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 […]
I was thinking of posting a suitable recipe for Valentine’s Day for quite some days. At last I settled with this sweet bakery dish Dhilkush- meaning “making mind/heart happy ”, which appeared to me well apt for the occasion. Dhilkush is basically sweet, soft, buttery bread filled with sweetened coconut, tutti-fruiti […]
Kaalan (കാളൻ) is one of the default side dish for Kerala-Sadya especially for mid/northern Kerala. Kaalan is prepared in two ways, in liquid form or thick (Kurukku Kaalan). The traditional Kaalan recipe adds elephant yam (ചേന) and plantain (നേന്ത്രക്കായ് ) as vegetables along with yogurt and coconut. In this […]
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 […]
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. […]
Garlic is an important healthy ingredient to add a powerful vegetable’s spicy flavor, in most of the cuisines, including Indian, Mexican and Thai. Pasted garlic is a handy masala ingredient to make the cooking easier and faster. The problem with off-the-shelf garlic pastes are the unwanted preservatives added to keep […]
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