Chakka Vada

Vada is a tasty fast food and there are different kinds of vada. The new recipe which could be tried out during the jackfruit season is simple and is an authentic Kerala cuisine.

1. Cooked chakkakuru (jackfruit seeds) grinded in mixie 500gm
2. Channa dhal flour 250gm
3. Coconut oil 150ml
4. Chilly powder 10gm
5. Asafoetida 4gm
6. Chopped onions 2
7. Garlic 25gm
8. Curry leaves
9. Salt

Mix all the ingredients by adding 2 cups of hot water and make it into a dough not very hard enough. Then make into small vada shaped ones and deep fry in coconut oil.

Chicken parippu vada

Everybody has heard about the evening snack parripu vada. But with a little chicken in it the parippu vada may taste delicious. Try this new tea time snack.

1. Boneless chicken: 300 gm
2. Soaked channa dal: 175 gm
3. Chicken masala: 1 teaspoon
4. Chopped green chillies: 6 nos
5. Chopped ginger
6. Chopped onions: 2
7. Curry leaves
8. Fennel seeds (perinjeeragam) powdered: 1/2 teaspoon
9. Salt
10.Oil

Cook the chicken pieces with salt and masala powder. After it is cooled mince it. Grind the soaked channa dhal. Add the rest of the ingredients to the minced chicken and then add the grinded channa dhal. Mix it well and make into a smooth dough. Take a small portion and roll it on the palms to make it flat. Fry in heated oil till it becomes light brown in colour. Chicken parippu vada is ready.

Cherunaranga masala achar (lime masala pickle)

Pickles are very common in every household and lime pickle is particularly good because it is tangy and hot at the same time. But try this masala and spicy pickle to tickle your tastebuds.

1. Lemon 1 kg
2. Salt 250 gm
3. Cloves 10 gm
4. Cumin seeds 50 gm
5. Big Cardamom 50 gm
6. Pepper 25 gm
7. Ayamodakam (celery) 25 gm
8. Asafoetida a small piece
9. Chilly powder
10. Lime juice

Keep the lemons in hot water for 2 hours. Then clean it dry and cut it into 4 pieces. Coarse grind the masalas and add it to the lemon. Store it in a bottle and place under the sun for a week. Shake the bottle every day. Then add lime juice. Keep it under the sun for 2 or three days. Cherunaranga masala achar is hot and spicy.

Coconut Milk Ice cream

These are some simple recipes which any newcomer would like to try. Ice cream, the favourite among all children and even adults, are popular in all summer. Why not prepare it at home and make everybody happy and cool.

1. Coconut milk (thick) 4 cup
2. Condensed milk 1 cup
3. Bread slice (edges removed) 6 nos
4. Cream 1/2 cup
5. Vanilla essence 3 drops
6. Badam paste 1/2 cup
7. GMS emulsifier 1 teaspoon

Soak the bread in coconut milk and grind it in a mixie. Mix GMS (Glyceryl Mono Stearate) in warm milk and pour the condensed milk, cream, badam paste and the grinded bread, etc and stir it well. Cool it in the fridge and taste it.