Safna's Cook Book

Ingredients  1   Milk                             -    2 cups 2   Sugar                           -    1/2 cup 3   Egg                              -    5 nos. 4   Vanilla essence            -    1 Tsp  5   Sugar for caramelising-    3 Tbsp Preparation Beat eggs with vanilla essence and sugar. Add beaten egg mixture to milk and mix well. Heat pudding tray and add 3 Tbsp of sugar to this. Take care to heat on low flame until the sugar caramelises.  When the tray becomes cool, pour in the pudding mixture into it. Place some water in a steamer and one metal bowl upside down  Over this, place the pudding tray to...

Mutta marichathu or Egg cake is a sweet snack from Malabar.It is a very easy snack and needs little time.Also called  kayappola in some areas.we can also make this by adding fried plantains (nendran) to the egg mixture.I made a slight modification by not adding that.Kids would love this and it is very good for them. Ingredients Eggs                            5 large Sugar                           6 tbsp   Cardamom powder    3/4 tsp Ghee                           1 tbsp   cashew nuts              8 (crushed) raisins                        8   Preparation In a bowl add eggs, sugar and cardamom powder & beat well. Heat a small non-s...

Samosas, most popular street food in india of all time.It is one of my favourite snacks. It can be made with endless variations on fillings to suit your tastes.Punjabi samosa is large in size and its filling is made up of potatoes and peas.We can also buy samosa sheets from outside to make it easier. Ingredients Samosa Filling Chicken                                    500 g Large Onions                            2 Ginger                                      2 tsp (finely chopped) Garlic Clove                              4 (finely chopped) Green chillies                          ...

Ingredients 1. Fish-medium size pieces         -    500 gms 2. Mustard seeds                          -    1/4 tsp 3. Fenugreek seeds                       -   1/4 tsp 4. Curry leaves                             -    2 sprigs 5. Shallots(sliced)                        -    4 to 5 nos 6. Ginger(crushed)                       -    1.5 tsp 7. Garlic(crushed)                        -    1.5 tsp 8. Kashmiri chili powder             -    1.5 to 2 tbsp( depends upon the spic...

Thari pola is a special malabar dish which is almost similar to rawa cake.It is a very easy cake that can be made without oven and with a little time. Ingredients Semolina                   -  1/2 cup Eggs                          -  4 Sugar                         - 5-6 tbsp Cardamom powder   -  1 Tsp Ghee                          -  2  Tsp Cashew nuts               - 5 Raisins                        - 8 Preparation In a pan roast semolina for 3-4 minutes at low flame and let it cool. Mix egg, sugar and cardamom powder in a bowl. Beat it with a mixer till fluffy. Add fried semolina in small quantity at a time...

Methi Mutter masala is a common name for my friends in North india.But for those who are from kerala,Tamil Nadu & all, this name may be unfamiliar.Methi is nothing but uluva cheera and mutter is  green peas , so the name methi mutter masala. I ngredients Onion                           -  3 nos Tomato                         -  4 nos Garlic                           - 5 pods Methi leaves                 - 2 1/2 cups Green peas                    - 1 cup cashews                         - 10 nos cumin seeds                   - 1 tsp chilli powder       ...