Achu's Recipes

Aval Nanachathu is an easy to make snack, which includes no cooking and will be ready in minutes. Ingredients Aval / Beaten Rice / Poha - 1 cup Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup Grated Jaggery - 1/4 to 1/2 cup (as required) Cardamon Powder - a pinch (optional) Preparation Method Mix together coconut, jaggery and cardamon powder with hands. Gradually add beaten rice and gently mix till the beaten rice become soft. The easy to make sweet Aval Nanachathu is ready to serve. Aval Nanachathu will be more tasty if you enjoy with banana.

Ingredients Basmati Rice - 2 cups Carrot - 2 nos: (cut into thin slices) Beans - 10-12 nos: (cut into thin slices) Sweet Corn Kennel - 1/2 cup Pineapple - 1/2 (cut into thin slices) Cashew - hand full Raisins - hand full Ghee - 4-5 tbsp Garlic - 3-4 petals (crushed) Pepper Powder - 1 tsp Soya Sauce - 2-3 tsp Preparation Method Cook the rise till 90% is cooked, strain and keep aside. Fry cashew and raisins and keep aside. In a wok (or a thick bottom large vessel) heat ghee and saute garlic. Add carrot, beans, sweet corn, mix well and cook for 5 mins: Add pineapple and saute for 2 mins: Add soya sauce and well. When sauce starts to boil, add rice and mix well.  Add pepper powder and mix well. Check for salt and add if required. (soya sauce contains salt, add salt if required only). Remove rice from flame and add cashew and raisins and mix. The delicious, flavorful Mixed Veg Fried Rice is ready to serve.

Recipe Courtesy : milkmaid.in Ingredients Biscuits - 100 gms Cocoa Powder - 3 tbsp Butter - 50 gms Condensed Milk - 1/2 tin (200 ml) M&M or Gems - Green, Yellow and Red Preparation Method Coarsely powder the biscuit and keep aside. Grease a plate with butter and keep aside. In a pan, combine condensed milk, cocoa powder and butter and heat, stirring continuously.  When the mixture starts bubbling at the sides, reduce flame and cook on medium heat for 5 to 6 minutes. Mix in the powdered biscuits and remove from fire.  Spread mixture onto a greased plate and leave to cool. When cool, cut into 2"- 3" bars and decorate with small rounds of three different colored chocolates. The kids' favorite Traffic Light is ready to serve.

Mutta thoran (egg sauted with coconut) is an easy to make and tasty side dish for rice. Ingredients Egg - 5 nos: Onion - 2 nos: (finely chopped) Ginger - 1 tsp (finely chopped) Green Chilli - 2-3 nos: (finely chopped) Coconut (grated) - 1 cup Oil - 3 tbsp Mustard Seeds - 1/4 tsp Curry Leaves - as required Salt - as required Preparation Method Beat the eggs with grated coconut and keep aside. In a wok bring oil to heat and splutter mustard seeds. Add onion, ginger, green chilli and saute till onion become translucent. Add curry and saute for 2 mins: Add egg-coconut mix, wait for 2-3mins: and stir well. Cook in slow flame, stirring continuously and scramble the egg. Saute till egg become slight golden brown flame; remove from flame. The hot Mutta Thoran / Egg sauted with Coconut is ready to serve with rice.

Ingredients Paneer - 200 gms: Onion - 4 nos:  Tomato - 2 nos:  Cashew Nuts - 10-15 nos: Fresh Cream - 100 ml Butter - 100 gms: Red Chili Powder - 2 tbsp Garam Masala - 1 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1 tsp Salt - as required Preparation Method Soak cashew nuts in half cup lukewarm water and keep aside for 10-15 mins: Grind  separately  onion, tomato and soaked cashew nuts to a fine paste and keep aside. Cut paneer into 1inch cubes and keep aside. In a thick bottom wok melt butter and fry the paneer till all the sides of the paneer cubes turns to slightly golden brown. Remove paneer from butter and keep aside. To the butter add onion paste, ginger-garlic paste and saute till the raw smell of onion disappear. Add tomato paste and salt saute till the butter start appearing on the sides of the wok. Add chili powder, garam masala and saute in low flame for 2  more mins: Add cashew paste and fresh cream, mix well and cook in low flame till boil...

I prepared this special strawberry cake without using egg and butter. To make it more healthy instead of maida I used wheat flour. The cake was as soft and moist as we prepare with egg, butter and maida. Try and enjoy :) Ingredients For the cake Wheat Flour - 1.5 cup  Fresh Strawberry - 15-20 nos: Milk - 3/4 cup Sugar - 3/4 cup (powdered) Oil - 1/2 cup  Baking Soda - 1 tsp For the Icing (optional) Whipping cream - 100 gms: Fresh Strawberry - 8-10 nos: Preparation Method Baking the cake Preheat the oven to 180 degree C. Grease the baking pan with oil and dust with little flour.  Crush the strawberry using a spoon or fork and keep aside. Sieve together wheat flour and baking soda and keep aside. In a bowl add milk, oil and sugar and mix well with a wooden spoon. Add crushed strawberry and mix well Add the flour little by little and gently mix. Pour the prepared batter to the baking pan and bake for 35-40 mins: (check the cake by in...

Ingredients Idli Batter – 2 cups Onion - 1 (finely chopped) Green Chilies 4-5 nos:(finely chopped) Mustard Seeds - 1tsp Curry Leaves - as required (finely chopped) Coriander Leaves - as required (finely chopped) Asafoetida (Hing) - a pinch Oil - as required Salt - as required Preparation Method Heat 3tbsp oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds and curry leaves. Add chopped onion, green chilies and fry for few minutes until all onions turn light brown. Add asafoetida, saute for 1 min: and remove from flame. Add sauteed onion mix, coriander leaves and salt to the batter and mix well. Heat the paniyaram pan, add few drops of oil in each hole (its better to brush the sides of each hole with oil), and then pour 1 tbsp of batter in each hole carefully and c ook in low flame.  Once one side of the paniyaram is cooked, using a fork turn it to the other side carefully.Cook till its done (paniyaram will start leave from the sides once it is cooked). Remove and re...