…ooden Kulkul rollers (now easily available in the stores) To prepare fresh Coconut Milk : Add ½ cup of warm water to 1 ½ cups of freshly grated coconut & grind to a fine paste. Pass through a fine sieve or fine cheese cloth/muslin cloth & squeeze using your fingers to extract coconut milk. This should give you about ¾ cup of coconut milk. Discard the squeezed coconut solids or use as desired. For the Dough : In a sufficiently large bowl, c…
…el & chop bananas & place in a mixer/blender. Add ½ cup of chilled milk & blend to a fine smooth puree. Add the remaining chilled milk, sugar or honey, vanilla ice cream, vanilla essence & ice cubes & blend to make a frothy milk shake. Pour into tall glasses or your favorite glass & serve immediately. Tips : If you are adding in vanilla ice cream then there is no need to add vanilla essence & sugar. You can top the milk…
…sp; Salt to taste Method : Keep aside 3 tbsps. of grated coconut for later use. Blend coconut, green chillies, garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander pwd., coriander leaves to a fine paste in a masala grinder. Put some water in the grinder & keep the masala water aside. In a deep pan or wok, heat oil on med. flame till hot. Add the chopped onions & saute till light golden brown. Add the green mas…
…eets are made with fresh grated coconuts. Neurios are made with dry grated coconut as well as with fresh grated coconut. Though the shelf life of sweets made with fresh coconut is very short, people love the taste of these as they are so fresh & delicious. Neurios with fresh coconut are generally made just 2-3 days before Christmas to retain its freshness. The joy of making neurios is interesting if you convert it into a group activity. As a c…
…½ tsp. Fennel Seeds (freshly powdered) ¼ tsp. Garam Masala pwd. 1 cup thin Coconut Milk ½ cup thick Coconut Milk ½ cup fresh Chicken Stock (optional) ¼ tsp. Black Pepper pwd. 1 tbsp. Lime Juice 2 sprigs Curry Leaves A pinch of Sugar 1½ tbsps. Coconut Oil/Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp. Ghee Salt to taste Whole Spices : 5 Cloves 1 inch piece Cinnamon Stick 1 Star Anise 4 Green Cardamoms (lightly bruised) 8 Peppercorns Procedure : Parboil carrots, potatoes, p…
…ugar & stir continuously till the sugar dissolves completely & the milk thickens further. Add the powdered cashewnuts when the milk is nice & thick. Keep stirring the mixture continuously without allowing the mixture to stick at the bottom of the pan. When the mixture bubbles at the edges of the pan, it is almost ready. Test the mixture in a bowl of water if it is ready to turn out. The mix should hold together & not separate &…
…for you to bake at Christmas & relish the freshness & goodness of Coconut!! 😀 Ingredients : 1 cup (170 gms) Rawa (Semolina) 2 cups (160 gms) fresh Coconut (scraped) ½ cup (210 gms) Icing Sugar 3 tbsps. Maida (Refined Flour) 1 tbsp. Corn Flour 2 Eggs 2 tsp. Baking pwd. 3 tbsps. Butter/Ghee ½ tsp. Salt 1 tbsp. Vanilla Essence Few Dry fruits ½ cup Water Method : Blend fresh scraped coconut with ½ cup water in a blender/grinder to a paste. Be…
…on (peeled & finely chopped) 2 fresh Green Chillies (slit) 1 cup thick Coconut Milk ½ cup thin Coconut Milk 2 tbsps. fresh Tamarind paste or ¼ cup fresh Tamarind extract or as per taste 2 tbsps. Vegetable Oil or Coconut Oil A pinch of Sugar Salt to taste Procedure : Wash the fish slices & apply some salt & a little turmeric. Keep aside for about 15 mins. In a sufficiently large pan/dekchi/handi or mud pot, heat oil & sauté chopped…
…o prepare flavored drinks & beer. It can be consumed with milk, water, coconut milk, yoghurt or curds (dahi). Nachne balls are served & eaten with chicken or mutton curry, ghee with HuLi, saaru, sambhar, onions, chillies… especially in rural areas in Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh which helps people to sustain throughout the day. In India, it is grown & consumed in Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Rajasthan, Kumaon (…
…s & all the wonderful delicacies with this soothing & fulfilling Coconut Chutney! J Ingredients : ½ fresh Coconut (scraped) 2 fresh Green Chillies 2 tbsps. fresh Green Coriander (chopped) ½ tsp. fresh Ginger (grated) 1 tsp. fresh Tamarind Pulp or paste 1/3 tsp. Cumin Seeds A pinch of Sugar Salt to taste Method : Grind all the above mentioned ingredients in a masala grinder/blender to a fine thick paste using very little water. Transfer t…