Ottada

Ottada

 Ottada is a traditional recipe of Kerala mainly used as a breakfast item or as an evening snack. This reminds me of my grandmother and my mother-in-law.This is a very tasty snack. I guarantee!!!

Ingredients: (Serves 2-4)
Rice Flour.....................................................100gms
Grated Coconut.............................................one cup
Banana leaf (one leaf can be sliced four)..........2
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Prepare the dough by mixing the rice flour with salt and water. A medium consistency ( Not too hard, a bit watery)
2. Spread the dough in the sliced banana leaf
3. Place some grated coconut inside the dough spread region of the leaf and close the leaf
4. Cook by placing on a hot tawa

The delicious, banana leaf flavoured ottada is ready to be served!!!

It can be had together with some sugar or even simply without any extras!!!

Enjoy Cooking!!!

Appothikkiri

Review of Appothikkiri

I am not writing anything. But I suggest everyone to watch this film.

A must watch!!!! A brilliant film!!!!

Review of Avataram

Review of Avataram

Directed by : Joshy
Starring: Dileep, Lakshmy Menon
Story: Vyasan Edavankkad
Music/; Deepak Dev
Rating: 1.5/5

The movie is an action thriller where Dileep plays the lead role (Madhavan), a very straight forward villiage guy who comes to city after the death of his elder brother . Madhavan meets Manimeghala (Lakshmi Menon) and from then the story is assumed to take a turn. Madhavan ends up in many ditches made by the shrewd city people who are involved with the murder. Manimeghala gets critical after a brutal rape by the villian's people. Then, the film is about how Madhavan, despite these odds finds the murders and traps them.

A story and a formula tried and experimented a hundred times. The film has got nothing much to offer. Same old wine in a new bottle.

Watch this film only if you have so much of free time and have nothing else to do!!!!

Review of Vikramadityan

Review of Vikramadityan

Directed by: Lal Jose
Starring: Dulquer Salman, Unni Mukundan, Namita Pramod, Anoop Menon, Lena
Music: Bijibal
Cinematography:Jomon.T.John

Rating: 3/5

The film begins when Vasudeva Shenoy (Anoop Menon) proposes his colleague police constable Lakshmi (Lena). Vasudeva Shenoy asks Lakshmi to wait till his mother agrees. But in the mean time, thief Kunjunni (Santhosh Keezhattoor) marries Lakshmi by convincing her that he is a police officer. The dejected Vasudeva Shenoy starts feeling enmity towards Lakshmy from then onward. By the time Lakshmi understands the cheating of her husband, she gives birth to Adithyan Menon (Dulquer Salman). Vasudeva Shenoy whose son is born the same time as that of Adi, is named Vikram (Unni Mukundan). Later Kunjunni being caught by Vasudeva Shenoy for a theft commits suicide. The film then revolves around the friendship and competition of Vikram and Adithyan and their common friend Deepika( Namita Pramod).

All the actors have done justice to their roles. Kunjunni even though appears in the film for a small duration, strikes the audience by the brilliant performance of Santhosh Keezhattoor. The performance of Dulquer needs equal appreciation since there was noticeable maturity in his acting in many sequences of the film. Unni Mukundan and Namita Pramod too give a decent performance. The cinematography of Jomon.T.John seems ideal for the movie. Bijibal's music too keeps the audience with the movie.

All together this Lal Jose film entertains the audience even though it can't be called a great film. This can be chosen as a one time watch for a weekend outing.

Review of Hi I am Tony

Review of Hi I am Tony

Directed by :Lal Jr
Starring :Asif Ali, Lal, Mia , Lena and Biju Menon
Music: Deepak Dev
Cinematography: Alby
Rating : 2/5

The movie starts with the usual 'new generation' kind of a scene seeing which my mind sank and wondered how am will I finish seeing the movie. But, fortunately that scene ended very fast. But from then the actual movie starts. Asif Ali *Sameer) and Mia (Tina) moves to a highly luxurious apartment of the builder 'achayan' played by Biju Menon. In the huge multi-storeyed flat, this one on the top floor alone is furnished and inhabited. Achayan offers the flat to Sameer & Tina who have to stay in this flat and campaign the buyers. Sameer and Tina enters the flat with so much of excitement and also they got married (registered) that same day. They decide to go out for a small shopping at night and while returning, their car gets hit by Lal's (Tony Kurishingal) car. Later, at night, while the couple plans to celebrate their first night, they get a knock at the door and get shocked to see Tony who introduces himself as 'Hi, I am Tony'. Later the film revolves around these three people and the terrors that happen with the arrival of Tony into their flat.

The terror element that the director has tried to induce has come pretty well but a little over exaggerated. Tony resembeled Undertaker in the wwe (Joking). Even after so much of tortures, beating up, throwing down, shooting, etc etc, these characters still have so much of enery to fight again. I wonder whether those characters are real human beings or not! Especially Tony is incredibly strong. Lena don't occupy much screen time except a few foggy flash back scenes.

Watch this film if you love to see so much of terror and violence (without any point). Otherwise, if you are among those who thinks logically, please avoid this one. The film turned out to be a real terror!!!!! Thank you dear director!!!