Achu's Recipes

Hurrah...... My blog turned two years...... 2 years?????? The time is really flying..... I'm so happy in the second year - got new friends, new readers, new recipes to try out & share with you...... A big thanks to all my friends & family, without your support I could never achieve this..... Expecting your support and wishes in future also....  Happy 2nd Birthday Achu's Recipes..... A special cream filled chocolate cake to celebrate the 2nd anniversary and to welcome 2014.... Ingredients For Chocolate Cake All Purpose Flour (Maida) - 1 and 1/4 cups Coco Powder - 1/4 cup Baking powder - 1/2 tsp Eggs - 3 nos Sugar - 3/4 cup (powdered) Unsalted butter (in room temperature) - 100 gm Salt - A pinch Vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp Milk - 1/4 to 1/2 cup For Filling and Decoration Jam (Strawberry or Blueberry or Mixed Fruit) - 100 gms: Whipping Cream - 200 gms: Chocolate Chips or Vermicelli or Curls - as required  Preparation Method Sieve...

'Pidiyum Kozhiyum' -  a common breakfast in most of the Kerala Christian houses on Christmas day. 'Pidi', a Malayalam word, means rice dumplings cooked in water or coconut milk and 'Kozhy' is the Malayalam word for chicken. Now move onto the recipe........... For Pidi (Rice dumplings) Ingredients Rice Flour - 2 cups (roasted) Cumin Powder - 1/2 tsp Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup Water - 2 cups Butter - 1 tsp Salt - as required Thick Coconut Milk - 2-3 cups Preparation Method Mix together rice flour, cumin powder, salt, grated coconut and keep aside. In a bowl bring water to boil, add butter and turn off the flame. Add rice flour mix to the hot water and mix well with a wooden spoon and keep aside to cool down. When the rice dough is cool enough to handle with fingers, kneed well with hand and keep aside for 10 mins: Make small gooseberry size balls from the rice dough and keep aside. In a cooking pan boil the coconut milk (there must be enou...

A very simple halwa that will be ready in 15 mins:... No need of continuous mixing, no need to worry about getting stick to the pan...... You can prepare this mouth-watering halwa in oven with very less ingredients... :) Ingredients Corn Flour - 1/2 cup Sugar - 1 and 1/2 cups Water - 2 cups Cardamon Powder - a pinch food Color - a pinch Cashew Nut - 4-5 (broken into small pieces) Ghee - 1/2 tsp Preparation Method Grease a tray with ghee and keep aside. In a large oven proof bowl mix corn flour, sugar, cardamon powder, food color and water without forming lumps. Place the bowl in microwave oven and and set 5 mins: in max temperature. After 5 mins: take out from oven and mix well with a wooden spoon. Place the bowl back in oven and set 8 mins:. Take out after every 2-3 mins: mix well and cook. After 8 mins: add the cashew nuts, mix well and  transfer the corn flour mix to the greased tray and spread evenly with the back of a wooden spoon and allow it to set f...