paal sorakkai/Latte Bottlegourd

Hi friends today our main hero of our dishes is bottlegourd. It is commonly available in our supermarkets and ya easy on pocket too. This recipe has been passed on to me from my mom. Its nutritive value and taste has to be savored to feel it.

The quantity of milk to be added is the key in preparing latte bottlegourd. There are various other ways to prepare this dish but I am going to explain you the easiest and best preparation method.

This recipe has very few ingredients and the main ingredient which goes in it is milk.

Let's c how to cook the dish.

Paal Sorakkay/Latte Bottlegourd

Ingredients

• Bottle gourd - 1 
• Milk- 1cup
• Salt

For Tempering

• Redchilli-2 to 3
• Mustard seeds-1/2tbps
• Urad dal-1/2tbps
• Jeera-1/2tbps
• Asafoetida -pinch
• Curry leaves-10 to 12 leaves
• Oil or Ghee 

Procedure

• Peel and chop the bootlegourd into cubes.
• In a bowl add 1/2cup of water,salt,bottlegourd and boil them for around 10 to 15mins.
• Grind this cooked bottlegourd in a fine paste and add milk to it.
• In a kadai add oil and  tempering ingredients,to this add the grinded paste.
• Paal sorakkai is ready to serve,tastes good with rice.

Homemade Chicken Soup/South Indian Chicken Soup recipe

This is my Mom's version South Indian Chicken soup which is one of our favorite. This soup is very healthy and nutritious.When ever I am down with cold I prefer to have this soup,as this soup has all such ingredients that helps to clear your cold.
This soup can be made with meat,chicken and naatukozhi,I would prefer with bone as it increases the flavor and also the marrow in the bone helps to clear the cold.

SouthIndian ChickenSoup

Preparation Time - 5mins        Cooking Time - 15mins               Serves - 4

Rava Kesari/Semolina sweet

Kesari is a south Indian popular sweet made from rava.To get the best taste and texture to kesari it must be roasted very well.Kesari is usually made as naiveydya during the festivals.
I usually use saffron for color,but here I have used food color,I would recommend to use saffron as it gives a nice color,flavor and aroma to kesari.
You can add your choice of nuts.

Rava Kesari/semolina Sweet

Preparation Time - 5mins            Cooking Time - 15 mins                 Serves - 4 to 5

Chettinad Chicken

Chettinad Chicken is the most popular chicken curry based on the authentic recipes.It is one of the most flavorful chicken dishes from south Indian cuisine.This curry is usually prepared from freshly roasted spices and coconut,which is then grounded to a fine paste and added to the chicken.
Your whole house would smell heavenly with this aroma and the curry tastes yummy.

Chicken Chettinad

 Preparation Time - 10 to 15mins     Cooking Time - 30mins            Serves - 4

Rich Rose Milk

Rich Rose milk 

 Preparation time - 15mins     Presentation Time-2mins     Serving-2 to 3     Calorie-75/serving

spinach potato/Aloo palak curry

The name itself rings so many memories in us having aloo palak in school canteens, dhabas etc, today we will try to bring back our memories.

Aloo palak curry/Spinach potato recipe

Preparation Time - 15mins     Cooking Time - 10mins     Serving - 2 to 3     Calories - 135

There are many ways of cooking spinach and potato but today's version would be easy to make.

Many of us would have two plates with roti and paratha but trust me its equally good with bread.

Strawberry cobbler

Its Christmas time and what better time to bring in strawberry than now. The juicy strawberries made my chef brain tick in cooking mode. I decided to try a strawberry cobbler. The most famous, devoured and loved dessert in this part of country.

Cobbler refers to a variety of dishes consisting of fruit or savory filling.The fresh strawberries and fluffy crust makes this dessert pleasing on eyes and easy on stomach.
 

The full fruit of strawberry is combined with syrup and topped with a creamy based dough. This concoction is baked until the strawberries are bubbling.

Fresh strawberry cobbler

Ingredients

• Fresh strawberries- 3cups
• sugar- 2cup
• All-purpose flour-1cup
• Baking powder-2tbps
• Milk-1cup
• Vanilla extract-1/2tbps
• Butter-1stick(melted)
• Salt

Procedure

• Preheat oven to 375 F or 200 C
• In a bowl add strawberries,1cup sugar and coat them well,now set this aside till we prepare the batter.
• In a large bowl whisk flour,sugar,baking powder and salt.
• Once all these flour are mixed well add melted butter,milk,vanilla extract,stir them until the mixture is fairly soft.
• Shift the batter in an evenly greased baking dish and add strawberries evenly on top of batter,do not stir.

• Bake this for around 15-20mis in a preheated oven,or until the cake turns golden brown and fluffy.

• The yummy strawberry cobbler is ready to serve ,you can serve this warm or cold.
• I would prefer having it with vanilla ice cream :)

Yummy Fresh Strawberry cobbler with Ice cream

Note

• Any kind of berries can be added.
• Don't over stir the batter.
• You can cut down the amount of sugar as per your taste.

Please post your comments and tips.