Homemade mayonnaise recipe

It has always been a dream to drive  my own car . And when that happened another dream came true and that's getting pregnant with my third child . When so many dreams come true you lose count of them and later on regret Why did it happen . I am talking about my car. It was super  easy to tak always nben e and I loved it . But being preggy with my third who was very naughty even before he could be born , I had to let go off my driving task. Now he is 6 years and when I want to start over and Aj wants me to take a class all over again . It like going back to school .I don't want to over do it again.  . Have you all encountered some situation like this  in your life, I am confused whether it will get to my head ever again .

There is nothing more irritating when I get it all wrong in making something that has a high chance of flopping ! And that  'something' happens to be Mayo  , I really didn’t know what to do and I desperatly wanted to learn … But then I wanted to make something close to it atleast as I did not want to miss the art of learning , I mainly wanted to learn this because   we constantly  use mayo for wraps.. and  I prefer homemade than store bought. . So umma made a sincere effort and she chose the hand blitzer to teach me and   it  would never let u down . And it worked perfect for me, after I failed five times.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Sunflower Oil 
• 1 egg
• Juice of one lime
• Salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon English Mustard Sauce

:Method

• Blitz egg ,oil sauce and salt in mixer for 1 minute
• Add lime juice. Blitz again .
• Just three minutes of blitzing and mayonnaise becomes fluffy and smooth.
• I used hand blitzer as it is the most apt for this technique.

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Beef mince meat recipe

I sincerely hope life is more fair to us as we  are enjoying and dismaying at it at times. Alhamdullilah i am lucky for my kids have grandparents and great grandparents.  I just wanted to push up myself out of bounds to experience their love to maximum, which is now going on in a phase that's upsetting at the moment as grandpa is tiring out. Like all have to say my grandpa is very accurate towards life . He was a perfectionist which was also difficult for us to follow but somehow we became just like him. Hehe… I get most of his character and that for me is a blessing in disguise.

I was intending to make a my family favorite beef mince  since i don't make it quite often still manage to cook some . Mince with green peas is our combo must but I feel the clicks needed to more appalling . In its pictures, the mince doesn't look at all craving...but trust me it Soo yum to have with mayo and sauce of choice . It did have enough time to cook well and I used fresh peas to leave it juicy  On top of it, I had some homemade mayo and siarcha sauce left to finish off .

Ingredients
2 kilo beef mince
2 green chillies
1 tablespoon pepper powder.
1 red chilli powder
1 teaspoon cumin  powder
1/2 cup green peas
2 tablespoon coconut oil

Method
Mix the beef and green peas  with spice powders in pressure cooker and cook for 15 minutes after whistle.
After cooked we'll set aside.
Heat oil in kadai, add the mince and roast on low flame .
Serve with Arabic bread khubs and French fries.

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Sweet poories

Seriously, I am not a big fan of deep fries as such   but this is an innovative recipe, here is the second attempt to gear up  towards what kannurites always do. We have Soo many recipe especially snacks and appams . I must say that this is one among the oldest recipes . We used to have this for chai. But now it has found its way to parties and people are loving it. Especially with mutton stew it is really yummy. Well u will be surprised that it is eaten along with sugar syrup , I already have  few coming up  on the blog but with the busy schedule of mine everything is n laid back  a the drafts. Somehow, even though I find working and blogging a warzone it is  far better than just being plain mom. I have plenty to occupy my head .

Not  too late though this particular recipe is one year you of draft sitting in my blog to be posted . It was only lately I discovered that i missed it again which was in fact super delicious snack .  I have received a lot of inquiry from friends and as to who  ever did discover this, was a genius! But I must say it is heavy calories taker. Sweet poories  mainly made as side dishes in parties and served with a bowl of sugar syrup . If u want u can dip and eat or have with the curry ...some do both and it bring 'cheers 'well for them .

Ingredients
2 cups plain flour
1 egg beaten
1/2 cup Coconut milk
Slat oy taste
Water to make dough

For the dip
2 beaten eggs .or as needed.

Sugar syrup
1 cup water
1/2 sugar.

Method
Prepare sugar   and keep aside to cool.

Take flour, salt in a bowl.

Add in egg and rub it into the flour. Add milk slowly and rest add water to  knead to a stiff dough.

Rest the dough for 10 to 15 mins.

Divide the dough into equal portions.

Take a ball, roll it in a oiled surface till thin.
Bring the four sides to the centre.and form a square .
Roll into sqaure poories .

Drop poori in oil, press on top till puffy, flip over and cook.
Dip again the poories in beaten eggs .
Shallow fry till  the coated eggs  cook well.
Sprinkle sugar suryp on both sides and Serve hot .

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Beef burger recipe

I always wanted to have beef or chicken burgers stocked in fridge. They are the best means for kids non vegetarian easy way of snacking ..at least even I can have . I am almost 75% vegetarian foodie and it's only at times I love chicken or beef. So recently after Eid ...I decided to try it out. I made  homemade beef patties and stored but it got over so fast . Definitely not worth the effort I put in . Mincing beef at home was a tasky effort. I took 2 kilo and we all had  three fullfiling burgers each. But I wanted to store  more for a week. ,But I guess all got so greedy for it was after all he homemade. Will try chicken version soon and let us know how that turned out as well.

Ingredients
2 kilo mince meat ( family of 5 members )
1 eggs beaten
1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cornflour.
1 teaspoon garam masala .

Method
Mix all the ingredients and rest for one hour.
Make small hand size patties and make them 1 inch thick. Makes dent in centre
Shallow fry both sides for 5 minutes till done .
I used homemade Mayonnaise  for the filling ..along with tomatoes cucumbers onions and lettuce if available.

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Pumpkin lentil curry\ Mathanga errisery

September is just flying out  for me and after speculating  a bit,  I decided to post  some simple recipes from curries to desserts . The only day regret is  when I fail to prepare snacks for kids.  I have a three' bunch 'and I am finding it so much a havoc here. I personally don't like my kids having anything deep fried so I try to make a filling lunch with desserts included. It  is the only way I find it easy . I normally don’t tend to repeat the curries , this time I made their favourite rasam and errishery as all love pumpkin here and with lentils they love it even more , well enough to keep their hunger pranks down a bit. The version that I made is not very thick  but not so thin too , as I would have the left over for chapathis at night.

Sometimes it is difficult for me to geek out on  what to prep for the meal courses , what to cook and not to , reason being i have three different tasters and it's really not at all helpful.
I guess that happens with everybody but very rare if it's three different kids' taste buds樂.  … So in order to ease my  tension, I ask all three what they want and tell them to choose from  scratch that will be loved by all,which is also challenging for me . Now I have to make a weekly meal plan of four course meals with three different varieties.

So today's curry is usually in my favorite too , most of the time, I prepare it . My younger one loves pumpkins . Even though I don’t make it frequently, when he wants to have that craving Yellow curry  with lots of  lentils in it I always make it a point to get one nice medium pumpkin in my pantry. This curry is apt to make when you don’t have fresh fish for lunch or even dinner . Eras we all call it erisserry, in the thick curry form is quite  easier for dinner and I can go with chapathis and if necessary a fry which is a must for Aj...

INGREDIENTS :

1 cup Yellow Pumpkin /Mathanga (diced)

1/2 cup cherru  payar/ Green gram lentils

1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder /Manjal podi

Salt to taste

To Grind :

1-2 Small Onion /Shallots : 1-2

3-4 Green Chillies

1/2 cup rated Coconut

1/2 teapsoon Cumin Seeds

For Tempering :

2 nos.Dry Red Chillies

4 tablespoon Grated Coconut

1 sprig Curry leaves

1 teaspoon Mustard seeds

2 teaspoon Coconut Oil

Method.

Soak  grams for one hour; pressure cook the with enough water, turmeric powder and salt for 4-5 whistle. After the pressure settles open the cooker.

Next add the  Chunky pumpkin pieces and cook  till it turns to soft and tender

Then Madhu slightly. After its done . .

Make a paste with grated coconut, cumin seeds, green chillies and small onions with little water. 

next is to Add this ground coconut paste and mix wellth with pumpkin and lentils.

Heat a tsp of oil in a pan , and start to temper. The add mustard seeds , add dry red chillies, grated coconut and curry leaves and fry golden brown.

Pour this hot tempering and drizzle ½ tsp of coconut oil over the gravy, mix well and adjust the salt.

Serve with hot rice .

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Coconut chutney

For the past one  year, I’ve been addicted with the topic of confidence — to process how to get it,raise it, and  keep going till I achieve it. I grew up with fear of myself being highly insecure about everything. My urge to be confident really took hold when I  strikingly saw people like coaches who  take guidance for  clients who are really  smart and highly accomplished professionals. Though achievers,they still have thoughts like carrier imbalance, never enough attitude , aftaid to start from scratch and still they do try to move on withiuy that inner voice shouting ' yes u can'.

For me ,embarking on a professional or personal goal with the voice on one side saying 'you're not going to make it ' ,this is stupid enough to handle' or ' it's just a waste of time ' familiarizes with everyone... right?

Common advice is just  push these thoughts away. Encourage you're self  to keep hustling, try harder and If you’re like me, who thinks 100 times cautionary with non stop pushing to achieve more, you’ll lose your edge feeling , your health is going  to break out  and blah blah  thoughts...say  Cue to majestic  thinking.ok!!

. Well There’s also nothing wrong with wanting to be confident and ambitious. Problems are there to perfect us and we are there to survive it . They arise and we are fragile humans with the task of achieving fast. ...want to reach everything fast and in the process we get  and self-criticism.

The good news is  it that it’s possible to be find inner peace. You do this by inculcating  self-compassion instead of striving after higher self-esteem.

This is our routine coconut chutney recipe ..
Our Sunday special for years ...enjoy the recipe and for those beginners and  for those who don't like sour taste of curd included ...this is for u .

Ingredients:

1 cup Coconut grind
2 green Chilli
1 inch Ginger piece
4 Garlic cloves
1 bunch corriander leaves
1 tablespoon Yellow gram
Salt to taste 

For Tempering:
1 tablespoon Coconut Oil
1 teaspoon Mustard Seeds
1 teaspoon Urad dal
1 sprig Curry leaves
2 tablespoon Onion or Shalllots 

Method:

Take all ingredients for blending in a mixer, add some water and blend it to a smooth paste.Transfer this to a bowl.

Now heat oil in a small kadai. Add in all the tempering ingredients and saute for a min or till the onions turn golden.

Pour this over the chutney and mix well.

Serve.

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Irrachi varrttyathe/beef roast recipe

I have cooked this recipe many times and it's always a winner . It's a little different style of masala and the beef is loaded with pepper powder. The coconut is the essential part of the recipe. I prepare this for party and all other occasions as  well.. 

Recently for Eid I was terribly  missing this beef fry  but as it turned out, I had nothing to go with  in my pantry and somehow I wanted to try it out with the buttery buns as they do in some eateries. It was then suddenly I was reminded I had taken a shot of this recipe for a friend and why not post it now . It is  delicious and  I have made beef roast many times. It is always the easiest to select since it is always well accepted. This is one recipe that can be made in so many ways like .

Today, I am sharing the recipe of how to create a marvelous perfect irrachi varrttyathe . Wow ...now I am feeling it. The Malayalam version of the way the words came out of me .. that is stronger than the transalation.  This recipe follows the same works of prepping up for the fries .. normally I dimp everything to the cooker and then reduce the liquid content and add ghee and coconut oil . But once I started with  this recipe. This is always what I have been influenced by and  added little more chillies and peppers to the final product  pepper powder always gives a much more scent to the beef. The end result you get is a melt-in-mouth cooked to perfection that you can’t stop with one or two gobbles . It is really addictive, so make sure you share it!  Off to this simple recipe sorry for the not so ok click..i am still in hangover of the fever.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg beef cubed and cleaned well
• For grind Masala:
• 3 tablespoon Coconut Oil
• 3 Onions sliced thinly
• 2 Green Chillies
• Curry leaves a big handful
• 4 cloves garlic chopped
• 1 "  ginger chopped
• 2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/2 teaspoon corriander Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon chicken masala powder
• 1/2 teaspoon jeera powder
• 1 tablespoon Garam Masala powder
• Coriander Leaves a handful chopped finely

For Roasting:

• 2 tablespoon Coconut chips
• 3 tablespoon Coconut Oil
• 3 Onions sliced thinly
• 2 Green Chillies
• Curry leaves a big handful
• 4 cloves garlic chopped
• 1 "  ginger chopped
• 2 tablespoon Black pepper powder
• 2 tablespoon Fennel Seeds 

Method:

• First add  ginger garlic paste to cook for a min.
• Add in salt and mix well.
• Now add in all masala powder and continue roasting.
• Allow to cool and grind adding very little water.
• Add oil  in a pressure cooker and add the masala paste and stir for 5 minutes .add the beef cubes , Cook for 5 to 6 whistle, simmer for 10 mins. Now turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and set aside.
• Take a wok and add the coconut oil .
• Fry the coconut chips curry leaves for 2 minutes.
• Add all the rest ingredients mentioned roasted list , above . except for the pepper powder.
• Add the mutton with the masala and let it simmer till it dries up completely.
• Add the pepper powder at this stage .
• Serve hot once it's done with garnished corriander leaves.

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Egg parathas recipe

This is actually a breakfast recipe and  I make these when I run out of ideas for morning spree. This is flaky enough and must be eaten while it's hot. I feel once it cool then the filling is dull. But otherwise it's so much to have . I feel the months are passing by without any clue.  I am pulling up recipes and I wanted to pile up more for this month and it's already over. but it just feels good to be back to blogging. The hang over of the flood threat especially our area is still there  but Alhamdulillah, it didn't clog as we thought it would .it was scary, though as the thought of really flooding gave us frights .  The unexpected mud slides caused very heartbreaking deaths in those areas. On one side of the climate being so cozy I asked my AJ " why are the nights not long enough for sleep ..it's like I just laid  for a few minutes. it's been so long as I slept well coz for my THS problem.  My visits to the doctor helped me to come on track with my routine work and balance.

Ingredients
FOR DOUGH:

• 2 cups All Purpose Flour / Maida -
• 1 tablespoon Sooji / Rava / Semolina -
• Salt to taste
• 2 teaspoon Sugar
• 2 tablespoon Oil or Ghee
• 1/2 cup Warm Milk
• Warm Water as needed

FOR FILLING:

• 6 Egg -
• 2 onion  large chopped finely
• 2 Green Chillies
• 4 Coriander Leaves
• 2 Fennel Seeds
• 1 teaspoon Chilli Powder
• 1 teaspoon pepper Powder
• 1 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 cup Leftover Chicken Gravy
• Oil or Ghee for making paratha

Instructions

• Take flour, sooji, salt, sugar and ghee in a bowl and mix well.
• Add water and milk and shape it into a soft dough. Apply oil over it and cover with a damp cloth.
• Leave aside for 1 to 2 hours.
• Take all ingredients for filling in a bowl and mix well.
• Take a small portion of dough, roll it thin. Apply ghee over it.
• PLace it in a hot tawa, spoon some egg mix in and spread evenly. Fold from all sides.
• Apply oil or ghee and cook till golden on both sides. Keep cooking on low heat.
• Once it is cooked.
• Remove and serve.

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Snickers pudding

I was really sick so much that just couldn't find any clue as to where to start and end .. back to blogging after 6 long days as per schedule. It seems to have been taken so much time while I get back on track ...I am very late again . Even though I have been cooking and clicking the hardest part for me is the posting. Sitting for hours and editing many at once especially if one is late and everything has to fall in place quickly as possible . I don't want to lag behind again .

When you come back from medication and till now food tastes awful for me , everything seems different .I hog on food and AJ just laughs at the way I eat. I personally don't know  why but I don't care when it comes  and the coziness of eating well cooked favorite meals is always a blessing . I have  given way to the uneasiness and my X size factor now. I  have put on weight and I am feeling so. Naturally, that worries me a bit .  For me, traveling and eating is fun and when home I want to create so many things for kids. But tough times do come in ways of health issues and falling sick constant with migraines  is a messy thing  Life  makes you a lot easier when you have some one to cook for in.right .?.my kids  was completely busy with exams and so I did everything but my daughter does everything for me . She loves to cook  and that's a grace for me  … 

Ingredients

• 110 gms cream cheese
• 1/2 cup powdered Sugar
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 2 cups chocowhip cream
• 1 tin Milkmaid toffee
• Peanuts as required
• 200 ml .Whipping cream

Method

• Take a pudding dish and spread half the whipped choco  cream and refrigerate.
• In a bowl beat the cream cheese till smooth and add sugar and beat well and keep aside.
• Beat the whipping cream to soft peaks and add to the cream cheese mixture.
• Spread on the choco cream layer. This will be the second layer.
• Layer a generous layer of peanuts .
• Add the milkmaid toffee  on top and last layer with remaining choco cream layer.
• You can use a generous layer of peanuts in between for the pudding to be even more crunchier.

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