Nice experience with RocoMamas Pune

Visited RocoMamas Kharadi Pune located at World Trade Center run by our nephew and his friend on 27th January.
It is the very first outlet in India.
Great ambiance with their artisanal style.
We had welcome drink. A combination of unique menu items and the trendy dining atmosphere makes RocoMamas unique.
The first time we had visited RocoMamas.
My cousin Usha and me enjoyed an innovative delicious heavy lunch with great curiosity.
We had Mutton Sukkha with Sunny Side up Egg,
Cheese Baked Chicken Tikka
Chicken Wings Platter
Peri Peri Chicken Wings and Mofo Wings
and lastly Firebird Chicken Burger 🍔
Hats  off to you guys 🎩🎩
Proud of you and your team behind the venture. Best wishes and Good luck for you guys to open more and more outlets across our country and the Globe 🌍

Thengin manda thoran ( tender portion inside coconut crown)

The tender portion inside the coconut crown is ‘thengin manda’.

Usually it is a sweet thing. And if more members are present it will be only available to eat raw. This time that was not so sweet. So my cousin Usha decided to prepare this dish for lunch. It came out great 👍 It is not a common ingredient to cook. Only when a coconut palm is cut down we shall have this ingredient and cook. 

Ingredients 

Grated coconut 1 cup, turmeric powder 1/3 teaspoon, chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon, cumin powder 1/2 teaspoon, pepper corns 6, shallots 3, garlic cloves 2, both chopped. Grind these ingredients and keep aside.

Thengin manda grated 3 cups 

Coconut oil 1 tablespoon, mustard seeds 1/3 teaspoon, urd dal splits 2 teaspoons, curry leaf a sprig and salt to taste 

Heat the oil in a shallow pan, drop in urd dal splits and sauté till brown add mustard seeds followed by curry leaves and grated  thengin  manda. Combine well and allow to cook in medium flame. When cooked add the coconut mix, combine well and keep in low flame for two minutes. 

It’s a unique and rare dish to have. We had it with lunch. Delicious 😋 Thank you Usha ❤️

Kacchi Dabeli

Kacchi Dabeli is a street food. Dabeli means pressed. Masala stuffed in bun (pav) is exactly Kacchi Dabeli. Originated from Kutch as their favourite breakfast now it is widely accepted as a great snack for evening hours. I had an opportunity to have the dish at Pimpri along with my cousin settled in Pune. Ingredients
Bun ( Pav), mashed potato masala spicy or medium as you like, green chutney, garlic chilli red chutney, imli chutney and sev.
Stuff the bun with mashed potato masala, add your preferred chutney or  chutneys, press the pav on a heated pan over medium flame, light brown both sides, coat with sev and serve hot. It’s delicious 😋

Kids prefer cheese 🧀
So add some grated cheese instead of chutneys or along with.

Ice orathi Kozhikode beach special

A new recipe got during my visit to Kozhikode beach with my little cousin.

That’s the only speciality of Kozhikode. So nice to taste the coldness along with crunchiness and softies.

Ingredients

Grated ice a cup, pickled mango chilli , tuti fruiti bits, fried ground nut/ channa mix, sweet syrup or sour syrup 

Three versions of ice orathi are available. Sweet, sour and sweet and sour.

In the cup of grated ice add the ingredients based on one’s taste, whether Sweet, Sour or Sweet and Sour. A total new experience of Taste. 

Yes, of course ‘Taste of Kozhikode Beach’.

Have fun at beach with ‘Ice Orathi’.

Pattaya Floating Market Food delicacies

International Food lovers shall really like the tour in the food world of Pattaya Floating Market.

The duck tongue fries, fried beetles, Scorpio, grasshopper and other insects are the high protein nutritious snacks. I loved the fried bananas. Takoyaki tastes delicious. Great experience 👍

Sabudana Kichdi (Tapioca Pearls or Chowari)

A great dish for brunch. I love to have Sabudana Kichdi for dinner too. 

Sabudana balls 1 cup, soaked a cup of water for 3 to 4 hours.

Grated coconut 2cups, fried ground nut bits 1/2 cup, green chilli 3, ginger 1 inch, both finely chopped, coconut oil 2 tablespoon, curry leaf a sprig, cilantro a little chopped, salt to taste.

Heat oil in a shallow pan, drop in curry leaves followed by ginger and green chilli. Saute it in medium flame. When the aroma spreads out, add soaked  Sabudana and salt,  mix well, simmer the flame, cover the pan and allow to cook. When the Sabudana turned crystalline add ground nut and grated coconut. Combine well, add cilantro and is ready. 

Serve hot along with a vegetable salad, any pickle and a hot cup of coffee. It’s delicious and nutritious. 

My son in law’s mom, Sreedevi, prepared the dish first time for me when I visited her at Pune.

Back home I made it. It came up well. 

Sreedevi is no more. Pranaamam 🙏

I love to have Sabudana Kichdi whenever I am at Pune❤️

Semolina fried balls an Instant evening snack

Ingredients 

Semolina (Rava) 1/2 cup, basen powder 2 tablespoon, curd 2 tablespoon, tomato sauce 1 tablespoon 

Onion 1, carrot 1, green chilli 3, ginger one inch piece, coriander leaves a little. All finely chopped.

Salt to taste 

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl thoroughly, add little little water to make it a semi thick batter.

Heat enough sunflower oil in a shallow pan, scoop the batter in a medium spoon, drop in the boiling oil and fried it till golden brown. Serve hot with tea.

We are now at Pune. Visited our friend Mrs Geetha Unni. This delicious snack was served hot with tea. So delicious 😋 Loved it. Please try. It can be made instantly when you see your surprise guests at your door step.

A Perfect Homemade Brunch

A great brunch we enjoyed at our friends home Kozhikode. 

The way it was made is highly appreciable ❤️
From raw, processed, steamed, deep fried and sautéed, the delicious dishes really were nostalgic.
Thank you my dear friend Ushamani wife of my classmate Sri Sudhakaran.
The deep fried ‘achappam and ripe  banana chips’ were crispy.
The jaggery sauteed ghee rice flakes was crunchy.
The steam boiled rice ada in banana leaves was spongy.
The cashew nuts and ripe banana were so natural.
I can’t resist myself to post and share this brunch idea with my readers.
Thank you ❤️🙏

Idli vada an instant evening snack

Ingredients

Idli batter 2 cups, green peas 1/4 cup,

capsicum 1 small, carrot 1, ginger an inch piece, onion 1 small, all nicely chopped 

Chopped coriander leaves and curry leaves to taste 

Fried rawa (semolina)1 table spoon, curd 1 table spoon and salt to taste.

Mix all the ingredients together and keep for 10 minutes.

Heat a shallow pan, drop in ghee or any vegetable oil that you prefer.

Pour a scoop of the batter in the pan and allow to cook brown each sides. Take it out and place on kitchen tissues to get absorbed  the balance oil if any. Serve hot with your favourite tea or coffee or green tea. It’s really yummy 😋 delicious and of course nutritious.

Yesterday evening we got this tasty snack made by our lovely niece. Congratulations Vaishali 👏👏👏

A great idea to make instant snack in her language ‘ Jatt Patt Chatt’