As usual, I am excited today as well… one of the first blogs I started following when the cooking bug hit me in 2012 is being featured on my blog as a guest today. And I cannot believe that it is her first guest post! One thing I like about her blog is the amount of pure Malabar delicacies that she features on it is mind-blowing. That is the reason for me to follow her blog from the beginning and leave my comments on it. Another thing I discovered during my interaction with her is that she is from the same district as I am… so we are now eagerly awaiting to hopefully meet when we go back home for our vacations this summer – fingers crossed! Going to Kerala itself is a big challenge during the rainy season, so meeting people is an even bigger one! She calls herself lazy – and actually speaking, the activity on her blog only goes to prove it! 🙁 – but I sincerely hope she finds more time to blog in between her housework and three children. Glad to know that she is also a doctor, but who now finds more solace in taking care of the household, kids and cooking…
Oh, I am just going on and on, but haven’t introduced my guest yet… Let me welcome today, Kitchen Boffin… A little blog of delicious recipes with some simple yet awesome photography, and not to mention, those tiny tit-bits at the beginning of each blog post, which I love to read… One recipe I have tried of hers is Jeera Chicken – me being crazy of cumin and not having anybody in the household to support, had made this when my parents were off to India. I was not carrying nor I had delivered, like she mentions in the post, but I devoured it to my heart’s content and loved it to the core!
Thank you so much for accepting my invitation, shaking off your laziness – like you call it! – and bringing along for me a “thani-Malappuram” specialty, which is called Avil Milk. Frankly speaking, I have never had Avil Milk in my life from any shops back home, mainly because this is more available during summers and I always go in the winters. But my umma and siblings keep going ga-ga about it. When KB wrote in asking if Avil Milk would be fine, I thought, “Oh yes, why not?” After all, it happens to be Malappuram’s special contribution to the long range of cold beverages back home…
So handing over the podium to KB for her lovely guest post… 🙂
Hello to all the
readers of The Big Sweet Tooth,
When Rafeeda mailed me asking for a guest post,I was more than happy to do it.
And I was also happy that my first guest post is in her space. I have known
Rafeeda for a while and is a lot attached to her. Even before she
started a food blog, she used to visit my space often and give valuable
feedbacks after trying my recipes. Her comments where so inspiring that I soon
longed for her visits after every recipes I published. Later I was overjoyed,
when she started her own space, ‘The Big Sweet Tooth’ and became a frequent
visitor here myself. She has such a great way of writing with sincerity and
from the heart. Her promptness in replying to the mails and uploading her
recipes even with two kids around and a job to manage has amazed me.My
attachment to her was increased as I found out that we were from the same
district in Kerala.
introduction about myself. I, blogs at “Kitchenboffin”, and likes to call
myself ‘kitchenboffin’ as that is what I am in my kitchen, a
researcher. Being a home maker and a mother of three kids, I need to update my
cooking skills every now n then so as to get my kids n my hubby eat well as I
wish. I started cooking as a routine, but later it became a passion as I
started trying out new recipes and save them in my blog. But nowadays, I am
very slow at blogging as I am always busy with the kids and don’t get much
spare time to photograph the recipes and type them as I wish. I gave up working
just because I could spend all my time with my kids and don’t want to be
careless about them even because of blogging.
what recipe to give Rafeeda, what came to my mind was ‘Avil
milk’.It’s a recipe which is very much regional to our place(me n Rafeeda’s
place) and is available in most of the cool bars there. There was a
time, when I couldn’t survive a single day without a chickoo shake or ‘avil
milk’. During my college days, me and my two friends were so addicted to it
that, on seeing us, the crappy cool bar guy would call to the person behind the
screen. “Three avil milks, in a jiffy”.
those tiresome OP sections in our house surgency, with examining the patients
and diagnosing their sickness, we always found time to slip out quietly and
found solace in front of those cool bars to savor down a sip of those super
cold milk shakes or the invigorating ‘avil milk’. Avil milk is some where
between a milk shake and a dessert. And it’s quite filling, when it comes to
quenching thirst and banishing hunger. So, many a time, we have skipped lunch
from the hostel mess and found our appetite alleviated with a large glass of
avil milk.
very unique to the Malappuram district of Kerala. In fact people of knowledge
says, it evolved firstly at Kottakkal, which is where my college was also
situated and where I later on came to live as a daughter in law. Try this half
dessert which is quite simple to make, yet uniquely flavorful and exceptionally
healthy. It can be used as a breakfast smoothie or a healthy dessert.
cup of Avil milk)
skinned(you can use Chiquita banana or ‘njalipoovan’)
milk
1/2 tsp sugar
avil/rice flakes(you can also use corn flakes for a twist)
with a spoon in a tall glass.Do not blend in a blender as it makes the mixture
runny. Add sugar to it and stir well to combine.Add cold milk and mix well.
Then add roasted rice flakes and peanuts. Mix well and serve immediately before
the rice flakes lose its crispiness. You can add fruits or other
nuts or even top with ice cream to make it even richer. Enjoy!
Thank you Rafeeda for letting me do a guest post on your adorable blog. I loved every moment of it. Hope that your readers like it. Good day!
Thank you so much dear for coming by with a specialty of our place and sharing it on my space. So glad to have had you around. Hope all of you enjoyed this lovely guest post… 🙂
We have this instead of morning cereal without peanut I did not know it is called avil milk. that is awesome KB.Such a lovely guest post.
Thank you so much Meena…
really good guest post……
Thank you so much Razina…
thank you so much Rafee.. I really enjoyed doing this post..
As you said, the' lazy me' got something to work on after all 😉
hope your readers like it..
It is my pleasure to have you around, dear… thank u so much for gracing my space… 🙂
Nicee guest post <3
Haffa's Kitchen
Thank you so much Haffa…
A totally new dish,looks yum
Thank you so much Harini…
Great post dear…I feel nostalgic….during my childhood my father used to make this on summer season…really I miss that 🙁 . I remember, some tender coconut also in that….
Ohh… good to know Resna… thanks a lot….
lovely guest post
Thank you so much Ruxana…
lovely healthy guest post.. i too do this but didnt knw the name.. thx fr that..
Thank you so much Smitha…
As meena said, mom used to make it but without peanuts. It tastes absolutely yumm.. Nice guest post dear..
Thank you so much Lisha…
wonderful.. i can call it as a probiotic drink..
Thank you so much Kalpana…
Very quick morning breakfast, my mom this way too with loads of roasted nuts, its been ages i had theme.. Such a elegant guest post by Kitchen Boffin.
Thank you so much Priya…
Thats a healthy filling drink & nice write up as usual.
Thank you so much Sharon…
I havent been blog hopping much but I remmeber visiting Kitchen Boffin during the early blogging days, this looks delicious, and if its not for past midnight here I would be tempted to have something cold now 🙂
Thank you so much Jehanne…. 🙂
Lovely guest post …yummy !!
Thank you so much Asha…
Kudos to rafee and kitcheboffin..A rich and quick morning breakfast looks lovely.
Thank you so much Sathya…
yummy and healthy guest post…
Thank you so much Femi…
Yummy and awesome post
Thank you so much dear…
Yummilicious and great guest post 🙂
Thank you so much Remya… 🙂
Slurp yum! Delicious guest post indeed.
Thank you so much dear…
Pleasee tell how to roast avil? with ghee?