For long I was thinking of consolidating a few recipes for postpartum (post-delivery) care dishes. Vazhakkai (Green banana) – Chena (elephant yam) Mezhukkupuratti is the first one to go in to this category. The blend of these vegetable with coconut pieces in the sauté style preparation make this dish a perfect […]
Unnakkaya -Banana Rolls (ഉന്നക്കായ) is delicious, sweet and traditional Kerala snack popular in Malabar side. It is typically prepared during the Ramzan days for “nombuthura” . … Unnakkaya is prepared with smashed bananas stuffed with cashew nuts, raisins and rice flakes.
Puttu, is a traditional breakfast dish prepared by steam cooking rice flour along with grated coconut. Verieties of puttu preparation is becoming a trend in Kerala Cuisine from street side restaurants to Star Hotels. I have a few Puttu reicipies shared in my previous blogs. Here I share my own […]
Chakka -ചക്ക (Jack fruit) is one of the common seasonal fruits of tropics and is very abundant in Kerala. Idichakka is the tender form of Jackfruit and is used to make side dish for rice, by making a scramble of the same cooked with spices and coconut, popularly known in […]
Mezhukkupuratti is a delicious oily stir fry recipe from Kerala, typically prepared with vegetables such as Ladies Finger, Long Beans, Kovakkai or Raw Banana. In this recipe I gave a non-vegetation touch to the Mezhukkupuratti preparation using chicken instead of vegetable, along with the traditional ingredients- spices, sliced onions and […]
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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