Radish Curry / Mullangi Kootu Recipe

This recipe is  my Mom in law's. Radish is a fiber rich vegetable and and also having numerous nutritional benefits. Radish can be made in variety of ways like sambar, salad, subbji, curry etc., I am now sharing one of my favorite recipe made using radish vegetable.

Ingredients:

1. White / Red Radish - 1 no
2. Channa Dhal - 1/2 cup
3. Mustard - 1 tsp
4. Turmeric - 1 tsp
5. Shallots - 5 nos
6. Garlic - 2 nos
7. Coconut grated - 1/2 cup
8. Green / Red chilli  - 2 nos
9. Cumin / Jeera - 2 tsp
10. Curry leaves - 2 sprig
11. Coriander leaves 
12. Cooking Oil - 2 tbsp
13. Salt as per taste

Cooking Method:

• Soak the channa Dahl for about half an hour.
• Cook the Radish and soaked channa dal separately and keep it aside.
• Grind Coconut, jeera, garlic, curry leaves, green chilli in a mixie.

• In a pan add oil followed by mustard onion, curry leaves.
• After a while add the grounded coconut masala paste and saute for some time.
• Then add the cooked channa dal, cooked radish and add some water, salt stir well, close the lid and cook for about 5 mins. Stir in between.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with rice.

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Notes:

For variations you can use snake gourd, white pumkin, chow chow vegetable and some more fibrous vegetables using this method for preparing kootu.

Kerala Special Dessert - Aval Milk Recipe

Healthy and Cool Cool Summer Special Dessert 

Aval Milk is an authentic milkshake in kerala. Once we went on a trip to kerala, there we had a chance to have this yummy milkshake. It is actually a dessert having bananas, rice flakes etc., which provides a different fruity flavour with chilled ice-cream topped with nuts. I love to share this simple dessert recipe which is unique, flavourful, rich and even healthy for kids.

Ingredients:

1. Brown Rice flakes / Kerala Aval - 1/2 cup
2. Riped Banana - 2
3. Boiled chilled milk - 1 glass
4. Roasted Peanuts - 2 tbsp
5. Cashew nuts - 5 nos
6. Almond - 2 nos
7. Pistachios - 2 nos
8. Tutti Frutti - 1 tbsp (optional)
9. Ice cream - 1 cup
10. Sugar - 1 tbsp (optional)

Directions to make Aval Milk :

• In a frying pan simply add the aval and roast for some time. It will become crispy and now roasted aval is ready. 
• Smash the Banana using hand or smasher or spoon. 
• In a large glass add smashed banana follwed by roasted aval( I used aval pori).
• Then roasted peanuts follwed by cashew, almond, pistachios.
• Add a glass of Chilled Milk follwed by sugar and mix everything well.
• Finally add Ice cream and top with all the nuts and Tutti frutti.

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Your Delicious Aval Milk Dessert is now ready to have in this Hot summer. Serve Immediately as chilled Dessert. 

Notes:

• Brown Aval / Kerala Aval is preferable. It is good for health. also you can use kerala aval Pori.
• You can decorate the aval milk dessert with some more toppings of your choice like some other dried fruits, cherries, rose syrup etc.
• As soon as the dessert is made it has to be consumed as cold dessert.
• I haven't added sugar, the sweetness in banana and ice-cream is enough for me. If you prefer more sweetness you can add sugar along with boiled milk or simply as toppings.