Caramel popcorn

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #popcorn #caramelpopcorn

When you have kids who are total opposites, this is wat we end up doing for snack!!!

Normal popcorn from dried corn kernels, added brown sugar to half of it to make caramel popcorn...

Recipe is simple:

In a pressure cooker add butter/any neutral flavour oil. Add the dried corn kernels and give a stir so that all corn is coated well with oil. If you want spicy ones add a bit of chilli powder, chat masala, salt. My kids don't like spice so I din add anything. Close the cooker with inverted lid. Wait for couple of mins. You will get the popping sound. Turn off once the pop sound subsided.

I took out half of it out. With the remaining half I added 3tsp of brown sugar and mix well with stove in low flame until all popcorn is coated with brown color. Serve caramel popcorn immediately. Thanks Rupa K for the caramel popcorn recipe.

Homemade Orange Lollipop

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #lollipop #orange

Home made orange lollipop with orange juice and pinch of food color...

Kids relished it 😋😋😋

Bring 3/4 cup sugar + 1/4 cup water to one string consistency, add orange juice 1/2 cup, a pinch of food color and let it be on sim for couple of mins until it's all bubbles in the pan. Turn off and cool under fan. Once it's warm enough to hold, apply a drop of oil on the palm and roll it as ball... Insert a tooth pic and let it dry until it's fully cold... 

You can pour the hot syrup on a parchment paper and insert tooth picks for the thinner lollipop like this 🍭

You can add in any fruit juice(strawberry,mango, orange), food color is optional.

Javvarisi Paayasam aka Sago Kheer

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #sago #javvarisi #payasam

This is my only favorite payasam (sweet dessert) in my childhood 😍😍 on every special occasion I will be demanding the same 😋😋

Recipe is very short and simple and the delicacy is yummilicious 😋😋

Javvarisi/sago/tapioca pearls are available at grocery stores across. Soak 1/4 cup of sago in warm water for 1 hour, it will be doubled in size.

In a milk pan add 1/2 litre milk and add the soaked sago and cook on medium flame with constant stirring now and then to avoid burn at bottom. One the mix becomes homogeneous texture check whether the sago is fully cooked. If the mixture is too thick add some boiled milk. Once the sago is completely cooked(will look very transparent) add sugar and powdered cardomom and stir for couple of mins and turn off the stove. Add fried cashews and dry grapes.

This tastes divine when served hot or cold . I love it cold more. 😍😍

Mango Smoothie Bowl

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #smoothiebowl

Prepared it couple of days back for breakfast...

I never knew something called smoothie bowl exists until I start following food photography groups :p

Smoothie bowl is nothing but a smoothie with lots of fresh fruits and nuts... Easier option for a breakfast right 😉 so yummy and so healthy and so colorful as well.

This is a simple mango smoothie ( mango n hung curd blended until smooth) with chopped mangoes and dry fruits , I have used almond, cashews, pista and walnuts.

Idli Fingers from leftover Idli

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #idlifingers #leftover #snackoftheday #kidssnack

No one touches when we serve the left over idlis 😍 give a little twist and make it a new snack... 😎😎

Three idlis were leftover from yesterday... Sliced it thin and shallow fried in non-stick pan... Tastes awesome with tomato ketchup dip...

You can deep fry as well... Best to use day before idlis....

Kerala Chicken Roast

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #keralachickenroast

Recipe was shared by a friend Shiba Nair  in another cooking group...  It's so effortless and tasty 😋😋😋

Her recipe as follows:

This recipe is very simple n easy to make...

Marinate the chicken with turmeric powder, Chilli
Powder, coriander powder, Garam Masala, salt n a couple of tsps of water... cover n keep it aside for an hour...

Add the chicken in a pan n cover n cook on a medium flame till the chicken is done... there isn’t any need to add water as the chicken ll release water while getting cooked... open the lid to see if the chicken is done, if the chicken is done n there’s still water left in the pan, then cook the chicken on a high flame with the lid open till all the water evaporates n the Masala coats the chicken well...

In another pan add coconut oil, add mustard, onions thinly sliced, green chillies slit, curry leaves, add lots of thinly sliced garlic, ginger pieces finely chopped... cook everything till the raw smell goes away... add 1/2 tomato finely chopped n fresh ground pepper powder n cook till it turns mushy n get blended well with the Masala... now add the cooked chicken to this Masala, add three sprigs of curry leaves, 3 tsps of coconut oil n mix everything well & cook for two minutes or till the everything blends well & the chicken starts browning... garnish with coriander leaves... allow it to rest for a while... serve with hot rice or Malabar parAtha...

Palak Paratha

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #palakparatha #potato #cheese #stuffedparatha

Green chapathi is what my twins called this  😂😂

Simple Palak paratha stuffed with potato and cheese 😋😋

Wash palak thoroughly, in a mixie add palak, ginger, garlic, cumin seeds n ground to smooth paste(no need to add water) . In a bowl take wheat flour, salt, chilli powder and mix well. Add palak paste and knead well. Add water if needed. I have also added oil while making dough that's optional.

In a bowl have added mashed potatoes and grated cheese. Add green chilli finely chopped if you want it spicy. I prepared for kids so I don't add chilli.

Roll out chapathi of 6inch size. Keep potato mix side. Fold in. Roll again .

Toss it in tawa with butter and cook until it gets brown spots on both sides.

Homemade Horlicks from Sprouted Wheat

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #horlicks #homemade

Saw this homemade Horlicks recipe from the sprouted wheat few weeks back. Got wheat by then but now only happened to do it 😅😅

Soak whole wheat for 5-6 hours, drain water and wrap it with a cotton cloth. I placed it on a strainer over a vessel. Water it now n then and let it sprout for 2 days.

In pan fry the sprouted wheat until crispy, takes about 15 mins of frying I changed between medium and high heat every few mins. Take it out on a plate and cool for few mins.

While it's still warm, add it to the mixer grinder, add few badams(optional), sugar(optional you can add while making the drink too) and grind it to a smooth powder.

Seive it twice. And store in air tight container.

My seiver is not very fine so I m getting little bit of sediment after mixing it to milk. It will be better if we grind in rice flour mill I guess. If it's a hit with kids, will make more next time and grind in rice mill.

Tastes close to Horlicks except for the sediment.
Well something is better than nothing right 😉

Coriander Chutney Mini Idli

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #miniidli #leftover  #chutneyidli #corrianderchutney #miniidli #kidssnack #snacktime #under10mins

Another recipe from my archive 😎

Leftover mini idlis and corriander Chutney turned out as yummy snack at evening.
Heat oil in a nonstick pan and add mustard and urad dhal ( I added lots :p) let it splutter. Add few Curry leaves. Add the chutney and mix well. Add the mini idlis and mix everything well on a high heat for 3-5 mins until all chutney is coated well on the idlis. ( if using regular idli it's better to keep in fridge for 30 mins before preparation.) Kids thoroughly enjoyed the green idlis 😋😋😋😋

Any chutney can be used except coconut Chutney...

Sweet Potato Sweet corn Beetroot Mini cutlet

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #minicutlets

Mini cutlet with Sweet potato+sweet corn + beetroot

Same like any usual cutlet recipe substitute potato with sweet potato 😋😋😋

Recipe is simple :

Pressure cook sweet potato for two whistles. Peel skin and mash well. Add grated beetroot and coarsely pulsed sweet corn. Chilli powder, salt, chat masala a pinch. Mix everything well. If it's too soft add some corn flour to make it thick. Coat with bread crumbs on all the sides and shallow fry until it turns brown on both sides :)

Sweet Potato French Fries

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #sweetpotato #frenchfry

Receipe is same as like regular potato french fry...

Parboil the sweet potato fingers with salt. Drain the water and run under cold water. Add chilli/pepper powder, 1 spoon rice flour and shake well. Freeze it for 10 mins. Deep fry or shallow fry.

I have deep fried this now. I generally do shallow fry of this. Both tastes equal.

Serve immediately with tomato sauce dip.

Corn Flakes Chivda

Did this for a Facebook group weekly activity where we have to cook the given recipe and post pics.

Actual recipe posted :

Corn flakes Chivda with nuts and raisin.
Give tadka with Rai (mustard seed), curry patta, and green chillies, add cornflakes n roast for a few minutes then add toasted almonds , cashew, and raisins n salt and a dash of sugar. Let cool n store in airtight container. Yummy n healthy.

Thank you for such a simple recipe Minakshi Daryanani

I added in Almonds instead of cashew as it's not in stock.

Less spices used as I will be giving to kids. I read few recipes online and combined all shown 😉

Ground nuts, Almonds, Gram dhal, Curry leaves, black dried grapes, chilli powder, chat masala, salt, fried cornflakes.

This is going to be my favourite easy snack forever :)

Rava Maida Paniyaram

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #ravamaidapaniyaram #deepfried

Soak 1/2cup Rava/sooji in water for 30 mins. Add 2tbsp maida, sugar as per taste level, one cardomom crushed. Mix everything well and set it aside for 10 mins. The batter has to be slightly thick like cake batter. If it's too thick add few spoons water and make the batter in correct consistency.

Heat oil in a pan. Scoop out a spoon of batter and drop into oil. Let it fry on medium heat for few mins. Turn sides. Cook until all sides turn brown.

Casual click 😊 as my twinnies were awake by the time it's all done and was ready to grab it on :)

Potato paneer bites

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #gratitudepost #potatopaneerbites

Tried out Suganya Balu s potato paneer bites with yesterday's leftover methi chapathi dough... And I have shallow fried it ...

Original recipe link

https://m.facebook.com/groups/1758462404461012?view=permalink&id=1883255821981669

Thank you dear Chittu mittu loved it😍😍

Gulab Jamun Sabzi

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #jamunsab

Recipe as follows:
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Prepare gulab jamun and fry it and keep ready. Actual recipe calls for jamun with Koya , but I have used here the jamuns from the MTR only.

In a pan add oill, once hot add the onion paste and saute till change color, add ginger garlic paste and saute until raw smell goes.

In a separate bowl take curd, add chilli powder, garam masala, turmeric powder, corriander powder, salt and besan/rice flour (it's used to thicken gravy, you can use all purpose flour as well, as I don't have it now I have used rice flour) and mix well.

Add this curd mix to the pan and add water to adjust consistency. Let it cook for 3-4 mins.

I have soaked 10 cashews and added that paste to the mixture to add richness (it's optional)

Add chopped corriander.

Add jamuns to this gravy just before serving and give it a boil once.

PS : original receipe calls to add lemon juice at last , since my curd was little sour I skipped lemon juice. Basically this Sabzi has to be sour not spicy. So add lemon juice if you use fresh curd.

Drumstick Coconut Masala

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #drumstickmasala #coconutbasedmasala

Drumstick in coconut based masala is my all time favorite 😋😋😋

Recipe is very simple....

Cut drumstick into 1 or 2 inch pieces. Slit along till the center(so that drumstick LL be rich of masala taste 😉)

In a pan add oil, temper with mustard and fennel seeds and Curry leaves. Add finely chopped onion, and saute till translucent. Add finely chopped tomato and saute till mushy. Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala, salt and give a brief stir... Add drumsticks and add water till it's all submerged. Cover with lid and cook for 10 mins. Keep checking if water is available if not add little by little to avoid sticking to the bottom.

In the mean time add coconut and fennel seeds in mixie and grind to a smooth paste.

Once the drumstick is cooked well add the coconut paste and cook till it forms a thick masala.

You can adjust consistency to have it as gravy for rice also.

PS :

To fasten the cooking time I always use my pressure cooker 😉 all sauting done in pressure cooker and I cooked drumstick for 1 whistle and then open and add coconut paste.

Sundakai aka Turkey berry Pachadi | Turkey berry Dhal Sabzi

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #turkeyberry #dhal #sabzi #pachadi

I have never cooked this Turkey berry/ Sundakai. Have tasted few times when Mom made.

Mom sent lot of these fresh from garden in our visit to native. Was hesitant to do something out of it as I m lazy to cut all into small pieces 😉

Got up super early today (6:30 only 😂), so decided to give this a try. And loving the output 😋😋😋

Recipe as follows:

Turkey berry : 1/2cup (wash and cut into two halves and soak in water)

Onion : 1 finely chopped

Tomato : 1 finely chopped

Thoor dhal : 1/4 cup, pressure cook for two whisles ( not fully cooked)

Sambar powder : 1.5 tsp

Turmeric powder : 1/4tsp

Salt : as per taste

Mustard, jeera,oil  and Curry leaves to temper.

In a pan add oil, once hot temper with mustard, jeera and Curry leaves. Add onion and saute till translucent. Add the tomatoes and saute till mushy. Strain out water from Turkey berry and add it to the pan. Saute well for 6-7 mins. It's has to be sauted really well otherwise it will taste bitter. Add the turmeric powder, sambar powder and salt and mix briefly. Add one cup water. You can cook this with lid closed for 6-7 mins. I added to the pressure cooker and cooked for one whistle. Now add the cooked thoor dhal and mix all and let it cook for couple of mins until boil. Add chopped corriander and serve with rice/chapati.

I had with the chapathi for breakfast now 😋😋😋

Maska Chaska Cheese bites

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #5050buiscut #maskachaskacheesebites

It's so simple and super yummy...

Maska chaska buiscuits, layer with a thin slice of cucumber, a drop of tomato ketchup, grated carrot, finely chopped onion, grated cheese.

Will be perfect and quick for any party starters.

You can use any kind of salt buiscuits as base and toppings can be customized to use anything edible as raw 😉

Paneer Tikka Masala

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #paneermasala

Followed a random recipe from YouTube to prepare Paneer Tikka masala....

Mixed some cooked basmathi rice with the leftover masala in kadai 😉

Recipe :

In a pan with boiling water add one medium size onion and 10 cashews and cook till onion gets cooked. Let it cool and grind to smooth paste.

In a bowl add 2tsp rice flour+ 2tsp corn flour and salt and make a paste not too thick nor too thin. Add cubed paneer and coat well.

In a pan add oil and shallow fry the paneer until brown on all sides. In the same oil fry cubed onion for few mins, cubed capsicum for few mins, cubed tomatoes (without seeds) for few mins. (fry each separately).

In the same pan add chopped garlic, chopped ginger and saute till raw smell goes. Add finely chopped onion and saute till translucent. Add chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, salt and saute for couple of mins.add the onion paste from first step. Add 1sp tomato ketchup(optional)Add little water and let it boil for few mins.

Add the fried veggies and mix well. Add the fried paneer and mix everything well and cook for 2 mins. Add chopped corriander and serve :)

Will be going good with rice/chapati/naan varities.

Dorayaki | Dora cake

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #dorayaki #doracake #pancake

I have marked this recipe from cooking group long time...

Was thinking of wat to do for snacks today and thought of this... And here it is :)

Kids loved the dora cake 😋😋

Receipe is not too complex...

In a bowl add 2 eggs, 3/4 cup powdered sugar and beat well until sugar dissolves.
Add 3/4cup all purpose flour, 1 tsp honey, 1/2tsp baking powder and mix until smooth. Add one or two spoons water if it's too thick. Batter should be like cake batter consistency. Let it sit for 15 mins.

Take a non-stick pan and add few drops of butter or any neutral flavoured oil. With a piece of cloth wipe the oil around the pan.
Drop one small laddle full of batter at the centre. Cook on low flame. Once the top is getting bubbles approximately 2 mins slightly lift the pancake and flip it down. Cook on medium flame for another 1 min. Take it out on a plate.

Again add few drops oil and wipe with cloth and do the next pancake. Repeat the same for the rest of the batter. Oiling and cleaning the pan for every pancake is must. Because by doing like that only we can get smooth surface on the back.

Traditional dorayaki uses red bean paste as stuffing between the pancakes. You can use Nutella. I have used Choco topping only as I don't have Nutella now.  Stuff two pancake with the brown side out with Nutella.

Kids enjoyed the dora cake, of course me too 😋😋

Will add SBS pictures in comments.

Moong Dhal namkeen Haldirams Style

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #moongdhal #namkeen #haldiramsstyle

I love Moong dhal from Haldirams... It's one of my never hate snack anytime.... 😋😋

Am super happy that I m able to replicate the same at home and munch without any guilt 😍😍

Soak 1 cup Moong dhal overnight. Drain extra water and spread it on a kitchen towel and dry for 1 hour or until all the water is dried. In a deep fry pan, place a mesh strainer and add the Moong dhal, fry until bubbles fade away. Place it on a tissue paper. Repeat the same for all Moong dhal. Remove excess oil with tissue paper..

In a bowl add the fried Moong dhal, a pinch on chilli powder, a pinch of chat masala and salt as per your taste. Mix everything well and store in air tight container.

Tastes 99% like the store bought Haldirams Moong Dhal 😋😋😋😋

Masala Raw Banana

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #masalarawbanana

Someone posted masala Karela recipe couple of days back.. read the recipe that time... Sorry couldn't recollect the name.

Got up super late today was in hurry to prepare for husband's lunch box.. easiet veggie was raw banana but it was small one , regular banana fry won't be sufficient for us... Was thinking wat to do and thought of this... No time to read the recipe again so did it in my way like just other veggies.

My recipe goes like this:

In a pan add oil, temper mustard seeds, fennel seeds... Add finely chopped onions once it's translucent add chopped tomatoes. Once it's mushy add chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and pinch of garam masala. Saute for a minute. Add water 1/4 cup and mix well. Add the chopped raw banana (cut it little thicker) coat well with masala. Close with lid and cook in low flame. Stir occasionally add oil if starts sticking to bottom. Cook about 10 mins. Add chopped coriander and turn off the stove.

Tastes yum with the sambar satham 😋😋😋

Sweet Corn Sweet Potato Bread roll | Sandwich

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #breadroll #sandwich #sweetcorn #carrot #sweetpotato

Actually the plan was to make the bread roll only, but rolling it was too difficult and I turned it black few times while rolling the next... Phewwww...

So just put the stuffing inside the bread and made as sandwich 😋😋

Less work less tension 😉

Roll was more tastier anyhow 😅😅

The stuffing inside is boiled sweet corn, boiled carrot, spring onion,boiled and mashed sweet potato, chilli powder, chat masala, salt and one cheese cube grated.

Sweet corn Manchurian dry

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #sweetcorn #manchurian

Good food lifts up your mood anytime. Here is my simple Sweet corn Manchurian dry 😋😋😋

I got lots of sweet corn this time 10+. So my every day food menu has something with sweet corn. Please excuse for repeatedly posting only sweet corn back to back 😉

Was surfing internet for all available sweet corn recipes and found Manchurian recipe. I love Manchurian dry version so here it's on my plate now.

Recipe is simple

Coarsely pulse sweet corn. In a bowl add pulsed sweet corn, chopped carrot, chopped garlic, salt, 1 tsp maida, 1 tsp corn flour, pepper powder. Mix well. Deep fry and keep it aside. It can be consumed as such , it's tasty too. Since I have focused on Manchurian I kept it out of sight for sometime 😅

In a pan add oil, chopped garlic, chopped ginger, chopped green chilli and saute for  couple of mins. Add one small size onion finely chopped. Saute till it starts turning brown. Add soy sauce, tomato sauce . Red chilli sauce is optional. I haven't added as it's for kids. In a bowl add 1/4 cup water, 1/2 sp corn flour and mix well. Add this corn flour mix to the pan and mix everything. Add the fried Manchurian to the sauce mix. Add 1/4sugar. Saute everything on high heat until the mixture is thick. If you want it semi gravy type add fried Manchurian and mix well n turn  of immediately. Add chopped spring onion white and green.

That's it , yummy sweet corn Manchurian is ready 😋😋

I have used 1/2 sweet corn, 1 small carrot, 3 garlic for the Manchurian. 1 small onion, 3 garlic , 1/4 inch ginger for the sauce.

I have paired this up with Sweet corn Thahiri which is not in pic. I was super hungry so din had time to click 😎😎 will post that recipe with pic next time 😚

Sweet potato Mini Tikki's

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #sweetpotato #minitikki #kidssnack

Sweet potato + Sweet corn mini tikki's for kids snack box...

Pressure cook sweet potato for 3 whistles. Peel skin and mash it well. Coarsely pulse sweet corn kernels.

In a bowl add mashed sweet potatoes+crushed corn+ chilli powder + garam masala a pinch + salt + 1tsp corn flour + chopped corriander . Mix everything well.

Make small tikki's and shallow fry.

Pressure cook sweet potato and you can keep in fridge so that the tikki's can be prepared real quick in the morning hurry burry 😉😉

The plate is broken... Wish I had taken a last better picture of this plate 😅😅 RIP my first food photography property 😥

Chocolate Pori

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #chocolatepori #pori  #ricepuff #kidssnack #snackoftheday #chocolate

Half container of Pori(rice puff) was sitting in the shelf for long time...

Experimental Cooking of Chocolate Pori now 😋 please pardon the shape though...

Make sugar syrup of 1 string consistency, add chocolate powder n mix well... Add puffed rice and mix well... Pour on a plate greased with oil... Cut in desired shape...

I think my sugar syrup went two string consistency so I was not able to cut it properly...

After all shape doesn't matter 😉😉😉

Aloo butter masala

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #aloobuttermasala #buttermasala

When you don't have paneer but craving for paneer butter masala try this Aloo butter masala 😋😋

Recipe is same as paneer butter masala. Marinated cubed aloo 1 big with chilli powder, garam masala and salt. In a pressure cooker add butter, few spoons water, sliced onion 1big , tomatoes 2 big, ginger garlic paste 1/2spoon and place the vessel with aloo on top of it. Pressure cook for two whistles. Once cool down ground the onion, tomato, ginger garlic to a smooth  paste.in a pan add 1tsp butter, onion tomato paste, marinated n cooked potatoes and let it simmer for 5 mins. Add chopped corriander.

Goes perfect with roti/chapathi 😋😋😋

Arbi Roast | Seppakizhangu fry

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #arbiroast #seppakizhangu #fry

That heart n stomach filled lunch 😋😋😋

Seppakizhangu fry aka Arbi roast with spinach dhal rice 😍😍

Arbi roast / seppakizhangu fry :

Pressure cook Arbi/seppakizhangu for 3 whistles with water level enough to cover the arbi. Once cool down, remove the skin and cut into small discs. Add red chilli powder, salt and little rice flour and shake few times. You can't mix with hands as it will become sticky. Mix in a large bowl and shake it randomly few times so that all arbi are coated with some chilli powder. Deep fry or shallow fry. Choose big size arbi for this.

For spinach dhal rice :

Pressure cook moong dhal and chopped greens for two whistles without salt. Once pressure is settled open and mash well. In a pan add oil, temper with mustard seeds, jeera and red chilli. Add to the spinach, add salt and mix well. Add water as per your required  consistency and cook for a minute

Maggie masala Dosai

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #maggiemasaladosai #leftover #dosai #under10mins

Guess wat .... 😎😎😎

It's Maggie masala dosai... 

Recipe as followed :

In a pan add oil, temper mustard seed, urad dhal and channa dhall, Curry leaves (I don have Curry leaves. Add finely chopped onion. Saute until it turns translucent. Add Maggie masala powder. I had 4 dosa leftover from morning, I added two masala packets. Mix well. Chop dosa into small cubes. Add to the pan and mix well on high heat. Saute until all dosa is coated with masala. I wanted it crispy so I added 1 tsp oil again and saute on high heat till dosa is little crispy. Add chopped corriander and serve Hot.

1. You can tomatoes as well. My kids don't like tomato so I din't add.

Homemade Orange Lollipop

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #lollipop #orange

Home made orange lollipop with orange juice and pinch of food color...

Kids relished it 😋😋😋

Bring 3/4 cup sugar + 1/4 cup water to one string consistency, add orange juice 1/2 cup, a pinch of food color and let it be on sim for couple of mins until it's all bubbles in the pan. Turn off and cool under fan. Once it's warm enough to hold, apply a drop of oil on the palm and roll it as ball... Insert a tooth pic and let it dry until it's fully cold... 

You can pour the hot syrup on a parchment paper and insert tooth picks for the thinner lollipop like this 🍭

You can add in any fruit juice(strawberry,mango, orange), food color is optional.

White Pumpkin Halwa

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #whitepumpkinhalwa #sweet

I reserved some pumpkin in the morning while making sambar.

This halwa is very simple and quick and tastes awesome 😋😋

In a pan, add ghee, roast cashews and keep it aside. Add grated pumpkin with the water and cook on medium heat until the pumpkin in cooked. You can close with lid and cook. Once the pumpkin is cooked add sugar, cardomom powder a pinch, food coloring, and give a brief stir. Adding nutmeg powder will enhance taste , I don have nutmeg so I din add. Cook till the halwa starts separating from the sides. Only this much have to be done for Kasi halwa.

My mom's recipe , she will add a spoon of wheat flour mixed in water to the above mixture and cook till it starts leaving sides. I have added wheat flour water here.  The quantity is so less as I cooked very small amount of pumpkin. I couldn't resist myself from licking the pan 😂😂

The one on the picture is reserved for kids 😘😘

Add sugar as per your taste level. I used 1/4 wedge of pumpkin, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 cardomom. My total quantity is very less only. Mine turned medium sweet.

Wheat Poli | Poran Poli | Poranam Poli | Sweet Poli

#ramcooks #burpfulkitchen #wheatpoli #coconut

This is my first time doing this poli... I always think it's too complicated to do... But no it's not that difficult 😉sothapified first few on folding though 😜

Receipe as follows :

Add 1 cup wheat flour, 1/4 tsp turmeric and salt and prepare like chapathi dough. Apply 1 spoonful of gingelly oil after kneading and let it rest for 1 hour.

For the filling:(poranam)

Add 1/2 cup jaggery 3/4 cup water and keep it in stove.once jaggery is melt down strain it to remove any impurities. Add it back to the pan, and let it boil. Add grated coconut and a pinch of cardomom powder and a pinch of dry ginger(optional) and mix everything well. Keep in medium heat and saute until it gets thick. Keep the poranam aside.

For making the poli :

In the kitchen surface keep a polythene bag(I used milk cover). Take lemon size kneaded dough and place on top of cover. Apply some oil in your fingers. Press the dough to make a 4 inch circle. Keep one spoonful of poranam in the centre. Fold the  outer circle on top. Pinch out the extra dough on top and press it again gently on both sides. Press is slowly so that the poranam don't come out.

Tip : keep your hands oily. I first pressed the dough thick in centre and thinner at outer circle after few polis so that I don't have to pinch out extra.

Thattu vadai set | Thattai set

Anyone who tastes this will definitely fall for the Salem Special Street food "Thattu Vadai set"

Thattai is a south Indian deep fried snack made with rice flour.

You can prepare the same with salt buiscuits like Monaco, 50-50.

I used very minimal ingredients here

Store bought Thattai - 10 pieces
Grated carrot - 1 cup
Finely chopped onion - 1/2 cup
Tomato chutney - 1/2 cup. ( You can use any left over chutney onion/tomato/mint/coriander)
Lemon - 1/2 squeezed (optional)
Chat masala - 1 pinch (optional)
Coriander leaves - 2 spoons finely chopped

Mix all ingredients except thattai.

In a plate place one thattai, 1/2 spoon chutney, Vegetables mix, top it with another thattai with chutney(chutney facing down).

Serve( aka gulp 😋) immediately.

Repeat the steps for remaining thattai.

You can add grated beetroots with carrot. I don have beetroot so skipped it.

Happy evening everyone 😎

Instant Beetroot paniyaram

Just add grated beetroot+ onion + tadka of mustard in the dosa batter , poured in paniyaram pan and it's done in 10 mins...

Kids munching it with tomato ketchup 😋😋

Me having with pulikolambu from the lunch 😋😋

Spiced Buttermilk

When you find awesome props on your mom's place just use it 😎😎

In mixer grinder add curd, chilli, ginger, salt,Curry leaves,salt and pulse it for few seconds, add water for required consistency. Add chopped corriander and serve it 😋😋

PS: just used the mathu as the property in picture not used to prepare it 😉

Honey Chilli Idli | leftover idli

I had Honey chilli potato yesterday for the first time... It keeps coming in dream wanting to make it right away... But potato out of stock 😂😂

So gave a twist to the morning idlis 😎😎

Tossed idli strips in 1 spoon oil in nonstick tawa until it turns brown on sides. Keep it aside.

I din had chilli sauce soaked red chilli in hot water for half an hour an hour and ground to paste.

In the pan add chilli sauce, soy sauce, honey , a small pinch salt, little tomato ketchup and mix everything well... Add fried idlis, chopped corriander and roasted til seeds and give a brief mix until all idlis are well coated.

Tada your Honey Chilli idli is ready under 10 mins 😋😋😋

It's just 2 idlis I m feeling sooooo full😍😍😍😍

Snake gourd Bajji | Ring Bajji | Pudalangai Bajji

Snake gourd/Pudalangai Ring bajji.

Cut thin slices of snake gourd and remove the centre part. Dip in Bajji batter and deep fry. It's delicious 😋😋😋

Bajji batter :

Besan flour : 1 cup
Rice flour : 1/2 cup
Hing : 1 pinch
Chilli powder : 1/2tsp
Salt : 1/2tsp
Baking soda : 1 pinch

Mix water and make a batter not too thick. It should be in pouring consistency.

You can prepare the flour mix in bulk and refrigerate it in air tight container. Can use little when needed.

Urad Dhal fritters | Ulundu vadai | Urad dhal vadai

This is simple urad dhal vadai...

Soak urad dhal for couple of hours. Drain water and grind in mixie without adding much water. Add chopped onion, green chilli, Curry leaves and salt.

Heat oil in a pan. In any cover(we use milk cover mostly) take out the batter in ball shape. Apply water in hands and flatten it and make a hole inside... Drop in hot oil cook till turns color on both sides. Do in medium flame.

Repeat the process.

If your uraddhal batter turns watery and not able to take out as ball in hands add little rice flour.

Capsicum Egg Burji

When I don't want to cook for long but still I need a tasty dish this is the one I resort to 😍😍

Capsicum Egg Burji 😋 will be ready under 15 mins and can be a wholesome meal as such 😁

Recipe as follows:

Ingredients

Capsicum - 1 big size cubed
Onion - 1 big size finely chopped
Tomato - 1 medium size finely chopped
Green chilli - 1 slitted
Curry leaves - few
Mustard - 1/4 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp.

In a pan add oil, once hot add mustard seeds.. add finely chopped onion, slitted green chilli, Curry leaves. Add a pinch of tumeric powder. Saute until onion turns translucent. Add finely chopped tomatoes and saute till tomatoes mushy. Add the cubed capsicum and saute till its almost cooked. Break two eggs on top of it and keep the flame on medium heat and close it and let it cook for two mins. Open the lid and slightly saute everything, don't saute very fast as eggs will be very scrambled. Cook till eggs are cooked.

For better results cook in non-stick ware. You can add red chilli powder instead of green chilli as well.

Cabbage Aloo Sabzi

Was actually lazy to prepare some dinner... Ooruku poitu vantha hangover innum povala...

Simple cabbage aloo sabzi with the leftover potato fry from lunch... And I m done with my dinner preparations under 20 mins :)

Recipe goes like this

In a pan add oil, add mustard and fennel seeds, once it's popped add finely chopped onion, saute till translucent. Add chopped tomatoes and saute till mushy. Add roughly chopped cabbage ( I used approximately 2 cups), if you are adding fresh potatoes add now itself. Add red chilli powder, garam masala and salt and mix everything well. Let it gets cooked on medium flame for 5 mins.Add 1/2 cup water and close with lid. After 5 mins open the lid , I added my leftover potato curry at this  stage. cook until all the water is dried up.

Since there was no Curry leaves or coriander I din use.

It's got over for the dinner with soft rotis 😋😋

Upma fingers | Upma Cutlet | leftover rava/sooji upma

No one dared to touch this rava upma in the morning!!!

Now chittu mittu were fighting over it 😂😂

Recipe is simple:

Have your upma ready with or without Vegetables with less oil/ghee. Best to use left over upma 😎.

Take upma in a wide bowl, add 1 tsp besan flour, 1 tsp rice flour, chilli powder, salt and mix everything well.dont add water.

In a bowl mix  2 tsp all purpose flour and water and make a thin paste consistency.

Keep ready in a plate a mix of bread crumbs and Til seeds.

Roll out the upma in any desired shape, roll it in the all purpose flour paste and roll it again in bread crumbs mix.

Shallow fry it on a tawa until it's dark brown on all sides in medium flame.

Tastes awesome with the sauce dip 😋😋😋

Garlic Pickle | Poondu Oorugai

Garlic Pickle is my favourite pickle of all time... Mom always used to pack one bottle everytime I visit her 😍😍

This time learnt the recipe from her and did on her supervision 😎

Ingredients required

Garlic pods - 1.5 cups pealed
Lemon juice - 3/4th cup ( half the amount of garlic)
Red chilli powder - 2 spoons
Corriander powder - 3 spoons
Hing - 1/4 spoon
Gingelly oil - 3 laddles full
Mustard - 1 tsp

Recipe goes like this...

In a pan, heat three laddles of gingelly oil. Once hot add mustard seed and let it splutter. Add Hing and saute a couple of times. Add the garlic pods. Add chilli powder, corriander powder and and salt and saute for few mins. Once all the oil is absorbed and forms a thick consistency add the lemon juice. Mix everything well.Sauta until oil start oozing out.

Once it's cooled store in air tight container and refrigerate it. Shelf life will be for more than a month in fridge.

The only thing I don't like about this pickle is peeling lots of garlic 😂😂

Please get bigger garlic pods for the pickle so it will be easy to peel and tasty to eat 😋😋😋