Ponche Recipe / How to make Ponche Navideño Mexicano / Mexican Christmas Fruit Punch / Ponche Navideño / Ponche de Frutas / Mexican Ponche Recipe

Ponche

Ingredients

Water - 10 cups

Ceylon cinnamon stick - 1 long

Piloncillo  - 1 small cone

(replace with Jaggery or brown sugar - 1/4 cup or add according to your taste)

Chopped ripe guava - 1 cup

Chopped apples - 1 cup

Chopped orange peel - 2 tsp

Tamarind paste - 1 tsp

Chopped fresh sugarcane - 1 cup

Tejocotes fruit - 10

Dry Hibiscus flowers - 1 tbsp

Cloves - 1

Method

Add all the ingredients into a sauce pan bring to a boil. Simmer this mixture for 15 minimum minutes or more. Switch off the flame and remove the cinnamon stick and cloves.

Pour this into mugs with fruits and serve hot.

Note

All the above mentioned ingredients can be added according to your taste.

You can add a dash of rum or bandy (optional).

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Tabouli Salad Recipe / Tabbouleh Recipe / Simple Mediterranean Salad / Lebanese Tabbouleh Salad - Easy Salad Recipes

Tabouli

Ingredients

Fine bulgur wheat - 1/2 cup

( Pour boiling water cover and rest for 15 minutes or till soft. Drain out the water and squeeze out excess water and keep it aside)

Salt and Pepper powder to taste

Chopped Parsley - 1/2 cup

Chopped mint leaves - 1 tbsp

Chopped tomato - 1/2 cup

Chopped cucumber - 1/4 cup ( optional)

Chopped spring onions - 1/4 cup

Lemon - 1 ( squeeze out the juice)

Olive oil - 1/8 cup

Tabbouleh

Method

Take a wide bowl add all the ingredients together and toss or gently mix till combined.

Serve cold with lettuce leaves.

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Ragi Puttu / Finger Millet Puttu / Easy and Healthy Ragi Puttu / Instant Ragi Puttu / Kezhvaragu Puttu / Ragi Sweet Puttu / Millet Recipes

Ragi Puttu

Ingredients

Store bought Ragi flour-1 cup

( slightly roast the flour till just hot, cool completely and then make puttu. This step is optional i follow to avoid the raw smell)

Salt a pinch 

Freshly grated coconut -1/2 cup 

Sugar or palm sugar to your taste 

Cardamom powder -1/2 tsp 

Ghee -2tsp 

Water - 1/2cup 

( add more or less accordingly)

Method 

Take a bowl add the salt and the ragi flour, sprinkle water little by little and mix till you get a bread crumbs consistency.

Take a fistful of flour and press they should hold the shape and easy to crumbled then this is the right consistency.

Steam it in the Puttu mould by adding 2 tsp of coconut at the base then the ragi flour , do not press them too tight.

Repeat till the mixture reaches the top of the puttu maker. Steam this for 5 minutes or till cooked.

Remove it in a bowl add sugar, ghee & cardamom powder mix and serve hot. 

Note:

 If you don't want sweet make it plain and enjoy with any curry.

If you don't have a puttu maker you can steam it in Idly plates or in a coconut shell by making a small hole at the base and insert on top of a cooker lid with water inside the cooker.

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How to make Turmeric, Cinnamon , Ginger Tea / Immune Boosting Turmeric Tea / Turmeric Ginger Tea Recipe / Immunity Booster Drink / Immune Boosting Turmeric Tea

Immune Boosting Turmeric Tea

Ingredients

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

( Fresh turmeric is always better )

Crushed fresh ginger - 1 tbsp

Crushed pepper - 1/2 tsp

Crushed cardamom - 1

Cinnamon stick - a small piece

Water - 2 & 1/4 cup

Honey or Palm sugar - as needed

Lime juice - 1 tsp

Method

Take a pan add all the ingredients except lemon juice and honey , in low flame boil this for 5 minutes.

Switch off the stove cover it with a lid and let it stay for 1 minute.

Add the honey and lemon juice , strain the drink and enjoy hot or warm.

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Drumstick Leaf Roti / Drumstick Leaves Paratha / Murunga Keerai Chapathi / Moringa Leaves Chappathi / Indian Bread With Moringa Leaves - Indian Bread Recipes

Drumstick Leaves Paratha

Ingredients

Chopped fresh drumstick leaves - 1 cup

Whole wheat flour - 2 cups

Salt to taste

Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

Red chilly powder -1 tsp

Jeera powder - 1/4 tsp

Grated garlic - 1

Oil-1tsp

Water to make the dough

Oil - as needed to cook paratha

Method

Mix all above ingredients together in a bowl, sprinkle very little water & knead it to a soft tight dough. Add 1 tsp of oil and apply on top of the dough , cover and rest it for 10 minutes.

Take out small balls from the dough and roll it out into a semi thick disc.

Cook it on both sides till its light brown on a griddle/tawa, smearing some oil while cooking.

Serve it with any side dish or raita.

Note:

As i used a dough kneader to knead the dough the leaves are crushed and well mixed into the dough.

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Sweet Pori Recipe / Sweet Puffed Rice Recipe / Puffed Rice with Sugar and Coconut / Tasty and Easy Kerala Snack / No Cooking Recipes

Sweet Pori

Ingredients

Salted Pori / Puffed rice - 2 cups ( heaped)

( If adding unsalted pori then add a pinch of salt)

Sugar - 1 & 1/2 tbsp

( or add according to your taste)

Grated coconut - 1/2 cup

Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

Black sesame seeds - 1 tbsp

Method

Take a wide bowl add all the ingredients together and mix well.

Serve immediately.

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Fruit and Nut Chocolate / Fruit & Nut Candy Bar / Homemade Fruit and Nut Chocolate Bark / Chocolate Covered Healthy Fruit and Nut Bars - Kids Recipes

Fruit and Nut Chocolate Bar

Ingredients

Milk chocolate chips - 1/4 cup

White chocolate chips - 1/4 cup

Raisins - 1 tsp

Chopped dry apricots - 1 tsp

Chopped cashew nuts - 8

Chopped almonds - 8

Chopped Brazilian nuts - 4

Chopped pistachio - 8

Cake sprinkles as needed

Cherry - 2  (Cut into half)

Fruit and Nut Candy Bar

Method

Line a tray with cling wrap and keep it aside.

Add milk chocolate chips into a bowl and melt them in microwave for a minute and extra 15 seconds if needed or melt using a double boiler.

 Once melted pour it into the lined tray and spread evenly using a rubber spatula. Each microwave is different so melting time may vary.

Same way melt the white chocolate and pour it on top of the melted milk chocolate , spread evenly.

While still warm sprinkle all the nuts , dry fruits and cake sprinkles, arrange the cherry on top and gently press so they stick well with the chocolate.

Keep it in fridge for 30 minutes or till hard , remove from the fridge and break into pieces and enjoy!

Note:

a) Use any nut or fruit of your choice.

b) If you don't have chocolate chips use cooking chocolate bars.

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Palathalikalu Recipe / Pala Thalikalu for Vinayaka Chavithi / Vinayaka Chathurti

Palathalikalu

Ingredients for the dough

Rice flour - 1/2 cup
Boiling water - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 1 tsp
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Salt a pinch

Ingredients for the milk

Sugar - 1/4 cup heaped
( sweetness was perfect for our family ,if needed add 1 tbsp more )
Milk - 4 cups
Water - 1 & 1/2 cup
Coconut grated - 1 tbsp heaped
Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Method

Take ghee,1/2 tsp sugar, rice flour & a pinch of salt in a bowl add boiling water slowly & form a soft dough. Grease your palm with ghee or oil take very small balls of dough.

Roll it out into thin noodles , if you don't have time or patience just fill it into a murukku press.

Boil water & milk in a pan ,when starts to boil reduce the flame & add the rice flour noodles.

If using murukku press then press out the dough directly into the boil milk , in low flame cook for 5 to 10 minutes for the strings to cook.

Once cooked add the sugar & cardamom powder, give a boil & switch off the flame.

Add the grated coconut ,mix & serve hot or warm.

Note:

a) Once warm this sweet may become thick,to dilute add some warm milk to loosen it up.

b) After adding coconut do not boil otherwise your milk will curdle.

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Papad Chammanthi / Appalam Chutney / Pappad Spicy Dry Chutney / Appala Chammanthi / Appalam Thogayal / Appala Chutney / Kerala Papad Chutney

Appalam Chutney

Ingredients

Fried papad / appalam - 5

Small onion - 2

( or 1 teaspoon heaped chopped onion)

Garlic - 1

Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Red chilies - 3

Kashmiri chilies - 2

Salt as needed

( add only if needed as appalam has salt)

Tamarind - a very tiny piece

Coconut oil - 2 tsp

Papad Chammanthi

Method

Heat 1 tsp of oil and fry the red chilies till color changes and crisp. Do not over fry and burn them.

Switch off the heat and add the tamarind , garlic , onion and curry leaves sauté for a minutes and let them cool completely.

Take a mixi jar add the fried ingredients and dry grind till coarse now add the fried appalam and grind till well combined. Do not add any water while grinding.

Add salt if needed lastly add 1 teaspoon of coconut oil and pulse once.

Enjoy this chutney with curd rice or mixed with plain white rice.

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Madurai Thanni Chutney / Madurai Special Thanni Chutney Recipe / Thanni Chutney / Madurai Chutney / Madurai Coconut Chutney - Chutney Recipes

Madurai Thanni Chutney

Ingredients to ground to a smooth paste

Grated coconut - 1/8 cup

Roasted gram dal / Pottukadalai - 3 & 1/2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Curry leaves few

Green chillies - 3

( or add according to your taste)

Small onions - 2

( Grind above ingredients into a smooth paste and dilute with 2 cups of water or to the consistency you want )

Tempering

Oil - 3 tsp

Chopped small onions - 2

Curry leaves few

Mustard - 1 tsp

Red chillies - 2

Method

Dilute the ground ingredients with needed water. Heat oil in a pan and temper with above ingredients.

Pour the tempering into the chutney and mix well.

Serve with any tiffin you like.

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