Category Archives: Savouries/Starters/Appetizers

Hot Stuffed Buns

Hot stuffed buns reminds me of the English nursery rhyme “Hot cross buns”

Hot stuffed buns! Hot stuffed buns!
One a penny two a penny – Hot stuffed buns
If you have no daughters, give them to your sons
One a penny two a penny – Hot stuffed buns!

Our adorable sons love them!!!!

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Preparation time 15 minutes
Dough rising time 1 hour
Cooking time 15 minutes
Yields 15

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Sibi’s Gold Coin

Have you ever wondered a chef making gold coins? These gold coins are edible unlike the expensive ones created by a goldsmith. At this point in time, when the gold price is skyrocketing, make these gold coins at home and stay happy!

 

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Preparation Time : 30 minutes
Cooking Time : 10 minutes
Servings : 4

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Turkey Pathiri/ Turkish Pathil

Presenting to you another traditional Malabar snack- Turkey pathiri or Turkish Pathil.Why did the Malabaris name it Turkey pathiri- is it the bird Turkey or the country Turkey been referred to? Some folks call it Kumbala Pathil resembling wintermelon. This delicacy is stuffed fried puris within another stuffed fried puri. You can make as many layers as you want, if you have the patience to make it. Some recipes have a whole boiled egg within the innermost fried puri.I have the recipe for two layered Turkish pathiri with beef filling in the inner puri and chicken filling in the outer puri.

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Preparation time 45 minutes
Cooking time 20 minutes
Serves 4

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Tapioca Tarts/Kappa Tarts/Yuca Tarts

An urban legend from Kerala claims that the English word tapioca derives from the Malayalam word combination, “thappiyokka” . The story behind the legend claims that a European, while in Kerala, once came across a native crouching on the ground, digging under a rather thin and tall plant. Tapioca is 100 % starch, protein free and gluten free.

If you have kids born  and brought up outside Kerala ..they won’t like the sticky and gooey stuff. According to them, Kappa Puzhukku is a sticky item. So to get rid of the sticky feel, I found this recipe in Mrs K M Mathew’s recipe book. It worked out well..ABCD’s(American Born Confused Desis) started loving them.Tapioca tarts, with minced meat or roasted prawn/shrimp filling, make an excellent combination.

 

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Ingredients

1. Tapioca – 2 cups
2. Oil – 1 big spoon
3. Shallots (chopped fine) – 5
4. Green chilly (chopped fine) – 2
5. Turmeric powder -1 pinch
6. Salt -to taste

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Honey Glazed Shrimps

This is a simple and easy recipe which is great as an appetizer. It’s sure to please your guests and most importantly kids are going to love them.
Recipe source from vanitha magazine.

 

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Ingredients

1.Shrimps – 250 gms
2.Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
3.All purpose flour– 1 tbsp
4.Cornflour – 1 tbsp
5.Egg white – 1
6.Kashmiri chilly powder – 1 1/2 tsp
7.Tomato sauce – 1 1/2 – 2 tbsp
8.Honey – 1 1/2 tbsp
9.Ginger finely chopped-1/2 tsp
10.Garlic finely chopped-1/2 tsp

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