Mutta Surka

Roasted Rice Flour - 1 cup

Egg - 3

Coconut - 1/2 cup, grated

Shallots - 10, diced

Green Chillies - 3

Curry Leaves - 3 strings, chopped

Ginger - a small piece, minced

Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp

Salt - To taste

Water

Coconut Oil/Oil - For frying 

In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs thoroughly until they are fluffy.

Add the roasted rice flour, grated coconut, chopped shallots, green chillies, curry leaves, ginger, and cumin seeds to the egg mixture.

Add salt and mix well. Add water little by little to create a thick batter (similar to a pancake batter).

Heat a Kuzhi Paniyaram chatti. Add a small amount of oil or coconut oil into each cavity.

Once the oil is hot, pour a spoonful of the batter into each cavity. Cover and cook on medium-low heat.

When the bottom side turns golden brown, flip the Surka over. Cook until both sides are uniformly golden brown and fully cooked.

Serve hot with evening tea. 

Bhindi Kurkuri

Ladies Finger - 1 lb., sliced vertically into 4 pieces

Turmeric - ½ tsp

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Cumin powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala - 1 tsp

Amchur powder - 1 tsp

Chaat masala - 1 tsp

Besan - 1/2 cup

Rice flour - 1 tsp.

Salt

Oil

Take all your sliced okra in a big bowl. Now sprinkle all the spice powders one by one on the sliced okra. Season with salt according to taste. With a spoon or spatula, gently mix the spice powders with the okra.

Sprinkle the besan, rice flour on the okra. Again, gently mix the besan with the okra. The besan and the seasonings must evenly coat the okra slices.

Marinate the okra in this mixture for 20 to 30 minutes. You could also keep it for an hour.

Deep fry the Ladies finger in hot Oil until goden brown.

Serve bhindi kurkuri directly as they are or if you want you could garnish okra with coriander leaves, julienned ginger, sliced green chilis, lime juice, black salt or chaat masala.

Enjoy the Kurkuri Bhindi as is or pair with roti or rice.

Pina Colada

Pineapple - 2 cups, cubed

Coconut Milk - 1 cup

Ginger - a small pc.

Lime juice

Sugar - to taste

Ice cubes

Few Pineapple wedges for garnishing

In a blender add the Pineapple cubes along with Coconut Milk, Ginger, Lime juice, Sugar, Ice cubes and 1/2 cup Water. Blend until smooth and frothy.

Pour the drink into two tall chilled glasses and garnish with Pineapple slices.