Chakka parrpu/jackfruit lentil curry

Simple chakka parrpu Recipe –jackfruit Recipe

Dal is a very simple and basic recipe but looks very vibrant..I made this for my daughter and it turned out really good and delicious.

 We prepare dal almost everyday , so adding  many dal recipes lately is fun  and i thought even though this is simple it will be a great addition to my list.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon Oil
• 1 Onion chopped finely
• 1 tomato chopped finely
• 1 jackfruit chopped finely
• 1 teaspoon chilli powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 cup Toor Dal
• 1 cup Water
• 2 tablespoon corriander leaves chopped finely

Method

• Pressure cook jackfruit and  toor dal with little turmeric till soft. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a pan, add onions, tomatoes and saute for 3 mins.
• Add salt, turmeric, chilli powder and mix well.
• Add water and cook till  done.
• Add in dal mixture  and  mix well.
• Simmer for 5 mins.
• Add coriander leaves and mix well.
• Serve.

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Vegetable stir fry

Three of my homy vegetables are potatoes lady's finger and brinjals . The only way I like to have it is in the form of chips, snacks and stir fries . Sometimes, I end up buying  large quantities and then forget about it in the fridge, and one fine day I wonder what to do with it. It was then that this recipe was discovered. Here is another one to be added onto it when you are looking for inspirations to cook with our homy beast who are  street food caters' love …

Vegetable Bajji  fry goes  amazingly well with anything – a perfect example being this recipe itself . This recipe was a trial in similar lines, just that potatoes is more of a durable vegetable and one that can be differed in many ways . I kept the flavors very simple and let the vegetable itself  do the tasting
We really enjoyed it with our chapathis and I ate it just like that without anything to go with it for that too as snack with toasted breads , the next day too.

Ingredients

• 4 nos. Potatoes peeled and chopped
• 1/4 kilo lady's fingers
• 2 small size brinjals
• 2 tablespoon coconut oil
• 1/2  tsp jeera
• 2 Dry Red Chilli
• 1 Onion sliced
• 2 Green Chillies  slit long
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder

Method

• Heat oil in a pan, add in  jeera, dry red chillies and fry for a min.
• Add in potatoes, onions and mix well.
• Fry well .
• Then add the rest of the veggies and fry well
• Add salt, green chilli ,turmeric powder, mix well.
• Cook till all veggies  are fried and cooked and mix well.
• Serve.

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Masala chickpea fry

We have a craze and thats for chaats . Mom makes paani poori and all the sides to go for it. Actually my daughter zehna loves chaats  and so we all join in to make to my relief from having to make something for tea time. But normally i never have chaats just tea  and something light as in biscuits and occasional fries. But my kids and Aj are not too much into fried snacks but they would love some tummy filling variety once in a blue moon . But eventually the only thing I used to love is the homemade simple tea munchies. Though i love cooking to the core i do get lazy at times . And chai and kaddis (snacks ) in kerala is a soothing past time . My kids are the most hunger striken at this point of time . No five star hotel would have such kind orders as these three give me their own ways of having tea . Zamee would have a strong 'teabag' tea. Zehna goes for horlicks milk . Faizan loves Hershley milk ..but i dont give it to him everyday ... but he is my angel boy so i fall for all his demands .  So u see i have a hard time to meet all their damands. But chaats is  one  thing they all .... no ... we all have a common admiration to.
So went ahead and made this chaat .

We always have a frozen chickpeas and peas for the breakfast process to go easy .
So if  you freeze up boiled peas  its very likely you would end up making chaats quite often  . I love eating raw cooked chickpeas and when i had this chaat i just loved it . It is very spicy and strong tea is a perfect match.. Do try it out.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup  chickpeas 
• 1/4 teaspoon   masala powder 
• 1 green chilli slit 
• 1/4 tsp pepper powder 
•   1 tblspn Onions 
•  1 small sized chopped finelyCoriander leaves  Salt – as required

Method

• Soak chickpeas  overnight for atleast 6-8 hours.Pressure cook chickpeas   until done.
• In a pan, add a tablespoon of oil .
• Add  chickpeas combine it with masala powder, chilli powder, salt,   and mix well.Just toss and cook the masala till done. Remove to serving dish .
•  Finally add onions and garnish with coriander leaves on top.

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Banana roll ups | Ramadan snack

Time just flies and we already into the middle of Ramadan.
Our goal is to fast the month of Ramadan for spiritual purification and out of obedience to the orders of Allah SWT.  However, verse 2:184 ends with the statement that

                            “for to fast is to do good unto yourselves - if you but knew it.” 

Out of God’s mercy, it turns out that when we fast, we are not just gaining spiritual benefit, but doing good unto ourselves in the physical realm as well.  So much so, in fact, that fasting has become a new vogue in medicine to help people maintain good health and longevity.  This lecture series uses the most recent medical literature to do a fairly in-depth exploration of the health benefits of fasting.  These benefits include improvements in weight, glycemic control and reductions in the risk of diabetes, decreased cardiovascular disease risk factors, improvements in immune system function, decreased cancer risk, and better neurological and brain health.
This ramadan is going to be just simpke and easy snacks.  Keeping it and light and healthy to the brim. Here i have preferred to get the best way to attain simplicity with just four main ingredients.
Try it out .. its great for a sweat slider .

Ingredients

1 ripe banana ( plaintans )
8 large slices of bread
1/4  teaspoon crushed cardamom .
2 tablespoon sugar
2 eggs
3 tablespoon milk
A pinch salt
2 tablespoon ghee

Method

Mix the eggs ,milk ,sugar ,cardamom powders and salt into a thin batter and keep aside .
Slice the banana length wise and shallow fry  in ghee .
Flatten the bread slices .
Note that the banana  slices should be the same size as the flatten bread slices.
Place the ghee fried banana slice on the single flattened bread .
Sprinkle some sugar and roll them up .
Now dip the rolls into the egg batter and shallow  fry to slightly golden color in ghee .
Sprinkle some sugar on the hot rolls .

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