Achu's Recipes

Today, its the Birthday of my beloved Husband. Its lent time, so we are not using non-veg:.... So I decided to make an Eggless Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting for him.... Ingredients For Cake All Purpose Flour (Maida) - 1 and 1/2 cups (150 gms) Coco Powder - 1/2 cup (50 gms) Thick Curd - 1 cup (250 ml) Powdered  Sugar - 1 cup (200 gms) Baking soda - 1/2 tsp Baking powder - 1 tsp Butter - 100 gms (in room temp:) Vanilla essence - 1 tsp For Chocolate Frosting (Optional) Fresh Cream - 50 ml Semi Sweetened Dark Chocolate - 50 gms: ( g rated) Butter - 25 gms: Preparation Method Sieve together maida and coco powder twice and keep aside. Cream sugar and curd until sugar completely dissolves.  Add baking powder, baking soda to the curd mixture and mix well. Leave aside for 5 mins and you can see the bubbles appearing. Now add vanilla essence,butter and mix well.  Next slowly add maida-coco powder mix in portions at a time a...

Ingredients Maida (all purpose flour) - 200 gms. (2cups) Butter or Ghee - 80 gms (less than 1/2 cup) Condensed Milk - 1 cup (200 gms) Milk - 1 cup (200 gms) Sugar - 100 gms. (powdered 1/2 cup) Baking Powder - 1 tsp Baking Soda - 3/4 tsp Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp Preparation Method Sieve maida, baking powder, soda all together two times and keep aside.  Melt the butter or ghee and powder the sugar. Take sugar, butter on a big glass bowl and beat them well for 2-3 mns:. Add condensed milk in the mixture and beat it again.  Keep on adding little little maida baking powder mix into the batter (lumps should not be formed while mixing it). Keep on adding milk to the mixture as per the requirement to get the right consistency.  Add vanilla essence and beat the batter for 2 mns:. Grease a baking pan and pour the batter to the pan. Preheat the oven on 180 celcius. Place the pan in the oven and set the timer for 25 minutes.  Lower down the temperature to...

Ingredients Cauliflower - 1 medium Onion - 1 medium (chopped) Green Chili - 2 nos: Red Chili - 2 nos: Grated Coconut - 1 cup Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp Garlic - 4-5 Petals Oil - 3 tbsp Curry Leaves - 2-3 stems Mustard -  1/2 tsp Salt - as required Water - as required Preparation Method In a vessel take some lukewarm water and add l tbsp of vinegar and salt to that and keep aside. Cut the cauliflower into small pieces and add to lukewarm water and keep aside for 10-15mins:. Wash clean the cauliflower and keep aside. Grind coconut, cumin, turmeric powder, garlic and green chili. (3-4 whip is sufficient). In a non-stick pan bring oil to heat and splutter mustard seeds. Add red chili and curry leaves and mix. Add cleaned cauliflower and onion and saute for 2-3mins: in medium flame stirring in between. Add coconut mix and salt and mix well. Sprinkle some water and mix well. Close the lid and cook in low flame stirring in between.  ...

Ingredients Small Onion (Shallots) - 15-20 nos: Coconut - 1/2 portion grated Chili Powder - 1 tbsp Coriander Powder - 2 tbsp Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tbsp Tamarind - 1/4 lime size Coconut Oil - 3-4 tbsp Salt - as required  Curry Leaves  - as required  Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp Preparation Method Remove the skin of onion, wash clean and cut into 2-3 pieces. Heat a pan and add grated coconut, and fry in medium flame, stirring continuously. When the coconut become golden color, bring down the flame to low and fry till it become brown in color. Add chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and mix well and fry for another 2mins:. Remove from the flame and let it to cool down. Grind the coconut and turmeric by adding some water, make fine paste and keep aside. In a cooking pan / kadai bring oil to heat and splutter mustard seeds. Add onions, curry leaves and mix well. When the onion become transparent add grated coconut mix and water. (add water accord...

Ingredients Potato - 3 nos: Grated Coconut - 1 cup Black Pepper - 2 tsp Fennel Seeds / Sweet Cumin - 1 tsp Salt - as required Coconut Oil - 2 tbsp Curry Leaves - as required Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp Red Chili - 2 nos: Preparation Method Peel potato, cut into medium size pieces and cook well. Mash the cooked potatoes with wooden spoon and keep aside. Grind together grated coconut, black pepper and fennel seeds and keep aside. In a wok bring oil to heat and splutter mustard seeds. Add red chili, curry leaves and saute for 2mins: Add mashed potatoes, salt and cook for 5mins: in low flame. Add grated coconut, stir well and cook for another 5mins: in low flame. Remove from flame. Potato in Coconut gravy taste good with Pathiri / Ediyappam / Chappathi.

Ingredients Dosa Batter Potato - 2 nos: Carrot - 2 nos: Beans - 5-6 nos: Green Peas - 1/2 cup Onion - 2 nos:  Ginger - 1 small piece Green Chili - 2-3 nos: Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp Oil - 2-3 tbsp Mustard - 1/2 tsp Curry Leaves - as required Salt - as required Ghee  - as required Preparation Method  Clean potatoes, carrots and beans and cut into small pieces. Pressure cook potatoes, carrots, beans and green peas by adding turmeric powder and a pinch of salt (3-4 whistles). Once the pressure is fully released, ope the lid, drain the excess water (if there), mash the vegetables and keep aside. In a wok bring oil to heat, splutter mustard seeds, add finely chopped onion, green chili, ginger and curry leaves and saute well. When the onion becomes transparent add cooked vegetables and salt and mix well. Stir continuously till everything got mixed well and a nice smell comes out. Remove from flame and keep aside. Bring a dosa tawa to heat and pour a...

Ingredients Potato - 3 nos: Red Chili Powder - 1/2 tsp Pepper Powder - 1 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1/2 tsp Oil - 3-4 tbsp Curry Leaves - as required Salt   - as required Mustard - 1/2 tsp Preparation Method Peel the potato skin, slice into small pieces, wash clean and drain excess water. Add chili powder, pepper powder, turmeric powder, ginger-garlic paste, salt, curry leaves to the potato, mix well and keep aside for 10-15mins: In a wok bring oil to heat and splutter mustard seeds. Add potatoes to the oil and saute for 3-4 mins: in low flame. Close the lid and cook for 8-10 mins:, stirring in between. Remove flame, add some curry leaves, stir well and keep the lid close for another 2-3mins: Easy Potato Mezhukkupuratti is ready to serve with rice.