Main Course

Chicken Nirachathu – in Claypot Oven

Chicken/Kozhi Nirachathu(Stuffed Chicken) is a popular dish among Malabar Muslims, which they usually serve on their festive occasions. It’s traditionally prepared in clay-pot in conventional stove top. The dish I share here is the blend of this traditional preparation using the oven safe clay-pot, in oven. The preparation is very […]

Mutton Biryani

I have more than five biryani recipes in this blog, but this this is my first Mutton Biryani recipe. Mutton Biryani is very special for Muslim cuisines especially for festival occasions and marriages. This preparation is relatively easy and can put together quickly.

Fish Fried Rice

Fish fried rice, another one dish meal recipe from indo-Chinese cuisine.  The preparation is a mix of fried fish finger fillets along with rice and vegetables, blended with sauces to get the Chinese touch and flavor. I used readily available Tilapia fillets here for this recipe. You may use the […]

Poori

Poori (puri / boori) is a deep-fried Indian bread, most commonly served at breakfast, almost all part of the country. Poori is typically accompanied with vegetable gravy side dish prepared with potato known to be Masala/Bhaji. The bread preparation is pretty similar to that of chapatti, but bit-a-less in size. I don’t typically prepare poori […]

Unakka kappa Vevichathu

Kappa (കപ്പ /ചീനി) or Tapioca is a very popular main course dish in common man’s cuisine in Kerala. Being a rich source of starch, kappa is an inexpensive replacement to rice and is easily available. Unakka (dry) kappa is the preserved form of kappa, where kappa is peeled, washed, sliced […]

Spinach Chapatti

A healthy chapatti (Indian flat bread) preparation with wheat flour mixed with chopped spinach (Palak). The recipe is a tricky alternative to feed kids those naturally have the resistance to take green vegetables like spinach as a separate dish. The greenish aesthetics of the chapatti makes this dish favorable to […]