പലഹാരങ്ങൾ

Keara Cuisine is well enriched with the variety of Tea Time Snacks known as Chaya Palaharangal (ചായ പലഹാരങ്ങൾ). For Malayalee these snacks accompanied tea is unavoidable for evening Tea and is when the Tea shops across the state get crowded!…. Malayali’s snack menu include with multitude of snack types, varieties of which ranging from North to South and sweet to salt.

I am trying to cover most of these snack recipes throughout Kerala, and will keep updating time to time…… Feel free to give your feedback and suggestions…

Kuzhalappam

Kuzhalappam (കുഴലപ്പം); an evening snack delicacy from Kerala, the aroma and taste of which will surely make the Malayalee nostalgic!. This snack has the richness of coconut and rice flour and a perfect accompaniment with a cup of tea.  Kuzhalappam is typically prepared on festival occasions, especially in Christian cuisines […]

Kerala mixture

Mixture (Sev Mix) is a common crispy snack mix, popular in most of the Indian states with different variations-spice/sweet/sour tastes. The name Mixture comes from the combination of ingredients this snack has in it. The recipe I share here is of mixture (മിച്ചർ)  in its extreme spicy form which is […]

Pakkavada (പക്കാവട)

Pakkavada (പക്കാവട) is a very popular Kerala snack item prepared from rice flour and besan. Its also known as ribbon pakoda due to its peculiar shape. This crispy and spicy snack is a quick make and is typically enjoyable to kids and elders. Its most commonly served as a tea time […]

Parippu Vada

Parippuvada (പരിപ്പു വട) , I would say, is the most popular tea time snack of Kerala. It’s a crispy and medium-spice snack made out of coarse ground Channa Dal (കടല പരിപ്പ് ) added with a few spices,  & fried -traditionally- in coconut oil.

Egg Puffs

Puffs are recently becoming popular tea-time bakery snack in India . This semi-crispy delight comes with multiple filling options, sweet, masala, veg or non-veg, of which egg-masala  filled Egg- Puffs are most popular.   It’s made of boiled egg with masala wrapped in to readily available pastry sheets. Egg puffs […]

Ari Murukku

Ari murukku (Rice –Murukku) a popular crispy snack of South India, an unavoidable delight for festivals like Divali, Krishna Jayanthi and Onam etc. Its served some time as a tea-time snack for guests and for friends gatherings. Generally it is made in spiral shape prepared with is a mix of […]