Kerala preparations

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  1. tsseethalakshmi

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    fenugreek, kollu sprouts salad

    Soak two table spoon fenugreek,Kollu each separately over night
    tied the soaked fenugreek and kollu for 24 hours.Sprout appeared.If it
    kept for 48 hours long sprout will come.
    Take the sprouts rince it in the water two or three times and keep aside
    tomato two cut into small pieces
    coconut grated two table spoon
    salt
    coriander leave one table spoon
    Mix all increadians use immediately.
    Very rich in iron and minarals.
    variation other vegitables may be included like carrat,cucumber,ladysfinger etc.,
     
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    chembu thandu oolan

    Chembu thandu [pal chembu big variety] 4 wash chembu thandu before cutting, remove the outer fibre skin and cut into small pieces
    cow pea [karamani,vanpayar] 1/2 cup
    soak over night and cooked
    coconut milk or milk 1/2 cup
    green chilli 2
    salt
    coconut oil one table spoon
    Take a vessel pore 1/2 cup water add chembu thandu pieces, length wise slit green chilli and cook well.Now add cowpeas, salt boil well so as salt will be absorbed by cowpea and chembu thandu.Last add milk.Remove from fire add coconut oil and curry leave.
     
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    vegetable biriyani

    ingredients
    vegetables like carrot-1,cauliflower-1/2, green peas - 1/2 cup, beans - 1/2 cup chopped finely.
    Onion - medium size 4 -chopped finely,
    Tomato - medium size 3- chopped finely,
    Garlic paste - 1-table spoon,
    Ginger paste - 1 table spoon,
    Green chilly paste- 2chillies ,
    Garam masala - 1/2 table spoon,
    Yogurt - 2 table spoon,
    Coriander leaves- 1 cup,
    Mint leaves -1/4 cup,
    Ghee - 1/4 cup,
    Limejuice - 2-tea spoon,
    Basmati rice- 1 1/2 cup.

    method
    1. steam the veg. cook green peas.
    2. Fry onion in the ghee. When it turns golden brown put garlic - ginger - green chilly paste. Fry these for 2 minutes , then add tomato, garam masala, salt, coriander leaves and mint leaves. Cook for a few minutes and add yoghurt. Put cooked veg in this masala.
    3. Boil water. Add enough salt, a pinch of turmeric powder, 1 cardomom crushed, 2 small pieces of clove, 2 cinnamons, and 1 spoon ghee in this. Cook rice until it is done and drain. Take care the rice not to be sticky.
    4. Heat the pan. Pour a little of ghee. Put a little of cooked rice and spread 1 teaspoon limejuice over it. Put one layer of the veg masala above that and repeat the process till the rice and masala are over. Close the lid tightly and heat on a low flame for about 10 minutes. Mix before serve. Serve with yogurt mixed with chopped onion and tomato, and pudina chammanthi or pickle.
     
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    chammanthi podi

    Malayalam Chammanthi means thukayal in tamil.This is dry thukayal podi

    Coconut grated 1 coconut
    Fry in coconut oil in golden brown
    Red Chilli 4 according your taste increase or decrease
    coriander seeds 2 table spoon
    urud dhal 2 table spoon
    chana dhal 2 table spoon
    asafoetida small piece
    tamarind small nellikkai size
    coconut oil one table spoon
    salt to taste
    jaggary one small nellikkai size [optional
    curry leave 1/2 cup

    Pore two table spoon coconut oil, add first chana dhal saute some time next add urud dhal, coriander seeds,asafoetida, red chilli last curry leave.
    Frist put the dhal fried masala,tamarind in the mixe coursely powder them.Then add fried coconut,jaggary,salt and powder it.
    This may be fresh for one month.Go well with curd rice,milakutal,thosa,Idly, chapathy etc
     
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    Menthia masiyal or Uluva kootan

    Fenugreek or venthayam[ Ventha iron means pre cooked natural iron]
    very rich in iron and fibre content.
    If fenugreek sprout used in more nutrious

    Red gram dhal one cup
    fenugreek 2 table spoon
    ridge gourd one if small two
    remove the skin and cut into small pieces
    Green chilli 5 or more increse or decrease according to your taste and hotness of the chilli
    tamarind one lime size remove the plup
    turmarick powder 1/2 spoon
    asafoetida
    salt
    jaggary
    green coriander 1 punch
    tempering
    Mustard seeds 1 teaspoon
    red chilli 1 pieces it 3 oe 4
    fenugreek 1/2 teaspoon

    Boil and well cook the red gram dhal and fenugreek seeds with turmarick powder.keep aside.
    In a vessal pore the tamarind pulp with enough water,turmaric powder green chilli, when boil add the ridge gourd and cook.When become soft add cooked dhal fenugreek mixer bring to boil.Add asafoetida, salt, jaggary boil again.Last add chopped green coriander leave and remove from fire.Now add tempering.
    Very well go with rice,chapathi,dosa,idly.
    Green chilli and green coriander leave are must for this kootan.

    Variasion: instead of red gram dhal, green gram dhal, masur dhal may be used.
    Vegitables ladies finger, small onian,eggplant,giant chilli may be used
     
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    Dear Lakshmi,
    When the disply mode was chaned to liner mode I found the reply button.Now I used to post recipies.
    Thank you for your guidence.I have to study so many thinks to use your site.
    tsseethalakshmi
     
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    hello seetha lakshmi amma,

    Please tell me what is kollu?
    In tamil recipes i saw this , what is it's malayalam?
     
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    kollu

    Dear Safa,

    I think kollu is muthira. Also called kaaNam(remember kaaNam vittum OOnam kollanam).

    I may be wrong, so Mrs Seethalakshmi, pls correct me if wrong.

    regards
    Vidya
     
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    Dear Vidya,

    I checked the meaning of "kanam" in malayalam dictionary and found - money received on lease of land.
    Vidya, thank you for helping me. so I can try the kollu recipes...
     
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    Dear safa and vidhya,
    Kollu is called muthira in Malayalam. Kanam is supposed to be piece of land. As Mallus celebrate onam very elaborately, this saying in Malayalam. Meaning celebrate Onam even if you have to sell your land.
    With warm wishes,
    varloo
     

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