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1.Aviyal   Aviyal is a very famous Kerala Dish made using vegetables and fresh coconut paste. The vegetables mostly added to Aviyal are the following :- Potato Raw Plantain (Vazhakka) Yam (Chenna) Carrot Drum Sticks (Muringakka) Beans Ivy Gourd (Kovakka) Raw Mango Brinjal (Vazhuthananga) Ash Gourd (Kumbalanga) Runner Beans (Achinga Payaru) Pumpkin (Mathanga) Ingredients: Mixed Vegetables cut into 1 or 2 inch long sized pieces – Around 4-5 Cups (I’ve used 1 potato, 1 Mango, 2 carrots, 2 drumsticks, 1/2 plantain, 6 beans and a few pieces of brinjal) Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Curd – 2 tbsp (optional) Curry Leaves – A sprig Coconut Oil – 1 tbsp Water – As needed Salt – to taste For Grinding Coconut – 1 cup Cumin (Jeera) – 1/4 tsp Green Chillies – 4 Shallots or Pearl Onions (diced) – 2 Garlic Cloves – 3 Curry Leaves – A few Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp Preparation Method Cover and cook the vegetables in very little water along with salt and

Vanilla Ice Cream Ingredients Milk - 4 cups Milk powder - 1 cup Gelatin - 1/2 tsp Sugar - 1/2 cup Cornflour - 2 tsp Butter - 1 tsp Vanilla - 2 - 3 drops   Preparation Method 1)Boil 3 cups of milk. Keep aside 1 cup of milk. 2)Mix together milk powder, gelatin, sugar and cornflour in 1 cup of milk which was kept aside. 3)Put this mixture into the boiled milk. 4)Allow it to cool. 5)Add butter and few drops of vanilla essence and keep in freezer. 6)Take out after 1/2 hour and put in the mixer. 7)Keep it again in the freezer   Chocolate Ice Cream Ingredients Chocolate - 2 ounce Cocoa Powder(unsweetened) - 1/3 cup Milk - 1 cup Egg - 2 nos Sugar - 1 cup Cream (whipping) - 1 cup Vanilla extract - 1 tsp   Preparation Method 1)Melt the unsweetened chocolate on top of a double boiler over hot boiling water. 2)Gradually whisk the cocoa in the heat and stir constantly until smooth. :-The chocolate may "seize" or clump t

  Kerala Simple & Yummy Chicken Biriyani Ingredients : Chicken – 1 kg (cut into big pieces) Basmati rice – 1 kg Dalda or Ghee – 250 gm Onion – ½ kg (sliced finely & divided into three portions) Tomato – ½ kg Green chillies – 100 gm (crushed) Ginger – 100 gm (4 -5 nos) (crushed) Garlic – 100 gm (crushed) Spices(powdered):- Cinnamon(Karugapatta) Cloves(Grambu) Cardamom(Elakka) Nutmeg(Jathikka) Mace(Jathipathri) Pepper(crushed) – 2 tsp Coriander powder – 3 tsp Cashewnuts & Raisins – 100 gm Coriander leaves & Mint(Pudhina) leaves(chopped) – 3 tsp Water – 2 kg Biriyani colour – 1 pinch Salt - As reqd Preparation Method: 1)Clean the chicken well. 2)Apply well 1 tsp of turmeric powder and salt over the chicken and keep it for 1 hr. 3)Crush the ingredients which are to be made into a paste and keep it separately. For cooking the chicken:- 1)Fry the marinated chicken in oil. 2)To the remaining oil, fry

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