Author: Sindhu B Pillai

Crispy Fried Chicken

Here is our traditional Kerala version of crispy chicken fry, prepared with natural spices. You will find this way healthier and tastier than the western versions. Served with the semi-crispy onion and natural masala from the fry, this crispy fried chicken can be served as a side dish to go […]

Plum Cake

This mouthwatering Cake recipe comes from Kerala Christian cuisine and is an unavoidable delicacy for the occasion of Christmas. The Cake known to be Kerala Plum Cake / Christmas Fruit Cake, is  Similar to the fruit cake which the Westerners make during this time. This tasty and aromatic cake is […]

Crispy Fish Fry

One of the most flavorful, crispy and delicious fish fry that I made, inspired by the crispy chicken fry I tried in an Indian restaurant over the weekend. You can use any kind of firm fish for this recipe while I used skin removed Sierra fish. Also I made it to medium fry […]

Chicken Stew

Chicken Stew, a creamy side dish typically enriched with vegetables of your choice, is a well-known accompaniment for Appam and a perfect breakfast combination to start a day. This is a very common dish for Christian festivals and marriages. In this recipe I have only potato as the vegetable but […]

Kara Sev

Kara Sev (Kara Seva) is a spicy-hot variant of the kerala snack dish, madhura seva (മധുര സേവ). Kara Sev, where “Kara” denotes “heat /spicy” in Tamil and “Sev“ is referrers to fried noodles made from flour. The spice-heat in this dish comes from Pepper which is the key ingredient, along with besan and […]

Jackfruit seeds – Cashew Pradhaman

Jackfruit seeds comes as a byproduct while jack fruit is consumed either as a fruit or cooked. Jack fruit cooked dishes are very common in Kerala cuisine, as aviyal or thoran to go some times as main dish or side dish with rice. Recipe here details the steps to prepare […]