FEBI'S COOK BOOK

Have you prepared Chicken C hukka. Well, I was kind of expecting similar kind of recipe for Mutton, but ended up totally different from its Chicken version, yet tasty. This Mutton chukka recipe is thick and creamy, apt with any Indian rotis. However, the recipe is quite time consuming to make, not much, only due to extra steps involved in making it. But it is, however, worth trying. This recipe is adapted from here , which is one wonderful blog.  Sorry not to mention, all the food stuffs arranged behind this curry is my own preparation, except the Quail fry, which was my hubby's contribution. Btw, dont go overboard with the thought that I have similar kind of dinner always. This is only one rarest of rare dinners.. Hehe... Over to the recipe. Ingredients: Mutton 700gm Cloves 4-5 Black Peppercorns 7-8 Cardamom  3 Cinnamon 1 stick Bay leaf 2 Mustard oil 5tbspn Onions 3 medium chopped Ginger garlic paste 1 tspn Whole Kashmiri Red Chilies 4 Cumin Seeds 1tsp

The cheesy pizza makes me drool every time I come across a picture of it. The stretchy like texture of mozarella can drive any cheese lovers totally crazy. This one was made, when I was craving one so madly, and hence with available ingredients at home. The favourite toppings however are, Olives, Jalepenos and Mushrooms. Over to the recipe, Ingredients: For the pizza base: 3 cups flour 1 tbsp yeast 1 tsp sugar Warm water- 1 cup Egg 1 Milk powder 2  tbsp Oil 4 tbsp For the filling: homemade pizza sauce  or store-bought one- to spread on top of pizza Tomato ketchup- 1 tbsp Sweet corn - 1/2 cup Bell pepper- chopped- 1/4 cup Chicken- boneless- boiled and shredded- 1/2 cup Mozarella cheese- 1/2 cup Pepper powder- 1 tsp Oregano- 1 tsp Olive oil- 1 tsp Method: For the base: Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water for 15 minutes or until frothy. To the above mix, add rest of the ingredients and knead to

Summer is approaching. The only nice part of summer is having nice cold refreshing drink. Well, I love refreshing drinks and I utilize maximum excuses to have one whenever I crave. This punch has the goodness of Pineapple, Mint, Orange and Lime, which also imparts refreshing feel to the drink too. Over to the recipe. Ingredients: \ Orange-  1 Lime- 2 Pineapple sliced- 4 slices- Mint- 1/2 cup Water, chilled- as required Sugar- As required Ice cubes- As required Method: Squeeze Orange and Lime to get juice out of it. In a blender, put all the ingredients together and blend well. Strain  the juice in a strainer. Pour in glasses with pieces of lime and mint. Serve chilled.  

Being from Malabar part of Kerala, I am so much used to wanted and unwanted customs being followed in the society. The main propaganda is serving food for every tiny little occassion and that too in a wide variety and quantity. Some of them are really useless and harming the peace of a family, while there is no option of omitting it out only because of fear what community would say. However there are some positive points. Every occassion is an excuse for family gatherings and food is the vital part of it, or I must say food is an excuse to bring all the family together, which is what I think is most wonderful thing about food. On post today is Idiyapam biriyani which I prepared for a cousin while she was 7 months pregnant as a part of the above mentioned custom. But even though outside Malabar nobody is going to question you for breaking those rules, I simply love to cook or any excuse to feed your loved ones. That is why amidst all the kids tantrums and tight schedule, I somehow