Janani's Cooking Journey

A finger licking restaurant style tangy and spicy kuzhambu using manathakkali vathal that is also known as edible nightshade berries.  Manathakkali is the berry which happens to be the fruit that is black in color is picked from the the plant and is sun dried to be used as vathals. They are also very difficult to pick as they are just the size of a black pepper corn. This sun dried vathals can be stored for number of years to be used as and when required. Ingredients 2 tablespoons Manathakkali Kai Vathal 1/2 cup Pearl onions (Sambar Onions), skinned 1 tablespoon sambar powder 1 teaspoon Jaggery, (optional) 1 cup Tamarind water / paste 1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds 1/4 teaspoon Methi Seeds (Fenugreek Seeds) 1 tablespoon Sesame (Gingelly) Oil 4 Curry leaves Salt, to taste Manathakkali Kai Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe - A Spicy Tamarind Curry To begin making Manathakkali Kai Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe, heat oil in a saucepan; add mus...

Chicken 65❤ 🔹Marinate 1/2 kg boneless chicken cubes with 1 tbsp ginger garlic green chilli paste, 1 tbsp red chilli powder, 4 tbsp maida, 3 tbsp cornflour, 1 egg, 7-8 kadipatta, red food color, salt n pepper... Keep aside for about n hour n deep fry in hot oil till nicely done... Keep aside... 🔹Heat oil in a wok, add in 1/4 cup chopped garlic, 4 green chillies slit, 10-12 kadipatta, give it a mix, add in 50 gms yogurt or depending upon how much gravy you want, now add in 1/2 cup schezwan chutney, salt, pepper n ajinomoto, mix everything well... Now add in fried chicken pieces, spring onion green part, mix well... Off the flame... Serve hot... Enjoy❤

Ingredients For Bread pudding 3 pieces of white bread 2 cups of milk 1 egg 4 tbsp of sugar 1/2 tsp pineapple essence 2 tbsp of caramel syrup .  Butter/ghee - just enough to grease the pan Method Making of bread pudding Chop of the sides of the bread. You could preserve the chopped out, hard portion of the bread, to make bread crumbs for any other dish. Soak the white portion of the bread in milk. Leave it for about half an hour. Meanwhile, Grease the pan on its inside and pour the caramel syrup to spread it on the bottom of the pan. In a mixer, beat the egg.Pour in the remaining milk to the mixer, soaked bread, sugar, pineapple essence. Beat it well.Pour it onto the greased pan. Heat the idli cooker/pressure cooker. Immerse the pan into the cooker and steam it on medium heat.The pudding should be ready in 15-20 mins or untill a knife inserted comes out clean and the pudding gets a jelly texture. Once cooled, place it in the refrigerator and serve chill...

Poori and potato masala (potato masala curry) go hand in hand. In most of the restaurants, puri is usually served with poori masala. It is a fantastic combination for poori. This potato/aloo bhaji goes well with chapati also.Today we will learn how to make poori masala following this easy recipe with step wise pictures. Poori Masala-How to make Poori masala Prep Time  : 15 mins Cook Time  : 20 mins  Serves : 4  Recipe Cuisine : South Indian Ingredients needed    Potatoes - 5 medium size    Onion - 3/4 cup thinly sliced    Tomato - 1    Green chilli -3 slit    Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp    Salt to taste     For the seasoning    Oil - 4 tsp    Mustard - 1 tsp    Urad dal - 3/4 tsp    Channa dal /kadalai paruppu- 1/2 tsp    Curry leaves - few     For ...

Fruit Custard Recipe is a tasty and super delicious dish. Its easy to prepare and takes just about 30 minutes to make it. Ingredients: 2.5 cups milk  5 tablespoons sugar  3 tablespoons custard powder 3 tablespoons milk, warm or at room temperature 1.5 to 2 cups chopped fruits Method:Fruit Custard Recipe with milk: take 2.5 cups milk in a thick bottomed pan or sauce pan and keep it on the stove top. bring the milk to a gentle heat or simmer. whilst the milk is getting heated, in a small bowl, take 3 tbsp warm milk. you can take the 3 tbsp warm milk from the milk which is getting heated up or warm 3 tbsp milk separately in a microwave oven or on the stove top. add 3 tbsp custard powder.with a whisk stir very well to make a smooth paste without any lumps. when the milk has come to a gentle heat, add 5 tbsp sugar. stir very well so that the sugar dissolves. keep the flame on a low and then add the custard paste in ...

Brewed coffee mixed with cold milk and vanilla ice creams makes an amazing concoction that will make your taste buds happy.  Ingredients : 1/4 cup cold Brewed Coffee or 1/2 teaspoon Instant Coffee Powder 1/2 cup cold Milk 1/2 cup or 3 scoops Vanilla Ice Cream 1/2 tablespoon chocolate syrup or 1/2 tablespoon Cocoa Powder, optional 2 teaspoons Sugar Directions: If brewed coffee is not available, follow this step to make brewed coffee using instant coffee powder. Mix 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee powder with 1/4 cup hot water and stir until the powder dissolves. Cool the mixture before using in next step. Pour cold brewed coffee in a blender jar. Pour milk over it. Add vanilla ice cream. Add chocolate syrup (or cocoa powder). Blend until frothy and smooth texture. Creamy coffee milkshake is ready. Pour it into a serving glass and garnish with ice cream and chocolate syrup. Tips and Variations : Make it as strong or light as you like it by using the strong or light br...

Coastal Seafood recipes from Mangalore cuisine Ingredients Prawns deveined 1 tsp turmeric powder 1 tsp yoghurt 1 tsp lime juice Pinch of salt 3 tbsp oil 1 onion finely chopped 12 curry leaves 6 cloves of garlic roughly chopped 1” ginger roughly chopped ¼ tsp  chilli powder 2 tsp tamarind paste water as required Salt to taste Handful of coriander for garnish For the coconut spice mix; 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tbsp coriander seeds ¼ tsp fenugreek seeds 5 mild dried red chillies 120gms grated coconut (fresh or frozen) or desiccated coconut This is one of my favourite ways to cook prawns. The masala for this prawn sukke (‘sukka or sukke’ meaning dry) is rich, full of flavour and the perfect consistency to coat chunks of  prawns. Traditional recipes from the region of Karnataka have a distinct influence not just from the west of India but also from southern flavours of the country. My recipe for prawns sukke include a delicious coconut...