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Hey Folks, Who doesn't like long and crispy French Fries? I bet everyone loves it! It is a quick and easy snack recipe, even though it is quick it requires very accurate cooking conditions, cuts, and precision for a crispy French Fry. The potatoes we choose should have higher starch content, which in turn means lesser water content, which makes a crispy French Fry. French Fries are perfect to have with Grilled or Barbeque Chicken . PREPARATION: The first step is to make a perfect cut out of the potato. The fries should be thin, and long. You can use it with or without skin. This is the place where precision matters, each fry should have the same thickness.  Once they are cut immediately transfer them into a bowl of cold water. Soon you will see the surface starch coming out of the potatoes, this is a very important factor for getting nice crispy fries. If we lose that starch too much, the fries will get burnt. So, quickly give them a rinse and transfer them to a bowl with clean wat

Hey Folks,  Happy New Year to all! Foe the first recipe for 2023, I thought why don't I start with something healthy and tasty? Cheera / Spinach grows a lot in my neighborhood and my favorite vegetable since childhood. Cheera Thoran is a very tasty and normal side dish prepared in many houses regularly. There are different types of spinach, I love this variety. So, here is a quick healthy recipe for Cheera Thoran. Cheera Thoran - The Perfect Cook Book INGREDIENTS: Cheera / Spinach - 500 gms Grated Coconut - 1/2 cup Shallots - 6 - 8 Onion - 1 Garlic - 5 - 6 Bird's Eye Chilli or Kanthari - 4 Turmeric Powder - 1/8 tsp Salt - to taste Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Curry Leaves Coconut Oil PREPARATION: In my house, the spinach is freshly picked from our garden, washed in the water shower, and will drain to remove water content. After it's dry, chop them finely.  I will share a picture of spinach from our garden here. That is the fence of spinach protecting the ga

Hey Folks, Prawns Roast is a signature Kerala seafood recipe. There are many preparations for prawns roast, some use kokum for sourness, but I prefer this simple recipe with tomato. It just requires basic ingredients and can be prepared easily. The New Year is coming, try this for breakfast or lunch. This is probably the last recipe I will be posting this year, 2022. It was a great year that I started my Blogging journey and it was fun. Comment on how this year went for you all. So, let's see how to quickly prepare a tasty Prawns Roast . Kerala Style Prawns Roast - The Perfect Cook Book INGREDIENTS: Prawns - 500 gms Finely Chopped Onion - 1 cup Crushed Shallots - 5 - 6 Tomato - 2 Crushed Ginger - 1 tsp Crushed Garlic - 3 tsp Green Chilli - 2 Capsicum - 2 tbsp Curry Leaves Coriander Leaves  Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 1 tbsp Coriander Powder - 1 tbsp Fennel Powder - 1 tsp Pepper Powder - 1/2 tbsp Salt - to taste Coconut Oil PREPARATION:

Hey Folks, Samosa is a triangle-shaped fried Indian snack with rich filling, which includes potato as the main ingredient. You can customize your fillings with different kinds of meat and vegetables. Chicken Samosa is a nice snack to have for an evening with Chai.  Samosa - The Perfect Cook Book INGREDIENTS: Shredded Chicken - 200 gm Boiled Potato - 2 medium-sized Boiled Carrot - 1 Onion - 2 Ginger Paste - 1 tsp Garlic paste - 2 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/8 tsp Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 1 tsp Pepper Powder - 1 tsp Chaat Masala - 1/2 tsp Garam Masala - a pinch Salt - to taste Coriander Leaves Samosa Sheet Oil Serving : 10 - 15 samosa PREPARATION: For the filling, in a pan add oil. Once hot, add the chopped onion and saute well. Add the ginger garlic paste and saute until the onion turns golden. Now add the powders, turmeric powder, pepper powder, kashmiri chilli powder, chaat masala, garam masala, and salt. Saute well until their raw smell goes off. Now add the shredded chicken and saute we

Hey Folks,  Quickly sharing the recipe for samosa sheets. You can use the same for spring roll also. It is so easy to prepare and you can freeze it for about 2 months. INGREDIENTS: Plain Flour - 3 cups Salt - 1 tsp Oil - 1 tbsp Water PREPARATION: In a large bowl, sieve the plain flour / maida. Add salt and oil to it. Add about 1/4th of a cup of lukewarm water to the flour and combine everything well and knead it to a firm dough.  Divide the dough into equal sized portion. With this quantity you will get 10 equal pieces.  Roll each portion to form large circles, with minimum thickness. Dust flour in between to roll it out smoothly.  Now cute the edges and make it into rectangular shape. You can shape it as per your requirement. In a non-stick pan,  cook each side of the sheet for about 30 seconds. You can easily form maximum of 25 - 30 sheets from this. Once cooled, freeze it in a zip lock and use as required. Once you take it out for frying, don't let it outside for long, beacuse t