Revathi's home cooking

BEETROOT MULANGI PORIYAL/ BEETROOT ND RADDISH MEZHUKKUPURATTI INGREDIENTS Chopped beetroot - 2 nos Chopped white raddish/mulangi - 2 nos Coconut oil - 2 tbsp Mustard seeds/kadugu - 1 tsp Urad dal / ullutham paruppu - 1 tsp Chili powder - 1 tsp [homemade chili powder] Salt - 1 tsp [as required] Freshly grated coconut - 1/2 cup Slit green chili - 2 nos Curry leaves - few Preparation time : 10 minutes Cooking time :20 minutes No of serving :4 members Cuisine :Kerala Coarse :side dish Method: Take beetroot and raddish peel, wash and  chop them in a small pieces Heat some oil in a kadai ,add mustard  seeds and crackle  Add urad dal and saute them till  they turn slightly golden brown color Add green chili and curry leaves,saute them for few seconds Add chopped beetroot and raddish  together and saute them Add salt and mix once,sprinkle some water  around and cover with a lid to  cook for 10 minutes Add chili powder and mix once and  cook for few second...

APPLE  HALWA INGREDIENTS Grated apple - 4 nos Ghee - 2 tbsp Sliced almonds - 10 nos Sugar - 1/2 cup Cardamom powder/ellakai podi /ellaichi powder - 1/4 tsp Food color -2 pinches Milk khova - 2  tbsp Preparation time : 10 minutes Cooking time : 30 minutes No of serving : 3 members Cuisine : Indian Coarse : sweet Method :  Cut the apples de-seed and grate them and  cook it immediately if not  the apples turns brown Heat ghee in a pan, add grated apples Cook the apples on a low flame till  they are nicely thickened   Add sugar and let them dissolve Add food color and mix it nicely Add cordomom powder and khova and mix well Add chopped badam Keep on stirring till the halwa separates the pan Apple halwa is ready to be served Take all the ingredients Take washed apples Chop the apples into halves De-seed the apples Place them in a bowl Grate the apples  Melt 2 tbsp of ghee in a pan After the ghee melts Add the grated apple Mix well Cook the apples ...

SUNDAKAI KHARA KUZHAMBU INGREDIENTS Fresh sundakai/turkey berry - 2 cup Seseme oil/gingely oil/nalla ennai - 3 tbsp Chopped onions - 2 nos [large] Chopped tomato - 2 no [large] Curry leaves - few Garlic -15 nos Mustard seeds/kadugu - 1 tsp Cumin seeds/jeera/jeerakam - 1 tsp Salt - 2 tbsp [as required] Tamarind :1 small pcs Chili powder - 4 tbsp [homemade chili powder] Jaggery - small pcs Preparation time : 15 minutes Cooking time : 25 minutes No of servings : 4 members Cuisine : South India Course :Lunch Method : 1. Soak tamarind in water, extract the juice  and dispose that remains                       2. Peel the skin of the onion and garlic         3. Chop the onion and tomatoes very fine    4.Gently pound the sundakkai                       5.I used a heavy bottom kadai              ...