Ariyunda (meaning “rice ball”), another authentic Kerala delight, prepared typically for festival occasions and family gatherings. These sweet semi-hard balls made of coarse grind roasted rice go well as a tea time snack or snacks. The preparation uses boiled brown rice (well known to be “Kerala –rice”) for its authentic […]
Kerala’s kitchen is well known in the rest-of-India for two authentic recipes, Banana Chips and Halwa (another famous variety is the Calicut-Halwa). This yummy dessert dish is favorite of all festivals and special occasions in the state. Now. let me caution you in advance, this preparation is a little time […]
Here is a surprise western payasam delight to match to our traditional Ada-pradhaman (അട പ്രഥമൻ) !. Ada-pradhaman, as many of you know, is an integral delight for Kerala Sadhya. This classic sweet dish is traditionally prepared with rice flakes (rice ada – അരി അട ), coconut milk and jaggery syrup. […]
Chakkara Pongal (ponkal) is a jaggery sweet rice dish, typically prepared on Southern Indian states on the auspicious occasion of Pongal (Makara Ponkal –in Kerala) festival. The traditional specialty is that the dish is made from newly harvested rice and is offered to sun god on early morning. Of the […]
Milk Peda (Doodh Peda) is very common milk sweet in most of the sweet stalls in India. In this recipe I used the traditional method of preparation, with concentrated milk fat, molded to required shape after mixing with sugar. It can further be enriched with bit of cardamom powder and […]
Butter Cookies commonly known as Nankhatai is the traditional Indian shortbread cookies or biscuits made with flour, sugar and ghee or butter. It is a popular sweet cum snack recipe which is equally liked by kids as well as elders. Nankhatai is popular as a tea time snack and is easily […]
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