Tasty Prawns Biriyani with Coconut chutney

 Medium large prawns 🍤 500 grams, peeled & cleaned,

Marinate the prawns and keep for half an hour.

How to marinate?

Lime juice 2tbsp, ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp., red chilli powder 2 tsp., salt to taste, pepper powder 1/2 tsp., mix the ingredients together and combine well with the prawns 🍤 

In a pan, shallow fry the prawns and keep aside.

Biriyani masala preparation 

Onion 2, ginger 2 inch piece, garlic 2 bulbs, green chilli 4. Slice it thinly, rub it with lime juice and salt to taste. Keep for 10 minutes. Curry leaves 2-3 sprigs. Tomato 2, sliced. Kashmir chilli powder 2 tsp., coriander powder 1 tsp., fenugreek powder 1/4 tsp., turmeric powder 1/4 tsp.

In the balance prawn fried oil, add curry leaves, followed by onion, ginger and garlic, sauté till tender. Add green chilli, sauté it and add the masala powders and salt. Add sliced tomatoes and allow to cook well. Masala is ready.

Rice preparation 

Basmati rice 3 cups. Cook the rice in 7 cups of water.

Add turmeric powder and salt to taste while cooking. Don’t over cook the rice. Run a fork along the cooked rice and spread.

In to the masala pan, in low flame, add the prawns and combine well, followed by adding the rice, again combine well. Dish is done ✅ 

For coconut chutney, grated coconut, red chilli powder, tamarind, shallots 2, ginger a small piece, salt to taste and curry leaves 2-4 numbers. Grind the ingredients semi coarsely in a mixi, chutney is ready!

Prawns Biriyani ready! Serve with coconut chutney!

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കോവിഡ് കാലം. വരാനാരുമില്ല, പോകാനും നിയന്ത്രണം. രണ്ട് പേരെ ഉള്ളു. എന്നാലും സദ്യക്ക് സദ്യ തന്നെ വേണ്ടേ. 

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Sago balls ( sabudana/ചൗവ്വരി) Pradhaman

It’s delicious 😋 

This recipe is the first time in my life.

I always had a passion for sago balls.

We use to add a tbsp or two soaked sago balls in payasam/ pradhaman. The crystal like texture in the payasam gives me a special thrill to have it. 

After the marriage of my daughter, got new recipe of sago balls from her ‘Mil’. That were sago balls upma and sago balls patties.

That too I love. 

In USA 🇺🇸 we had a buffet lunch in a Chinese restaurant where I found sago balls milk drink with sugar. It was so nice to feel the bubbly feel in the mouth. With the special new taste, back home I improvised the recipe into sago balls palpayasam and sago balls pradhaman.

Here I am introducing sago balls pradhaman!

Ingredients 

Sago balls 1 cup, wash it and soak in 2 cups of water for 2-3 hours.

Grated jaggery 2 cups,

Coconut milk 4 cups,

Coconut bits 2 tbsp.,

Cashew bits 2 tbsp.,

Raisins 2 tbsp.,

Salt a pinch,

Ghee 3 tbsp.

Cook the sago balls in two cups of coconut milk.

Heat the jaggery in 1/4 cup of water and add into the cooked sago balls. Combine well, when starts bubbling, bring the flame to medium low. Stir occasionally. Fry the coconut, cashews and raisins separately. Keep aside. Add the balance ghee and coconut milk into the sago balls mix and add the salt. When it comes to a semi thick consistency, off the flame 🔥 and add the fried items into it. Pradhaman is ready to serve. 

 

Age is not a barrier to enjoy food 🥘

A homely lunch with a touch of mixed flavour ice creams and dry fruits richness!!!
 In this pandemic situation we are really locked down from attending marriages or any functions outdoors!So what? We have to turn towards the possibilities in front of us, approach with a positive attitude and go ahead!

No worries everything will come on our way!

The activities in our homestead is a great way to stay healthy and happy!

Our daily yoga routine is keeping us positive with enhanced immunity!

Then what to worry and hesitate? Go for your favourite dishes for lunch and enjoy ice cream if you’re craving for it 😄

Grandma’s lunch idea

Enjoying the nostalgic taste of my childhood with a special touch of me in my grandma phase.The veggies are from our homestead garden. 

Lunch is served in our traditional serving plate.

1. Rice 

2. Dal & ridge gourd coconut curry 

3. Anchovy mango coconut curry 

4. Banana pseudostem greengram sprouts coconut stir fry 

5. Anchovy moringa leaves stir fry 

6. Sweet lime pickles 

WoW 😮 the taste is superb 👌

It is highly nutritious 👌

Once you had it, you will surely wait for grandma’s delicacies 😊

 

Happy lunch @ Home

Being Saturday it’s lockdown!

A rainy day!

On rainy days we feel more hungry!!

Looked into my pantry and refrigerator!!!

Menu ready for lunch.

Got  ready and started.

We keralites prefer rice for lunch.

So as usual rice, that too red bold rice.

Then comes the side dishes one by one.

1. Dal curry 

2. Little gourd bitter gourd stir fry 

3. Clam roast with grated coconut 

4. Moringa leaves and beetroot stir fry 

5. Beetroot sautéed with ginger, shallots, green chilli and garlic in yogurt and 

6. Curd 

When we look into it, it is a fully balanced diet with carbs, protein, vitamins, minerals, fibre and probiotics!!!

That’s why the caption 

‘ Happy lunch @ Home!’