Desserts

Pradhaman with Pumpkin

Its pumpkin season and there is plenty of western dishes out here to make the harvesting season mouthwatering with pumpkin recipes. But here I share a recipe with pumpkin to blend the traditional Malayalee desert dish taste. The dish came out pretty tasty and is even hard to find out […]

Parippu Pradhaman

Parippu Pradhaman is a Kerala dessert item made on special occasions such as Onam, Vishu and marriage feasts. The preparation uses cherupayar parippu (green moong dal-lentil) fried lightly in ghee and cooked in coconut milk with jaggery (sharkara) and spiced with roasted coconut bits, dry ginger etc. The taste of […]

Semiya Payasam

Semiya payasam – സേമിയ (vermicelli payasam ) is an Indian pudding made out of noodle  shaped pasta along with milk and sugar; and is a common accompaniment to Sadyas (feast). It is one of the easiest payasam recipes that can be prepared but the success greatly dependent on its consistency and cooking […]

Kinnathappam

A Muslim festival dish recipe to go on this auspicious occasion of Ramadan!  Kinnathappam ( കിണ്ണത്തപ്പം) is a steamed rice-coconut milk pudding, sweetened with Jaggery, typically served in Northern- Malabar region during iftar dinner.   The name Kinnathappam is because it is made in a “Kinnam- കിണ്ണം” meaning bowl. The process of preparation […]

Mango Ice Cream

Keep the worries of preservatives and unhealthy sweeteners away and take control of ingredients – quality, quantity and proportion to your taste and preference! Here is the step by step procedure for making delicious Mango ice cream at home. In this preparation I used readily available Mango pulp, but recommend to prepare the […]

Sweet Puffs

  Sweet filled puffs, a typical bakery snack dish common in Indian Bakeries and sweet shops. The preparation is similar to that of other Indian puffs dishes with Egg/chicken masala. The sweet filling is prepared from grated coconut, sugar and coarse powdered nuts and tutti-frutti. It can be served as […]