Breakfast

Coconut Chutney

This coconut chutney is a very popular side dish for South Indian breakfast dishes. This white colored coconut chutney is one of the many chutney preparations of coconut. The key is use coconut gratings without over boarding with the spices. Subtly spiced and tempering with curry leaves gives the coconut […]

Chiratta Puttu (ചിരട്ട പുട്ട്)

Puttu (പുട്ട്) is a traditional breakfast dish of Kerala and nothing new making it. But making it with the coconut shell (ചിരട്ട ) in my kitchen here in Sunnyvale was little bit challenging. First I prepared coconut shell for this- the half shell with the eyes on it- cleaning it […]

Uzhunnu Vada

Another popular tea time snack of South India, . The doughnut shaped Uzhunnu vada (ഉഴുന്നു വട- மேடு வடை) is perfect delight with coconut chutney. Also commonly served as an accompaniment with idli, for breakfast.  Its prepared with fine pasted urud dal (lentle) mixed with a few spices, fried in oil. […]

Puttu-The Indian Steam Cake

Puttu (പുട്ട് ), is a Kerala breakfast dish of steamed cylinders of ground rice/wheat/Ragi /oats layered with coconut [1] [2] [3]. It is highly popular in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as in few areas of Sri Lanka, is served with side dishes such as […]

Appam

“Appam” (Aaappam- അപ്പം) is one of the popular traditional breakfast dishes of Kerala. This soft and spongy rice dish goes great with side dishes like egg masala or kadala curry. Appam is a very special dish in Christian cuisines in festival occasions and is served commonly with non-vegetarian stews. The variants […]