Mango Carrot Salad

This is a simple and tasty salad which my mother makes very frequently at home. This is her innovation and i must say that the flavours used in this dish is so simple, balanced and just perfect.

It has a tangy, sour and sweet taste and iam sure that anyone who tastes this salad will be a fan of it. I love to have this salad along with fried fish. It tastes amazing. Some times i love to eat it just like that. :) I would suggest you all to try this dish at least once and enjoy its taste. It is healthy too, so no worries..

A very simple dish which can be prepared easily with the ingredients available at your home. Even your kids can make it for you :)

Ingredients

1/2 cup Mango (grated, check the notes*)
4 - 5 tbsp Coconut (grated)
2- 3 Green chilli (finely chopped)
1/4 cup Carrot (grated)
4 - 5 tbsp Onion (finely chopped)
1 tbsp Ginger (grated or finely chopped) 
1 tbsp Coriander leaves (finely chopped)
1 tbsp Olive oil
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Vinegar


Method

• Take a bowl and add mango, carrot, green chilli, coconut, onion, coriander leaves and ginger. Mix well using your hands.
• Now add salt, olive oil and vinegar. Mix again.
• Serve it along with any non-veg dish or enjoy it with steamed rice.

Note:

1. The mango used in this dish should be a medium ripe one ie. it should not be too ripe and not too raw. If you cant get a medium ripe mango, try using a raw one. 
2. Mix all the ingredients using your hands, so that everything gets combined properly.

* I usually take the quantity of the ingredients as per my taste. So you can always adjust the spices as per your taste*


Thanks for visiting

Happy Cooking!!

Mango Ice Cream

This is a simple and tasty ice cream with the fresh flavour of the King of all fruits ....Mango. As mango is in season now, i tried to include them in the ice cream and it came out really yummy...
 

I must say, it is so creamy and fruity that you wont stop by enjoying one bowl. A must try ice cream to cool you in this hot summer... :)

Don't have an Ice cream making machine ?...Wondering how to make a home made ice cream similar to the store bought ones....Don't worry....I have the perfect solution....Check out my Ice cream recipes....

Even I don't have an Ice cream machine, but still i make the perfect creamy ice creams...better than the store bought ones... Check out....



Ingredients

1 cup Mango Puree
500 ml Milk 1/2 cup Full cream milk powder (Everyday milk powder or Amulya) 2/3 cup Sugar or 1/2 tin Condensed milk 1 cup Fresh cream (whipped) 1 tsp Vanilla essence
1/2 cup Mango (chopped for garnish)


Method

• Take ripe mangoes, peel out the skin, cut them into cubes and grind them into a thick paste.
• Pour this mango puree into a blender. Add milk powder, sugar or condensed milk and vanilla essence. Blend again till the sugar is dissolved.
• Whip the cream nicely and add this to the mixer jar. Blend it for 1 to 2 minutes. 
• Pour this mixture in an ice cream tin or an air tight container. Keep this in the freezer for about 2 to 3 hrs. Every fridge has different levels for cooling. So keep checking.
• Before it is fully set, take the ice cream out and mix it thoroughly with an egg beater (preferably) or spoon.
• Again put it in the freezer. Continue the same process once again.
• After 3 to 4 hrs (again it depends on the fridge) when the ice cream is set, take out and garnish with the mango pieces and serve it.

 

 Note:

 

1. Adjust the sugar as per your taste as the mangoes will be having its natural sweetness.
2. Always set the ice cream in a container with a tight lid. 

Thanks for visiting

Happy Cooking!!

Hello  friends...

Wondering why iam not posting any recipes regularly these days... iam out of station and so iam not able to login to internet that frequently. But I will try to post new recipes whenever I get a chance. Keep checking my blog... new and unique recipes are on the way... :)

Happy Cooking!!!

Oats, Nuts and Dates Balls

This is a healthy snack or sweet that can be enjoyed by all. It is purely Sugar free and the sweetness comes solely from the dates. This can be rather called as a guilt free sweet. Good for kids and adults too. It can be stored and the shelf life is approximately 1 week.... If any is left :)

These balls are rich in fiber, protein and vitamins... You can pack it for your kids as a sweet after their lunch or as a snack box item.

 

 

Recipe Source : Sharmis passions

Ingredients


1 cup Oats
1/2 cup Nuts (any mixed nuts of your choice, I used peanuts and cashew nuts)
15 Dates
Ghee or Oil as required
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder


Method

• Dry roast oats till a nutty aroma rises from it.
• Grind it into a smooth powder. Keep this aside.
• Grind dates into a soft and smooth paste. Keep this aside.
• Grind nuts into a coarse powder and keep this aside.
• Take a bowl and mix all the ground ingredients in it. Add cardamom powder.
• Mix well using your hands and add ghee as required to make small balls.
• Serve it as a snack or sweet.

Notes:

1. The amount of dates can be increased, if you need more sweetness.
2. This can be served in any shapes...like rolled and cut into square pieces etc.
3. You can add milk instead of ghee and give shape to this sweet. But if milk is added, it has to be consumed on the same day or the next day. It cannot be stored..

Thanks for visiting

Happy Cooking!!

Molakushyam (Kerala Dish)

This dish is prepared with white gourd also known as ash gourd or winter gourd. In Malayalam it is known as "Kumbalanga".

There are many dishes prepared with this vegetable. Some of them are Morozhicha koottan, Pulinkari etc.

This is a simple Kerala dish which I learned from my mom. As I mentioned, it is very simple to make this dish, but at the same time, very difficult to get the correct taste and texture of the gravy. This dish is served with steamed rice.

Whenever I make this dish, we all love to add buttermilk along with this gravy to the steamed rice and it tastes really great. A spoon of pickle and that's it....enjoy your rice !!!

Ingredients

1 cup White gourd (Kumbalanga)
1/4 cup Toor Dal
Water as required
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
2 Green Chilli (slit into half)
1 tbsp. Coconut oil
5 - 8 Curry leaves


Method

• Cut white gourd into 1 inch square pieces (pic shown below)
• Pressure cook toor dal till soft and completely cooked.
• Add the white gourd pieces, turmeric powder, salt and the slit green chillies into it. Mix well.
• Add water as required to cook the white gourd.
• When the white gourd pieces are cooked, take off from heat.
• Immediately add coconut oil and curry leaves into the gravy.
• Mix well and serve hot with steamed rice.

* I usually take the quantity of the ingredients as per my taste. So you can always adjust the spices as per your taste*




Thanks for visiting

Happy Cooking!!

Mozarella Cheese Sticks

A simple and tasty snack enjoyed by kids.

I had some left over mozzarella cheese and was not in a mood to make a pizza again, as I had already made one some days back. Thought to try out a different dish for my kids and my search ended up at this tempting and tasty snack. I was sure my kids will love it and I was not wrong.

This snack is at its best when enjoyed piping hot. When you bite on these sticks, you can see the white beauty.....ie. cheese oozing out of it. A lovely treat for the eyes...

Try it out and you will come to know that iam not wrong.

Ingredients

8 mozzarella cheese (cut into 2 inch long sticks)
1/2 cup Bread crumbs
1 tbsp Black pepper powder
1 Egg (whisked)
1/2 cup Maida/All purpose flour
Oil for frying


Method

• Mix black pepper powder with bread crumbs and keep this aside.
• Cut mozzarella cheese into 2 inch long sticks.
• Dip it in maida, coat nicely on all sides.
• Now dip it in whisked egg and next in the bread crumbs.
• Freeze it for about 5 hours, preferably overnight.
• Heat oil in a deep non stick pan. Put the frozen cheese sticks one by one into the hot oil.
• When all the sides turn golden brown colour and when you see the cheese slightly coming out of the outer covering, take off from oil and place them on a tissue paper.
• Serve it hot with any sauce of your choice.

Note:

1. You can bake it in a microwave oven too. Convection mode - 180 degree Celsius - for about 10 to 15 minutes, till you see the cheese slightly oozing out of the sticks.

Thanks for visiting

Happy Cooking!!

Sending this to "Guru's Cooking Give away - Kids Special"