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Monsoons and Aloo tikkis !

Growing your own vegetables for your daily needs makes food so much tastier. Organic farming is so much into these days. Making use the soil to grow your own vegetables and fruits make cooking much more divine. Born and raised in Abu Dhabi, living a city life, I haven’t actually had a great exposure to farming or growing food during my childhood days. The vacation visits to Kerala to my parent’s ancestral homes always excited me so much. I really awed the moment s when the whole family gets together spending time chatting, cooking, eating …It was a real fun to do things that you were not used to doing. Going fishing in ponds, picking fresh veggies, helping my mother and grandmother in cooking. There’s a flush of memories that flow in when I look back.

After marriage, now a mother to two boys and living in Kerala … I also want to instill in my kids the value of growing their own food.  I have a small backyard to the house where I live and every season it’s a different set of veggies that are grown.A few months back I had asked one of our staffs to buy a batch of potatoes for home and the person wasn’t very good at picking up the right potatoes and I ended up having slightly sprouted ones. In two days’ time I had to travel to my in-laws home for family reasons and by the time I was back in my kitchen, it was pretty much all sprouted up. They were all cut up and shoved into the soil. Last week as my husband and kids were plucking some fresh tomatoes from our backyard, I noticed the potato plant and pulled out one to find the potatoes were all ready to be taken out of the soil. We got about 2-3 kilos of potatoes which pretty much a good amount to use up for our home cooking. And yesterday I used some of those to make some really crispy “Aloo tikkis” for my children as a snack for tea time. The rains have started off pretty quick this year round….So it’s pretty much very satisfying to have some hot snacks with chai.

 

Aloo tikkis
85 calories
16 g
0 g
2 g
4 g
0 g
167 g
170 g
8 g
0 g
1 g
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
167g
Amount Per Serving
Calories 85
Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 2g
3%
Saturated Fat 0g
1%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 170mg
7%
Total Carbohydrates 16g
5%
Dietary Fiber 3g
11%
Sugars 8g
Protein 4g
Vitamin A
44%
Vitamin C
640%
Calcium
4%
Iron
17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Ingredients
  1. 3-4 medium sized potatoes boiled and peeled and mashed
  2. 3-4 green chillies chopped
  3. ½ tsp of cumin seeds
  4. ½-1tsp of chilli powder (u can vary it according to your spice preference)
  5. ½ tsp of turmeric powder
  6. 2 tsps of coriander leaves chopped
  7. ¼ tsp of dry mango powder or ½ tsp of lemon juice
  8. 2 tbsps of rice flour
  9. Salt to taste
  10. Oil for frying
Instructions
  1. In a bowl mix in potatoes, green chillies ,cumin seeds, chilli powder , turmeric powder , coriander leaves , rice flour ,lemon juice or dry mango powder and salt . Pinch golf ball sized small portions, roll and flatten to make patties .Once shaped in to patties, heat oil in a wok and deep fry them till they are golden brown in color. Serve with green chutneys
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calories
85
fat
2g
protein
4g
carbs
16g
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Green chutney
84 calories
18 g
0 g
1 g
5 g
0 g
198 g
194 g
5 g
0 g
0 g
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
198g
Amount Per Serving
Calories 84
Calories from Fat 8
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 1g
1%
Saturated Fat 0g
1%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
Monounsaturated Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 194mg
8%
Total Carbohydrates 18g
6%
Dietary Fiber 8g
31%
Sugars 5g
Protein 5g
Vitamin A
106%
Vitamin C
390%
Calcium
21%
Iron
67%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Ingredients
  1. 1 cup of fresh mint leaves
  2. 1/2 cup of fresh coriander leaves
  3. 2 green chillies
  4. 1 clove of garlic
  5. 1/4 inch piece of ginger
  6. 1 teaspoon of lime juice
  7. 1/2 cup of yoghurt
  8. salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Grind mint leaves , coriander leaves , garlic , ginger and lime juice into smooth paste in a blender.Mix in the yoghurt and salt .Serve it with the aloo tikkis !
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calories
84
fat
1g
protein
5g
carbs
18g
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Melt in the mouth ..Mixture !

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In two days the holidays come to the winding stage and its back to normal .The temperature has been really hot in Thrissur ..I think its been almost the same in most  parts of Kerala.Being  accustomed to the Munnar climate , changing over to the  tropical climate it was a bit difficult.But its nice to have a little rain although the heat doesnt come down very much .

Todays post is an Andhra style mixture with poha or beaten rice.A mixture that looks complicated but which is super simple to try  and can be kept bottled for some time.I love this snack as its a wonderful melt in the mouth snacker with a very distinct taste.

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Poha/Aval Mixture
4184 calories
567 g
0 g
180 g
94 g
23 g
937 g
2593 g
9 g
0 g
151 g
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
937g
Amount Per Serving
Calories 4184
Calories from Fat 1539
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 180g
276%
Saturated Fat 23g
115%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 67g
Monounsaturated Fat 84g
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 2593mg
108%
Total Carbohydrates 567g
189%
Dietary Fiber 33g
130%
Sugars 9g
Protein 94g
Vitamin A
43%
Vitamin C
74%
Calcium
30%
Iron
100%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Ingredients
  1. 500 gm thin white Poha (beaten rice flakes) dried in sunlight for 2hrs
  2. 1 cup of coconut chips
  3. 1 cup of peanuts
  4. 1 cup of fried gram
  5. Salt to taste
  6. 2-3 tsp of chilli powder
  7. 1 ½ tsp of chaat masala
  8. 1 tsp of cumin powder
  9. ½ cup Curry leaves
  10. Oil for frying
Instructions
  1.  Fry the poha till it is crispy in a dry pan and separate.
  2.  Fry and separate coconut chips, peanuts, fried gram and curry leaves in to a
  3. colander so that the oil oozes out.
  4.  Mix the fried ingredients and poha together, add in salt and mix.
  5.  Mix in chilli powder, chaat masala, and cumin powder.
  6.  Once cool store them in air tight containers.
Adapted from Nimi's Culinary Ventures
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calories
4184
fat
180g
protein
94g
carbs
567g
more
Adapted from Nimi's Culinary Ventures
Nimi's Culinary Ventures https://nimisrecipes.com/

 

 

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