Okra/vendakkai/Bindi Pakoda

Yesterday evening it was raining here and I wanted to eat something crispy along with my tea.When I checked the fridge, to make something to eat ,okras were lying and suddenly I got an idea to make crispy pakodas with that.It can be made in a jiffy and it tastes heavenly and my son's favorite.I feel this a easy way to feed the vegetables to the kids.



Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Okra(vendaikkai)	20nos.
Besan(kadalai maavu)	4tbsp
Rice flour	2tbsp
Chilly powder	1/2tsp
Turmeric powder	a pinch
Curry leaves	1sprig
Salt	to taste
Oil	for deep frying

Method

               Trim the top and bottom portion of the okra and cut them length wise.Add all the ingredients except oil and mix it well.Sprinkle some water if needed and keep it aside.

Heat the oil in a pan and deep fry it till it becomes crispy.

Serve it hot.

Enjoy it with a cup of tea or a side dish for rice varieties.

• Keep the cut okra in fridge for 30 minutes to reduce the stickiness.
• Thinly sliced onion and garlic can be added.
• Red chilly powder can be substituted with slit green chillies.

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Raw banana /Vazhaikai fry

This is a very simple fry which goes well with all the rice preparations.

Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Raw banana	2nos.
Tomato	1no.(medium size)
Onion	1no.(medium size)
Garlic	10 pods
Chilly powder	1tsp
Coriander powder	1tsp
Turmeric powder	1/2tsp
Asafoetida	a pinch
Mustard seeds	1/2tsp
Fennel seeds(sombhu)	1/2tsp
Besan(kadalai maavu)	2tsp
Curry leaves	1sprig
Coriander leaves(chopped)	to garnish
Oil	2tbs
Salt	to taste

Method

                Peel the skin of the raw banana,cut it to desired size and put it in the water to prevent blackening.Chop the onion and tomato,slice the garlic.Heat the oil in a pan,add the mustard seeds and fennel.Fry the onion and garlic along with curry leaves.Add in the chopped tomato and cook it.

Add in raw banana and toss it for a while, then add all the powders,salt and saute it.

Add little water and close the pan with lid and cook it in a medium flame for 5 minutes.Now sprinkle the besan and mix it evenly and keep it in a low flame till it gets crisp.

Garnish it with coriander leaves.

Enjoy it with any rice preparation

• Adding besan in the end gives crispiness to the fry.

• Ginger&arlic paste can be used.

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Mango icecream

Mango ice cream is a delicious dessert which I make every summer since its my hubby's favorite.This is a simple recipe which can be made with easily available ingredients.I prefer to make it with fresh ripen mangoes.Last week we had a get together,I made this one for dessert with the canned mango pulp.

 Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Mango pulp	20oz.
Heavy whipping cream	1pint(473ml)
Condensed milk	14oz.can

Method

               Pour the whipping cream in wide mouth bowl and beat it with a hand blender or elecric blender it till reaches stiff peak consistency.

Now add in the condensed milk and mango pulp to it and mix it with a spatula gently(no need of blender).Make sure everything is mixed properly and transfer it to container with lid.Cover the top of the mixture with a plastic wrap or cling wrap to prevent forming the ice crystals from the water droplets.

Freeze it for 3-4 hours.Now take it out from the freezer and mix it well with a spatula. 

Freeze it again for atleast 8 hours.

Yummy ice cream is ready to enjoy.

• Instead of using heavy cream whipped cream can be used.
• Sugar is needed when fresh mangoes are used

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