Unveil the flavours

The season you get mangoes I go nuts making the various stuff one can using raw mangoes to the over ripe ones. Here is one of those new attempts I tried out using ripe mangoes and the bananas. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup Mango pulp 1/2 cup Banana pulp 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder Jaggery - 1/4 cup(this quantity needs to be adjusted as per the mango sweetness. The mangoes I used were sugary sweet) Wheat flour - 11/2 Cup Maida/All purpose flour - 1 Cup Walnuts - chopped - 1/2 cup. Baking powder - 1 tsp 1/4 cup butter Method: Mix all the dry ingredients. To this add all the wet ingredients to the dry flour slowly without forming lumps. The consistency of the batter should be like that of any cake batter (not very thick neither thin). Grease a loaf tin with butter and dust with All purpose flour. Pour the batter and bake @180 degree  centigrade for about 25 minutes. Check at every five minute interval so that you avoid burning of the sides of the bread. Serve with a mango ...

Festive season is round the corner. So I thought of posting an authentic south Indian sweet - The broken wheat payasam/kheer. The ingredients and method is very simple. This is a highly nutritious sweet and will be liked by everyone in the house - kid to the old. Ingredients:  Broken Wheat - 1 cup  Coconut milk - 1 cup  Plain milk - 1/2 cup  Elachi powder - 1/2 tsp  Jaggery - 1/2 cup  cashew nuts chopped - 2 tsp  Raisin - 2 tsp  Ghee - 2 tsp  Cloves - 2 Method: Cook broken wheat till tender( Either you can pressure cook or you can cook in a pan lid covered) Next in a pan, add jaggery and milk , bring to a boil. Add coconut milk, elachi powder and cloves to this sweetened milk. Next add the cooked broken wheat and continue cooking in low flame for another 10 min with lid closed. On the other side, heat ghee in the a small pan and roast cashew nuts and raisins. Add this to the boiling kheer and serve the kheer/payasam for ...

I was always thrilled by the name of kodubale since my childhood, this inquisite twist to the traditionally made snack brought the enthusiasm in me to try it out this Janmashtami. Ingredients: 1 cup rice flour                     3/4 cup thick yogurt/curds                     3 green chillies                     1/2 tsp salt                     Oil to fry Method: Grind or pound green chillies with salt and make a paste. Add about 1/4 cup of water to the 3/4 cup yogurt/curds and keep it on low flame until it becomes warm. Next add the chilli paste and stir the mixture. Slowly add rice flour and stir and ensure no lumps are formed. cook for abou...

These soft and spicy rolls are a quick fix for tummies that are really hungry but need nothing heavy. All you need: 1) 2 - Wheat Roti 2) Tofu cubes - 50 grams 3) Jeera powder - 1 tsp 4) Turmeric powder - a pinch 5) Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp 6) Salt to taste 7) Olive oil - 11/2 tsp 8) Diced Tomatoes - 3 tbsp 9) Diced capsicum - 3 tbsp 10) Onion - medium 1 - chopped 11) Coriander leaves - 1 tsp chopped 12) Tomato Ketchup - 2 tbsp 13) Soya sauce - 1 tsp 14) Vinegar - 1 tsp 15) Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp Method: In a pan  heat a spoon of olive oil, add jeera powder, chilli powder, turmeric and fry for 2 min. Next add the chopped onions, diced tomatoes and capsicums. saute till they soften a little but maintain the crunchiness of the veggies. To this add a tbsp of tomato sauce, a tsp of vinegar and soya sauce each. Sprinkle salt as per taste. Add the garam masala to this mix of veggies. Now add the tofu cubes  and cook in low flame for another 5 m...

The pleasure of a bowl of hot soup on a cold evening closer than heaven I must say. This home made Broccoli soup was a plus on the healthy note as well. Its fairly simple and easy to prepare. Ingredients: 1. 100 grams Broccoli 2. 2 Tsp Olive oil 3. A small bunch of Coriander leaves 4. Jeera powder - 1/4 Tsp 5. Vinegar - 1 Tsp 6. Corn Starch - 1 Tbsp 7. Chilli powder - 1 Tsp 8. Chopped onions - 1/4 cup 9. Garlic cloves - 4 to 5[optional] 10. Salt to taste. Steam Broccoli in plain water with a pinch of salt. Meantime in a pan heat the olive oil and add Jeera powder, chilli powder, chopped onions , garlic. Saute till the onion turns translucent. Now add boiled broccoli , coriander and cook for another 2 minutes. Mix corn starch a cup of  water and add it to the pan. Add vinegar and salt to taste. Cook for next 5 minutes by adding a cup of water in  intervals of a minute each.  Cool the broth for a while and grind it . Boil this soup for another 5 minutes a...