Achu's Recipes

Ingredients For Cake All Purpose Flour (Maida) - 3/4 cup Coco Powder - 3/4 cup Baking powder - 1/2 tsp Eggs - 4 nos Sugar - 1 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 Assembling and Decoration Whipping Cream - 200 gms: Canned Cherry - 1 tin Sugar - 1/2 cup Grated / Shaved Chocolate - 100 gms:  Preparation Method Separate the egg white and yolk and keep aside. Sieve together the dry ingredients - maida, coco powder, baking powder and salt and keep aside. Beat the egg whites with 1/4 cup sugar till thick peaks form and keep aside. In a large bowl beat the egg yolks. Add sugar and butter and mix at the lowest speed again for a 2-3 mins (till the sugar and butter dissolves). Add the dry ingredients little by little to the egg-sugar-butter mix and blend at a medium speed for 4-5 mins. Gradually add egg white mix and mix with a wooden spoon or spatula (preferably f...

Raw Papaya Cutlet..... An easy to make and healthy snack.... Enjoy... Ingredients Grated Raw Papaya - 2 cups Onion - 3  nos: (finely chopped) Green Chili - 3-4  nos: (finely chopped) Ginger - 1 piece (finely chopped) Curry Leaves - as required (finely chopped) Potato - 2 nos: (cooked, peeled and mashed) Salt - as required Garam Masala - 1 tsp Egg - 1-2 nos: Bread Crumbs - as required Oil - as required for deep frying Preparation Method In a wok bring 4 tbsp of oil to heat. Add chopped onion, ginger, chili and saute till onion become transparent. Add grated papaya and saute till papaya gets cooked and water evaporated from papaya (around 5 mins:). Add curry leaves, salt, garam masala and saute for 2 mins:. Remove from flame and allow the papaya mix to cool. Add mashed potatoes and combine well with your hand. Beat egg with a pinch of salt and keep aside. In a wok heat sufficient oil for deep frying. Take lemon size papaya mix and shape it accordi...

Ingredients Basmati Rice - 3 cups Whole Spices (Cardamon, Cloves, Cinnamon)  - 4-5 nos: each Diced Vegetables (Carrot, Beans, Potato, Green peas) - 2 cups Onion - 3 nos: (finely chopped) Ginger - Garlic Paste - 1 tbsp Thick Curd - 1/2 cup Cashew Paste - 2-3 tbsp (optional) Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp Mint (Pudina) Leaves - handful Coriander Leaves - 2 tbsp Green Chili - 2-3 nos: Ghee - 4-5 tbsp Salt - as required Rose Water - 2-3 drops (optional) For Garnishing Ghee - 2 tbsp Onion - 1 no:( finely sliced) Cashew and Raisins - as required Preparation Method Wash and soak the rice in water for about 30 mins:. Transfer the rice to a strainer and keep aside for about 30 mins: to drain the excess water. Steam cook the diced vegetables till they are done. Grind together the mint leaves, coriander leaves and green chili to a fine paste and keep aside. Boil 4&1/2 cup water. In a thick bottom cooking vessel, add 3 tbsp of ghee and splutter 2-3 nos: of wh...

Ingredients Pasta - 250 gm: Tomato - 5 nos: (pureed) Garlic - 1 pod (cleaned & sliced) Onion - 1 small (finely chopped) Cheese - 100 gm: (grated) Fresh Cream - 5 tbsp Pepper Powder - 2 tsp Dried Oregano - 1 tbsp Olive Oil - 4-5 tbsp Salt - as required Preparation Method Cook pasta as per the packet instruction and keep aside to drain excess water. In a wok bring oil to heat and saute garlic. When the garlic starts to change color add onion and saute till onion become translucent. In low flame add tomato puree and saute till oil separates. Add in cooked pasta and mix well so that the pasta get covered in tomato puree. Add in pepper powder, oregano and salt, mix well and cook for 4-5 mins: in low flame. Add fresh cream and mix well. In the top, add grated cheese, keep the lid closed and cook  in low flame till the cheese starts to melt. Once cheese starts to melt, remove pasta from flame and mix well. The hot, delicious Creamy Tomato Pasta is re...

Ingredients Chicken - 500 gms: (cut into small pieces) Curd - 2 tbsp Red Chilli Powder - 2 tbsp Ginger-Garlic Paste - 2 tsp Onion - 4 nos: (chopped) Tomato - 2 nos: (pureed) Whole Spices (Cardamon, Cinnamon, Cloves) - 2-3 nos: each Cashew Paste - 2 tbsp Fresh Cream - 2 tbsp Butter - 50 gms: Oil - 2 tbsp Salt - as required Kasoori Methi - 1 tbsp  Preparation Method Marinate the chicken with curd, ginger-garlic paste, 1 tbsp red chilli powder, salt and refrigerate for 1 hour. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degree C for 10 mins:. Grill the marinated chicken pieces at 200 degree C for 30 mins: flipping in between. In a wok, heat oil, splutter whole spices, add onion and saute till onion become slightly brown in color, remove from flame and allow  it to cool down. Once onion is cool down, make paste of the onion. In a wok bring butter to heat, add the onion paste and saute till onion paste become brown in color. Add in coriander leaves, tomato puree and saute till b...

This simple recipe is posted by 'Divya Ajith' in the famous FB group " Ammachiyude Adukkala ". I just followed the recipe blindly and it was a great success... Ingredients Milk-2 cups Rava-1/4 cup Sugar-3/4 cup Ghee-1/2 cup Preparation Method Put all the ingredients in a thick bottomed vessel and keep it on medium flame. Stir continuously till it become thick and leaves the sides of the vessel. (it will take 15-20mins:) Transfer the halwa to a greased bowl and allow to cool down. Once it is cut into desired shape. Enjoy the easy to make, yuuuuummmmyyyy Milk Halwa. Note:- No need to add any flavoring agent. It tastes like milk khoya. However if you desire, you can garnish with dry fruits or cherry.

Ingredients Paneer (Cottage Cheese) - 200 gms: (cut into cubes) Onion - 3 nos: (chopped) Tomato - 2 nos: (pureed) Whole Spices (Cardamon, Cinnamon, Cloves) - 2-3 nos: each Cashew Paste - 2 tbsp Fresh Cream - 2 tbsp Butter - 50 gms: Chilli Powder - 2 tsp Salt - as required Preparation Method In a wok, heat 25 gms: of butter and saute paneer cubes for 2 mins: Remove paneer from wok and splutter whole spices in that wok. Add onion and saute till onion become slightly brown in color, remove from flame and allow  it to cool down. Once onion is cool down, make paste of the onion. In a wok bring remaining butter to heat and add the onion paste and saute till onion paste become brown in color. Add in tomato puree and saute till butter separates. Add chilli powder and saute for 2 mins: Add paneer cubes, salt and mix well. Add 1/2 cup water and cook for 5 mins: Reduce the flame and add cashew paste and mix well. Switch of the flame when the gravy starts to bubbl...