A healthy living starts with a healthy diet…….. There is always a trade off between taste and a healthy recipe. Even then we can find recipes that tastes wonderful with healthy ingredients and preparation styles. My interest is always look for tasty and healthy recipes to my family and to my blog, that intention I believe is justified by the recipe count in this category ….
Wheat Puttu
Puttu (പുട്ട്) is Malayali’s own trademark breakfast dish. The authentic Kerala kitchen puttu make use of brown rice flour. Puttu made of wheat flour (ഗോതമ്പ് പുട്ട് )also is very common, but compared to the rice flour preparation, wheat puttu used to have more sticky-lumps which many people don’t like. The ...
Mathi Pollichathu
Sardine (Mathi /മത്തി) is one of the healthiest non-vegetarian options especially for sea-food-lovers, which is having multiple health benefits. Only down-side of sardine is the sharp flavor of the fish which many people don’t like, especially when cooking the same in enclosed spaces. The recipe Mathi pollichathu-more specifically Mathi Vazhayilayil ...
Veg Kuruma
Vegetable Kuruma ( Korma) is the typical accompaniment with Chapati and sometimes even with Poori or Idiappam. Multiple variants of this side dish are common in south Indian cuisines, from state-to-state. The recipe I share here is of a customized healthy version of the Veg- Kuruma, using less oil and coconut. ...
Cream of Corn Soup
Here is the recipe for cream-of-corn soup, enriched with mushroom slices. For balancing the thickness, in this preparation I used both corn powder and pasted fresh corn kernels. Added with pepper powder, this well balanced appetizer is a perfect delight to enrich a multi-course dinner or as a simple & ...
Chicken Pan Fry
Here is a healthy dry-chicken preparation for the non-veg lovers, that can be served as a side dish or as a starter. This custom recipe uses sliced chicken, marinated overnight and then non-stick pan fried to get almost comparable taste of conventional chicken fry, but with far little oil. The ...
Mixed Grain Dosa
Here is a special breakfast recipe from my kitchen for a healthy way to start a Day. Multi-grain breads are now common in western bakery, especially to get away from the white bread concept. This recipe is for our conventional dosa (pan bread), this time using a bunch of different ...
Guacamole
Guacamole, is sort of an enrichment to my previous recipe avocado salad. This nutrient rich Mexican recipe is used as a dip for tortilla chips and is an add-on side dish for Mexican rice bowl. Guacamole is made from ripe avocados, a splash of acidity from lemon juice to ...
Meen Pollichathu
Meen Polluchathu(മീൻ പൊള്ളിച്ചത്) is a true Kuttanadan fish-special. The preparation uses cleaned whole fish -typically Karimeen (കരിമീൻ)- covered with a spicy masala, wrapped in banana leaves and shallow fried. I have this recipe here to suite the preparation to the modern kitchen using oven instead of earthen pot and aluminum ...
Idiappam
Lets come back to the tradition! Idiappam (ഇടിയപ്പം) is an authentic Kerala breakfast recipe which goes well with hot and spice side-dishes like egg masala or kadala-curry. Some sweet lovers prefer mixing idiappam with sugar added coconut milk. The key in the success of these soft noodles like dish is the ...
