Kothembaka Kitchen

Fiber Protein Carb & Fat vibes✨ of a Platter🍛

On the menu🍽️:
•Royyalu Mulakkada Tomato🦐🎋🍅/Shrimp with Drumstick & Tomato Curry
•Cabbage GreenBeans Coconut Fry🥬🫛🥥(steamed veggies to retain nutrients)
•Beerakaya Pesarapappu🥒🟡/Ridge Gourd with Mung Beans
with Rice🍚, homemade Ghee🧈✨ & homemade Yogurt🤍

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Royyalu Mulakkada Tomato🦐🎋🍅/Shrimp with Drumstick & Tomato Curry
👉Prep Shrimp:
•Thaw, Wash, marinate with salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, a little crushed ginger garlic & oil
•Add this to a hot pan and let all water evaporate flipping all sides until the raw shrimp curls up but doesn’t dry up too much. Keep aside.
👉Heat Oil, tadka(mustard, cumin, urad dal, curry leaves), onion, green chillies, a little crushed ginger garlic, drumsticks, salt, turmeric - cook until 50% cooked.
👉Add tomatoes, red chilli powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, very little garam masala, coriander powder, adjust salt - cook until tomatoes are 50% done.
👉Add the cooked shrimp, cook with a splash of water until tomatoes turn pulpy and everything comes together leaving oil.
👉Cilantro garnish & enjoy with rice🍚

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Beerakaya Pesarapappu🥒🟡
👉Oil, tadka, garlic, green chillies, onion, beerakaya(peeled, tested for bitterness at the store & chopped), salt, turmeric - cook until 50% soft.
👉Add Tomato, red chillipowder, coriander powder, sauté for 1min until soft, add washed+10min soaked moong dal, adjust salt, sauté, add water to submerge the dal and pressure cook for 1-2 whistles.
👉Once the pressure is out, bring to a boil again to remove any boiled off smell. Cilantro garnish🌿

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Yogurt🤍
👉Boil 1qt 2% milk in a saucepan at med heat for 10mins, cool down until temp is hot enough to touch but a little over luke warm for a tight set.(takes about 15-20mins)
👉Take 2 tbsp cold yogurt(set from a previous batch or store bought is fine - I get Pavel’s Russian as back-up), whisk it smoothly, add a bit of warm milk into it, mix all into the entire milk. Sets in 4.5hrs-5hrs, place in fridge to set for another 2hrs at least. Done✅

Last meal🍛, last cooking sesh👩🏻‍🍳 before vacay!✈️🦬🏔️😊

On the menu🍽️:
•Chikkudukaya Tomato/Broadbeans🫛🍅
•Chow Chow Pachadi/Chayote Squash Chutney🍐
•Chicken Fry🍗
• chittiandhracookbook ‘s Swargam Charu/Rasam🫗
•Vankaya Tomato/Eggplant Curry🍆🍅
•Boiled Egg fried with turmeric + chilli powder(not pictured)
Had all these over 3 meals with Rice🍚, homemade Ghee🧈✨ & homemade Yogurt🤍

Monday🌀Impromptu 15min⏳Highlight⭐️ of a Lunch!🤤🍽️

Discovering the freshest and the most irresistable Spicy Chicken Tenders🍗 in our local Safeway ‘s Deli section made me instantly decide what our lunch was going to be in the next hour!😋💡💁🏻‍♀️

On my balanced plate🍽️:
•Crispy Spicy Chicken Tenders🍗 from Safeway, which easily beat any restaurant chk tenders👌 Must try!
•Butter Pasta🧈🍝 with Parmesan🧀(grabbed a block of Parm to grate fresh as part of the same trip for this meal, recipe under 📸3)
•Salad🥗 with Olive Garden dressing🫗 with sweet constellation tomatoes(switched regular red ones to these tiny red yellow orange brown-green-ish ones for a change)

Monday lunch🍽️🥗 - sorted!😌



🤤Spicy Chicken Tendies🍗 from Safeway Deli

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Butter Pasta🧈🍝 with Parmesan🧀

👉Boil your choice of pasta acc to pckg instructions with salt, strain, keep aside.
👉In the same pot, melt butter + Costco no-salt seasoning(has dried herbs, red pepper flakes, dried veggies, other seasonings), let it bloom a bit before adding in the cooked pasta + freshly cracked pepper, let it all heat up.
👉Once hot, taste & season with more salt if required. Garnish with dried Parsley.
👉Top with freshly grated Parmesan cheese🧀 before serving warm♨️

Fresh Parm from a block - melts better, tastes better.

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Salad🥗

Mini Cucumbers🥒(deseeded with a 🥄 & sliced)
Iceberg Lettuce🥬
Romaine Lettuce🥬
Sweet Tomatoes🍅
Carrot🥕(Grated)
Add Olive Garden dressing right before serving🫗

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