Another postpartum dish from Kerala Ayurvedic Cuisine. Onion Halwa is prepared by blending Palm Jaggery (കരിപ്പെട്ടി) and pearl onion (കുഞ്ഞുള്ളി). This dish is well known for cooling the body and helping to recover from body aches. Believed to be better when consuming in empty stomach or before bed.
Nenthrappazha payasam (ഏത്തപ്പഴപ്പായസം), one of traditional Kerala dessert with banana, is an exquisite delicacy filled with the natural taste of plantains. This authentic Kerala Banana Pudding preparation makes use of ripped plantains blended with jaggery and served as dessert with Sadya (Kerala Feast) on festival occasions and celebrations!
A home and hence healthy approach to make delicious Caramel Ice-cream. A worth try for cooking lovers to feed their kids for summer. The dark caramel gives the necessary bitter edge to balance the sweet richness of the ice-cream.
Here is an easy way to prepare Palpayasam (പാൽപായസം), a Kerala desert dish. Palpayasam is typically served with Sadya (Traditional Kerala Feast) along with Boli towards the end of the Sadya course. The taste & combination here is similar to that of the Ambalappuzha temple Palpayasam preparation, which is very […]
Vattayappam (വട്ടയപ്പം) is very common traditional appam (cake) recipe from Kerala Christian cuisine. It’s another fermented Steamed Rice Cake preparation generally sweeter than Appam. This spongy semi sweat bread is served as a snack and even as a main course dish with curry.
The spring is fast approaching as well as the Mango season, appears to be the perfect time for a recipe using Mango Fruits. Mango Lassi is a yogurt based mango shake / smoothie that can be prepared very easily. We can use either canned mango pulp or cubed fresh or frozen mango.
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