Achu's Recipes

Millionairs Short Bread - a three layer dessert with Crisp base, rich and chewy caramel in the middle and thick chocolate ganache at the top. This is an easy version of Millionairs Short Bread, which we can prepare with the ingredients available at home.. Lets make this for New Year lunch or dinner. I am sure that the family and friends, especially the kids love this dessert. Wish you all a Happy & Prosperous 2018.... Ingredients For Base Arrow Root Biscuit - 200gms Melted Butter - 100gms For Filling Butter - 100 gms: Sugar - 100 gms: Condensed Milk - 400 ml Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp Sea Salt - 1 tsp (optional) For Topping Dark Chocolate - 100 gms Milk Chocolate - 100 gms Vegetable Oil / Butter - 3 tbsp Preparation Method Grease a square baking tin and line with butter paper on the bottom and sides. Powder the biscuits and add the melted butter and mix well till it become like bread crumps. Evenly spread the biscuit to the prepared tin and p...

Christmas - the time of Carols, Christmas Tree, Christmas Star, Santa. Gifts and of course the super most and delicious Rich Plum Cake. Rich Plum Cake was in my 'To Bake' list from many years; but was doubtfull about how it turns out. This year I decided to give it a try and I am glad that it was great success.  My friends and family loved the cake. The aroma of cake, especially the dry fruits while baking the cake is beyond words.. .. Wish you all Merry Christmas... Ingredients To Soak Cashew Nuts  - 1 cup (chopped) Almonds - 1 cup (chopped) Cherry - 1 cup (chopped) Walnut - 1/2 cup (chopped) Dates - 1/2 cup (chopped) Raisins - 1 cup Tutti Fruity - 1 cup  Rum - 2 cups Add the dry fuits to a large glass bowl and mix well. Add rum ; mix well and keep tightly closed. Soak the dry fruis for atleast for 2 days. If you can soak for 1-2 weeks, the cake will be more tasty. Open the lid and mix the dry fuits once in 2 days. To Powder ...

Rice Rava Dumplimng or Thari Kadibu is an authentic breakfast recipe in the South Karnataka and is easy to make and no-fail breakfast item. Rice Rava Dumplimng or Thari Kadibu can be prepared easily without soaking the rice or keeping the batter for fermentaion. Thari Kadibu can be served with chutney and sambar and some people prefer to eat with chicken or mutton gravy. As Thari Kadibu is steam cooked, it can be considered as healthy breakfast item. Ingredients Rice rava - 1 cup Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup Water - 2 cups Mustard Seeds  - 1/4 tsp Red Chilli - 2-3 nos: (cut into small) Curry Leaves - 8-10  nos: (finely chopped) Split Black Gram - 1 tsp Oil - 1 tbsp Salt - as required Preparation Method In pan bring oil to heat and splutter mustard seeds, red chilli, black gram and curry leaves. Add water and salt to the pan and allow it to boil. Once the water starts to boil, reduce the flame and add grated coconut and mix well. Gradually add rice rava and...

Ingredients Chicken - 500 gms (cut into medium pieces) Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder - 1 tbsp Black Pepper Powder - 1 tbsp Garam Masala  - 1 tbsp Ginger - 1 tsp (finely chopped) Garlic - 1 pod (thin sliced) Coconut Milk (first extract) - 1 cup  Onion - 3 big (finely chopped) Curry Leaves - as required Salt - as required Coconut Oil - 3 tbsp Preparation Method Marinate the chicken with turmeric powder, red chilli powder, pepper powder, garam masala, ginger, garlic and salt and keep aside for 10  mins: Add chicken and coconut milk to a thick bottom vessel and cook till chicken is done. Once the chicken is cooked, keep the lid open and cook in high flame, stirring generously, till gravy is coated evenly in the chicken. Remove the chicken from flame and keep aside. Heat coconut oil in thick bottom wok and saute onion in medium lame till onion turns to golden brown. Add cooked chicken and curry leaves and mix well. Saute the chicken in med...

Ingredients Pasta - 250 gms: Butter - 2 tbsp Maida - 2 tsp Milk - 250 ml Grated Cheese - 50 gms: Onion - 2 tbsp (finely chopped) Garlic - 1 tsp (finely chopped) Pasta Mix - 1 tbsp Pepper Powder - 1 tsp Salt - as required Vegetables (optional) - 1/2 cup (finely chopped and cooked) Preparation Method Cook pasta as per the instructions in the packet, strain and keep aside. In a thick bottom wok, heat butter in low flame; saute onion and garlic. Add maida and saute for 1 min:. Add milk and cheese; stir continuosuly. Make sure that no lumps are formed. Once the white sauce starts to thicken add pasta mix, pepper powder, cooked vegetables and pasta and mix well. Adjust salt and cook for 2mins: Pasta in White Sauce is ready to enjoy. Notes:  If sauce become thick, add more milk and boil in low flame. While cooking pasta, if you add salt and 2tbsp oil to the water the pasta will not stick to each other.

Ingredients Rice Flour - as required (roasted) Jack Fruit - as required (finely chopped) Grated Coconut - as required Salt - as required Luke Warm Water - as required Preparation Method Mix rice flour and salt. Sprinkle water to the rice flour and gently mix. Add 1-2 tbsp of water at a time and make sure that the rice flour got soaked evenly and no lumps are formed. In a puttu maker (puttu kutti or puttu chiratta) add 1 tbsp of grated coconut to the bottom, top with jack fruit; add rice flour. Repeat the process depending on the length of the puttu maker; make sure that the top layer is jack fruit and coconut. Keep the lid closed and steam cook the puttu for 8-10 mins: Hot and flavorful Chakka Puttu is ready.

Ingredients Chicken - 1 Kg (cleaned and cut into medium sized pieces) Onion - 3 medium (finely chopped) Garlic - 1 pod (finely chopped) Ginger - 1 medium piece (finely chopped) Chilli Powder - 2 tbsp Garam Masala Powder - 1 tbsp Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp Coconut - 1/2 cup (finely chopped) Coconut Oil - 3 tbsp Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp Curry Leaves - handfull Salt - as required Preparation Method Heat oil in a thick bottom wok and splutter mustard seeds. Add finely chopped coconut, onion, garlic, ginger and saute well. When onion become slightly golden brown, add curry leaves and saute. Add chilli powder, garam masala, turmeric powder and saute in low flame for 1 min:. Add chicken pieces and saute for 2-3 mins:. Add 1/2 cup hot water and salt and allow it to boil. Once the chicken start to boil, reduce flame, keep the lid closed and cook till the chicken is done. Chicken Mulakittathu taste good with appam, puttu or rice.