Jackfruit seed Cutlet recipe| Palakottai cutlet

Jackfruit seed| Kathal seeds| Chakkakuru| Palakottai, is the seed inside the jackfruit, which many people discard after eating jackfruit. Jackfruit seed cutlet recipe with step by step pictures, made using left over palakottai. This recipe also includes how the instruction of how to remove the skin of jackfruit seed. During our childhood days, we used to get boiled jackfruit seeds in a road side shop nearby our school. I don't know how they make, but they taste so yum. Amma always scold us not to eat from there and say it is just boiled one which i can make it at home. But it will never taste the same. Sometimes amma puts the palakottai in Sambar or in kootu too. But i hate that in all other forms, the one they sell outside the school tops among all. Recently i came across this cutlet using jack fruit seeds. Here in Singapore, we get bunch of jackfruit seeds in Indian shops. I have seen this many times, but never bought them. Few days back i picked it up from Sri Murugan trading, and tried out this Jackfruit cutlet. It was a super duper hit at home and no one can make out the taste of the seeds.
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Nippatu recipe, how to make nippatu

Nippatu recipewith step by step pictures, a popular snack from karnataka, similar to our Thattai recipe, crispy and slightly thicker than thattai. I have never tasted Nippatu, but wanted to try it out for a long time. I always have a doubt as how the texture would be, as they are thicker than thattais. Few days back when i attended one of our close friend daughter's birthday party, i happened to meet another common friend there. I knew well that she hails from Karnataka, so asked her how to make nippatu snack. She told that her mom is an expert in making that, so she told she will pass on the recipe the next day. And very promptly she passed on the recipe to me with every small details. I tried it immediately and it turned out so well. I am always blessed with friends who pour their love to me always. Here is the recipe of Karnataka style nippattu from Mamta's mom.

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Peanut murukku recipe, Verkadalai murukku

Crunchy peanut murukku, easy to make murukku recipe with rice flour and peanut paste, recipe with video and step by step pictures. Those who follow Jeyashri's kitchen for a long time, know my love for peanuts. The entire family loves the addition of peanuts. I saw this recipe in Revathy Shanmugam madam's cook book last year. I wanted to post during diwali but since i posted cashew pepper murukku i didn't try this one. I already planned to post this for Janmashtami 2018. It is an easy to make murukku and it came out so crunchy too. There is not need to roast and powder urad dal in this recipe as we do for thenkuzhal. A must try murukku variety for this festival season. Try this peanut murukku for Krishna jayanthi and let me know how it turned out.
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Dahi batata puri | How to make dahi puri

Dahi batata puri, also called as dahi puri, Sev batata puri is a popular Mumbai chaat recipe. There are lot of varieties in Indian chaat and Dahi batata puri is a popular Indian chaat recipe. If we have the chutneys for the chaat and the pooris ready then just sit back and relax the chaat. You can tell the little ones at home also to make the Dahi batata poori.
When i posted the Red chili garlic chutney, i planned to post the recipe of Dahi batata puri.
I have already posted Sev poori, as Raksha bandhan is approaching, try out this dahi batata puri and enjoy the festival. Also check out my collection of Rakhsa bandhan sweets from Jeyashri's Kitchen.  
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Caramel Popcorn recipe

Caramel popcorn, home made caramel popcorn recipe, with step by step pictures, using dry corn kernels and sugar. Popcorn is the one we always enjoy during movies. When we were kids we used to get popcorns outside theaters in small packets and mostly i have tasted the salted version of popcorn. Later when the multiplex theaters started we used to get a variety of popcorn. Though i don't prefer sweet version of popcorn my kids love the caramel popcorn. I have made caramel popcorn for them at home twice but never clicked the pictures to post the recipe. Yesterday while organising the kitchen shelfs found some little corn kernels and thought i will make the caramel popcorn for kids snack box. They loved it very much and packed few extra for their friends too. I have seen many adding roasted peanuts to this caramel popcorn, being a peanut lover i am too tempted to do this but i thought i will post a separate caramel peanut urundai or chikki recipe.
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Congress Kadalekai recipe, Masala peanuts

     Congress Kadalekai, masala peanuts,recipe with video and step wise pictures. Congress Kadalekai is  a popular spicy tea time snack of Karnataka made using peanuts. I don't know why they call it as Congress Kadalekai but heard about that a lot. Recently when one of our friend visited Bangalore for vacation, i told him to get few bangalore famous snacks. One among them was Congress Kadalekai. I tasted them for the first time. He got that from the famous Variar bakery Bangalore. I am wanted to try that but i am always scared of the mess the raw peanuts creates after roasting and rubbing the skin off.  So I kept on postponing to make this Congress Kadalekai.
      Recently i saw Roasted unsalted peanuts in Sri Murugan stores, Singapore, while i visited to buy my Grocery. I have many time seen un roasted big size peanuts but this one was in normal size and i picked up the 500 gm packet immediately and put into my Grocery bag. For my friends in Singapore, you can find this roasted unsalted peanuts in Sri Murugan stores. It is packed quite well. Also you can make Verkadalai urundai using this same roasted peanuts too. Sri Murugan stores delivers island wide and they have a wide variety of Indian groceries and fresh vegetables. You can use Sri Murugan stores mobile app to place your order.

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Cashew Pakoda recipe, Mundiri pakoda

Cashew pakoda, Mundiri pakoda recipe with step by step pictures. Cashew pakoda, mundiri pakoda, Kaju pakoda, a mint flavored pakoda a perfect choice for a tea time and also pairs with rice too. The word mundiri pakoda itself brings back a lots of childhood memories. We used to live 10 Kms away from the Madurai City, and appa buys mundiri pakoda for us from a shop near Madurai bus stand. This shop, Prema vilas mundiri pakoda is very famous and we used to eat this madly whenever appa buys it for us. Mostly we used to eat this with curd rice or rasam rice and we love to eat pakodas in that way only.  I wanted to try this Mint cashew pakoda for a long time and finally made it today. This is totally a addictive snack, a treat for cashew lovers.

  For my friends in Singapore the bowl which i used in the pictures, are nature-made, rustic-looking tableware is made from the fallen leaf-sheath of the Areca Palm tree. They are completely biodegradable, backyard compostable, plastic and chemical free and are an excellent alternate to the environment damaging plastic disposables. Ideal for parties, events, weddings, barbecues, entertain your guests in a stylish yet sustainable way. One of my good friend is taking up this wonderful intitiative of bringing it to Singapore, sourcing from India. Please do check her facebook page, NatureRustic to approach her to place your order.

Spicy Bhakri recipe, Masala mamas cook book review

Bhakri is a popular Indian flat bread made using Jowar flour. This is generally made like a soft roti or like a khakra type crispy snack too. This recipe i got from the Masala Mamas cook book. I received a copy of the cookbook 2 months back for review. Generally i don't write review for cookbooks, but the cause for the cookbook inspired me a lot. I immediately agreed for that and the book reached from UK to my mail box. The cover page of the book itself gives a very positive feel, with the beautiful women of Kalwa slum in Mumbai with all good smiles. This book is edited by Dr. Elana Sztokman who is an award winning author, anthropologist and an educator too. This book carries the traditional Vegetarian recipe of Maharastrian cuisine and explained very well about the spices and other condiments used in Indian cooking. These beautiful ladies of Kalwa slum in Thane Mumbai came together for a cause and the proceeds from this book will go for a social enterprise promoting nutrition, literacy, health, women empowerment and community development of that slum. This is the only reason for which, i agreed the book review. The book not only has recipes but also covers the stories of the ladies in the Kalwa slum and also a Visual guidance of the spices, lentils and leaves used in Indian cuisine, Kitchen essentials and many more. So those who do not anything about Mahatrastian cuisine can able to connect and cook a delicious meal from this book.
   The Masala mamas cook book covers a wide range of recipes under many categories. They have Drinks, Breads, Breakfast foods, dips, Snacks, Mains, Sweets and also fasting foods too.
I have chosen the Tikhi Bhakri recipe from the cookbook and tired yesterday. It turned out well and we all liked it.
 It is available from Amazon in many different countries and can be shipped anywhere. Prices for paperback are US$28.99, UK25.99, and 1800 INR. You can also order directly from the women in Kalwa at www.masalamamas.org. 
  The book is super colorful and the expressions of the beautiful women who come forward to cook for this common cause, are showcased so well in the pictures. Thank you team for this book and i will try some more of my favorite recipes soon.  Scroll down to see the picture of the cover page of the cook book. 

Tea kadai masal vadai, Masal vadai recipe

Tea kadai masala vadai, crispy vadai made using channa dal, a popular snack of South India, recipe with video. We can call this as a typical Tamilnadu style street food. I have posted many varieties of channa dal vadai but this tea kadai vadai is a popular one. What's special in this, it is made using Channa dal. Actually they use pattani paruppu, a slightly bigger version of channa dal is used to make this Masal vadai. But i don't get that here in Singapore so made with channa dal. Masal vadai, carrys a lot childhood memories. My mom used to work in a village hospital and rarely she takes us there during our summer holidays. As it is a remote place we don't get anything but the hospital staff, who lives in the nearby residence, used to make vadai and sells this there. He brings the freshly made vadai from his home,it in a steel thookuvali and sells to everyone there. So whenever we go there, he brings for us in a separate box and we used to eat tthose vadais, as if we haven't seen vadais in our life. His name is Mustafa and we call it Mustafa vadai.
   Later when i grew up, when i was doing my Masters, we had a tea kadai nearby our college. Our class boys used to buy vadai from there during the lunch time. They buy for us too but whenever we ask them to take us there, they will refuse as it will be too crowded with many boys. Finally one day when we had some extra class on a Saturday all the girls pestered our class boys and they took us to the tea kadai and we happily enjoyed the tea and masal vadai. I think i spoke a lot, this masal vadai kindled many memories.
  When a reader request came for this recipe of Tea kadai masal vadai, i immediately asked my nephew, who is  a foodie to send me some pictures of tea kadai vadai. He sent to me the next day which he bought from the nearest tea stall. I asked him few doubts on the taste and with his inputs made this vadai. It tasted quite similar to the one which i have tasted during my childhood days, from mustafa masal vadai.
   Also today being Varsha's birthday, this is a very apt post, as she is a great fan of Masal vadai.
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Paneer Makhani Coins by Dhriti Karthik

Paneer makhani coins, a no onion no garlic recipe, panner cooked in makhani sauce served in a different style, kids friendly recipe. Recently during the Zak Salaam India Expo event, in Singapore, Suvai foods organised a cookery demo and a Little star chef competition. The entire lot of 15 kids who participated in the competition did so well and i am so amazed to the confidence of the kids at this age. I am one of the judges for the competition. We agreed that the first prize winner recipe and the second prize winner recipe will be posted featured in the judges website. This Paneer Makhani coins won the second prize and it tasted nice and also the way she presented it also very attractive. Dhriti Karthik, a 10 year old girl cooked this so well and i loved her confidence and focus and more than that she was so happily cooking which was visible from her smile. The recipe turned out so well Dhriti. I slightly tweaked the recipe. She mailed me the recipe with a cute write up, over to Dhriti now. Check out the first prize winner recipe at Rak's website.

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Hi! Dhriti here, and I am the runner up of Suvai’s Little star chef competition. YIPPEE!! I am sharing the recipe. I am a picky eater and if I were to have a hate list, onions and garlic would feature on the top of it. I dare not cook with them. My love for Paneer is endless. My favourite dishes are Palak Paneer, Paneer makhani and Paneer Butter masala. The aroma of Paneer Butter Masala wafting from the kitchen will always melt my heart. So, here is my mum’s recipe for Paneer Makhani Coins. Very simple and quick one. The almond butter combo with tomato puree gives an amazing taste.Try this recipe at home I promise you will love.

Roasted Phool makhana chaat recipe

Roasted phool makhana chaat recipe, a healthy and easy to make chaat recipe, perfect for a tea time snack. I have got phool makhana once from a nearby mini mart but i think it was old stock so i had to thrash that one. Few days back i got a fresh bag of phool makhana and i wanted to try spicy roasted phool makhana and finally ended up in making a chaat by just adding some onion and tomato. It's more like the sukha bhel i posted some years back. Try this healthy snack recipe at home and i will share one more recipe using phool makhana soon.

Mango Chickpeas Bruschetta recipe

Mango chickpeas bruschetta, a kids friendly snack or a party starter using mango and chickpeas. Mangoes are in peak season and i am trying out many new recipes out of fresh Organic mangoes. Mango and chickpeas curry is a popular combo and i wanted to try this out too, but as i planned for mango paneer curry, settled down with this idea of Mango bruschetta. When it comes to mangoes the ideas are limitless and it keeps pouring into me. I have already posted a Bruschetta channa chaat recipe. Read the notes section of the post to find more interesting variations. We all loved this Mango bruschetta and it was a quite filling kids friendly snack too.

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If you are in Singapore, you can get your Organic Mangoes from Wild seed. Their mangoes are imported straight from Ratnagiri and they taste so delicious. Being a avid mango lover i can say, their mangoes are too good. You can call 81141178 for your orders.

Mango dhokla recipe, mango recipes

Mango dhokla recipe, gujarati khaman dhokla made using fresh mango puree. These mango dhoklas tasted so yummy. When i saw mango dhokla in Instagram, i was too fascinated by it as i am a big fan of both mango and dhokla.  At the same time i was bit skeptical as how it would taste. So it tried in very minimum quantity as i don't want to waste my precious organic Mangoes. But it turned out too good and i just kept 2 pieces for the family to try it out. I want to make this again for us during this weekend. I couldn't stay away from gobbling it. It didn't give any odd sweet taste. These dhoklas were too mango flavourful and at the same time gave the taste of dhoklas too. I adapted the recipe of Gujarati Khaman dhokla from Tarla dalal's space and just replaced water with mango puree. I can say this Mango Dhokla is a must try recipe for this mango season.
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Paneer Vietnamese Spring rolls | Paneer recipes

Paneer Kathi rolls

Paneer Vietnamese Spring rolls, Paneer marinated in Indian spices,cooked and stuffed inside Vietnamese rice sheets. The recipe comes with a short quick video on how to roll the vietnamese rolls and Paneer Kathi rolls. I have already posted a Vietnamese fresh spring rolls last year.  Few months back i suddenly got this idea of making paneer kathi rolls using Vietnamese Spring roll sheets. I posted in Jeyashri's kitchen Instagram story. After that i totally forgot about posting the recipe of Paneer Vietnamese rolls. Few days back when i got Fresh paneer from Suvai foods, Singapore, I thought i will try this paneer rolls again. If you get the Vietnamese rice roll sheets in your place, do using the sheets. Else use tortilla wrap or left over chapathi and make it as Paneer Kathi rolls. You can pack this for kids lunch box too.

Besan Kachori recipe

Besan Kachori recipe, with step by step pictures and video on how to roll the kachori. Kachoris are popular Indian snack recipes, made with different fillings. Kachoris can either be sweet or spicy. I leant to make perfect flaky kachoris from my friends here in Singapore. After moving here, we started celebrating Holi. We have a huge group of North Indian friends and from them i learnt the dishes they make for Holi. Kachori is one among them and i have already posted Dal kachori, dry fruits kachori and peas kachori. Actually this time i wanted to post some sweet recipe for holi, but a friend told me about this no onion no garlic Besan Kachori .I referred the filling for the kachori from here and my dal kachori outer dough,is a keeper recipe.

Dahi ke kabab recipe

Dahi ke kabab| Dahi ke kebab is an easy party starter snack recipe. I have first tried this for my cookery demo with Alvas yogurt Singapore, last year. This dahi kabab was a super hit in that cookery demo. Yesterday i had a big batch of home made yogurt,so wanted to try this try out this kabab recipe again to post in Jeyashri's kitchen. I took the video of dahi kabab recipe and shared my lunch platter also in Jeyashri's kitchen Instagram. The first time i have seen this recipe in Venkatesh bhat's show. I remember him using chutney dal powder(pottukadalai)as a binding agent for making this kabab. I have once tried with that but some how i felt gram flour | kadalai maavu suits my taste. You can use millet flour or sathu maavu too.
The kabab was super crunchy outside and melting soft inside, the taste of paneer and the crunchiness of the nuts and the flavour of chaat masala complimented each other. Try this at home and let me know how it turned out.
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Veg Mayonnaise sandwich recipe | Mayo sandwich

Veg Mayonnaise sandwich recipe with video. I have been planning to post this mayo sandwich recipe for a long time but here i have never seen Eggless Mayonnaise in any stores. Last year i bought from Nuts n Spices Chennai but before i plan and make the sandwich, somehow it got over. This time i got the Eggless Mayo again and finally made the sandwich recipe for post. Check the notes section the last to see the variations and tips. Let's see how to make Mayo sandwich.

Nachos recipe | Party snack recipe

Nachos with cheese is all time a super hit party snack recipe. Whenever we find Nachos in a restaurant Menu card, we will order this for sure. But i have never attempted to do this at home. I know it is a very simple and easy snack, but somehow didn't give it a try at home. Few days back when we went to Myras beach restaurant in Singapore, we ordered this Nachos cheese there. They generally serve with tomato salsa, guacamole and sour cream dip. I served this as it as, because i already added some veggies to the nachos cheese. Try this easy recipe for parties and i am sure it will be a super hit among your guests.

Spring Onion pakoda recipe

Spring onion pakoda is a crispy tea time snack. Generally we use spring onion for garnishing fried rice. I also use this to make Spring onion besan Zunka. So i rarely buy spring onions. When i visited the wet market yesterday, found these fresh spring onions and got a bunch of them too. While returning from the market, was thinking as what to make for today's post, suddenly this idea of spring onion pakoda flashed my mind and took a video of the same. It turned out so well and everyone at home loved it. If you are looking for Thanks giving recipes,then you can try this out for sure. Check out my

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Bajra vadi | Gujarati bajri vada recipe

Bajra vadi , a tea time snack made using Bajra flour and other spices. Bajra ni wadi is a traditional Gujarati snack, which i recently learnt from a friend who visited us. I am a huge fan of Gujarati and Maharastrian cuisine. Though i have not explored much in trying out gujarati recipes but whenever i come across the recipes i feel like eating them. This bajra vadi i have seen many times in various blogs and always wanted to give it a try. Recently our friend, who are gujaratis, visited us, i asked her few gujarati recipes and this bajra vadi is one among them. Finally i tried this yesterday and it turned out yum. The taste was similar to bakarwadi and matri. Thank you so much Heena for the recipe. Try this tea time snack using bajra flour | kambu maavu| pearl millet flour and let me know how it turned out.
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