About my Ootupura

'Ootu' means eating and 'Pura' means place. 'Ootupura' in malayalam refers to place in temples in Kerala (India) where tasty and delicious food is served.. In my ootupura here, you will find some of the authentic and traditional recipes that I prepare at home..

Saturday, August 22, 2009

French Fries


Preperation Time: 10-15 min
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Ingredients
Potato - 2 nos
Salt for taste
Oil
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Preperation Method
1) Cut the potato into long slices.
2) Take water in a vessel, add salt and boil it in water for 3-4 minutes. Drain the water.
3) Heat oil in a pan and fry the potato slices until they start turning brown in color.

Mambazha Kalan


Mangoes are one of the most like fruits in the whole world! April-May is usually the mango season in Kerala and one of the most common dishes in Kerala homes during this period is Mambazha Kalan (Curry made out of sweet ripe mangoes). This is a very sweet dish and liked by one and all. Here is the recipe for this wonderful dish!

Preperation Time: 20-30 min
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Ingredients
Mango (Ripe) - 1
Coconut - 1 cup
Yogurt - 1 cup
Green Chilly - 2
Curry Leaves - 1/2 cup
Mustard Seeds - 1 tbsp
Dry Red chilly - 2
Cummin Seeds - 1 tsp
Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp
Chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Salt for taste
Oil
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Preperation Method
1) Boil water in a vessel. Cut out 2 pieces from either side of the mango and add these pieces along with the remaining mango into the vessel.
2) Add Turmeric pwdr and 1/4 cup curry leaves into the vessel and allow it to cook.
3) Grind coconut, curd, cummin seeds and green chillied into a fine paste
4) When the mango gets cooked, add the ground paste to the vessel. Keep on stirring this mix and make sure that it never boils.
5) Heat oil in another pan. Add mustard seeds, dry red chilli, curry leaves and fenugreek seeds and allow it to sputter.
6) Mix this with the cooked mango gravy and heat for 1-2 minutes.Switch off the flame and keep stirring the mix for another 1-2 minutes.
Note: The mix needs to be stirred for some time to make sure it does not seperate out.

Egg Noodles


Preperation Time: 30-40 min
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Ingredients
Noodles - 250 gm
Eggs - 3 to 4
Onion - 1
Carrot - 1
Beans - 5 to 6
Capsicum - 1 cup
Red and Yello Capsicum (optional) - 1 cup each
Ginger - 1 tbsp
Garlic - 1 pod
Green Chilly - 2
Green Onion - 2
Green chilly sauce - 1 tsp
Red Chilly sauce - 1 tsp
Salt
Butter - 3 tbsp
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Preperation Method
1) Boil water in a pan. Add salt and 1 tbsp oil to the water.
2) When the water boils , add noodles and cook for 10-12 min approx. Make sure that the noodles do not get overcooked.
3) Beat the eggs well. Heat butter (1 tbsp) in a pan, add the egg and scramble it. Keep this aside.
4) Heat 2 tbsp of butten in another pan. Add onion, ginger, garlic, green onion's white portion and saute well until the onion starts changing in color.
5) Add the cut vegetables to the pan and mix well. Allow it to cook for a minute.
6) Add capsicum and saute for a minute.
7) Add all sauces and mix well.
8) Add the scrambled egg and the cooked noodles to the pan and mix well.
9) Garnish with egg and green onion. Serve Egg noodles hot :-