Happy's Cook: August 2014

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Kadachakka Thoran Recipe| Cheema Chakka (Breadfuit Thoran)| Onam Sadya Recipe

I am posting some of the Onam sadya recipes this week. Last time when my mom in law came home, she brought kadachakka from our native. Though I have kadachakka theeyal recipe in hand, I like the way my mom in law makes this thoran. This is one of her staple recipes and I got the recipe from her. It turned out really yum and here we go for the recipe:

Thengai Poorna Kozhukattai Recipe | Mothagam | Modak | Ganesh Chathurthi Recipes

Already I have posted a poorna kozhukattai (with Channa Dal filling) here. This morning I made kozhukattai with coconut and cashew filling. The cruchy cashew and chewy coconut gives nice flavour to the poornam. This time I wanted to make the kozhukattai with mould to get nice shape. For the past one week, I was searching for this mould in different shops. I ordered that mould and got it last night. I woke up very early with curiousity to try this kozhukattai in a mould. It came out very well, though Happy collapsed a few before clicking :) . If you wish to prepare it without mould, check the steps to make kozhukattai here.

Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai Recipe | Ganesh Chathurthi Recipes

Happy Vinayagar Chathurthi to all my readers!! I am with a sweet kozhukattai to celebrate this occasion. My blogging mind made me to prepare this kozhukattai after coming from office. Jany doesn't show any interest in Kozhukattai, but I make it once in a while for me. Now Happy is interested in anything that is sweet. I make this kozhukattai for her and she loves it to the core. This is a very simple recipe, which I tried with a store brought flour. It was very soft and everyone liked this. I will post the traditional sweet kozhukattai as soon as possible.

Aval Pidi Kozhukattai | Ganesh Chathurthi Recipes

Last year I posted few kozhukattai recipes which you can refer here. To add on this list I am posting few more kozhukattai recipes. This is a simple and easy recipe which can be made it in a jiffy. I made this for breakfast yesterday. I got this recipe from my friend's mom. To my surprise it came out very well. Off to the recipe:

Fish curry with Raw Mango | Meen Kuzhambu with Mango | Manchatti Meen Kuzhambu

After a long time, I am back with a fish recipe. I don't try different fish recipes since Jany always wanted mom's fish kuzhambu which I posted here. Last week we went to a nearby beach to get fish. The fishes were very fresh and we got it in bulk. This time I wanted to try fish curry without coconut. I called my chithi and got this recipe from her. I made this fish curry in manchatti(Claypot). It tasted awesome and here we go for chithi's meen kuzhambu recipe:

Mango Panna Cotta Recipe | Mango Recipes

Everyone enjoyed the Mango Icecream recipe, which I posted few weeks back. During the mango season, I tried one other recipe with mango and it was a huge hit in my home. Yes, it is the Panna Cotta. Jany loved it to the core. This is very simple and it is a no fail recipe. Even the beginners will get it perfectly. Let's go to the preparation steps:

Egg Puffs with Homemade Puff Pastry Recipe

I am ready with a post for Baking Partners after a long gap. When I saw puff pastry as this month's challenge, I wanted to give it a try. Because it was in to-do list for a long time now. Finally, I made it last week and it came out really well. Though it doesn't have many layers, it tasted awesome. Thanks Swathi and Sangeetha for the wonderful challenge. Here, we go for the detailed preparation:

Tricolour fruit custard Recipe | Independence Day Special Recipe

Happy Independence day dear friends and readers. Hope every one of you started to enjoy the long weekend. I was planning for tricolour recipes from last week. Because of lack of time, I made this simple and yet interesting custard recipe. I made this with Kiwi, Banana and orange to bring the tricolour of the Indian flag. You can prepare this custard with any fruits of your choice. Check out the Mixed Fruits Custard too.Here, we go for the recipe:

Chicken Kola Urundai Recipe | Chicken Vadai | Chicken Kheema Balls | Minced Chicken Balls

I had a great weekend, I tried some yummy recipes with Jack Fruit which Appa got it from hometown. I will be posting this as a part of Onam Sadya recipes. Also, I attended baking class by Chef Joe Francis in Gateway International Hotel. It was a nice experience, I enjoyed and learned some techniques in baking. Coming to today's recipe, this chicken balls is one of the recent chicken recipes, which is a huge hit in my home. Everyone including Happy enjoys it to the core. This is the recipe from my team mate Shobana. Once she prepared and brought it to office, it was yummy. I got the recipe from her and tried it the next weekend. Nowadays I make it often. Here, we go for the preparation steps:

Tomato Chutney - With Coriander leaves and Small Onion(Mom's Special Chutney)

This tomato chutney is one of my mom's signature dishes. Dad has diabetes, so mom used to make this chutney quite often since it does not require coconut. When I was a kid, I never liked chutney and haven't tasted this. But later at one point in time when I tasted it, it was so awesome and from that day onwards I am a huge fan of this chutney. I had this recipe, in the handwritten note of my mom and nowadays I make it often since Jany and Happy love it to the core. This goes very well with Idli and Dosa. In this space I already have a tomato chutney with coconut here.

Paruppu Bonda & Getti Chutney| Dal Fritters with Coconut Chutney/ South Vs North Challenge(SNC)

After a long time I am posting a recipe for SNC and unfortunately this would be my last post since SNC is coming to an end. When Manju gave a chance to swap to Northern team, I am excited to try my own south indian recipes. I tried this paruppu bonda and getti chutney hosted by Viji. It came out really well and we enjoyed it for our evening coffee.