Festival dishes

Chakli (Boiled Urad Dal Murukku)

Here is another traditional festival snack recipe known to be “Chakli”  in Hindi, which is a soft Murukku version prepared with “Boiled Urud Dal”. Unlike the traditional Murukku recipe the dough here is prepared with cooked and pasted Urud-Dal (ഉഴുന്ന്), which gives majority of the taste to it. The rice […]

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 […]

Pachadi

Pachadi (പച്ചടി) is another traditional Kerala sadya (feast) side dish recipe, but unlike to the rest- is typically sweet and tangy in taste. Pachadi is made from ripe pineapple and ethappazham (plantain) as its major ingredients and added with sugar (for additional sweet if needed), coconut and seasoning. The recipe I share […]

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 […]

Mutton Biryani

I have more than five biryani recipes in this blog, but this this is my first Mutton Biryani recipe. Mutton Biryani is very special for Muslim cuisines especially for festival occasions and marriages. This preparation is relatively easy and can put together quickly.