Sweet Plantain Chips | Sweet Banana Chips

• 4 Plantains
• Coconut oil- for frying
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 1/2 cup Water
• 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder
• 1/4 tsp Cumin powder
• 1/4 tsp dry ginger Powder

Peel raw banana, cut it into half moons and deep fry in medium heat . It will take around 20 minutes to get it crispy. Drain and set aside.

Take sugar, water ,cardamom powder,dry ginger powder,cumin powder  in a pan and boil till one string consistency.

Add in fried raw banana pieces and coat it well. Swith off heat and stir till the banana is coated well with sugar.

Let it cool.Store in a air tight container for week.

Malabar Special Thari Kanji | Thari Kachiyathu | Thari Payasam | Iftar Special Drink | vermicelli & Semolina Kheer

•  Semolina - 3 tbsp
• Vermicelli- 2 tbsp
• Ghee - a teaspoon
• Water -a cup
• Milk - two cups
• Sugar - 3 tablespoons
• Cardamom powder -a teaspoon
• Thick coconut milk - half a cup
• Ghee -half a tablespoon
• Cashew Nuts - two tablespoons chopped
• Raisins - a tablespoon
• Small onion - 5 

 How to prepare

• Heat a teaspoon of ghee in a saucepan and fry the vermicelli. Add rava to it and fry for 3 minutes.
• Boil a cup of water in another pan.  Add vermicelli, rava and cardamom powder and cook over low heat.
• When it is well cooked, add two cups of milk and enough sugar.  When it boils well, add half a cup of thick coconut milk.
• Turn off the heat when it starts to boil.
•  Heat half a tablespoon of ghee in another pan and add finely chopped red onion.  When the onion starts to change color, add nuts and raisins and fry.
• Pour it on top of the prepared kanji and mix well.

Ney Pathiri || അരി അരച്ച് നെയ് പത്തിരി തയ്യാറാക്കാം || Ney Pathal Recipe in Malayalam || Pachakam

1 cup raw rice

1&1/4 cup of water

1/4 cup grated coconut

4 pearl onions

Salt

1 tsp ghee

Oil for frying

Unnakkaya

 Ingredients

•  4 ripe plantains
•  1 tbsp of ghee
•  2 tbsp chopped cashews
•  2 tbsp raisins
•  3/4 cup grated coconut
•  2 eggs
•  1/2 cup sugar
•  1 tsp cardamom powder
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 How to prepare

•  Peel,remove seeds and chop bananas and steam cook for 15 minutes.Grind without adding any water.
• Heat ghee in a preheated pan and fry the cashews and raisins.  Add shredded coconut, cardamom powder and sugar and mix well.  (If you do not eat eggs, you can add 1.5 cup of coconut).
• When the coconut and sugar are well combined, add the eggs one by one and mix until dry.
• Make lemon sized balls with banana, flatten it and put 1 tbsp of egg mixture in it.
• Fold the edges and deep-fry till golden color.

Kunafa with Homemade Kunafa Dough

Kunafa is a world famous Arabian dessert.  Kunafa, which is only available in Arabic bakeries, can be easily prepared with homemade ingredients.

 Ingredients needed to make kunafa pastry

• 1 cup Maida
• 1/2 cup Cornflour
• 1 cup Water
• 1 tsp Sugar
• a pinch of salt
• 4 tbsp Refined oil
• 1/2 cup melted butter

Ingredients needed to make sugar syrup

• 1 cup  Sugar 
• 1/2 cup Water
• Juice of one lemon
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract

 Ingredients needed to prepare the cream filling

• 1 cup  Milk 
• 200 ml Cream
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese - half a cup

 How to prepare

• Blend the flour, cornflour, salt, sugar, refined oil and water well in a mixer.  Fill this dough in a plastic cover or icing bag.  Heat a nonstick dosa pan.  Cut one end of the cover slightly and pour the batter in thin strips.  Let it cook for few seconds.Repeatthe process with the remaining batter.
• Boil sugar, water, vanilla essence and lemon juice in another pan.  When the sugar is well dissolved, turn off the heat and set aside.
• To prepare the cream filling, mix the milk, cornflour, sugar and vanilla essence well in a saucepan and simmer over low heat until thickened.
• Pour half a cup of melted butter into the prepared pastry and mix well.
• Brush some butter on a steel plate or cake mold and transfer half of the dough to the tray and press firmly . Arrange the cream filling on top of this.  Sprinkle mozzarella cheese and arrange the remaining pastry on top.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 45 minutes. 
• Remove kunafa from the oven and pour half of the prepared sugar syrup over the top.
• When the sugar syrup is well absorbed, transfer to another plate and pour  the rest of the sugar syrup.
• Sprinkle nuts on top and cut into desired shape