Category: Traditional Recipes

Shepherd’s Pie  Casserole

Easy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe Microwave

Chop – 1  medium Onion –  1-2  cups Mixed Veg  Carrot – Tomato – Peas

Mash – 3 large Potatoes – 7-8 mnts – Microwave (or Boil till Soft) – Peel and Mash

Spices  – Pepper – Salt – Garlic Powder – 1 tsp each

Saute – 1 tbsp. Oil –  Onions – till Translucent –  600 gm  Ground Meat -3-4 mnts – mixed Vegetables – Add  Spices – 5 -6 mnts – till done

Arrange –  Most of  Saute  – Ovenproof  Dish , Top with Mash and Ruffle with a fork.

Garnish –  Decorate with left over Saute – Sprinkle Grated Cheese – Parsley

Microwave – 3-4 mnts till Cheese melts.

Delicious Easy Quick Shepherd’s Pie ready to enjoy.

Note – Use Spices Herbs and vegetables of Choice.   Adjust quantities to taste.

Quick  and Easy Recipe for  Shepherd’s Pie  Casserole with Ground Meat  and Vegetables Topped with Mashed Potatoes and Garnished with with Cheese and Herbs

 

 

Mattanga Parippu – Pumkin Dal Curry

Recipe for Easy Simple Delicious Indian Vegetarian Lentils.  Savory Indian-spiced red lentils simmered with chunks of pumpkin .

Chop – Wash – Peel  – Cut in Chunks – 3 cups Pumkin  –  Slice – 3 fresh Red Chilli (mild long)

Spices – 1 tsp. Chilli Powder – 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder – 1 tsp. Salt

Cook– 1 cup Red Lentils – 4 cups water – Boil – Skim off and discard  foam –  low flame – 12- 15  mnts – Add Spices  – Pumpkin – cook 6-8 mnts – till Pumpkin is Soft.

Garnish – Heat Pan –  1tbsp. Coconut Oil –  1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp.Cumin Seeds -1 tsp.  Crushed Garlic – Handful Curry  Leaves – 1 mnt –  Add to cooked Above. – Done

Enjoy Delicious Mattanga Parippu Curry with Rice or Chapati

Notes : Adjust salt and Spices to taste.  Add more water if required for cooking lentils. Add tsp. of white lentil to Garnish for thicker consistance. 

Recipe for Easy Simple Delicious Indian Vegetarian Lentils.  Savory Indian Mildly Spiced Red Lentils Simmered with Chunks of Pumpkin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sundal – Mixed Dried Beans Salad

Sundal - Mixed Dried Beans Salad Navaratri Recipes

Soak –  Brown Chick Peas – White Chick Peas –  Grean Peas – Overnight – Cook Till Soft

Mix – Cooked Beans – 2 tbsp. cooked Corn – 2 tbsp – Pomegranet Seeds – 1 tbsp. Lemon Juice – 1 Tsp. Salt

Saute – Heat – 1 tsp. Oil – 1/2 tsp. mustard Seeds – 2 Red Chilli – Mix – 3/4 cup Grated Coconut – Stir 1 mnt – Mix with above.

Serve –  Garnished with Coriander leaves. Enjoy.

Wish You  All Happy Navaratri.

Note: Use beans of choice.  Salt and Chilli to taste.

Recipe for quick and Easy Sundal – Mixed Dried Beans Salad.   A recipe inspired by Navaratri Golu Festival.

 

Luscious Leeks in Tomato Sauce

Leeks and Bacon in Tomato Sauce recipe

Wash – 4 Leeks – Discard Roots and Outer leaaves

Chop – Green tops of Leeks  in  Small pcs. ;  Cut –  Stem in 2 cms. pcs.

Saute – 1 tbsp. Olive Oil – 200g Bacon pcs – 1-2  mnts. – Add chopped Pcs  stir – 1 mnt – Add Stem – Saute – 1tsp. Salt –   Low Flame  –  5-6 mnts.

Sauce – 1 tsp. Sweet Chilli  Powder  to above – Mix well – 1 cup Tomato Puree  – 1 cup water  – Bring to Boil – Cook on Low Flame – 5- 6 mnts –  Till Leeks are Soft.

Garnish  – With Dill or Parsley.

Serve Delicious Leeks in Tomato  Sauce with Pasta or Rice. Enjoy!!

Note :  Adjust salt and Spices to taste.  Use herbs of Choice.   Skip Bacon if vegetarian Version preferred.

Recipe for Slow and Gently  cooked Leeks and Bacon in Tomato Sauce.  The best way to cook Leeks to release its Sweet Luscious Flavours.

 

Herbed Chicken Stuffed Puff Pastry

Chicken Baida Roti Recipe

chicken stuffed puff pastry

Chop – 1 onion – 2 cups Cabbage – 2 green Chilli –  1 inch pc Ginger – handful Curry Leaves

Spice –  1 tsp  Cinnamon – 1 tsp. Pepper – 1 tsp. Turmeric.

Mince – 1 cup cooked Chicken

Filling –  Heat 1 tbsp. Oil – Chopped items  – fry 1-2 mnts – Add Spices Stir – Minced Chicken – Stir  fry 2 mnts – 1 tbsp Tomato paste – Salt  to taste – 1-2 mnts.

Stuff – Unroll Puff Pastry  – Pizza Size – Roll a bit more – Fill  one half and close with other half.

Bake – Preheat oven 200C and Bake for 20  minutes.

Delicious Chicken Stuffed Puff Pastry Ready to Eat. Slice and Serve with Mint or Coriander Chutney. Or just eat plain.

Note – Use Filling to make regular Chicken Stuffed Paratha.  Use left over fillings as a side dish.

Recipe for Delicious Chicken Stuffed Puff Pastry

Aloo Gobi – Sauted Cauliflower & Potato

Spiced Potatoes with Cauliflower - Aloo Gobi  with Flaxseed.

Chop –  Peel  and chop – 3 Potatoes – 1  Medium Cauliflower – Discard Stem – Seperate Florets – 1 Onion – small pcs.  – 1 Bell Pepper – small Pcs.

Boil – 1 ltr. Water – Bring to Boil – 1 tsp. Salt – 1 tsp. Turmeric Powder  – Add Potatos – 3 mnts – Cauliflower 1 mnt – Turn off  Stove – Half cooked – Drain

Spices – 1/2 tsp. Powder of  each – Cumin – Turmeric – Chilli – Garam Masala – Coriander – Ginger  – Salt – Mix well

Saute – Heat Pan – 2 tbsp. Oil – Onions – Bell Pepper – 2 mnts – Add Spices -1 mnt – Drained Cauliflower – Potatoes – stir gently  – Cover and Cook till Soft – 8 -10 mnts low flame

Stir – 1 tbsp. Crushed Flaxseeds – Stir well – 1 mnt –  Sprinkle 1/2 tsp. Amchur Powder  – mix – 1mnt – Turn off stove.

Garnish – Chopped Coriander leaves

Serve delicious Aloo Gobi with Rice or Chapati.  Enjoy

Note : Adjust Salt and Spices to taste.  Use Crushed nuts instead of Flaxseed if preferred.

Spiced Potatoes with Cauliflower – Aloo Gobi  packed with Flavors,  Comforting, Simple and Easy Vegan Recipe garnished with Flaxseed.

Cabbage Thoran – Spiced Sautéed cabbage

Recipe for Cabbage Thoran a favourite side dish of Kerala Cuisine. A Stir Fry with Cabbage and Grated Coconut

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cabbage-thoran-2Garnishes play an important role in food presentation. It can be defined as “Food items placed around or on top of a principal dish for a relish”. A careful selection of garnishes that have flavour, colour, and eye appeal is appreciated and is accepted as a finished dish.

In this post we are doing cabbage thoran/ mild spiced sautéed cabbage in an arc shape. Arcs add fluidity and a sense of motion to a presentation.
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Cabbage Thoran is one of the favourite side dish of Kerala Cuisine. Any Kerala Sadhya is incomplete without Cabbage Thoran. Cabbage Thoran is a stir fry made using cabbage and coconut.

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Serves: 3 – 4

Preparation time – 15 minutes

Cooking time – 20 minutes

Ingredients:

Cabbage : 500 gm finely chopped
Grated coconut : 1cup
Green chillies : to taste
Turmeric powder : 1/2 tsp
Mustard seeds : 1tsp
Curry leaves : 2 sprig

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Oliebollen – Apple Beignets

Oliebollen - Apple Beignets Recipe

Combine +/- 2 Cups White Flour – 1 tsp. Yeast t -1/2 tsp. Cinnamon powder – Flour Mix

Blend – 1 cup Luke Warm Butter Milk –  1 tbsp. Lemon Juice – 1 Egg – 1 tbsp. Sugar  -Pinch Salt

Dough – Mix Flour Mix in above   – Form Thick Batter Dropping Consistancy – Cover and rest – 1 Hour

Chop  -Peel – Chop 2 Apples  – 1 inch Pcs

Fry – Mix Apples in Dough  –  Drop Spoonful Dough in Oil  – Fry Till Brown – Medium Flame

Serve – Dust with powdered sugar and serve hot.

Enjoy Delicious and Yummy  Homemade Beignets.

Note – Use raisins instead of Apples.  Or  Fry just Plain Oliebollen without Fruits.  Use drop of Vanilla Essence in dough  for additional flavour.

 

Easy Belgian Recipe  for Homemade Beignets or Oliebollen. A recipe is so good you can’t stop eating!  The comforting scent of cinnamon, dough and Baked Apples brings Kermis back home everytime.

Every Year for 3 weeks in September we have  Fair in Leuven. A Kermis filled with lots of Games and Attractions and Street Stalls.   Since the Kermis is now over we decided to make it at home.

Warning :  This is an addictive Snack.

 

Mambazha Pulissery – Sweet and Sour Mango Curry

Sweet and Sour Mango Sauce Indian Recipe
Cut –  Peel  and Chop – 1 Half Ripe Mango in pcs.
Heat – 1 Tbsp. Coconut Oil  – 1 tsp. Mustard seeds – tsp. Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp Urad Dal –  Splutter
Add – 3-4 Green Chilli (or  red)   – 5 Cloves Garlic  – Handful Curry Leaves – 1/2 tsp. Chilli powder  1 tsp. Turmeric Powder – Mix well
Cook – 2 – 3 cups water – Mango pcs – Salt to Taste  – Bring to Boil  – 1/2 Cup Dry Grated Coconut (almost Powder ) – Cook till Mango Soft – turn off stove
Blend – 1 Cup Creamy Yogurt – 1/2 Cup water –  Mix in above – Stir and bring  to  boil on very very  low Flame  – Done
Delicious Side dish for a Barebeque or with rice or Couscous.
Note : Use Sour raw mango instead of Half ripe if preferred.
Last weekend I made this for side dish.   Our guests loved it so much,  and requested for the recipe.   Fr. Nevin you have already received the recipe by email the same evening.  Hope you enjoy making it too.

Recipe for Sweet, spicy and sour Mango Curry a Kerala classic and favorite. Simple to make and packed with a great depth of flavor.  Perfect dish for seasonal mangoes that are slightly underripe to enjoy with Rice or Fried meats.

Khajoor ki Chutney – Dates Chutney

Khajoor ki Chutney - Dates Chutney Recipe

Chop – De-seed and Chop 250g Soft Dates – Small pcs.

Soak – Tamrind (Tennis ball Size) in 1 cup Hot Water – Extract juice

Heat –  Pan – 2 tsp. Oil – Low Flame – 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds – 1/2 Fennel Seeds  – 1/2 tsp. Ginger Powder –  1tsp. Chilli Powder – Quick Stir

Saute –  Dates – in above – 3-4 mnts – 1 tsp. Salt  – Low Flame

Cook  – Pour Tamrind Juice to Saute – Pinch of  Sugar Bring to Boil – Till Dry and Oil has started to realease  – Turn off Stove – Done

Delicious Chutney to Enjoy with Pilaf  or as Dip or Sauce for Snacks.  Yummy!!

Note :  Adjust Salt and Spices to taste.

Easy Recipe  for  sweet and sour Date Chutney to accompany all kinds of Crispy Snacks or Pilaf