Cookbook for my girls

  Rava Paniyaram (sooji appam) Rava paniyaram is an instant recipe. You can make it for breakfast, as an evening snack, or it can be lunch for your kids (lunchbox recipe). Preparation time: 45 minutes                                                                                             Ingredients:                                                                                                                  ...

  Beauty Bites (grains bar)      This grains bar, also called beauty bites😉 is a nut-free mix of some healthy ingredients that taste well together. It is good to use as a daily, healthy (and yummy) snack that is sugar-free. Preparation time: 20 minutes Ingredients (you can add as much as you want for each of them): Old-fashioned rolled oats- 1 cup Chia seeds Flax seeds or flax seed powder Dates  Ghee or coconut oil- 1 teaspoon Preparation: Dry roast the rolled oats on a medium flame. After it cools down, grind the oats and put it in a food processor. Add all the other ingredients to the food processor. Blend well. Transfer it into another bowl and mould it into wehatever shape you want. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!

  Vellayappam (My Mom’s recipe )         Vellayapam is an authentic Kerala breakfast recipe. It is similar to dosa and it is soft. You can eat Appam with Kadala curry, coconut milk, and some other non-veg curries. Preparation time: 45 minutes Ingredients: Raw rice or Idli rice- 1 BIG cup Urad dal- 1 tablespoon Cooked rice- 1 handful Salt- As according to your taste Sugar- 1 teaspoon (optional) Preparation: Wash the raw rice and urad dal and leave to soak for four to six hours. Take out the soaked rice and urad dal and grind well. (you can put it in a blender or grinder.) Then add one handful of cooked rice and blend it to a smooth paste. Transfer everything you grinded into a bowl. Mix the grinded ingredients with either your hand or a spoon. Add salt and sugar. (You can also add the salt after the fermentation.) Ferment in a warm place for atleast 8 hours or until the batter doubles in volume. ( If you are living in a cold climate, you can place the batter...

  Kerala Garam masala  (My style)              Garam masala ( From garam ("hot") and masala ( a mixture of spices )) is a blend of ground spices. It is one of the essential spice powder used in most Indian dishes to enhance the flavor. Every region and part of India has their own custom recipe for this spice mix. Here I am sharing Kerala Garam masala. Kerala Garam masala is very easy to make it gives a very authentic smell and flavor for your dishes.  Preparation time: 30 minutes                    Ingredients: Pepper- 1 spoon Cardamom- 15  Cloves-1 tablespoon Small Cumin seed- 1/4 tablespoon Coriander- 1 spoon Fennal seed- 1 tablespoon Cinnamon sticks- 1 tablespoon Shajeera- 1 1/2 tablespoon Bay leaves- 3 Red chili- 3 Staranise- 2 Nutmeg- 1 or 2 Mace- 1 Procedure: Heat a pan on low flame  Then add the pepper, cardamom, cloves, small cumin seeds, coriander, fennel seed...