Happy's Cook: January 2018

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Cabbage Peas Poriyal Recipe | Cabbage Green Peas Poriyal | Cabbage Poriyal

I have already posted Kerala style Cabbage Thoran and when I shared South Indian Fish Meals, this Cabbage Peas Poriyal was there on the plate. Few readers requested to post the recipe and hence I am posting it. This is one super quick recipe which we can make in a jiffy if we have chopped cabbage in hand. Let's move to the recipe:

Chopped Boiled Egg Masala Recipe | Egg Masala | Boiled Egg Masala | Egg Recipes

After a long time, I am sharing an egg recipe today. Whenever I wake up late and if I need to pack Jany's lunch box, I make this easy egg masala to go with Chapathi/Roti. If you are looking for a variation in the regular egg masala then this recipe will surely satisfy you. The yellow of the chopped egg when mixed with the onion tomato gravy gives a nice taste to the masala. This goes very well with Idli, Dosa, Appam, Idiyappam and Chapathi/Roti. Check out my other egg recipes here.

Mulai Keerai Cutlet Recipe | Spinach Cutlet | Amarnath leaves Cutlet | Keerai Cutlet | Chef Venkatesh Bhatt Recipes - Recipe #18

Hello everyone!! I always prefer to make cutlets for evening coffee/tea. I have already posted Chicken Cutlets and Mutton Cutlets in the blog. I am planning to post vegetable cutlet for a long time now and it is getting delayed without any specific reason. However, today I am sharing a similar cutlet which can be served as the after-school snack for kids. I have adapted this recipe from Chef Venkatesh Bhatt's show in Vijay TV. Like all other recipes of him, this cutlet really wins our heart. Let's move to the recipe:

Pavakkai Fry Recipe | Bitter Gourd Chips | How to make Bitter Gourd Fry | Crispy Bitter Gourd Fry

Jany and I don't eat most of the vegetables before marriage. One such veggie is bitter gourd and we never touch it. After I started blogging, I was introduced to this bitter gourd chips by fellow bloggers and I tried it once. We both liked it and I started preparing it once in a while. If Jany is at home when I fry this, he finishes his portion before it reaches the dining table 😆 Recently, Jany started eating raw vegetables and he has replaced one of his daily meal with the raw vegetable salad. This is motivating me to try much healthier recipes with bitter gourd too in the future. Let's move to the today's recipe:

Paneer Bhurji Recipe | How to make Paneer Bhurji | Dry Paneer Bhurji | Paneer Recipes

Being a non-vegetarian, I have not explored much paneer recipes. Also, I have not tried many paneer dishes even in the restaurant. However, blogging has motivated me to try paneer recipes and I have already posted few paneer recipes. Those paneer dishes drive a lot of traffic to my website and to satisfy my vegetarian reader's request, I recently tried some of the yummy paneer recipes. Before we proceed to today's recipe, check out the other paneer dishes by clicking the links below:

Kuthiraivali Pongal Recipe | Barnyard Millet Pongal | Kuthiraivali Khara Pongal | Kuthiraivali Ghee Pongal | Millet Recipes

Happy Pongal to all my readers!! Our weekends are always busy and today we went to a nearby Farmers market to get some fresh vegetables and fruits. I saw fresh Vazhai Poo(Banana Flower) for the first time in Sydney and I immediately grabbed it to make my favourite Vazhaipoo Vadai. After all the excitement, we rushed to Happy's swimming lessons and I am totally exhausted now. However, I wanted to post the recipe of this Khara Pongal today since I prepared it mainly for the collection of Pongal special recipes. Today before heading out, I made this super yummy Pongal and we relished it for our breakfast.

Samai Sweet Pongal Recipe | Little Millet Sweet Pongal | Samai Arisi Sakkarai Pongal | Millet Recipes

Hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend and busy with the pongal preparations. I am late in posting the pongal special recipes this year too. I have compiled the existing Pongal recipes here and please have a look. Today I am sharing a millet based sweet pongal recipe since I started to explore millets considering its health benefits. When I was working in TCS Siruseri, I have tried this sweet millet pongal in office canteen and it tastes equally good like our normal sweet Pongal. From that day I am thinking about making it and now since I have all the millets ready at home, immediately I gave it a try. It turned out extremely well and here I am with the recipe. Tomorrow I will be sharing millet based Ven pongal and stay tuned for that.

Verum Curry Recipe | Nagercoil Special Verum Curry | Thengai Kuzhambu | Simple Coconut based Gravy

Today I am sharing a recipe from my hometown (Kanyakumari District) and this recipe is very close to my heart. People in and around Nagercoil include fish for lunch most of the days and this curry goes well with Avicha Meen (cooked fish). This recipe is from my handwritten recipe note, which I learned it from mum during my maternity leave. My mum makes this curry along with a spicy thick fish kuzhambu without coconut and it tastes so yum together.

We all at home love this verum curry and I make it once in a while on weekends to refresh the childhood memories. Recently, when I posted our lunch scene with this curry on Instagram, few people pinged me to get the recipe and that motivated me to share this recipe here. Initially, I didn't have plans to post the recipe here since I thought people outside Kanyakumari will not like this. However, most of my friends who tried this simple recipe liked it to the core. Aviyal and red spinach thoran go well with this curry and let's see the steps involved in making this easy and yummy curry:

Sprouted Greengram Egg Rice Recipe | Sprouted Greengram Rice | Greengram Recipes | Lunch box Ideas

Sydney weather is going crazy and the last two days were very hot. Today, as I am composing this post, we had a severe storm with a cooler spell. We are expecting a good climate for the next few days. Since Pongal is nearing, I am planning to make some millet based Pongal recipes this year. Hopefully, I will start posting the recipes in a day or two. Today's recipe is a protein-packed Egg rice with Sprouted Greengram. I have already posted about sprouting the greengrams at home, please have a look before you proceed with the recipe. Please check the similar recipes like Sprouted Greengram Sandwich and simple Egg Rice. Let's move to the recipe:

Tomato Soup Recipe | Creamy Tomato Soup | Tomato soup with Green Gram | Soup Recipes

I am not a big fan of Soups; however, I wanted to try a variety of soups at home since Jany likes it. I usually make Chicken Soup and have not tried anything else. When I was preparing some green gram recipes for an event last year, I made this. It came out super tasty and it was lying in my drafts for such a long time now. I am planning to try more soup recipes this year and without much delay, let's see this recipe today:

Corn Pulao Recipe | Sweet Corn Pulao | Easy Corn Pulao | Lunch Box Ideas

I have not yet started clicking new recipes this year and I am planning to clear all the recipes from my drafts. Today I am sharing a simple pulao recipe which I tried a few months back. Pulao recipes are handy if we don't want to cook an elaborate meal. Just a simple raita or a simple side dish, either veg or nonveg goes well with the pulao. If you are using frozen corn, then making this pulao is a breeze. I served it with Gobi Manchurian. Check out my other pulao recipes too:

Ashoka Halwa Recipe | Moong Dhal Halwa | Thiruvaiyaru Style Asoka Halwa | Easy Sweet Recipes

Happy New Year everyone, may this new year be a joyful ride for you and your family. To start the new year with a sweet note, today I am sharing the recipe of a divine Ashoka Halwa. I tried this during the Diwali and somehow I missed to post it here. This halwa is served in most of the weddings of Tanjavur district during breakfasts. It tastes so delicious and let's see the step-by-step preparations: