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Fusioned Bliss-Chettinad Chattipathri & Choondu chutney!

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It’s the 31st of Jan and in Munnar the nights have been pretty much cold..well although we haven’t had snow the temperature had dropped down to -3/-2 a few days back. Tomorrow it’s my little ones bday and he’s super excited..of course how would he not be excited… I too was very much the same. He’s been advising me for the past few weeks of how his cake should be …he was more into getting me to make Ben 10 figurines for him. Hmm..but I wasn’t able to strain much and did him a cake .When I just got over with the frosting part the icing bag slips and falls on the edge of the cake causing a havoc on the frosting. Hearing me squeak ..he came near me and voiced smiling at me,”Amma ..Don’t worry its still a very beautiful cake ..I am so happy you made it for me.” I felt my heart sink at that moment…I hugged him and told him I would do the best I could. And I could do justice to an extend to his cake…really happy that I could.Tomorrow it’s the first time he has some of his friends for his birthday and so it’s a Big day for my boy as he’s turning 7!

“Mother’s Recipe”, the market leader in After accepting their invite in a Indian Pickles has a Product range that now consists of Pickles, Condiments, Blended Spices, Papads, Appalams, Curry Pastes, Curry Powders, Ready to Cook Spice Mixes, Ready to Eat meals (Canned and Retort Packing), Mango Chutneys, Ethnic Chutneys, Canned Vegetables, & Mango Pulp. It was indeed pretty much exciting to have an invite from them to participate in their Mother’s Recipe: Innovative Recipe Challenge’!

After accepting their invite in a week or so I have my hamper of their variety goodies at my doorstep.So heres my entry for the challenge.I took up the pack of the ready mix of “Chicken Chettinad “ and the pack of “Gujarati Choondo pickle”.I wanted to bring in a traditional fusion to the recipe. The pickle was very sweet compared to the normal pickle with a had a wonderful tangy taste. I infused the chettinad chicken with the Chattipathiri a traditional keralan Lasagne and popped up a dip with the pickle.Heres the recipe..

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Chettinad Chatti Pathiri & Choondu Chutney
2506 calories
195 g
947 g
84 g
228 g
38 g
1111 g
873 g
1 g
0 g
36 g
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
1111g
Amount Per Serving
Calories 2506
Calories from Fat 740
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 84g
129%
Saturated Fat 38g
190%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 14g
Monounsaturated Fat 22g
Cholesterol 947mg
316%
Sodium 873mg
36%
Total Carbohydrates 195g
65%
Dietary Fiber 7g
28%
Sugars 1g
Protein 228g
Vitamin A
18%
Vitamin C
2%
Calcium
22%
Iron
91%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Ingredients
  1. Chettinad Chatti Pathiri
  2. 2 cups of Wheat flour
  3. 2 eggs
  4. ½ cup of thick coconut milk
  5. ½ tsp of black pepper powder
  6. Salt to taste
  7. For the filling
  8. 1 pack of Mothers recipe Chicken Chettinad mix
  9. ½ kg chicken (boneless) pieces
Instructions
  1.  Make a batter of flowing consistency with wheat flour adding water and salt.
  2.  With the batter make 6-8 dosas on a hot flat pan and keep them aside.
  3.  Fry the chicken pieces in 2 tbsp of oil till the chicken goes golden in colour.
  4.  Take it off the pan and shred the chicken pieces in a chopper/mixer.
  5.  Now as per the directions on the pack, mix the contents of the pack to 1 ½ cup of the
  6. water without any lumps.
  7.  Add this into a pan, let it simmer, add in the shredded chicken and cover and cook till
  8. the chicken is cooked.
  9.  Evaporate the stock once cooked so that it coats the chicken well and dry fry it in the
  10. pan and keep aside.
  11.  Beat the eggs well with black pepper powder and salt.
  12.  Dip all the dosas in the egg mixture.
  13.  Place a dipped dosa on a plate and on the top lightly coat the coconut milk on thee
  14. dosa with your fingers.
  15.  Spoon in and spread the filling on the dosa and place another dipped dosa on top
  16. smear coconut milk , the spoon the chicken filling and place another dipped dosa
  17. making a sandwich Stack at the least 6 to the max 8 dosas in the stack.
  18.  Heat a wok /a heavy pan with 2 tbsp of oil, place the stacked dosas and cover it with
  19. a lid and cook on medium flame.
  20.  Remove from flame once cooked.
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calories
2506
fat
84g
protein
228g
carbs
195g
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My kids were very much fascinated by this version of the lasagna .In an hour there was nothing left. ..

 

Nutty Pancakes and spicy chutney!

There’s been quite a lot of happenings in my life for the past months..that I am not able to update my blog regularly.I have joined at my son’s school as a Culinary teacher for the High Schoolers .Its been quite fun being with my kids even at school 😉 In addition to my school work, my  Lip Smacking Classes  on Kerala Cooking  are in full progress on weekdays.
A perfectly new environment..its been quite challenging to bring my horses on the right road.. trying to bring a balance at home and work.There was a Salad making competition at school which was between the 11th and 12th grades.The ideas that the kids came up was indeed a feast to the eyes.I am planning to post some of their recipes in my next post.So wait and watch out.:)
Today’s post is dedicated to my wonderful Culinary students of HRS.This was one of their nutty and spicy treats!

Peanut & Potato Pancakes with Coriander Chutney 

For the Pancakes

4tbsp of rice flour
2 small potatoes peeled and grated
1 big onion chopped
2 tbsps of roasted peanuts
salt to taste

Combine  all the ingredients with  about 3-4 tbsp of water in a bowl and mix well to make a dough.Divide into equal portioned balls.Heat a tawa.Smear oil on ur palms ,flatten the balls into thin circles and  cook on both sides on the tawa by drizzling  little oil .

For the Coriander Chutney

2 cups of coriander leaves chopped
1 cup grated coconut
4 green chillies
2-3 shallots
juice of 1 lemon
salt to taste

Combine all ingredients except for the lemon juice and grind into a smooth paste in a blender using very little water.Mix in the lemon juice,refrigerate and use with the pancakes.

The Monsoons have started in Munnar..enjoy the rain with hot pancakes and chutney!

Rava-ulli vada and Kadalaparippu chammanthi..with a sip of tea!

Its quite some time since I  put up my posts frequently…its been quite a busy week for me with my kids.My younger one has got his attack of flu as it has started raining here.As every kid likes to play in the rain..hes up with his own pranks…:D
The recipe that I’m posting today is Semolina Onion Vada with Bengal gram chutney.I love hot n spicy fried  items when its cold and raining with a hot cup of tea!:P

Heres the recipe

Semolina Onion Vada
3 cups of roasted semolina
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup rice flour
5 green chillies chopped
a small piece of ginger chopped
1/2 cup of small onions/shallots chopped
1/2 cup of coriander leaves chopped
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup yogurt
1 cup water
salt to taste

oil for frying

Mix all the ingredients together so that it becomes a sticky dough.Make small balls of the mix ,flatten them to make thin discs with the palm of your hands(make sure to wet ur palms) and fry them out in hot oil till golden brown in colour.

Bengal gram Chutney
1 cup grated coconut
1/2 cup Bengal gram
3-4 dry red chillies
2 small onions
a small ball of tamarind
salt to taste

Grind all the above ingredients in a blender with required amount of water .
For seasoning
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
2 dry red chillies (broken)
5-6 curry leaves
2 tsp coconut oil

Heat a oil in a small pan and pop the mustard seeds.Add the dry red chillies and curry leaves to it and pour it over the chutney.

Serve the hot vadas with chutney!

Enjoy ur monsoon!:)


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