Coconut whether it is good for health or not… Let the debate go on….Here I have a sweet laddu (ladoo / ലഡ്ഡു) preparation with grated coconut. Laddu is an Indian sweet that is often prepared to celebrate festivals or household events such as weddings and also served as traditional Indian […]
Here a Srikrishna Jayanthi special from my kitchen. This time a quick sweet snack prepared with rava (sooji), shredded coconut, sugar and ghee as its major ingredients. The preparation is pretty simple and the Laddu can be keep refrigerated if you want to use it for couple more days.
Mixture (Sev Mix) is a common crispy snack mix, popular in most of the Indian states with different variations-spice/sweet/sour tastes. The name Mixture comes from the combination of ingredients this snack has in it. The recipe I share here is of mixture (മിച്ചർ) in its extreme spicy form which is […]
I had to research a bit to get the traditional taste of this Kerala- Christian dish. We used to get it from our Christian neighbors during Christmas time. In the conventional way Orappam (ഒരപ്പം) is prepared in a special made earthen pot (ഒരപ്പ ചട്ടി) and baked with coconut shell charcoal […]
Please don’t confuse the name with the art form Thiruvathira !!… Thiruvathira Kali or Kari is a naivedhyam item (offering food to god), prepared on Thiruvathira star, in the month of Dhanu. We used to make this back home in that special auspicious day of Lord Siva. This was one of the […]
Ari murukku (Rice –Murukku) a popular crispy snack of South India, an unavoidable delight for festivals like Divali, Krishna Jayanthi and Onam etc. Its served some time as a tea-time snack for guests and for friends gatherings. Generally it is made in spiral shape prepared with is a mix of […]
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