Achu's Recipes

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...

Ingredients Achinga (Long Beans) - 1/4 kg  Green Chilli - 2 nos: Onion - 1 no: (sliced) Turmeric Powder  - 1/4 tsp Garlic - 10-12 petals (crushed) Black Pepper - 1/2 tbsp (crushed) Coconut Pieces - handful Red Chilli - 2-3 nos: Salt - as required Oil - 2 tbsp Mustard seeds - 1/4 tsp Preparation Method Wash and clean the long beans and cut into 1 inch pieces.  To the long beans add green chilli, pepper powder, turmeric powder, salt and 4-5 tbsp water and mix well.  Cook the long beans and evaporate the excess water by keeping the lid open in high flame. In a wok bring oil to heat and sputter mustard seeds. Add garlic, onion, curry leaves and coconut, saute till the coconut and garlic starts to change the color. Add in the red chilli, crushed pepper, cooked long beans and saute in low flame for 8-10 mins: The hot and spicy Achinga Mezhukkupuratti (Stir Fried Long Beans) is ready to serve with rice or kanji.

Ingredients Prawns - 500 gms: Coconut (chopped) - 1 cup Shallots (small onion) - 1 cup (chopped) Chilli Powder - 1 tsp Pepper Powder - 2 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp Green Chilli - 2-3 (split into half) Ginger-Garlic Paste - 1 tsp Coconut Oil - 5 tbsp Curry Leaves - as required Thick Coconut Milk - 1 cup Salt - as required Preparation Method In a wok, bring oil to heat and add shallots, ginger-garlic paste and green chilli and saute for 5 mins: in low flame. Add coconut and saute till the color of the coconut start changing. Add chilli powder, pepper powder and turmeric powder and saute in low flame for 1 min: Add prawns, salt and 1/4 cup of water; mix well and cook in low flame till the color of the prawns change to slight pink (roughly 5-7 mins:). Add coconut milk, curry leaves and mix well and cook till coconut milk start to boil. Remove from heat, add some more curry leaves and keep the lid closed for 5 mins: The rich, creamy Prawns Masala is ready to ...

Ingredients All purpose flour (Maida) - 1 1/2 cups Baking powder - 1/2 tsp Eggs - 2 nos Sugar - 3/4 cup Unsalted butter (in room temperature) - 100 gms Salt - A pinch Vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp Cherry - 100 gms Preparation Method Reserve 10 whole cherries and crush the remaining cherries and keep aside. Swift together maida, baking powder and salt and keep aside. Beat the eggs using a hand held electric mixer in a large bowl. Add sugar and butter and mix at the lowest speed again for a 2-3 mins (till the sugar and butter dissolves). Add maida mix little by little to the egg-sugar-butter mix and blend at a medium speed for 4-5 mins. Add vanilla essence and blend for 1 more min. Add the crushed cherries to the cake batter and gently fold in. Preheat oven to 350 degree F (180 degree Celsius). Grease the baking tray with butter. Pour half of the batter to the tray. Evenly place whole cherries on the top of the batter. Pour the remaining batter on the top of t...

Breakfast crunch is a no cooking-no baking healthy, delicious and complete breakfast that can prepare even by small kids. I bet kids love making and having this. Ingredients (for single serving) Yogurt - 100 gm Cut Fruits (Apple, Banana, Strawberry, Pomegranate, Kiwi etc:) - 1/2 cup Corn Flakes  -1/2 cup Cashew, Cherry and Raisins - 3-4 each Preparation Method In a tall glass add half of the yogurt. Add cut fruits on the top of the yogurt. Add the remaining yogurt. Add corn flakes. Garnish the top of the corn flakes with cashew, raisins and cherry. The Breakfast Crunch is ready to serve in no time.

Vazhakoombu (Banana flower) is a rich source of fiber and is healthy for all age group. Ingredients Banana Flower - 1 no: Grated Coconut - 1 cup Garlic - 4-5 petals Cumin - 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp Green Chilli - 2-3 nos: Red Chilli - 2 nos: Curry Leaves - as required Salt - as required Coconut Oil - 4-5 tbsp Mustard Seed  -1/2 tsp Urud Daal - 1 tsp Green Moong - 1/2 cup cooked (optional) Preparation Method Peal the 5-6 outer cover of the banana flower and finely chop. While chopping the flower remove the white thin stem in the middle of the banana flower. Sprinkle 1-2 tbsp of coconut oil on the chopped banana flower; mix well with hands and keep aside. In a mixer jar, crush together coconut, cumin, turmeric powder, garlic and green chilli and keep aside. In a wok bring oil to heat, splutter mustard seed, red chilli, curry leaves and urud daal. Add chopped banana flower, green moong (if using) and salt and mix well for 2-3 mins: in low flame. ...