get soft unniyappam.I tried it for the first time today and it came out very well.I was able to achieve the same color & taste of my neighbour's unniappam.It tastes crispy outside & soft inside.As my neighbour suggested, i coated all the appam with sugar which is not usually done in Kerala i guess.But it gave an appealing look to the dish. Also she told me to deep fry the appam but i did it in my paniyaram pan to get a nice shape.I gave some of them to my friends and everybody liked it a lot.I am sure Sendhil would love it too.Thanks to my neighbour for teaching me this yummy sweet appam recipe. Try this dish for Onam festival.I am sure u will love it like us.Lets see how to make this kerala style unniyappam recipe in detail.

Unniyappam recipe

Kerala style unniyappam recipe for Onam festival.

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Sweet

Serves: 10 nos

Prep time: 2 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 12 Minutes

INGREDIENTS
1 cup - 250ml

To soak Raw rice - 1/2 cup ( use high quality Sona masoori) Water - as needed To Grind & mix Grated jaggery - 1/2 cup Banana - 1 no Urad Papad - 1 no ( any brand) or urad dal - 1 tbsp (soak with rice) Cardamom - 2 nos Grated coconut - 1/3 cup Ghee – 1 tbsp Black sesame seeds – 1/2 tsp Ghee roasted coconut bits – 1 tbsp Oil + ghee – to cook Cooking soda – a pinch (optional,i dint use)

METHOD

Wash and soak the raw rice for 2 hours.Drain all the water completely and spread the rice in a paper for 5-10 minutes.Now grind the rice to make a fine powder.Set aside.Soak papad in little water till use. Take jaggery in a wide bowl and add little water to cover it.Melt & strain it.Boil it for a minute till it becomes frothy.Add this syrup to the rice flour & set aside. In a mixie jar,take the soaked papad,cardamom seeds,grated coconut & banana.Add little water and grind them to a smooth paste.Add this paste to the rice flour,jaggery mixture.Mix well and set aside. Add ghee roasted coconut bits & sesame seeds along with ghee to the batter.Mix well.Take a paniyaram pan and add 1/2 tbsp of oil + 1/2 tbsp of ghee to each mould.The oil +ghee mixture should cover half of the mould .Heat it.Now pour the batter in each mould.Unniyappam will cook in the oil and oil spreads all over the pan.Keep the flame medium high and let it cook till it becomes golden brown or dark brown as u wish.Flip it and again cook for few minutes.Remove in a tissue paper.Roll it in a  plate of sugar if u like the sugar coated ones. Enjoy !

Note

The batter should not be too thick or too thin.It should be pourable. Always add jaggery in syrup form after straining the impurities.. Adding soaked papad gives softness to the appam.No need to add cooking soda or ferment the batter. If u wish,u can also leave the batter for 2 hours & ferment it. The color of appam may very based on the color of jaggery and the heat of pan.  This appam stays good for 1-2 days..

Enjoy this crispy and soft Unniyappam recipe for Onam sadya ! Tastes yum !

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